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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
TAKE HEED KEEP YOUR STEPT

There was some discussion at a
meeting of the chamber of COM
merce board of directors held last
night of the necessity for more civ
ic pride. 1t seems that civic pride
is at low ebb at times IN Alex
andria. This should not be SO in a
city that is so alive and wide awake
in other matters. There is a
greater amount of public improve
ment going on here than any city
of its size in the whole country,
but there is a lack of that pride in
keeping the premises and the
streets clean and in order. Our
streets are dirty, the sidewalks are
dirty, Uttered with scrap paper
and other unsightly things, and
many of the yards have the sams
kind of ilI-kept appearance One
thing that would help matters in
the residence section would be dali
Iy sweeping of the cement side
walks If every housekeeper
would make it her business to have
the sidewalks in front of her hcme
swept every morning the same as
the front gallery is kept, the differ
ence that it would make would be
very noticeable. There are many
other things that could be done al
so to help out this need, such as
weed and grass cutting. trash
gathering, etc Alexandria Town
Talk,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
INTEREST GROWING IN
SELECTION OF SPEAKER

jackson Miss. OF much more
importance and interest than @ho
will be clerk Of the House or who
will be secretary of the Senate 10
the next and the centennial Legis-
lature of Mississippi. is who will
be the speaker of the House and
organizs that body. So far as the
Senate organization is concerned,
that will take care of itself, since
the official head of that body is de-
termined, but not until the legisla-
tors are formally convened as re-
quired by the constitution will 1t
be possible to get line on the
speakership Apparently the. state
is full Of aspirants to this honor,
including several of the best ano
most experienced legislators on the
roll, and it looks just now as II
this will develop into about as live
Iy a speakership contest as has
beer staged for IL years at least
The timber most frequently men
toned is made up of W S Barry
of Lefore. Oscar &. Johnson, OF
Coahouma, Frank L Kincannon OF
Lee, DR.. A s Kyle of Pamela, =.
A. Anderson of Forrest Joseph E
Norwood of Pike and N NJ. Ever
EFT of Newton. It is a possibility
that should his faction be strong
enough to control the situation.
the man who wins the speakership
will be the choice of the governor
elect. 1t is understood that the
BiIbo faction claims sufficient
strength to organize the House, as
it will no doubt do with the SEN
ate.
Of the above mentioned quota OF,
speakership aspirants, it is quite
significant that the personality and
qualifications of Senator Norwood
stand out quite conspicuously IN
the press comment His long and
useful connection with the Missis.
sippi Press Association of which he
has been a popular and helpful
member and former president,
and his known and demonstrated
ability as a legislator. seem TO
have popuIarized his candidacy and
made of him a decided favorite
Whether this will be reflected in
the ultimate choice is another
question, since it will be his coll
leagues in the House who will do
the electing, ana not the popular
vote.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
A WORD FROM THE
GUARDS ON THE FARM

We want to mention few words
in the columns of this paper in re-
gard to the holding of services on
the county farm. There is no OBJ
lection to holding services on the
county farm, but there are some
objections to turning the prisoners
out or the yard. We are responsible
for their escape and have to pay
fur same Some Sundays only one
guard is on hand to look after 30
or 35 prisoners We have 3 cages
on the county farm and all OF them
have a porch on which alI the pris-
oners are permitted to sit and talk
to every one that may want to talk
to them or see any one that may
want to see them. or hear anything
that may be said.
We, as guards on the Lincoln
County Convict Farm. want to
thank Hon G.. M. Brister and Hon.
J. e. Moak for their protection to
the guards IN regard to the man
aging of the prisoners and we hope
that no one will ask the guards to
do something that we can't safely
do
Everybody come to see Us
Signed j. D. KYZAR,
J. l.. KYZAR,
RUFUS WILLIAMS.
Guards.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
MOTHER SHIPTON.

