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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
WHICH ARE BETTER LAYERS?
Poultrynen Are Debating Whether
Hen or PuIIet Is Capable Of
Greater Egg Production.

No matter how successful we may
become IN any business we are try
ing all the time to find how we may
profits means. of course, an increase
in the output of our goods, whatever
1t may be. Poultrymen are now de-
batting whether the hen or the pallet
is capable of the greater egg produc-
ton. There is good argument ON both
sides, says the American Cultivator.
Some claim that while hens lay less
than pullets they lay larger and heav-
Ter eggs, and because Of this fact the
eggs command better price than
those laid by pullets. This is true, but
in many sections of the United States
eggs are sold without grading. and
consequently the smaller egg is able
to command as good price as the
larger one.
cause they lay so many eggs which.
they claim, possess a better flavor
than those laid by hens. No one dis
putes the fact that pullets lay more
eggs than hens.
The question Of which is the better.
hens or pullets, win never be an
swered so that it will please every
one. 1t is simply matter of the likes
and dislikes of the individual poultry
man.
Personally the writer favors pullets.
There are very few of them that lay
understood eggs, and If he wishes the
poultryman can easily Gull them out
The average Leghorn pullet COM
mences to lay when about six months
Of age. while many of them start at
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

Jackson.-Gov. Brewer has pardoned
Frank Howell, white boy, 16 years of
age. The governor discovered that the
boys parents had died when he vas a
baby, and his rearing had been entrusted
to an irate old uncle, whose cruelty to
the boy was known throughout George
county. One day the uncle gave the
boy severe flashing, and he still bears
the marks of the thrashing. The had
brooded over what he considered unjust
punishment, and securing q gun, shot
and killed his relative.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
WASTING or ROAD MATERIAL.
Estimated That SO Out Of Every $40
uoelesaIy Squandered Annually
In States OF Corn Belt.

IL would be difficult to give In &c.
tual figures the amount of money that
Is annually wasted in road work in
lne states Of the corn belt To say
~ out of every $40 is uselessly squan-
oered would be putting it too strongly
Tor some communities, but it would
not be wide of the mark in others
says the Iowa Homestead. Strange
as II may seem, those very localities
having the worst roads are stanchest
IN their support of the old-fashioned
system whereby the highways are in
charge OF those who know absolutely
nothing about the scientific construc.
ton of roads.
we are not assuming to give All.
vice on how to build roads. because
road making is not our profession.
but 1t is sometimes in order to point
OUT now not to build them. While
travelling recently on a highway that
mas almost a nationwide reputation
for its excellent condition due to drag
glng. we found at one place twenty or
thirty teams applying gravel. Al.
ready several miles had been gray
eied, application being made to
surface that was in many places at
least thirty feet wide without the
slightest attempt having been made
to make a grade For distance of
many rods In places the center of
the highway was considerably lower
than at either side and yet these faith
1ul 'gravelers" were dumping their
loads in the very middle of what
might be called the saucer" grade.
NO attempt whatever was made to
pack down the loose gravel, SO that
all traffic was being diverted to the
sides. Heavy traffic following wet
spells had resulted In cutting the en-
tire surface into well-nigh impassa-
bic ruts, the situation therefore pre-
senting the pleasing prospect of hav.
Ing the ground freeze up this fall
with the surface in frightful condi.
ton.
1t requires no expert knowledge OF
road making to conclude at once that
labor expended in this way is prac.
ucally wasted. Instead of first get.
ting rid of the water, which has al
ways been the fundamental principle
of road making, and then applying the
gravel, those in charge of this road
simply because the cash was avail
able for putting so much labor on the
surface began at the wrong end and
1t may safely be predicted that not
two years will elapse before this
gravel has disappeared into a bot
tomless bog. Here was an expendi.
ture of $500 mile that was In our
opinion worse than wasted because
this loose unpacked gravel by it's di.
version of traffic to the sides sim
ply means that where formerly some
good could be accomplished with a
drag, now this benefit cannot be ex
pected because dragging the soil to
the center will only the more quick
~ bury the surface materiaI-the
gravel.
While we have given but one In
stance we believe that similar cases
could be found in great many coun
ties of the corn belt where gravel is
available and If this is true 1t is high
time that some system Is developed
whereby every dollar that Is spent on
q highway must be for labor that is
superintendent by someone who is
schooled in practical way on the |
scientific principles of road making.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
BAD ROADS WASTEFUL
Anticipated Methods in Illinois
Cause Big Loss.
Conference Held at Peoria Approves
Program for pulling Illinois Out
OF Mud"-Recommend State
Prisoners to Be Used.

