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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04
Cotton Crop Report = Covernment
Agent to Make Inspection.

Mr.. w. L. Pryor, of Laurel,
cotton crop specialist of the Bureau
of Statistics. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. will probably
visit the various Districts in the
near future with view to making
an investigation of cotton condl-
tioDs in this section.
Oh April 1st. Mr.. Pryor will be-
gin to travel the entire cotton belt.
He will report upon the acreage.
condition, and prospective yield of
the cotton crup in every State,
making trips over the territory at
regular intervals.
His observations of the crops in
the fields will be supplemented by
the reports of several hundred cot
ton crop correspondents. who will
report to him directly at the end
of each month.
Mr.. Pryor has had eight years
experience in crop reporting east
of the Mississippi river, and he be.
lieves that he can size up the situa.
tion over the belt pretty clearly.
This is a new work on the part
of the Government. and is an effort
on the part of the Secretary Of
Agriculture to improve the efficien-
cy of the cotton reports issued by
the Bureau of Statistics monthly
during the cotton seasun.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04
.!ND!CT BANK OFFICIALS
Grand Iury at Natchez Returns Bills
Against Three More Indict-
ments Expected.

Natchez. Miss. April 2. Those
indicted: A G. Campbell. Presi-
dent::S. 81. Lowenburg. Vice Pres
ident: X. Lee Wood. Second Vice
President.
After several days Of investigat-
ing the failure of the First Natchez
Bank the grand jury this morning
indicted three of the officials ard it
is stated is now probing the saving
department of the same institution
and more indictments are expected
The trial of the three officers,
Mr.. Campbell. Mr.. Lowenburg and
Mr.. Wood, has been set for two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon The
tirstkwo were arrested and held in
SIC. GOO bond each and the last at
SIC. 600. All secured bondsmen
and we're present in court when
Judge Jackson said the trial would
open on Thursday. He advised
them to make arrangements for
their attorneys
The indictments were based on
charges of receiving money for de-
posit when it was known the bank
was insolvent.
Rhmors were going around the
streets that two other indictments
had been returned. but the sheriff
and other officials denied it. Fl
Marshall Gather and G. Scott Pin.
tardI when communicated with by
a representative Of the News. de-
MED that they had been served and
would not say if they expected it
<AI of the accused officials took
their arrest calmly and immediate
Ily started to make plans for their
defense. 1t is reported at least
three more indictments can be ex-
pected.
Service upon the bank officials
was obtained by Sheriff P. w.
MulvihiIl. The officer left the
court house shortly after the in
dIctment had been brought down
and did not return until the court
had taken recess for dinner.
The names of those indicted could
not be given until court resumed
at two o'clock.
s. b. Lowenburg, the vice presi-
dent of the failed First Natchez
Bank. is head of /. Lowenburg &
Co.. Wholesale grocers of this city.
He has many business interests
here and is prominent.
A. @ Campbell. president of the
First Natchez. has been a resident
| Of NaiHhaz for many years s-and wes-
prominent In both the business and
social world until the time of the
bank failure.
R Lee Wood was second vice
president of the bank and was
prominent, having many friends
here.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04
Value Of Permanent Roads.

To give an idea Of what perma-
nent roads are WORTH, recently a
number of prospectors from Ken
tucky and Illinois we're in this COM
munity looking for land with a
view to settling here. They in
spected some of the lands south of
here and in this beat. which they
said they were offered at $40 an
acre. They pronounced it as good
as some of the land in their home
states. which were valued at $3.50
an acre and thought it very cheap.
But. on account Of the bad roads
leading to this land. they said they
did not want 1t If the roads had
been first class. they said they
would not mind paying S25 an acre
for the property. This shows oae
of the many reasons for building
permanent roads. All property
would be worth more and could be
sold for more. The increase il
property values would be the means
| of reducing the taxes and still raise
the same revenues. Newton Rec.
ord.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04


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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04
Give $4,000 to Church.

