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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
NOVEL AND INTERESTING CHAPTER
IN BANKING.

The announcement that the de-
positors of the failed Memphis
Mercantile Bank have already had
! their losses settled by the bank
diTectors-those with deposits less
than 81 600 paid in full and the
rest rs per cent-telIs a new and
interesting story in American
banking. Not that we know of has
there ever been such a ready and
full response by directors to the
call of duty. The following appre-
ciative comment is reproduced from
the Commercial Appeal:
Within three months, almost to
the day, the losses caused by the
failure of the Mercantile Bank
through the defalcation of its pres
ident, have been as far as possible,
repaired.
The depositors under 81, 900 have
been made whole. and the larger
depositors have to their credit rs
per cent Of their claims.
The methods by which these good
results have been brought about
are unparalleled in the history of
American banking.
Voluntarily the directors, with
out thought of the question Of liza
bility. put up $500, 900. Most of
them were heavy losers. In spite
of their losses. they undertook this
additional burden.
Actions such as this strengthen
the faith men have in their fellow
beings and show to what splendid
heights men may rise by the exer-
else of the manly qualities that
moved these directors.
The receivership of the old bank,
under j. L Hutton. was splendid
ly handled Court costs and law
fees were kept at minimum and
the general expenses were almost
bCSllk1DlC-
The Mercantile Bank having been
looted once, it was determined that
it should not be looted again dur
ing the receivership under forms
of the law.
This is all we'll said. Only We
choose to believe that the action of
the directors was prompted, in the
main. by a true sense of their liza.
bilities moral and legal. 1t
argues best for the banking busi-
ness to take this view For with
it thoroughly established as prin-
cIple of banking. that directors
ARE liable to depositors, there
will be lew rule of conduct of
directors meetings, and of scrutiny
of banking statements and affairs.
And where directors take their
duties and liabilities thus seriously,
there will be an end of bank fail.
ures. -Vicksburg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
that reddish brown thing

that reddish brown thing over
there.
How do you get into it?"
There is ladder reaching up
to the top, and here are doors all
along the way up and you can feed
from them and you use from one
until you can't reach it and then
you open another door and feed
from it. and shut the other up.
why is that any better than the
cribs and barns that we used to
have?"
Because it is cut up and put in
there green and is kept so hot that
it is almost cooked and it retains
its nutritious elements.
Mr.. Dunbar. Wilson and George
went to the house and Wilson and
George got in the car and went
back to the White House.
AS far as I'm concerned. I'm
making public improvement of the
town. Speak we'll. talk encourage
ingly Of the town you live in. Of
its prospects. of your neighbors,
and in fact of every thing likely to
advance the public good. 1t is
such little things that make q town
grow. Their cost is Insignificant
when divided among all. but when
concentrated into general effort
they do the business thoroughly
| and tremendously.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Limestone at $500 a Ton.

There was bill passed by the
last legislature which many farmers
probably do not know about, bill
designed to do a great deal for the
farmers of South Mississippi, If
they will only take advantage of
the law, and a large credit for
which is due our fellow -toWnsman
and Senator, Hon. M. U. Mounger,
says the Collins Commercial. This
law is an Act authorizing the peni-
tentiary to use the State cenvicts
in crushing and shipping limestone
at actual cost to the farmers over
the State. These limestone quar-
ries are situated in almost neigh
bor county, that of Rankin. and
the cost of crushing is estimated at
fifty cents the ton and the low
shipping rate will bring this lime
stone to our farmers for about
$1.5O the ton, making the actual
cost laid down at the nearest point,
only S2 the ton Our lands are
very much in need Of limestone in
order that legumes may be grown
in the most luxuriant manner, that
they may be invested and re-
invested with nitrogen Our lands
are so easy to pack; they must be
kept loamy as we'll as fertile that
the highest support may be given
to plant life. Our farmers should
begin to get this limestone just as
soon as the State provides for its
crushing and shipping. We should
not forget to give a large measure
of credit for this legislation in the
interest of the farmer to our Sena-
tor Mounger.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
YESTERDAY MORNINGS EN-
.TERTAINMENT.