Bankers, farmers. automobilists,
educators, labor and business men
from all over Illinois met at Peoria
the other day and approved unani.
mously general program for pull
ing Illinois out of the mud"
After three rousing meetings they
prepared resolution to the next state
legislature setting out the lines on
which they think state legislation
should be based.
The Illinois highway improvement
commission, which called the meeting,
declared $55, 000,000 will be wasted in
Illinois during the next twenty years
unless the present antiQuated meth
DDS are changed.
To prevent this waste the confer
ence urges the creation of a small
state railway commission to replace
the present army of local commission
ers, more active assistance by the
state for the trunk lines, and more
active insistence by the public on
good roads.
1t is proposed that prisoners in the
state penitentiaries be used not only
for the preparation of road building
materials, as at present, but, if posi-
BILE, for actual construction work
through the state.
1t is proposed to follow the Colora-
do method, using the honor system,
and sending the gangs out with
guards.
The legislation recommended by
the conference would provide:
State and county cooperation in
the construction and maintenance of
main highways and bridges.
A non-political state highway COM
mission of at least three competent
members, who shall devote their en-
tire time to their duties
Improvement in such counties as
elect to come under the provisions of
the law, of main, continuous inter
county highways connecting county
seats and other important cities, prin-.
cipally at the expense of the state and
county; such roads to be selected and
improved by county authorities, sub
Ject to the approval of the state high
way commission and after improve
ment to be turned over to the state
for perpetual maintenance.
Improvement, maintenance, and con-
troll Of remaining roads (about 80 per
cent. Of the whole) under supervision
Of county and township authorities.
Effective measures to guarantee
maintenance after roads are once con-
structed.
Use Of the state automobiles tax,
together with such other funds as the
legislature may appropriate in the Inn
provement of highways.
Use of state prisoners under state
direction-on an honor system, in ac-
tual road work when practicable.
Payment of all road taxes in cash.
Compulsory dragging of all earth
roads.
Proper construction and guarding
Of crossings at railroads and inter-
section Of street and highways.
The platform of the conference
includes resolutions in favor of fed
eral aid for postroads and national
highways, and calls attention of Illi-
nois congressman to this position.
Jesse Taylor of Jamestown, O.. told
the convention the difference between
hauling cost in Belgium and America,
Is cents a mile, meant waste Of
1927, 800, 900 in this years farm crops
alone.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
SHARPS EMIGRATE.
Daughter of This Family Was Murdered
at Rural Hill.

Louisville-There has departed from
this part of~the state for Oklahoma two
of the most prominent citizens and their
families, Messrs. Lee and L. G. Sharp,
whose daughter was murdered nearly
two years ago in the community of
Rural Hill, and for which crime Swinton
Permentor was on the first trial sen.
fenced to the gallows and the second
time was acquitted. Lee Sharp exerted
every effort to connect the crime at the
door of young Permentor, and, on the
other hand, Ebert Vowel, an uncle of
Permentor, believed in his innocence and
stood by him until the last. Both fam
lilies spent nearly fortune in the case,
and which wrought ruin to the finances
of Winston county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

Eve months. Therefore it is a very
easy matter to raise pullcts so that
they will be laying the winter after
they are Matched.
The eggs of bullets do not hatch az
well as those of hens. Not only that,
but the chicks do not seem nearly so
strong and lively as those Matched
from hen eggs. For this reason, then.
the writer would advise pullets for
market eggs and hens for breeders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Blakeslee Warns Railroad.

jackson. Commissioner of Agricul-
ture H. E. Blakeslee is convinced that
many violations of the law regarding the
invasion by tick-infected cattle into ter
ritories where the tick has either been
wiped out altogether, or where tick Grad
ication work is in progress, are being
made by both railroads and individuals,
and he has issued a warning that he is
going to do his best to put stop to the
practice.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Z plant food.

