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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-29

maker TO repair the catastrophe.
His sewing machine was OF the dou-
hle seam variety, and filled with coarse
cord instead of, silk thread. The re-
pair work vas safe without being sane.
Sherman remarked that it was about
as comfortable as sitting on a rail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-29

f,Ece. That night, it is recorded. h
backed away from the reception lire
ond took up defensive position witt
his back to the wall, remaining ther,
until the laughing correspondents sur
rounded him and escorted him back tt
the hotel in safety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-29

there was an accident, q shocking one,
ana Mr.. Sherman was hurried back to
the hotel with a rent in the worst pos
s.ble portion of the trousers. Time
vas short, and as an awning maker
was the nearest approach to a tailor
IT. that vicinity it fell to the awning
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

Washington, June Ex-senator
VIM. Alden Smith, of Michigan,
declared before the senate lobby
investigating committee today that
the clause in the sundry civil bill
now awaiting President Wilson s
signature exempting labor unions
and farmers organizations from
prosecution, under the Sherman
ANTITRUST law represented the
work Of a lobby.
1.-The very bill on the presidents
desk this morning." he said. Twas
put through by lobby of labor or
ganizations. They know there is
class legislation in it. Samuel
Gompers admitted to me it was
class legislation.
"Of course the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has lobby here.
l don't condemn it. They have a
right to be here; SO have the sugar
people and the others. | think
there is very considerable lobby
here; there always will be and /
think it is appropriate.
In everything ! have done here
| have encountered the lobby. 1t
does not do me any harm. / en-
countered it in the Titanic inves-
tigation and the Mexican revolu-
tion."
Senator Smith added he knew
John Norris of the newspaper
people" had been here for free
print paper.
He added that the, Temperance
people" had maintained a lobby in
Washington.
Senator Smith said he approved
of the use of influence by presi-
dents. He said that every presi-
dent since Cleveland had under
taken to influence legislation.
1t must be remembered that
President Wilson did not condemn
lobby; but an "insidious lobby
"a treachereus. underhanded.
cunning. deceitful, crafty lobby.
A lobby, in itself, is not object
ionable and may be engaged in in.
fiuencing votes for the betterment
of moral conditions or the country s
uplift in some other department of
life and may do this honestly and
openly for the good of all concern
ed. There are diseases like small
pox that manifest plainly what
they are: then there are ''insid-
ious" diseases like tuberculosis
that feed treacherously upon the
vitality that. unawares, sickens
and decays. There is a difference
between a frank friendship and an
intimate enemy.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
U. S. NEWSPAPER LAW.

The Supreme Court of the United
States upholds the constItutionality
of the Newspaper Publicity Statute.
Therefore. if you are subscriber
to this up-to-date periodical, and
are more than one year in arrears
for subscription. pay up at once or
we will be compelled to strike your
name from the list. The decision
of the Supreme Court was unaui-
nous on the 10th inst, and was
rendered on injunction suits
brought by the Lewis Publishing
Company. Journal. Of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin. of New
York, to restrain the execution Of
the law. Franklin Advocate.
Because of their service to the
public, the dissemination of news.
of information. Of opinions. and
the general promotion and preserva-
tion Of sound thought and doctrine
IN exchange and interchange of
sentiment, newspapers receive pub
lie favor in the shape Of cheap
postal rates. A newspaper that
cannot meet the tests of pu bile
service should not enjoy the privil-
|eges allowed them BY the govern
ment.
The most important OF the new
regulations provides that news
papers shall certify to the govern
ment and print 10 their own COL
|umns every six months Z true state.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
100 Much MiddIemau." /"

We take from a Louisiana ex-
change the following:
THAT too much middleman has
a great dealsto do with the high
cost of living has received frequent
Demonstration. The best evidence
30 this point comes from an Idaho
potato raiser, who sold his crop at
55 cents a sack to a wholesale buy
er. In the bottom of each sack he
placed a note asking the ultimate
consumer to let him know how
much was paid for it. Replies
showed that the prices varied from
$1.50 to $3.50 a sack. The product
therefore, cost the consumer nearly
five times as much as the producer
realized from it. The balance went
into the bank accounts OF middle
men, less transportation charges
and the cost Of handling. Such in
stances as this. which may be mui-
tiplied indefinitely. afford the
strongest possible argument for the
rapid development OF the parcel
post to the point where it may be
Of real service In bringing the pro-
ducer and consumer together. !"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
PLASTER PARIS FOR BOIL WEEWLs.
New Remedy advanced by Louisiana
Farmer Also Helps the Soil.

