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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
SOME EDDY ROUND; SOME HAVE AN AIM.

Extract from Matthew Arnolds great poem
Rugby Chapel '-EDITOR.l
What is the course of the life
Of mortal men on the earth?
Most men eddy bout
Here and there-eat and drink,
Chatter and love and hate,
Gather and squander are raised
Aloft, are hurl'd in the dust.
Striving blindly, achieving
Nothing; and then they die
Perish: and no one asks
Who or what they have been,
More than he asks what waves,
In the moonlit solitudes mild
OF the midmost Ocean, have swelPd.
Foamed for a moment and gone.
And there are some, whom thirst
Ardent, unqnenchable, tires,
Not with the crowd to be spent,
Not without aim TO go round
In an eddy of parposeless dust,
Effort unmeaning and vain.
All yes! some of us strive
Not without action to die
Fruitless. but something to snatch
From dull oblivion, nor all
GIut the deyouring grave!
We, have chosen our path
Path to a clear-purposed goal,
Path of advanced but it leads
A long, steep journey through sunk
Gorges, Ger mountains in snow.
Cheerful, with friends, we set forth
Then on the height. comes the storm.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

ED By A COMPETENT HIGHWAY ENGI-
NEER.
ed In all the states In the administra-
ton Of the public roads, and today this
policy prevails in a great majority Of
the states. 1t places upon the county
and in most cases upon the road dis
tricts or townships the entire burden
Of constructing and maintaining roads
and leaves to 1t the initiative as well
as the final determination as to the pol
icy which shall be pursued in carrying
on the work.
Our road laws for the most part do
not contemplate the necessity for skill
ed supervision in road work; hence
most of the work Is done under the
direction Of men who have no knowl-
edge of road building and who have
only passing interest in 1t. This is
situation which Is truly amazing, for
skilled supervision Is demanded In
practically every line Of work. To the
trained road builder 1t is evident that
no more prolific source of waste can
be found than in unskilled supervision
There are, including county and
township officials, at least a hundred
thousand road officials in the United
States, each exercising a practically
Independent authority. Can we ex-
pect efficiency in an army in which
all are officers and none is the rank
and file?
In nearly every public or private en-
terprise some measure Of skill Is re-
quired of the men who are expected to
carry on the work. When building
is to be erected number of men. each
skilled in his own craft, are employ
ed. One does not find that this man
is employed because he needs the mon
ey and that one because he is good
fellow and the other because he has
political influence, but because he is a
skilled carpenter, competent bricklay-
er, trained and capable painter, etc..
throughout the entire transaction.
The civil service Of the United States
is made up of people selected after ex-
animation. Our public schools are In
charge OF teachers who have been
awarded certificates after proper pre-
liminary training and examination.
Is 1t not surprising. therefore, that
we are willing to intrust the expendi-
ture Of S14O,O00,000 annually In the
| building and care OF our public roads,
so essential to our welfare and even
our happiness to 100000 men, most Of
whom are selected without any regard
whatever for their technical and prac-
teal experience?
In order to have skilled supervision
the technical training and experience
of the highway engineer are necessary.
There is a popular idea prevailing In
some sections that engineers are not
essential to road Improvement. This,
however, is very erroneous idea. An
engineer, by reason Of his technical
knowledge, can secure the easiest
grade for a roadway consistent with
the traffic for which It Is designed. By
determining the drainage areas he Is
able to compute the proper size for
culverts, he is able to design the
bridges to suit the needs. OF traffic, to
estimate the quantities and cost Of ma
terials, select proper road building ma
terials and prepare plans and esti-
mates. Furthermore, he stands be-
tween the community and the con-
tractor and Is able to give impartial
Justice to both.
There ID one element In American
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
Easy To See Many, So Mentally Minded

Memphis News-Scimitar.
Schrank, who attempted to assasi-
nate Roosevelt, has been declared by
the doctors to be suffering from de-
lusions of grandiose character.
There are many others similarly af
ficted. Look out the window any
hour in the day, and you will see the
man who imagines he is something
above the ordinary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