Yesterday morning the contest
for the Julius Priebatsch piano
medal and contest in sight-sing-
ing. as well as a varied programme
was carried out.
In the sight-singing contest Miss
Annie Pearl Griffing won the Peri
patetics medal.
Miss Myrtis Walker carried off
the Priebatsch medal by her we'll
rendered selection.
Miss nellie Vann was awarded
the Peripatetics' medal for general
excellence in elocution
Songs by the eighth grade and
a Cycle of Costume Songs par
ticipated in by the 3rd and 4th
grades were also we'll carried out
by those participating
Readings we're also given by Oh
lie May Harrington. Merritt Al.
ford and Ollielea Hodges.
The DR.. Bennett Sartin medal
for composition was won by Miss
Edith Willis. the subject being
Domestic Science"
Miss Flora Mae Grafton captured
the medal offered by Mrs. E. M.
Bee for excellence in English.
Mrs. K. 7. Scherck addressed the
scholars and their guests on behalf
of the Peripatetics, making a
strong plea for sight.singiDg in
school work.
There we're 81 certificates of ex-
cellence awarded, the unusual rec
ord of "a attending the entire ses-
sion without being either absent or
tardy.
The general exhibit of grade
work. manual training and sewing
excelled even the fine showings Of
previous years.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Another vnd Very Satisfactory Ad
justment Of a Bank Failure.

Unofficial advices have been re-
ceived by the state banking com
mission that the Bank of Herman
vile. which closed its doors few
weeks since. will be re-opened
under the name of Union Bank of
HermanvilIe.
Messrs A. A. Parsons and e. M.
Davis, of Jackson. and Major Lee
Richardson, of Vicksburg, have
entered into an agreement with the
creditors of the defunct bank to
take over the assets. pay the depos-
itors and other creditors dollar for
dollar. and open the new bank with
capital stock of $25. 600.
Shortly after the Bank Of Her.
mnavilIe closed. the directors guar
anteed all depositors and creditors
that they would receive not less
than 85 per cent Of their claims.
They have since been able to make
settlement whereby no loss will be
sustained.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
GRADUATING ExERCISES.

The graduating exercises were
set for last night. the following
large class being scheduled to re.
ceive their diplomas:
Inez Scherck, Nell VanD, Mary
Ard. Elsie Barge, Claude Boad wee.
Perry Barron, Cecil Boadwee. Rosa.
lee Caraway. Henry Cato, Henry
Day, Sadie Ford, Fulton Flowers.
Flora Mae Grafton, BurreI Higdon,
David Hobbs. Lethea Hedges
Fannie Mae James. Howard Lowell,
Lexie May Adele McNair. Mabe
Morgan, Hamilton PannelI, Jacl
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Senator vardaman on Woman
Suffrage.

Senator Vardaman's interesting
discussion of the woman suffrage
question in yesterdays Public
Ledger laid chief emphasis upon
the complications created in the
South by the negro problem, the
unwillingness of the white men to
permit the enormous extension of
The ignorant and vicious vote
which would be involved in the
enfranchisement of the negro
women, and the refusal of the
white women to be thrown into
closer contact with the negro popu-
latlon which the exercise of the
right to vote would necessitate.
While the argument of the Misslss-
ippl Senator was thus chiefly di-
rected 10 his cherished plan for the
repeal of the fifteenth amendment
to the Constitutions prospect
that is at present beyond the pale
of practical politics-and for the
relegation of the entire control of
suffrage to the States, he neverthe-
less expresses the essence of the
view of the majority of those in
the north who are opposed to the
suffrage movement.
There are many thoughtful citi-
zens in Pennsylvania for example,
who will vote against the suffrage
amendment to the State Constitu-
tion should it be submitted to
vote, not because they doubt the
fitness of the average educated
woman to share in the responsible
ties of self-government. but be-
cause they fear the consequences
of the sudden doubling of the num-
hers Of the voters by the addition
of untried and inexperienced voters.
They deprecate the wholesale
enlargement of the number of the
enfranchised when, in their judg-
ment, the real need of the hour is
its judicious Limitation by the ex-
clusion of the illiterate. the vicious
and the unfit. Philadelphia Ledg.
er.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Officers Have to Be Careful.

