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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26

The birth stones are: January, gar
net; February, amethyst; March,
bloodstone; April, diamond; May, en-
erald; June, moss agate; July, ruby;
August sardonyx; September, sap
phire; October, opal; November, to-
paz; December, turquoise.
MADAME MERRI.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26
WHO Is
THIS?
#
ByRev. ParleyE. Zartmann. DID,,
Secretary Of Extension Department Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago

TEXT-And when he was come into
Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, say
ing, Who is this ?-AGatt. PHO
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26

A prayerful hearing OF the sermo1
Is as important as its prayerful prep
Hration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26
Polite Notes.

VIII you kindly advise the custom
concerning letters of coincidence and
congratulation? Should letters be sent
only to friends out Of town, or may
they be used between friends in the
same city? Are letters of coincidence
better than a call? ANXIOUS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26

Jesus Christ had not been long at
his work on earth until people began
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-26
EtIuuette At a Recentlon.

Will you kindly inform me the
proper thing to do at a reception?
Should / leave my calling card? What
should be served? S. A. B.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
LAND COMPANY CHARTERED.
Gov. Brewer Ignores Opinion Of Astor-
ney.Ceneral.

Jackson.-Quietly ignoring the written
note Of disapproval Of the attorney gen
eral Of the charter Of Incorporation of
the Black River Land Company, on the
same ground hitherto expressed, that II
violates in terms and spirit the public
policy conserving the holding Of agri-
cultural lands by corporations, a. ex-
pressed by legislative enactment. Gov.
Brewer gave his approval to the charter,
which will be duly recorded. As he has
stated in connection with similar cases
of the same kind, Gov. Brewer holds that
ss the restrictive provisions of the law
in question do not become operative un-
til Nov. ?, 1912, he eanot see that he
has any power that would justify him
in Withholding approval, upon what he
considers would be an arbitrary or mere
lv personal construction OF an act Of
the legislature In other words, he de-
elines to 90 behind the provisions and
language of the act itself and make
the law effective by anticipation or Inn
plication.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
The CHARITY HOSPITAL
MORTALITY RATE SHOWS A VERY
LIGHT PERCENTAGE.
statement for Month of September
Shows le4 Patients Were Admitted
for the Month. and a Total Of
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
Law HAS NO EXEMPTIONS
PROVISIONS OF 1919 ACT LITERAL
LY INCLUDE ALL OFFICERS.
Suit May Be Brought in Order to Givs
Interpretation Of the Act-Lawyers
Say II Is Weak.

Jacksou.-Thcre is very nice aues-
tion now before the people OF Mississippi
and which will in all probability come
before the courts for disposition, grow
ing out of the income tax act Of 1912.
The question is in regard to the in
come of state officers from salaries q
emoluments, and whether they are prop
erly taxable under the act. There are
those who contend that the salary of .
public official, whether state or federal,
il not subject 20 the operations of an
income tax and that he would have tho
constitutional right to plead hnmuai.y
therefrom.
The legislature of 1912, in Ito vie
dom, enacted n statute providing for
lcvying and collecting a tax on incomes,
providing generally that all incomes in
excess of $500 shall be liable to the
5-mill tax made and provided. There
are no exemptions or exceptions made
except as to income derived from inter
est on state or United States bonds, the
assessors being required TO demand OF
each person liable to assessment in his
county sworn statement as 10 his in
come from all sources, whether salaries,
fees, trade, profession or property, and
the statute eNcepts none.
Should the provisions Of this act BE-
applied literally it would hit the gov
ernor, state treasurer, insurance com.
missioner, attorney general, the su-
preme judges and chancellrs, ths
salaries of all OF whom are in excess o.
$4,000. The salary of the auditor aud
the superintendent of education are fixed
at even s. 500, which would exempt them
from such tax il the law is literally con
strued.
Lawyers who have studied the act In
question are of the opinion that there
would be good ground for eoptesting this
same act, on the very ground of am.
biguity, and it would be interesting to
note the outcome II litigation ssoald
arise over this specific point. And just
here rather anomalous proposition
itself. which Is that as the judges them.
selves are in the "eSccss Of s., 500 ehss
and they should be joined in the litiya
tion, who would try and determine The
question fairly and impartiaHyi
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
RAN NAKED INTO HOTEL HALL
Door of Hotel Room Closed Behind
Guest Seeking Burglar.