THIS ROAD WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE
STATUTE LABOR SYSTEM.
each of the smaller units. In the pur-
chase of supplies and equipment
large saving can be effected by CEN
tralization, while in the reduction OF
personnel and in standardization of
methods and equipment still greater
economy results. 1t cannot fail to i'm
press every thinking man that sys-
tenn of extreme localizatiOn will mean
an entirely unnecessary multitude Of
officials and irregular and III directed
road improvement.
1t is apparent that the smallest unit
for effective control In the administra-
ton of road affairs Is the state, al
though excellent results have been OBJ
tanned under county systems where all
the roads are placed under the jurisdic-
ton OF competent and skilled high
way engineer or superintendent
Our highway departments, both coun-
ty and state, should be entirely free
and away from political influences.
All road work should be placed In the
hands Of trained and experienced road
builders, and all road taxes should be
paid In cash. Road officials and care
takers should have sufficient compensa-
ton to justify them In devoting their
entire time and attention to the work.
Under such a system properly admin
istered 1t viii be possible to secure a
dollars worth Of work for every dollar
expended. which is certainly not the
case at the present time. except where
this plan has ..ready been adopted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
Get About What They Deserve.

Brookhaven Leader.
1t is an old saying that the gov
eminent of any community, great or
small, is as good as it deserves, be-
cause it is as good as it desires. For
the short comings of officials, the
majority of the citizenship are in the
last analysis responsible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
New Advertisements.
NOTICE TO FURNISH MATERIAL AND
SUPPLIES

NOTICE TO FURNISH MATERIAL AND
SUPPLIES
Sealed bids will be received by the Board OF
Supervisors of Greene County. Mississippi up
to hour of noon. the First Monday,
the 9Th day of January, A. D. 1913,
for furnishing material at supplies to the Con-
vict Camp. and to the different road camps OF
the County for period of three months begin
ring the first Monday of January 1913. Bids
for each Supervisors District to be separate
Contract to be awarded to the lowest bidder
or bidders. The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
BY order of the Board of Supervisors OF
Greene County. Miss.
This Dec. 4. 1912.
R MCKAY. Clerk
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
EDITORIAL

About postmaster Primaries. The
Herald wishes to drop this remark.
if such primaries are to be held any,
where we are firm in the belief that
those who participate IN them should
be restricted to democrats. The OBJ
ject of such primaries if he'd at all is
to ascertain the wish of democracy
In each town or community as to
which democrat they can settle upon
to have the democratic congressman
recommend. If any republicans or
Bull Moosers desire to apply let them
go before the democratic administra-
ton upon their naked qualifications
and peculiar fitness and with no
democratic endorsement, just as
democrats have done under republi-
can regimes. OF course we speak of
districts like Mississippi whose every
congressman is democratic.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

Davis, Albert, Exsho, Ala. $1.00
Hogstedt, Mrs. Rachel, Vernal so
Yates, Jason, HilIman 80
Williams. w. ]. Jr., Fruitdale, LOO
Rush, W. R., City 200
Hillman, Jim, Hillman LOO
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
NOTICE no UNKNOWN PARTIES

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN PARTIES
In Interest and unknown Heirs at Law of
Murdoch Mcintosh. Deceased.
State OF Mississippi.
County of Greene
To the Unknown Heirs at Law or Devfsees
of Murdoch Mcintosh. Deceased. and TO all Tn
known Parties in Interest having OF claiming
any right. title or interest inor TO the follow
ing described land situated in the County OF
Greene and State OF Mississippi. to wit: w
IL of SW IA of Section %. Township North.
Range6 West:
You are hereby commanded to be and to APP
2ear before the Chancery Court OF Greene
County Mississippi, On the
End Monday Of January, A. d. 1913,
t. Defend the suit OF the Greene County Lum-
Der Company seeking confirmation of it's IT,
tie "a said land. and to which suit you are made
parties defendant.
witness my hand this the 18th day Of Novem
her A. d. 1912 1918
FChan. Ct Seal ), X. MCKAY. Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
NOTICE TO uNKNowN PARTIES IN mi EREsr.

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN PARTIES IN I'M EREsT.
State of Mississippi.
County of Greene.
To any anu all persons having or claiming
any right. title or interest in or to the follow
ing described lands situated in the county OF
Greene and State of Mississippi. to wit: Sc
IL of NV IA of Section 81 Township North.
Range West. and to all unknown parties in
interest. Defendants:
You are hereby commanded to be and to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of Greene
County. Mississippi. to be holden in the Town
of Leakesyille. Mississippi. on the
End Monday of January, a. d. 1913,
to defend the suit OF Greene County Lumber
Comuany seeking a confirmation OF its title TO
The above described land and to which suit
you are made parties defendant.
Witness my hand this the 18th dav OF Nov
ember A. d. 1912. 1918
(Chsn- CT Seall S. r. MCKAY. Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
NOTICE OF AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
BONDS ISSUANCE.

