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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
MEXICAN TROOPS sLAY 700
Heavy Federal Force Surrounded in
Piedras Negras.

San Antonio, Tex.-Dispatches from
Eagle Pass tell of victory of federal
troops over rebels at a point near Mon
clova, in the state of Coahuila, where
roo rebels are reported to have been
killed
It was reported that the federals, COM
manded by Jesus Carranza, has encoun-
tered force of 1900 rebels at Cuatro
Cienejas. The rebels, under Salazar, be-
lieved they had an easy time ahead, and
marching upon Piedras Negras, across
the river from Eagle Pass, became care
less. The federals suspected this, re-
turned, surrounded the town while the
rebels were celebrating, and routed them.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
SOUTHERN VETERANS
GATHER AT MACON
TEXAS TOWN FIGHTING FOR 1918
REUNION.
SONS HOLD BIG MEETING
Confederate Memorial Association in
Annual Session-Veterans Oppose
Presentation of Crosses
of Honor.

Macon, Ga.-Georgia's central city, is
receiving the hosts of the Confederacy.
Nearly two-score special trains had ar
rived Monday night, bringing thousands
Of the old soldiers and their friends for
the annual reunion. Camp John b. Cor
don looks like an army post.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
opened their reunion amid the blare of
trumpets and roll of drums. The meet
ing was preceded by street parade.
The sons were welcomed by Commander
J. NJ. Dunwody of the local camp, Com
mander Charles G Hooper of the Georgia
division and city, officials. The music
was furnished by the United Confederate
choirs.
A movement to request the Daughters
of the Confederacy to discontinue the
presentation of crosses of honor" on the
ground that many who did not take part
in any of the battles of the Civil War
have received these emblems of valor was
started by veterans. 1t is proposed that
instead of the crosses of honor the daugh-
ters have a new emblem designed and
that it be presented only to those who
can show by the records that they were
actually members of the Confederate
army and fought in the battles.
An interesting feature was the presen-
tation to Mrs. Alex B. White of Wash
ington, president-general of the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, of the chair in
which Jefferson Davis was seated at his
reception here in 1887, when he made
his farewell address to his former SOL
diers. The presentation took place at
the opening session of the Confederate
Memorial Association.
The largest delegation comes from
Texas, mostly because San Antonio is a
leading candidate for the next reunion.
Other cities which want the. reuion in
1913 are Chattanooga and Jacksonville.
The Southern Confederate Memorial
Association, an organization of women,
whose purpose is to erect monuments
throughout the South, convened Monday
Afternoon The Sons of Veterans assem-
bled in the auditorium at Camp Gordon.
Elaborate programmes were carried
out and there were many prominent
speakers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
s6,OOO,OOO FOR
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THIS IS AMOUNT OF UNCLE SANS
CONTRIBUTION.
LEvEEs GIVEN A BIG SLICE
Valley Congressman Hope to Get Annual
Appropriation of Large Amount
for Protection From Flood.

Washington.-It was hard fight,
but Senator Leroy Percy won out when
the senate commerce committee, after
an all-day consideration of the rivers
and harbors bill as reported some days
ago from the house, agreed to incor-
porate in the measure the Percy amend
ment increasing the appropriation Tor
the Mississippi river from Ss,5Oo,oOo, as
provided for in the house bill, to $6,O00,-
900. The other provision urged by SEN
ator Percy, that $4,0oO,OOO Of this
amount should be expended in levee con-
.struction was also adopted.
The friends of the Mississippi river in
congress are jubilant tonight at the ac-
tion of the senate commerce commit
tee, aad predict that it will result in
an annual appropriation of at least So
100000 for the river
The commerce committee will report
the bill to the senate. The committee
considered the rivers and harbors bill
in executive session.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
New York Aids Flood Sufferers.