Chieago.-t;eorge II. Rusgles while in
the bath tub in his apartments al ho-
tel here, heard someone in his bedroom.
Ruggles dashed out aud found man
making off with his clothes. lie ran
at the man, who darted through the
hall door and before he could check him
self, Ruggles was outside Is door, which
swung to and atehed behind him. Rug
giles abandoned the chase OF the burglar
and made efforts to get his door opened
or TO scale the transom a several guests
were approaching down the hall. His
efforts proving unavailing. he was forced
to snatch up length of the hall carpet
to drape himself. Employees of the hotel,
thinking Ruggles was insane, took him
thus clad to a trunk room and sent for
the police before he could make them
believe his explanation. He returned to
his room by way OF a freight elevator
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
Tariff and BIoated Fortunes.

Enough instances have been given
By the Journal to show that the tarin
is the creator OF bloated fortunes.
The way It works is so simple that
It can be put in the form of recipe;
Get a tariff. form trust; then
pluck the public in the stock market
and rob the consumer with high
prices"
The tariff shuts out foreign COM
petition. and thus offers an oppor-
tunIty to rob the American consumer
The trusts are formed to take adj
vantage OF this opportunity.
: They are capitalized at their so
called earning power" which means
their robbing power under the tarin
This capitalization is from two TO ten
times the actual investment.
The watered stock thus Issued
costing nothing but the printing OF 1t
is sold to the public at high prices.
The promoters keep control Of the
trust in their own hands, that they
NAV vote themselves fat salaries and
rich perquisites.
The prices OF the trust-made articles
are kept up to the highest notch to
,ake advantage Of the tariff and pay
dividends on watered stock.
Then a portion of the profits thus
,de is set aside for political cor
ruption to keep the tariff graft from
being disturbed.
1t is very simple-when the trick
is exposed. 1t is very prontaoie-'o
the promoters.
II is incredibly wasteful, cruel ana
debauching for every one else.
The only way to stop the accumuia.
t,on of bloated fortunes is to cut on
the tariff graft that breeds bloated
fortunes.
The way to cut OF the tariff graft
is to elect Governor Wilson and a
Democratic congress.-Chicago Jour
nal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
PAYS BIG INHERITANCE TAX
II Was Levied on the Estate of Late Col.
John Jacob Astor.

Albany, y. Y.-A ehec.. for s3,I50,0o0
was received by State comptroller Sob
mer in payment Of the advanced Inherit
anee tax ON the estate of the late Col.
John ia oh Astor, who pcrished in the
Titanic.
The temporary tax was paid at this
time in order to obtain 5 per cent re-
bate allowed by law if the tax is paid
within six months after the death of the
decedcnt. This rebate is equivalent to
sia5,ooO. The temporary tax represents
an estate valued at about SIS, 900 900,
although the final tax will not be fixed
until after the estate has been appraised.
The payment is the largest inheritance
tax paid on single estate since
the enactment of the law twenty-seven
years ago, and is nearly one-third as
large as the entire tax collected during
the fiscal year ending September 80.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
EXPRESS MESSENGER
FIGHTS 0FE BANDITS
SAFELY GUARDS vALUABLES FROM
ATTACK OF FOUR MEN.
LAW OFFICERS ARE MlSleD
Number Of Holdups and hank Robberies
in Northern Oklahoma Cause Extra
Precautions TO b Taken by the
Authorities.

