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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

ment. In such cases the unstable ma
terial should be removed and replaced
with gravel or sand. and wherever
practicable the earth subgrade should
be thoroughly rolled. preferably with a
steam roller, and made to conform in
finished road. Sandy subgrades may be
improved by the use of thin layer of
clay or SOIL
There are two forms of drainage es-
sential in road building. ~ surface
drainage and (2) subdrainage. There
are three essential points to be con-
sidered in connection with surface
drainage. IL The surface of the road
should be of such a shape that water
will quickly drain from it to the side
bitches: (2) the side bitches should be
adequate in size to carry. without
overflow. the maximum rainfall. and
they should be of such depth and
grade that water will travel easily to
low points on the road, and 60 from
the low points there should be suitable
outlets to convey the water to the
natural drainage Of the country.
Water should never be permitted to
remain under a macadam road; con-
sequently subdrainage must be resort
ed to at times. Water softens the
foundation, allows the broken stone to
be forced into it by the traffic, and in
freezing it expands and diSlodgeS the
broken stone, destroying the bond
There are several ways Of removing
the subsurface water. % by raising
the subgrade; % by side drains con-
sisting of narrow trenches filed with
broken stone. with a pipe five or six
inches in diameter near the bottom. A
drain of this type should have fire.
quent side outlets. On hillsides a pipe
or culvert is carried under the road at
suitable points.
Another type of subdrain that is
much used in Massachusetts, is the 'sV''
drain. 1t consists in shaping the SUBJ
drain in the form Of a .V." the angle
being at the center of the road. This
is filled with coarse stone up to the
foundation grade and has frequent side
outlets. This type is rather expensive
and very frequently can be dispensed
with by raising the subgrade with
suitable sand. gravel or clay.
Another type Of drain practical for
side hill locations is subside drain.
located on the upper side of the road
to- intercept and provide an outlet for
surface and ground water before 1t
reaches the road proper.
Great care should be used In properly
grading road.
The practice in America is generally
to place the maximum grade at per
cent for important roads. as horse
can trot without difficulty up such a
grade. and another important consider
alton in connection with grades is that
macad dam surface can only be main
tanned at great cost on steep grades
In fixing the grades the engineer
should so adjust the cuts and fills as to
make the least possible waste Of mate
rial. and in this be must not overlook
the facF that some materials shrink to
n great extent when taken from the
cuts and placed in the fills. This va.
rles with the material. but averages
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Poultry As a Profitable By-Product.
Meridian Star.

M0FlUldQ Quar-.
One of the most profitable by-pro-
ducts of the farm is, we believe, the
raising and marketing of poultry.
We are quite we'll aware that this
statement will be controverted, new
ertheIess we adhere to it, because it
has been demonstrated that poultry
raising can be made very profitable,
and as the care of poultry comes
mostly at time when the farmer is
not busy in his field, it may be con-
sidered a byproduct. Byproducts
in the industrial world have long
been recognized as the most proata-
Bile product of given manufactured
article, such as oil. from which para
fine, gasoline, naphtha and other ar
ticles of commerce are made; pack
ing plants, it is said, make larger
profit from the sale of hides, hair,
ETC., than they do from the sale of
meat, and so one might go on down
through the list. But to successful
~ raise poultry attent ton must be
given to the chickens, turkeys, ducks
and other fowl. Success cannot be
attained merely by setting a dozen
or more eggs under hen and let the
hen do the rest.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
HOMESTEAD PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Department Of the Interior. !
u s. Land ONCE at Jackson. Mississippi.
Jan. l1th 1913 J
Notice is hereby given that John M. Reed.
Of Fruitdale, Ala, who. on February 2. 1910
made Homestead Entry. Serial No. 04277. for
the SW Ia of SW 1 A. Secti-n 6. Township 3
North Range West. St. SteDhens Mel idian.
has filed notice of intention TO make Com
mutation proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before the clerk Of the
circuit court of Greene County, at Leakesvlle.
Miss. on
the 22nd day OF February, 1913.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Dennis G.
Mills. Hughes b. Mills OF Fruitdale Ala. J, w.
Mills. Napolean Beard of Leakesyille. Miss.
JJAY WHITE, Register
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

