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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
UNIVERSITY LETTER.
DEFECTS IN GENERAL PROPERTY
Tax From Standpoint OF Administration


CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE
Ds James Warsaw Bell. b. p. NJ. A.. Professor
OF Economics and Political Sciencel
University, Miss, May II, 1917 =
Various remedies have been. and are
beiog tried for the above i'll The
one most usually appealed to TOR re-
lief is centraliz alton of tax equaliza-
tion in the hands of Commission of
several men whose duty il is TO see
that valuations are equaized turnout
the state.
The weaknesses of this State
Board system are obvious No board
Of Equalization can have that init
mate knowledge of local conditions
as to be able TO remove inequalities
between individuals.
They can only in very general way,
regulate the basis of their relation
for each section and .eave it to the
local authorities 10 remove the per
sonal inequalities.
A State Board of Equalizars is not
u new invention. 1t has been tried in
IL goo9ly number of states, first and
last and only with fair satisfaction.
If the Capitalization could only go
far enough It conld avail something
But as long as the Central Board has
to depend on locally elected assessors
for is first data. so long will the wore
fail. 10 talk of instituting system,
whereby the local assessors shall be-
under the control of the Central
Board, is barking on a cold trail, 1t
could only be brought about by the
assessors being appointed by the
Central Board The only possible
chance for such "a reform would come
with a complete reformation of state
and local revenue OF which more a.
non.
The experience Of Mississippi is not
different to that OF the other states
where the same system has been
tried 1t Is universally admitted
that the system in use in Mississippi
is tue very worst possible; the decen
trali2ad general property tax When
a thing is as bad as it can pos Shy
be, any change is an Improvement
On this ground the recent change to
State Board of Equalizers is to be
commended. But ! doubt if system
which has been completely outgrown
can be patched up so as TO be even
moderately satisfactory.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Befter Farming in the South
WHAT THE CROPS ARE ASKING FOR
While Increasing Crop Yields

| bear in mind that the best way he can
| fight the boil weevil Is to force his
| cotton TO a quick growth and to an
early maturity Many farmers in the
boil weevil district, are finding that
peanuts and soy beans are splendid
substitutes for cotton. Unless these
crops are well fertilized, however, with
the fertilizer carrying high percentage
of phosphate, good yields cannot be
expected.
How to Tell What 10 Necessary
The farmer can oftentimes deter
mine the element most needed in his
fertilizer by noting the manner Of
growth of cotton on his different soil
types. When the growth 10 slow and
the plants have q yellow, unhealthy
look, nitrogen Tor ammonia) should be
applied In rather large amounts. II,
however, the plants look vigorous, but
are not fruiting well, phosphoric acid
should be used literally.
Generally speaking. for poor soils. the
most important element Of a fertilizer
ia nitrogen, and the next most import
ant is PHOSPHORUS. Therefore, for
poor soils we would recommend under
present war conditions, which makes
potash scarce, fertilizer for cotton
and corn analSzing about per cent
available phosphoric acid and 3 per
cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash.
For peanuts IL per cent phosphoric
acid. per cent ammonia and per
cent potash For fertile soils We would
recommend for cotton and corn, a fer
tilizer analyzing IL per cent available
phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia
and per cent potash, and for peanuts,
a fertilizer analyzing IL per cent phos-
phoric acid. l IL per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash. For the sandy
loan soils Of the coastal plain. pot
ash is the most essential and for to-
bacco and truck crops must be applied
in liberal amounts.
The reason that nitrogen or ammo
MIA is so necessary an element for prac-
tically all soils il because the nitrates
are soluble in water. and are. there
fore. constantly teaching out of the
land. The farmers should try to store
up as much nitrogen In the soil ~
possible by growing such crops ~
beans, peas, clover, vetches, etc, which
plants add nitrogen to the soil from
the atmosphere. Practically all soils
of the South are we'll adapted to the
growing of these legumes.
II. however,, crops are grown in ro-
tation with legumes. It will still be
necessary to use commercial forms Of
nitrogen to obtain the best results.
While nitrogen is the main element of
a fertilizer. on poor land phosphoric
acid Is the most essential and in prac-
tically all of the tests that have been
made In the South, better results have
been obtained with soluble phosphorfc
acid than with finely ground phosphate
rocks or floats.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Advises Against Abusing Congressman.