Memphis. A donation Of s5,47O for
the food sufferers Of the Mississippi val
ley was made Wednesday by the New
York Cotton Exchange. The money is
to be used, not for the relief work at
present being conducted by the govern
ment and local committees, but will be
spent in assisting the farmers after
the water has subsided. ThAs donation
came unheralded and unspught. Only 4
brief note stating that the New York
sxehange deeply sympat1ized with the
sufferers accompanied CHECK.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
METHODIST CHURCH
AND ADJUSTMENTS
BISHOPS FAVOR RAISING BAR
AGAINST SAME.
WARM CONTEST EXPECTED
General Conference in Session at Mime.
apolis Will Give Questions Prayer
ful Consideration and
Decision.

Minneapolis American people are
too far advanced longer to be restricted
by church rules as to what their amuse-
ments shall be. The rule prohibiting
dancin, card playing, gambling and go
ing to theaters, circuses and horse races,
therefore, should be abolished.
This is the gist of a report presented
to the general conference4 Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Churs @sss the board 10
bishops.
A demonstration which greeted Bishop
Earl Cranston's reading of the recon-
menda tion was taken as indicating a
lively debate ON the question when it
comes up for a vote.
A motion declaring that the rule "al-
ways had been source of constant irri-
tation and unrest in the church" and
asking that it be referred to committee
was promptly voted down, arguments be-
ing presented that the full conference
was going to settle that question and
no one else
Arguments against continuing the anti
amusement law as presented We're:
The majority of church-goers never
have refrained from dancing and the
aters because of the church, and the vio-
lation of this rule has tended to bring
all church discipline into contempt; that
many people regard Shakespeare on the
stage as being as good as Shakespeare
in book; that many people refuse to
condemn all places because some OF them
are bad just as much as they would re
fuse to condemn all novels because some
novels are not proper; that gambling IS
fundamentally wrong and does not need
a rule to prohibit it.
In adopting resolution denouncing
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson
for accepting the honorary Craftsmanship
Of brewers congress in Chicago last
October, the conference declared Presi-
ident Taft, Secretary Wilson and Secre-
tary of State Know 'have forfeited all
claims on the future franchise of the
Christian and sober manhood of the ma
tion," because they had ignored appeals
that no government official attend the
congress.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
LATE CROP IN THE DELTA
May Be Saved From Ravages of the
Boil Weevil.

Washington.-The present overflow OF
the Mississippi river, which has inun-
dated extensive areas of fertile farm
lands, will make it entirely impossible
to plant in many counties in Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisiana before about
May 20, and the planters desire to know
to what extent the crop of 1912 will be
damaged by the boil weevil if planting
is delayed 10y = time, as one of the
requisites in oDoaIning profitable crop
of cotton where boil paesi axists is
early planting.
Secretary Wilson of the department Of
agriculture says that the very great inn
portance of early planting has been
proven beyond any doubt whatever, but
that there are circumstances in the pres
ent situation which show that during the
current season late planting may be fol-
lowed without any great riskq of injury
from the boil weevil 1t must be under
stood, however, that this advice about
late planting should not be taken to min
imize to the slightest degree the inn
portance of early planting under normal
conditions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
AN INDIAN MAID WAS SHE.
Relics Unearthed Near Laurel Reveal
Work of Art.

Laurel. There has been found on a
farm about two miles from Laurel
specimen OF the handiwork of some
primeval Michael Angelo, who roamed
the piney woods of South Mississippi in
years gone by.
While plowing over an old Indian
mound, which nas heen almost ieveled
to the ground by the erosion Of the
elements, quantity of Indian relics
were unearthed. These comprised the
usual Indian arrow heads, pounding
stones, and other handicraft of the saw
ages; but included in the lot was q
well cut figure of the head of an Indian
maiden, moulded of clay. This had been
broken in two, and when put together
showed no little artistic ability. The
features were perfect, and the hair
showed the braid uusally employed by
the Indian girls, holding the treses to-
gether.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Save Remnant of Flag.

Montgomery, Ala.-A silk star from
the flag that was unfurled above the
first company of Confederate troops or
ganized in Montgomery will be placed in
the department of archives and history.
President w. A. Gunter, Jr., his receaived
q letter from A. B. DeBell, deputy war
den of game and fish of Michigan, ad-
vising that he has the star among his
collection Of Civil War trophies, and that
he will present it either to the city or
'state. President Gslnter will thank him
for the star, and it will be brought to
Montgomery at once
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Must Be Self-Sustaining.

