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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
COAST GUARD DESERVE PRAISE
Very Little Is Heard Of Men Who
Suffer Hardships to Save Human
Lives and Property.

Housed snug by the IRE, safe from
the gale that whistles in the caves,
it's hard to realize that such winter
as this brings no piping times o.
peace" for those who stand at the
very door of the perils OF the sea
to save what they may Of human
life and property. or the army and
the navy unending tales are told in a
thousand papers and magazines, but
Of the stalwart corps that braves the
lonely dangers OF our coast we hear
little or nothing. Yet an army of
over 10000 men stands watch, and
watch about to tend the lights and
buoy or hasten succor to those who
go down to the sea in ships. To-
night though the winter starlight or
the driving storm the beacons flash
their warnings from the rocks and
shoals and rudy lights CLEAN in lit
tie gale-swept stations on the sand
where the surges pound and pound
and pound--Iittle stations where near
the socket-gun and motor boat there
sit quiet men watching and waiting
for the fare of the rocket, or the help
less shout that tells their patrols Of
ship in danger on the shore.
Then comes the call for brain and
Drawn and bravery greater than ever
sighted a turret gun or faced bullet
Out with the boat, into the surf and
over the bar. Out with the gun and
the rocket to send her line Stand
| by to man the breeches bouy! Waist
deep in the winter sea, what matter
| il the wind drives sand and snow
and spune till it raws the face and
, hands are numb with the biting cold?
There's life aboard that ship; and
here are men for you.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
BAGGAGE STUNS THE CLERKS
Sixty-thr@ Dogs, Sixteen Trunks.
Horse, Golf, Tennis and Photo
Outfit Only a Part.

Los Angeles.-When Mrs N Bran
Der, widow of wealth. arrived in the
station from Atlantic City, the bag
gage carried In her name consisted OF:
Sixty-three barking dogs. sixteen
trunks five bundles of golf sticks. q
full-grown horse. Photographic ana
tennis equipments and five boxes of
dog rations.
It was explained after the head Of
the baggage crew asked feebly. is
that all?" that automobiles and other
luxurious equipment were coming by
freight. The baggage force also
learned that the horse was the prop
erty of Mr.. and Mrs. C. Klotz, who
had been in charge of Mrs. Brambers
kennels for years Outside OF that.
however. the first lineup was correct
Mrs Bramber travelled incognito.
Mrs. Klotz met all the emergencies at
the transfer points, where there were
lively times with the sixty-three dogs.
sixteen trunks, I'VE bundles Of golf
sticks and other contributions to the
bagagge-car jam.
I'VE are glad to have that night.
mare of trip over said Mrs. Klotz.
as she superintendent the loading OF
the dogs and puppies. Calculative
express employees figured that 1t cost
Mrs Bramber $1,000 to move her ken
mel and other baggage. while Klotz
paid s47O to bring along his prize
trotter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
WAR TOLL IN FIFTY YEARS
Over Two Million Men Have Beer
Killed in Battles Of Modern
Times.

London.-The Balkan war has given
the generation some idea of what war
means in detail. 1t is significant OF
the growing horror that a Bavarian
newspaper should present its readers
with a striking record of the wars OF
the last so years.
Under series of little pictures of
fallen soldiers on the battlefield 1t
gives the number killed in each grea4
war Of the past half century, with the
strange exception Of the Boer war.
Here is the record:
Crimean war, 10000; Italian war
of 1859-60. $4,000; American Civil war
og 1861-65. 100000; Danish war of
1864, 5000; Austro-Prussian war OF
1866, As 900: Franco-German war. 49,
900; Russo-Turkish war, 100000; Rus
so-Japanese war. 100000.
The addition of these figures shows
that no less than 2.31S.000 men wer
killed in these wars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

for point, statement for statement.
She is supposed to have spent $15O.0O0
for counsel and experts, that being
by far the greatest sum ever expended
for such employment in an American
law suit up to that time. In the end
a compromise was reached. This COM
promise, according to the Law Report
err, .'is. understood to be the with
drawal of the compliments appeal on
payment Of her expenses. costs and
counsel fees, etc. The will Of 1868 re-
mains the will of Sylvia Ann How
land"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
STEER COLLECTED cuRIos
Butcher Finds verItabie Museum ir
Stomach of Slain Animal-PiHs
Melted In Bottle.