Senatobia Democrat.
1t seems to be the popular thing
gust at present to ABUSE those menu
bers ol Congress With whom you
happen TO Disagree. pms serves no
good purpose and keeps one from
getting their minds in tune with
the real situation which confrOntS us
as people. Ii is your PRIV isge TO
dis. gree with Mr. Vardanan, or with
Mr. Williams, Mr.. Stephens, or Mr.
Sisson or Harrison but thai is no
reason why those men are insincere
ia their positions. Statesmen are
out men after an and Disagree as 10
national questions just as they disa-
gree or AS you disagree with neigh
Dor on friend over some smaller or
local question, We are at war Ey-
cry Congressman aud Senator can be
coun ted on to do his duty as he sees
it and instead OF crticising them we
will be manifesting great patriotism
if we settle down TO the work that
confronts US in producing more food
stutfs with which to feed our own
people ana help feed our allies in Eu-
rom
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Keep Up Garden Enthusiasm Through
The Summer.

Farm & Ranch, Dallas, Tex
The garden has never before meant
as much as it does now. Even the
city inan with but few square feet
of land has made much use of it IN
many Instances to produce something
succulent and palatabe for the fami-
~ table. The. farmers table has
been and will doubtless for some
time continue to be supplied with
luscious vegetables.
The average gardener has not con-
tinued garden planting as late as he
might. Most of rs become enthusi-
astic early in the spring but as soon
as we begin using vegetables forget
or neglect to plant those later types
and varieties that afford fresh yege
tables during the entire Summer and
early in the fall.
This year well could we afford to
continue during late spring and early
summer 10 order that we might keep
the table splendid all the year. The
fact that foods are high and scarce
should urge gardeners to plant libe
rally. The garden should continue to
help save higher living cost.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Can Make Back Yard Vegetables Prof.
table.
Yazoo Sentinel.

Yazoo Sentinel.
The back yard vegetable garden
next summer viii be no joke. When
potatoes are selling at prices two to
five times above the ordinary
figures, il is time for the consumer
to do something other than read the
papers and curse the mIddlemen.
Conditions like these seem bound to
continue while the war lasts Many
Of our food products are deposited at
the bottom of the ocean by the Ger
man submarines. IL is time for the
man who has money enough to buy a
hoe aud energy enough to WELD ii
to get tn V n the n1ck yard 1t Is
continuity complained that after you
pay the expenses of back yard gar
den. there Is no profit left. That
may be rue where the householder
hires all the heavy work done. Also
he would better ask little advice OF
experienced gardeners at the various
stages. of the game But the earth
rs fruitful II properly encouraged
with good seed and patient care,
quite a dent can be made In the gro
Gerry bill.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
EDITORIAL

This is the first war that the Unit
ed States has ent red into since the
Herald was established. 1t was es-
tablished shortly after the Spanish
American war. The writer remem-
bers the Spanish American war viV-
idly but he was rather TOO young
then 10 be welding pen for a news
paper OF his own, though he had done
some auxiliary journalistic work.
The point of this paragraph is this
there have been unusual heavy drafts
made on our space TO handle valuable
bulletins submitted ia behalf OF the
war and food maintenance PROPOSE
tons. We have been more liberal
than usual in handling bulletin stuff
at this time from standpoint OF
patriotism, rs that was regarded as
part of the way the press can do
its turn for the country. Bot let
it be kept in mind that we reserve
openings for only the most important
OF snch matter submitted by duly
responsible heads who are aware OF
our limitations aud whom experience
has taught to observe brevtiy and
yet get the punch in the articles
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18

