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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-12-19
The NsfariOus Liquor Business

The NefariOus Liquor Business.
Rditor Reveille:
| am herewith enclosing leaf.
let, with three paragraphs, which
| will be glad to have you publish
this week, in view of the fact that
liquor dealers all over the country
are expending an amazing amount
of energy and postage just at this
time, to advertise their goods-in
dry territory.
No home is immune from their
objectionable circulars. No name.
is exempt from their mailing lists,
and no boy or young man, or ha-
bituaI drinker is safe from their
insistent advertising of every spe-'
cies of alcoholic liquor, 'stree cou
pons," and reduced prices for
goods that may he "returned at
their expense if not found salts.
factory.
lust here ] wish to make this
statement.
When legalized saloons were in
Vicksburg, there were certain ''iua
houses 10 that city that regularly
land persistently sent advertising
circulars into the homes OF Clai
borne county.
Statewide prohibition gave u
Irelief from that annoyance, a
least, however outrageonsly th
Hill City may have violated to
state law within her own munici
pality.
} But, during the past few day
! there have come to our little cour
: try postofice, quantities Of lique
: circulars from six different whole
3 sale and retail houses in New Q
leans, alone. besides others tro'
!. Louisville. Kansas City. Mo-. AZ
Peoria, I'll.
One Of these makes . distln
: bid for the bliad tiger trade, 81
7 boldly asks each good citizen
= inform the illegal dealer where
Ill seunAanusa % Riahth Paeal
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-12-19

Monday at noon FIRE DESTROYED
the home of Mrs. Mollie Shelby of
HermanviIle, having originated
from 3 defective Aue.
Much Of the furniture was saved,
but the building was entirely con-
sumed.
We are unable to learn the value
oil the building, or whether any
insurance was carried.
The property formerly belonged
to DR.. W. w. Leggett.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-12-19

Mr.. Editor:
If you have space, | think the
attached clipping will be OF inter-
est to the cotton rsisers of this
county. It is certainly a fact that
If we had more birds, we would
have less injurious insects. Unless
the wholesale and retail destruc.
ton OF the birds is stopped, the
time will soon comes when it will
be impossible to raise crops OF any
sort. It is high time that the law
makers of this state should pro-
hibit the killing of birds, not IL
cense their being killed, but simp-
" pass laws to prohibit the killing
of birds. Not long ago | was ad
vocating this, and q man who likes
to shoot quail. bat who does not
even try to raise anything that the
quail could protect, said that the
quail was not an insect eater, that
be had killed great many, and
never found an insect in its crop.
| asked him what time Of the year
he killed them. He said in the
fall. asked him if It was not a
fact that there were no insects IN
the fall, and in the spring there
were no seed for the birds, and so
the quail lived on insects in the
spring and summer. Spring time
is when we need the birds.
Our laws present a curious
anomaly, they permit the whole
sale, retail, aud wanson killing Of
the useful birds, mans best friends,
and then prohibit the killing of the
filthy buzzard, that spreads dis
ease, Lot only among domestic an
imaIs, but among human beings.
Is il not time for man to wake
up to bis own interest, and protect
the birds. and wage war on the
buzzard. The buzzard, the house
fiy and the mosquito &c ali 10 The
same class.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-12-19
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Removes Or. HuntIey, Returns
DR.. tiOiloman.