Some one, evidently of imagina-
tive mind, has written to find out
about the original prophesies of
Mother Shipton.
From odt of the dusty past these
propehsies have been revived.
They are as follows:
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents ill the world with
woe.
Around the world thoughts shall
fly
Ia the twinkling of an eye.
Waters shall yet more wonders do,
Now stranger, shall yet be true.
The world upside down. shall be,
And gold shall be found at the root
of tree
Through hills man shall ride.
And no horse nor ass be at his side
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride shall sleep. shall talk
la the air men shall be seen,
In white, in 3lack, in green.
Iron in the water shall float.
As easily as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found mid stone,
In land that's now unknwon.
Fire and water shall wonders do,
England shall at last admit Jew,
And this world to an end shall
come
In eighteen hundred ard eighty
one.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
WHAT EVERY TOWN HAS.

Every town has some one store
where the loafers congreGase to
regulate the universe.
Every town has a postoffice and a
lot of folks who call for mail every
day and never get any
Every town has a horrible exam
pie He gets drunk, won't work
but his wife supports him and loves
him with dog-like fidelity no de-
cent man can ever hope to receive.
Every town has its own skindint
who discounts notes, buys up land.
dresses like a tramp and won't get
his wife a new stove.
Every town has a bad boy that
all parents hold in horror and all
boys love.
Every town has its champion liar
who lies for practice when he can t
find anything else to lie about.
Every town has its vicious tom
gued woman who makes trouble as
the sparks fly upward.
Every town his its village athe-
list.
Every town has its arguer who
will challenge any statement you
may make and prove it's not so. 4
Every town has it's loud mouthed
citizen who can't talk without
making NOISE like a megaphone.
Every town has. its leading citi-
zen who heads every committee and
always has a seat on the platform
when there is anything going on
Every town has its nice. speak
easy creature. who tries to be pop
uiar with everybody and whom no.
body likes.
Every town has its grouch-face.
who is unfaiIingly confident the
worst is yet tu come.
Every town has its good woman
that everybody likes. and its honest
man whose word is as good as his
bond
Every town has ITS group of men
who know that the town is morally
the worst in the state
Every town has man who never
wears a collar and dude who
pastes down his hair and sports q
pink striped shirt.
Every town carries its own Pc
cuIisr type of religious cranks.
Every town has its particular
brand of big fool.
Every town has men thst know
all about the European war and
the government at Washington, but
don't know how to make a dollar a
day.
Every town has men and women
who hate the place and are always
wishing they had lived somewhere
else.
In other words. every town is al
chock full of human nature as i
every other town.
Why move2-Dr Frank Crane
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
Mt. Zion School Opening.

Mt. Zion school opened on Mon
day, the 9th of September. On
account of the patrons of this
school having made a special levy,
the term will be seven months. and
hence opened earlier than the other
county schools A good number of
patfons were present, and after the
devotional exercises. several Of
them made encouraging talks. COM
menting. upon the past record Of
our school and the hopeful outlook
Of the future. Several Of our best
teachers of the county received
their early training here and one
of them, Prof Burt Sessions. was
present and made splendid ad.
dress G. M. Wooley. q teacher Of
several years experience. is the
principal. and Miss Fannie Short
who made good as an assistant in
this school last session, has charge
Of the primary work.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
TABOO ON DRESS.
CASES BUT NO TRUNKS

Being all dolIed up Will not car
ry you very far at the Louisiana
State Convention of Federated Wo-
men in November, according to the
latest announcement You Will be
expected to look "well-groomed,"
well-dressed and dashing. but it
must be done on few changes Of
raiment Select your clothes va
riIy, and get something that will
pass muster 10 any crowd and at
any hour, as it is to be q suitcase
convention. You shall not nsed a
hat trunk, either, my dear. In
fact, you are not expected to have
a trunk at all. The more diminu-
tive your handbag and the better
looking you arg when seen in the
same dress, will get you further
than Distinguishing yourself for
the great number of cumbersome
trunks and grips you may have, or
frequent changes Of attire. 1t is
not the style to have clothes
enough to fill more than one me-
dium sized suit case this year, any,
how. Your oil clothes you have
passed on to these ia need, and
times are hard. don't you know.
You will be ali light whatever you
wear. Take a change of lagalieres,
if you possess them. and go right
along. It's 10 be a feast of reason.
and things are tn be said and done
that will make you bigger and bet
ter. Excuse me. make US bigger
an II better 1 meant to say.
Seriously, though. Susan. this
is progress, when women realize
that there really is something in
life beside an array of clothes. -
Times Picayne.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
THE LIBERTY BELL.

