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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-05-04
MOHAiR POOL HELD

Being unable to get a salts
factory bid, the officers of the
Eddyville Mohair Association did
not sell their pool, which was ad-
vertised for sale last Monday.
The best bid offered was 6612
cents, which was considered too
low. fa''.-s.- silr..-- -ssi-.,. ~, -
Mohair has been selling foi
I75c. or better, and We under
stand that the Eddyville pool will
be held for 70c., the first bidder
coming up to that figure getting
the pool. There are about 5000
fieeces in the pool.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-05-04
SUNDAY TRAIN SERVICE
TO BE RESUMED

Commencing Sunday the
Southern Pacific Co., will again
resume its Sunday excursion
service to Newport. The train
will pass through Toledo at
1920, returning at 2::25.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-05-04
CLEANUP DAY

Today has been set as Clean
up Day by the Ladies Civic i'm
provement Club and all are re-
quested to have their rubbish
sacked or boxed and placed
where the teams can gather it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

Second year--Oats. followed by
cowpeas. soy beans or peanuts.
Third year-Corn. with cowpeas.
peanuts, or velvet beans between the
rows.
Manures and Fertilizers.
Stable manure Is an excellent fer
tilizer for sweet-potato lands. especial
ly those which are deficient In humus.
Heavy applications of fresh manure
should not be applied shortly before
planting sweet potatoes, for the ma
nure will cause excessive growth OF
vines at the expense Of the roots. 1t
is a very good plan to use the manure
on the crop that precedes the sweet
potatoes; thus the manure is very thor
oughly Incorporated with the soil be-
fore the sweet potatoes are planted.
Commercial fertilizers will produce
good crops Of sweet potatoes, provid-
ed the soil contains sufficient humus.
The quantity and kind of fertilizer
to use will depend upon the fertility
Of the SOIL When sweet potatoes fol-
low an early crop Of Irish potatoes or
other early vegetables no fertilizer Is
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

content in the soil, while with a prop
er rotation, using soil-improving
crop every three or four years. 1t is
possible to maintain the supply of
humus.
The rotations to be followed will
depend entirely upon the individual
farmers needs, but the. following Is
suggestive and may be changed.
A good four-year rotation for the
northern part of the sweet-potato
growing area would be:
First year-Sweet potatoes.
Second year-Tomatoes or other
vegetable crop. with clover seeded
lhte between the rows. -
Third year-Clover.
Fourth year-Corn.
A suggestive four-year. rotation for
The Southern states would be:
First year-Sweet. potatoes.
Second year-Oats, followed by
cowpeas or peanuts.
Third year-Cotton with bur clover
or crimson clover between the rows.
Fourth year-Corn with cowpeas,
peanuts, sor velvet beans between the
rows.
A good three-year rotation:
First year-Early Irish potatoes or
other early vegetable crop, followed
by sweet potatoes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
SOILS AND ROTATIONS FOR SWEET POTATO

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Sweet potatoes can be grown on
nearly every type Of soil. but sand
or sandy loan soil will give the best
results. The subsoil should be clay. so
that the plant food will not easily
leach away, but the clay should be Of
a porous character to afford good
drainage. Soils medium in fertility
are to be preferred to very rioh soils,
for the latter will produce a heavy
growth Of vines at the expense Of roots.
Good crops may be produced on run
down cotton, corn. or tobacco lands
IL leguminous crop is planted to
Increase the humus In the soil. New
ly cleared pine land will produce ex-
cellent crops of sweet potatoes when
properly fortified.
Rotations.
A systematic rotation of crops
should be practiced when raising
sweet potatoes, for In this way 1t Is
possible to check materially the
spread Of sweet-potato diseases. The
continuous cropping Of the land with
sweet potatoes depletes the humus
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
PROHIBITION AND WAGES.