The reckless use of firearms by
law officers in pursuit of persons
charged with petty offeuyes was
vigorously denounced by the Su-
preme Court of Mississippi in a
decision handed down lataIy. The
court held that officers. as we'll as
other persons, should have a true
appreciation of the value of the
human life and ruled that, here
after, when an officer shoots and
kills person. charged with mis-
demeanor. even though the party
is fleeing from justice, the officer
is liable on his official bond for
damages to the family of the VIC
tim,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Co. \. Makes Change.

On account of a complete re:
organization of the Mississippi
National Guard. Brookhaven il
now in the fourth independent
Battalion, with George q. Hoskins,
Major. Brookhaven. and Company
4, Clarksdale: Company F, jackson
Company 6, Greenwood: Company
Fl, Brookhaven, forming the bat
talon.
Hereafter all of the companies
of the state, militia will be main
tanned in battalion formation in
stead of regiments. as heretofore.
many field officers being put on the
supernumerary list. where they
will remain until "a full companies
have been recruited, when it is
probable that two full regiments
will be formed. There are now IS
companies in the state militia.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

Senator James K Vardaman has
accomplished one thing, at least.
that has never before been done in
the United States Senate. On
March 10. he secured a direct vote
on the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment. 1t did not carry. but
l9 senator's voted for it and John
Sharp Williams was one OF the
number. Nineteen votes is a pref
ty creditable showing for the first
attempt Dixie Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

No one when garden time comes
will Intentionally or maliciousIy
permit their chickens to destroy
their own or their neighbors' gar
dens. aud no neighbor feels like
knocking a chicken over and throw.
ling It over the fence, though the
law gives you that privilege.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

The law partnership heretofore
existing between Hons. j. B.
Holden and + D. Hewitt. at Nc
Comb has been dissolved by mutual
consent. The dissolution of this
weIlknown firm was made neces-
sary by the appointment uf Judge
Holden to the Circuit Judgeship of
this district and his consequent
retirement from the practice Of
law.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
Privilege Taxes Due.

Notice is hereby given to all
parties who are due for privilege
tax that they are now due and pay
able.
After June 1st damages will! be
assessed as the law directs.
7. Fl MONTGOMERY,
Sheriff and Tax Collector.
Br0okhaven, Miss,
May IL, 1914
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

As is usually the case at this
season of the year the water res
ervoirs at the city power station
are at a very low mark. Water
users should be. careful and not
cause unnecessary waste. The
pumps are run full capacity, "a
hours day.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

When in anger fill your mouth
with water. but do not swallow
any of it. Yon will thus be enabled
to refrain from saying many fool
ish things.
Miss Maud White, now Of
Biloxi. is expected the first OF n ,xt
week by Mrs R E. Higdon. as a
guest for some days.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

Parsons. Charles Perkins. Earl Sas.
ser. Roderiek Smith. Edith Willis.
Hon. John 2. Talley. OF Hatties-
burg. candidat Tor governor. mada
the address Of the occasion.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

Young man, stick to the farm a
while longer. The hope of our
land is.its yeomanry. An educat-
ed. righteous. farming population
will bring prosperity to any nation.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

Some men are always preaching
economy and expecting their wives
to do the practicing.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

A person in an adjoining county
wrote to US the other day inquiring
il certain persons were still in bus
iness here. At first we were aston
ished at such question. but when
on investigation we found their
names hadn't been in print for
many q day we ceased our wonder
ing
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23

Jackson. Miss May 20.-Capt.
Richard Winslow of the Coast
Artillery Corps at Brownsville,
Tex. wlio committed suicide today,
was the son of Mrs. S. P. Winslow,
of Jackson. and was thirty.six years
of age. He is survived by a
widow and two children
Capt. WinsloN's first active mil.
itary service was as a n-commis-
stoned officer of the First Tennessee
Regiment of volunteers during the
Spanish-American war. After the
war he became captain of the
Capital Light Guards, a volunteer
organization of this city Presi-
dent Mckinley appointed him a
lieutenant IN the regular army.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-05-23
R. B. WinsIOw, Army Officer, and
Former Miss. Captain,
Kills Self.