New Roads, La, June 12.-Na-
than Gamburg. young business
man of Oscar, La, from close
and personal investigation says he
has discovered that boil weevils
and grasshoppers can easily be kill
ed with plaster paris if properly
applied. Mr.. Gamburg states that
he has experimental to a consider
able extent on the crops on the
farm of Isaac Bigman, a we'll
known merchant and planter of that
vicinity. and that by applying
plaster paris early in the morning
before the dew disappears. or just
after a light shower of rain, the
boil weevils and grasshoppers are
easily destroyed by poison.
Mr.. Tucker, of the Louisiana
State agricultural department. a
few days ago. visited Mr.. Bigman
at Oscar, for the purpose of seeing
the grasshoppers and just what
damage they were doing. He had
previously recommended some
preparation to Mr.. Bigman that
was supposed to kill these insects.
but on being shown the results
from the use Of plaster paris, he
stated that this was better prepa-
ration than the department had in
use.
Plaster paris applied in the man
ner Mr.. Gamburg recommends not
only kills the insects, but is a very
valuable fertilizer, and the crops
that have been SO treated present a
much better appearance and are
much larger than those not treated
in this manner. Mr.. Gamburg is
from Russia and states that at one
time in his native country insects
began destroying the crops of hops
and after many years Of searching,
plaster paris was tried and finally
adopted as the only thing to kill
the pests, hence originated bis idea
of trying plaster paris on boil wee
wills and grasshoppers. which is
proving to be a success.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
GOV. EXPECTS TO SHOW THAT
A HALF MILLION WAS STOLEN

Jackson, June 19.-Governor
Brewer expects to show to the peo-
pie of Mississippi that the state has
been defrauded of prison farm
products aggregating nearly a half
million dollars in value; that all of
this graft has taken place within
the past few years, and he will be
able, in nearly every instance, to
show just how the thefts have been
perpetrated.
During the past few days the
Burns detectives employed by the
governor have discovered that many
records at the several convict farms
have been mutilated or destroyed,
with the evident purpose of cover
ing up the thefts.
This state of affairs was found at
the Rankin farm. Nearly all of
the records dated prior to the ad-
ministration of Sergeant O'Keefe
are in bad shape. Mr.. O'Keefe
took charge ON June 26. 1912. and
since that time there has been a
modern system of bookkeeping en-
ployed, but prior to his incumben-
cy it, is well-nigh impossible to
make heads or tails of the records,
Many of the books that ought to
have been kept are missing, and
others are mutiIated.
Sergeant O'Keefe is using as his
book k-kepeer Clifford Mcleod, de-
faulting cashier Of the Bank of
Woodville. who is an expert ac-
countant. and is said to have the
books for the past year in good
shape.
Interest in the prison scandal
now largely centers in the proceed
ings of the Kinds county grand
jury. While all of the evidence
that has been collected by the gov
ernor that is of conclusive charac-
ter will probably be presented to
that body, the Burns detectives are
following clues in other counties
thatpromise to lead to sensational
disclosures.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
WOOD EXPLAINS HOW CATTLE
DIED AT |. H. C. FARM

Too late for publication, The
Leader received a communication
from Mr.. W. K. Wood, of the l..
H. c.. Farm, on Wednesday. A
portion of the article was already
covered by the editor. so we give
to our readers only the following
part, which will prove of interest
and benefit:
II used to keep the record of
the number of cattle dipped, but
there were so many stockmen and
people from a distance using the
vat that | could not see all who
came to use it. At any rate. there
have been more than 500 head
dipped this spring and over ]. 600
in the last two years and ] have
heard no complaint; but on the
other hand find no trouble raising
funds from my neighbors to refill
the vat. l am satisfied. too, that not
a scratch has been placed on the
cattle by the dipping, and every
single party who uses the dipping
vat continues to use il
When you find a party who op-
poses the vat, SO out of 100 have
never used one with their cattle.
think that man who refuses
to dip his cattle should be treated
like some few refractory cattle
which are stubborn about going into
the vat, viz: Put rope around
their heads and a board behind
them and pull and push them into
the solution.
Very truly,
w. K. WOOD.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
Helping Papa.