When plants run to vines and tops
It is a sure indication that the soil
is full of nitrogen and lacking in pot
ash and phosphoric acid. This FREE
ouently comes from the use of large
quantities of stable manure. A fer
tilizer low in nitrogen and rich III
potash and prosphoric acid viii bal.
Rnce up the plant food ration.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Pardoned Bigamist.

Jackson.-G Earl Brewer pardoned
Will Waits, young white man of Gov
ington county, from the state peniten-
tiary, where he has been serving a SEN
tence for bigamy.
The petition for pardon was signed by
e42 prominent citizens of CoVington
eounty and, in addition, the trial judge
who passed sentence and the district
attorney, who prosecuted the case
against Waits, recommended the pardon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Cleanliness Advocated.

Okolona.- Carefulness, cleanliness and
pride of home were emphasized in .
strong and common sense address by
Wallace A. Battle, principal of the Oko-
Iona Industrial School, before an assem-
blage of negro farmers, students and
other citizens.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

The hogs will eat more and waste less
If they can get but sprig or two
Of hay at time, says the Missouri
Valley Farmer. The brighter the hay
the better the porkers will like it and
the more good 1t will do them. Be
sure and have a cover on the box.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Fine Residence Burned.

PoplaryiEle. The residence of Mrs.
James NJ. Keeton, of McNeill, in this
county, was entirely destroyed by fire
and the entire household effects were con-
sumed. The inmates of the huose barely
escaped with their lives.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Prosperity Despite weevil.

\ Enterprise.-While the boil weevil re-
duced the yield of cotton, below a so
per cent average, farmers are not dis
couraged, and they are meeting their
obligations without ascrificing their
property. The corn crop is the best in
years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Issue Road Bonds.

Marks. The board of supervisors OF
Quitman county ordered an Increase Of
SIS, 900 road bonds. This is the sec
ond issue of this amount within the past
twelve months, and it will be divided
among the five supervisors beats.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
KEEPS SHEEP FROM JUMPING
Much Success Attained by Use of
Light Board Strapped Around
Neck of Breachy Animal.

One of our Illinois subscribers has
tried with good success the plan of
hanging by a broad strap light board
around the neck of the breachy sheep,
says the iowa Homestead. The board
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
WORK on Monument completed.

Jackson.-Work on the monument to
the women of the Confederacy at the
state house grounds has been completed
with the exception of the bronze shaft
that is to complete the structure. This
is to come from Germany.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

If a mule is properly trained he win
not develop the kicking habit any
more than horse will. Mules have
a bad name on this score simply be
cause they are not a. well broken a.
horses are.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
INGENIOUS BAG FOR HORSES
Feed Runs Through Tube From Stor-
age Compartment to Feeding
Place In Front End.

An ingenious feed bag for horses
has been designed by an Oregon man.
In the front is strap that fastens
over the horses head and in the rear
is q small strap that buckles through
his collar. AS held in horizontal po-
sition. 1t is noticeable that the rear
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Woman Given Pardon.

Jackson.-Mrs. Lula Ezell, white, of
Kemper coutny, was pardoned by Gov
Brewer from the payment of fine for
the sale of whiskey. She is resident
Of Kemper county and the petition was
unanimously signed by people OF that
county. She was convicted with her
husband, who was given road sem
tence.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Confederate Veteran Dead.

Jackson.-Thos. j. Love, Confeder-
ate veteran, who served from beginning
to the end Of the Civil War, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. r.
Coleman, aged so years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Depositors Reassured.

Meridian.-Nothing new has developed
in the future of the Union Bank and
Trust Company, which was placed in the
hands of receivers, after the bank closed
it's doors three weeks ago. The stock
holders and others are still firm in their
belief that depositors will be paid in
full.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
State Senator Killed.

Wesson-State Senator E. A. Rowan,
for years one of the best known figures
in Mississippi politics, was struck by
An Illinois Central south-bound train and
fatally injured. DR.. Rowan's skull was
fractured, both legs and hsoulder were
broken, and he was horribly mangled
otherwise.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Sunday School Meeting.

