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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
MANY MILLIONS IN
STAMPS ARE STOLEN
SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS MADE
TO pos @MASTER GENERAL.
BROKERS PURCHASE THEM
Are Resold at Prices Far Below Values.
Employees of U. S. Government In
cluded in Case.

Washington. = Illegal trafiicking the
country over in stolen postage stamps,
aggregating several millions OF dollars
snnuaily, has just been disclosed by
postoftiee inspectors whose invetigGtions
were reported to Postmaster General
Hitchcock They involved so-called
stamp brokers and confidential employees
of large business concerns throughout
the United States.
Through confessions obtained BY tue
usPse.ys,s z.osa scnle ci a.. -ses )
whose operations were investigated, It
was learned that stamps of al classes
and denominations, stolen bg burglars
from postoffices and emocfxled by em-
ployes from great business houses and
manufacturing etablishWeAts, were pur-
chased and resold by she brokers at
prices far below theu face value.
The postal laws make it a crime pun
ishable by imprisonment to sell any
stamp issued by the government for less
than its face value. Investigations dis
closed that, in addition to selling the
stamps for less than price they could
have been purchased for from the gov
ernment, the brokers knew that the
stamps were stolen when they Pur-
chased them.
Frauds against the government and
various business concerns aggregating
hundreds of thousands of dollars annu-
ally have been unearthed in New York
City alone, while Illegal tarfacking in
stamps in Boston, Philadelphia, BaIti-
more, Pittsburg, Chicago, indianapolis,
St Louis, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, New
Orleans, Kansas City, Denver, San Fran
cisco, Seattle, Portland, Ore, and many
other citics has reached large proper
kionx
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
PLAN UNIFORM WAREHOUSE
National Farmers Congress viii Work
Out System

columbus, 0.-A uniform system Of
"a has.ses thrcnghg1st The ted States.
vhsEn is advocated by the National
Farmers Congress, win be devised by =
committee appointed here by Charles T.
Sanford, president Of the congress, and
Levi Morrison, chairman of the exec,l-
tive committee
The committee consists of Harvie Jor-
ssn, Atlanta, Ca; William A. Bowen,
Arlington, Texas; Joshua Strange, Ma
rion, Ind; James A. d. Finley, New
York; William Greasy, Catawisie, Pa,
and Henry Feig, Minneapolis.
As instructed by the convention held
nj New Orleans in September, 1912, the
committee is to work out q plan for IA
system OF warehouses in which farm
products can be stored
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
BRYAN IS ASSURED
PLACE IN CABINET
HE is PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE
SECRETARYSHIP OF STATE.
CANCELS LECTURE DATES
Announcement Is Unofficial and Prob.
ably Win Be Denied, But 1t Is True,
International News Service.

Washington.-At last it is an estab
iished fact that William ). Bryan Is to
be appointed secretary OF state by Pres.
dent Wilson. Although this statement
l!s unofficial, it is none the less true, and
any official denials that will be made
will simply be depials as matter OF
policy.
Mr. Bryan has received an intimatioa
that he is the choice of President VII
son for secretary OF state, and is pre-
pairing to accept the portfolio. lie has
cancelled all his lecture engagements
after March 4, so that he may be aBso-
luteiy free to assume his new duties.
Ever since the election the rnmor has
been persistent that Mr.. Bryan would
90 into the cabinet, probably aus head Of
the state department, but President
Elect Wilson, although he has never said
that Mr.. Bryan would not be member
of the cabinet, has consistently denied
that he had selected any member Of his
official family.
Mr. Wilson and Air. Bryan held long
conference at Trenton about a month
ago, but at its close both denied that the
claims of any cabinet members were set
tied upon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
LEvEE GIVES WAY
RICH LANDS FLOODED
ONE SPOT OVERLOOKED BY ENGI.
EEERS LET'S TORRENT I'M.
NO LIVES REPORTED LOST
Area to Be Inundated Will Reach zoe, 900
Acres River Being Lower, Flood
Less Than Last Year.

