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military Developments vii rera.! the
l."'-M Me ford rift. a type OF irfantr,
arm W'IiCa was tor ,oars the most cs-
t""m"u shoulder pier" abroad. Lee was
au American. He offered his invention
20 tho United states 40 n substitute for
tl' old SDriulur,i yi;lr. Whlch - Ions
had Il vogue N the army after the
civil way. lee produced 9 distinctly
superior arm. tit b." fail. 10 interest
the army experts, So he took him elf
abroad and was welcomed by the Brit
ish authorities. Every one knows the
odds against our soldiers during the
war with Spain hocauSc OF the in
fcrl"rity - the American army rifle.
About seventeen years ago much
was heard of the lruwn scgmcn'al
wrcwound gun \ five inch weapon
of that type was built by the pcoplc
back OF IL and then submitted for test
To the Ordnance Board. There IL no
need 10 elaborate upon the fate OF that
invention. a the time the Ordnance
Board had a pct Of it's own which Il
WAS laboriously developing at the ma
TONS expense, and there was no dis
position to welcome an outside inven-
tipn.
Tho Brown gun actually gave the re-
markabe muzzlc velocity OF 5000 feet
II second, . velocity highcr than tina, o,
kindred guns in service to-day and was
tho first Ia hc tested in this country
with three hundred rounds of smoke
less powder Tho trial board reported
however, adversely. and one OF the
members of that tribunal was the ord
nance officer responsible for the rival
wrnpun,
Dr, Tutt,c, an American civilian
plpsiNc WHEN he called thoritc. Thor
itr I" superior m many ways tn gun
cotton, and rs invention .a,uc at a
tiuc when alert military mon were
casting about for better and "A more
effective high explosive Dr. Tuttle
sought recognition of the War Depart
mont. His demonstrations were q
revelation but he got nothing cxcep,
dis"oura"ement, thanks 10 the ord
nance Department. 1t was the Wan
Departments treatment of Dr Tut,l,
that provoked Cen. Nelson \. Miles I,
remark before Congressional com,
miitcr:
"Th" experiments were entirely sat-
isfactory but uf course he has met the
rate that other inventors have. Many
of our ablcst inventors. like Hiram
Maxim, nave gone to Eurole. Gatiina
had "a similar experience. and 10 had
Ice and Hotchkiss."
High explosive shells have RADICAL,
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Every Modern
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rope Was Quick to
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fair idea of what T., meant 10y 4 COM
m!ttco or board and also has "A pretty
good notion Of its purpose. Since thu
diNs of Samuel Colt another definition
has com. into being anon. the alert
mon nf tao army. 4 mad iis iuccution
Nhrn , rrnup OF ,oung officers con-
t,np,uouslv Jui,l,.d "tne lrr. .sponsiblr
syndicate ~ First I.ieu.rn. nts" had
,l, temorit, To cali f.. ,llc. attention of
III, or,lu,uc, board nf IN, army tho
need ~ somc system ,f fire control.
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The sun., 1916-10-01
The MeS<ir11 Machine Gun we l2ad to e,,,v

toward others tAa; has provoked ;Ae
present controversy IN regard to ma
chine guns. In this case an oi,lcer of
artillery. not IA civilian unfamiliar
with military needs. has found his in-
,ention unwelcomc in this country de-
spite the praise it has Won abroad.
why is this so:' the taxpayer asks.
Those familiar with conditions have
answered again and again: "Profcs-
sional Jealousy" The situation is
really the outcome If an administra-
tive system which permi.s the officers
of the army and the navy to sit un-
questioned in the Judgment OF their
own work when the inventions Of
others o. out siders are concerned.
Five years ago Rear Admiral Brad
ley Alien Fiskc described tho funda-
mental principles underlying nava.
power. and asked:
Does any one deny that the in
ventor is a necessity of progress" "
Does any one deny that the inventor
must preceGe the engineer, that con-
,ep,ion must precedc development"
Does any one deny that our electric
lights. torpedoes. guns ana engines
were invented hefore they were de-
vclopcd: that they were conceived be-
fore they grew and waNcd into ma
turity? Why not develop such things
~ soon as possible III secret and Sc
cure the military advantage accruinG,
instead of resisting them until all the
world knows about them?'
The story of the opposite attitude is
a long one. The Government through
its responsible officials has refused in
yentions when they could hc had for
nothing or for "A comparatively trifiing
sum, only to need them later and t"
pay dearly for them. 4 few Instances
will suffice To make this neglect Of op-
portunity clear.
II is a matter Of common knowledge
that the development of side arms was
revolutionizcd by the invention of the
revolver. The repeating pistol com
pletely upset previous military stand
ards. II gave To its posscssor an IN
cstimable advantage over an antaGon-
lst not SO equipped. liut how was
Samuel colt. the inventor of the re-
volver. treated by the War Depart
ncnt when he offered his epoch MAX
ing arm to the army? Was he wei
coined, Was hc encouraged in that
memorable year OF 1887
What happened was that board ol
army officers was organized ana pS
them the revolver was examined III tn'
light Of their military experience
Then they declared that from its com
plicutcd character, i,s liability To ht'i
dent and o,hcr reasons this arm t'"l'
rc,olvcr)" was "rntrcly unsuiiod Il
the general purposes of the service
IIappily Colts financial bHckgrs were
not dlsmaycd by that oi'l'ial decision
TAcy were men OF practical affairs an'
were accustomed to looking ancad
Civilians were appreciativc of tho In
yention's merits and the American In
stItute awarded Colt gold medal am
elected him an honorary member -
tine society. frontiersmen lighting f"
't.cir lives and the Texan rangers 4"
the period promptly bought ever!
available revolver.
Not only ihat. but European Coy
.rnm.nts FASTENED to obtain the ncv
pistols for their troops and finally
when the American ordnance authori
ties could no longer stem the tide o
popular criticism then Colts revolve
won rccoe milton from the War Depart
ment.
The sun., 1916-10-01
Government Has
Often Failed to
See Merit in New
Instruments Oi
War and Having
Declined With
ThanksMustNOw
Pay Double