Notice to tax PAYERS of proposal to issue Ag-
ricultural High School bonds of Greene Coun-
ty. Mississippi to the amount of $10.0cl.00.
At regular meeting of the Board of Super
visorS of Greene County. Mississippi begun
and held on the irst Monday. being the End
day of December 1912. and on the second day
of said regular meeting being the 3rd day of
proposal to issue Agricultural High School
bonds of Greene County. Mississippi be pub
lished as required by law:
Therefore. notice is hereby given to the tax
payers of Greene County. Mississippi that at a
regular meeting of the Board Of Supervisors
of Greene County. Mississippi to be held on
the First Monday being
the 9th day of January, 1913,
the said Board proposes to issue the Agricul-
tural High School Bonds of Greene County.
Mississippi to the amount of S10,OO0O0 for the
purpose of aiding in the building, equipping
cultural High School for said County the said
Bonds to be dated January 5th, 1918, and to be
payable ten years after date and to contain the
optional clause of redemption after five years
from date as provided in Chapter $50 of the
laws of 1912 of the State OF Mississippi. said
bonds to bear interest at the rate of six per
centum per annum from date.
BY order of the Board of Supervisors of
Greene County. Mississippi
This December 4th. 1912.
(SeaD S. R. MCKAY Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
Legal Advertisements.
HOMESTEAD PUBLICATION NOTICE

HOMESTEAD DUPLICATION NOTICE
Department OF the Interior.
T. s. Land ONCE at Jackson. Mississippi.
Nov. eth. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that John j. Massey.
of State Line, Miss, who on March 10. Il ~.
made Homestead Entry No. 1928. Serial No.
03394. for the NV IA of the NV 4. Secti N Z.
A. F. TO NE IA OF NV Ia. and S 1-2 of NV Ia.
Sec. T. 1 township North, Range West. st.
Stephcns Mel i'd n has filed notice of inten-
ton TO make three-year Proof. to establish
claim to the land above described. before the
clerk of the circuit court of Greene County. ut
LeakeSville Miss. on
the 2lst day OF December, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: w. A. Heath
cock John SnellgroVe. M White. Ennis White.
all of State Line. Miss.
J.JAY WHITE, Register
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
THE CHARTER OF INCORPORATION CT
State Line Development Company.

l. The corporate title of said company is
State Line Development Company.
2 The names of the incorporators are: A.
M Rayl. Postoflce State Line. Mississippi;
Maggie Rayl. Postoffice State Line. Mississippi:
H. Had Perry. Postofice State Line Mississip-
pi; Della Perry, Postofice State Line. Missis-
sippi
g. The domicile is at State Line. Mississippi.
4. Amount of capital stock -Four Hundred
Shares Forty Thousand $4,000 00) Dollars.
5. The par value of shares is One hundred
Dollars Each.
g. The period of existence (not to exceed fifty
years. is Fifty years.
z. The purpose for which it is created is: To
buy, sell, own. hold and have Real estate; To
convey or lease the same. To own and operate
stores, warehouses and do general merchan-
disc business both wholesale and retail. To
Import and Export all kinds of Goods. do gen.
eral shipping business. Build. own and oper-
ate Saw and Single mills. build roads and
tramwaysfor same. Do general manufacture
ing business. build own and operate factories.
borrow and loan money. and do and perform
any and all things necessary or proper 20 carry
out the foregoing objects And said corpora
ton shall have and possess and enjoy all the
rights. powers and privileges enumerated con-
ferred or bestowed upon corporations by chap.
ter 25 of them the annotated code of 1899.
which are necessary and proper for carrying
out OF the corporation charter
8. The rights and powers that may be exer-
cised by this corporation are those conferred
by the provisions Of Chapter a. Mississippi
Code. 1906.
A. M RAYL,
MAGGIE RAYL. Incorporators
H HAD PERRY.
DELLA PERRY,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06

