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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
Meeting Of CounciImen
In Adjourned Session

At this, a regular adjourned
meeting of the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen of the City of Brook
haven, Miss, held on the 21st day
Of September, A. D. 1913, at the
Mayors Office in said city, there
were present, Mayor Heuck, Clerk
Furlow. Attorney Cohn. Aldermen
Wentworth, Bee. Baggett, Abrams
and Noodle.
On motion. J. E. Seavey. Gene
terry Commissioner. was allowed $50
for digging stumps, at cemetery.
On motion. the Financial Report
was received and approved and or
dered spread on the minutes.
This report will be published in
another issue. Eds
Petition to Gravel East Court
Street. -On motion, the petition Of
M. 7. Flood ct al asking for East
Court Street to be graveled be re-
ceived and referred to the Street
Committee, said committee to re-
port back to the next meeting OF
this Board.
On motion. duly made and Sec
onded, it is hereby ordered that
the City Clerk issue a warrant to
Hon. 7. Brady. jr.. in full settle.
ment of the case Of ]. G. Cosnahan
ct al to be payable out of Power
House Fund.
Appointment Of Driver of Hose
Wagon. On motion, B. @. James
was appointed driver of the hose
wagon. at a salary Of $50 per
month; his term of Office at the
will of the Board.
On motion, duly made and sec.
onded. it is hereby ordered that
the services of H. E. Cushman,
guard Of prisoners, be dispensed
with on and after November l,
1913.
On motion, the account of M d.
Stafiier. for $S0.95 for pipe and re-
pairing mains be allowed about oi
Power House Fund.
On motion. the Board adjourned.
a.. b. FURLOW, Clerk.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
WATER bucket MUST GO
Schools Must Not Use Buckets Nor
Dippers, Says Miss Powell
Nola Is Against Them.

Jackson. Sept. 30.-War against
the water bucket and the dipper in
school rooms is to be .waged in
Mississippi with renewed vigor,
according to statement made to
day by Miss Susie v. Powell, super
visor of school improvement work
in this state.
Miss Powell views with great
complaisence the results of whath as
been accomplished during the past
three years in the campaign for
covered water coolers and the use
of individual drinking cups, as
more than 1000 school have, with
IN that time, discarded the bucket
and the dipper, and established
iron clad rule that each pupil must
furnish the means to convey the
water from the coolers to his or her
lips.
Miss Powell has just returned
from Nolan, in Lawrence county,
where she made an address on can
ming club work to a large audience
composed of farmers and their
families, and school teachers. Be-
fore she left the little town she
completed the organization of a
school improvement association,
and secured the promise of the ed
ucational authorities that wells
would be dug in all school yards,
water coolers would be provided
in the school houses, and individual
drinking cups would shove the
dipper from its time-honored place.
Miss Powell will leave today for
Lexington and Prentiss, where she
will address county teachers asso-
Citations.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
DESTROY STALKS 70 sTARvE WEEWI
That is Advice Given to the Farmers
by Meridian Board Of Trade.


To destroy the cotton stalks just
as soon as the cotton is picked is
the plan of ridding the country OF
the boil weevil that is being urged
extensively in this State at the
present time.
The Meridian Board of Trade is
earnestly advocating this system.
and Secretary Stripping proposes
sending out detailed instructions
as to how the stalk should be de-
stroyed in order to completely
eradicate the weeyil in time.
The preliminary letter written
by this gentleman on this subject
says in part:
The Meridian Board of Trade
has undertaken, in conection with
representatives of the United States
Department of Agriculture and the
agents of the Southern Railway and
its allied lines, to do whatever is
possible to impress the business
men of East Mississippi and West
Alabama with the Importance of
using whatever influence they may
possess to induce the farmers to de-
stroy their cotton stalks at the
earliest possible moment, believing
that if it is done anything like as
thoroughly as it can and ought to
be done, it will be- comparatively
easy to raise a cropSof cotton next
season, especially in those counties
where, the acreage has been reduced
to a minimum.
"One thing is certain, the cotton
stalks must be destroyed before any
crop can be planted, so why not
now, or as soon as the cotton is
picked?
"Do,it now and all the young
weeyils will 60 into winter quarters
hungry and weak.
do it now and all the eggs and
most of the immature weevil will
perish. which will greatly decrease
the infestation next year.
Those who raised cotton this
year in the greater part of Merld-
ian trade territory. in many cases
not only had the usual number of
weevils per acre to fight, but they
had the weevil from those fields
which were in cotton last year, but
planted in something else this year.
A case in point which illus
trates this clearly was that of a
Clarke county farmer who had 800
acres last year, but reduced his
acreage to 80 this year. The re-
suit was he had 800 acres of weevil
concentrated on 80 acres. 1t re-
Qnikes a terrific fight TO raise cot
Gon under these conditions. He did
raise cotton. but be will do It easy
Ion larger acreage next year. il he
Aps NIs sksIka lust as soon A
his Gotton is picked
This case fits the condition Of
huhdreds Of farmers in this sec
.tion. and if we can only bring
about a widespread destruction of
the cotton stalks in the next thirty
days it will result in untold benefit
to Mississippi"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
Gov. Glenn Coming to BrOokhaven
Wednesday Next-.4 p m.