The Mississippi conference OF
the Methodist church, Ia session
at Hazlehurst, adjourned Monday
to meet next year at Natchez, near
the scene OF its first meeting 9o
years ago.
The acre of ground near Fay
cite, known as Spring Hill Camp
Ground, where the first conference
was held, was donated to the con-
terence.
Rev. Fl. g. Hawkins was trans
ferred to the Memphis conference
where at Jackson, Tenn, be will
have charge of a female college,
and a resolution was passed com.
mending him to the Memphis con.
ference.
The Port Gibson Female Col
lege received $3.50 from the con-
ference.
DR.. Huntley goes TO the Sea.
shore district as presiding elder,
DR.. Holloman is returned to Port
Gibson, while Rev. c. M. Chap
man is returned as president oi
the College.
A resolution was adopted call
ing upon the conference to unite
in prayer for the conversion ci
TO, 600 persons this the tooth year
of Methodism in Mississippi.
The new appointments, of local
interest, are as follows:
Presiding Elder of Brookhaven
District, R. Selby; Brookhaven,
w. H. Lewis; Barlow, c. A.
Schultz; Bogue chitto, ]. Fl. Fore
man; Ellisville, E. H. Mounger;
Hattiesburg. Broad Street, I. L.
Neil; Court Street. G. II. Gallo
way; Main Street. c. w. Crisler;
Prentiss, w. D. Dominick; Con-
terence Evangelist, D. E. Kelley;
Benton, ]. o. Ware, Canton, c.
N. Guice; Flora, c. P. McKeowni
Shubuta. B. F. Jones: Laurel,
First Church, in. Weems: King
ston, M. NJ. Black; Morton, /. T.
Abney; Presiding Elder Port Glib.
son District, T. w. Adams; Fay
ette, |. E. Gray; HaEriston, ] E.
ISampley; Hermanville, w. L.
Blackwell; Jefferson Street, Match
ez, H. B. Watkins; Port Gibson,
T. B. HoIloman; Rocky Springs,
| !. F. Campbell; Crawford Street,
Vicksburg, H. w. Featherstunt
President P. G. Female College,
C. M. Chapman; Presiding Eldel
Seashore District, w. H Huhtley.
Columbia, NJ. B. Sharbrough.
First Church, Gulfpott, M. L;
Burton; Pass Christian, R. F,
Witt.
The Port Gibson friends of Rev,
W. H. Huntley and his good fam
lily regret exceedingly to lose then
from the community. Their rein
ling influence has been wholsom'
and helpful, and DR.. Huntley''
work on the district has been tne
in the face of an almost unprece
| ldented financial crisis. We com
mend them to the good people o
Gulfport, their future home.
| DIR. Holloman's return to Por
Gibson is a source of pleasure &
all denominations. Twenty-Five
members were added to the cburcl
during the year, and the churcI
has probably never had a NOR
popular pastor. Mrs. Holloma'
lis regarded almost in the light of
permanent resident, having bee
so long identified with the tow
and its interests.
Rev. w. L. Blackwell return
to HermanvilIe to complete for
!, years of faithful work, while Res
]. E. Sampley, "the Sunday schO'
preacher, is returned to the 10
-lman circuit for the third time.
Rev. w. F. McCrory, WI
served the Rocky Springs circu
this year, retires from active wOl
because of falling sight.
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Very truly yours,


Little Rock. Ark, Dec. 1z.-
E. A. McIlheny, of Avery Island,
La, is spending few days in the
state in the interest Of game pro-
lection legislation.
Mr.. McIIheny calls attention to
the following interesting observa-
.tions by Col. w. Calvin Wells. of
Jackson, Miss, q lawyer and plant
er:
"Abont six years ago saw that
the weevil was going TO get into
this country. The government
bulletins issued then stated that
the quail or partridge was very
destructive to boil weeviIs, SO |
thought / would see if there was
any help to be had from the birds.
/ posted my place and kept the
hunters off absolutely
"There were some birds on the
plantation then, and they have in.
creased wonderfully. While Other
places in the same neighborhood
have failed to make crops, ] have
not failed to make a fairly good
crop every year. Ihave averaged
Ave bales to the mule this year,
and I attribute it to the help the
partridges have given me in fight
ling the boil weevils. Nor is this
all the confirmation / have. 4
friend of mine who is entirely re
liable was riding through Copial
county not long ago. He saw
covey of quail jumping up on tn
Icotton stalks, catching something
He took his gun and killed one Q
the birds, and found more than J
dozen boil weevils in its craw.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1912-12-19
Death Of hrs. r. e. BedOn.

