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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
"Ho Hum;' LATEST Man Runs Away From Work

ton being to draw corks from numer-
Gus bottles of whisky. Even this
wearied him after an hour or SO. and
he demanded that his wife perform
the task for him, but she refused.
She resolved to break his two years,
rest, so caused his arrest. Judge Sa-
bath after hearing the story ordered
Friler to sweep the street in front or
his home every afternoon.
Friler remembered somewhere in
his past studies that he had read
something about cruel and unusual
punishment" Going to his home from
the court room he dug up an old his
tory, which contained the constitution
of the United States.
Nothing doing" he muttered. THE
constitution says no judge shall in
fiict a cruel and. unusual punishment,
and If that sentence don't come under
that head, then don't know any
thing
He put on his hat and coat and dis
appeared. Shortly afterward his wife,
returning from the court room. found
there were no piles of street dirt in
front Of the house, and that her ani-
mated spouse was gone.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
FOR THE DRESSING TABLE
Little Catch-AlI Trays May Be Up
hoIstered to Match the Bed
rooms Color Scheme.


Catch-all trays for the dressing table
are exquisitely dainty affairs which
anyone can upholster to match the
bedrooms color scheme They come in
round or square form, have inch-wide
sides or frames Of white celluloid or
white enameled wood, and glass bot
toms, the latter lined with cretonne,
brocaded silk or embroidered linen
Really charming little catch-alls may
be evolved from the bon-bon receipt
acles shaped like small hat boxes Of
tan leather secured with a leather
strap that is arranged to hang at one
side as though recently taken of.
These boxes are lined with satin, silk
or pongee matching the coloring OF
the room and are exceedingly sub
stantial as well as unique.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
INTEMPERANcE AS A DISEASE
Dr.. Macmillan Grossman Declares the
Question Is One to Be Handled
by the Doctors.

In an address before the last In
ternational Congress of Hygiene in
Washington, d. c., DR.. Macmillan
Grossman, director of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Education
of Exceptional Children, declared that
intemperance was q disease and a
question to be handled by the doctors.
The utterance has been widely quoted
in the liquor press as bolstering up
the arguments of the anti-prohibition-
lists. What all thinking, common
sense people ask is that the manu-
facture and sale of that which direct
ly causes this disease of intemperance
be forbidden by law. Our national
health is physically our greatest as
SET" wrote Theodore Roosevelt, when
president of the United States. ITO
prevent any possible deterioration Of
the American stock SHOULD be ma
tional ambition. The preservation Of
national vigor should be matter Of
patriotism
The alcohol question is therefore a
national issue.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

nj EW YORK-Two hundred mem
~ bers of the University club, La
fayette avenue and South Oxford
street, were present at the reception
rendered the alumni Of Lafayette col
lege. Wisconsin university, University
of Maine, and Hobart college, Presi-
dent Edward Ward Mcmahon, in a
brief address, extended a cordial well
come to the visiting alumni.
The entertainment provided was an
interesting lecture, illustrated by liv-
Ing specimens, delivered by Raymond
Lee Ditmars, curator of reptiles and
assistant curator of the New York
geological park. Mr. Ditmars APP
preached his subject, which hap
penedN to be Snakes and Lizards, ;"
with all the ease and abandon of a
man signing, an ordinary check. The
careless way in which he handled such
deadly snakes as the RATHER and the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
Crusade Against Dogs Baked When Owners Cry

I INDIANAPOLIS. IND.-Mayor Shank,
who made known the other day
that he had signed a contract for a
vaudeville tour, proved his ability to
tour some" when he took twenty
minute ride with city dog catchers
ard superintended the capture of five
dogs. He boarded one of the city dog
catchers' wagons and went into the
dog-catching game with Gusto. But it
did not last. His objection to the
dog-catching was not due to any par
ticular dislike for the excitement.
What got on his nerves was the spec
tacle of the child owners of the dogs,
who threw their arms around their
pets and begged that the unlicensed
outlaws be spared.
Mayor Shank took no active hand
in the proceedings further than to
superintend the job and hold the horse
from his high seat on the wagon The
job was undertaken by the mayor per
sonally, because he had boosted that
each wagon and its crew should catch
25 dogs a day. The mayors record
out-classed his prediction wonder
fully.
Those fellows are down there
drawing a salary of $25 week" de-
clared the mayor. 'Ill bet they don't
catch that many dogs in year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

know that I can catch that many dogs
in one day and am going to show
them how to do 'er"
The dog pound attaches. Lester E.
Jones and Robert A. Walters, do not
agree with the mayor. Five dogs in
20 minutes is no record, according to
them. They have worked faster than
that on dark day, they say. The rec
ord for the day is AZ dogs.
Gosh, that's a rotten game" de-
clared the mayor after his return from
the ride. Il would rather catch a
speeder' any old day in the week than
hunt poor little dogs. Then, when the
little children ran out and hung on to
the dirty little ours. why just want
ed to let them alone. The grief of
those poor little kids just made me
want to quit. / told the driver to
hustle me to the police station"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
WrIst-Rand Umbrella.