Moorehead, Tenn.-An 'old curiosf
ty shop" was brought to light BY
William A. Allen while he was dress.
ing a steer. When he opened the
stomach Of the animal he was sur
prised to see small vial containing a
substance that had once been pills,
but had been dissolved by the heat.
In rapid order the amazed butcher
brought to light two keys, penny, q
collar button. an iron washer, an
empty cartridge. is nails. broken
piece from set OF false teeth, a pen.
knife. two small stones, three marbles.
piece of bomb. small iron image OF
. bird. an iron nipple. spoon. two
screws and several pieces OF scrap
iron.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

occupied on the first floor by Mrs.
Wack's girlhood friend-but not her
confidante. She never had one.
Their First Meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wack met at a party
at Uncle George's-William's Uncle
George in. 1906 They were very
youthful, so they waited two years be-
fore slipping quietly into the state OF
silence and connubial bliss.
After four years they emerged.
First came the announcement cards,
then the searchlight of publicity.
Even the faithful keeping of a secret
has it's consequences.
Its been worse than a church we'd
ding" sighed the aggrieved ones, re-
trenching themselves behind wedding
gifts, resolved to make last stand
| before surrendering to the attacking
party.
1--WE never wanted to appear In
print. "We"-
1t was no use The citadel was
taken and the Wacks surrendered.
Mrs. Wack modestly admitting that
for five years she has played the or
gan in the Union street M. e. church
of Newark: that Harold G. E. Foel-
Ter, the Columbia senior who enacted
the role of best man and helped keep
the secret four years, is now in busi-
ness In New York; that she, herself.
| is suffragette and that she has been
more harassed since she told her
secret than in all the four years OF
keeping it.
| Lucky Bill! Even the ice man will
never know how much Bill paid the
Elizabetan pastor! The bubble of the
witch's cauldron has broken. Secrecy
| is no longer a lost art, but discov-
ery.-Marie Coolidge Rask in New
York World.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
Philosophy.

Let us learn to be content with
what we have. Let us get rid of our
false estimates, set up all the higher
ideals quiet home; vines Of our own
planting; few books full Of the in.
SEPARATION of genius: few friends
worthy Of being loved and able to
love us in turn; a hundred innocent
pleasures that bring no pain or sor-
row: a devotion to the right that viii
never swerve; a simple religion
empty of all bigotry, full os trust and
hope and love-and to such q philos-
ophy this world win give up all the
empty Joy it has.-Dayid Swing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
LIKE PATRICK CASE.
Mrs. Hetty Green Was Actor in
Rowland viii Affair.
Charge of Forgery Was Made-Fact
That signatures Were ldentieally
Alike Alleged to Have Proved
They Were Not Genuine.