Moss Point, Miss. March 3d.
The congregation of the Methodist
Church yesterday received a letter
from the L. N. >Dantzler Lumber
Company. notifying the church that
this company had decided to donate
to the church SIS. 600 for the erec-
tion of modern brick church.
The offer further stated that the
lumber company would donate all
the lumber to be used in the con-
struction of the building.
The sum is donated in memory
of the late Mrs. s. e. Dantzler,
mother Of the Dantzler children.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

1t is reported from over the
county that many miles of the
gravel roads on which Kinds county
has spent thousands of dollars have
been washed away by the floods and
heavy rains of the past week. On
one section of road a scope of four
miles is said to have been washed
away. and that is supposed TO be
because of the fact that no kind of
binding was used in the construc-
tinn Of the roads.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04
Ask Recall Of Taylor.

Petitions are being circulated ii
jackson for the recall Of s. J,
Taylor. mayor-commisspner. Mayor
Taylor says be is ready for the
trial at any time. and in the event
the recall is demanded one Of the
liveIiest fights of the time is prom
ised The chief charge against
Mr.. Taylor is that he spends most
Of his time playing politics. instead
Of attending to bis duties SIS mayor
Of. the city.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

Parchman. Miss. March 3d.
Boycs & Co., Of Memphis. today
purchased 1000 bales Of peniten-
tiary raised cotton. The price paid
was $125. 900. By the purchase to-
day. sales to the Boyce concern ag-
gegate 1000 bales of the present
season. the total consideration be-
ing $3.50. 600
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

The Picayune. after a run Of rs.
years. has hung r30'' on the hook
and will be consolidated with the
Times-Democrat. Negotiat MS
have not been completed at this
writing.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

An exchange remarks Every
body is surprised at the things that
come to light when big bank
fails. 10 Memphis the people had
all confidence in Raine who hit the
bank for cool million. With a
few more iolts like Leo Lesser and
Raine have given Memphis business
men they Will certainly begin to
look out for that kind Of cattle. |"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

Judge William Richardson, con-
Rressman from Alabama since
1900, died at Atlantic City n, ].
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-04-04

At Natchez drug stores rotate on
Sunday opening for business. each
taking turn at remaining open ell
day.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
NEGRO HAS IRON STOMACH.
Picked Up FIattened Bullets and
Handed Them Back to Policeman.

Tain't no use pelting me wild
dem things" said William Boyd, a
gigantic negro of Champaign, ILL.,, as
he picked a flattened bullet from his
stomach and handed it back to Pa
trolman Thompson, who had just
shot at two men who were engaged
in a brawl. The bullet missed the
fighting men, but struck Boyd, an
innocent bystander, in the stomach.
1t tore through the clothing and
abrased the skin slightly.
Boyd picked it out and returned 1t
to the officer and then continued on
his way to work. The fighting men,
amazed by the incident, were sub
dued by the spectacle and submitted
to arrest. The bullet that struck the
negro's stomach was pounded almost
fiat by the impact.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
24S BARRELS OF BOOZE FOUND
Sleuths Unearthed 1t in Albany, and
It's Ownership Is to Be Decided
BY United States Judge.

Judge Shepherd, who is presiding
for Judge Speer, will soon convene
the federal court at Albany, and one
of the most interesting cases to be
heard during the term will be that
OF the United States VS.. PAS barrels
of whiskey, which was seized by the
government internal revenue inspec-
tors on the ground that it was not
labeled as required by the govern
ment.
The whiskey, valued at about 3d.
GOO, was shipped from the Hauga-
book-Camp Whiskey Company, of
Girard, Ala, to a fictitious club in
Albany. Since it was seized by the
government the Girard company has
claimed the whiskey.
. The question to be determined by
Judge Shepherd is whether or not
the whiskey shall be declared for
feited and sold by the government.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
is VERY MUCH A FATHER.
Is SO Years of Age and Has Had 35
Children in His Household.