Last Wednesday Mrs. R. E.
Bedon passed away at the home of
her son.in-law, DR.. Burroughs,
who resides at the Gordon place
in the fourth district.
The remains were shipped to
Columbia, Tenn, the former home
of the deceased.
Mrs. Bedon had made her home
with DR.. Burroughs, who came
from the eastern portion Of the
state about two years ago. !
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er, and find it much more satisfac.
tory, and our mules do better
work. Yours truly,
CHESS & WvMoND Co.,
Per c. N. Payne.
The above was answered:
Cold Springs Plantation,
Nov. IS, 1919.
Chess & Wymond Co.,
Jackson, Miss:
GENTLEMEN:-Your letter of the
a2nd inst, is received, and / deny
the statement that Alfalfa and Tim.
othy are better hays for feeding
mules. Lespedeza contains as
much protein as Alfalfa, and Ber-
muda greater percentage of car
bohydrates than Timothy. There
fore Lespedeza and Bermuda are
a better balanced bay ration than
Alfalfa and Timothy. No wonder
the Southern farmer receives no
encouragement to diversity his
crops. Northern manufacturers
come down South with their plants
for our raw material and refuse to
patronize our own people. South.
ern manufacturers and merchants
are equally to blame, too.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES F. McCALEB, NJ. D.
Alfalfa hay has 1898 pounds
digestibIe protein per 100 pounds;
Timothy hay, 2.So pounds. The
digestible carbohydrates amounts
to 4s.72 pounds in Timothy hay
per 100 pounds: in Alfalfa hay,
s7.33 pounds. (See Farmers
Bulletin goa. conditions affecting
value OF market hay, p. I7.) On
an average, in 100 pounds of Les
pedeza bay, the vegetable protein
amounts to TO pounds (see Louis
lana Bulletin No. I3o, Lespedeza
or Japan Clover, p. 4e); in Ber-
muda hay, gao pounds (see Farm
ers' Bulletin No. a8I, Experiment
Station Work, p. I2). In 100
pounds of Lespedeza hay the de
gestible carbohydrates amountsjto
ass pounds; in Bermuda it is
nearly ~ pounds
From the foregoing analysis,
Alfalfa and Timothy contain I3s47
pounds of digestible protein, and
lS3.o5 pounds of carbohydrates;
in Lespedeza and Bermuda the
amount of digestible protein is
1850 pounds and Of digestible car
bonydrates, 90 pounds. There
fore Lespedeza and Bermuda are a
better balanced hay ration than
Alfalfa and Timothy in feeding
mules. horses and cattle. Verdict
fot defendant.
| JAMES. F. MccALEB, MD.
Cold Springs Plantation. Decem-
her. roT2,
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

uon on the part of the community to
throw ,,.L on the restraining influences
Tor SO long time. With very many
observers, however, Il is still a Question
OF whether the awakening is more than
a seasonal Improvement or not. Better
nent, however, js manifest in such fea-
lures as expanding bank clearances,
railway gross earnings and the Teduc.
Ion or surplus railway equipment.
Elsewhere one notes advances in the
1907. advances in cotton goods, and the
EFFORT Is being made to advance iron and
steer prices, and with some success.
though there is not much profit in that
INDUSTRY at present. and the annual re-
port Of the United States Steel Corpora
tion clearly disclosed that but for the
abandonment of several large deduc-
tions, usually made for Improvement
and reserve, the common stock dividend
would not have been earned.
While the stock market has been ad-
Vancing. bonds of the very best char
acter have been moving In the contrary
direction. This is a general eharacteri-
some modification, for here and there
some bonds have held strong AS a
ruls the tendency has been in the other
direction. and the investment division
has relapsed into extreme dullness.
This refers to the seasoned issues Of
steam railways. Public utility bonds,
and good corporation bonds netting
about 8 per cent on the investment,
have had q BOD MAJ rket. and appear to
be in favor with personal Investors.
The reluctance of railway managers to
meet conditions in the esinHestment mar
ket, and their temporizing with the mat
ter by resorting to shortsterm notes.
has frequently been referred, to in
these articles, but II seems inevitable
that the railroads must in time meet the
situation through issues OF bonds on a
moro attractive basis than at present.
Frmer Money Market.
A hrmer tendency has developed in
the money market. and call rates
touched per cent. a rate not eaualed
this year since the first week In Janu-
airy. Time money was also. firmer from
the standpoint of the lender The bUr-
rowing demand for time funds continued
light, for under existing circumstances,
brokers find no difficulty or see no
danger in supplying their wants from
the call market. There were, In -conse-
quence, no changes in short-term
money, but an advance of about 4 per
cent to 3% was reported for six months
money The bank statement of. the day
reflected a decrease in surplus reserve
in the showing of both the average and
the actual condition; the arnolnt in the
latter being 81, $50, 500. Loans decreased
81 .020. OoO. net DEPOSITS declined 81 ,372, 900,
and a loss of $5,249,Oo0 was reported in
cash holdings ..-s
The Washington times., 1912-03-24
Pianist Wants Her
Husband to Help