The federal government has demon
strated its efficiency to reach out
with its long arm of law and punish
those who might essay anarchy in
this country under the guise of in
that way rlghting labor wrongs.
That bunch of ''higher-ups" lately
sent to the federal prison from the
Indianapolis court as an aftermath to
the McNamaras trial and consequent
revelations in California, should
serve to deter dynamiters in the
United States for long time to
come. either from blowing up con-
structi0n work or buildings houseing
non-union labor or carrying that
dangerous stuff round on passenger
trains and in otherwise interdicted
ways, such as in suit-cases. The
sentences were lenient, but the large
number punished at one and the same
time adds emphasis to the stern pur-
pose of Uncle Sam to ferret out. and
run down the high-explosive criminal
artists. The country has had a les
son from this which all classes should
accept in good spirit and profit
therefrom: labor people, their lead
ers, capitalists and all.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

We commend the good taste The
new editor Mr.. Shoemaker of the
Bay Springs News. shows in NOV
ing the editorial column from the
front to inside column left hand po-
sition which is the proper editorial
portion of newspaper if it's editor
wishes to escape the censure Of TAX
ing himself too seriously The
proper arrangement for a new jour
nal is to let the news come first, af-
forwards the views'or editorial COM
ments.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
New Advertisements.
BANK OF McLAIN STOCKH 0LDERS
HrnrSu,rNYTg

BANK OF MCLAIN SIOChH ILDEIIS
MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the stock-hol-
deis of the Bank of McLain of McLain. Miss.
will be held at it's office at McLain. Miss on
Thursday, February Ii, 1913,
at O'Clock in the forenoon for the election of
seven directors for the ensuing year. and for
transaction of such other business as may prop
erly come before the meeting This is an ad
jourrment of the meeting which was called for
Jan. 18th. 1913
81 T. NJ. FERRILI.. Cashier.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Legal Advertisements
CHANcERY COURT SUMMONS

OHANGEN1 COUftI oUHHO4Fos
The State of Mississippi No. 525.
TOD. w Maschmeyer, the defendant
You ale commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the County of Greene. in
said State. on the
Second Monday of June. A. d., 1913,
TO defend the suit in said Court of Mary G. Nc
Leod wherein you are Defendant
This Both day OF December. A. d.. 1912
(Chn. CT. Seal)I-24 S. Il. MCKAY. Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

A POORLY CONSTRUCTED MACADAM ROAD
ruts. should be filed as soon as they
appear with the same kind and size OF
stone as that used In the surface course
If small defects are attended to when
they first appear it will be unnecessary
to resurface the road until it Is worn
entirely through to the foundation
course. When the surface course is
worn out it ought to be spiked up with
a steam roller or scarifier and this fol
lowed by the spreading of q three inch
layer Of one and oneahalf inch rock
This is rolled. bonded with screenings
and sprinkled in the same manner as
the top course was originally construct
ed. after which the road will be as
good as new.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17

Some people who go by the name
of Christians themselves seem to de-
clare by their actions that they
would prefer seeing their unsaved
loved ones die in such condition and
go to the pit, rather than make up
their minds to see them saved b Y
some other means than their own
particular denomination. This is a
sad mistake. We should be content
to let the Holy Spirit reach them by
any route he selects and which makes
for access to them. If your. own
church or organization fails to per-
form the work, in spirit of beauti-
full reconciliation, be glad to see it
done through any possible channel
If it be the salvation army, tent
meeting or city mission. Not the
means but the end is what's desired.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-17
Dawn of Light.

1t is said that some of the members
OF Congress are planning a move
ment to have the inaugural ball lett
out of the Inaugural! ceremonies oil
President Wilson. Maybe Wilson is
a Christian. If our nation was what
it claims to be of course there would
be none.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Concerning the Living Lincoln.