Jackson.-It is learned that one oil
the cherished plans of G. r. Hightower,
who has been elected president of the
State Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege at Starkville, and who succeeds
President Hardy July 1, is to put all
of the agricultural experiment stations
in Mississippi on paying basis, or at
least make them live within their ap.
preparation.
The president of the A. & M. College
has charge of the experiment stations
in the state, as branches of that insti-
tuition None Of them stay within the
liberal amount appropriated for them,
and every session of the legislature they
come up with deficit. According to a
close friend of Mr.. Hightower, who is
out of the state at present, Mr.. High
tower thinks it is mighty poor dem
onstration to the farmers of Mississippi;
and there certainly is going to be a new
deal on the proposition.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10

Halifax, N. s.-Only one Of the seven.
teen persons whose bodies were re-
covered by the cable ship Minia in the
vicinity of the Titanic tragedy died from
drowning, in the opinion Of the ships
physician. The other sixteen perished
from exposure, death ensuing some four
hours after the vessel sank. This state
ment is made on the authority Of the
Rev. H. w. Cunningham, who accom-.
panied the Minia on her quest. OF the
seventeen bodies recovered, fifteen were
BROUGHT to port.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
FAMILY MILEAGE TICKET
COMPLAINTS MADE THAT RAIL-
ROADS WON'T SELL.
Prompt Action Taken by the Commission
to Remedy the Matter, Especially
as Season for Summer Travel.
Approaches.

Jackson.-There have been some COM
plants made to the railroad commission
that the railroads have been refusing and
on various pretexts .evading the sale of
family mileage tickets, which are now
coming in active demand as the season
of travel is approaching. The result was
the following circular issued by the Sec
retary of the commission:
To All Railroads Operating in Missis-
sippi:
Please inform this commission at your
earliest convenience if you are comply
ing with the following law contained
in chapter 90, acts of the legislature of
1908, to-wit:
Chapter 90, Fl. B. No. 2S3, An Act
securing to all members of family
equal rights and privileges to mileag
sold by railroads in this state.
Mileage tickets good to all members
of family.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the leg
islature of the state of Mississippi, That
all members of family consisting of
father, mother, sons and daughters shall
be entitled to all benefits or privileges to
mileage sold by railroads in this state,
as though each member was the original
purchaser; that each member of the
family, as described above, over fifteen
and under twenty-one years of age,
shall certify to ticket as now required of
purchaser, but either parent may GER
tify for all members under fifteen years
of age.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Big Drop in Cotton.

New Orleans.-The price of cotton
broke nearly So bale in the local
future market Wednesday as the re-
suit of heavy selling in all three of the
large markets of the world. The selling
began in Liverpool before the Ameri-
can markets opened and extended to
This market on the first call. The un-
dertone was weak all the morning and
toward noon the most active months
were SO to 80 points under Tuesdays
close. Both old and new crop months
displayed about equal weakness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
MRS. GRACE is INDICTED
Charged With Shooting Her Husband in
Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga.-Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace
was indicted on the charge of assault
with intent to murder her husband,
Eugene H. Grace, whom she is accused
of having shot in their home here on
March s..
The Indictment is an outgrowth of a
sensational affair in the fashionable resi-
dence district, which has not entirely
been cleared by the police.
Grace was found alone, in the locked
house, by detectives who had been sum-
moned by a mysterious telephone call
He was semi-conscious, with bullet in
his back. When taken to the hospital
and revived he accused his wife of
shooting him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
JURY SING SUGGESTIVE HYMN
Prisoner in Cell Hears Church Service in
Courtroom.

Wytheville, Va.-The Allen jury went
to church Sunday and returning to its
room in the court house held song serv-
ice. The hearty voices of the twelve
stalwart countrymen blended in the har-
mony of the old hymn, Are You Ready
for the Judgment Day?'
Across the court house green, Floyd
Allen, the prisoner on trial-frst of the
gang which shot up the Carroll county
court in March-heard the song.
Aliens mental strain, and the phys
ical agony he has enaured from his
broken leg, which was improperly set,
have made him sorry sight. He is now
little like the rugged mountaineer who
once spread fear over countryside. His
decline has alarmed all who see him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Memorial to Maj. Butt.