Fort Smith, Ark.-While a half-hun
dred heavily armed and mounted sheriifs,
deputies, postal inspectors, railway de-
tectives and special officers formed .
Gordon about spot near Poteau, Okla,
where they had been informed valuable
loot, stolen from Kansas City Southern
passenger train, was hidden, and waited
all night for the bandits TO return for
their spoils, four masked men raided
northbound Kansas Cltv southern train
between Hatfield and Potter in Polk eoun-
ty, this state. Merrill Bureett vas bad
ly beaten by the bandits, after he had
shot one Of their number as he clung to
the outside OF the coach. After a des-
Pcrate battle the three remaining ban
dts fled empty y-handed. and no trace Of
them has been found
The holdup, the third in this section
in a week. was the elimination Of the
most sensational in the history of th-
southwest. While sheriff George Noble
Of Leore coaunty, Okla, and large posse,
lei by six bloothounds were pursuing
a gang OF bandits, who had held up and
robbed Roek Island passenger train, be-
tween Wister and Howe. Okla, the night
before. Luther Reynolds. a white man, ap-
peared at sheriff Gilstrap's Office at S;ig-
ler, Okla. and declared he was one OF the
men who hrid up the Kansas City South
cru train AZ Poteau. he said the gang had
planted several thousand dollars taken
from the train, at a point near Potesu,
and intended returning Thursday night
for the loot.
This information caused Sheriff Noble
to call of the man-hunt. and all avail
able officers WERE rushed to this city,
where under the cover Of darkness last
night they proeec,led to the place where
Reynolds said the bandits would meet.
Reynolds also accompanied them and
with the officers patiently awaited the
arrival Of his companions. Daylight
came and the vigil was abandoned.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
WILSON PLEASES THE PEOPLE
Governor Is Making the 'tlnd Of Cam
pslgn That Is Sure to
Win.

Gov. Wilson is making the sort OF
campaign that wins.
He is making the sort OF campaign
which proves not only that the party
has good candidate. but that the
country will have a good president
Gov Wilson has shown a dignity.
a fairness, a sincerity which has gain.
ed the confidence OF the people wher
ever his words have reached.
Gov Wilson Is the reverse OF spec
taucular grand-stander. Yet on his
western trip he has had by odds the
largest audiences that have gathered
during this campaign.
They have come. not to see a show,
but to Judge a man: not to pay hom'
age TO a self-made Caesar. but TO hear
and pass upon a program OF national
work
They have heard. they have judged.
they have approved
They have found Gov. Wilson a
man whose prime desire Is not to exalt
himself. but TO serve the people.
They have found Gov. Wilson a man
who refuses TO be drawn from the is-
sues OF the campaign into IN exchange
OF barren personalities
They have found Gov. Wilson man
who never hesitates to say anything
good OF an opponent that may with
honesty be said.
They have found Gov. Wilson a man
who respects the office OF the presi-
dency too much to seek 1t by cam
paign OF billingsgate.
In q word. the people have found
Gov. Wilson the sort OF man they want
in the White House. They will put
him there.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
BANNER YEAR
FOR ALL CROPS
MOST CROPS SURPASS REcoRr
YIELDS.
BUMPER YIELD OF CORN
Oats. Barley, Rye. Hay and Potatoes
Indicate Largest Yields on Record.
Spring Wheat Breaks Record.

Washington.-with the garnering Of
The harvests OF the country, predicted
earlier in the season TO be greater in
most cases than ever known by this or
any other nation, the department OF
agriculture continued its preliminary
estimates Of the production OF these
crops in the October report of the crop
reporting board of its bureau of stats.
tics.
On the planted area, los. 10000 acres,
it Is estimated, from condition reports,
that the total yield will be 100000, 900
bushels.
Spring Whcat-Indicatcd yield per
acre, l7.2 bushels, compared with 81
bushels last year and 1874 bushels. the
average yield, i906-l0. On the planted
area, l9,2oi 900 acres, il is preliminarly
estimated the total final production will
be 33O,39i 900 bushels.
All Nheat-lndicated yield per acre,
l6 bushels, compared with i2.5 bushels
anu Inv aNtihNt
yield, 1906-iO. On the planted area,
4i.9i5,O00 acres il is preliminarily esti'
mated the total final production will b.
be 72O,333,0O0 bushels.
oats-lndicatcd yield per acre, 3I.i
bushels, compared with 24.4 bushels last
year and 2s.i bushels, the average yield
i906-lO. On the planted area, ii, i,o0C
acres, it is prcliminarily estimated tn,
total final production will be l,i17,i72,
900 bushels.
characterization s5.i per cent OF
q normal, compared with s7.2 per cent
on September /, 1912; 62.3 per cent in
October last year and 76.2 per cent, the
ten-year average for October. Indicated
yield per acre, loss bushels, compared
with 500 bushels harvested last yeal
and 96.s bushels the average yield pei
acre, i906-i0. On the planted area, ,,
6s9,OO0 acres, it is estimated, the tota
final production will be iOl, 100000 bush
els.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
ROOSEVELT SHOT
BY INSANE MAN
w0ULD-BE ASSASSIN ESCAPES
ROUGH HANDLING.
MERELY A FLESH WOUND
Maniac Had on His Person Several
Rambling Statements That Any Man
Seeking Third Term Should Be
Killed.