New York.-Did you ever hear the
story of Sylvia Ann Howland's will?
Mrs. Hetty Green. today's queen OF.
finance, was one OF the actors In this
first great will case In America The
story is fifty years old, but 1t has
dramatic interest because in certain
features 1t is analogous to the case OF
Albert Patrick, recently pardoned
from Sing Sing by Governor Dix. 1t
was in the contest of the Rowland
case that handwriting experts were
first used to effect before an American
court The next similar case was that
of Millionaire Rice's will, in which Pat
rick appeared as claimant. 1t Is
worth noting that the methods OF the
handwriting experts seem not to have
advanced measurab1y in half CEN
fury They have been refined. per-
haps, but otherwise they have been al
tered very little. Even in their diff
ferences the experts of today resemble
those OF 1868 Each is still able to
demonstrate that the thinking appa-
ratus Of all the other sides experts
have been clogged by blue mud.
Patrick owed his four times repeat
ed death sentence to the handwriting
experts. The states case on his in
dictment for murder was technically
weak 1t rested on the confession of
Valet Jones that he had chloroformed
Rice at Patrick's orders. But the in
dictment was dramatically strong, be-
eos he nwA~ al 11yr0 1w
that Rice's will had been forged. Each
of the four pages of this document
bore a signature which was presum-'
ably that of Rice.
The experts showed that these four
signatures were ldentical-so ad
mirably identical that when superim-
posed each fitted the other to the
thickness of an eyelash. The experts
contended that no two genuine sigma
lures are ever just alike. They even
found the true signature from which
the four false ones had been traced.
and found that on the day Rice was
supposed to have signed the will he
had signed five other documents. The
five genuine signatures differed widely
lAOm edCu OluSI anu HOm tA0 AOuA
forged ones.
Sylvia Ann Rowland, an aged spin
ster, died in New Bedford, Mass, in
1863. leaving an estate of more than
So, 100000 Two wills were produced.
In the will of 1863 her niece and COM
panion, Hetty Robinson, afterward
known as Hetty Green, was generous
1y remembered. BY the will of 1860
Hetty Robinson inherited practically
all. 1t consisted of single page.
marked second page" inserted after
the first page of an admittedly genu-
inc earlier will Miss Robinson testi-
fed that Miss Rowland had dictated
this second pags" to her in dupli-
cate. Both pages were in Miss Robin
sons writing, but each bore the sig
nature of Miss Rowland. The bene-
ficiaries under the will OF 1863 charged
that the signatures on this duplicated
second page" had been forged by
Miss Robinson. Every handwriting
expert of note in the United States
was engaged.
Through experts Miss Robinson met
the contentious OF the defense. point
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
SINGS Sc HOURS; IS IN JAIL
Woman Sent to Minneapolis Work
house as Boarders Protest
Against Howllng.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Because she
frequently sang song for SO consecu-
tive hours Mrs. Florence Queen, whose
home is said to be in North Dakota.
was sentenced to 80 days in the work
house here. Mrs. Queen was arrested
on a disorderly conduct charge. COM
plant having been made by her fell
low boarders at local hotel. When
arrested the woman had $4,000 In
bills of large denomination in her pos
session. She registered at the hotel
November 8.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
DOG is HIS ALARM CLOCK
Every Morning at Rising
Time.

North Fairmont. O.-Samuel Fer
sythe believes he has the best dog on
earth, as he does not need an alarm
clock to waken him in the morning
in time for work. His dog. which is
only a mongrel, does it for him. For
sythe says the plan has failed only
once in two months.
BY careful watching he found that
the dog invariably awakened at about
the same time as its master. SO on
retiring each night he tied bell to
one OF the dogs legs. The dog on
awakening rang the bell until re-
leased.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03
TENANTS HAVE UNION

demnation made by order of the New
York board OF health, showing that
last year 100000 pounds of fruit were
destroyed, 100000 pounds Of vege-
tables, $4,000 pounds Of eggs. 100000
pounds of fish, and $4,000 pounds Of
miscellaneous market products. The
condemnations made by the 100 In
spectors of the health department
represent but small fraction of the
real waste In the markets of the
city.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

Larksville. Pa.-Although a good
worker and temperate. Joseph Motifs
positively refused to take bath. In
DESPAIR his wife appealed to justice
Of the peace who ordered constable
to take Motifs home and use force If
necessary in order to give him thor
ough scrubbing. The constable re-
ported to the justice two hours later
that his orders had been carried out.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

Dublin. Mickey Smith. basket
maker and cattle drover. is dead at
the age OF 116. He drank heavily and
smoked constantly. He married three
times. He slept often In the open air
and was able to work until three years
ago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03


family
brother Charles Louis who died in 1896 He
morganacaly Countess
achduk the claim of their
being the
the
front"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-03

LESSON TExT-Genesis Lis, 7, ., 10
L. 1e. q. .. OF, 81
GOLDEN TEXT-"In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth. -
Gen. IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
HAVE WATER AT NORTON.
Smith County. BeIoit and Others Short
Fear Typhoid.