Ex-Gov. R. B. Glenn, of North
Carolina, will deliver an address
under the auspices of the Prohibit
tionists of Mississippi in Brook
haven on Wednesday evening,
October 8. on the subject. Chris
tian Americas Greatest Need To-
day." at A O'Clock. The address
will take place at the Tabernacle.
This masterful address has held
thousands of people in almost
breathIess attention during its de-
livery. time and again. Governor
Glenn is regarded as the foremost
speaker on the American platform
today on moral subjects.
Ever since Gov. Glenn's address
delivered ia Mississippi last
spring Al several places. there has
been l strong demand for his re-
turn. The management has sue
ceeded il Securing ten addresses
from MIN. 1t is understood that
President Wilson offered Governor
Glenn valuable post. but Mr..
Glenn urged the President to post
pone the appointment until Janu.
ary. 1914, in order that he might
fill some promised engagements this
year. 1t seems, therefore, that
this is the last chance for Mississ-
ippians to hear this magic speaker.
for some years at least.
Wednesday, 4p. M. October 9Th.
Everybody invited.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
Monticello High School Opens Monday,
September 2sth.

The Monticello School opened to-
day under the brightest of aus
pices. One hundred end twenty
pupils were enrolled on the FRS
day with several others to come in
in a few days. A large number oi
patrons were out to witness the
Opening exercises.
| Prof. Tom j. White, Supt. o1
Education of Lawrence Co., made
the opening address. Prof. White
is progressive school man and
knows the needs of our schools.
DR.. Teunisson, prominent cit
izen of our town, then made an ex-
cellent talk. Prof. T. c. McCul.
Tough, one of our leading business
men, stressed the Importance of
cooperation between trustees, pa.
irons and teachers. Bro. Anding,
our Baptist pastor. was the next
speaker. He is an entertaining
and forcefuI talker.
The Board of Trustees was repre-
ented by Mr.. John Arlington.
His address was we'll received by
the people.
The last speaker was Prof. j. E.
Woodward, the principal of the
school. The session promises to be
one of the best in the history of
the school.
The faculty is composed Of the
following teachers:-J. E. Wood
ward. principal; Miss Arizona
Tins. intermediate teacher Miss
Lena Herald, primary teacher; and
Miss Lister Speights. music teach
er.
j. E. WOODWARD.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
Vardaman to Fight Negro Appoint
ment.

Washinton. Sept. SO.-''I will
vigorously oppose confirmation Of
every colored man nominated for
Federal Office except minister to
Liberia" declared Senator Varda-
man, of Mississippi. today. II do
not take this position because am
an enemy of the coIored man.
want to see him prosper and enjoy
life and ! believe in giving him
every protection necessary for his
well lI-belng. But / unhesitatingIy u
assert that political equality for the
colored race leads to social equality.
Social equality leads to race ANAL
gamation. and race amalgamation
to deterioration and disintegra-
tion. y
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Attention, Sylvester Gwin Camp
No. 235!--I have notice from
Gen. Henry that the State Reunion
of U. G. ". to be held in Green
wood, Miss. will meet and hold
their session on Oct. s and 9 next.
All parties desiring to attend said
meeting will take due notice there
Of and exercise their own will. /
have the delegates certificates and
will have them at our meeting in
Brookhaven on Oct. z. first Tues
day. Will sign and deliver to
those going.
A. M. SUMMERS. I
Commander.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
WhitwOrth to Open a Night School.