Beulah.-Due, it is said, 10 a section
Of the new Ievee around the Beulah
ereyasse OF last spring not having been
completed, and water in its rise overtop-
ping BeuIah Lake, 4 surghg torrent from
The Mississippi river broke through the
ancompIeted levee and quickly swept
aside the emergency work and soon Il
rapidly growing sheet of water started
across The Iowlands surrounding.
Negligence on the part of some one in
authority in not having the entire loop
around the old crevasse at least halfway
completed in charged by officials in Jack
son, Greenville and Vicksburg, and sn in
testigation viii be started.
As the big head OF water viii in<a
measure be stemmed by the banks Iof
Beuiah Lake, no such inundation as that
of last spring is anticipated.
No lives have been reported lost, rs
citizens OF the country around, both
black and white, had been notified OF the
approaching danger and were in a meas
ure prepared for it.
Owing to the fact that the stage of
the river is much lower than it was last
year the territory inundated will be
much smaller, including Bogue Phalia
Basin and portion of the Sunflower
River Valley south Of the Southrn Rail-
way. About 100000 acres, or about 12
per cent OF the Mississippi levee district
svIl be Hooded composed of the coun-
Ties of Bolivar, Sharkey and Issaqnena,
and portions of Yazoo, Washington and
Warren. unless more water than is now
in sight comes down the river.
Government work of months was
swept away in few minutes and esti-
mates OF the loss have not been made.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
BOYC0TTlNG VIOLATES LAW
Attorney General Says Practice Is IN
lawful in Mississippi.

Jackson.-It is unlawful for insuranee
companies, or insurance agenss, to enter
into combinations and agree to boycott
any person o. persons who might have
overdue and unpaid premiums, Accord
ing to Assistant Attorney General Frank
Johnston, who 10 in receipt Of letter
from attorneys representing several fire
insurance companies asking sbout the
Legality of such an agreement.
Capt. Johnston holds that any agree
ment that would result in blacklisting
peope who had overdue and unpaid pre-
miums in one company and wonld debar
them from getting insurance in another
company would be coordination and
conspiracy for an unlawful purpose. He
is OF the opinion that each insurance
agent has the right to decide whether
he viii or will not extend credit accom-
modations for any insurance, but that It
clearly would be illegal and wrongful
for the agents TO enter into an agree
ment by which any man would be boy
cotted or blackIisted because he was be-
hind in the payment OF his premiums.
Capt. Johnston holds that such pro-
cedure would be similar to where rail
roads might agree to combine to black
list employees in one company from get
ting employemnt in another company
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
TO DEEPEN ToMBIGBEE.
Big Trade Promised if Government Will
Put In Improvements.

Columbns.-Over 1000 people attend
ed the hearing before the United States
engineers of Mobile, who came to Co
lumbus to receive statistics from resi-
dents of the Tombigbee valley showing
why that stream should be the recipient
of the congressional appropriation which
would make six-foot channel at all
seasons of the year.
The object of the meeting was to pre-
sent facts concerning present and an
ticipated tonnage OF this section and to
cite to the engineers that were slack
water navigation enjoyed between De
mopolis, Ala, and Columbus, Miss, .
distance OF 156 miles by river, that 214s
947 tons of merchandise or commodities
would be shipped the first year, the saw
ing i'll freight rates would be $25s, ,572
1t is estimated that slack water faviga
ton ean i.e had Il, lock , and came uaisets.
viii cost s2,000,0O0.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Jacksonville people of McAdamai
petitioned the railroad commission to re-
quire the Illinois Central railroad to
construct a fruit shed at that place for
the convenience of the strawberry grow
ers in shipping their product. The COM
mission was thoroughly convinced by
representatives of the citizens that the
shed was necessary and ordered the rail-
road company to Immediately build one
so as to have it ready before the ship
ping season actually commences.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
ORPHANS NEED BEDDING
EARNEST APPEAL IS ISSUED TO
PEOPLE OF STATE.
Palmer Orphanage at Columbus Is With,
put Proper Bedding for Inmates--An
Opportunity to Aid Worthy Cause

Jackson. An earnest appeal to the
people of Mississippi has been issued in
behalf OF the Palmer Orphsnage, located
at Columbus.
This institution is under the super
vision of the Presbyterian synods OF
Mississippi and Louisiana, and the appeal
in its behalf is especially urgent, for the
home lacks proper bedding for the use
OF the little inmates.
The beds now in use have been in the
orphanagc for fifteen years, are now
worn out, and must be replaced with
new ones.
The management hopes to have sutri-
cient funds in hand by the first of March
to provide the new mattresses, and all
who can aid in the movement are earn.
estly urged to do SO.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
wEEvIL WROUGHT HAVOC.
Cut Cotton Crep ir the Jackson Terri
tory.

