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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
Grandfather vardanlan.

jackson. Miss. Jan. 6. United
States Senator Vardaman was an
arrival in the city this afternoon.
having just completed a short lee
ture tour in the state of Texas
Senator Vardaman went directly to
his home. where he found Mrs.
Vardaman, who had been an inval-
i'd for the past fortnight. in con-
vaIescent state and able to be up.
Senator Vardaman admitted with
a twinkle that the boys have got
one Oh me now, because ! am a
grandfather, the son of Mrs
Aiethe Vardaman Farley being
now fortnight old. He was as.
sured BY the group Of friends with
whom be was chatting that he GER
kainly did not look the part. The
senator has not looked SO well fol-
several wears.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
The Year Book Of the Department Of
Agriculture.

Congressman Quin has The Lead :
er's thanks for copy of the Year
Book of the Department of Agri-
culture-1 1911" The edition of
the year book, authorized by law is
500. 900. SO that in the Is years
during which it has been issued
8, 900. 600 copies have been printed
and distributed, principally to
farmers. The frontispiece this
year is a portrait of DR. Seaman
A Knapp and a tribute to his
memory is paid by Chief of the
Bureau Of Plant Industry.
OF timely interest are the sum-
mary tables. These figures refer
to the number. area and value of
farms. value Of farm buildings and
live stock; farm expenses. etc.
The figures relating to the pro-
duction and farm value Of the lead
ing crops in 1911 are of special
interest, because crops were reIa-
lively small and values relatively
high. In 1911 the corn crop de-
clined in quantity 355. 900. .00O
bushels. compared with 1910, but
the value increased $3.50. .00O, 900.
owing to higher farm prices. Oats.
barley and potatoes we're less in
quantity but greater in farm value
than the year before, while the
hay crop was IA. OOO. 600 tons short,
compared with 1910. and in spite
of prices being one-ffth higher
than the preceding year the croE
declined more than $50. QUO. 600.
| The year book is valuable ad-
dition to our shelves.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
MOORE eELEGTED gE GRAND
JURY TO AUDIT BANKS BOOKS

For the information of the many
interested The Leader has learned
and will state that the Lincoln
county grand jury selected Chas j.
Moore last week before adjourn
ment, to audit the Commercial
Banks books. This action was
taken after a short investigation
into the affair of the institution
just before the recess taken until
Jan. &c. and Moore was chosen on
account of his reputation as an ex-
pert and his previous work lately
on several defunct Mississippi
banking institution s books. Chan
ceIIor Jones, after the grand jury )
action, passed the order for his
appointment and when the inquisi-
tors again. meet Moore will be the
first to 60 before them when the
bank matter is taken up.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14

Nine. Meiba and Jan Kubellk
will BE- in New Orleans On FEB. ?.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
GREEN AND MOORE FIGHT
Former Superintendent and Expert
Accountant Mix on Account
Of Green's Talk.