The following pathetic little
letter tells its own sweet story OF
love and loyalty. The noble spirit
of this little child could not 60 un-
rewarded. so the Commercial Bank
and Trust Co. sent her a nice little
check, although the bank is not
buying boil weeviIs.
Mccall Greek. Miss. June is, 1913.
Commercial Bank.
Dear ,People:-I am little girl
nine years old and my grandpapa
has 8 cotton crop snd | and little
brother are catching the boil
weevils for him. / understand the
bank gives l cent each for them.
If SO, write me and ! will send in
some.
| will tell you of a sad thing
happened to my papa. He lost the
best mule he had with collie, Sun.
day morning. The mule was worth
5000.
] want to do all ! can to heIr
him get another.
remain,
Your little friend,
ETHEL BUCKELS.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
NOTES OF PROG.
REsS OF BROVkHAvEA NORMAL


President Whitfield, Of the /. I.
& 9. was an appreciated visitor or
Wednesday. His address was along
the line Of study in education. em-
phasizing especially the need Of
practical and cultural elements.
On Thursday, Mr.. j. N. Powers,
State superintendent of Education,
was given glad welcome. DE
stated the progress that was being
made in developing the Agricui.
tural High Schools, and made 8
strong plea for the consolidation OF
rural schools by means of trans.
portation.
Mr.. w. Fl. Smith, State Inspect.
or Of RUral Schools. will speak fur.
ther on this subject.
The teachers as well as many Of
our citizens. will be pleased te
know that Prof. I. M. McBeath, Of
the faculty of the Industrial Insti-
tute and College. will be with us
d uring the whole of next week and
will deliver a series of interesting
lectures.
We are also fortunate in that we
will have with us Supt. G. F., Boyd
of Kosciusko, and Prof. j. C. FAINT
of the University. These men are
among the foremost educators of
the State, and will be sure to have
something good to say.
Although our Normal is not as
large in numbers as usual. the class
of work done has never been exceIl-
ed here. Numerous expressions
can be heard every day from the
teachers that they are getting more
real benefit from the work than at
any previous Normal. The reason
for this can easily be seen by a
glance at the names in the list OF
the faculty. Every member is a
live wire in the educational circles
of our State.
Miss McVey's classes in Domestic
Science are creating great deal of
attention. both in the Normal and
among the housekeepers of the
City. Her classes are full, and a
special section has been arranged
for the benefit Of the ladies of the
town. Among those who have
registered for this work are, Mrs.
Ella McClendon, Miss Ruth Jones,
Mrs. M. Mccullough. Mrs. Percy.
Hudson, Miss Bessie Cooper, Miss
Sophia l.. Cameron. Mrs. B. T.
Schumpert, Miss Ella May Jones,
Miss Elsie Barge, Miss Willie Will
liams.
A large number will conAein
next week to get the benefit of the
last two weeks of the Normal.
Altogether. the Normal is a COM
plete success,
XXX
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
A LOUISIANA MAN CLAIMS
HIS STATE FOR FREE SUGAR

Washington, June 17.-It is true.
as reported last night, that Presi-
dent Wilson is sounding out senti.
ment in north Louisiana with a
view to finding whether Senators
Thornton and Ransdell really voice
the sentiment Of the State in put
ting Louisiana down as opposed to
free sugar. n. R. Speed called on
the President, as reported. and told
him that majority Of the people
of Louisiana are for free sugar.
"The President sent for me, /"
said Mr.. Speed. He made that as
sertion several times during the In
terview, so there is no possibility
of error as to what Mr.. Speed
thinks brought him to Washington.
He also said he is not seeking an
Office and that he would not accept
office. As to his views on the sub
ject before starting for Charleston,
W. Va, he made a statement,
written down in his presence as
follows: ~ believe in free sugar
and | believe in it absolutely. l
believe majority of the people of
Louisiana feel as | do on this ques-
tion. There is no more reason for
sugar being protected than there is
for cotton.
1.-The people in South Louisiana
can raise everything we can IN
North Louisiana. The assertion
that cane is the only crop that can
be profitably grown in South
Louisiana must not be taken too
literally. During the boom years
in cotton. 1904-05, South Louisiana
dropped cane, went into cotton,
and the result was the greatest
cotton production ever known, SUBJ
stantially a million bales, if not
more than a million.
The President is right in his
postum on this matter. If South
Louisiana is right in It's contention
that it cannot grow cane under
free sugar land | do not admit
that it can grow other things and
among the other things is cotton. :"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
PRESIDENT WILSON NOMlNATES
JUDGE ". P. CASSIDY FOR P. N.