Gu{ totton NIep ~ the Jackson 1eIu'
tory.
Jackson.--The extent of the agricul,
ffiral evolution brought about by the in
yasion OF the boil weevil Is strikingly
illustrated by compilation OF figures
showing receipts of wagon cotton at
sixty intrior market points in the terri
tory contiguous to Jackson, as compared
with receipts for former years.
During the season now drawing 10 a
close, the receipts of wagon cotton
amounted to only 81 ,601 bales, as com
pared with 1892 bales in 1911, 216, 6,922
bales in 1910, S49, ,4s0 bales in 1909, and
321,3s6 bales in 1908.
These figures cover the period since
the boil weevii first invaded Mississippi
and furnish a fair Illustration of what
cotton growers may expect in other
states where the pest has commenced its
favages.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
FEUDlST CLAIMED BY DEATH
Notorious Oklahoma Life Termer Dies
at Muskogee.

Muskogee, Okla.-Barney Call, one u
the principal actors in the Davis-Alfori
fend of Muskogee county, died in a de-
tention camp near here after monl~es
illness. Death cheated the state prison
OF a victim, for Can was under lie sen
tence, having been convicted Of killing
Dan Foster, another fendist. Cab had
made partial confession when h- be-
saruc Ill
The ielld has completely br9keh up
the Call family, once wealthy ane ros-
porous. Barney = dead, his father Zen
Call, is in prison here charged with lnur-
der in connection with the fend, and the
young mans mother was granted = do
cree of divorce from her husband.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Tusla, Okla The Usage Nation, It
Pawhuska, turned down the scheme to
grant blanket lease to 100000 acres
OF oil and gas lands, valued At $4,000,
0oo The result Of the election means
that the Osage lands soon win be opened
TO individual lease buyers, with con-
servative limit placed on the amount
Of land that can be leased BY any ons
individual. This viii result in tremel,.
dous drilling activities, and, in the opin.
ion Of expert oil men, may open up ths
worlds greatest oil and eas Geld.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Should Have Phones.

Jackson.-If there is q good reason
why . railroad company shall not have
telephone In its freight office as y
convenience to merchants, the Missis-
sippi railroad commission wants to know
it. The commission has cited every rail-
road in the state to have it's represen-
tatives appear before the body at q
meeting Feb. Is, and show cause why
telephones should not be installed in all
railroad stations in towns whore there
are telephone exchanges.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
ROOT MAKES PLEA
FOR ARBITRATION
WOULD HAVE PANAMA CANAL
LAWS AMENDED.
FOB EQUAL TERMS FOR ALL
Tha United States Cannot Afford to Take
Position at Variance With the
Rule of UNIVERSAL Equality,
He Declares.

Washington. ''Shall we inform the
world that the United States is false to
Is agreements. false to its pledged word
Shall we have it made known the world
over that you must look out for the
United States or it viii get the advan-
tage of you? That it is state, cunning,
slippery"
With this vigorous denunciation of the
attitude of this country in the Panama.
canal controversy with Great Britain,
Senator Ehhu Root closed two-hour
speech in the senate with an appeal for
the submission of the Panama question
30 arbitration, or the repeal of that see
4son of the canal law that would give
Syee passage to American coastwise ships
Senator Root declared the United
States would violate all of its pledges
and promises to the world; would be
guilty of false pretenses" in its advo-
<aey sf arbitration, and would proclaim
itself Indifferent to national honor and
integrity, if it refused to submit to arbi-
tration or to retreat from the unjust
position it had taken.
lie declared free coastwise tolls to
American ships were illegal, unless the
same concessions were made to foreign
ships. The claim that the United States
had domesic rights over the canal, be-
cause it owned the Canal Zone, consti-
suted violation OF the express guaran-
tee OF the United States to Great Brit
ain. be said
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