Jacksonville Sunday school conven-
ton of the district comprising the ten
counties of Copiah, Simpson, Kinds,
Yazoo, Sharkey, Issaquena, Madison,
Rankin, Claiborne and Warren, opened
here Although the unfavorable weather
conditions interfered to some extent, an
enthusiastic meeting was held.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
ALFALFA FEEDER FOR SWINE
Excellent Methods of Supplying Hay
to Porkers Is Shown in IlIustra-
tion-Cover Is Needed.

A good way to keep the hogs sup
piled with alfalfa hay is to have a
box as shown in the cut on dry spot
just inside the fence. Bolt or nail
it to the fence to keep the hogs from
roofing it about and upsetting it. The
open space should not be too wide
or considerable hay will be wasted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

Do not imagine that the cold wealth
er viii discourage the lice on the pigs.
Better kill the pests now and then
GO at them again month later.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Judge Hit Tiger Hard.

Jackson.-Five hundred dollars and
ninety days is what Judge Henry melted
out to Will Turner, colored, convicted
by a Jury in circuit court on the charge
of unlawful retailing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
Primary for Postmaster.

Meirdian.-A movement has been
started to hold a primary election to
settle the question as to who shall have
the postmastership in Meridian.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

Olive Branch. 1.-The first prize Of the
DeSoto County Boys Corn Club was
awarded to Benson Stevenson, of this
place, who grew ninety-nine bushels and
three pecks on one acre.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20

should be of such size and so hung that
it will strike the Sleeps knees when it
tries to jump. The shape of board and
the manner Of hanging it are shown in
the illustration
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-12-20
DlfficuIty With GuIneas.

One difficulty aboat raising guineas
is that the young birds are very easily
killed by mites and lice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-16
Hoods
; : s:, ;::'' e; :: :: !: Pills
grippe or irritate. 25c.
AvlAroRs LOSE THEIR LIVES
Kearney and Lawrence Believed tc
Have Been Drowned.

Los Angeles, Dec 15.-Horace
Kearney, the young Kansas City avi-
ator, attempting a hydro-aeroplane
fight from Los Angels to San Fran
cisco is believed to have been drown
ed, together with Chester Lawrence
of Los Angeles, newspaperman, who
was accompanying him on the trip.
A pontoon of the hydro-aeroplane
"Snookums" was picked up late to-
day in the Pacific ocean by a motor
boat off Redondo beach and towed in
to Santa Monica by party of fisher
men. Thirty hours continuous
search for Kearney and Lawrence
was without result, except that Glenn
II. Martin, a fellow aviator, nearly
met Kearney's fate while attempting
TO alight on the waves off Point Mu-
gu where he was seeking the MISSING
men.
Efforts at organized search have
for the time being, abandoned. Chas
Day, who built Kearney's machine,
went down to Santa Monica and look
ed at the pontoon. He identified it
as the one he had put on the "Snoo-
kum's' remarking that Kearney had
often said death would catch him
while flying
Engine trouble, Day said, probably
drove the men to the surface of the
sea, which smooth for months at a
time, had been agitated for three
days by 80 mile gale. A swell, Day
believes, wrenched off the pontoon
which has been recovered. This un-
balanced the machine and probably
threw the men into the water.
Glenn Martin in a fruitless effort
to find the missing men, flew from
San Pedro today carrying Frank S.
Garbutt, secretary of the Los An
5eles A. G.. They were followed by
Garbutt's power launch. Forty
miles up the coast, Martin few while
Garbutt searched the waves with
powerful glasses. AT Point Mugu,
Martin alighted on the water and re
plenished his gasoline supply from
the power launch, but attempting to
rise, found that the waves, would not
let him. The launch took the air
craft in tow and headed back for
San Pedro, but near the breakwater
ran out of fuel and rolled helplessly
about until rescued. The aeroplane
was wrecked and but for the aid of
the launch, Martin and Garbutt must
have been drowned when they
alighted
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-16
WONDERFUL CAPTURE
Exciting Time In Monterey eay-Fss,
Ssillna--Monster Shark Captured.