T%HE roads Of the United States
are worse than the roads of
any other civilized country on
the face Of the globe, and our
systems of road administration are for
the most part extravagantly wasteful
and totally inefficient and inadequate.
Until within the past few years the
policy Of extreme localization prevail
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

State of Mississippi,
County of Greene.
This day personally appeared before me. the
undersigned authority. A. M Rayl. Maggie
Rayl H. Had Perry. Della Perry. incorpora-
tors Of the corporation known as the Persons
who acknowledged that they signed and execu-
ted the above and foregoing articles OF incorpo-
ration as their act and deed. on tn $ the 30th
day OF Nov. 1912
B. F. WOULARD. j. p.
Beat Greene County,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18

While so much hot air has been
blown out anent the damage done by
each of the s'old' political parties, it
will be we'll to cast an eye Westward
and note that the Mormons are not
slow to help themselves to political
opportunities.
Great Britain has begun healthy
advance kick on the charges for toll
through the Panama Canal. AS G.
B. did nothing toward bearing the
tremendous expense of digging the
ditch, her asking for favors. that
would be against American shipping,
looks odd.
With one Senator being expelled
from the Senate, judge Of the Com
merce Court about to be impeached,
a President and an ex-President tell
ing tales on each other and a Cabi-
net official accused of neglect Of
office-it does look as though the
old Ship Of State had sprung several
leaks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18

How times do change: two Con-
gresSmen from Connecticut had
fright on the floor Of the House,
recently; an Connecticut used to be
famous only for wooden nutmegs.
The Socialists Of the State of
Washington have nominated a wo-
man for Governor The Eastern
suffragettes will probably begin to
look up railroad rates to the West.
What's the use being a Jail official
II you have to go to jail like an ordi-
nary mortal? A Tennessee Deputy
Sheriff is in jail for getting drunk
and beating up" man and his
wife.
It doesn't 'aet" we'll to know only
one Democratic Senator who was
present when the vote was taken to
retire" Lorimer, refused to vote,
and he was Southern Democrat at
that.
Well-telling a man to "go to
He'll won't mean anything after
this: the old place has been classed
with Mrs. Harris by the Bible Stu
dents League, and there amt no
SIGH place"
Poor old Georgia.! The Tippins
Bill takes Peruna, Lemon Extract
and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup
away along with nigh" beer and
such. But Coca-Cola will still sway
undisturbed at the drink-stands.
Good old Atlanta always hobs up
IN time to get identified with ''the
push. An Atlanta citizen is having
the time Of his life with the rebel
Mexicans, and he's wanted in Geor-
gia 100000 worth, for wrecking a
bank
Sometimes we think a linotype
man has the greatest sense of
humor: the preacher said prayer is
panacea" and the linotype man
put 1t prayer is a pancake" evil
IDENTIFY thinking Of some he had
heard
A newspaper headline solemnIv
assures us that Mr.. Lorimer. of
white-wash fame, is going to work.
While he may not need the money.
1T will be better for his country if he
does go to work-at something
honest.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18


way Of overlooking or forgetting the
promises made by those same office
seekers, when votes were the stakes
played for.
The farmer has had lot of
gratuitous advice given him in re-
gard to his crop-raising; he has been
chided for not looking after his ma
terial interests; he has been assured
that his is a childish, trustful nature
and he is, all of that
This is splendid time for the
farmer to insist on a few reforms.
He may not be able to get twenty
cent cotton, nor dollar and a half
corn, but: he CAN insist on a full
school term for his children.
He CAN insist on free school
books.
He CAN insist on a solid founda-
tion of the three elementary studies.
And he DAN, by his protest, de-
clare against free kindergartens, free
music, free drawing and all the rest
OF the extras" if it is going to mean
that the country school child will
still have to attend school in rudely
built, poorly furnished school
houses, and be deprived of even that,
when the rates for those makeshifts
are far and beyond what the non-tax
paying city parent is able to get for
his children.
The political woods are full of
candidates.
Every stump is crowded Never
has there more glad-handing nor
more solicitous inquiry for the farm
er's wife and children.
pt the farmer show bo hoe xxyo bod
to more than the necessity for rota-
ton crops and high prices,
Let the country districts get to-
gether as they never have before,
and see il something can't be done to
give the country school children the
square deal that has been denied
them so long.
It's odd the leopard isn't chosen
as an emblem by some of the new
political parties
Immediately following the Demo
cratic Convention, Baltimore has
had to begin gas inquiry.
Since He'll has been abolished, we
wonder if it will crowd the inhab-
itants of the other place any? -
Montreal, Canada, broke the
record for undertakers' dividends,
by having 95 funerals in one day.
With third party on the way,
one wonders where the offices are to
come from to provide the new Off
GERS with.
Plans Of the Republicans are Ito
divide country into four sections"
but the same old division of "pie"
will go on as per usual.
Miners and some railroad en-
ployeeS are the undertakers' best.
bet, about eighty of them having
gore across" last week.
A fellow feeling makes us won
drous kind, and maybe that's why
there were twenty-eight Senators
willing for L4orimer to keep his seat
in the Senate.
The Aviators' Association has or
ganized for the purpose of saving
the lives Of the remaining flyers.
Giving some Of them a pillow and
mule might help.
Occasionally a man gets mad at a.
dressmaker for etA&T reasons than
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18
Potato Slips
Cabbage Plants, etc.