A pretty pianist in a moving picture
theater, Mrs. Walter Reiss,- appeared
against her husband in nonsupport
charges before Judge James L. Pugh in
United States branch OF Police Court
yesterday. She said that for some time
she has received practically nothing for
her support. .,.
Judge Pugh ordered the defendant to
pay S6 a week for the support of his
wife. Reiss told the court that he ia
employed in Danville, Va, and desired
his wife to go there and live with him,
Mrs. Reiss said that because Of his
excessive drinking she does not feel
safe in leaving her friends in Washing
ton and going with him.
Judge Pugh advised the couple to stop
quarreling and live together. The court
then entered the order for Reiss to pay
the s. a week
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

the week. 27I,6O.
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

Rumors should be run down or side
tracked. Yet there are some rumors
that will not down.
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

James A. Cahill,
A. G. Clapham.
H. Bradley Davidson,
r. Golden Donaldson.
william r. Dennis.
Wade H. Ellis.
Samuel j. Henry,
Eldridge z. Jordan,
Arthur Lee,
Orrin G. Staples,
Frederick II. Treat.
The Washington times., 1912-03-24
Mahn Rails FoHood by
THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK

and
Exchange
date :
The Washington times., 1912-03-24
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE
WAN NTE,D.

A corporation with headquarters in
New York operating one OF the most
important Industrial propositions at
present before the public Is arrang-
Ing TO establish branch Of its busi-
o. ness in Wa shington, D. c., and VIII
require the services of a well con
nscted man having a good clientele
of Investors 10 handle its securities
locally. Attractive arrangement made
with one who can meet with require
ments. Industrial, BOX sol, Times
office,
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

The personal factor ctjt much ace In
the sale of the big block OF Georgetown
rights. ."i-'
The Washington times., 1912-03-24

1t might be well for courts in Wash
ington TO give the trust companies of
this city chance at receiverships, in
Ihe interest OF speedy, successful hqui-
dation. Personality counts -. even in
liquidation and the assets OF q bank
rupt ought not to be dissipated.
The Washington times., 1912-03-24
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-24
Our FOREIGN Trade for 1912.