Don't let your pretty new hat get
ruined because of the nuisance of tot
ing" an umbrella. If you have wrist
band umbrella, you won't in the least
mind carrying it, even when rain Is
not certainty, for the leather strap
at the end of it's abbreviated handle
holds its ferrule far from the ground
and out of the way of your ankles.
Any handle can be adapted to this
new fashion. Just take your pet um-
brella to the jewelry repairer, show
him where you wish the handle ampu-
tated and the strap adjusted, and in
few days you will have hat protec-
tor that will never be bore to carry.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
"NeII Rose" handbags.

Nell rose" the lovely new shade of
cerise named in honor of Miss Eleanor
Woodrow Wilson. appears in series
OF handbags of the finest of pin seal
skin. They are mounted on invisible
steel frames. have handles of selma
terial or of steel linking, and self
colored Innings of MORE of fine glace
kid. Legal-sized envelopes of the same
pelt and color, made with two 1ap-cov-
cred compartments on the front side.
have strap handles crossing the back
and interiors fitted with complete
vanity equipment In addition to hand
kerchief, purse and cardcase reoep-
tacles. The Nell rose" handbag series
also includes the square. oblong and
blunt-topped triangle shapes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
College Men See Reptiles at the University Club

water moccasin was enough to make
the cold chills run up and down ones
back
He spoke of the reptiles as one
would speak of friend, In terms of
warmest affection, and said that
snakes were greatly maligned and
that some Of the attributes accorded
the reptile were based upon popular
superstition and were not warranted
by the actual facts.
"As a matter of fact" said the
speaker, "the snake is not cold and
Shiny"
After telling of the various species
of lizards, which number over 5000,
and snakes that number over 1000,
Curator Ditmars affectionately exhib-
tied a ella monster, which was not so
dangerous, he said, as its marking
would paint it.
Mr.. Ditmars then produced an in
FAINT boa constructor. There is GER
tain art in handling snakes" said the
speaker as the reptile turned about
his wrist The snake has an cratic
temper and should be allowed to have
its own way. Very often it is af-
fected by the nervous condition of the
person who handles it, and 1t gets real
mad If the handler is not In the right
frame of mind toward it."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

n HICAGO.-Work is James Friler's
~ pet aversion. 1t always has been.
Even a court order that he patch up
his quarrel with honest labor failed
to stir his latent muscles to action.
He was sentenced the other day to
sweep one block of North Campbell
avenue, between North and Wabansia
avenues, in front of his home, every
afternoon until he found employment
The sentence was passed by Judge
Joseph Sabath of the West Chicago
avenue police court, after Friler had
been arrested on complaint Of his
wife.
Mrs Friler said he had sat around
the house at 1924 North Campbell
avenue for two years, his only occupa-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
FITTING IDEAS INTO FASHIONS
New Art Seems to Be Upon Us In the
Matter Of the costuming Of
Women.

To transform, in the good old Lat
In sense of the word, is the mission
Of the artist. This transforming, the
expression of ideas and perceptions
through different mediums, paint,
marble, words, musical sounds, has
developed weIl-organized technique in
the different arts. Today we are. on
the threshold OF a new art, that of
Transforming ideas and perceptions
into the clothes that we wear, of ex-
pressing the landscapes we see and
the history we read through the medi
UNI of silks and serges.
Making clothes will always be one
of the most restricted arts. Materi-
ais are comparatively few, the use OF
the garment must always be consid-
cred. The very highest and most sub
tie adaptation is required to strike
the necessary note Of freshness and
originality and yet keep within the
narrow confines Of the art.
The American woman may look for
ward to artists who in the future will
go = step further than the French
couturiere who gives US Gainsborough
and Sir Joshua Reynolds In our hats
and gowns, and win evolve our appar-
Ell from Corot and Troyon. Fancy the
inspiration Of wearing gown repro
&ucing the soul and spirit of an In
ness. OF Turner!
There is even the prospect OF q
gown to express q Chopin waltz or
Tschaikowsky concerto. prospect
which with the advent of interpreta-
tive dancing does not seem very re-
mote.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
SECRETARY BRYAN JOKES OF OFFICE