This paper is mighty glad to note
the recent decision of the Supreme
court OF our state upholding the va
lidity OF the Initiative 81 Referendum
amendment to our Constitution.
They were a long tihe about It but
finally announced the decision as up
holding such good piece of legal work
ing machine for a better administered
form of democratic state govern
ment This is particularly pleasing
nov when individual liberties are in
partial eclipse at least under the
war measures that are being declared
by congress and the President, as
we prepare for the mighty conflict
with mintary -mad Germany and her
allied states and nations. The lnita
tive q Referendum IN civil life will
go long ways towards keeping alive
the germ of true democracy in this
country while military trappings
are abroad over the land the saluting
and gutfawlng is going on which are
necessary accompiments Of such a
condition. Mississippi along with
the few other progressive states
which enacted such a form OF law,
will stand out as beacon lights to a
free cpinion-throttled world to recov-
err itself from military dominancy
when the toesins OF peace once
more are sounding over the earth.
Let us hope that all warning coun-
tries will round off this war by adopt
ing & Rs with reference to war in
the future so that no other sudden
welterings in blood Of the flower of
the youth of such countries may be
brought without the boys who have
TO fight it; the men at home who have
30 sustain 1t aud the women who
have to suffer and assist in it,. have
a VOICE and real one, in deciding
about IT,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Aberdeen ExAuuloer.

Aberdeen Examiner.
The American mind is opposed TO
compulsory service, but those in a
position TO know claim thai ,ln ener
gency has arisen which makes the law
Just passed necessity, Farther
more, they claim that this law puts
everybody On a plane OF equally, rich
as well AS poor viii have 10 respond;
also that many idIers around the
towns and cities will be put into the
army, who would not otherwise vol
unteer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18

Staple crop s
take out large
amounts of plant
food from the soil.
For example: A
cotton crop of one
bale per acre will
remove from the
land in seed,
leaves, stalks and
bolls, about n
pounds of nitro
gen 81 pounds Of
potash a n d 28
pounds Of phos-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
Bay Springs News.

Bay Springs News.
he sure and plant every available
piece oil land in something to eat 'or
feed on. While the people in this
section are IN poor condition on ac-
count oil scarcity OF feed, 70 make IA
bumper crop, but we can make more
than we have ever dreamed of, if we
will keep at it from Monday morning
until Saturday night, and continue
10 plant until June, 1t will not in
jure any of Us To work six days q
week for the next two months.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18

Ne'f'"1 AiNAt'Hti.
Go 10 the trenches or go to the
furrow. Go to the war or go to
work. These are some OF the slogans
being pasted over the county. Some
mayors have openly stated that loaf
ers must either go to the war or g.
to the field and go 10 work Ii every
body can be put to work the war will
not be without il blessing 10 human
lty after all.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
FROn *
Our
EXCHANGES
Pontotoc' Sentinel.

on totGc sentinel.
A news item from Jackson states
that Gov. Theo G.. Biibo and Fred
rick Su lens, president and secretary,
respectively, of the Mississippi State
Council for Defense, are IN Washing
ton at a meeting OF the National
Council OF Defense And it is writ
ten, The lioa aud the lamb shall
lie down together.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
THE EDITOR ON The WING.

Mondav afternoon hate We siithr
and wife pot aboard on auto with
Gabe Churhwel AZ the sbRernP-
wheel aud purred over the roads to
McLain, having as a fellow-traveller,
Elk Justice L & Todd now of Beau
mont where he is still merchandising.
The roads on this route are not IN as
good condition as seems TO the wri-
ter they should be this long after the
great July storm. Possibly the
many washes in them are due in part
TO the winter and spring rains. Any
way they need going over badly and
thoroughly aud the supervisors
should do it without delay Increasing
the crews If necessary as enough mon
ey has been voted To assure good
roads and maybe they intend to
which if 50 this should be regarded
as only plea TO hasten their ac-
ton.
Bowling along beyond Betty into
tie Martha Watson pine preserves
we noticed in places the great des-
frnction done to that timber in
spots it was sure bad. There will be
yellow hurricane roots lying up
tnrned there 10 The world for many a
year
The night was cool. In fact about
as cool weather as our ATTITUDES
show for this late in Nav. We ex-
pect that frost signs we're again seen
on this morning as we'll as the pre-
cednm Wednesday.
However, the sun shone out clear
and warming Tuesday morning and
We scribe decided that he was really
i'm MCLAIN
when soon we saw our Old friend and
erstwhile correspondent
CoRDEs DAWSON
come Jogging along the road by the
hotel pulling the ribbons over that
yellow pony and bringing in the mali
from Nicely and on hand to meet the
trains to carry out the mails from the
Incoming train to expectant Greene
| CONTAINS on his route. II surely
| did Warm the cookies Of our heart
to use borrowed expression to grasp
the heart of that old-boy once more
and peep into his kindly beaming
lace. He is wiling to 20 to war if
they can use him; Is that patriotic y
but under seecnve CONSUMPTION the
plan is to use every man to the best
advantage Cordes is already 10 bis
lquiet faithful way rendering Uncle
Sam good service in carrying the
mail and The mails must go in this
war as they did in the great Civil
War.
McLain is 10 better tone these DAYS
from the fact of the branch line go
ing out across Leaf into the Watson
timber about Washington, Survey
ing has been completed to that vii
Iage, right of way cutting has pro-
crossed beyond the river ana the
grading has been done from the main
line to the river SO we assume that
II acH-laying will soon be in order.
The run up to
LACREL
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18