A street fight yesterday at IL 80
between Expert Accountant Chas.
] Moore. now auditing the closed
Commercial Bank and Trust Co.'s
books. and former County Superin-
tendent Of Education Edgar Green.
attracted more than the usual
amount Of attention.
The fracas was the direct result
ofa statement made by Green in
the banking company's rooms
yesterday afternoon and indirectly
dated back to an. audit made by
Moore some years back, of the
county's books. Green received
severe cuts under both eyes and
also on the lips, the cuts under the
eyes having to. be crlss-crossed
with surgeons plaster several times
each. after the encounter. by DIR.
Arlington, to whose Office he went
for attention. Moore did not re-
ceive scratch. An affidavit for
ARRAY was made against Moore by
Constable Geo. w. Turnbow, who
happened to be on the scene at the
time, and $3.50 and costs were as
sessed against the accountant, no
charge being made against Green.
The original starting point of
the mems trouble, was several
years back, when Auditor Moore
was employed to make an audit of
the county's books. Ia his report
he charged Green with authorizing.
contrary to law. the payment of
some $4,000 or $40, 900 out of the
county IS school funds. "A suit in
the Chancery Court before Chan
cellor G. G. LyeIl here upheld Mr..
Green's position in the matter, no
intimation in the papers ever hav-
ing been made that he had appro.
priated any of the money to his
own use. The case is still on the
docket of the supreme court for
final decision.
On Monday afternoon. the first
day since its closure that the Com
mercial Bank has opened its doors to
the public, this step being taken to
hasten and expedite the assignees,
Mr. Green is credited with saying
among other things before twenty
or thirty people, that he approved
Of most of the actions taken since
the closure but that an auditor had
been employed who was crook
aud who would steal the records
and that he was going to make
trouble for him.
Moore was in the bank at the
time but seems not to have heard
the remark on account of being
Eehgr0ssed with his .---.L. an A. Ahe
attendant noise Of many people.
Green is serving on the circuit
court jury this week and later, at
about II 80. as he was coming from
the court house was accosted on Nc
Grath's corner. opposite the bank,
by Moore. with remarks in the
main as follows:
"Mr. Green. | understand you
stated yesterday | was o crook and
a thief. Am | correct?" To which
Green nodded. The scrap was on
then and even after Green was bad
" distigured and Moore was being
beld By bystanders. the former.
county superintendent continued to
speak out his personal convictions
just as he did before the encounter.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
CASES IN CIRCUIT COURT
Damages for s15,OOO Against Illinois
Central Railroad Given Mrs.
SaIIie Morath.

Court was engaged all of Friday
and Saturday of last week in the
trial of the case of Mrs. SalIie
Morath VS.. l. G. R. R. Co. ct al.
This was a personal injury suit
brought by Mrs. SalIie Morath
against the |. C. R. R. Co.. Jesse
Brumfield, A. P. Gunthrop and
John Evans. for the death of her
husband, Charlie Morath. on May
IL. 1918 at McComb City. Mr..
Morath was passenger On train
No. %. going south, on May IL.
1913, and was struck by some
drummers' trunks which were plac-
ed on trucks so near the train that
in attempting to alight from said
train, he was struck and knocked
to the ground. the trunks falling
from the trucks on him, thereby
causing his death. The jury in
this case on Monday morning re-
turned into court a verdict for
plaintiff for the sum of $4,000.
The following named persons are
serving as jurors for this week:
Jury No. III. F. Watson. w
w. Kyzar. ]. /. Godboid. G. B..
Phillips. Buck DeIaughter. ]. j.
Myers 6. D. Britt. e. F. Nc.
CaIip, Preston Watts. J.. A. Curry.
D. j. Wallace. j. s. Moak.
Jury Mo- I'll NJ. MeGehee. w.
Rowan Furr Mike Greer. Tom
Gill;, T. E. little, ]. w. Bowman
and Edgar Green.
Other cases disposed Of to date
are:
State Of Mississippi VS.. Dan Rut.
Land. Charged with retailing.
Jury and verdict for defendant.
State of Mississippi vs.. John
Barron. Mol pros entered.
State of Mississippi VS.. E. s.
Atkinson. Cessat processus enter
ed.
State Of Mississippi vs.. Henry
Williams Mol pros
State Of Mississippi VS.. Will
Collins. Writ of procedendo to
court below.
State Of Mississippi VS.. Carlos
Stewart. Order allowing special
venire Of 40 men drawn.
State OF Mississippi vs.. Eugene
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14

The weIi-known play. Quo
Vadis. was recently shown in
moving pictures 10 Toxic. A mis-
sionary writes that every perform
ance was attended by crowds OF
well educated and prominent Japan,
ese who paid for the privilege of.
listening to what was really q
Christian sermon. The story pf
the pictures was told as each scene
was reproduced. One missionary
said that one such performance
seemed to him to be worth about
all the sermons he could possibly
preach. There can be little doubt
Of the impression created hy the
poFtraHgi 0f the trials. patience and
courage Of the early Christians,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1914-01-14
Y. M. c. A. Building Assured.

Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
chanical College. Miss. Jan 6--
Secretary Fl. w. Nelson of the
local Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation made formal announcement
to the student body in chapel today
that the total. fund fer the erection
of a $50. 600 Y. M. G.. A. building
bad been secured. This announce
ment was possible after a very
strenuous campaign over the State
for the desired amount.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-25

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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-10-25
THE PANHANDLE" POEM
BY JUDGE n. P. WILLIS
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Heeting a. irpr',ia'iye An.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

will have in effect two brush harrows.
one following the other. Another
plank should be laid on the brush
butts and bOlted to the under plank.
In weighting this harrow. lay an ord,-
nary tooth harrow, teeth down, direct
ly on the brush drag. This makes a
very even weight, at the 50 me time
it is 50 flexible that the drag will work
its way down into the small depres
SionS as we'll as over the elevations or
the field.
The brush drag is effective in
knocking the larvae feeding on the
stubble to the ground where ii man
giles many Of them and sunocat@S
others by the dust stirred up If the
drag is built right. there will be parts
of the b-ash tearing through every
crown Of alfalfa in the field and stir
ring up the soil sufficiently To cause
Il dense fine dust in which many or
the younger larvae are snHocated ana
which the older ones find il very hard
IL crawl through to reach the plants.
many of them perishing in the heat
Of the sun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23
INJURY FROM ALFALFA LEAF.
WFENI.
Thy T.. e.. TITUS

The alfalfa leaf-weeyil. which has
during the last few years been doing
considera bic damage in parts OF our
Western States. is a European insect
which by some means unknown has
been introduced into this country
The species appears 10 be not un-
common throughout Europe and parts
Of Asia and Africa. 1t belongs 10 the
large order and hardshelled insects
called beetles, and in a group gener-
ally called snout- beetles. To this same
group belong many of our most SER
ious pests. such as the plum curculio.
cotton boil weevil and strawberry
weeVn. 1t occurs all over Europe a
portion of Northern Africa and East
ern Asia. 1t probably occurs through
out all of the regions IN which alfalfa
is cultivated in the eastern hemis-
phere. but rarely causing damage suf-
hcient to be reported
This weevil belongs to a family OF
insects which feed principally upon
| leguminous plants and several species
in the genus have been introduced
| into the United States and Canada
| Two of these. the clover leaf weeVil
and the lesser clover leaf-weevil. have
| done considerable damage To the
| clover crop in the Eastern and Gene
| tral States. and the former has been
| reported as injuring clover in the ex-
| treme Northwest. They also feed on
| alfalfa and other related plants
Many methods of Kidding the fields
| of these pests have been tried-burn-
ing, sweeping and dragging and with
varying results. Many patterns of the
| brush drag are in use, but the one
| which seems to be giving the best re
! suits is made by laying the butts Of
| rather short brush five or six fee,
long. in a row on q plank twelve OF
fourteen feet long. then another row
should be laid on the first, consiStin 9
! of longer brush, with the butts trimm-
ed a little further back, so that YOU
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

feed. The after crop that comes on
after taking off the crop makes ex-
cellent fall pasture. The grave dan
ger from clover pasture is blOat
Where stock i stunned on to it gradu-
ally until they are accustomed to it,
with access to some kind of dry feed.
salt and water, there is very little,
if any, danger from bloat.
Glover makes splendid hay when
properly cured and stored. One ton
of well-cured clover hay is worth, for
feeding purposes, nearly one-half as
much as a ton of barn. Glover hay
is especially valuable for feeding
dairy cows or young stock. The quail
ity of clover hay depends on it's pala-
tibility and nutritive value. Much of
the clover hay now used is very poor
owing to the fact that many try to
cure clover hay in the same way they
cure timothy hay. Glover hay is even
more valuable as a feed than is findi-
Gated by the amount of digeStible nu-
triments it contains. This is due to
the fact that clover is rich in protein
| or muscle forming food. Such forms
of rOughage as corn stOver, timothy
and fodder corn, are lacking in pro
| tein and, if one using them as the
| rOughage in ration, protein must be
supplied by feeding such high-priced
/
! if clover is fed as the rOughase, corn
! and barley, which are cheaper grains
| may be used. Glover for hay should
cut as soon as the first blossoms begin
to turn brown. and the hay should
be cured in the shade. After the
clover has been cut, it should be
turned with tedder as soon as the
leaves in the upper part Of the sWatf
are well wilted. Before the leaves
and stems become dry and stiff, The
| hay should be raked into windrows
This will shade most of the hay anl
allow ag Cd circulation of air through
it. Glover cured in the windrow doe
not yet stiff that exposed to the SUI
in the swath for a day or two. Witt
good weather the hay should be lef
in the windrow over night and turne'
time or two the next forenoon.
should then be ready for the stacl
the second afternoon. Cured in thi
way the stems are soft, and pliab1
and much natural moisture is retain
ed in the leaves
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

