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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
JUDGE JONES EDiCT is
WHEN NO PAY. NO DIVORCE

jackson. May 27.-lf you want a
divorce in the Kinds county chan
cery court, you must come across
with the real cash.
This is the edict of Chancellor P.
q. Jones, and there will be no
deviation from the rule.
Furthermore. it is cash in ad-
vance, in all cases, with no dis
counts.
AS result, more than a score of
divorce suits now pending on the
calendar wherein compIainants
have not furnished bond for costs
will be summarily dismissed unless
the coin of the realm is Immediate
ly forthcoming.
The new rule. it is believed, will
have tendency to check the heavy
increase of cases on the divorce
docket especially those cases where
in complainants are negroes.
At each court term anywhere
from Is to 100 cases of this charac-
ter are slated for hearing, and at
torneys for complainants have
dropped into the habit of neglect
ing to pay costs. Much of the time
of the court has been occupied with
litigation of this sort. and Chancel-
lor Jones has reached the conclusion
that if divorce is worth having it
ought to be worth paying for in
advance.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
county WIDE MOVEMENT
Cosnlymen to Meet Iune 2, and 60
Before Board in Interest Of
Gravel Roads.

Messrs. j. W. McGrath, q. Cas-
sedy and Estus G. Smith have
invited countymen in favor of Good
Roads to meet at the City Hall
Monday, June 2, at ten O'Clock for
the purpose of going before the
Board Of Supervisors in body and
asking them to extend the present
gravel roads to the county limits
and to issue bonds jointly in Beats
z, 3. 4 and to do the work.
This will mean improved main
highways throughout the length
am Srthe breadth OF the entire coun-
ty, and will place a value on lands
undreamed of before. This is the
way lands are made valuable and
desirable to the prospector. 1t is
the people that make land valuable
by progressive measures adopted
ane industry and energy and intel
ligeace in their use. Accessibility
is the watchword Just now and
nothing but good roads will accom-
plish it. Transportation is civil
ization.'
The Leader hopes to see cordial
response to the invitation referred
to, in large attendance at the
meeting appointed for Monday
morning next at 10 o'clock in the
City Hall.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
SECRET SESSION
Senator vardaman Does Not Want
Secret Caucus Methods IN the
U. S. Senate.

/ Washington, May g6.-Abolition
of the traditional and cherished
executive session of the senate is to
be demanded by Senator Vardaman
of Mississippi, who Saturday an
nounced his intention cf introduce
ing resolution to provide for
open sessions on all public business.
The resolution, it is expected,
will be introduced this week, and
will be referred to the committee
on rules.
And | will not rest content SIM
ply with introducing this resolu-
tion, said Vardaman, "but I
mean to fight for this principle Of
publicity. | believe that the sun.
shine of publicity should illuminate
the transaction of all public busi-
ness.
Exception. of course, may be
made in consideration of treaties
or such topics of national di-
plomacy, but | will fight for pub
licity in the consideration of nomi-
nations and of all other business of
the people. The day of secrecy is
past and the people will tolerate it
no longer.
"And ! believe that | shall be
backed by such an overwhelming
public sentiment that the senate
will not dare to defeat the resolu-
tion."
|. This will make it interesting
for the committee on rules, of
which Senator Overman of North
Carolina, is chairman.
Senator Kearn and Senator Lea,
it is thought. may favor the reso-.
luton, but opposition is expected
from O'Gorman. Williams and
Bacon. The Republican members
are Warren, Gallinger. Nelson and
Cummins. From time to time. the
abolition of the executive session
has been proposed, but invariably
has the plan been nipped at the
bud. At the same time the news
paper correspondents always have
been able to ascertain all the bust
ness of such sessions and usually all
the details, which on many occa-
sions the senate would have pre-
ferred to keep secret.
Senator Vardaman's resolution
and position are entirely correct
and pre-eminently consistent. Mr..
Vardaman wants to rid the nation
of what Mississippi hopes she will
never again have to endure.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
INCREASING POPULATION.
UNUSUAL NUMBER OF ARRIVALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Durr, who
live about two miles from Brook
haven, have had lots of sunshine
added to their home since yester-
day by the beaming brightness of
three pairs of little new eyes, and
the anticipated patter of MS many
little feet, unknown until last night
in their home.
In fact. to be plain, triplets were
born at the Durr home-two boys
and one girl.
Brookhaven and Lincoln county
continue to distinguish themselves
in ways unanticipated. There is
no reason for discouragement in
any line. While there is life there
is hope and pleasant surprises!
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Stockbridge. Mass, May 49,
Stephen Dudley Field, sometimes
called the Father of the Trolley
Car., and an inventor of interna-
tioDal prominence, died at his home
today, aged sixty-eight years.
Among the inventions patented by
Mr.. Field are the quadruplex teIe-
graph, electric elevator, ampIifier
for doubling the speed Of ocean
cables, stock ticker. hotel annuncia-
tDD4 I'D the police patrol telegraph.
Altogether Mr.. FELL held more
than 200 patents.
Mr.. Fields first trolley car was
built at his experimental station in
Stockbridge. Its success encourag-
ed him to build a second car. which
is now in the Smithsonian Insti.
tute. In 1883 his first car for COM
mercial purposes was used at the
business exposition of railroad men
in Chicago.
Later Mr.. Field went to London
where he became chief engineer for
a group of London capitalists en-
gagged IN building electric railroads
in Europe.
In 1871 he was married, in San
Francisco. CAL, to Miss Celestile
Buffers, who survives him with
one son. David Dudley Field, of
New York. and a daughter.
Mr.. Field was a member of the
famous family which included Cy-
rus Field, an uncle, whu laid the
first Atlantic cable: Stephen j.
Field. former member of the
United States Supreme Court, and
the Rev. DR.. Henry M. Field, a
famous preacher. who were also
his uncles. His father, Jonathan
Edward Field was a distinguished
lawyer.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