And proclaim liberty through
out all the land unto all the inhabi'
tants thereof: it shall be jubilee
unto you
Among the bells of the world nc
one has been associated with events
of so great import to humanity as
the Liberty Bell
It's prophetic inscription, its ap'
peal to the people to assemble fol
the redress of their grievances.
and it's defiant cIangor that memor'
able day of the Proclamation of oul
Independence, its rejoicing peal
ings over the completed work OF
the Revolution, and its last tollinR
over the dead of the Nation, gives
its story an abiding interest to the
nation and the world.
1t was required to weigh about
1000 pounds and to be lettered
with the following words. well
shaped and in large letters: by
order of the Assembly of the Prov
ince of Pennsylvania for the State
Aouse in the city of Philadelphia,
1882; and underneath Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land un-
to all the inhabitants thereof.
The. bell was cast by Thos. Les
ter, WhitechapeI, London.
A few weeks after it was hung
in August. 1852, 1t was cracked by
a stroke of the clapper and was
re-cast and again hung April II.
1853
The Bell is IL ft. in circumfer.
ence around the lip and seven feet.
six inches aroun1 the crown: it IL
three feet following the line of the
bell from the lip to the crown; and
two feet, three inches over the
crown It Is three inches thick in
the thickest part near the lip. The
length of the clapper is three feet,
two inches and the weight of the
whole is 2,0S0 pounds
1t is lettered in line enclrcling
its crown with the sentence:-
proclaim Liberty throughout all
the Land unto all the Inhabitants
thereof, Lev XIV, v. x "
Immediately under this sentence
also in a line encircling its crown:
by Order Of the Assembly OF
the Province of Pennsylvania 1oI
the State House in Philada. Pass
and Stow. Phiia. MDCCLlII =
The Liberty Bell has been remov'
ed from the building on five occa-
sicns:-the first. during the Revo-
luton, 1777: and when taken from
the city to New Orleans. 1885;
Chicago, 1893: Atlanta. 1895 and
10 San Francisco, 1915.
On July 8. 1885. the Bell tolled
the last time The body of John
Marshall, was borne to Virginia
for burial on the day of the ami
versary of the first proclamation of
the Declaration and during the sol.
emnities the bell, While slowly toll
ing parted through its great side
and was silent henceforth. forever.
1t remains today the silent sym.
bol of liberty throughout the
world.
There are many noted events il
our history associated with the
Bell
1t will be in Brookhaven, Nov
10Th.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
is IT WORTH WHILE?

Is it worth while that we jostle
a brother
Bearing his load on the rough road
of life?
Is it worth while that we jeer at
each other
Il blacknsss of heart? that we war
to the knife?
God pity US all in our pitlful
strife.
God pity Us all as we jostIe each
other,
God pardon US all for the triumph
we feel
When a fellow goes down meath
his load on the heather
Pierced to the heart: words are
Keener than steel
AMI mightier far for woe than
for veal.
Were it not we'll In this brief
little journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the
tide,
We give him a fish instead of
serpent.
Ere folding the hands to be and
sbide
Forever and aye in the dust at
his side,
Look at the roses saluting each
other:
Look at the herds on the plain:
Man. and man only. makes war
on his brother,
Aud laughs in his heart at his perl
and pain,
Shamed by the beasts thst &C
down on the plain.
Is it worth while that we battle
to humble
Some poor fellow creature down il
the dust?
God pity US ell. Time soor
will tumble
All Of US together. like leaves In
gust,
HumbIad, indeed. down in tht
dust.
joaquin Miller.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
Trees Need Trimming.


The attention of the Clarion
Ledger has been called to the fact
that on some of the streets of
jackson limbs Of shade trees are so
close to the ground that passing
under them firemen on the fire ap-
paratus have their lives endanger-
ed.
AS Is we'll known the flremen on
the big trucks ride at good ele-
yation and at break neck rate and
especially at night are liable TO be
dragged from their seats By limbs
The above refers to Jackson: but
suppose such was the case in
BgookhaVsnl
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
WHAT MISSISSIPPI COULD FURNISH.