Whitworth College will rent a
suitable room or building in town
for a night school for the CONNER
cial Department if q sufficient num-
ber Of stduents can be secured. $50
will be the tuition charged from
now until the close of the session
in May
Miss Revere is q most excellent
teacher Young ladies and gentle
Men interested will please corn.
municate with the President at
once.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
SPECIAL EXAMINATION. n.

A special examination for white
teachers will be held Oct. 10 and
II. and for negro teachers. Oct. II
and Is.
2. G. HODGES,
County Supt.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
MarrIage Licenses issued the Past Neek

White-R. L. James and Miss
Fannie Watts; E. McGuffey and
Miss Minnie Fugler.
Colored-Robert Gordan and
Lucy Ann Kinds; Samuel Patterson
and Celia Ann White; Hurkman
Quin and Victoria Adams.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
FALL M|LLINERYOPEN|NGS
Season IIshered in With Beautiful
Displays Of Millinery and Cos
tunes a Ia Mode.

Again on Thursday. as for many
seasons past. the McGrath Store
observed its Millinery Opening
Day. and hundreds of Brookhaven
and Lincoln county people were out
to enjoy the hospitality and attrac-
tions proffered the patrons and Wis
itors Of the big business house.
The immaculate apartments Of
the store were in gala attire and
attractive in modish millinery,
beautiful dresses and dress fabrics.
The afternoon parade of living
models was enjoyed with zest, little
children participating along with
others older. Mrs. George M.
Blake and her sister, Miss Nellie
McCann. of NorfieId, were especial
ly complimented upon their hand
some appearance. Mrs. Stefan.
modiste, and Mrs. Henderson. mill
liner. bore becomingly the honors
achieved by their talent and taste
and toll.
In the great grocery department,
choicest edibIes and Golden Gate
Coffee we're served by accommodate
ing attendants.
Gifts were bestowed and added
the joy of receiving to the animat-
ed crowds.
AT MRS. COTTEN'S.
The beautiful display at Mrs.
Cotten's was a delight to the many
friends and patrons of this popular
establishment. Miss Marshall and
Miss Rebecca Butler, whose bright
presence illumines the pretty par
Iors. in company with other ladies,
made delightful the day of inspec-
tion of the choice millinery pre-
sented. AS usual. beautiful hats
a la mode and becoming to any
style of beauty, were exchanged for
reasonable prices. The day was a
success at Mrs. Cotten's.
AT MRS. SCHALLER'S.
Mrs. SchaIIer's callers found, as
always, delightful reception in her
pretty parlors where the choicest
styles and materials in millinery
always find place. Giving miIli-
merry her exclusive attention, Mrs.
Schaller concentrates upon exclus-
i've styles as we'll as everything else
the public demands in her line.
If you didn't buy on Opening
Day" you will find it opening day
every day at Mrs. Schaller's.
AT AYLWARDsa
'Frank AylWaFd whose husi.
| ness means ID snueh to his patrons
specially n bis kIenda nE
opening day to call. Those who
did not have been attracted BY his
wonderful bargains and have dis
covered that instead of spending
money they actually make money al
Aylward's.
AT HOFFMAN'S.
No Opening Day would be COM
plete without a visit to Hoffman s
and many responded to notice and
oollod Of This noprlnr vccort On
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04

It is grief to the many friends
ot Dir. ]. B Daughtry to know
that he is no better and unable
now TO sit up. His daughter. Miss
Eliza, has alRo been II
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04

Chief Barr had q jailbird search
ed at Jackson and two saws. a file
and q cold chipeI were found in.hia
cork leg.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
BROOKHAVEN COURT DOcKETs.
Disposal Of Cases Brought to the At.
tentiOn Of Local Officers.
MAYOR cHAs. HEUcK.

d. Johnson-Drunk. $3.50 and
costs
Z B. and R. Guess Disturbing the
peace. $3.50 each.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04

kissing is said to be unaanItary. /.
but who kisses for his health, any
WayY
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-10-04
AT HoFFMAN's.

No Opening Day would be COM
plete without visit to Hoffman's
and many responded to notice and
called at this popular resort on
Thursday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
GENIUS AND GEO. WASHINGTON.