fTOln the OniLeu suites cehSuS hO
ports, III
In ten years IN prohibition states
wages increased 103 per cent.
In near-prohibition states, states In
which so per cent or more of the popu-
iation was under prohibition, the In
crease was II per cent. ~. ~
In partially licensed states, states In
which more than rs per cent but less
than 80 per cent Of the population was
under prohibition, the increase was 70
per cent.
IN LICENSED STATES IN WHICH
LESS THAN % PER CENT OF THE
POPULATION WAS UNDER PROFII-
BITION, THE INCREASE IN WAGES
WAS BUT 81 PER CENT,
WHICH is BETTER FRIEND TO La
Dor, LICENSE OR PROHIBrTIONf
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
CULTURE OF PEANUTS
Boil Seed in Boiling Soap Water
to Repel Rodents.
Nuts Should Be Planted In Moist Soil
1 Run Drag Harrow Over Crop u
Weeds or Grass Threaten
Can Be Stored in Barn.
rBv FLETCHER DAVIS. Texas Depart
ment of AgricuitureD

(Rv FLETCHER DAVIS, Texas Depart
ment of AgricuitureD
It takes about one and q half pecks
of the larger varieties of shelled pea
nuts and one peck of the Spanish or
one and a quarter bushels of whole
pods to plant an acre. Where the
whole pods are planted. they should
be soaked in water few hours-not
long enough, for them to. spoil-and
planted down in the moist soil before
being permitted to dry. If there Is
liability Of rodents destroying the
seeds, 1t is claimed by some that they
can be protected by sdissolying five
cent bar of laundry soap in boiling
water and stirring thoroughly into this
n half pint of coal oil and then mix
ing this hot preparation with suffi-
>cient quantity of cool water to soak
@kwo bushels Of peanuts in the hulls.
This preparation should not be used
on shelled peanuts, and 1t Is better to
poison the rodents before planting
FATHER than seek to repel them In this
sway. The nuts should be planted In
:. moist ground, but they need be COW
cred to a depth varying from three
quarters az an Eipch An heavy soils to
tfwc inches in light sandy soils.
y II the soil shows tendency to bake
or is becoming foul Win weeds lor
grass. drag harrow can be run all
aiover the crop, while 1t Is young or just
.sycomlngsup, being careful, of course, to
Esat the teeth of the harrow SO as not
'ko4Sk xheApiAhts eutssofsthss ground.
or where soil is loose and loamy and
when grass and weeds grow rapidly,
!, FIRST and even the second blowing
Imay be done by running sweep shall
low and close enough to completely
cover up all the grass, weeds ana even
| the peanuts. This operation, II done
lin time. viii clean the rows by smoth-
ering the Rsass and weeds. but the pea
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
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WILL PROHIBIT Hor BREAD.
Conducted by the National womar's
Christian Temperance union.)

In the course of the debate on the
bone-dry bill In the Georgia senate
State Senator Pickett asked this dues-
ton: "Will you say to the people
next that they won't be allowed to
make hot bread because 1t hurts their
digestionT The Atlanta Constitution
made reply In words which constitute
q comprehensive indictment Of the iiu-
uor traffic. "Yes, Senator Pickett" It
said, when the use Of hot bread be-
comes so general and so abnormal as
TO constitute mania; when craving
Tor 1t becomes so great that men neg
lect their fresides and starve their
wives and children In order to satisfy
their appetites for 1t; when it Is prov
ed that men fill up on hot bread and
so home and beat their wives and chill
dren In hot-bread frenzy; when ruff
ans nerve themselves with hot bread
and under its influence kill our citi-
gems and desecrate our homes; when
hot bread violates the sanctity of our
hresides and debases and debauches
our young sons and pure-minded
daughters; when it leagues itself with
and inspires the lowest and vilest sorts
OF vice; when 1t befuddles the brains
OF our boys so that under its spells
they sign checks and forge names and
go to the penitentiary; when craving
for 1t becomes so irresistible that
workmen on Saturday nights cannot
pass bakery on the road home, but
go in and squander the weeks earn
ings in hot bread, when 1t should have
been spent In coal, food for the fam
lily. shoes, life insurance. when so
ciety Is taxed to provide policemen
to guard men and women under the
influence Of hot bread; when the city
and state are burdened to support
courts to deal with crime committed
as direct result of over-indulgence
In hot bread; when our penitentiaries
and almhouses and insane asylums be-
come filled with criminals and human
derelicts and maniacs-human beings,
once with souls, wrecked upon the
rocks Of hot bread; when mothers
hairs are whitened by.-work through
sleepless nights that fathers and sons
spend carousing In hot bread dives
when men can no longer find employ
ment on a railroad or in an Industrial
pursuit If he uses hot bread; when
engineers under the influence of hot
bread fail to see the signal lights and
wreck their trains and slaughter inno-
cent people; when chauffeurs fill up
ON hot bread and drive their cars
like madmen over our highways and
streets, running down our women and
children. the aged and the cripples,
and killing them; when the use of hot
bread shall reach such a pass that 1t
threatens the very safety and sanity
and life Of the stateAthen, the pa
triotic, decency-loving' people will de-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