of Mississippi than her newspaper
men and few as effectively. The
editors are fully conscious of the
great responsibilities which rest
upon the man who is so great a
factor in directing public opinion.
A number of distinguished vis-
itors addressed the association.
MIR. John A. Fox, secretary of the
Mississippi Levee Association,
spoke in the interest of the Hum
phries- -RansdelI Bill for levee i'm
provements; and Mr.. ]. E. Ed
monds. of the New Orleans Item,
for the Newlands Bill. The speech
of Mr.. D. d. Moore, managing
editor of the Times-Democrat, was
an inspiration to his hearers. Mr..
R. G. Hatch. passenger traffic man
ager of the Illinois Central, also
addressed the association. Miss
Susie V. Powell. widely known as
an authority on educational matters
at the request of Mrs. Lizzie
George Henderson, was given the
latter's place on the program. and
gave her hearers an exposition of
Mississippi's standing in educa-
tional matters.
MIR. Markham, president of the
Illinois Central. showed that
transportation is civilization"
and made a plea for a square
deal' for the railroad in damage
suits.
At the banquet the speeches were
scintillant with wit and replete
with wisdom. Hon. R. Fl. Henry's
toast. The Railroads" was gem
and Judge Truly's account of his
early experiences in newspaper
Office was joy to his hearers.
At the last meeting of the Asso-
citation, officers were elected and
changes in the conduct Of the
affairs of the Association suggested
and endorsed.
Mr.. A. F. Herman, of Pontotoc,
was elected president for 1914, and
jackson will be the place of meet,
ing.
M. M. H.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

In the beginning of the Dunbar
case The Leader favored Gov.
Brewers position with respect to
the accused kldnapper, Walters.
and thought it the humane thing
to keep the accused away from
what appeared to be threatened
mob violence in Louisiana, safe in
the Mississippi Jail. But since
then. and the development of the
case, which according to law can
be tried in Louisiana only, there is
really no reason at all why Walters
should not be turned over to the
proper authorities. Ii 'Bobbie"
were our lost child we would want
q Judge and jury other than one
man. though clothed in the robes
of State. Bobbie was d Louisiana
boy lost on Louisiana soil and Miss
issippi will do we'll to lcok after
her own children delinquent and
otherwise.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
PRESS meet AT NATCHEz
A Brief Consensus Of the Pen Push
ers' Annual Gathering in
the Bluff City.