William Jennings Bryan is heartiiy
enjoying his new position as secretary
of state, according to the Impressions
he gave a number of friends with
whom he conversed the other day.
Dixon Williams, president OF the
Southern club of Chicago, which enter
tanned the colonel, is telling a number
of anecdotes which the secretary
related
This new position of mine has put
me in a place where / can get BACK
at my critics." said Mr.. Bryan In the
course of conversation. All / have
to do is to appoint them to some
diplomatic post.
sYou see, there are great varie-
ty of posts. If / want to get man
out of the country all have to do Is
to send him to some remote place.
The trouble is that / can send him
only 1880 miles at one time. II
send him any farther he'd be coming
back
"Im beginning to think" he contin-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
NEW HEAD OF NAVIGATION BUREAU

Secretary Daniels has appointed
Commander Victor Blue of South
Carolina to be chief of the bureau OF
navigation, navy department, in place
of Capt. Philip Andrews, resigned.
The incumbent Of that office has the
rank and pay of rear admiral.
Before the navy personnel had
fairly recovered from the surprise
caused by the change in head Of the
navigation bureau. Secretary Daniels
issued a fresh order that will have
far-reaching consequences. That
makes sea service an absolute condi-
ton for promotion. 1t took the form
of an instruction to the naval exam
lining board, requiring:
THAT officers coming up for pro-
motion shall have had sufficient sea
services in the grade from which
they are to be promoted, to insure
beyond doubt tn; they are fully
qualified and experienced at sea to
perform the sea duties of the next
y q~~I.<
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
What Is Wanted.

What the temperance men want Is
not the regulation of the liquor traffic
but its destruction; not that its de-
struction; not its evils should be cir
cumscribed idle fancy), but that they
should, to the full extsat of the
states ability, be utterly eradicated.
No shilly-shally legislature can endure,
and it would be good for nothing If
It could. Stave In the heads of the
barrels. put out the fires of the dis
tilleries, confiscate the demijohns.
bottles and glasses that have been pol
luted by the Internal traffic. Horace
Greeley.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

Elizabeth Tate, the girls mother.
This year we sent her to the UrsuIine
convent. hoping we could break her of
running away. but she got away from
there.
Il am unable to account for Ethers
mania to run away. Otherwise she is
very good girl. and at school IL
considered exceptionally bright.
think, however. thst the girl il so
full Of life she can't bear to be shut
up At school and at home for any
length OF time. Her father and
have both travelled around nearly all
opr lives. and maybe the girls run
ring away IL merely the inborn In
stinct 10 roam expressing itself"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

Though the smaller waist was prom
ised last year. there seems very little
likelihood that 1t will become fashion
able. Still. that there Is q decided
curve will be realized when the long.
straight lines OF the past are com
pared with the more symmetrical ones
of the present day.
Nine dresses out OF ten new ores
are draped, and, though the materials
are treated witk such magical cunning
that no appearance OF overweight Is
present, everything else ID done to pre-
vent rotundity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
McADOO SUGGESTS USE OF MAIL

The United States mail Is sug-
Rested by William c. McAdoo, secre-
tary OF the treasury, as the best
means Of applying for a job in his
department of the federal govern
ment. Driven almost to distraction
by the rush of the hungry to lis pie
counter during the first days he was
in office, he slipped back the other
night to New York as haven of
refuge from the mob. Mr.. McAdco
returned the next morning sufficiently
rested and refreshed. but the army OF
Job hunters also had good rest in
washington during his absence, and
they swarmed about him thicker than
ever.
Mr.. McAdoo. In desperation. gave
out this statement:
Without any disposition TO be
disobliging, am compelled to discon-
tinue my efforts to receive personal
applications fof office. I have tried
1t for ten days and find that It
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02
Wolfe ParasoIs.

While they certainly will not serve
the original purpose of sunshade.
the parasols of wolfe. braided in ef-
fective designs. are surely attractive
to look at and when made of the same
material as ones gown complete the
costume in satifying manner. Sun
shades Of ratine are trsfle more prac-
tical.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

More of good than we can tell;
More to buy with. more to SELL.
More of comfort, less of care;
More to eat and more to wear;
Happier homes with faces brighter;
All our burdens rendered lighter;
Conscience clean and minds much
stronger;
Debts much shorter. purses longer;
Hopes that drive away all sorrow;
And something laid up for tomorrow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