Gen. Scales was asked what
Mississippi could furnish in the
way of trained miIitiamen in. the
event the Mississippi soldiers were
called into active service. for any
reason. He said that on a war
footing the State militia was not
prepared at this time, together
with other States, to furnish its
full quota of troops. 10 case of
such call Mississippi would be
asked to furnish one regiment of
infantry. or twelve companies. two
troops of cavalry, one battery cf
artillery and one ambulance COM
pany At present the State has
sufficient enlisted men now IN the
national guard service to provide
one regiment and an extra battal-
ion of infantry, or would have
when recruited tc full strength.
which wuuld be an easy matter.
The extra battalion of infantry
could be converted into a troop Of
artillery. This would necessitate
organizing two troops of cavalry
The present hospital corps at Hlck-
ory would form the nucleus of an
ambulance company of sixty five
men.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02

The annual meeting and election
Of nfficers Of the Brookhaven Public
LibraFx Association will be held on
Tuesday afternoon, Oct 9th At 1880
o'clock 10 the Library room at the
City Hall.
All subscribers are. urged to be
present.
Dr.lW N. CROSS, Pres
Mrs. E. M:Bse, Sec.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
Much Progress Reported in Field Work
in Vicinity of Yazoo City.

7 Yaxoo City, Miss, Sept Is.
The weather conditions have been
ideal this week and the farmers
have made much progress with
their crops and in gathering corn,
cotton and peas.
Cotton prices are still advancing.
some short staple cotton selling as
high as IL cents. Last year this
same cotton brought only six
cents. The gins through the
country are running full time to
get the cotton ginned and on the
market.
The demand for the long staple
cannot be met as the Yazoo far
meFs say that the difference 10
yield of the short over the long
staple more than makes up for the
advance 10 price of the long staple.
Many Of the Yazoo farmers will
ship cattle in a few weeks and the
stock is in fine condition. The
quality Of the stock which will be
shipped will surpass any ever be-
Sore sent out Of the county. The
farmers have all improved their
herds by having bIooded animals
at the head of the herds. which il
resulting in some of the finesl
grade cattle to be found in any sec
tion.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
GREAT DAMAGE BY WIND
Hurricane Passing Over Mississippi
and Louisiana Does Over Mil
lion Dollars Damage.

Brookhaven was touched by the
tropical hurricane which struck
New Orleans and other points IN
the gulf coast on Wednesday On-
ly small damage was done here,
however. Trees and fencing were
blown down; glass doors blown in;
houses damaged by leaks the result
of old roofs and puor carpentry, end
cotton damaged.
A singular freak of the storm
here was that the wind came for
the most part from the north.
Flower pots filled with ferns sit
ting on the banisters of houses
with a southern exposure we're not
injured in the least and remained
in position throughout the fierce
blow A few telephone wires were
also out of commission; but moth
ing like the 5000 that went dead
in New Orleans.
That city experienced the worst
storm in its history. being near
the center of the hurricane, which
reached a sustained velocity of So
miles an hour for ten minutes and
100 miles for a period of twenty
seconds The barometer dropped
lower than 37-l00 of ao inch than
the lowest barometer reading re-
corded during the great storm of
1900. when more than 5000 lives
we're lost at Galveston.
That the loss of life was small is
due to the ample warnings given
by the United States Weather Bu-
reau Ten are reported killed and
some 40 injured in New Orleans.
All communication with the city
was cut off. wireless messages.
however, being sent from steam
er The first train sent out by
the ]. G. Thursday morning reached
Jackson at 10 last nlght-an
achievement for the line under the
horrible circumstances.
Illinois Central Roadmaster Ha-
zlegrove, his foreman, eight other
white men and seventeen negroes
met death in the flood on Lake Pom
chartraIn Their bodies had not
been recovered when last reports
were received
Among the buildings damaged IN
Orleans are the Masonic Temple.
the Old st Louis Hotel. the Labo-
ratory of the Board of Health. the
Charity Hospital and the Times
Picayune building, beside churches.
schools and other structures,
The storm spent portion of its
fury between Biloxi and Pass
Christian and much property was
damaged. The car-track along the
she'll road was frightfully twisted
and put out of commission and at
this writing, Friday. no direct
messages have been received by
wire or phone from the coast
A returning Confederate Veter-
an. MIR N. f. Spencer, who was
at Biloxi attending the Reunion,
reports that no lives were lost; but
that damage was great. 1t is re-
markable that there were not more
fatalities in New Orleans and along
the coast.
The loss of property. however,
goes up into the millions.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
The FUTURE LIFE?