Norton, Kan, Aug. 19.-The water
supply of Norton is all right and the
people here would not know there was
a shortage anywhere if it were not for
the reports.
The supply is holding out well, al
though great quantities of water are
used daily. The Rock Island railroad
and the ice plant are the heaviest
individual users of water.
In Smith county the present cOndi-
ton is a serious one with the stockmen
and in the city they are nearly without
fire protection.
In Logan the mayor has issued an
order forbidding the use of water in
irrigating or sprinkling lawns.
In Beloit it has become necessary to
use water from the solomon river and
the board of health has ordered the
people to boil all the city water be-
fore using.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is
threatened in many sections of The
east, but not so in good old Norton, the
high and dry spot of Kansas, but
where the people live better and
longer than any other city in the state.
Here three drinking fountains may
be found running over all the time
with the pure bubhing sparkling water
that made n state test of 1896 per
cent pure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
New Chemical Discovery.

Prof. Thane at the recent assembly of
faculties at University College made a
striking reference to the remarkable series
of Investigations of Prof. Collie. in con-
Jun ct-on with Prof. Patterson. made and
session
Profs- Collie and Patterson investigated
sure BY high potential electric discharges.
As result of these investigations, said
Prof Thane, it is now established that
neon and helium can be obtained when
an electrical discharge passes throug n
hydrogen. Under suitable conditions other
products of hitherto unknown character
can also be obtained. These startling re
suits would indicate either a synthesis or
both combined
1t is no Overstatement to say that this
VIII prove to be one of the greatest dis
Coveries ever made in chemistry, and that
II will possibly lead to the solution of the
fundamental problem of chemical science.
namely, the nature and relationships OF
the elements.-London cable to the New
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
OBERLIN SCHOOLS
Decatur County High School
Given Recognition.
Prof. C. w. Smick, Principal,
Reelected.

Oberlin. Aug. 19.-The Decatur
county high school commences its
eleventh years work, Sept. ,. So far
it has been a great success, there be-
ing 166 students enrolled during the
last term. This was the largest in its
history. This school has also been
accredited by the North Central As
sociation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, and puts the Decatur county
high school on a par with the best in
the central United States and admits
the graduates without examination to
all the colleges of the North Central
Association. Prof. c. w. Smick has
been the principal of this school for
a number of years and has been so
successful in his educational work
that he was unanimously retained for
another year. The other teachers are
Miss Fern Langmade, Florence NJ.
Clark Sherrel B. Smith, Tina Andrews,
Genevieve Hixon and the seventh
teacher is to he supplied. The school
board has exercised great care in Sc
Iecting the faculty Every teacher is
a specialist in his and her work. De-
catur county looks upon the new year
with favor believing the high school
will be largely increased in mem ber-
ship.
The Decatur county high school
building is centrally located in Oberlin
the county seat. 1t is a three story
brick structure and is large enough to
accommodate the growth of the school
for years to come. The library con-
tains more than 1000 volumes. The
recitotion rooms are commOdiOus and
airy Two of the faculty, Prof. Smick
and Sherrel Smith, are graduates of
Washburn college, of Topeka, While
the rest of the teachers are graduates
of noted colleges in other states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19

Guests at the home of Miss Florence
S. Kurtz who was married to Conrad
Schwarm at o'clock in the afternoon,
nerviously awaited the arrival of Miss
Clara E Schwarm, sister of the bride
groom ELECT. As the wedding hour ap-
preached and she did not appear her
brother was on the point of sendin,,
out to search for her when she bounded
up the steps of the house and into his
arms.
What made you so late?'' asked the
brother.
Don't talk to my wife in that way
said Ernest H. Anderson, who had es-
corted the young woman to the house.
Your wife?' asked Schwarm. in sur
prise.
Yes, my wife, was the reply
Then Schwarm learned their secret.
Determined not to allow her brother
to beat her to the altar, which he
jokingly said he would do some time
ago. Miss Schwarm and Anderson went
to a minister and were married just
two hours ahead of the other pair
New Britain. Conn, Dispatch to New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
Systematic
Purchases Reduce
Expense