Ferdinand Eglinski, aged SO, a
tailor, of Albech, is Germany's cham
pion father. OF his successive mar
riages with two sisters 35 children
were born, &c of whom are still liv-
ing.
The tailor married at the age Of
20. His first wife, who died in 1907,
bore him "a children. In 1908 he
married his deceased wife's sister,
who has borne him II children in the
last six years. Triplets came on one
occasion and twins were born twice.
When his sixth son entered the
army in 1913 Eglinsh received a
private audience with the Kaiser,
who ordered him entertained in Ber-
lin at his majesty's expense for a
week. Eglinski has become a celeb
rity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
BALD HEAD SAVES OWNERS LIFE
Rejecting Rays of the Headlight
Serves as Danger Signal to an
Onrushing Automobile.

DENVER, Col.-The bald head OF
Christian Christensen, 81 years old,
saved his life. Now he is an anti
hair restorer champion and no more
desires to coax hairs back to a barren
scalp.
Shortly before $50 o'clock, while
walking in the dark, Christensen re-
ceived a bruise on his forehead and
a deep cash over his right eye from
a mysterious source. He dropped un-
conscious to the pavement in Speer
boulevard, near the city hall.
At $3.50 o'clock a fire alarm came
into city hall headquarters. The au-
tomobile of Chief Healy sped down
the boulevard. AS it neared the spot
where Christensen was lying the
chauffeur of the fire automobile saw
the bald head of Christensen reflect
the rays from the auto headlights.
BY throwing on the emergency
brakes the machine was stopped in 4
inches of Christensen's body. Chief
Healy picked Christensen up and
summoned Police Surgeon Gotham
mer.
Christensen could give the police
surgeon no information as to how
he received his injuries. The police
believe that Christensen was slugged.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
AVIATION'S DEATH TOLL.
In Three Months 3S Men Have Lost
Their Lives in Flying Machines.

In Three Months 80 Men Have Lost
Their Lives in Flying Machines.
Death levied a heavy toll on the
aviators of the world for the first
three months of this year.
Between January l and April l 3S
men in all parts of the world lost
their lives through the uncertainty of
air currents or the failure of their
flying machines. The United States,
with five killed, stands fourth on the
list, which France heads with ten
dead Germany lost eight in the
same period, Great Britain seven,
Turkey three and Chile, Spain, Ar
gentine, Switzerland and Italy one
each.
Since Lieutenant Thomas H. Self
ridge, U. S. A, was killed at Fort
Meyer September II, 1908, the first
victim of aviation, 462 airmen in all
parts of the world have fallen for the
cause.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14

the variety and prices of feeds are
such that the animals can be eco
nomically finished for the market
The forage plants, especially sor-
ghum and corn, make such luxuri-
ant growth in the Southern ATTITUDES
that large yields of solage can be
produced per acre.
BY the eradication of the cattle
tick the use of good, pure beef bulls,
the improvement of the pasture land
and a closer study of the cattle bus
mess, the South will develop into a
great cattle raising section, and
should contribute largely to the sup
ply of meat in the next two decades.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
WOODWARD FOR GOVERNOR.
People in All Parts of the State Are
Urging Atlanta's Mayor.

Atlanta, Ga.-Friends Of Mayor j.
G. Woodward Of Atlanta are again
urging him to get into the race for
governor. The talk which was start
ed some time ago was given little
encouragement by the mayor, but
since the situation has taken a differ
ent turn the matter has been revived
and many friends in different parts
of the state have written the mayor
strongly urging him to run. An At
lanta travelling man wrote the mayor
today that he knew a thousand OF
his associates who would vote for
him and work for him. The matter
has been pushed to such, an extent
as to get the mayor to thinking
about it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
A TEXAS WONDER.

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves gray
ell, cures diabetes, weak and lame
backs, rheumatism, and all lrregu-
larities of the kidneys and bladder III
both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. II not
sold by your druggist will be sent by
mail on receipt of $1.00. One small
bottle is two months treatemnt, and
seldom fails to perfect a cure. SEND
for testimonials from this and other
states. DR.. E. w. HALL, 1926 Olive
street, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by drug
gists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
BARK WENTDOWNATSE
A NORWEGIAN VESSEL RAMMED
BY AMERICAN STEAMER.
The Banks Captain Died of Heart
Failure and Two Were Drowned
ONLY Loss of Life.