Milwaukec.--Col. Theodore Roosevelt
was shot in the breast by an assassin as
he entered an automobile in front of the
Hotel Gilpatrick to start for an audito-
rum, where he was to speak. lie helped
to oyerpower the evidently insane man,
insisted on going to the hall, there
quoted the crowd that heard he had
been shot, spoke from s;2O until o:4s
o'clock, though apparently weak, and
then was taken to an emergency hospital.
The bullet struck a roll Of manuscript
of his speech, and this probably saved
his life. After an hours questioning the
assassin gave his name as John Schrank,
of $40 East Tenth street. New York.
From notes found in the prisoners :
clothes il is evident he Is demcnted on
the subject Of Col. Roosevelt running
ior a third term.
The positive statement that Col.
Roosevelt was not injured seriously was
made by DR. FrcderickNA. Stratton, OF
Milwaukee, one of the physicians who
examined the colonel. DT. Stratton SAID
that there was no cause for alarm "a
to the colonels condition.
A written proclamation found in the
clothing Of the man who did the shoot.
ing reads:
Sept. Is, 1901, 1880 am. In dream
| saw President Mckinley sit mp in a
monks attire, ip whom | recognized
Theodore Roosevelt. The president said F:
This is my murderer; aycnge my death
Sept. II, 1912. 1880 am. While writ
ing a poem, some one tapped me on the
shoulder aud said: Let not murderer
take the presidential chair. Ayenge my
DEATH
81 could plainly see Mr.. McKinlcy's
features.
Before the Almighty God. swear
this above writing is nothing but the
truth"
Another note reads;
so long as Japan could rise TO the
greatest power of the world, despite hel
surviving a tradition Isore than 2,00I
years old, as Gen. Nogi 50 nobly demon
stratcd il il the duty of the Unite
States of America to uphold the third
term tradition. let every third-tcrmcl
b. regarded a. traitor to the American
cause. Let it he the right and duty o
every citizen to forcibly remove a third
termer. Never let a third-term part!
emblem president of the ballot.
Il am willing to die for my country
God has called me to he his instrument
So help me, God.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
MORGAN REFUSED WAR LOAN
Remarkable Strength Shown In Stock
Market

New York.--In the course of an inves-
tigation for the reason for the rcmarka-
Bile strength displayed in the stock mar
ket in the declaration of war against
Turkey by the Balkans, it was diseov-
sred that the Turkish government had
-sade an appeal to American bankers
fof> a loan of $4,000 for war purposes,
and had been refused.
1t is understood that the appeal was
made directly to Morgan 4 Co.
The bankers Offered to furnish the
money on condition that peace be- made
with Italy and that the Balkan uprising
be quieted at once. The inter is still
under negotiation, and several banking
houses in New York are willing TO make
the loan il Turkey will agree to do all in
its power to bring about peace.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17

Natchez.-with eight bids for tho
10000 5o-year 5 per cent Adams county
good roads bonds, the board of super
visors accepted the bid of Well, Roth &
Co., which concern offered premium Of
s4.5ss.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
DEDICATE HIGH SCHOOL.
Okubbeha Agricultural Institution
Opened to the Public.

Starkvllle.-The dedieatory exercises
OF the oktibbeha county agricultural
high school, situated at Long View. took
place seven miles west of here. An i'm
mense crowd was present. Prof. W. E.
Smith, superintendent for the rural
schools in Mississippi, was the principal
speaker. He spoke along agricultural
lines and his address WAS interesting and
interspersed with live ideas as to the
practical methods adopted in the farm
schools of the present day. Other gen
tlemen also made short addresses aPpro-
priate to the occasion.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
STATE SOLDIERS HOME.
Beauvoir in Good Condition and Inmates
in Good Health.