Every successful bust
ness has a complete system
of b ookk epin G from
which, at frequent inter
walls, statements are made
that show just how and
where every cent has been
spent.
The finances of a family
should be managed, on a
reduced scale, in much the
same way as a business.
Too little stress is laid on
this point of domestic
economy. The disburse-
ments of the larger proper
ton of families are made
in a haphazard, unsystem-
attic way, so that at the end
of the month no one knows
where the money has been
spent. The only sure fact
is that it is gone.
Begin wa t C h lin g and
keeping account of your
hous e hold expenditures.
You will find, without
doubt, that you have been
spending money without
getting good value for ev-
cry dollar.
The next move is to de-
eide intelligently what you
want and to buy where you
can G e t t h e gr e a t e S t
amount of good out of
your money. Read thor
oughly THE Topeka
STATE JOURNAL adver-
tisements and you can't go
wrong in picking the places
where a dollar spent will
give you the maximum
amount of satisfaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
LAST HORSE OF FAMILY SOLD.
Bunch Brothers Introduced Strain in
1S71-SOId the Last.

Beloit, Kan, Aug. 19.-When Geo.
Bunch disposed of ReXall and Tinker
Belle, his two standard bred horses, a
few days ago the last of a famous old
strain of horses passed out of the con-
troll of the Bunch family. And in 1871
Mr.. Bunch's grandfather brought
FlaVian, a bay stallion, from Indiana,
to Jewell county. Flavian was owned
for years by the Bunch family, and
some of his descendants became ia
nous race horses. Only a few days
ago the twenty year ago" column in
the Jewell Republican chronicled the
winning of a big race at Atchison by
a descendant of the horse F1avian-
When the Bunches came to Beloit.
they brought some horses of the blood
with them, and through Bessie B, the
well known old dam, who died year
or two ago, the blood has been pre-
served for over forty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
KANSAS PIONEER DEAD.
j. f. Pomeroy of jackson County
SuccumbS at Sons Home.

Holton, Kan, Aug. 19.-Word was
received here yesterday of the death
of J. T. Pomeroy, one of Jackson
county's most prominent citizens,
which occurred at Kalispel, Mont,
where he was visiting his son.
Mr.. Pomeroy came to Kansas in
1859. BY industry and good man
agement he became one of the
wealthiest and most progressive
farmers. He was a county commits
sioner when the court house was built
in 1871, and proved himself a liberal
and broad gagged man.
He was a Republican member of
the legislature at the time of the
noted and sensational Populist war"
and was one of the siXty-three Re
publicans who successfully contended
that sixty-three was more than fifty
seven. He was the father of Frank G.
Pomeroy, who later served two terms
in the Kansas house of representa-
tives. The body is expected to arrive
here Thursday for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
KILLED IN SILO WRECK.
John Google Dead-Others injured
Wind Caused Havoc.

Wamego, Kan, Aug. 19.-One man
was killed and two others injured
when a silo they were building col
lapsed when struck by a heavy wind
here Monday. The dead man is John
Google, a farmer. George Frey, also
a farmer, was injured internally and
probably will die. Arch Shultz, tin
ner, suffered fractures of both legs
and bruises. The three men were
working at the top of the silo forty
feet from the ground.
The men did not realize their dan
ger until too late to descend. The
steel structure crumpled before the
heavy wind and the men fell among
the debris. The accident occurred
on the farm of Henry Breymeyer, five
miles south of here. Very little other
damage was reported.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
CoNCORDIA GETS RELIEF.
Went 90 Days without Rain-25 Days
Above 100 Degrees Hot.

Concordia, Kan, Aug. 19.-It has
been seventy days since Concordia has
had a rain, any more than a sprinkle
which did not moisten the ground, and
of those 20 days % days have had a
maximum temperature of 100 degrees
or more. Think of 25 days, almost
one month of 100 to 10 degrees in
the shade, That is what Concordia has
been standing, according to the gov
eminent reports at the weather sta
ton in this city. In addition to %
days of 100 degrees or more. there
were IS days when the thermometer
registered from 90 to 100. June was
n cool month, even if there was no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-19
Catholics PRAY for Rain.

lola; Kan, Aug. 19.3There was a
afternoon at st. Johns Catholic church
in this city, the purpose to suppl
cate for rain. Father Mcclure was
is looking after other charges, and so
the special services were held in the
afternoon. The services lasted about
an hour and included an exposition of
congregation united in prayers for
rain. The services in lola were dupIi-
Gated in all the Catholic churches in
the diocese of Bishop Hennessey of
Wichita