nuts will come through to q perfect
stand within "a to 4S hours, provided.
of course, they are not covered too
deep, In which case they may never
come through Frequent shallow cul-
tivation with ordinary implements to
keep down weeds and maintain soil
mulch is oil the cultivation needed.
Even this should cease when the plants
begin to peg and by the last blowing.
gently sloping ridge or bed should
be formed around the plants.
If grown only for feed. they can be
stored in the barn or stacked In Q
larger stack when thoroughly cured;
but IL the nuts are to be crushed at
the mills-and many cottonseed oil
mills are now prepared to crush them
or sold to buyers, they must be pick
ed from the vines. This can be done
either by hand or by machinery, but
it Is best II possible, to employ, the
latter as being more economical and
faster. There are two kinds of thresh-
ers-the rotary thresher and the pick
er. The rotary thresher can be bought
for from $500 to $500, and there is a
peanut attachment for the ordinary
grain threshers that can be had at 500
to 800. Some object to the rotary
thresher on account Of the large per
cent of the nuts that 1t damages and
prefer the peanut picker, machine
that works on different principle
from the rotary thresher. Il a COM
munity grows a sufficient acreage of
sound. clean peanuts. threshers will
seek out those communities to cater
to the custom Of the growers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
BUILDING UP. LAYING STRAIN
.RopItryman Must Give Much Consider.
ation to the Fowls That Are
to Head the Pens.

In building up a laying strain Of
chickens the poultryman must give q
great deal yconsidsration toftAe birds
that are to head the pens. The male
birds should be the offspring OF, fe-
males of good laying strains. The
male bird has greater influence in
strain breeding than the average
breeder gives him credit for, and too
often strains do not develop. to the
'satisfdction Of the breeder because no
consideration Is given to the eggpto-
ducing qualities Of the ancestry IT ths
male bird used.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
DOOMED 1ol DESTRUCTION.

There Is no agency on earth or IN
hell strong enough to deliver the liquor
Institution from its just doom. The only
power that could strike the fast del
scendlng sword Of fetribution from the
avenging hand Of this~republic Is the
power of Almighty Cod That. power
Is on the other side daniel a. Pol
ling.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
ALCOHOL 10 ALcoHoL.

The alcohol of beer and the aico-
hol of whisky are identical. Whisky
drinking Is dangerous because of the
alcohol poison which the whisky con-
tains. Beer drinking Is dangerous for
the same reason. Medical men are,
however, pretty well agreed that. on|
the whole. apart from the alcohofic|
poisoning, beer drinking IL more mis-
chievous than whisky drinking. 80.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
POORER ALL; AROUND.

ut isn't the saloon that makes
man miserable--it's his poverty" the
exponent Of the saloon is telling the
workingman. This Is often true. But
you never heard OF a. saloon that rel
lieyed workingman sQt his poverty
Every time be comes out Of salooI
he Is poorer than when he went In.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
Auree on S.andards.