Beauvoir.-The regular quarterly ses-
sion of the board OF directors of Beau
voir Soldiers Home was held Friday
and Saturday.
A thorough inspection of the dorfni.
tories, hospital. barn, dairy, outhou-es
and grounds was made and satisfaction
was expressed q the cleanliness and
sanitary conditions.
There are now 2o5 inmates, with room
Tor ten or fifteen more IN the new dormi-
tories just completed. The board passed
on ten new applicants, who, added to
the applications of those already on file
and approved, will not be able TO enter
the home until vacancies occur BY death
or otherwise. The general health OF the
inmates is good, and the institution was
never IN a more prosperous condition.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
BLOODY BATTLE
IN PENI1ENTIARY
TWO MUTINEERS SLAIN, AND
EIGHT CITIZENS DEAD.
TROOPS ARE CALLED FOR
Fierce Battle Within Prison Between
the Guards and Prisoners Over
Twenty Conviets Get Away and
Start a Riot in Town

Rawlins, Wyo.-A battle ragged in
the state pcnitentiary. Locked inside
the walls with hundreds OF mutinous
prisoners, few guards fought dcspcr-
ately to restore order and prevent a
Wholesale jail delivery.
Camped outside the walls was a force
Of citizens heavily armed, ready to drive
back the convicts il they murdered the
remaining guards and made rush
through the gates. shouts and ocea-
slonal shots told Of desperate fighting
within the walls.
Another battle was in progress at the
same time IN the bills south Of Raw.
lins, between posse OF citizens AMI
from twenty to forty escaped prisoners.
Two men were killed in the streets Of
Rswlins, one was desperately wounde !
AMI two eonvicts We're recaptured, fol.
lowing the escape of from ten to thirty
prisoners.
Frantic kilograms were sent 10 Gov
carey, imploring him to send state
troops To protect the citizens. Towns
people barricaded themselves in Their
homes or heavily armed patrolled ths
/ streets.
The outbreak was the second within
I twenty-four hours. Twenty prisoner.
escaped and nine We're recaptur~i. A
party of desperate life-termers overpow
cred the keeper Of the cellhouse, took
his keys and released their comrades
in their cells. Every prisoner willing
to risk battle with the guards made
a rush for the gates.
A moment later the citizens Of tn,
town heard fusilade of shots within
the walls. A bedlam of shouts and yell,
echoed from the prison. A few seconds
later more than dozen men dashed
down the main street armed with gun.
and knives. Holding the few citizens OF
the street at bay with reyolvers, they
charged into a livery barn, holding NJ
the proprietor and hastily throwing sad
dies and brides on the horses.
A huge negro with a revolver was left
as guard on the outside. Charles Stress
ner had heard the commotion and eam'
down the street with a shotgun. Th'
negro shot him through the head, kill
ing him instantly.
At the sound Of the shot the convict
swarmed from the barn, some with stol
en- horses and -ome afo0t 4 Mexican
wantonly stabbed the proprietor in tin
face, severely wounding him, and few
seconds later paid for the deed with hi
life. Hugh Rogner, a deputy sheriff
shot him twice, killing him almost in
stantly.
Leaving their dying comrade, the con
victs made a dash for the rocky hill
south of the town. A party Of peuteu
tiary guards followed in close pursui
and before the bewildered citizens ha
time to form posse, pursuers and fug
tives had disappeared among the hills.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
Creeks Send Ultimatum.

London.--General war in the Balkans
cannot be delayed much longer, in the
opinion of authoritative circles here.
Greece has handed an ultimatum to Tur-
key demanding the release within TWEEN
ty-four hours of the Greek vessels which
have been seized in large numbers by
Turkey. This, it is believed, the Tur-
ish government will certainly decline to
do. A refusal will be followed immedi.
atey by the recall of the Greek minister
to Turkey, which will be the signal for
war between the two countries.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
PREDICT BIG GRAIN EXPORTS
Spring Wheat Will Not Be Put on Bar.
gain Counter.

Ohicago.-The enormous elearances of
breadstufrs from the United States last
week show that this country and Canada
are again in the running as exporters
and that they will make a big showing
during the present crop year. Accord
ing TO advices received at Chicago Satur-
day, Canada will offer increased guam
titles of wheat, and the movement out
OF that country probably will exceed all
former periods.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-17
Twin Fre-ks Die.

Wilmington, \. C.-Millie and Chris
tine. one OF the greatest twin freaks OF
human anatomy, exhibited all over the
world, once presented to Queen Victo-
ria, and possessing apparently two sep
arate and distinct beings with one body,
died Wednesdy at the old homestead in
Columbus county, this state, where they
were born in slavery and were subse
quently educated and exploited in many
countries, puzzle to scientists and anat-
omists. They were born to negro par
ents and died within few hours OF one
another, aged about GO years.