tions. Now there is a great deal of
lot abuse OF the petitioning right in
the way OF too free a use of IT, but
this should not squash the right to
petition when there arc real causes.
People are too quick to start out
with petitions as rule and too care
less about signing them For that
reason this editor more oft than not
declines &c slgn petitions. Another
abuse in the matter OF petitions, is
the reckless manner in which they
are drafted They should always be
drawn by skilled ha Ids Ia which no
undue advantage as to what they re
cite is allowed to be worked into
then, but only The actual grievance
stated aud the redress sought plain
ly expressed, otherwise the liability
for libel has to be run, but we are Of
the opinion that that would seldom
be invoked by an aggrieved party.
Libel to be resented usually takes
some other form than an overstated
petition.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
fACREL

was made Tuesday morning without
incident and we found our party
gathered and in session that morn
ing Laurel is TO be the host for
two days, then Thursday we repair
TO Gulfport to see the Exposition
grounds now going up.
The Nome daily nugget., 1917-07-11
NEW LINK IN ALASKA COMMUNICATION

WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 27.- tBy MaID-A W. .eless station for the west coast of Prince of Wales island is now an accomplished fact. It will be installed by the, war department as a part of the present cable and tele- graph system after the firts of July, as soon as the materials can be ob- tained. Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, to whose efforts the station is due primarily, was, ctified today by adju- tant General IT. P. Mccain that the secretary of war had approved the in- stellation of the plant.
 The west coast of Prince of Wales island, embracing a district rich in fishing, marble copper and other ores. has been isolaed because of thc ,acls of cable or wireless connection. The sole communication of the people there with the outside world has .,.-t throug', a weekly mail servlce from Wrangell and Ketchikan.
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assimilated to do you any good, otherwise it may prove worse than useless. Many an athlete and prize fighter has won the day simply be- cause he knew the secret of great strength and endurance and filled his blood with iron before he went into the affray: while many another has gone down in iaglorious defeat simpIy for the lack of rion."
 Dr. Schuyler c. Jaques another New YorK physician. said: T have never before gwen out any medical infor- r.;,,i,n or advice for publication, as l ordinarily do not believe in it. But in the case of Nuxated Iron l feel l would be rrrliss in my duty not to mention it. 1 have taken it myself and given it to my pateip.s with most surprising and satisfactory re- suits. And those who wish quickly
 U increase their strength, power and endurance will find it most remark able and wonderfully effective rem- edy."
 NOTE-Nuxated Iron, which is pre- scribed and recommended above by physicians in such a great variety of cases, is not patent medicine nor secret remedy, but one which is well known to druggists. and whose iron SOnSIltucllS dIo Wiucly Oy eminent physicians both in Europe and in America. Unlike the older in- organic iron products, it is easily as- simulated. does not inJure the teeth. make them black, nor upset the s.omach; on the contrary, it is a most potent remedy in nearly all forms of indigestion as well as for nervous, rundown conditions. The manufacturers have such great confi- dence in nuxated iron, that they offer to forfeit $100.00 to any charitable in- sti.ution if they cannot take any man or woman under 60 who lacks iron. and increase their strength 200 per cent or over in four weeks time, pro- vided they have no serious organic trouble. They also offer to refund your money if it does not at least double your strength and endurance in ten days .ime. It is dispensed in this city by Lomen Bros, tsuccessors to Butler Mauro & Co., and all good druggists
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Which Promises Medical

