The Semi-weekly leader., 1913-05-17
Thoughts That No One Else Would
Think And Many They Would
Not Say If They Did.


or look sarcastic when you read
some language penciled by Yours
truly" We don't know how to
whip the devil around the
stump, and whether you are a
devil or not, we hand you unsorted
language. And by the way, if
you want to criticize US you have
our free consent. The Leader
wants no controversy through its
columns, but we are sure that it
will grant you space enough to
"blister" US if you feel SO dispos-
ed.
H We were particularly tickled"
to see some of the rural young
ladies' capture prizes in the parade
on the 7th inst. Miss Irma Max
well prettiest girl! Shake! Miss
Irma Mullen, best decorated one
horse rig: Shake! We country
girls look nice, we behave nice.
and by George, we are nice! God
bless the girls without false curIs
Mike Kinney says. through "The
Gimlet" that lit takes very careful
| figuring to decide the difference
between real news and real adver-
tising these days. That's true.
And it takes close observer to
detect voluntary compliment
from policy"
After months of weary waiting
the vegetable crop is now ready to
go through the cooking process,
and change of menu is welcomed.
The winter menu. consisting most
/ ly Of fried edibles is something of
an imposition on the stomach, and
! people are like the stock that are
eager for spring and summer graz
ing. They want something to
/ boil.
1t is indicative of ill breeding
for one to brag about his financial
rating, and we never saw, any one
voluntarily go to the printing office
with statement of his pecuniary
affairs. But say! did you know
that Grab Apple is worth about
SIS, 900. 900? No doctor with a
medicine case has entered our door
within the past twelve years, and
we dismissed him together with
the case and that was the end of it.
Yes, good health, So, ,000, 600; plenty
of good pure water. 81, 900, 900:
plenty of good land, 5000, 900. The
other side-o-t -the-house. together
with three children and other incl
dentaIs amount to $500. 600. Gee!
/ We're almost rich enough to be
noticed!
Yerger played the-horest man,
didn't hel He embezzled many
i thousand dollars of the States
money and then comes up and hum
bly, acknowledges to the theft and
says that he is ready to take his
medicine. Such a scheme is for
effect. and Yerger expects public
sentiment to soften in his favor.
Give Grab" a chance to handle
public funds, and he could steal
$l00, 900 then; don the stripes for
Ecouple of years, come home and be
none the worse off. Disgrace does
not settle on the convict as it once
did, and the quickest way to get a
comfortable competency is to en-
bezzle public funds, then serve a
few moons in the pen and you've
got it Truly. the criminal seems
better protected In this country than
the righteous.
Hon Percy Quin seems to be
loaded with slugs while in Con-
gress. His speech on the tariff
revision was we'll presented and
well received ON the Democratic
side. But the way he mangled
| the Republicans was first cousin
to cruelty! We accord to Mr..
Quin a heaping measure of honor,
for his truth-pointed spear that he
pierced the monopoly protecting
party with. But-yes, but. il is
like many a charge that we've
heard given to grand jury. Some
of those charges we're enough to
scare the wits out Of law breakers,
but they have gotten used to such
things and they are not in the least
Disconnected. After a barrel of
such talk is boiled down there is
not more than 3or doses in the
whole thing. If our record is not
good enough for us to enter the
pearly gates of heaven. we will at
least have the satisfaction of not
seeing anything farceful in the
other place.
The widespread interest mani
tested in the Walters Dunbar
Anderson kidnapping case is no
more than natural. Like nearly all
questions there are two sides to it.
But as to Walters innocence of
kidnapping. no zane person will
undertake to exonerate him. There
is something dead upthe branch"
and whila Walters is nhQuestion-
ably guilty there is good reason to
believe that there are accessories.
The Anderson woman appears in
the matter in peculiar light.
Without saying that she is. we will
say that she may be acting when
it comes to "sobs'' and general
display of emotion while claiming
that the child is hers. If news
paper versions Of the affair are
credited there is vast difference
In the stratum OF Julia Anderson
and the Dunbay faulty. But Mississ-
lppi's next Legislature should get
ready for similar occurrence and
have severe penalty ready for the