Washington.-The life of Maj. Archi-
abld w. Butt, as soldier, newspaper
man, aide to presidents and lodge mem
Der, and his heroic death on the Titanic,
were commemorated by his commanders
in-chief-a president, a secretary of war,
senator of his native state, contem-
porary in the newspaper felay and the
fraternity of Masonry, at an impressive
memorial serviee here.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10

Hattiesburg.- Ward King, the
"split log drag apostle" delivered an
address at +he court house. He gave a
brief history of the first use of the drag
in Northwest Missouri in 1896, how its
use spread through Missouri and adjoin-
ing states and how it was taken up
by the agricultural department at Wash
ington. He showed how each community
in Mississippi can build and maintain
good roads at an expense of not more
than $500 per mile.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10

st. Louis, Mo. Joseph Meyer, 1Ol
years old, who has lost six children and
a chicken farm by floods, has started to
a Chicago institution of charity with >
cents in his pocket. He will cover the
distance afoot.
After the Galveston tidal wave had
killed his two sons and four daughters,
Meyer gathered what remained Of hil'
$50 900 fortune and started farm al;
Hickman, KY The flood there destroyed
his chickens and everything else but 4
few odds and ends
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
TO GET GOVERNMENT SEED
Suggested That Congressman Pool Their
Supply.

Jackson.-Among the sensible sugges-
tions that have been made relative to
the relief work in the delta in the over
flowed districts, is one which will be OF
great aid to the residents of that district
now inundated, when the water goes off.
1t simply is that all the Mississippi
congressman pool their 'sfree seed" al
lotment, select such seeds as will be of
benefit to those people in making gar
dens and starting crops to subsist. upon,
have the seed put up in sufficient pack
ages, all of the same variety, SO as each
package will be enough of that particular
vegetable, and then give the seed to the
relief committees to distribute when
planting time arrives.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Hold Tornado Drill.

Wakita, Okla-A tornado drill pat
termed after the fire drills in the cities
has been inaugurated by Miss Hattie
Moon, principal of the Enterprise School,
here. Recent storms in Oklahoma in
spired the plan. The scholars are lined
up on signal and they run to the nearest
tornado cave, which is a quarter of a
mile away.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10

New Orleans.-Although no new
breaks were reported in the Mississippi
river levees, the situation at Baton
Rouge is reported desperate" while
telegram from an assistant engineer at
Melville says the situation there is Eek
tremely grave"
Water from the break at Torras
reached Morganza Sunday, but nearly all
of the women and children had been re-
moved to places of safety. The depth
of this water will reach there at time
only to be conjectured.
A heavy rain extending over the south
ern portion of the state began shortly
after 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, and
the outlook was regarded as anything
-s encouraging by the engineers who
are making4a heroic fight against the
constantly rising stages that have al
ready eclipsed former flood records by
as much as two feet at places.
The river at New Orleans at o'clock
Sunday night was 300 fee.. Rises of
tenth at eacn place were indicated at
Donaldsonville, in the vicinity of New
Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez and
Vicksburg.
A complete inspection of the levee
was made by the engineers and city
officials, and all gaps in protection levees
back from the the river will be closed
against the possibility of breaks between
here and Baton Rouge. The main line
levees were reported in good condition.
The fight to hold the levees. in the
Baton Rouge territory became more des-
perate because of the coming rise in
the river and heavy rains. The levees
were dotted with gangs of workmen.
For miles and miles on both sides OF
the river whites and blacks are working
to strengthen the embankments threat
ening to give way.
Capt. C. 0. Sheriff. engineer in charge
of the second district Mississippi river
Ievee system, with offices here, received
the following telegram from Fl. S. Doug
lass, assistant United States engineer.
at Melville, La:
Continued rise in river, incessant
rains and scarcity of labor render situa-
tion here extremely grave. Persons af-
fected by breaks that might occur in
Atchafalaya or Bayou Des Glaise leyees
should be warned of probable overflow"
Capt. Sheriff. said he had made every
effort to secure labor, but so far there
had been little response; that quarter
boats for the accommodation of 500 la
borers were in the Atchafalaya district,
but his assistants could not get the
men to man them.
No one would predict the conse-
quences.
mo work, no rations," was the man
date to the hundreds af able-bodied ne
gro refugees receiving free food from
the government, issued by Lieut.. w. E.
Holiday, in charge of the supply depot
at Natchez, when advised of the diff
culties the engineers are experiencing in
getting labor.
1t was feared that ten-mile stretch
Of the levee in the Bayou Des Glaise
section would be lost because of the loss
of labor.
Nearly all the negroes refuse to work
90 long as they can draw government
grub. and the engineers say the indiffer-
ence of labor il seriously interfering
with repair work, and especially where
quick action is desired at critical points
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
HEAVY RAINS BEAT
ON LOWER LEvEES
SITUATION AT BATON ROUGE BE
COMES DESPERATE.
WATER REACHES MORGANzA
Fleet of Rescue Boats Started From
Baton Rouge to Succor the Strand
ed-Refugees Will Be Put to
Work on Levees.