trouble, etc. The real and true cause which started their disease was noth- ing more nor less than d weakened condition brought on by lack of iron in the blood.
 Not long ago man came to me who was nearly half century old and asked me to give him preliminary examination for life insurance. 1 was astonished to find him with blood pressure of a boy of twenty and as full of vigor, vim and vitality as a young man; in fact young man he really was notwithstanding his age. The secret. he said, was taking iron Nuxated Iron had filled him with re- newed life. At thirty he was in bad health; a. forty-six he was care worn and nearly all in. Now at fifty a miracle of vitality and his face beam- ing with the buoyancy of youth. Iron is absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change food into living tissue. Without it no matter how much or what you eat, you food merely passes through you without doing you any good. You don't get the strength out of it, and as a con- sequence you become weak, pale and sickly looking, just like plant trying to grow in soil deficient in iron. If you are not strong or well, you owe it to yourself to make the following test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk without be- coming tired. Next take two five grain tablets of ordinary nuX- ated iron three times per day after meals for two weeks Then test your strength again and see how much you have gained. l have seen dozens of nervous, rundown people who were ailing all the while double their strength and endurance and entirely rid themselves of all symptoms of dyspepsia, liver and other troubles in from ten to fourteen days time simply by taking iron in the proper form. And this, after they had in some cases been doctoring for months with out obtaining any benefit. But don't take the old forms of reduced iron, iron tate, or tincture of iron sim ply to save a few cents. The iron demanded by Mother Nature for the red coioring matter in the blood of her children IS. alas! not that kind of iron. You must take iron in form that can be easily absorbed and
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NEW YORK, N. Y.-Since the re- markable discovery fo organic iron, Nuxated Iron or Fer Nuxate" as the French call it, has taken the country by storm il is conservatiyely esti- mated that over five million persons daily are taking it in this country alone Most astonishing results are reported from it's use by both phy- sicians and laymen. So much so that doctors, predict that we shall soon have a new age of far more beau- { slll. ioSy- Cheeked women and viz orous men.
 Dr. King New York physician and author, when interviewed on the sub- ject, said: There can be no vigorous iron men without iron. Pallor means anemia. Anemia means iron defici- ency. The skin of anemic men and women is pale. The flesh fabby. The muscles lack tone; the brain fogs and the memory fails and often they be- come weak, nervous irritable, de- spoadent and melancholy. When the iron goes from the blood of women, the roses go from their cheeks.
 Tn the most common foods of Am erica the s.arches sugars, table syrups, candies, polished rice, white bread, soda, crackers, biscuits, mac aroni, spaget.i, tapioca, sago, farina, degerminated cOrnmeal, no longer is iron to be found. Refining processes have removed the iron of Mother Earth from these impoverished foods, and silly methods of home cookery, by throwing down the waste pipe the water in which our vegetables are cooked, are responsible for another grave iron loss.
 Therefore if you wish 70 preserve your youthful vim and vigor to a ripe old age, you must supply the iron deficiency in your food by using some form or organic iron, just as you would use salt when your food has not enough salt"
 Dr. Sauer, who has studied abroad in great European medical institu- tions, said: As 1 have said a hun dred times over, orgnaic iron is the greatest of all strength builders. If people would only throw away patent medicines and nauseous connections and take simple nuxated iron, l am convinced that the lives of thousands of persons might be saved who now die every year from pneumonia. grippe, consumption, kidney, liver. heart
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was left out.
 Delegate Sulzer took up the mat ter immediately with the adjutant general He was informed that the commanding general of the western The commanding general of the wes- tern department replied to MT. Sul- zer's telegraphic inquiries that spe- cial order from the adjutant general would be necessary. Mir. Sulzer again called on the adjutar. general and pleaded Alaskst's cause. de pointed out that the Alaskan patriot would make better officer and soldier than his eastern brother and cited as an