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New-York tribune., 1912-04-30
Uroed Mrs. Straus to Go.

"T do. all except Mrs. Straus She re-
fused 10 leave Mr.. Straus. although
made TWO appeals 10 her The second
time T went up to Mr.. Straus and SAID
Surely no one will object to an old gen
tIeman like YOU getting in tn" hf"hoa'
and ne replied. ! viii not 20 before the
other men.
Woolner related the incident referring to
IN. flashes Of pistol which attracted
his attention when the first colIapSib'e
boat was being filed
II looked back" he said. and heard
Mr. Nrurdock the first officer, shouting to
q group of men. Get back out OF here.
oct back out Of hero" They we're low or
ing the first collapsibl" boat Men--ltal-
ians. think they ore-werc crowdinS
into tho boat We helped Mr. Murdock
mil them out Of the boat, a. they were
blocking the way of crowd Of women.
We pulled the men ont by IN" legs and
any wsv We could. They We're rather
linn. didn't seem 30 have much spring in
them AZ all As soon as We got the men
out of tins boat We lifted the Italian
women into the boat and II was lowered
away"
WooIner said that rs tho last Collapsihlo
boat was being lowered nc and q friend
jumped for IT,
II managed 10 catch hold Of tho gun
vale As did so 7 felt my legs in the
sea Then / was pulled into the boat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
ALLEN GETS FIFTEEN YEARS
He is Found Guilty of Second Degree
Murder.

Wytheville, Va--Sidna Allen, leader OF
the elan which shot up the Carroll county
court at HillsvilIe last March resulting IN
the death Of five persons, was found
guilty Of murder in the second degree for
the killing of Judge Thornton /. Massie.
The jury fixed the penalty at fifteen
years in the penitentiary.
The jury deliberated twenty hours be-
fore reporting it's verdict. Wesley Ed
wards, nephew of the clan leader, who
was captured with him at Des Moines
September IA, remains to be tried.
The prosecution announced that it
would next take up another indictment
against the prisoner, that charging the
murder OF Commonwealth Attorney Will
liam M Foster.
Until the case Of Sidiia Allen j. dis
posed OF, nothing will be done in She
case Of his nephew, Wesley Edwards
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
BANKERS PREDICT
PROSPEROUS YEAR
EASIER MONEY AND EXPANDING
BUSINESS WILL BE. RULE.
BOuNHFUL CROPS THE BASE
For First Time in Years Each Section
Was It's Own Financier-An Parts
of the Country Agree in
Statement.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Easier money, ex.
panding business and an era of the great
est prosperity this country has ever seen.
Such were the predictions made by five
score investment bankers now on their
way to New York to attend the first
annual convention of the recently formed
association. Politics, they said, canno.
stop it, and the tariff discussion will no.
materially delay it. The country is ripe
for fresh extension of commercial ac-
tivities Representative Investment bank
ers of New Orleans, San Francisco, Seat.
tie, ST. Louis and the Ohio valley agree
that the moment the crop movement is
over and the millions of dollars now
locked up by this newly created wealth
are released, commercial activities will
be resumed on a scale hitherto unpar.
alleled.
I'm Louisiana and on the gulf the mon
etary situation annually is a peculiar
one," said f. S. Hecht, of the Hibernia
Bank and Trust Company, New Orleans.
From September to January we borrow
from Chicago and the East; the rest OF
the year we loan. Rates in early winter
are high; we are getting per cent now.
That means slow bond business until
New Years, but from that day on money
is easier with us and investments null
tiply."
"We have al the money we need to
finance the big crops raised in our North
western States,' said Eugene NJ Stevens,
of Stevens, Chapman & Co., of Mime
apolis. Money is high, of course, but
not abnormally so. With the biggest
crop ever harvested, conditions for han
ding it so far have been ideal. Farmers
have taken their time In marketing it
and there have been no strains at any
time. We expect to see funds flood back
in quantity soon after the new year.
Large projects are contemplated, which
will be brought out after crop require
ments have passed"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
PAPER FOR s2s,soo RECEIVED BY
STATE TREASURER.
Money in Payment Of Cotton Now Mev.
ing, and Which Was Sold to Boycs
q Co.-Balance Will Be Shipped
Soon.