From Vicksburg, Miss, south to
New Orleans the Mississippi river
is from half foot TO two and a
half feet above any previous flood
record stage.
An additional rise this week of
approximately one foot from New
Orleans north to Baton Rouge is
predicted by the weather bureau.
Soundings made by the United
States army engineers show that
this record-breaking volume of
water in the big river is moving at
the rate of 81 per feet a second,
or approximately one mile an hour
faster than ever before recorded
in the Mississippi's flood history.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Depends on .. S. Cotton.

London-Russia will have to depend
on the United States for her cotton, as
heretofore, according to report sub
mitted by the Russian minister of agri-
culture, who has just returned from
Central Asia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Mobile Sends Big Check.

Jackson. Gov. Brewer Monday re
ceived the largest sum toward the aid
Of flood sufferers that he has receiyed
since issuing his appeal for subscriptions
The irts letter opened contained cheek
for $649.15, raised by the efforts Of the
Mobile tAla.) Register, while several
others Of smaller amount came in from
the state, the total receipts for the day
h@ina siiuhklv ovar &1n00
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Two Simpson County Tigers.

Jackson.-Deputy United States Mar
shall Fred w. Collins returned from down
in ''Sullivan's Hollow" and brought with
him Dan and Barney Blakeney, who
were indicted by the last federal grand
jury on the charge of selling liquor with
out first having obtained United States
internal revenue license.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
A Noted Woman Dead.

Lexington.-M C. r. KERN died in
the Presbyterian Hospital in Memphis.
Mrs KERN was the widow of the late
DIR. Walter L. KERN of this city, we'll
known and beloved citizen of our coun-
ty, member of the levee board, of the
1890 constitutional convention and of the
famous secession convention of 1861.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
After the Tick in Warren.

Vicksburg.-With the general policy
outlined to continue as heretofore, the
cattle tick eradication crusaue in War
rem county, the department of agricul-
ture has sent to Vicksburg DIR. J.. P.
Bushong, who is to make his permanent
headquarters and work in cooperation
with the state and county authorities
engaged in this work
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Prepare for June Rise.

Jackson.-Regardless of what the Mis-.
sissippi river commission does to make
funds available for levee work between
now and the "June RISE" the state of
Mississippi is going to make fight to
keep the flood out of the state if it is
possible. Just as soon as the waters re-
cede sufficiently for work to be resumed
the crevasse. at Beulah will be repaired,
and other points strengthened.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Total Resources ....... s.,
Liabilities.
Eichelberger Speaks.

Ellisville. - Dr. G. w. Echelberger,
state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League of Mississippi, and his assistant,
Rev. J. A. Naples, spent several day
in Jones county, speaking and organ
izing the work.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-05-10
Mission Board Meeting.

Jackson entertained for three days
nearly 200 of the best known women Of
the commonwealth, members of the home
and foreign mission societies of the Mis-
sissippi conference, Methodist church.