A MEXICAN genius is paying Il
y big part in the grim struggle
abroad. American inventive
ness has more than once turned the
tide Of battle upon the blood stained
fields Of Europe. The fertile minded
Yankee may yet earn the palm for do
the western front. And yet some OF
The most potent of the military instru-
ments now in ise were rejected here.
and their value was recognized at last
only because European governments
demonstrated their worth.
This Is not new story. but Il serial
ale the latest instalment OF which Is
now appearing. In the past both the
army and the navy have done little to
encourage the American inventor ut
arge. But for the genius Of Ericsson
md the courage of the capitalists back
"t him the United States might never
ave had the Monitor. might never
AVE .a.d the foundation for the great
dreadnough;s OF to-day. The Navy
department discouraged that invcn-
on.
Capt John \. Howell Of the United
states Navy devised a remarkable tor
pedo, one that could run straight
where all others failed. lie blazed the
way for gyroscopic control, and yet he
MAS hampered at every turn and final
" utterly discouraged.
Bradley Allon Fiskc when only n
o"ut"nant gave to the navy, twenty
-, and had actually to battle to got il
accepted. Two years later, in 1892, he
made and demonstrated his telescope
r'-h' His suggestion was pooh
rooAed, but comparatively crude AZ his
instrument was X showed how vastly
letter hitting could be secured.
Every one knows how hard was the
way John l., Holland had TO travel TO
".n recognition for his submarine, and
low much harder still Simon Lake had
% fight for consideration here. He
"a4 first 10 win favor abroad
What would a nations sea borne de-
l'nco amount to without dread
"ougAt-? What fleet would be COM
N"'r without submarines? What bat
- craft could hopc TO use its guns Of
'"ctIriy without tclcscopic sights and
iao%r finders? Ana yet the Navy De-
"r'm"u', or a Cotcric within that or
ia iIn'o0 stood ont vigorously
'-H'ns' nl' Of these creations or tho
inventive mind
I1a happened IN spite of tho fact
VISION "A consequence Of the nature Of
'a duties. The army. on the other
"a,d, has been circumscribed: its ser
wee .nt.l within recent years, has
'e"n entirely within the continental
limits ul the United States. and con-
'p."AS clement in the service has had
'..r. ur the nations defensive needs
y 'r- -lVcn even less encourag"ment
Ian tho navy 10 inventors, Outside
h"ip either from civilians or from OIL
''rs IN other arms OF the army was
No' desired.
" Is the persistence of this stand
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
JAS. ". CASSIDY IS
NOW CIRCUIT JUDGE
Gov. BiIbO Gives appointment to Fill
the Holden Vacancy to a
BrOOkhaVen Attorney.