Washington--Standard dimension
for mntori tuuok engines and ,transmis
sion machinery, under army require
nents. have been agreed upon By lsad
Eg manufacturers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
School Board Is In squabbIs.

West Points quarrel over the super
intendency of schools is likely to find
its way to Governor Bilbo for settle
ment.
The retiring board of trustees elect
ed c. F. Capps, who for several years
has been superintendent here, for the
1918 session. The new board did
not recognize this election, but chose
Prof. Meadows of Amory.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
state Board Issues Licenses.

Ten physicians have applied for re-
ciprocal licenses in Mississippi and
have been approved by the state board
of health since the October meeting.
as follows: w. H. Barton. from vir.
ginia; J. E. McDill, Tennessee; R. l..
Lawles. Tennessee; M. s. Alexander,
Arkansas; d. c. Alsabrook, Georgia;
W. R. P. Thomson. Texas; Gally Wo.
gan, louisiana; c. E. Taylor. Mis-
souri,; L. o. Church, Indiana; F. ].
Gilbert, Louisiana.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
IA LIQUOR FABRICATION.

| Liquorttes have. been asserting. tha|
Denver. musicians ARE walking, TIL
streets seeking employment. The Id
Dor Bulletin Of that city is authorit|
for the statement that thermusician|
have secured wage increase Of 4
per week.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
ovsreubserIbe Certificates.

Washington.-For the third tim
within six weeks an offering Of 5000
Oo0,0 900 in treasury certificates Of in,
debtedness convertible into liberty
loan bonds and bearing q lower inter
est rate than the bond issue itself. ha
been heavily oversubscribed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
~ FfR
As a FATHER ALSO.

.aThe farmer must restore our &C
nomic balance" fes-bdt not Il
farmer as.the producer Of bread. mer
~, but the farmer assthe father /,
boys. '~.et .,. .,....
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
BOARD TAKES NO ACTION
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS
ASKED TO FILE REPORTS AS
TO PRESENT VALUES.

Aftsr Receiving Reports Board 10 E~
peetsd To Fix Valuations For Taxa
,tIon---0overno Has About Given Up
Idea Of Extra Session.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
Trustees Cannot Handle Books.

The state superintendent of educa
ton calls the attention Of school trus.
tees and officers to section 1926 OF
the code, which prescribes serious pen.
alties for those who have dealings in
books, school furniture and supplies.
Some such officials are suspected OF
having an interest in the sale of sucn
supplies. and this is case in which a
word to the wise is sufficient"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

needed. And when they follow leg.
luminous crop very little nitrogen is
needed In the commercial fertilizer.
The whole question Of fertilizers
should be studied. for the amounts
Of the different elements to use and
the sources of these elements will de-
pend upon prices and. the materials
that are available.
A suggestive formula that would
do for many conditions Is as follows:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate (16 per cent? !, 900
Cottonseed meal. ............... 500
Nitrate Of soda. !. ...... $3.50. 100
Muriate Of potash. ............. 300
1000
This mixture contains about 8.8 per
cent phosphoric acid, 2.5 per cent
nitrogen, and~75. per cent potash. (.
The commercial fertilizer is usually
applied in the row where the crop Is
to be planted and stirred with the
soil by running single-shovel Gull
Dtivator in the row. A ridge is then
thrown up over the fertilizer. The
fertilizer should be distributed at least
ten days before planting begins, so as
to avoid any burning Of the roots Of
the plants.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSOlOOL
LESSON

CBy e. o. sELLERs, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute OF Chicaso.)
(copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