NEPORT NEWS, Va.-HaVing
aboard the body of the captain and
eleven survivors of the crew of the
Norwegian bark Orellana the Ameri-
can steamer Peter Crowell arrived
here tonight. Two sailors went down
with the Orellana, which was rammed
and sunk off Barnegat, n. j., last
night by the Crowell.
The eleven survivors of the Orel-
lana were taken from the sea by the
Crowells boats after the Orellan
two boats had been swamped. Inc
survivors included one woman, the
wife of the first mate.
Information concerning the COILS
ion was given out by the Norwegian
counsel. H. NJ. Richardson, to whom
a report of the ramming was made
by Capt. Vail of the Crowell.
According to the report the Orel-
lana was struck during a heavy MIST
the CroweI being under good speed
at the time. The wooden bark filled
rapidly and within an hour had sunk
in seventeen fathoms of water. The
report saws one cause of the wreck
was the dim ligths displayed by the
bark
Can't. Johannsen of the bark was
dead when taken from one of the res
cue boats. His death is believed to
have been due to heart failure, ag-
gravated by excitement. Whether
the two members of the crew who
were drowned misiudged the time
the Orellana would stay afioat or
were overlooked when the others left
the bark could not be learned.
Great confusion is said to have pre-
vailed following the crash and the
sailors of the Orellana are said to
have piled wildly into the two boats
of the Orellana, after the mates wife
was placed in one of them. Capt.
Vail gives this as the reason for their
swapping.
Many of the rescued left the bark
scantily clad and we're half frozen
when picked up by. the Crowelrs
boats. which were launched immedi-
ately after the Orellana's boats were
swamped.
The Orellana was 81 days out of
Boulogne, France, for New York. The
Crowel was bound from Boston for
here.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
THE CHEERFUL GRAVE DIGGER.
Has Helped Bury Seven Thousand
Persons i'm Sixteen Years.


Persons in Sixteen Years.
The cheeriest man in Topeka, and
a philosopher of the soil, is Richard
Fritz, an old Prussian, who has been
employed in the Topeka cemetery for
sixteen years and has dug 1000
graves.
If you visit the cemetery on a
March afternoon when the wind is
flying over the hill and expect to see
a Gabriel Grub who, as Mr.. Wardle
told the Pickwick club, "consorted
with nobody but himself and an old
wicker bottle" you will be disap-
pointed. Richard Fritz, LEAH ng on
his spade, looks like Prussian peas
ant digging a garden.
He greets you cheerily. He has
worn out twelve shovels, he tells you,
burying men when clouds of snow
whistle into the grave pits and on
summer nights when a white mist
sails over the moon.
Deere ISIS nothin' sad in dis he
declares. "a healthy person is never
sad. We all go back to Mudder
Earth. Every man must earn his
daily bread, he plunges his spade
into the dirt-"so | earn mine"
He was born in Prussia in 1S49
and was frightened little chap who
shivered on his fathers knee in the
freight when he heard tales of COB
Inns and elves.
Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"
Richard Fritz digs deep with his
shovel. His blue eyes twinkle above
his cheeks bronzed by the blow of the
wind.
''Dere amt such a ting like a
spoOk," he says.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
NEGRO BLOOD IN HIS VEINS?

A Chicago man who knows Villa,
the Mexican rebel leader, personally
says he thinks he has negro blood
in his veins and has had military
training somewhere. This recalls
that two soldiers of the Tenth cav
airy have declared that they recog-
nized Villa as a former fellow troop
er. The officers of the Tenth are
strict disciplinarians, and it is per
hans from them that Villa got those
qualities which have made him sucf
a formidable leader of the revolu
! tionists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
APAUPER'S WEALTH.

Inmate of Poor House Had 81, 900 in
Toe of His Tattered Shoes.
Dan Shindlum was an inmate OF
the county poor house at Oak For
est, III. He went there in January,
and no one questioned his right to
be one of the army of paupers.
He died the other day. In the toe
of one of his tattered shoes were
found a bank book showing a bal
ance of $1,O54.34 and an express
money order for $24.
Shindlum came to America from
Russia two years ago, and the bank
account represented his earnings
since as a shoestring peddler.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
CHURCH BAN on CLUB MEMBERS

BY reaffirming their loyalty to that
portion of the Methodist discipline
which deals with the attitude of the
church toward fntOXicants and by as
serting their determination to en-
force the law in their respective
churches the members of the Atlanta
Methodist Ministers Union have
pledged themselves to eliminate from
their congregations all members OF
locker clubs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
LOCK OF LINCOLN's HAIR.
Sold For 500 the Other Day at an
Auction Sale.