INSTRUMENTATION Thompson has re
eeived a communication from Lorenzo
B. Batson of the Batson-McGehee Com
pany of HilIiard, giving in detail an out
line of the timber land acreage held by
their firm, located in Marion, Lamar and
Pearl River counties. The total acreage
Is 2,320 acres, and the presumption is
that omitting the 1000 acres which the
land tax of 1912 exempts from the 30
cents acreage tax, the area for which
they would be taxable would be 1920
acres. The writer asks for instructions
how to proceed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
WEDDINGS BARRED.
No More Will Be Performed at Beauvoir
Soldiers Home

Beauvoir.-Future marriages are an
der the ban at the Jefferson Davis Me-
mortal Soldiers Home here. The board
of trustees adopted resolution prohib-
iting any more weddings at the Confed-
crate veterans retreat on the ground
that all quarters and accommodations
suitable for couples had been filed
There are quite a number OF married
couples residing at the home, all OF
whom have entered the marital stat
since becoming inmates of the institr
tion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
HELEN GOULD IS
HAPPILY WEDDED
CEREMONY PERFORMED AT BRIDES
COUNTRY ESTATE.
LESS THAN 100 PRESENT
She Was Attired in Gown of Duchess
Ivory Satin--Lyndhurst, the Gould
Country Estate, Presented
Beautiful Scene.

New York--In her turieted castle on
the heights bordering the hudson, near
Tarrytcwn, Helen Miller Gould, eldest
daughter OF the late Jay Could, mistress
of millions, and the idol ci democracy,
became the bride of Finley Johnson
Shepard, SON of the late Rev. DIR. Peter
+. Shepard, Of Connecticut, and Eastern
representative ol thc Gould railway sys-
teus
Tie SWEET sols,S - If tie occasion.
was emphasized by is magnifcent sim
plicity. And after the Rev. Daniel Rus
sell, pastor of the Irvington Presbyterian
Church, had spoken the impressive words
that made her matron, the woman who
has been termed '.the most beloved in
America, sent the following message to
the public:
This is the anniversary of my moth
er's wedding day. I am deeply touched
by all the expressions OF good will that
have come to me from different parts
of the country
Later came the announcement that
none of the philanthropic work to which
Mrs. Shepard has given so much Of her
time in the past will be neglected in the
future.
Miss Gould leaned upon the arm of her
brother, George j. Gould She wore a
gowr OF ivory white duchess satin,
trimmed with rose point lace and seed
pearl embroidery.
The ceremony was scheduled for half
an hour after noon. 1t was delayed a
few minutes while Miss Gould person
ally shook hands with each of the 81 en-
pioyes OF the Lyndhurst estate, to each
of whom she presented s25.
Among the gifts was jewel case con
tanning $25,O 900 necklace from Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Gould; $4,000 necklace
from Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould; a
sec, 900 corsage ornament from Mr.. and
Mrs. George j. Gould; q gold mesh bag
from Dorothy and Helen Gould, Miss
Gould's wards, and a $1,000 diamond
brooch, joint gifts from Jay, Gloria and
Kingdom Could
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
FIGHT HooKwoRM.
People of Smith County Wage War on
Them.

Mizc.-The people OF Smith county
have become thoroughly aroused over
the hookworm situation. Like many
other counties in South Mississippi, it
is heavily infected with this disease, but
where Smith county excels many others
is that it sees the necessity OF stamping
ont the disease and the people are fast
taking advantage of the aid the state
and county are now Offering them to be
examined and treated free.
Over eight hundred people have been
tested microscopically in Smith county
by DIR. Whitfield and his assistant, DR.
Williams.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Child Home Society.

Jackson. Many contributions for the
Child Home Finding Society are being
sent to the president OF the society,
GOV. Brewer, in response to letters that
he recently mailed to people throughout
the state Ivo checks for IS each were
in the governors mail recently.
The society has for its object the scr
curing Of homes for orphan children. It.
has been working quietly, but has ac-
complskaT great deal of good since It
was c~-enized. The secretary of the or
ganisation is George B. Power
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Los Angeles. Congressman Sylvester
Clark Smith Of the eighth district OF Cal
ifornia, died here suddenly. Heart fall
.lre brought on by the excitement Of
planning a speech as he lay III in bed
on the regulation of the liquor business,
was the immediate cause of his death.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Race Across Ocean,