being tainted from the droppings.
Poultry benefits by crop rotation ju
as much as any other fran crop If it
is made feature in the rotation. The
best way to keep the ground in good
condition for poultry is to grow crops
on it as we'll as poultry. If the land
has already become unfit for raising
poultry on, it will be best 10 give up
this line of business for a time. I he
free use of lime and the growing of
crops, with the necessary turning Of
the ground, are the best ways to
freShen the ground and get il hack
into such a condition that il will be
profitable to grow chickens on.
Chickens grown on ground wnic h
has become tainted generally have an
unthrifty, Sickly appearance, and in
this condition are much more subject
to disease. Chicks raised on the same
ground for a number OF years without
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

precautions being taken to freshen it.
are usually more OF less subject to
gapes and rOup, and in fact, to any
disease to which fowls are subject.
Another important thing is the dis
poSal of all dead fowls. One OF the
most destructive poultry diseases we
have is called limber-neck. This trou-
bic is attributed to the fowls eating
decaying animal matter. The most
common source of the disease is a
chicken that has gotten out OF sight
and died. The other chickens eat the
carcass and the insects which infest it
soon aft + death. Care should be
taken to see that any fowls, or even
larger animals, which die are removed
and either burned or deeply buried.
Most states have Jaw requiring that
all dead animals be buried or burned
or disposed of in such way that they
! are not menace to the health of the
community.
! The farmer who has abundant
range for his chickens, where they
may secure plenty Of green food and
| insects, and where the range may be
changed from season to season. has
| a great advantage over the man who
must keep his stock in smaal space
If only one place is available this
| may be kept in sweet, healthy condi-
| ton by the use of lime and by plow-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23
By J. JEFFREY

There is perhaps no branch Of pOul-
ry work about which more questions
are asked or Information is more
wanted than diseases. There is also
no branch of work that it is better for
the poultryman to keep away from
than doctoring sick fowls. Poultry
men throughout the country suffer
heavy losses from disease at times not
so much because they do not know
how to cure disease as because they
do not understand the principals Of
sanitation and the importance Of pre-
ventive rather than curative measures
The importance of sanitation has in
creased with the growth Of the poultry
industry. and further increases in the
number of wis kept will only>>in
tensify the importance of this sub
ject.
Poultry houses must be built with q
| view of providing plenty of fresh air
and sunshine for the birds and the
houses must be kept absolutely clean.
| While houses have been mentioned
| first. the ground around the BUILDINGS
| is perhaps more often to blame for
troubles both with the chicks and
| Wit, adult fowls. In fact, it is Deing g
recognized more and more that the
condition OF the sell can very largely
| make or mar success in pOC.trN rals-
| ing.
| Failure to realize this, and that soil
originally in good condition for poLl-
try raising may, ny misuse and neg
llect. get into such 4 condition that
! profitable poultry keeping on it IS i'm
| possi5le. is responsible for many of
| the failures We have with poultry
! While this condition becomes a2par-
ent more quickly ara is more often
found among focks !,eFt on limited
Quarters, sitc,l aE = Gown lot, it l.; not
by any means uLkno4n among farm
focks.
/ NJ ny re1plc r-i,>. make slcce s
! On the start Nh feW fowls very
! quickly sct intr1 ,ronhie for which {
..r,: md x r - y i wncn ;hC@- in
c..easo .t eir- fi.3lt- AMI tlo .I.tt- . <e D-@
9. ti<,ns =. pr, nt ts,e g,oucd ! on
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