JacsUon.-A draft for SIS, 500, repre-
senting part of the proceeds from the
sale of cotton by the penitentiary aur
thorities, was received at the state pris-
on offices, and that amount of money
viii be turned over to the state treas
urer..
This money was received soon after
$5,03S.33, a payment on cotton seed
shipment, was sent to the treasurer from
the same source. The sums will mate-
rally aid in replenishing the states
strong box, which for several days has
been at very low ebb, having at one
time fallen below $1,000.
The craft for cotton referred to above
is for part of an order for 1 200 bales
from Boyce & Co., of New Orleans and
Memphis. Part of the cotton has been
loaded and sent on to New Orleans, from
where it will be shipped to England.
The payment received covers only the
cotton actually moving at this time. The
balance of the order will be loaded on
cars at the Parchman farm as speedily
as possible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
LATE DECLARES
ROADS HAVE MERGED
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES SUIT
AGAINST CORPORATIONS.
PENALTIES IN THE MILLIONS
Suit Filed Alleging That Since 1895
Southern, in Collusion With Other
Roads, Joined Interests Con-
trary to Law.

Meridian.-A suit was filed by Hon.
Ross A. Collins, attorney geenral of Mis-
sissippi, in the chancery court of Lau-
derdale county against the South 4rn
Railway Company of Virginia, the
Southern Railway Company in Missis-
sippi, and the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad Company, and the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad Company, praying for
forfeiture of the charter and right to
do business in this state of all of said
companies, and also praying for, fines to
be imposed aggregating from $4,000
to $40,ooo,0o0, according to whether the
maximum or minimum penalties provided
by the laws of the state of from $40 to
$4,000 per day should be imposed.
The bill alleges that in the year 1895
the Southern Railway Company, being
the owner of q line of railway from
Meridian to Birmingham, which was par
allel to and competing with the line of
the Alabama Gre Southern Railway
Company, which also ran from Meridian
to Birmingham, purchased the controlling
interest in the stock of the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad Company, and
has since that time owned the controlling
interest in it, and managed, regulated
and controlled the affairs of that COM
pany, which is in violation of the lfissis-
sippi code of 1892 and 1906.
The bill further states that in August,
1894, the Southern Railway Company ac-
quired the control of the Southern Rail-
way in Mississippi through the owner
ship of the stock of the E1tional In
vestment Company, which company owns
the entire capital stock of the Southern
Railway in Mississippi; that in March,
1901, the Southern Railway Company,
being competing line with the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad company, purchased
in violation Of the Iw, rs Per ceIt d
the capital stock of the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad Company; that at the date of
the purchase, and for many years prior
thereto, that the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road was in direct and active competi-
tion with the Southern Railway in Mis-
sissippi, and the Southern Railway Com
pany at the points of Meridian, Corinth,
West Point and Columbus, and at many
other points in the state of Mississippi.
The bill is also based on and asks for
fines of s. 900 per day on account of the
violation of section of the Mississippi
code which provides that no corporation
shall purchase or own the capital stock
or any part thereof Of any other cor
poration, if such other corporation be
engaged in the same kind of business and
be q competitor therein.
In conclusion the bill prays for for
feiture of the charter and the rights of
ell the defendants to do business, and for
fines aggregating from $1,000,000 to s40,-
000, 900. according tn whAtber the court
shall see At to impose the maximum or
minimum penalties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
FOR TRADE AUTONOMY
Principle of Industrial Unionism De-
feated by Federation.

Rochester, n. Y.-After debate that
lasted all day, members OF the radical
wing of the American Federation of La
Dor were defeated by vote of nearly
two to one in their attempt to have the
federation adopt the principle of indus
trial unionism in place of its policy of
trade autonomy. Two hundred and forty
nine delegates voted against the minority
report of the commfctee on education,
which favored the principle of Industrial
unionism, and 142 voted in its favor.
The voting strength of the convention,
based On membership in represented
bodies, went o,ss3 against the minority
report and 5,929 for it. After the minor
ity report had been defeated, the ma
jority report in favor of the continuance
of trade autonomy was adopted by ac-
clamation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

Washington.-"The Influences OF
Thomas Jefferson" is the theme of a
series of lectures Senator John Sharp
Williams has consented to deliver at Co
time to time in the near future at Co
lumbia University. The senator has ac-
cumuIated very considerable data and
commentaries, with his own observations
Of the life and potentialities in the af-
fairs of men to the founder Of the Dem
ocratic party and the master builder Of
republic Of the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
MARK GRAVES OF
Confederate DEAD
HEADST0NES PLACED ON 2o,A0l
GRAVES IN LAST SIX YEARS.
BERRY's WORK is COMPLETE
ArkanSan Alone of Commission Appointed
in 1906 by Congress Lived to Re-
port Quest fox Lasting Places
of Comrades.