New York.-The steamship Savoie OF
the French line and the Cunarder Cam
pania arrived in port at about the same
hour after voyages across the Atlantic
in which they we're in sight of each other
almost the entire trip. The passengers
laid many wagers as to which ship would
reach her pier first.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Charleston, S. C-Col. David S. Stan
ley, Of the quartermaster's department
OF the United States army, purchased
four thoroughbred running stations for
the government breeding farms, which
are devoted to improving the standard
Of cavalry mounts.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Dehs obstructed Justice.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Eugene v Debs,
Socialist candidate for president of the
United States, was arrested here on an
indictment returned against him in the
federal court for the Third district OF
Kansas. Debs was charged with OBJ
structing justice.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Pueblo, COL Declaring that men who
smoke cirgarettes are mo good" during
sermon, Capt. James Thompson Of the
Salvation Army aroused the ire Of
husky man in the audience, and be
promptly chastised the speaker.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
war oa Loan shar Ks.

Meridian.In addition to the eleven
suits fled by Attorneys Bonds and Mul-
10y, for the recovery OF money paid
money lenders in alleged usurious IN.
terest, many other complaints on which
suits will be based, are in the hands OF
the attorneys.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
watch Commission Government.

Jackson-The eyes of number Of
communities in the state are fixed on
the three big towns of the common
wealth--Vieksburg jackson and Merid-
ian-the newest entries into the commits
sion-governed class, who win all be
closely watched in order that pointers
may be picked up to solve the same
questions which other cities are conten-
plating.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Bank Closes Doors.

Greenwood Quite a great deal of ex-
citement was caused by the closing OF
the doors of the Bank of Leflore. This
banking Institution WAS organized abont
eight years ago under brilliant auspices.
The assets are ample to protect depos-
itors and creditors of the bank and Civ
i fair sum to the stockholders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

New York.John A. Qualey, prezi-
dent Of the Magnesia Asbestos Com
pany, was eonyictea Of defrauding Mrs.
Marie Neyins Bull. widow of William r.
Bull, the mated surgeon, out Of S35. coo.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Sanitary Conditions Good.

Jackson-Dr. W. FL. Rowan, OF the
state board OF health, is now engaged
in conducting vigorous health ana san
itary campaign at varions points, and
expresses himself as highly pleased with
the results obtained.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Washington. Representative Stanley
Of Kentucky introduced a resolution au-
thorizing the war department to expend
81 ,000,O for food and subsistence for
the sufferers from the floods in the Ohio
valley.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Work at the Normal.

Hattiesburg.- the two most
interesting features OF the short course
in agriculture being given at the State
Normal College this week were the lee
lures by DIR. Jones. resident physician,
who discussed School Hygiene and DR..
w. S. Leathers OF the Mississippi state
board OF health, who gave stereoptic
lecture on Rural Hygiene"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Praises Mississippi.

West Point.-E. M. Barton, head Of
the General Electric Company of Chi
cago, one of the most prominent dairy
men in the world, has written one of
the strongest endorsements as to the
splendid resources of The celebrated black
prairie belt that has been written.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Pittsburgh, PA condition Of shock,
ing immortality is exposed in Thorn Creek
district by the investigation conducted
by District Attorney William Purvis oi
Butler county
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Under the auspices Of
the Progressive Club Of Clarksdale an
informal public reception was rendered
10 Judge Niles and other officials Of
the newly created United States court
for this division, when it convened Mon
dav for its initial session
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
State Eight-Hour Law.

Jackson.--It may be a year, or two
years, before the final test of the consti-
tutionaity of Mississippi's ten-hour labor
law is made, for the United States SUI
preme court has denied the motion to ad
vance the case.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Starts Survey.

Columbus.-Hon. f. n. Lowe, state
geologist of Mississippi, will Immediate
ly inaugurate a.survey of the territory
between Columbus and that point on the
Tennessee river in Northeast Mississippi
where Yellow Greek flows into it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Florence a number of promi-
nent citizens met here and organized a
potato club for the purpose of cDoour-
aging the growth of that crop for ship
ping.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Hoarded Her Gold.

Coldwater. The estate Of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Yates, deceased, is being settled.
The old lady had 81, 900 in gold in twenty
dollar pieces of old dates.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
MansIaughter Found.

Brookhaven.-After deliberating for
two days, the jury returned verdict
for manslaughter in the circuit court
against Clarence Temple, charged with
the murder Of George Oliver.