Jackson.-Because OF the uncertain
BY OF Gov. Biibo calling a special ses
sion of the legislature and lowering
the ad valorem tar, the Mississippi
railroad commission, after opening the
hearing here with the view of increas
ing the valuation of public utility prop
critics In the state, adjourned without
acting on assessments until July 2,
the next meeting.
The commissioners could not reach
an equitable adjustment OF valuation
with the possibility Of taxes being low
er and. In fact, are not aware at pres
emit OF the per cent of actual value that
the holdings in the state are placed at.
4 All public utility companies will be
notified to file reports before the July
meeting, as to the per cent of valua.
ton they are now paying taxes on.
Gov. Bilbo has made an effort through
the state tax commission to have all
county boards of supervisors raise as
sessments to the 100 per cent basis,
and pledged special term of legisla.
ture to lower the mill levy to mills
or less.
The state railroad commission is tc
determine the assessment OF public
utility properties.
So. with the governors plans un
certain, and with new ruling of the
commission recently announced that
all protests against increase in valua
ton must be made before the amounts
are fixed, the board adjourned without
action, and will face almost the same
problem again in the July term.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
Or. Hall Resigns From Board.

Or. Hall Resigns From Board.
Gov. Bilbo announces the resigna
ton OF ID. w. w. Hall, formerly Of
Lumberton. but who has recently es-
tablished himself in the delta, from
the state board Of health. Immediately
upon DR.. Halls resignation he was ap-
pointed by the board of health to be
health officer for Bolivar county, and
DR.. A. ]. Ware OF Greenville was ap-
pointed by the governor to the vacat-
ed position on the board of health.
Another county appointment of in
terest is that of DR.. c. B. Mitchell Of
Pontotoc, son Of Dr. G. D. Mitchell,
president of the state board, as health
officer for Pontotoc county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
Road Work lie Being Delayed.

Road Work is Being Delayed.
Fifty per cent of the road work in
Mississippi has been checked or ham
pered by the shortage of cars for NOV
Ing building materials" said Xavier A.
Kramer, state highway engineer.
The car situation has so affected the
road work where surface materials are
needed that the board of supervisors of
some counties have appealed to the
president for aid in supplying cars.
Free Scholarships by Land Company.
The foundation for a college educa.
ton for four young men or women of
Mississippi is offered by L. X. SAILS
bury, president of delta land organ
ixation.
& The announcement follows i con.
ference Of heads Of the colleges In
Mississippi and the general managpes
of the delta concern. that four schol.
arships would be awarded to rest,
dents OF Mississippi each year, one
In each Of the four cole ges.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29

What Is your application OF fhis
vision for ISAIAH We are q CHIPS
tan nation, but there ere many de-
grees ana KINDS Of Christians; thpse
who sincerely try to follow Jesus
those who live under Christian gov.
eminent, and are unaffected by Chris
tian influences. There Ii only one
way to save this nation from going the
way Of Nineveh and Tyre that is, that
Justice and righteousness shall govern,
and that justice and righteousness shall
be the fruit Of regenerated lives. The
cry Is for 0 better social environment
and a more Just social position.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29


Crystal Springs.-John Taylor. a
farmer, so, living near here, probably
has the honor of furnishing more boys
for service in the army Of Uncle Sam
than any other man in the United
States. Mr. Taylor has 70 children, II
of whom are boys. . On registration
day seven of these boys came into the
registrars office / ana registered for
service and are now waiting further
action from the government before go
ing into service ''.- R.ittw
Biloxi-sumrzer school for the pur
pose of military instruction at the Gulf
Coast military academies, where there
are forty-three students, is one Of the
best since the establishment Of the
school Prof H. NJ Ivy Of Canton is In
charge of the school with faculty
consisting Of Major v. H, Grossberg,
cadet major Of the University of iii
nois, commandment: Capt EdHard nc.
Ghce of Alabama and Capt. FL. chas-
tain. principal Of the West Point high
school
Milan.-'rhe city board OF eduoarlon
at the regular meeting. elected ths
following teachers OF the Milan high
school for 1917-t91s. Superintendent
w. A. Bass; teacher In the high school
\ b all, Misses Irene Holt, Johnnie Hale
| NoiaS Cannon; lower HALF Misses Es
sic Rhodes. Pauline K~aton, Willie
chrissenberry, UofdeliA Dklmwood
and Mrs. Mi.nie Moore. ISL
Chattanooga. Twenty pipe filters Of
the Chattanooga gas company strucl
for higher wages, when the company
refused their request FOR an increase