exciting Time In Monterey Bay-Fas,
Ssiline--Monster Shark Captured.
Yesterday as Captain Emanuel Fe
ress of the fishing smack Garibaldi
was about TO tack and sail for port
he had an adventure with a monster
shark that the crew will long remem.
Der They had turned toward shore
when commotion commenced in the
water, and instantly the ropes holding
the net frightened and the smack start.
ed on at rapid gait the waves wash.
Ing over the deck. The crew were
thoroughly frightened and wanted to
cut loose. but Captain Feress kept
cool and ordered them TO stand ready
for whatever IL was that had hold
OF them. and for half an hour no one
knew what was going to happen. They
could see nothing. but they were 20
Ing away. and some Invisible power
had hold Of the boat Then q big
black object came suddenly to the
top, jumping clear out OF the water
trying to loosen himself, then started
for the shore. and soon had run into
the bar. and the tide left him high
and dry. and they could then see what
II was that had nearly scared the life
out OF them. a monster shark messur.
Ing &c feet. the largest anyone on this
coast had ever seen.
Thousands have visited II. ana to
morrow morning a tug belonging 20
the American Fishing company, own
ers OF the smack. will tow the mon
ster to San Francisco. intending to
have II neutraliIed and placed on ex-
hibition.-Monterey Herald. April 20
1905. Now with North Bay Counties
Exhibit Cars
Arrive East Dorset Dec. II, 11.45 a.
m. and leave Dec Is, 1I.49
Arrive Manchester Dec. is, 11.51
and leave Dec. 1s, 11.51.
Arrive Arlington Dec. 1s, 12.Os D.
m. and leave Dec. 81, 1908 D. m.
Arrive South SALISBURY Dec. 81.
12.17 p. m, and leave Dec. %, 1217
p. m.
Arrive North Bennington Dec. 2sd.
1895 p. m. and leave Dec. Is, S.45 a.
m.
Arrive Bennington Dec. Is, SIS a.
m. and leave December 2s.
Admission-Adults Is cents. Chill
dren under 10 years, Is cents.
While in Bennington the exhibit
will be stationed in the local yard of
the Rutland railroad.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-16
BENNINGTON, VT, DEC. 1S, 1912
The states Publicity Bureau.

There is no hazard of contradiction
in saving few measures passed by
the Legislature will give more wide
spread satisfaction or work TO the
greater advantage of Vermont than
the bill providing for the continu-
ance OF the publicity bureau IN the
office of the Secretary OF State and
making an appropriation of $4,000
for its maintenance. The results ac-
cruing from the publicity work OF
Secretary of State Bailey during the
mast two years have been of such ex-
ceptional value that no one at all
informed as to their magnitude VIII
question the wisdom of his approprl-
alton or even a larger one.
Secretary Bailey, during the past
biennial period had at his disposal
only $5,C39. Yet with this limited
amount he has accomplished so much
as to cause gratified surprise among
those who advocated the establish
ment of the bureau and to silence
those disposed at one time to ques-
ton the advisability of any expendi-
ture for such purpose.
During the hearings on the bill
providing larger appropriation for
the maintenance of the bureau the
public was given some adequate idea
of the work that has been done and
the results obtained. 1t revealed a
record OF valuable achievements that
will make for the permanent better
ment of the State and all its indus
trial concerns. 1t has carried to dis.
tant places information concerning
Vermont, its natural beauties and re-
sources, it's agricultural and manu-
featuring advantages and the attrac-
tive opportunities it affords for the
profitable investment of capital
The thousands of inquiries follow
ing this experiment in publicity es-
tablish beyond question its value
and the desirability not only of max
ing it permanent but of enlarging its
scope as far as the financial condi-
tion of the State will permit Nor
should it be forgotten that Secretary
Bailey has thus successfully and eff
efficiently conducted the bureau with
out any additional recompense what
ever. His labors, and they have
been as exacting as intelligent and
efficient, have been unselfiish and
every dollar of the original appropri-
ion haa been expended for actual
publicity That helesaorbstaimlg
publicity That these labors are
properly appreciated if they have not
been directly rewarded is distinctly
shown in the unanimity with which u
larger appropriation has been voted.
Montpelier Journal.