In entertaining the forty-eighth
annual convention of the Mississip-
pi Press Association, Natchez fully
sustained the reputation for hospi-
tality which she won in the early
history of the State and which has
been augmented by each meeting
within her boundaries of the many
organizations which have delighted
to accept her invitations.
Although business meeting was
held every morning, afternoon and
evening of the Tuesday Friday
convention, there was time for the
social mingling of members of the
association and their friends. and
the renewing of friendships formed
in many instances on similar occa-
sions in the past. There was no
meeting of the newspaper fraterni-
ty in 1912 because of conditions
resulting from the overflow of the
Mississippi. so there was an added
zest in the greeting of old ac-
quaintances.
An address by Mayor Benbrook,
"a greeting by District Attorney
Marion Reilly and less formal ex-
pressions by other citizens Of
Nstchez. assured the visitors at
their first meeting of the city's
welcome. Among the courtesies
extended members of the press
were a recital by faculty and
students of Stanton College, re-
ception and dance at the Prentiss
Club, a banquet at the Natchez
Hotel, trolley ride and reception
at the Natchez Hospital, and a half
day steamboat excursion on the
Mississippi. An automobile trip
to points of historic interest was
abandoned on account of inclement
weather. The Elks, whose hand
some home is located across the
street from the Natchez Hotel,
kept open house" for the men Of
the association. The Natchez Hotel
was headquarters for the associa-
ton and accorded guests every
courtesy.
The editors Of the local papers,
Mr.. J. B. Snider, of the Natchez
Evening News, and Mr.. C. w.
Miller, Of the Daily Democrat.
were untiring in arranging for the
pleasure Of the visitors and to
them is due much Of the success Of
the session, A committee Of
Natchez ladies was instrumental
also in planning for the entertain
ment Of the members Of the press
and musical numbers by Mrs. Lee
Wood and Miss LemkeWitz added
much to the opening program.
Hon. A. &. Anderson, editor OF
the Southern Sentinel and presi-
dent Of the Senate. was the able
presiding officer Of the association.
The meetings proved on this. as
on former occasions. that no class
of business or professional men is
working harder for the advancement
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
THE AUTO TAX IS VOID
$28,500 Will Have to be Refunded
by State Was Unreason-
able Expense.

Jackson. Miss, May 26.-The
decision to the Supreme Court in
the case of State VS.. H. C. Law
renee knocks another law passed by
the last Legislature to pieces. This
was the act imposing a license of
from SIS to $25 ON automobiles, the
amount of the license being regu.
lated by the horse power of the
machine.
Mr.. Lawrence runs an auto re-
pair shop in Jackson. deals in autos
and as such a dealer, pays ad
valorem and other taxes on his bus
mess and his stock. He refused to
pay the license for running his
auto on the streets of Jackson or to
place thereon the tag required by
the law, wherefore he was arrest.
ed. tried on an agreed statement of
facts and acquitted in Kinds county
court. The State appealed the
case, and the decision of the lower
court is aIIlrmoQ.
The Supreme Court said in con-
cIusion: ANY clearly unnecessary
expense imposed is unreasonable,
and its imposition is an arbitrary
exercise of governmental power.
The only regulation contained in
this statute is that automobiles be
registered and numbered. The ex-
pense necessary to be incurred by
the State in registering and num-
bering an automobile is less than
81, but the amount 1T desires to
collect, in order that it may be re-
imbursed therefor, varies from SIS
to $25. according to horse power of
the engine by which the automobile
is propelled.
1t follows from these views that
the statute is void under the due
process clause of the State and Fed
eral Constitutions. Affirmed"
This means that the Auditor of
the State is guing to have to re-
turn the sum total Of the many
licenses he has collected. amounting
to $28.500. Just what is to be
done about the S700 or $500 expense
to which the Auditor has been put
in furnishing tags remains to be
seen, but it is supposed the Legis-
lature will reimburse him, as well
as those who paid the. tax.
James R. Mcdowell, formerly
Assistant Attorney-general. who
represented Mr.. Lawrence and the
automobile owners of the State. is
being heartily congratulated on his
victory.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
KILLED BY HIS OWN PISTOL:
DISCHARGED IN POCKET

Corinth. Miss. May 6.-While
JEFF Sharp was riding on his farm,
few miles north Of town. today,
at 2 a. m. his pistol was accidental
" discharged in bis pocket. infiict-
ing wound from which he died
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon. The
cause Of the pistols discharge is
not known, but was probably the
motion Of the horse rubbing it
against the saddle. Mt. Sharp was
thirty years Of age.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28
Live Stock Association to Push Cat
tie Tick Eradication.