The foreign trade of the United
States in 1912 will show a higher rec
ord in both imports and exports than
in any previous year. Eleven months
figures just compiled by the Statisti-
cal Division of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce indicate that
the imports of the year will approx
mate 1900 million dollars, against 1853
million in the former high record year
for imports, 1910, and that the exports
approximate 2,400 million dollars,
against 1903 million in the former high
record year for exports, 1911. The cal
endar year will break all records in
tho value of both imports and exports.
In one feature, however, that of ex-
cess of exports over imports, the rec
ord of the year will fall below that
OF certain earlier years. The excess
of exports in 1912 will apparently be
about 500 million dollars, while 1908
showed an excess of exports of 636
million and 1900 an excess of exports
OF Gao million dollars.
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a fearsome condition and cholera got
among our men and they died faster
than we could bury the bodies. As the
enemy retreated before us they in
creased our sufferings and death rate
by throwing the dead bodies of their
own men into the wells and streams.
so that all of the water was contami-
mated and rendered unfit for use. At
ter many hardships ard daily fights
we were at last enabled to join Gener-
al Walker at Rivas.
"The failure of the expedition, and
the subsequent execution of General
Walker and most of his men are mat
tiers of history. owing TO my extreme
youth / was paroled, and learning that
an English captain had offered TO take
such Of us back To New Orleans as
wished to go, ! Joined a small party
of survivors and went To San Juan del
Norte, where we found the captain and
his vessel, the Tartar, and we were
safely landed in New Orleans
In the interim between the return of
Mr. Young In New Orleans and the
breaking out of The Civil War he trav-
ellcd extensively over the country.
leading as much of a life of adventure
as was DoSSlDle In q IdWful manner.
At the breaking out of the Civil War
he enlisted in a company from Nash
vile. He was 1T Fort Donaldson when
it fell. but he made his escape with
Forests command. carrying with him
boy of his own age. who was badly
wounded. He remembers the boys
name as Simpkins, and thinks he lived
near Kingston Springs. He participant
ed in no less than - important battles
and carries evidences in three places
of the craftsmanship of the Federal
soldiers. At the battle of Murfrees
| boro he was desperately wounded. but
strange to relate. he again carried
from the field simpkins, the same boy
| that ne saved from Fort Donaldson,
Simpkns being again wounded.
Mr.. Young joined the Independent
Scouts under Captain Bill Forrest and
| everyone at all familiar with the his
tory of that famous organization will
know that from that day till the final
| surrender of the Southern armies Mr..
Young led an active and adventurous
| lie
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the case. with purpose. Now what
could that purpose be?
Here is what the Portland Press said,
Monday morning:
"a conference of leaders of the Pro-
gressive party was held behind closed
doors at the Falmouth Saturday after
noon The meeting was preceded by a
lunch at which well known Progress
siye leaders and some eight members
elect of the Legislature sat down.
Practically nothing was given out
concerning the meeting Saturday night
and what purported to be an account
of the proceedings in a Sunday paper
was grossly misleading. There was
no ground whatever for the statement
contained in the paper in question as
to how certain members of the Leg
islature would line up. The story of
the meeting published in the Sunday
PRESS was accurate as far as 1t went.
Among those who were present at
the meeting were Halbert p. Gardner,
Walter C. Emerson, Frank NJ. Low,
Morrill, n. Drew, Frank L. Dingley
and George C. Weber of Auburn, e.
c. Bowler of Bethel, Alton c. Wheeler
of South Paris and others.
Yesterday the PRESS learned that
the statement than any number of the
members had agreed to oppose the
election of Governor Burleigh to the
United States senatorship was untrue.
As matter of fact within the past
few DAYS Governor Burleigh has re-
ceived letters from all but one mem
her of the Legislature promising TO
support him for senator. Unless these
members are engaged in plot TO de-
ceive Governor Burleigh, and as they
are all honorable gentlemen, this does
not admit of a suppostion, his election
is assured. There have been state
ments in some of the out of the State
papers to the effect that certain of the
Republican legislators-elect would
vote for Obadiah Gardner for senator,
but this of course is absurd. All of
the Republican members understand
their primary obligations and propose
to abide by. them
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The, Austin Statesman notes edito-
rally. that following the recent agita-
ton against college fraternities, secret
societies have beeH9 abolished in two
of the Southern states by act of Leg
islatufe aud that in Arkansas, also, q
serious attempt has been made TO get
rid of,ithem. DIN this connection, it is
interesting TO note that Woodrow Will
sons acjMHesiaS president OF Pr Prince -
ton were very much along the lines of
the campaign carriedgaon by Owen
johnson last spring by the publication
of his ;Stover at Yale" Another CO.
incidence connecting the two men is
that the secretary who was with Mr..
johnson while he was writing "Stov-
err has now become Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson's social secretary.
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Annual Report Shows Increase OF
10000 Works Last Year.

Conditions at the Library of Con-
gress as shown by the annual report
lust submitted to Congress are IN a
dourishing state, and the collections
have a scope and range fitting to
great national institution. Not mere
~ doesathe library welcome the inVes-
tfgator and give him a direct access
which indiyidualiZes him with COM
pleteness impossible in any research
library in any metropolis, but II lends
books to him at his own home, wher-
ever that may be, issuing them TO ms
local library for his use. The extern
sion of this system awaits only a book
or library post, which will lessen the
cost of transportation and place these
privileges within the reach of all.
More than 10000 volumes of printed
books and pamphlets have been added
to the collection within the, past year,
and the total has now passed the
100000 mark. OF the new volumes
added last year, g. 900 We're the re-
suits of copyrights, gifts, transfers,
and exchanges.
The report notes an important col
lection of Judaica given by Jacob II.
Schiff, comprising some 10000 volumes.
Many other gifts were made, includ-
ing material illustrative of scientific
knowledge and autograph letters from
the Grand Duke Constantine of Rus
STA, Humboldt, Macmillan, Carlotta.
and Pope Plus TX. The documents
transferred from the House of Rep
resentatWes in 1911 have been cata-
logued and found to contain manu-
scripts of great historical value.
The report shows that the copyright
registrations during the past year
were 100000, the articles deposited, 229,
900, and the fees received, $4,000.
The librarian renews his recon-
mendation for a division for the blind
SO enlarged and diversified as to be
worthy of the Federal government and
the National Library.