Washington. June 9.-(Special),
President Wilson has nominated
the following postmasters: S. s
Gullatt. Ruston: j. M. Melton.
Bernice: W. T. Pegus. Mansfield.
Ruby Barnes has been nominated
at Summit. and w. P. Cassidy, al
Brookhaven. Miss.
Louisiana postmasters commits
stoned today we're: Henry H. Sam
pie, Lecompte: Joseph Abadie,
Rayne; Rene L. Derelen, Vile
Platte.
The following Mississippi post,
masters were commissioned: Mar,
shall Spiva. Alderman; Samuel
w. Pendarvis. Magnolia;a Fred j.
Mcdonald Jr. Okolona: Rosa May.
ers. Shelby: Lewis W. Smith. Shu.
buta; Monroe L. Lott. SumraII, anc
Charlie P. Wadley. Tunica.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
Very truly,
W. X. WOOD.

Prof. Garner. territorial agent
of the u. s. Department of Agri.
culture. upon his return to his
headquarters in Jackson, after az
inspection trip through the south.
ern counties of the State, gave out
an interview IN part as follows;
There are more weevils in the
cotton fields of South Mississippi
than ever before at this season OF
the year, and unless vigorous and
continuous fight is made on the
pest during the next ten days or
two weeks. the crop in that section
of the state is going to be cut
very short.
In one community | visited, a
boy picked 135 weevils within a
period not exceeding thirty min
utes. In other sections the pest is
equally as bad. 1t is going to take
Ilerculean efforts to minimize the
ravages of the pest by destroying
the first crop, and there is no use
in the farmers trying to deceive
themselves with the belief that the
weevil is innocuous this year.
The presence of the weeviI in
unusual numbers in this section has
been remarked by a number OF
local farmers. some of whom ARE
waging a campaign against them.
whilst others are pursuing former
methods of cultivation and trusting
providence to help them. Cotton
here. except for the unusual mum.
ber of weevils, is in promising
condition.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

Ki erssrtsn Round Table Dis
cussioh, and The Value of the
Kindergarten in the Public School.
will be given special attention
Wednesday, May 25, 5 to 6 p. m.
All parents and teachers. members
of school boards, school superin-
tendents. and those interested in
educational progress generally. are
urged to come and take part in
these discussions next Wednesday
afternoon from 5 to 6 in the kinder
garten room. This is done in be-
half of the National Kindergarten
Association and the welfare of the
child. Annie Bullock Teacher of
kindergarten, in Brookhaven Nor
NAL.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
SOUTH WARNED AGAINST EXPOR.
TlTION OF BREEDING CATTLE

Washington, June 19.-Grave
warning to the southern states,
especially Louisiana. Mississippi.
Alabama, Georgia and Florida,
against the wholesale expectation
Of their cattle, contained in a
special statement issued by the bu-
reau Of animal industry of the de-
|partment Of agriculture. During
the past twelve months, states the
bulletin. buyers from the middle
west have taken from that district
thousands of animals, many Of
which 60 to the slaughter pen,
when they should be retained fer
breeding purposes.
Some people of the south, /"
says the bureau, .'seem glad that
these cattle are being shipped out,
as the number of scrub cattle is
being reduced and the south will
get better cattle as the result.
They do not consider that if the
shortage of cattle is such as to
cause buyers to come from the far
west to buy these scrubs for breed
ing purposes the chances of south
ern farmers refilling their pastures
with good cattle are indeed small,
for where are these good breeding
cattle to come from at a reasonable
price?"
The department experts point out
that the South is especially adapted
to the raising of cattle because of
OF the long grazing season. the
mild winters, and the great variety
of pasturage. For that reason it
has made a special appeal to the
Southern farmers to retain their
breeding herds.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