From May 10th, on throughout
the seasons, will furnish you
Nancy Hall Potato Slips at $500
Per Thousand
Cabbage Plants E Fer Eal! at $1.5O
Per thousand
Tomato Plants, per 900, $500
Strawberry " Z" I" $3.50
CASH WITH ORDER
Nothing shipped C. o. D. Remit by post Office,
or express money order. Don't wait until the
very day you need your plants to send in your
orders, but let them come NOW and avoid being
disappointed guarantee all goods delivered in
good condition. Address
THE CURET0R NURSERIES, Dept so. AustelI, Ga.
When writing to advertisers please
mention The JeffersOR1an.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18


There will be some strong objec-
tion to this from many who have
given the matter much thought, and
some who have not thought OF the
matter from any but financial
viewpoint.
The Froebe1 system OF teaching
young children was introduced at a
time when the drastic methods en-
ployed were found not to have the
best permanent results.
The childish mind was to be
trained by observation; play was to
be made OF study; b1ect-teaching
was to be relied on to familiarize
the child with the practical study
afterward and as the system was
established, it really solved the
problem of what to do with the tiny
tots who were too old" to be cud-
died as babies, and too young to- be
sent to the regular school classes.
Scissors, co4ored cha1ks, sand
boxes and molds we're all used for
the little ones. Young women took
special courses to fit them for the
work, and many a missionary field
lost promising material while the
kindergarten enthusiasm lasted.
For the well-to-do parents, school
problems do not exist Those living
in the larger cities have the benefit
of excellent public schools, free
books, free supplies, conveniently
located and easily accessible
schools; as three-foUrths of the city
jewellers are renters, the question of
taxation for these school-benetits
does not trouble them.
This is as good a place as any to
introduce this query: Why is it that
the people OF the country and the
rural communities, are always lost
sight Of when changes, sometimes
almost revolutionary, are planned
for the school system Of the States?
AS compared to the city dwellers,
the country people and the people of
the rural communities are nine
tenths property owners. Their
taxes SO toward paying for all these
collegiate additions to the public
school curriculum-and their chill
dren have the shortest terms, the
poorest equipped schools, the most
inexperienced teachers, and all the
additional fees, "sundries'' and
SAIIdS CudL LuGy caQ De CROWDED Tor.
The Introduction of kindergar-
ten system in the public schools will
not benefit the children of the cOun-
Try people one jot.
1t will add to their already heavy
expenses, as they will have to pay
for the sand, the pink tissue paper,
the little red chairs and the specially
trained young women who take up
kindergarten teaching much as they
would mission work in China.
TO look at the thing squarely:
aren't we OVERRIDING this educational
business-to the detriment of the
children?
Our statistics show we are not les
SEEMING our percentage Of illiteracy
Our State institutions, penal and
charitable, show a startling table Of
illiteracy among boys, girls, men and
women who are young enough to
have benefited by the elaborate pub
JIG school system which the country
has maintained for the past ten
years.
If the pupils and the parents have
not benefited, what pressure is
brought to bear on those States
which have adopted these elaborate
and very expensive public school
systems?
We have read and heard many
perferVid arguments by political can
didates on the enormous worth Of
Che country people. As vote gIvers,