People used to believe every
thing they saw ia print, but if
they did this now they would be-
Iieve some very weird and contra
dictory things. says the Pathfinder.
For example, Mrs. D. D. Butcher.
who is supposed to be the teacher
of eugenics in Cleveland. makes
this statement: Feminine person
ality does not exist in Heaven.
Woman goes to Heaven after
death. but becomes part Of
man " Next comes Rev, H. s.
johnson Of Boston, who says that
there are more women in Heaven
than men. Now. which statement
are you to believe, if either? Of
course both these persons are talk
ing to hear themselves talk, and
talking about something they know
nothing of 1t Is true that the
Bible makes all the angels males.
and it is true that when a New
York sculptor sculped some female
angels for a church his work was
thrown out as being uncanonical.
However, there is nothing to show
that woman is not just as much an
individual as man is. She fultills
her mission, as man fuIfills his; the
two are different. and yet the
same One is the counterpart or
mate of the other. bat it is absurd
and false to assert that either one
is the. superior of the other, for
both are essential to the bilogical
whole. If people would give more
time doing what they know to be
right in this world. they could let
the next world take care Of itself.
When they begin to dogmatize
about the future life, they usually
make fools of themselves. for no
two of them agree.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
After the spIttsrs.

jackson, Miss. DIR. E B. Poole.
county health officer, Is right after
those merchants who dc not keep
their premises clean and again
warns them they will save money
BY strict compliance from now on.
he is very insistent that merchants
shall prohibit and prevent the hab-
it some people have Of splitting on
the floor asd asks that signs be dis
played. reading "Nu gentleman
will spit on the floor. and others
shall not = He proposes to hold
the proprletors responsible-not
the man who dOsa the Epitslng
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
Tax Valuation Tables Of Jackson COun-
ty Reveals Only 17O Tickers.

Ocean Springs, Miss. There are
only ITO watches in Jackson county.
That's the tale 10 the tax valuation
tables, at least. As Jackson county
has population of nearly $4,000.
this means that about one in q
hundred knows what time it is.
1t also means that there is only one
ticker to every five square miles of
territory.
The figures just made public by
Chancery Clerk Taylor disclose
same other interesting statistics
For instance. there are, accord
ing to the tax rolls, only twelve
guns in the entire county. Last
year something like 1900 hunting
licenses we're issued
Last year there we're thirty
eight pistols. bowie knives. etc.,
while this year the arsenal has
shrunk to eighteen, which is a
striking argument in the "unpre-
paredness" campaign.
The valuation of the personal
property of the county shows a de-
crease of about $l5. 900. Accord
ing to the assessment. there was
only $40, 145 on deposit, while ac-
cording to the statement Of the
county banks on June 30 there was
something like $500. 900. The as
sessment shows an increase in the
number of cattle. which is interest,"
ing in view of the efforts to devel
op the cattle industry here. The
fetal assessment for Jackson county
is as follows: For 1914, 1888. $50 :
for 1915, $988. 706
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-10-02
At the First Baptist Church Sunday.

The Baptist Sunday School has
planned for the biggest day in Its
history. Together with all the
Baptist Sunday Schools in the
South GO.TO-S SUNDAY SCHOOL
DAY is to be observed It is also
Rally Day in our local plans, as
we'll as State Mission Day. A
splendid program has been arrang-
ed by Supt. Jones and his helpers.
The Aim in attendance has been
fixed at 500. and it is fully expect.
ed to be reached.
AT ii O'Clock Rev w. E Farr
OF the Education Commisson Of the
Baptist State Convention. will
preach. Mr.. Farr has many
friends here who will be glad tC
hear him. At the evening service
the pastor will preach After the
evening service the ordinance Of
Baptism will be administered
The public is cordially invited K
attend all these services.