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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

At least five persons lost their lives
when two row boats were upset in a
storm off Lorain harbor The body of
a woman has been recovered. Rain
fell in torrents and the wind reached
velocity of sixty miles an hour.
Live savers are searching the har
Dor. A boat in which were W. Wilson
and Mat Bryan of Elyria, o., was cap
sized. The men succeeded in reach
ing the shore. They said they saw
two other boats go down before their
own capsized.
A mob composed of negroes lynched
Alfred Johnson near Shelby, Miss, for
killing "Hamp" Moore, an aged negro,
who was freed from slavery fifty years
ago The killing, it is said, was un-
called for and followed an argument
in which the old negro reprimanded
the younger negro for bitter words in
denouncing former southern slave
owners. Johnson was locked in Jail
when the negroes stormed the place,
overwhelming the Jail officials.
Five persons were killed and one
was injured fatally in a collision be-
automobile at railroad crossing
near Rivers, Cal. The dead; Jerry
Kaufman, aged forty, Long Beach,
CAL; Mrs. Kaufman, aged thirty
eight; Harry Kakman, aged eight;
Harry S. Hollingsworth, aged thirty
five, railroad telegrapher, Los Angeles;
Mrs. Hollingsworth, aged twenty-five.
Near Pawnee City, Neb., J. A.
McVittie, his wife and two children
were shot and killed and a third child
dangerously wounded in their beds by
Jim Fielder, farm hand, who had
been working for McVittie. Fielder
later shot ard killed himself after
shooting Sheriff Fuller three times and
seriously wounding him. Fielder had
wished to marry daughter of Newt
te, but the parents objected.
At South Bend, Ind, because
his love was unreciprocated, John
Meyrick, aged twenty-eight years, shot
and killed Miss Freda Beck, aged
eighteen, and then committed suicide
by jumping into the st. Joseph river,
The murder was committed in the
rooms of Miss Beck, after Meyrick
broke down the barred door
Near st. Paul, Mimi, Frederick
Kingsland, eighteen years old. of Ham,
line, and Louis Kemmer, aged twenty
two, of Long Prairie, Mimi, students
at Hamline university, were drowned
when their canoe upset in the Mime
sofa river seven miles above Fort
Smelling.
At Wellsville, o., Friday, Oscar P.
Eowers one of the best known men Of
this CITY, was found murdered in an
alley near his home. Mr.. Bowers
head was crushed and he had been
robbed of large amount of money,
diamond ring and gold watch and
chain
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
A WORD TO THE FARMERS.
Weevll Is Making Its Appearance in the
State-Vigilance Urged.

Jackson.-Mr. Bradford Knapp, special
agent in charge of the demonstration
work, has issued the following letter to
all agents in the boil weevil territory of
Mississippi:
Agents i'll South Louisiana and Misss-
slppl are now reporting boil weevil, and
doubtless such reports will soon be COM
ing in from other parts of the infested
territory.
we have reason to hope that in large
part OF the weevil belt the emerpence
VIII be light. Should this be true it
will be much harder task to induce
demonstrators and co-operators to make
vigorous fight on the over-wintered
weevil than if the emergence is heavy.
Yet, even with slight early infestation,
failure to make such fight may in the
end mean disaster to the cotton crop.
On the other hand, where planting was
necessarily late, heavy infestation may
ca Use farmers to become discouraged
more readily than usual
Agents are urged to extra vigilance
and efforts in combating tendency eth
er to over-confitence or to undue alarm.
With normal season any farmer who
Will adhere strictly to demonstration
methods may have absolute confidence in
making good cotton crop this year.
Insist on the observance of the fol-
lowing instructions:
L. If weevil are on the young plant
before squares appear, pick them off by
hand and destroy. If poison can ever be
used to advantage it is now. The aver
age farmer, however, will find it cheaper
and better to pick the weevil than to
attempt to poison them.
2. As soon as squares form the in
tested ones must be picked up and de-
stroyed. The Importance of this work
and the necessity of beginning it as soon
as there is any evidence of infestation,
cannot be too strongly emphasized.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
WIRELESS MEN GUILTY
President and Four Assistants
Sentenced to Prison.