at was my pleasure to have known
President Lincoln personally" said
Alexander Mcdowell, clerk of the
house. 81 talked with him on several
occasions, in Washington and at the
front, and while I knew him well
do not flatter myself that he knew me
we'll, for there was only one of him
and there were forty millions of me.
What struck me above all else was his
simplicity and everyday common
sense.
He met all men as equals, not in
patronizing way, but in way that
said as plain as words, We are all
of one blood, and brothers. He was
n great man and he was the only one
in all the land that did not know it.
HE always remembered his early
struggles and poverty, and with a SYM
pathy born of them was ever ready to
give helping hand to those compelled
to travel the road that he had been
compelled to travel in his youth and
early manhood.
HE was Christian, not church
member-and did by his actions what
80 many do by their professions only.
His life was the golden rule in action.
He loved and had faith in his fellow
man, and stood at all times ready to
hold the ladder firm while they as
cended and no Jealous envy ever en-
tered his. mind, no matter how high
the ascent.
HE was Republican and parti-
san, but above all patriot and a lover
of his country. We need today par
tisan Republicans and partisan Demo-
Gratis, men who believe in their duty
and the principles of their parties and
not SO many guerrillas that feed be-
tween the lines, now on one side and
then on the other.
"In his death the south lost sim
cere, honest friend and the nation a
patriot. Joe Mitchell Chapple, in
Affairs at Washington" In National
Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
PRESIDENT WILSON'S CABINET.
Trenton Rumors Name Men for Mem;
bers of official Family.

Washington.-From the mass of ru-
mors which have emanated from
Trenton, the following emerges as the
Cabinet of President Wilson:
William j. Bryan of Nebraska, Sec.
retary of State.
A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania,
Secretary of the Treasury or Secre.
tary of the Interior.
George w. Goethals, U. S. Army,
Secretary of War.
Joseph w. Folk of Missouri or 10.
sepbus Daniels of North Carolina, At
torney General.
Albert S. Burleson of Texas, Post
master General or Secretary of the In.
terror.
William McAdoo of New York, Sec.
retary of the Navy.
Obadiah Gardner of Maine, Secre
tary of Agriculture.
Louis Brandeis of Massachusetts
Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
One Killed, Three Hurt in Fight.

Alma, Colo.-One Of the bloodiest
fights in the history of this district
took place at the cabin of John l..
Roberts, eight miles from Alma on
North Star mountain. Oswald Hen
drech is dead, Mrs. j. l.. Roberts seri-
ously wounded by a knife thrust
through her back, ]. L. Roberts has
cuts through his hand and one finger
severed and Fritz Kempher is suffer
ing from a blow on the head inflicted
with blacksmith's hammer.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08

formed as to the career of this patri.
otic and distinguished soldier boy.
There are several people still liv.
ing in Stroudsburg who knew Sta
pies and remember that to him be-
longed the unique distinction of rep
resenting Lincoln on the field of bat
tie. Among their number are ]. T..
Palmer, postmaster and principal Of
the public school; G. L. Drake, editor
of the Stroudsburg Times, and Rep
resentative A. Mitchell Palmer Of
Pennsylvania. 1t was characteristic
of Lincoln that he kept the matter
from the public press, and like mod.
esty seems to have imposed silence
on the young soldier.
One does not have to make a very
exhaustive study of Lincoln's charac-
ter in order to understand the motive
which led him to send a substitute
to represent him in the scenes of the
bloody drama then being enacted
throughout the land. His conscience
was not of that easily-satisfied variety
which contents. itself with allowing
things to remain as they are, without
indulgfng In eXertion for the common
good. His was the hand which was
steering the Ship of State through
tempest and crush of hostile guns, yet
great as was the task assigned him,
he perceived with the eagle eye that
watched the course of action, a post
still untitled, an unoccupied niche
where combatant could be placed to
strike In behalf of the Union. To that
post he resolved to appoint repre-
sentative, that he might be practical
ly in personals he was already in
spirit-on the red field of carnage.
1t was done quietly, in that simple,
unostentatious manner that distin-
guished all of Lincolns acts, whether
in official or private life He never
played to the gallery, and the verdict
Of his own conscience was all he cared
about
Copyright. by w. C. Chapman.)
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
BULGARS CONCENTRATE ALL EF-
FORTS TO TAKE GALlIPOLi
PENINSULA.
FIGHTING ON LINE
SULTAN'S PEOPLE IN STATE OF
MISERY AND COUNTRY is
DRIFTING TO RUIN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western newspaper Union News Service.
London.-Three hundred Bulgarians
were killed in a bombardment to cap
ture the Gallipoli peninsula. The Bull
garian army attacked the Turkish
forts in an effort to afford passage
to the Greek fleet for an invasion
from the rear.
The battle RACES at Adrianople. The
Bulgarians and Servians are pouring a
heavy fire from all sides and a large
portion of the city is in flames. Dur
ing sortie 1000 Turks were taken
prisoners by the Bulgarians. Eight
deaths have occurred in the city.
There is fierce fighting along the
Chatalja lines. The bombardment is
nearing Constantinople, which will be
at the mercy of the allies if the Greek
fleet succeeds in entering the Darda-
nelles. The invaders are in a position
easily to defeat the interior Turkish
fleet
Many villages have been set afire
by the Bulglarians.
The Turkish people are in such a
state of misery and destitution as a
result of the war that they are COM
pletely Indifferent as to the fate Of
Adrianople. The Cabinet is ready to
cede the city.
There is not a cent in the treasury
and there are no means of getting
money until peace is concluded
Meanwhile the country is drifting to
ruin and bankruptcy.
The misery in the Turkish camps is
indescribable. 1t has been bitterly
cold, with a heavy snow. The soldiers
are ill-fed and badly sheltered. Small
pox, enteric fever, dysentery and
pneumonia have replaced Asiatic
cholera
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08