-
The Stonewall cotton cloth mill.
at Stonewall. Miss, shortly will
begin the manufacture of prints,
machinery for this purpose being
installed at the present time.
Some six weeks ago the big ccttor
mill closed down for repairs. owing
to a blowout Of the engine cylinder
head. Several hundred employees
we're rendered idle. but it is re-
ported from StonewaIl that the
plant will resume full operations
within the next few days. More
than 1000 persons. all white, are
employed Ia the mill.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
4.YEAR OLD BOY RUN
OVER BY LUMBER WAGON

The little 4-year -old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks West was run over
by heavily loaded lumber wagon
yesterday morning at IL o'clock
near their residence, the little fell
lows leg being almost mashed to a
pulp and internal injuries received
besides. 1t is probable that the
injuries are fatal.
The wagon was on the way to
the Central Lumber Co., when the
boy ran in between the wheels.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

W. IA. Phillips. formerly one Of
Jackson's leading druggists, died
at the Insane Hospital Sunday
morning from the effects of an
overdose Of morphine. Mr.. Phil
lips had been arrested on June Z.
charged with selling cocaine. He
was Is years Of age and is survived
by a wife and two children.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

81
Sarah Lowe. like Carrie Powell,
is an old offender at jackson. She
promised 1.-THE Jedge' to do better.
She didn't. Judge Henry didn'tev
hear her recent cases. He reached
back and gave her fines aggregat-
ing $500 and jail sentences totalinR
.180 days on old charges. as q re-
|miuder that when he says a thing
he means it, and that when he re-
leases people On promise Of future
good behavior he expects them to
keep their word. This is the only
way for court officials to create a
respect for the law. Judge Henry
il in no humor to sign q petition
for pardon of Sarah, either.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
ment of their circuIations.

menL OF Lnelr clrculatl0nS.
This ruling will give the public
that claim newspaper space a true
idea of what it gets for its money
and this statement, together with
public announcement Of the mana
gers and proprietois Of papers
should be published every six
months.
Newspapers have been as nifty.
about stating their circulation as
some discriminating old maids about
telling their age. 1t has been the
custom; but where the truth was
once only known it is now both
known and told. That is what
publicity means.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

New Orleans. June II. -. Whet-
stone, aged "a years. member Of q
prominent family of Woodville,
Miss. whose neck was broken dur
ing a game Of baseball at Wood
vile Monday, died at a local hos
pital today. MILESTONE received
bis injury BY striking his head
against the ground while sliding 10
a base. He was brought here for
treatment on a special train.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

Gov. Brewer granted the requisi-
tion from Louisiana for Walters.
charged with kidnapping the Dun
bar boy. The passions of the peo-
pie have cooled and it is now safe
for Walters to 90. His lawyers.
however, will sue out habeas corpus
proceedings.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

Spring is we'll advanced; but
fights are going higher up!'
It's nothing new-jnst the same
old. political antagonisms Of nearly
four years ago that the charity Of
Time even falls 70 cover.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

Miss Alice Mayes. sister of Judge
Robert Mayes Of jackson. has been
chosen Librarian at the State Uni
versity at Oxford. succeeding Mrs.
1. IA, Hunt, resigned.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21

When your hubby won't buy you
all the clothes you want. you can
sometimes get redress by going to
the courts,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-06-21
Mr.. Merchant

If you could have a heart to- heart
talk with each Of 1900 people--tel1
them all about your goods and why they
are better than the other fellow's-
donFt you think you would get results?
OF course this is impossible, but
you CAN reach them in their homes
through The Leader. The Leader goes
into 1900 homes in Brookhaven, Lincoln
county and adjacent territory. All
newspaper and Advertising experts fig
ure five readers to each copy Of
paper; but let's be conservative and
call it four. That will make 1900
readers who will see your ad. Now sup
pose only half of these notice it,
that's $500, and Of these only one
tenth--36O--find anything in it that
appeals to them. Of these $50 let's
say that only ne-quarter--9 -9O--finally
come into your store, and Of these 90
only one-thtrd remain regular custom
-ers. Thirty new Gus toners out Of 1900
--pretty small estimate, isn't it?
Now is your ad paid for2
Think this over. Talk it over with
our ad man, The only way to overcome
hard times is to fight them, and ad-
vert1Sing is the best weapon you can
use.
The Semi-Week1y Leader
Four Doors New Postofice
Phone No. 81 Brookhaven. Miss