Auction Sale.
Even a dead persons hair is valua-
Bile, especially if the deceased acquir-
ed some prominence. A lock Of Pres
ident Lincoln's hair sold for $50 the
other day at the auction sale of the
effects of the late Major William H.
Lambert, of Philadelphia.
The lock was cut from the wound
ed head of President Lincoln the day
following his assassination by Mrs.
Schuyler Colfax, wife of the speaker
of the house, specially for Mrs. Lin
coin. Shortly before her death Mrs
Lincoln gave the lock to her sister
Mrs. Ninian w. Edwards. 1t after
wards came into the possession OF
Major Lambert, together with writ
ten certificate of its history.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
Your Stomach Bad =?
JUST TRY ONE DOSE of
Mayr'S Wonderful Stomach Remedy
and Be Convinced That You Can
Be Restored to Health

You are not asked to take Mayr's Wonder
full Stomach Remedy for weeks and months
before you receive any beneht-one dose IS
usually required to convince the most skeptical
sufferer of Stomach Ailments that this great
remedy should restore anyone 50 afflicted to
good health. Mayr's Wonderful stomach
Remedy has been taken By many thousands OF
people throughout the land. II has brought
health and ha@2iacss to sufferers WHO had
despaired of ever being restored and who
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Stomach, Liver ard Intestinal Ailments 70
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and the benefits are entirely natural. as II
acts on the source and foundation Of these
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
To The Public

The officers and directors Of the Dawson
National Bank with profound regret announce
the death of Mr. Andrew Jackson Carver, who
in 1889 founded the institution, was its first
President and Chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors at the time of his decease.
Under his able direction the institution has
prospered and today stands as a memorial to
to him and an inspiration to those whose mo-
tives are prompted by stern business integrity.
Few men are today left who co-operated
with him in planting the institution, but those
to whom the continuance Of its affairs have
been entrusted will ever strive to make good
his Judgment that they were worthy OF the
trust by him reposed.
The policy of the Bank will be continued
upon those principles and practices inaugurated
bv the founder that of conservatism, ever keep
ing the assets of the Bank in such condition as to
be quickly converted into cash, and the foster
ing of every interest and enterprise that pro-
mote the general public good and the making
of better men.
With these motives ever in view we invite
the assistance and cooperation Of the general
public,
r. l. SAVILLE, President.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
RUB-MY-TISM

sWil1 cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic AnOdyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price Csc.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14

For Sale in Dawson by
DAWSON DRUG COMPANY
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-01-26
MARION FARMERS
WILL HEAR COBB
Wayne County Agent to
Give Lecture on CAL
falfa."

A. d. Cobb, county agent will lee
ture on "Alfalfa' before the Marion
Farmers night school tonight. The
school, which had membership OF
eighty after the third meeting, may
be used as a pattern for a similar
school in Wayne county. 1t is con.
Quoted by Otis Crane, county agent
of Grant county.
Later in the week, Mr.. Cobb will
lecture on More and Better Corn
at two farmers Institutes in Grant
county. Mrs. Cobb will talk on do,
mestic science subjects.
The matter of establishing a Farm
ers' night school in Wayne county
was preached by Agent Crane when
he spoke before Institutes in this
county last week.
He stated that some parts of the
county. especially in the northern part
could be counted on to respond. but
did not advise the establishment of a
school in central Wayne.
"A school would not succeed if the
farmers didn't pay any more atten-
ton to time and didn't take more in
terest than they seem to at this in
stitute," he said at Centerville.
The Marion schol is now composed
largely of farmers but many profes.
sional men and women and business
men are taking farmers courses.
Mr.. Cobb will ascertain the senti.
ment of possible members of such a
school, when he returns.