a special meeting of Lincoln
County Live Stock Association will
be held at the Court House. Brook
haven, Miss, on Monday, June 2,
to discuss ways and means of con-
tinuing the work of cattle tick
eradication and to meet with the
Board of Supervisors for that pur-
pose.
A. c. DAVIS,
Sec'ty.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

The Leader would like to hear
the opinion Of some of our intelli-
gent farmers after cogitating over
Mr.. Blakeslee's financial scheme as
published in today's Leader. He.
evidently. wants to help the farmer
and through him his State. The
article is interesting reading, for it
is original and honest.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

A fast mail train on the New
York Central road. a few days ago,
drawing seven all steel mail cars
and two PuIlmans. ran three miles
in one minute aud 81 seconds.
The first mile was made in S8 sec
onds, the second in 81 and the third
in S6. the fastest time ever made
10 the world on steam railroad.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Attorney General Collins will sue
the bonding company, the Fidelity
& Casualty Co.. of Baltimore. for
the six years Lawrence YeTger was
secretary of the penitentiary. 1t
will amount to S12, 900 So, 900 for
each year.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

10 not treat your boy or girl
simply as private possession. He
belongs 70 the citizenship Of the
future.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Leslie Anderson returned yester-
day from the University st Oxford.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Latest Sheet music, l5c per copy
st HQffman's.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Get our prices on lee Cream by
the gallon. before placing your
order. We handle only the best,
Hoffman Bros.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Sidney Smith. of Bude. visited
relatives, here last Sunday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1913-05-28

Byron Fisher. Of Bude. visited
his parents here Sunday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

decorative usefulness of which 1s
highly commended. Not only beau
tiful and graceful birds have al
ready served in Gautier's wall de-
signs. but such ungainly ones as
the toucan, the penguin and the
English putin.
Snakes, with their sinuous forms,
are used in a great variety Of fig
ures, while the common garden
snail with its scroll-shaped she'll,
with its two telescopic eye-wands
protruding, Is all that could be de-
sired for the room Of a man who Ia
nervous because he Is lazy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16


Is demonstrating the advantages or
its use abroad, defends 1t warmly
upon psychological grounds. He
refers to the growing prevalence "a
nervous irritabllity owing to thS
hard pace set by modern conditions
of life in all classes, and declares
that rooms decorated In a manne'
intended to produce quietins
soothing effect have, In fact. an in
huence to the contrary.
Briefly, 1t is futile to expect to
gain repose of mind and nerves IN
rooms that are decorated In q re-
posefuI manner. What you need in
your home Is a counter irritant-"a
hair Of the dog that bit you." Sap-
pose you find yourself, financially,
in the grip Of great trust-tho
Standard Oil Company, for instance.
II won't soothe you at all to sit aad
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16
Bird Gossip.

time our interior house decorations
have grown more and more subdued
or fragilely pretty In the eighteenth
century French fashion. And our
nerves have gone to pieces with
increasing expedition.
Furniture and wall decorations, iu
the houses OF the rich, have always
been kept In more or less conso-
nance. So. II the new decorative idea
for walls gains general acceptance
probably We shall see lobster. skate,
octopus, grasshopper and caterpillar
furniture as well.
New that the cost Of living bas
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

gone up SO irightfully-especiaily
eggs-a favoI!te decorative deeign
for breakfast oom walls might well
consist OF armies OF little fluffy vel.
low chickens In the act of breaking
out Of the maternal shell. rha: Is
an inspiring natural phenomeps1
IN itself, and used as a break.
fast room wall design would
apply TO two OF the principal
high-cost necessaries of the table
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

the egg and the
broiler.
The fuzzy cat
erpillar is high
ly recommend
ed as the ground
plan Of wall de-
signs In the
houses of con-
vivial gentle
men who have
r e a G b 9 d the
stage Of pick
ing imaginary
worms, cobwebs
and spiders off
their faces.
Bu tt q rifles,
b o e t ] g q and
dragonf1es are
among the larg-
or inaectS the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16
Foods, Freaks, Pests=-=The
Newest Idea for Beautitying
the House and MAKING
1t Restful for the Nervous!