Hon. Jas. w. Cassidy, of Brook
haven, has been appointed Judge
of the Fourteenth Judicial district
to fill the vacancy caused by the
acceptance of Judge J. B. Holden
as one of the six Supreme Court
Judges. Mr.. Cassidy has taken
the oath of office and received his
commission and will sit in cases
and courts prior to the election for
this place, which will be held in
go or 90 days time.
The honor conferred on Mr..
Cassidy by Gov. Bilbo is a deserv-
ed and appropriate one, being CIV
en- to one who has no superiors in
ability in the district. 1t is hardly
probable that Mr.. Cassidy will ask
the voters to return the commits
sion to him as their Judge at the
election, a special from Jackson
quoting Mr.. Cassidy as stating he
would not hold the Office longer
than through the coming Pike
county term of court.
Other prospective candidates
mentioned for the place beside
District Attorney Wall, already an
nounced, are former Judge D. M.
Miller and Hon. Jasper Guynes, of
Hazlehurst and Hon. W. B. Nixon,
of McComb.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
WhitwOrth Artist Course.

The Zoellner Quartette, which
made so favorable an impression
upon patrons of the Whitworth Ar
list Course last winter, gave anoth-
er delightful program at the Mary
Jane hampton Auditorium last Fri
day evening.
The work of these artists leads a
hearer to willing acceptance of the
statement that 1.-THE Zoellner
Quarter is recognized as one of the
great string quartets of the
world"
The program was exceptionally
well chosen embracing, with the
exception of Haydn, modern Ger
man, Russian, Italian and Ameri-
can composers.
A notable feature Of the program
was the presentation Of two Indian
dances by an American composer.
These selections were full of char
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
LACK OF FUNDS
CLOSES co. SCHOOLS
Petitions Being Circulated Asking for
Election for 2 Mill Levy to
Extend Term.

The county schools closed with a
dull thud last Friday. Teachers
coming b e or e Superintendent
Grice were given their warrants
amounting in all to about 81, 700
and were told the treasury could
not stand further strain. In fact
it was so exhausted that there
would be no justification for a
longer school term than the four
months past. Of course this
might have been foreseen with the
increased salaries paid teachers
and the larger number en-
ployed, there being in the neigh
borhood of 80 schools in the coun-
ty; then the raise of only half a
mill by the Board last fall didn't
tend to excite optimism on a
longer school term for the county.
Then when the county voted
against the extra 2-mill tax levy
it didn't consider" any of these
things. This would have added
about SIS, 900 to the treasury. In
other words man assessed 81, 900
would have to pay $500 for an ex-
ira two months for all his children
and so on proportionately.
However, a petition will be pre-
sented the Board of Supervisors at
its next meeting. There is no
doubt the signers will be forth
coming and if the matter is ex-
plicitly explained to the people it
will carry.
Following is the petition -
To the Honorable Board of Su-
pervisors of Lincoln County.
Greetings:-We, the undersi gn-
ed resident Free Holders and Tax
Payers of Lincoln County, most
respectfully petition your most
Honorable body to call a special
election to be held on the same
date on which the first Congress
ional Primary is held, for the pur-
pose of voting for an additional
levy of 2 mills, which will make
our school levy 4 IL mills, thereby
providing the necessary funds for
giving Lincoln County a longer
school term.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
A PROGRESSIVE FARMER WRITES
FAVORlHG TICK ERADICATION

Dear Editors. i wish to speak a
few words through your paper in
regard to tick eradication.
Not long since placed an ad in
the Progressive Farmer of two reg
istered Jersey cows, for which l re-
ceived an order from man in AL
ALBANIA. went ahead and prepar-
ed crates for. shipping and drove
them to town to ship. On calling
at the Express office 1 learned that it
was a doubtful chance about ship
ping. We proceeded to investigate
the matter and found that it was
impossible to ship them into an
other state. So could do nothing
but return the money received for
them.
Now | wonder how long Lincoln
County intends to hold to the tick.
1t does seem to me that it's high
time we were turning him loose.
have never liked the bug and as
soon as | learned that there was
such a thing as keeping them oft
cattle / got busy for the solution.
It's rather discouraging to one
to bring improved stock in here if
we can't dispose of the surplus.
We read of other sections where
they are tick free andsee what they
have gained.
We want the most that's to be
had for our stuff; but before we
get it we must clean out the tick,
which we can easily do. Not long
since | heard man talking in
favor of tick eradication. Another
spoke and said we would never get
rid of them because wild animals
have ticks on them The other re-
marked: "We are after the cattle
tick and not the squirrel tick. =
Now, let's not fret about that.
The squirrel can manage his ticks.
But, my dear voters, let's think
seriously about this matter for it
means money in our pockets to
clean them out. The inspector
won't get it all. We that have
some good nice tick-free cattle to
sell will get part, too. Wish we
could vote tick free tomorrow.
A. G. Newton.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
ORGANIZING A PRODUCE COMPANY.
Good Crowd Meet at BOyCe and Cher
ry's-$3,50O Stock Subscribed
Sale of Farm Produce.