Washington.-So far as an '~nest and
careful search by one of tn, 4,
ers on the field of battle
every Confederate soldier ano -
died in Northern prison and vas buried
nearby now lies beneath a headstone
or a monument of marble Gen. James
III. Berry, ex-senator from Arkansas, the
only surviving member of the commission
entrusted by congress with this task,
has just reported the complet I. of his
work to the secretary of war.
The suggestion that the national gov
srnment mark these long-neglected graves
came originally from the late President
Mckinley in the course of one of his
speeches delivered in the South and took
form in an act of congress of March
9, 1906. This appropriated 100000 for
marking the graves and created COM
mission to do the work. In the past six
years two commissioners, ex-Representa-
Oates of Alabama, have passed away
and it has remained for Gen. Berry, ope
of the few living Confederate generals,
to carry out the work.
Gen. Berry's report will be transmitted
to congress. 1t shows that the general
found and marked by headstones and
tablets the bodies of %, ,4O1 Confederate
dead, including all positively known to
fall within the terms of the act. In
every case where it was possible each
of these graves was marked with white
marble headstone, similar to those placed
over the graves of the Confederate Sec
ton of the Arlington national cemetery.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
PROVIDE PENSION
FOR EX-PRESIDENTS
S25, 900 A YEAR WILL BE PAID WITH
OUT APPLICATION.
WIDOWS DRAW SAME AMOUNT
Executives Will Be Given Opportunity to
Devote Their knowledge to Further
ing Public Good Free From Pc
cuniary Worries.

New York.-Futuere ex-presidents OF
the United States are to be pensioned
in the sum of $4,000 each annually, by
action of the Corporation of New York.
The grant is provided with the idea Of
enabling former executives of the nation
to devote their unique knowledge gained
in public affairs to The pr.iic good, free
from pecuniary care. a similar amount
is to be paid widows OF ex-presidents as
long as they remain unmarried.
The pensions are to be promptly OF
fered to the ex-presidents or their Wild
ows, so that no application will be re-
quired from them. Payment is to be
continued so long as the recipients re-
main unprovided for by the government.
The announcement followed the second
annual meeting of the corporation, held
at the residence of Andrew Carnegie here
and attended by the corporations eight
trustees.
Five of these eight trustees are the
heads of five institutions which Mr.. Car
negie has founded-the Carnegie endow-
ment for international peace, Elihu Root,
president; the Carnegie foundation for
the advancement of teaching, Henry S.
Pritchett, president; the Carnegie lnsti-
tuition of Washington, Robert S. Wood
ward, president; Carnegie hero fund COM
mission, Pittsburg, Charles L. Taylor,
president; Carnegie Institute of Pitts
bug, William M. Frew, president. The
successors of these five men become ex
officic trustees of the Carnegie Corpora
ton of New York.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
MISS SUSIE v. POWELL COMPLIES
INTERESTING REPORT.
Hiss Powell Will Attend Series of Edu-
cational Meetings wiz Return
About First of December.

Miss Susie v. Powell, supervisor of
school Improvement for Mississippi, left
for several points in tia state to meet
pupils and teachers in Winston, Carroll
and Montgomery counties, and discuss
with them matters of yital interest in
education work.
While away Miss Powell viii discuss
the work Of tie girls tomato clubs, and
read report showing what the girls Of
the state, who have 80 far reported to
her, have accomplished. It is of great
interest, this report that gives facts and
figures Illustrating Whist the girls who
have been industrious in spare hours
at home have been made to make in
the way of fnancia. profits from can
ming tomatoes.
The canning club report for 1912, as
compiled by Miss Powell, is extremely
interesting. The girls are not allowed
to cultivate and can tomatoes from more
than one-tenth of an acre, and some of
the results of their efforts show wonder
full accomplishments.
In Mississippi the girls put up their
tomatoes in two-pounds cans, or No. 2
cans as they are designated, and they
are standard size in this state. The
following report of Miss Powell refers
to the standard size cans, and is compiled
from reports sent direct to her. 1t is
understood that many girls engaged in
canning work did not send in data re-
garding what they had done
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
HONOR CAPTAIN R0sTRoN
President Taft Approves Selection Of the
Medal.