Every now and then some great
prophet, like Mayor GaynOr of New York
for example, arises with what he CON
siders a ~heaven-sent message. the pur-
port of which is that George Washing
,on was no genius; also no saint. but q
man with quite a number of human frail-
ties.
What's the use of all that? If it were
possible to hurt the name and fame of
Washington, to drag him down from the
exalted position he holds in the esteem
Of the people, why should any American
be at the trouble of doing so? If Wash
ington is an illusion let us keep to the H.
fusion. If he is a delusion, let us pray
heaven TO deludc us some more with
similar men.
When Mayor Gaynor tells an awe
struck world that the great George was
20 genius, that he was hot tempered, and
lad other faults, We may apply to him
n. Holmes apostr0phc to the katydid,
Thou sayest an undisputed thing in
such a solemn way"
No; the beloved Washington was no
genius. He never believed he was a
genius; never posed as a genius; made no
pretensiOns TO sancitity. Just a plain.
brave, hard riding, fox-hunting country
gentleman, as his ancestors had been for
generations i'll old England. He had all
the courage and all the traditions of his
class, many of their faults and some Of
heir prejudices.
He came to the front at a time when
/ genius was the least thing we needed.
lie was, nevertheless, of all the milliona
living on this earth the one man we did
need. Calm, level headed, ~steadfast OF
jeart and soul. seeing what he saw
learly, and seeing, among other things,
he road he had to travel to reach his
goal. A genius would have ruined us,
SEEING that he dealt with and among
nen who fell infinitely short of genius.
When we think of that great, lofty soul.
md of the human insects that buzzed
bout him. of the snarcs that were laid
or his feet, of the liars who lied about
i'm, and of the fOO:S who tnwartcd him.
nd when we remember the brave pa
fence and steadfast patriotism with
which he refused to be turned aside from
he straight path he Travelled, we are dis
POSED to say: mo. George wasn't a gen
us, perhaps, but all the same he was
,OmpthinC more than merely a GREAT
man"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
FIFTY ACRES OF TOMATOES.
To Be Raised Near Brownsville for San
Benito Cannery.

Fifty acres of tomatoes have been con-
tracted by the truck growers near
Brownsville to be supplied to the San
Benito canning factory for canning.
Among the men who will grow the to-
matOes are j. W. Allen and Emmett
Howard Of the Little Indiana section and
Fred Rusterberg of West Brownsville.
These enterprising truck growers, in
company with w. Z. McDavitt, the we'll
known commission man of this city,
Thursday went to San Benito. where
they closed the contract with Manager
Steinberg of the San BenitO cannery.
This extensive acreage in this vege-
table is to be set out early this spring.
and it is expected that the returns will
justify III increase at the next planting.
There is possibly more canned tomatoes
consumed over the United States than
any other canned vegetable, and so far as
known the market is rarely over sup
piled with it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
A RARE TREAT.

One of the finest motion picture films
ever brought to this city is that depict
ing Sir Walter SCOTS great narrative
poem, THE Lady of the Lake" which
was shown at Dittmann's Saturday
night. The scenic effects were magnifi
cent. One could almost imagine him
self rowing with the fair Ellen Douglas
on beautiful Loeb Katrine. Especially
fine were the scere of the sign of the
fiery cross and the duel between King
James, disguised as ~Fitz-Jamcs, and the
brigard chief. Roderick Dhu. With Edith
Story III the title role, and a strong sup
port throughout, the romantic story OF
the ever thrilling and popular poem was
brought out with striking effect. The
house was packed, and the audience
showed rare appreciation by the closest
attention throughout.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06

1t is absurd to say that the American
man is no longer willing to marry. Flor
nee Gamble, a Des Moines woman, got
into correspondence with 800 bachelors
on the subject of matrimOny. Incidtn-
tally each Of them was willing to CON
tribute money. ranging in amounts from
so to $50, either to assist their fair
correspondent to perfect her arrange
ments, or as an evidence of good faith.
These 500 matrimonially inclined per
sons were picked at random-or rather
picked themselves at random, from va
rious parts of the country. so that they
may be considered as fairly representa-
tive Of American bachelorhood on the
subject of marriage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06

The San Benito Light has Just printed
| beautifully illustrated special cditio"
which it calls the "Midwinter Fair Ed
ton" While it has mighty little in il
bout the fair, it is nevertheless a fine
paper, well printed and splendidly illus
trated. The colored borders for the
'front.' and last pages are beautiful and
artistic. The inside views are very eff
fective-nOtably the automobile group
n the front page, and the canal view on
he fifth. The special articles are ably
written and are well made up. We con
ratulate the Light on this eery effective
it Of newspaper enterprise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
BIG MEDICINE.
THE President Must Put on His War
Paint.".WilsOn.