In New York Monday Christopher
Columbus Wilson, president of the
United Wireless Telegraph company,
and four of his associates were con.
victed of misuse of the mail and con-
spiracy. Afterward charges of at
tempts to bribe the United States dis
- -trict attorney and one of the jurors
in the United States circuit court were
made.
They were both sent to the Tombs
without bail and a ten days stay
granted to give their counsel time to
prepare papers to the United States
circuit court of appeals. The costs of
the prosecution, estimated at $4,000,
We're entered against them, separately
and collectively.
The men found guilty by the jury
and sentenced by Judge Martin arc
President Wilson, three years in At
lanta federal prison; Treasurer Will
liam A. Diboll, one year in the New
York prison; Francis X. Butler, legal
adviser, two years in Atlanta; William
W. Tompkins, president of the New
York selling agency for the wireless
company, one year in New York pris-
on; George w. Parker western fiscal
agent, two years in Atlanta. Their
trial lasted more than fsur weeks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
LEAKEsvILLE, COUNTY MISS. FRIDAY. JUNEs. 1911
STATE NEWS NOTES |
Weekly Budget of News Items Gathered by Our
Special Correspondent at jackson.
BOND CASE WON BY EDWARDS.
Treasurer Sustained in His Refusal to
Pay Interest on Bonds.

Jackson.-Much earlier than was an
ticipated in many quarters and, so far
as indicated Oh the surface, without a
note of dissent, the supreme court Mon
day handed down an opinion decisive of
the state bond case, which has held the
attention of the public for a period of
live months. The court takes the view
OF the matter which has been held all
along by State Treasurer Edwards, that
the sale o. bonds as effected by the
governor and attorney general, under
the terms of the bond act of 1910, which
was IL sale at par with accrued interest
coupons attached, ante-dated to July /,
was in effect a sale below par, and on
that score he himself had mandamus pro-
ceedings brought against him, the object
OF which was to determine whether he
could be compelled as treasurer to ac
cept the mearned interest coupons.
Thus is brought to a close contro-
versy which has been carried on between
the governor and the treasurer, with
more or less intensity, since the first
week in January-during which period
the amenities reached the near-personal
character. The first litigation heard in
court was the bill in chancery filed by
the hondholders in order to determine
the authority of The treasurer to bring
such action or to be a party to such ac-
ton, in view of the fact that he was
one of the officials upon whom jointly
with the governor and attorney general,
was laid the responsibility for floating
the issue. This was reviewed by the
supreme court during February, and the
result of that was that the suit as
filed could not be sustained.
1t was after that that, after consulta-
tions and conferences, it was decided
that such mandamus must originate with
the district attorney, and at the March
term of court here the application for
mandamus on the part of District Attor-
ney Mcneil was fully argued before
Judge Henry, who eventually handed
down an opinion sustaining the district
attorney, and directing the auditor to
issue warrants for the unearned interest
coupons. From this decision, in order to
take short cut to the supreme court,
the auditor demurred and thus the whole
controversy was in shape for review by
the court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
WEEVIL is IN EVIDENCE.
Insect Pest Plentiful in the Southwest
ern Counties.

Jackson.-Farmers in the southwest
ern counties of Mississippi report that
the boil weevil is very much in evidence,
although it will be several weeks be-
fore the insect pest can get in its deadly
work.
The early appearance of the weevil is
taken to mean that it will be as plentiful
as last year, and perhaps more so.
However, in the counties where the
weevil has prevailed for two or three
years the acreage devoted to cotton is
exceedingly small, and if the insects de-
pend absolutely OH that form of plant
HE Tor sustenance, as they are sup
posed to do, millions of them will starve
to death for want of provender.
While the southwestern counties have
reduced cotton acreage to minimum,
the counties in the central portion of
the state, where the weevil made its de-
but last year, have not reduced acreage
to any appreciable extent. For instance,
IN Hlnds county the acreage is perhaps
one or two per cent larger than last
year, and stands, as a rule, are good.
The early appearance of the weevil
may be due in some measure to the un-
usually warm weather that has pre-
vailed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
A. AND M. SUMMER SESSION.
Expect Between 100 and $50 Will
Enroll.