Washington.-President Taft approved
the choice of the fine arts commission for
the design of gold medal to be present.
cd to Capt. A. II. Rostron of the Cunard
liner Carpathia for his heroic services in
saving the survivors of the Titanic dis
aster.
The accepted design bears on one side
a bas-relief head of Capt. Rcstron, en-
cireled by the words ITO Arthur Henry
Rostron, the thanks of congress Tor he
roically saving the TIA passengers OF the
Titanic in mid-ocean-"
On the reverse appears bas-relief
scene showing two male figures in life
boat casting line to q man just about
to sink beneath the sea. On this side
also appears the date of the rescue, April
is, 1912.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

More Than a Half Million viii Be Re-
claimed.

CkdlU1t1s
The most notable plan OF development
now under way in Mississippi is the
drainage OF swamp overflowed lands in
Washington county. Twelve drainage
districts, or Subdivisions, have been or
ganized, the work of digging drainage
canals is actively under way, and when
the work is completed il vii mean the
rsclss1isst ion of more sas 9s1 half million
acres of the most fertile cotton lands
in the world.
Plans for the drainage system were
approved by government engineers, fur
nished by the department of agriculture,
ell necessary fnantial arrangements
have been perfected and land owners IN
the territory to be drained are mani
testing very enthusiastic interest.
It is expected that the example set by
Washington county viii be quickly fol-
lowed in other sections Of the delta.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
AID FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN.
Honorary Chairman of chiAren's Home
Society Issues Appeal.

Jackson.-Gov. Earl Brewer, honorary
chairman of the Mississippi Children's
Home Society, gave out the following
which is self-explanatory:
''The Mississippi Children's Home So
ciety, an institution of which ! have the
honor to be honorary chairman, has been
doing and Is doing q great work for the
homeless children of this state. This
institution was organized only few
months ago, and the object and purpose
being to find all the little helpless chill
dren in the state who did not have q
home, and find home for them.
sWe have succeeded in finding one
hundred and ninety-two children without
a home. We have succeeded in placing
sixty-two of these children in good, com
Portable homes where they are being
we'll cared for. We have now one hun
dred and thirty-two children ready to-
be placed in homes as soon as the homes
can be found. We have secured and
made investigation of several homes who
are willing to receive and adopt quite
number of them, but the funds have
run short. We are about $3.50 behind
with the work. There is no greater char
liable work that can be engaged In, IN
my judgment, than this, and | am going
to ask every person in the state who is
willing to contribute something in this
prosperous year to this good work TO
send it to Hon. George d. Power, state
treasurer of this society"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
wHITEcAPPER PARDoNED.
Mississippi Governor Says He Must Pro-
vide for His Family.

Jackson. C. Mccoy, who was serv-
Ing sentence in the penitentiary for
whitecapping, has been pardoned by the
governor.
In issuing the pardon Gov. Brewer in
corporated q rather new and unique
condition. The substance of this condi-
ton was that Mccoy must in future
live with and provide for his wife and
children, that ne must, within five days,
leave Pearl River county with them, and
shall not return to that portion of Mis-
sissippi lying south of the Alabama and
Vicksburg railroad line, on pain of hav-
ing the unserved portion of his sentence
go in effect automatically.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Down and Cutters Aided.

New York.-A weeks celebration of
thirty-three years work in helping
down and outers' to the "up and in
ranks" was begun by the Bowery Mis-
sion with song, prayer, anniversary SER
mon, "reminiscences and much feasting.
The latter, in which hundreds shared,
was at the expense OF sMother" Sarah
Bird and Frederick Townsend Martin
and it marks the reopening this week of
the winter bread line, at which thou
sand cold and empty stomachs are
warmed and filed every midnight with
hot coffee and rolls.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Cannot Locate the Tiger.