A goodly number of farmers held
meeting last Saturday at Boyce
& Cherry's place of business in an
swer to their call asking for the
meeting with the idea of establish
ing a permanent market for the
county's products and organizing
cooperative farmers produce and
grain supply company.
1t is estimated that approximate
ly $40, 900 will establish a plant
that will take care of all the pro-
duce here, which embraces the
building of a canning factory, dry
houses for kiln drying potatoes,
etc. In fact, the object of the pro-
moters of the enterprise is to take
care of all farm products at any
season of the year and irrespective
of prices, especially when the mar
ket is down and it does not pay to
ship away. Over So, has al
ready been subscribed in stock and
from the prospects it is reasonably
sure that the movement will meet
with success. The main idea of
the firm of Boyce & Cherry is CO.
operation and they are endeavor-
ing as best possible with the en-
couragement they receive to assist
and build up a business that will
benefit the farming class.
While no formal talks were
made at the gathering a deal of
useful information was exchanged
in "across the table" conversa-
tions by many who were present.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
GET TOGETHER" MEETING
TO Be HELD TUESDAY NIGHT

A we'll represented meeting OF
the business men and members OF
the Board of Trade was held yes
terday afternoon at the city hall to
discuss several plans furthering the
city and county's interests.
Among the important subjects
up were local cooperation with the
National organization known as
"Pay-Up Week, which has Feb.
.21 to 26 slated as dates for the set:
tling up of all bills among business
folks, debts and credits.
Arrangements were also COM
pleted for another general "Get
Together" meeting of the mem
bers of the Board of Trade, which
will be held next Tuesday night at
the city hall, only few small de-
tails being yet lacking to have a
prominent speaker from another
state here to make an address on
that occasion beside the talks that
are always forthcoming from the
local members.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
SALE WAS AHEAD
OF EXPECTATIONS
Reputation of Store, With Good Goods,
Truthful Advertising and The
Leader Made for Success.

The big 8 days sale inaugurated
by the Max Priebatsch store last
Friday has so far broken all rec
ords for the store as far as sales
are concerned, Saturday having
seen the biggest days business the
store has had in its history. In
fact on that day, Notwithstanding
the many extra statesmen that had
been employed, it was impossible
on occasion to take care of the Gus
toners, the store as well as the
buyers both losing as a conse-
quence.
The store was as "alive as
beehive" practically all day, and it
was an easy matter for buyers to
make their selections, the sale hav-
ing been planned in advance to
make it easy in this regard. Ev-
erything was marked in large plain
figures, which assisted greatly in
the dispatch of business, both to
statesmen and the purchaser. Es-
pecial comment was heard on all
sides of the extraordinary values
offered, and no one asked for any
thing that was advertised that they
failed to get. The store was not
out"-they had the goods.
In regard to the sale which was
especially gratifying to the man.
agement, and ahead of anything
that was expected, Mr.. H. C..
Greenwood said: Il attribute the
success of this sale entirely to the
following resaons: The reputation
of the store in making good all
promises it makes to any individu-
al customers or the public as a
whole. We advertised only what
we had at a price we sold for, and
the stock we sold was first class
nothing shoddy. To say that we
are more than pleased with the
successof the first sale of the kind
we ever held is expressing it mild
ly. We have undoubtedly added
hundreds of customers to our store.
And lastly, l should also give The
Leader due credit for its share in
advertising the sale. | knew it
was a fine advertising medium,
reaching most of the county peo-
pie, but l had no idea that it
would draw such a crowd as it did
through the unseemly weather that
has been with us for some days.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-02-02
LEADER WILL ISSUE
A MAGAZINE SECTION
This Excellent Feature Will Be Sim
liar to Publications Sent Out
by Large DaIies.

With its regular size paper and
in addition thereto, The Leader
will shortly commence the issuance
of what it will term Semi
Monthly Magazine Section. " This
magazine section will contain
from IL to 16 pages each issue and
will be issued with two of its reg
ular editions twice each month.
In order that our subscribers may
know what to expect we will say
that its contents and general char
acter will be similar to the maga-
zine sections that are sent out with
the large daily papers each Sunday.
The magazine will be an eX-
ceedingly attractive and readable
one, containing stories by well
known and prominent writers, as
we'll as poetry and timely informa-
ton on general topics. Our sub
scribers will be better judges of
the excellence of the magazine af-
ter it is in their hands, and wheth-
er it will be continued as a regular
feature of the paper will depend al
together on the reception it re-
ceives at their hands.
The issuance of this magazine is
a matter of considerable additional
expense to The Leader, but in this,
as in other matters where we deem
the paper can be improved, and con-
sidering a safe business policy, we
are always going to give our read
ers all possible for the money that
it is possible to do.