Mississippi A. & NJ. College.-For the
information of the teachers all over the
state the summer school bulletin has
been published by the college and sent
to about 5000 teachers of Mississippi.
Applications for bulletins are still COM
ing in, and the Indications are that more
teachers will be in attendance at the
four weeks summer session which opens
on June 12 than have ever been in at
tendance before.
Between 100 and $50 students are ex-
pected to remain through the summer
session. Some of these will be engaged
in college work, but a great many stu
dents will remain to take the summer
course and stand the teachers examina-
tion, which is to be given at the end
of the course.
Prof. p. p. Garner, who is in charge of
the summer school work, announces that
the course this summer will emphasize
agriculture and the high school sciences,
but the usual attention will be paid to
the. regular grammar school and high
school curriculum. Teachers in agricul-
tural high schools and the rural schools
of the state will find the course to be
offered here during the summer session
especially advantageous to them in their
work
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
THAT TOMBIGBEE ROAD.
Providence, R. l., Speculator Asks for In
formation.

Jackson.-The railroad commission is
being besieged by inquiries relative to
the Aberdeen & Tombigee Valley Railroad
company, which was supposed to have
had its road in operation by the first of
this year.
The most recent inquiry is that of
W. S. Fisher, of Providence, R. l., who
declares that he owns quite a lot of the
preferred stock of the Tombigbee Val
ley road, and wants to know whether
the road is really going through and
whether it would be wise for him to
hold his stock a while longer.
The road, it is understood, is being
worked towards completion, but the pro.
moters have been delayed considerably in
their scheme. The road is not in opera
ton, though, as the Providence man
seems to believe, according to Capt. John
Webb of the railroad commission, and it
is hard to tell just how many months it
will be before the promoters finish the
job they have started.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
, ,sssesssssssssosess'
SPORTING AFFAIRS
: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

dad" Clarke, who pitched for the
New York Nationals in the '90s, is
seriously i'll in New York. Clarke
and kid" Nichols were rival pitchers
in Kansas City in 1889, when Nichols
was secured by Boston and later be-
came famous. Clarke was always a
great favorite with the fans on ac-
count OF his original comments and
good natured disposition. He has
been out of the game for many years.
Connie Mack says the Cubs are not
quite good enough to show the way
home this year, which may or may
not settle the question He thinks
also that the Tigers pitching staff
will explode and that it will be the
Athletics against the Giants or the
Pirates for the worlds championship.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
DEATH AT AUTO RACE
s. P. Dickson, a Mechanician, Killed
Ray Harroun the Winner.

The international 500-mile automo-
bile race at the Indianapolis speedway
was won by Ray Harroun in a Mar.
mon 80.
The first accident occurred as the
thirtieth mile of the race was being
turned by Arthur Greiner, in an AM
rlex No. Al, both rear tires exploding
at the same instant. The car skidded
twenty-five feet, both rear wheels were
torn off and the car turned over, crush
ing S. p. Dickson, the mechanician, to
death under the wreckage and throw
ing Greiner some distance on the
brick pavement He was seriously in
jured. Greiner is millionaire from
Chicago and Dickson is the son of
Chicago newspaper man.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Routzhan's Appeal.

Natchez-Dr. E. G. Routzhan, direct
or of the American tuberculosis Exposi-
ton, has issued the following:
As l end my brief citizenship" in Mis-
sissippi, | would venture to express both
personal and official appreciation of cour-
tesies and cordial cooperation which
have come from many directions.
May | voice the hope that results
from this campaign may be harvested
through the doing of many things af.
ter the exhibition has left the city. Re-
suits will come chiefly because the way
has been cleared for the work to be done
as the weeks and the months pass by.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
NINE KILLED IN WRECK
Two Burlington Passenger Trains In
Collision in Nebraska.

It is now known that at least nine
persons were killed and twenty in
jured in head-on collision between
csstbound and westbound passenger
trains Nos. 8 and IL on the Burlington
railroad ten miles east of McCook,
Neb.
The dead are Robert Shepherd of
Holdredge, travelling man for Simmons
Hardwars company; Clarence Hilsa-
beck of Holdredge; Engineer John w.
Hyder of Lincoln; Fireman Damron
of Lincoln; Engineer w. T. Leahy of
Lincoln; Fireman Flint of train No. 9;
Fireman T. H. Bowers; Baggageman
George Freer of McCook. and A. ].
Chlson.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
DR.. Chaille Dead at 81.