Put on war paint, Woodie, lay it on good
and thick;
Blue, vermillion and Ocnre, lampblack
shiny and slick;
Make um long war-bonnet of big bald
agie's quilts;
Then raise the tribal war cry till YOU
shake the solid hills.
Make big medicine, Woodic-heap big
medicine-strong;
Mix at the hour OF midnight-bile UNI
whole lot long
Hair Of graveyard rabbit, cat that died
in a fit.
Piece Of bull moose liver, and other
things, to-wit.
Tooth of true-bluc standpat-broke in 4
piece of pie;
Oil Of well-grilled trust magnate, fried
out in the fry
When the colonel needed money; tongue
of the blOomin' dub
Who accepted the shorter and uglier pass
to thcAnanias Club;
Brain Of heap-chump democrat who
voted for Colonel Ted;
Gizzard of man who dealt out stones TO
people who needed bread;
Gall of a bally pirate who ravaged the
coasts of trade
And kept the courts a-gucssing and the
president afraid;
Feather of broken observation-disclosures
from a shield
Blood and lust and armOr rust from
ArmageddOn field.
Make big medicine, WOOdie-strOng war.
medicine-charm-
At midnight when the owls sing and the
sign is in the arm.
Jesse I. Craig.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
POMp AND CIRCUMSTANCE.

Governor SulzeP of New York has had
the good taste. or the bad taste. the wis
dom or The notwithstanding to the
point of view of the bystander to break
all the tihle-hOnOred traditions of the ell
ders in the matter of inauguration ccre-
tary display, no governors salute Of
nineteen guns"
President-elect Wilson, if he could con-
troll the matter entirely, would eliminate
a good deal of the formal pomp of the in
auguration ceremonies at Washington.
Doubtless there are millions of American
who will sympathize with Wilson and
SulZer in their efforts to realize their
ideals of democratic simplicity. Doubt
less also there are other millions who
will condemn the conduct of both men
as mere affectatiOn.
1t will not be fair to say that all The
solemn, stately, splendid ceremonial that
attended the crownings 81 kings in an
cient times were purposeleSs. All formal
shows that attended the installations of
hlISS, JutStS NINNIONN IOIu LltuttlldlItN,
lord mayors and other public function
aries; and all the minute o~bServanccs in
the openings of councils, parliamentS
and courts of laval these were calcu-
lated features of kingcraft, valuable for
the psychological effects both on the
functionaries and on the spectators. The
impression was as of something doing"
something vast and of infinite moment.
At the beginning Of our government
some rays of this feudal glamour still
fingered. There were many honest states
men who believed that the common PEG
pie were greatly in need Of the whole
some impressions to be derived from
trumpets. heraldic banners. robes Of
state. uniforms, lace rufieS and hair
powder. Washington was among these.
and during his administration the cx-
%ecutive household was called the "repub-
lican court"
Nevertheless a new spirit was arts
ing in the world. The COMMON people
were growing less and less susceptible
to the psychological influences of fcath-
ers and gold braid. Jefferson, as the
champion of the rising democracy, felt
a profound scorn for the notion that any
sort of divinity hedged either a king or
q president. He had a dream of a great
people characterized by a great Simpli-
CITY and a great ScOrn of idle show
in the conduct of its affairs. needing none
of the gilded props by which the dccadcnt
H
themselves.
AS democrats, imbued with the true
spirit of democracy, we cannot doubt
that he was right. Therefore in their
wish to get pack to the Jeffersonian era
of simplicity in the matter of the in
augural ceremonies. Wilson and Sulzer
are giving us proof that theirs is the
spirit as well as the profession of demo
cracy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06
YARD FACILITIES INCREASED.

The Frisco is increasing its yard facili-
ties in the Brownsville freight yards.
Three new sidings are being built. each
about three blocks long, and having q
capacity of thirty to forty car lengths.
This new work is neccssitated by incrcas-
ed %tratfice, and will relieve the long
crowded condition in the local yards.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06

Taft has managed to get a house i'll
New Haven. It was feared for a while
hat he would have to 90 to a hotel;
which might be inconvcnient for a man
Of Taft's size in a town the size of New
Haven.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-06

Now comes General Leonard Wood.
commander of the United States army.
and once more calls attention TO the fact
that there is no other name under
heaven given among men whereby the
army can be saved from ruin except that
peculiar brand of saloon known as the
army canteen. Queer sort of an army.
Queer officers. Fine state of discipline.