tower stars and stripes in red and
white stone.
The Lincoln Tower was inaugur-
ated July 4, 1876. The newspapers of
the time were crowded with accounts
of the great centennial celebration, so
that it is not strange that the cere-
mony of opening the tower was over
looked.
The idea of the memorial originated
with the Hon. William E. Dodge of
New York, who at the time was visit
ing the Rev. Newman Hail. widely
known as "the dissenter's bishop"
one of the most popular English
preachers of the day. Except for the
first thousand dollars, the whole cost
of the tower, which amounted to
thirty-five thousand dollars, was con-
tributed, half in English sixpences and
half in American dimes, entirely
through the efforts of Mr.. Hall, who
counted the work all joy for the love
that he bore to Lincoln.
Southwark is a district of modest
homes,-its inhabitants are people of
small means, if not actually poor
just the kind of plain people whom
Lincoln especially loved and trusted.
1t would please the great president
that his memorial should stand among
such surroundings, rather than in a
more conspicuous situation or more
fashionable neighborhood. Youth s
Companion.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Rancher Takes Own Life.

Gilcrest.-Edward G. Taylor, ranch.
man, shot himself in the temple with
a. 32-caliber revolver at his home, Il
mile and half southwest of here, and
died almost instantly. Taylor leaves
a widow and six children, two OF
whom are living at the ranch. He
was 40 years old.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Wilson to Send Crane to Russia.

observation-disclosures indicate that
Charles R. Crane Of Chicago will be
appointed by President Wilson as am
bassador to Russia.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
AMONG PLAIN PEOPLE
London's Tribute to Abraham
Lincoln in Appropriate Spot
Tower Erected by American and Eng
Iish Admirers of the Great
Emancipator Not as Well
Known as It Might Be.

Among the American visitors who
throng London each summer there
are few who know that in South Lon
don there is memorial to Abraham
Lincoln. 1t is a graceful tower and
spire attached to Christ Church, an
independent non-conformist church, in
Southwark.
Over the entrance are the words,
Lincoln Tower" A large stone tab
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08

let inside records,
among other things,
that the tower was
built in commem-
GRAFTON of the abo-
lition of slavery ef-
fected by President
Lincoln, and as a
token of interna-
tional brotherhood" "
One of the two
large rooms in the
tower is n a m g d
Washington.
When first erect
ed, and before the
smoke of London
had blended all in
uniform blackness,
there could be seen
on the spire of the
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
twenty suffraaettes Sent to Jail.

London.-Sylvia Pankhurst, the mil
liant suffragette leader, was sentenced
to .wo weeks Imprisonment or fine
of $40 at Bow Street Police Court The
same punishment was meted out to
nineteen other women who participat-
ed in the raid on the House of Com
mons
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Boundary Line Suit Started.

Washington.-New Mexico has COM
menced suit in the Supreme Court
against Texas to settle the Rio
Grande river boundary dispute.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Bradley Martin, of Dinner Fame, Dead

London.-Bradley Martin of Now
York died here of pneumonia. He had
been suffering from a severe attacko
influenza, which suddenly developed
into pneumonia. Martin was in his
seventy-second year His daughter,
Cornelia, was married in 1898 to the
Earl of Craven.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-02-08
Young Pennsylvania Sent to
Do Duty From Which Presi-
dent Was Debarred.
GRAVE AT sTRoUDsBURG, PA
J.. Sumerfield Staples the Name Of
the Substitute Who Was In Person
at the Front While Great
Statesman Ruled at
Washington.