New Orleans.-Dr. Stanford Emerson
Chaille, one of the most prominent med
ical men in the South and for almost half
century the dean of the Tulane Medical
College, died at his home here in his
S1st year. DR.. Chaille was born at
Natchez, Miss. He served the Confeder-
acy throughout the Civil War. In 1879
DR.. Chaille was appointed president of
the Havana yellow fever commission. He
attended eX-Presdent Jefferson Davis, of
the Confederacy, in his last illness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
PERMENTER RELEASED.
Convicted of Murder, He Makes a $1O,-
Bond.

Jackson.-The family and relatives of
Swinton Permcnter of Winston county,
the young man whose death sentence,
following conviction of the murder of
Miss Jane Sharp, was recently reversed
by the supreme court for new trial,
and who was allowed bail by Chancellor
Lyell, furnished the required bond. The
amount was $4,000, as fixed by the
court.
In view of the reported state of mind
of large number of Winston county
people, including the family and rela-
tives of the late Miss Sharp, which is
one of decided hostility to the young
man, it is doubtful whether he will re-
turn to that county pending the new
trial.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
150 KILLED IN BLAST
Mysterious Explosion in a Mic
araguan Fortress.

The fortress on Tiscapa hill, Mama
qua, was blown up. One hundred and
fifty soldiers perished in the explo-
sion.
All the ammunition in the fortress
was destroyed. The cause of the ex-
plosion is as yet unknown
Strict cable censorship has been es-
tablished from Managua
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Spread New Disease.

olumbus.-Buzzards are blamed for
spreading new disease, which so far
has gone unnamed, among the hogs on
several plantations in Lowndes county.
Many farmers have reported the new
pestilence, and they state when hogs are
attacked they soon die. There has been
a general call to all farmers to bury dead
swine as soon as they die, and in this
way they hope to stamp out this un-
known trouble.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH
Mrs. John F. jackson of Milwaukee
Commits Suicide in Boston.

At Boston, Mass, while in a period
of temporary insanity Mrs. Margaret
Jackson, wife of John F. Jackson,
Milwaukee business man, leaped from
the window of her room on the fourth
floor of the Parker house and was in
6tantly killesi.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
OFF FOR CORONATION
BattIeship Delaware Leaves Brooklyn
Navy Yard for England.

Brooklyn bade farewell to the great
battleship Delaware, which will be the
biggest warship at the coronation of
King George. 1t will represent the
United States navy at the ceremonies
In English waters, outclassing all the
sea fighters of other nations there.
It's guns have been painted black
and the hull has received a new coat
of gray. The interior shines with
white and light blue, while the quar-
tiers have been newly furnished. Rear
Admiral Vreeland will occupy the cap
tain's quarters.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
SUNSTAR WINS DERBY
j. B. Joel's Horse Captures Famous
English Turf Event.

AT EPSON Downs, England, Sunstar,
]. b. Joel's magnificent horse, won the
Derby Favorite in the betting, he ran
sensational race, winning England's
most famous turf event with compara-
tive ease.
Sunstar was to choice in the
betting, and vast sum was laid on
him by his admirers. Lord Derby's
Steadfast was second and Royal Ten.
der third. A field of twenty-six horses
started.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
ROBBED OF $13,826
Hi9hwaymen Hold Up the Cashier Of
the Minnesota University.

Near Minneapolis, Mimi, Friday, j..
D. Bren, cashier and accountant of the
state university, was held up by three
highwaymen on the bank of the Mis-
sissippi river near the university and
robbed of $13,S26 which he was carry
ing in a satchel
He also lost his watch and his sal
ary for month, $166.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Greenwood The Good Roads train Of

Greenwood Good Roads train Of
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad and the
Southern Railway in Mississippi, work
ing in connection with the United States
department of agriculture attracted
much attention in Greenwood. ID. IL.
Wilson and II. c. Wells, superintendent
of road construction, and w. j. Hurlbut,
agent land and industrial department of
the oSuthern Railway, accompany the
train, which is making a leisurely educa-
tional progress through the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Working for Reformatory.