Brownsville. Tex. May 90
Capt. Richard P. WinsIow, of the
Ninety-frst Coast Artillery Corps,
died here early today from the
effects of a shot from an army au-
tomato pistol. The bullet entered
the right side of the head and pass
ed through the brain, after which
Winslow lived twenty-five minutes.
An army physician said he was
temporarily mentally derangeJ.
No one was present when the
shot was fired. Capt. Winslow
came TO Brownsville from Fort
Morgan, Ala, in the recent troop
movement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
STANDARDIZATION
OF MOTOR TIRES

the standardizing Of everything pertain
ing 10 an automobile proceeds steadily" an
nounces a tire and rubber companv dis
cussing the outlook for 1914 Not only is
the trend toward fewer standard tire sizes.
but II viii be found when the standard has
arrived that the sizes generally used will
be uniformly larger tires than haze been
considered large enough hitherto The So
cleIy OF Automobile Engineers is now irving
70 reduce tire sizes to about IL Proba bIv
the popular sizes will number even less
than that, finally. a few years ago there
was a rush toward very large wheels and
tires by certain car makers Since then
practice has returned to sizes between the
largest and the old bicycle sizes that were
the original foundation.
In cross section there is steadily greater
demand for larger tires. There's a reason
Tor this. OF tires returned to manufa cturers
It was found, for instance that five times
as many 34x4 tires were damaged in the
FABRIC as IN the 35X41A size. Six times as
many S2XS = tires had fabric breaks a 33Zk
and the same comparison applies to 36x4
and S7x41 Z, and to 34x31 = and 35xA
\ IN other words, where larger aItern alive
tlfes are used, fabric damage is largely
eliminated. What little does occur in the
larger sizes results directly from under
Initiation or accident.
Tire companies are naturally advocating
the use Of larger tires wherever possible. as
a protection not only to themselves but ID
car owners as well. The result is already
seen IN lower mileage costs"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

off before the motor is started up or
Oil
The Winter overhaul is a good time
70 readjust the clutch and give such
attention to the cone or discs as they
may demand Usually little taxing
up IS all that is needed in this part.
me same is true of the steering gear.
sack leash will appear AFTER a time,
anu TINS will reach dangerous stage
unless readjustment is made The
steering wheel should not work
slltflys but there should not be much
ldle motion. On all late cars the
steering knuckles and the steering
gear itself, are provided with locks
nuts for readjusting.
Remove the hub caps on the wheels,
Iusn them with kerosene, so as TO
remove the old grease, and then re-
pack them with compound. This is
work that needs to be repeated two
or three times during the season for
the front wheels. There is little more
thal the average owner, even the
raneher equipped with a shop, can do
with the transmission other than
uush out the case, cleaning it of all
OI0 grease or lubricant required by
Ine car. If the gear teeth show much
wear, they ought, Of course, to be re-
pIaced; but this is a job that can be
pest done in a garage.
The universal joints on the drive
smart, of which there may be one or
two should be flushed out and re-
packed with grease If the leather
boot covering them become worn,
thus letting the grease run out easily,
and admitting dirt it ought to be re-
placed with new. The differential or
compensation gear on the rear axle is
a part of the car that seldom gives
trouble, but which demands certain
attention, as it has a lot of hard work
70 40 Thus 1t is well to flush 1t out
clean, and repack or refill with the
lubricant named for the car. Atten-
ton to the instruction book in the use
of lubricants, and in making adjust
mOtorcar owner to overhaul his car
inteligently. The acquaintance thus
gained leads to a familiarity that later
develOpes into a pride of ownership,
and delight in driving, akin to that
Of possessing a sWift-fOoted, pedi-
greed thoroughbred.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

nent part than when the concrete acted
as the supporter Of a practically still
load.
There is, however. one bridge and
culvert material which is of form
scientifically adapted to securing the
greatest possible strength in proper
ton to the material employed, and
which is also characterized by resi-
liency or elasticity. I refer to cor
rugated iron. Its peculiar advantage
at the present time lies in the fact
that its strength can so readily be
multiplied by the use Of heavier than
standard cages, or, possibly by deeper
cOrrugatiOns. The additional cost Of
heavier cages appears to be in direct
proportion to the additional material
employed, while the gain in strength
is several times greater.
Practical results in the use Of these
cUlverts seems to bear out the claim
that resistance to corrOsion in iron or
steel is in exact proportion to the
success gained in getting rid of the
impurities. Many of the steel culverts
which were put in in the early enthu-
siasm for the corrugated form are
already seriously damaged, or perhaps
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
Overhauling the Car For Summer
81 + il IL IL
Some Pointers To the Owners