Natchez.-Despite SENSATIONAL reports
about violations of prohibition laws IN
Natchez, the Adams county grand jury
adjourned without having returned true
bill for this offense. In its report the
grand jury says much liquor has been
shipped into Natchez to fictitious names
and .after an examination of more than
100 reputable witnesses, we failed to find
the guilty parties. Sheriff Mulvihill
and the police force were commended
FOR their work in suppressing crime
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29

Philadelphia, Pa.-With bowed heads
and led in prayer by Bishop Rhinelander
Of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Pennsylvania, more than 500 delegates
to the National American Woman Suf-
frage convention and thousands of their
friends gave thanks to the Almighty for
the recent suffrage victories in the four
states of Arizona, Kansas, Michigan and
Oregon.
The meeting was in the nature of q
Jubilee for the success at the polls of
woman's acknowledgements.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
BUY SEED BY THE BUsHEL.
Mills Advertise For Cotton Seed at High
Rate.

Jackson.-Advertising for cotton seed
at so much per bushel, a custom now in
vogue, is causing comment among old
timers in Mississippi who remember
when the seed was considered of no
value and often dumped upon the creek
banks as q useless and valueless arti-
Gle.
For years, even when seed was scarce,
price per ton has been the rule when
the mills appealed to the farmers for
their surplus cotton seed, but it almost
gives the manufacturer chill to SEQ
competitors these days advertising for
the precious product at the rate Of 90
cents per bushel, or thereabouts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Taft outran Colonel.

Dallas, Tex--Taft ran ahead Of
Roosevelt in Texas, and the Socialist
vote was such good ramner-Ip that the
Socialists stood second to the Democrats
for governor, though beaten on national
tickets by the Republicans and the Pro-
gressives. The. Texas vote was:
Wilson 221 .4s5, Taft 2s,66s, Roose.
veIt 26,740, Debs 25,742, Chain I.73s,
Reimcrs 442.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
CAPT. w. c. WATKINS DEAD
Confederate Escaped While Unde- Orders
TO Be Shot.

Clinton, Mo-Capt. w. G. Watkins,
who served under Gen. George Shelby IN
the Civil War, died here, aged 70. While
recruiting company for the Confederate
army Capt. Watkins was discovered with
in the Union lines and was captured,
courtmartialed and ordered shot. Pres
ident Lincoln approved the order but
Watkins escaped, rejoined his regiment
and served through the remainder of the
war.
A copy of his death warrant signed by
Lincoln given him after the war was
highly priced by Capt. Watkins.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
MAILS PENSION VOUCHERS.
Will Be Paid to County Treasurers on
Auditors Warrants.s

Jaclxson.-State Auditor Thompson
mailed out to the chancery clerks
throughout the state vouchers for the
amount of pensions to be distributed in
their counties. The pension fund is paid
to county treasurers upon the auditors
warrants, and the treasurers in turn pay
the individual pensioned upon warrants
by the chancery clerks.
AS Auditor Thompson points out, there
is deficit in the treasury, and therefore
it win be impossible for the money to
be paid until January, but nevertheless
he is tracking the law and is sending out
the warrants in compliance Herewith as
required at this time.
The distribution carries total OF
$449,4 ,43S, to be divided among 1901 pen
sioners. Copiah county, with 265 pen
sioners, gets the largest individual pro
rata, or ST., $500. Isaquena, with two.
on the pension rolls, gets $500. Other
counties with above 200 pensions are:
Kinds, with 264; Lauderdale, 254; Lee,
253; Smith, 23s; Monroe, 235; Attala,
233; Calhoun, e23; and Lafayette, 2e1.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
cArJ. J. J! vlsSIl DIES.

He Was Pioneer in Mississippi Yellow
Pine Business.
MrComb.-Capt. j. j. White died at
his home here, aged 81 years, surround
ed BY his entire family.
Capt. White was pioneer in the
yellow pine business in South Mississip
pi, being founder of the J. ]. White
Lumber Company, which grew out of q
small plant mile west of Summit, re-
moving said plant to McComb in 1887.
His business ability was of the highest
type, which was evidenced by the many
enterprises that he organized and car
ried through successfully.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Enterprise Fair a Success.

Enterprise.-The fair at Enterprise,
under the auspices of the Commercial
Club, was success beyond any ones
expectations. The fair was given for
the benefit and encouragement of farm
ers in Clark county and to arouse an in,
terest and pride in stock raising.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-11-29
Bank Closed.

Meridian.-The Union Bank and Trust
Company, capital stock three hundred
thousand dollars, has closed its doors.
Assets of the bank are given at one mil
lion, seventeen thousand dollars, not in
cluding capital stock and seventy thou
sand undivided surplus and thirty-four
thousand earned interest and profits.