red clover root. There is nearly
rs much plant below as above ground.
These large roots open up the SubSOil
and add vegetable matter. The no
dulles ON the roots arc caused by nj
trOgcn-gathcring bacteria, which en-
able clover plants to take nitrogen
from the air and add il to the soil.
seeding gives the small clover and
grass plants a better chance to grow.
Placed in the order in which they are
generally used, which indicates ap-
proximately their relative value as
nurse crops. the common grain crops
would come as follows: spring wheat,
winter rye, winter wheat, flax. oats.
Wherever clover is sown in the spring
on winter grain, the grain is harrow
ed very lightly after the clover seed
is sOwn broadcast, or the clover seed
may be put in with a double disc or
shoe grain drill. The selection of a
nurse crop for clover must be deter
mined quite largely from the crops
best adapted to the soil and needs Of
the farm; and. at the same time, one
that will materially assist the clover
in meeting the usual climatic condi-
ton of the locality should be used.
Young clover should never be pas
tured or cut for hay the year Of it's
: seeding. unless it should show signs
Of blossoming after the nurse crop
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

Pennsylvania has about seven and
are-naIf million acres Of tilnebriaui.
one-eighth Of which l.. owned by the
state The total value oil the state :
timber. is one hundred and thrity-ninc
million dollars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

You don't mean TO say your gar
den is alreadx success -. sir"
But garden is not supposed To pro
duce - early" slime does 1 have
dug six cans IF the finest fishil <
worms [ ever saW"-Washingto Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23
MANY EXCEEd.ENT USES FOR
CLOVER
Its Beneficial Action On the Soil. Its
Long Period of Usefulness, and Its
/ Excellence as IL Hay and Pasture
/ Crop, Make 1t Valuable Plant

All clovers are sown with a nurse
crop. and opinions differ as to which
is the best. Whatever crop is used
as nurse crop, il should be sown
somewhat thinner than when no
clover seed is soWn, as the thinner
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

ing and cropping between seasons If
not possible to plow up larce space
at one time. divide the lot and fresh
en- up one part it. then turn the
stock into that port!on-and piOw and
renoVate the other half. Even when
cared for ia the best possible man :
ncr. this is net as desirable as d
change to ncW ground Of ground that
il;ye been used season or two fog
growing crops.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23
SANITARY SURROUNDINGS FOR
POULTRY

Whether Poultry Raising Can Be
Made Profitable Depends Upon a
Good Many Different Conditions,
But Perhaps the Most Important of
These is Proper Sanitation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

has been rcmcIed. Thcn 1t is safer
TO clip off the heads with n mower
than to pacturc closely or cut ior hay.
Neither should it, be pactured the
second spring. before it has a good
start and The srou:.d Is well settled
Clover il an exc. g, mt pc sire crop
for all classes &C Sc. \, a it furnishes
"a iuNurant SroWti. /, H1-He nit =
tious food from C:'rlS spi,ng until i;-te,
i'm the fa,l. proS:d a.z i, j.; not pas- -ur-
cd closel-. as this :. II ! rtaii the Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-30
u. S. TRADE WITH
GERMANY GONE
Export Figures ShowSales
TO Other BelligerentS
on Large Scale.
IRON ne Tribune Bureau J

Washington, Dec. 29.-Coineident
with the publication to-day Of Presi-
dent Wilson's note to Great Britain
protesting against the interruption Of
American commerce, figures Of Ameri-
can exports for November and the
eleven months ending with November
which were available show that while
commerce with France, Great Britain
and other belligerent countries has
continued on a large scale, exports 70
Germany have dropped to almost moth
ing The exports 20 Germany from
this country for November were only
St2135.
The most significant thing about to-
days figures was the large quantity Of
copper shipped TO France and Great
Britain In November Large shipments
Of Illuminating oils and gasolene to
France and Great Britain are also re-
corded. whereas there are no shipments
OF these commodities 70 Germany.
Wheat exports TO the bellgerent coun-