Abraham Lincoln had a substitute
Union through the bloody and epoch
making period of the Civil war. This
assertion has been made many times
before. 1t has aroused bitter contro-
versy in various quarters; 1t has
given birth to columns of print, both
in support and denial of it's truth.
The exemption of the president of
the United States from the taking up
of arms, or serving on an actual field
of battle, is provided for by spe-
cial statute drawn up to meet such a
contingency. But there is nothing
to prevent the nations chief execu-
tive from sending forth a substitute
to fight in his place, although Lin
coin was the only occupant of the
White House who ever took advan-
tage of this fact, writes Prof. Bernard
]. Cigrand. The man who represent
ed in his person that of the martyred
president was John Summerfield Sta
pies, whose body lies at rest in a
little cemetery at Stroudsburg, Pa.
The tombstone above his grave, pho
testifles not only to Staples war rec
ord, but states in granite letters the
fact of his having served as Abraham
Lincoln's substitute. The inscrip-
ton in question reads as follows:
~. summerfeld Staples,
Private of
Co. C. 176 Regt., p. V.
Also a Member of the
2 Reg. D. C. Vols, as
Substitute for
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Died Jan. II, 1883.
Aged 43 Years, Mos, 25 Days"
His grave also bears the G.. A. R.
marker, metallic star upon which
the words Post $50" appears. A small
American flag flutters in the breeze,
but the outside world seems little in.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-10-31
PRACTICE TYING LILY BOW
1t Is the Latest, and Really Deserving
Of a Place in Every Woman's
Scheme Of Costuming.

Do you know how to tie a lily bow?
You should experiment with some old
lengths of ribbon II you mean to
make for yourself a velvet-crOwned
autumn hat whose smartness will de
pend entirely lyon the pOise of its
trimming. First. you take your five
half-yard strands Of sash ribbon and,
sewing enc end 0f each about the base
of a hats crown, draw the entire
number over its apex SO that they
shall form e puffy appearance which
will not be pretty in the silk ribbon,
but which is lovely in new velvet.
Having firmly twisted the whole mass
together with a bit of hat wire, run
the s~lenderest Of wires along both
sides of each Of the ends and then
twist them into shapes as nearly as
possible resembling the leaves Of a
lily. One end should be bent so that
it's sides partly overlap at the TOP
while they open out toward the bot
tom, another should become a half
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-10-31
NINE. MERITS ADVICE
EXCELLENT IDEA FOR ENJOY
ABLE HARVEST HOME PARTY.
Combination Of Good Deed with an
Evening CT Real Fun-Autumn Tea
Makes Most Charming In
formal Party.

A committee Of ladies who were
much interested in a charitable jnsti-
tuition devised his method of giving
what was in reality only an old time
pound" party. Only thus affair was
at a private home in tn evening. and
1t was almost Hailow + I'll. So tine dec
Orations were black cats because
once upon a time witches We're sup
posed to 90 about in the Eujs" of black
cats). Pumpkin Jacks" furnished
weird lights, with quantities of can
dies in vegetable holders and a great
bunch Of mountain ash berries was
tied to the door knOCker because they
are supposed to be a guard against
evil spirits who may proVl about on
Hallow Fen. CornstaIks, autumn
leaves and sheaves Of wheat were used
as wall and corner decoration. Each
guest was asked to come representing
a country and to bring any offering
characteristic of that locality.
For instance, two Italian peasants
arrived. and with them came olives
tsix bottles) and a dozen packages Of
spaghetti and macaroni Those who
came from France had baskets OF
grapes. The gay bevy of maidens
from Japan had tea, ard their escorts
from China had rice and chop suey.
The Irish colleen and her boy Pat"
COntided to the hostess that there was
a bushel Of potatoes out in the ear"
Scotland had oatmeal tQuaker Oats),
etc. 1t was a very merry party, end
ing up, as everything does nowadays,
with q dance TO the music Of the vic
trOla. The neXt day automobiles took
b results to the "ItOmc' and the
larder was most beautifully replen-
ished. One of the guests said after
ward that it was very satisfying to
combine doing good with fun, and she
didn't feel after this party like she
had wasted her time, as she did after
many affairs. This is the season when
charitable work begins and | hope the
suggestions in this column will help
many of you to decide what to do and
how to do 1t. In the meantime, if any
OF you are especially successful In
your undertakings, or in you private
parties write to me about them for the
benefit of us all.