Jackson.-The membres of the Re-
formatory Association formed for the
purpose of pushing the enactment of a
law creating State Reformatory for
Mississippi's juvenile prisoners is all act
i've and energetic body. 1t has estab-
lished branch organizations in many diff
ferent sections of the state, and is push,
ing an energetic campaign. Through
these local organizations the association
is keeping in touch with the legislative
candidates and sounding them in their
feelings toward the establishment of
State Reformatory,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Fire Wrecks Plant,

Columbus.-Fire destroyed the plan
ing mill of the Interstate Lumber Com
pany, entailing loss of $4,000, which
its appearance in the cyclone top of the
shavings house, and was probably ignited
by sparks from the smokestacks.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Want Motor Car Service.

Hernando.-Citizens of the towns be-
tween Memphis and Sardis are circulat-
ing petitions to have the Illinois Cen
trail put on a gasoline mator car to run
from Memphis to Sardis. Assurances
have been received from the railway
officials that the petitions will likely re-.
ceive favorable action.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Questions Must Be Answered.

Jackson.-The war department of Mis-
sssippi some time ago submitted lot
of questions to 100 of the commissioned
officers of the Mississippi National
Guard, being the first move in sort OF
correspondence school for the purpose OF
perfecting the officers in their knowl-
edge of technical military matters. The
questions must have either "stumped
the officers, or they did not regard them
seriously, for out of the entire lot only
six have answered. Gen. Fridge has
blood in his eye and says these answers
must be in hand by June Is.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Making Peanut Oil.

Hazlehurst.-The Hazlehurst Oil Mill
& Fertilizer Company tried an experiment
crushing a few tons of peanuts with very
satisfactory results. The oil was sent
to the Barrow laboratory at Memphis and
was pronounced by them to be superior
to the best grade of cotton seed oil for
salad and cooking purposes. The meal is
very rich, and is especially adapted for
feeding hogs. If the peanut acreage is
large enough this mill will put peanut
oil and peanut meal Oh the market this
fall.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09

Jackson.-The Cumberland Telegraph
& Telephone Company is preparing for
notable extensions of its long distance
service in Mississippi, and it is stated
that near one million dollars will be eX-
pended in this work within the next
twelve months.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Dies With Pellagra.

Duck Ilill.-After being confined in bed
for several months with pellagra, Miss
Minnie Sally of this place died Saturday.
She had been in its grip for over six
years. 1t had very mild effect until
the first of the present year, at which
time she was confined to her room. The
mind of the patient had been seriously
affected for the past two weeks by the
disease, at times being partly in a blank
condition, and about two days before
her death lost her mind completely.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
tuberculosis Fight.

Greenville. Tuberculosis Day" in
Greenville was also ''civic day" for the
two were combined with a series of meet
ings addressed by Director E. G. Rout-
zahn of the American tuberculosis Ex-
hibition and representative of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. confer
ence of business and professional men
and clubwomen at the hotel was fol-
lowed by an automobile tour of the city
with special reference to dirt and flies
and other disagreeable things.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Sells Cotton at 27La Cents.

Ovett-The Ovett Mercantile Company
of this place and one of Jones county's
biggest cotton buyers has just completed
a sale on five bales of cotton raised on
the cut-over pine lan!s in the vicinity
of Ovett, at the average price of 2714
cents pound.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09

Serious accidents marred the fight
from Nice to Rome in the 1,300-mile
aviation race from Paris to Turin.
Three of the competitors, the French
men-Garros and Beaumont - and
Frey, the German, all met with mis-
haps which damage their machines.
Frey himself was slightly injured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-09
Will Go 1t Alone.

Columbus.-After having declined to
accept the suggestion of President John
Craft, of the Mobile Basin and Tennes-
see River Association, that the two
bodies merge their interests, the Tombig-
bee Improvement Association affected a
permanent and Independent organization
by electing John p Mayo president, J..
G. Weatherby secretary, and Ira L. Gas
ton, treasurer Vice-presidents to rep
resent the surrounding towns and cities
will be elected later.