Willis L. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau, whose resignation, to
take effect July 81, has been accepted
by the president, broke winter camp
in the Powhatan hotel the other day
and supposedly started on hike to
his Rockville home
A large and profitable estate is
owned by the chief of the weather
bureau near Rockville. That he will
devote his attentions to this and his
Virginia place is generally expected.
Professor Moore is native of
Scranton, Pa, where he was born
January Is, 1856. At the age of eight
years, his father having joined
Grants army, and being unable to
bear the separation, Young Moore
joined the troops in the field, where
he supplied them with newspapers
He was educated in the Bingham
ton public schools, and science seem
ed to be his strong point. However.
he didn't take it up as soon as he
launched into manhood, as he be-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

net blouse is the result, which is all
right If you like plain net
A becoming style of net collar and
guimpe for the woman who has a
long, full, pre-Raphaelite throat, is
made with little vest cut in one
with the collar, which fits smoothly
over the throat. The vest and collar
are set into tucked net guimpe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

There are now hundreds of children
In Knoxville with clothes and shoes
to wear and something to eat who
went naked and hungry when saloons
were here-W. P. Chandler, Chief OF
Police OF Knoxville. Tenn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

II can desire nothing better for this
great country than that barrier,
high as Heaven. should be raised be-
tween the unpoIIuted lips OF the chih
dren and the intoxicating cup"-John
p. aouHh-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

of the Binghamton and
he
married Miss Mary Loer Norwich Uni
in Uni
science Before this done
sunan 9th
in
he of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02


could ope who
writing and mailed
than H. prebaed IN person"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

chief of the
Spanish
result accommodating Santiago
feet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-05-02

thing appoint only Hepup
icans diplomatic service might manage TO get enough
Republicans United States insure Democratic success at the
polls four from now"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-10
TIE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

Mr. Carml thompson. formerly treasurer Of
the United States and now head Of the coal prop
critics Of the It'll roads Is out in an interview on
the currency bill in which he declares It would be
futile to Try 10 put the reserve board under con
troll Of the bankers The government, he says.
should keep control Of It because to announce that
n - IN the hands of bankers would weaken It in
tunes Of stress whereas the knowledge that the
government was behind 1t would strengthen the
situation at such times
There Is weight in the argument he ten
dency OF our banking system to break up into sep
aratc units whenever subjected to pressure, tor
the stronger institutions to look on, Tor Themselves
and let the weaker ones go to smash, has been the
greatest obstacle 10 a rational financial system
a system that would bind the banks together that
would give each the strength OF all The authors
Of the currency bill believe they have found tho
remedy Tor this detect IN the federal reserve
board In the beginning the administration was
Of the opinion that the reserve board was to con
troll the operations OF the banks to tho mat.
ter OF prescribing interest rates, but that propo.
u,,on has been changed The board IS not to Tax
rates Tor the regional reserve banks 10 do so
would be 10 become a bank m itself
Under the present plan, the banks remain with
their powers intact and the federal reserve board
docs nothing about discount rates until the banks
threaten to misuse their powers Then 1t can step
m with vote.
We are Of the opinion tina, the bankers them
selves will conccdc eventually that tho reserve
board should not be controlled by the banks nor
he too closely identified with banking. And tor
the reasons adduccd by Mr.. Thompson, this
board ought to prcscn, the front OF the govern
mcnt in order 20 restore confidence when II Is
shaken and to bind the larnng atoms OF the bank
inp system INTO ono body.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-10

would Of course mean q great reduction Of the
state ad yalorem tax rate. On the present valua-
ton Of taxable property IN the state It would re
qure a state ad valorem tax rate Of forty eight
hundredths Of cent on each 100 valuation Of
property to produce $40 900 per year
n the issuance Of bonds for the erection Of
these buildings ~ the state institutions distributes
Justly the cost OF these buildings as II does. en-
abes The state 10 get more promptly and econo-
rncally the urgently needed buildings as It does
and reduces the state ad yalorem tax rate on ac-
coun, Of buildings ~ il does then. ough, not rea
sonabe patriotic men put aside petty preIudlces
and Jealouues and vote on July % for the amend
meni 10 Sections ~ and 81 of Article 3 Of the
constitution TO adop, this amendment would
be- 10 authoule q safe sound conservative public
policy IN the matter oi providing urgently needed
buildings At our state Institutions. and 10 reduce
the state ad yalorcm tax rate for such purpose.
II should be remembered that the bonds au-
,horled 10 be issued Tor purchasing additional
ground and erecting necessary buildings al the UNI
vefslty Will not cost the taxpayers Of the state one
cent. for the reason that the amendment provides
thdl The income oi me Pifih"H'h' uhlF'''y Y"
dowmcnt shall be used 10 pay the interest these
bonds and for the creation Of . sinking fund Tor
Their redemption ~ maturity The income OF the
permanent university endowment and not the uni
veraty endowment itself will be pledged 10 the
payment OF the interest and the creation OF a SINK
ing fund The income Of the permanent unvers-
" endowment IA now used for making permanent
improvements and It's use az authorized by the
proposed amendment will not subtract anything
from the annual maintenance Of the university