VERHAULING the motor car for
4 the spring and summer is the
~ order of the day, or will be in
few weeks Many motor car owners
viii perfer to do their own work. To
these the following from an eJnari
enced automobile man viii be of inter-
est:
slot in which a screwdriver can he
inserted for turning back on the valve
seat: though special tool is provided
for this by some machines. Grinding
valves is a work that requires a good
measure of patience more than anv-
and seats can be cut down smooth IL
GROUND long enough. When all have
been finished, care having been taken
not to let any of the compound get
down into the cylinders, the timing of
the valves must be done accurately in
order to get correct results in the
oDeratfOn of the motor. Special tools
are provided for scrap1ng the cylinders
clean of accumulated carbon, and this
can usually be done when the valves
heads, afterwards washing the whole
clean with kerosene.
When this has been done, the igni-
ton system should be inspected, and
all worn lines and connections re-
placed. A few cents and a little trou-
BILE spent in this will often prevent an
noying delays on the road. The mag
neto and the coil are two parts of the
machine that nobody but an expert
should tamper with; moreover, usually
they demand nothing more than better
wiring and connections. The main care
to be exercised is in replacing the old
wiring correctly. The better plan is to
take down but one line at time, get
ting it in place before another is re-
moved.
1t is well to flush out the cam gears
at the forward end of the motor with
kerosene, and then replace the old
grease with new compound Usually
a removal place is provided through
which this can be done. The crank
and oil case should be cleaned with
kerosene and the entire oil system
flushed so as to be freed of gummed
grease and waste that sometimes
cause clogging. Care must be used
to see that all the kerosene is drained
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

vERHAULING the motor car for
4 the spring and summer is the
~ order of the day, or will be in a.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
Modern Needs In Road Work
Largely Differ From the Past
By B. G. MARSHALL

? o one can take heed Of the trend
n Of the times without being con-
WINGED that our road construc-
ton methods will have to be radically
changed within the next few years as a
result of this giant wagon traffic.
Forms of foundation and of surfacing
which were excellent in the day of
horse drawn vehicles will have to give
place to others which are capable of
enduring the strains incident to the
passage of loads of from 10 to 20 tons,
at a speed of Is miles per hopr.
In particular, we shall have to in
stall much stronger bridges and cul-
verts. The wooden bridge belongs with
the OK team and the one horse pillow in
the days that are past Concrete
bridges will have to be planned with
reference to the enormous shocks and
strains resulting from the new traffic
conditions Unfortunately, this favor
lite material is very i'll adapted to sus-
tain. stresses which take the form of
impact, and the steel reinforcement
Will have to play a much more promi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

u =.
Z number of men are now training
TO carry war dispatches in the irish
army These men are equipped with
IlrSI class motorcycles, ana MANY of
them come from the first families of
E. G. Baker, of Indianapolis. re-
Gently broke the worlds hour motor
cycle record. riding on the Phoenix,
Arizona, track. Baker covered 1 500
yards, the former hour record being
LOO yards.
A series of weekend parties" are
being given by the Erie, Pa. Motor
cycle club, which serve to keep the
members in close touch with each
other during the winter months.
About 60 riders participated in the
annual run of the Pasadena, Calf.
covered 162 miles.
About 200 mOtorcyclists attended
the annual get together banquet of
the Rockford, Ills, Motorcycle club.
The police department of Detroit
Mich, is considering the addition of a
number of motorcycle officers.
The Central Union Telephone COM
pany of Indianapolis Ind, uses more
than 20 motorcycles in its various de-
partments.
Miss Minnie Schuerger has the dis
uDction of being the first woman in
Washington, D. c., to secure a license
to operate a motorcycle.
Dad" Stewart, of Bay City, Mich
who is 20 years of age, is an enthu-
siastic motorcyclist.
The fact that Bob Perry won first
Gle event at Savannah means that he
will now be able to finish his course
of engineering in the University of
Illinois.