1t is pointed out that while the
node in interior house decorati,a
has grown more and more subdued.
the nerves of humanity in gene al
have gone TO the other extreme. II
early Victorian times both men and
women had nerves without a kink
in them, yet the rooms In which
they lived-ate. slept and sat-were
funereal monstrositIes in both deco
rations and furnishings. Since that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

A LONG with the revolution In
n art which has produced the
y "Cubists," the "Futurists,"
and so on. comes a new Idea IN
house interior decoration, with anil
mails of the land and sea and insects
for it's leading motives.
OF course, the ancient Greeks de-
-,ved many of their decorative de-
- forms from animal as we'll as
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

nlant life. which
were combined
and adapted IN
patterns more
chaste than re-
alistic. In the
present instance
the living mod
els are faith
fully partrayed
on dadoes. fries
and even on
ceilings
There Is real
originality un-
derlylng the use
OF such decora-
tive material,
however. Joseph
Gautier, the cell
ebrated French
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

contemplate subdued walls covered
with pale water lilies; they should
be vivid, should positively shriet
with red boiled Holsters Bcurryir.G
out Of reach Of the viciously curling
tentacles of octopuses. Possibly
the birth of a sense Of humor VIII
make the treatment even more eiIoc-
tive.
Many chorus girls are addicted
to nerves. largely due to the fro
quency with which they indulge i'll
midnight suppers OF Holsters. Ar-
cordlngly. when they wake late IN
the morning they should gaze up n
bedroom walls papered with boiled
lobsters. pop-eyed and In every at
titude Of belligerency.
Similarly, the bedroom walls OF
clubmen should be decorated with
designs In which the fish known as
skate is the principal motive, Half
grown boys addicted to annoying
their older sisters and their benux
have been almost completely re.
formed by confinement In roo ia
decorated with shrimps,
The pathologically minded devotees
Of this system Of interior decoration
do not appear yet to have gono 20
far as to advocate wall designs cs
pink elephants fleeing In terror from
purple rats for the rooms of men
afflicted with that extreme form of
nervousness known as delirium
tremens-still the suggestion may
not be inopportune.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-11
FOE2 SAILE

S-rOom modern two-story home in
choice location close In on the
south side; new; price $3.50, with
5000 cash, balance terms to suit the
purchaser
Sx-room modern bungalow, new,
in the south side price $3.50, with
$500 cash; balance terms to suit the
purchaser; close in.
Six-room east front modern bung-
allow on South Baltimore; this is an
elegant home; price $4,000, with
terms.
Five-r0om east front cottage, south
side; all modern, good location.
price $500, with easy terms.
S-room east front modern home
only a few blocks from the court
house, with servant quarters and
garage; a beautiful location; one OF
the most attractive homes in the city.
Price $500; terms. new.
Eight-room modern bungalow, cor
ner lot with servants quarters and
garage; new. Price with easy terms
$4,000.
Two beautiful 5O-foot lots in Crosbie
Heights on the car line in the best
part Of this beautiful addition. Price
$3.50 cash.
SiX-room east front modern cot
tage, 720 South Elgin at a dead rite
bargain, with $500 cash, balance
terms TO suit the purchaser Better
see this
We have a large list of vacant lots
in the different parts Of the city, for
sale at dead right bargain prices.
BLAIR BROS,
PISA South Main. Phone 1878
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-11
MIAL8EGETS
STOCKS AND BONDS.

NaW YORK. Aprl lo.-Last salcs
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TO LOAN-IMPROVE YOUR PROP
erty. l will loan you money to
build at low rate. Quick service
Percy Collins. Phone 3S.
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FINE PLYMOUTH ROCK LAYING
hens for sale. Phone 2357. q
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PRODUCE.
Chicago Quotations.

Chicago Quotations.
CHICAGO, April Butter -
Steady crcumcrios 27M3ic.
Eggs STEADY. receipts 2N,f70 eases,
at market cases included 17l4m1Nci
ordinary firsts 17AWl7 i4c; firsts
l1A u1Al4c,
Potatoes Unchanged, receipts 81
ears. Michigan i5Ht7c; Minnesota,
i3H iac. Wisconsin i1m4Sc.
Poultry lighor wrcssed turkeys,
lNc; i've chickens 1Sc, live springs
1Nc.
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TO LOAN-s5OO PRIVATE MONEY
Phone Eaton, IS or 375.
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Board and Room

BOARDER WANTED At 2O4 SOUTH
Boulder. Phone Red 1925.