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The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
To Try Alleged Assailant at
Tylertown.

Hazlehurst, Miss, Nov. 14.-Cir-
cult Court meets here Monday with
d civil docket the lightest in years
so far as contested cases are concern
ed. Judge D. NJ. Miller has announc-
ed that he will run court one week
and then adjourn until he can go
to Tylertown and try a negro for as
sault. The negro is in Jail in Jack
son now, and will be taken to Tyler
town, under strong guard since there
is strong probability of an attempt
at mob violence. Only a few days
ago the brother of the alleged as
sailant was shot and killed.
The Parent-Teacher Association
met yesterday at the school house
parlors, where an interesting pro-
gram was given, sixty-eight men,
bers being present. Mrs. Dave NJ.
Miller, the president, assumed her
post and Mrs. l.. S. Pitts was cho-
sen as permanent secretary. Miss
Collie Covington made the main ad-
dress, her subject being Child We'll
fare" Mrs. Ruth Cranberry was
elected treasurer. A concert will be
given on Friday, November 26, the
proceeds to go toward furnishing and
equipping Fairgrounds and the school
parlors. This Parent-Teachers' AS
sociation has pledged $50 on the Red
Cross quota for Hazlehurst and is
acting as body in assisting in rails
ing the other $1,000 which this city
is assessed with as It's quota.
The cold wave here has retarded
the growing crops considerably. All
cabbage which were in the field hot
beds are covered and farmers are go
ing cautiously in handling these
plants. Hundreds of hot-beds are
full of plants to be transplanted in
January or March for the early truck
D1arkntS
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Exhibits Train Attracts Many.

New Hebron, Miss, Nov. 12.-The
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, CO.
operating with the extension depart
ment of the Mississippi A .& M. Col
lege, ran an agricultural special and
exhibit train through this place
Thursday. Many persons from the
town and surrounding community,
including the children from the pub
lie school, went through the train
and listened to the lectures. The
farmers and business men gave most
of their attention to the live stock,
the farm products and implements,
while the women found equally as
much to interest them in labor saving
devices for the home and the exhibit
of club girls work.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
A Change in Date for Baptist Meeting

Owing to the fact that the Metho-
dist Conference begins in Brookhaven
December 1st, we have set forward
our protracted meeting so instead Of
beginning Monday, Nov. %, as an
nounced, it will begin Thursday the
18th of November. Bro. Bostick will
come up from McComb after the close
of the State Convention and hold
the first service Thursday night be-
ginning at 700.
Please tell your friends about the
meeting especially the change in
date. We hope by this means not
to interfere with the Methodist Con-
ference. This conclusion was only
reached Monday after conference
with Brother Bostick. Let all the
friends of righteousness pray and
work for a great revival.
]. A. TAYLOR,
Pastor Boptist Church.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Robbed and Left With Hands Tied
to Steering Wheel.

Vicksburg, Miss, Nov. 13.-Mark
Cockrell, a saw mill manager, was
held up and robbed of his payroll,
$3.50, this afternoon near Red Wood,
this county. Cockrell was found by
two men in his automobile. his eyes
blindfolded and his hands bound TO
the steering wheel. He said two men
held him up, locked his automobile,
put the key in their pockets, took
the money and left.
Two white men, Claude Cook and
Earl Busby, were arrested by the To-
cal police tonight on suspicion Of be-
ing the men who robbed Cockrell.
They said they were in Redwood this
afternoon and came to Vicksburg on
the night train. They were arrested
ten minutes after they arrived. Cook
had five cents and Busby $3.65. They
will be held for identification by
Cockrell.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17

fare of those who have been rendered
destitute or dependent, directly or in
directly, by the .vicissitudes of war,
the cruelties of men or other causes
beyond their control
100 Per Cent Relief.
"The aim of the organization is 100
per cent relief, the relief which puts
those aided on a self-supportng basis,
which instills in them confidence for
the future, places in their hands the
means with which to begin life anew,
and in their hearts the courage to go
on. Work, that is the prescription
subscribed and provided by those loyal
men and women who have journeyed
into perilous places for the sake of
their fellow men; to make these peo-
pie Independent for the future, to en-
courage the Pickering fire of national
pride.
"There are S2,291 workers employed
H. the industrial establishments of the
Near East Relief, where wool is fur
nished for the women to spin and
weave, and all the girls who are strong
enough are washing wool, sewing beds,
grinding and sitting wheat, tailoring
and learning to make lace. The big
problem is to make these women indie
pendent.
about 500 American men and wO-
men, Near East Relief workers, are
now in the field, including SO eminent
physicians and surgeons, 76 nurses,
mechanics, 10 industrial experts, 16
agriculturists, IA psychologists, 1877
relief workers, % supply and trans
port workers, 10 teachers, 20 admins
traitors, "a secretaries, engineers and
As army officers.
Where Money Goes.
Funds for relief purposes are dis
tributed in two ways: First, the vari-
GUS relief centers are authorized by
the Executive Committee to draw sight
drafts on New York for specific
amounts each month Second, by sup
plies purchased in America, the major
committee warehouses at Derindje,
and the remainder either to Beyrouth
or Batoum.
"The relief is rapidly expanding and
meeting the situation, but the future
depends on the continuation Of Ameri-
can support"
According to Mr.. Hemphill the need
for American help to see the destitute
peoples of the Near East through the
crisis Of present conditions Is greater
now than ever before on account Of the
uncertainty as to the future, the trucu-
lence of the Turkish government and
the danger of bolshevism from Russia,
which threatens to engulf the whole of
Armenia.
Who Direct the Work.
Mr.. Hemphill is the Chairman Of tho
Executive Committee Of the Near East
Relief. Other members are DR.. James
L. Barton, Secretary Of the Foreign
Department Of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-.
sions; Edwin NJ. Bulkley, banker, OF
Spencer Trask & Co., New York Judge
Abram l. Elkus, former United States
Ambassador to Turkey; Harold A.
Hatch, well known New York cotton
man; Herbert Hoover; William B. Nil.
lar, one of the Secretaries Of the Inter
church World Movement Henry Nor
genthau, United States Ambassador t.
Mexico; Edgar Richard Of the Amer
can Relief Administration Charles Y
vickrey, who Is Secretary Of the Nea
East Relief, and DR.. Stanley White
secretary Of the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions Of the Presbyterian Church.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Strayed or Stolen.

One pair small Army mules, Jacks,
weigh about 500 or 900 pounds each.
One bay and one sorrell, shoes on all
feet and tails and name sheared "a
bout three months ago.
The mules left about a month ago,
but were supposed to have been seen
at Walkers Bridge on Bogue Chitto
three weeks ago.
Liberal reward offered for them.
@. D. SAULS,
Tylertown, Miss.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Peripatetics in Session.

4V4ApUGCI4Co Ill HCoO4Uus
Mines, Parsons, Seavey and Sum-
rail- were hostesses for the Peripate-
tic Club Saturday afternoon at the
A. c. Seavey residence where loyal
members to the number of thirty as
sembled out of the cold into the great
warm rooms with their glowing
CRATES and cordial welcome extended
by the hostesses. Mrs. A. C. Seavey,
an honorary member, who still greets
prominent women of the club as
Bert" and Maggie" and Katie" as
in her earlier years when her own
Rose" and "Sallie" were but rose
buds in Brookhaven's garden of girls
added her welcome to the rest.
Mrs. j. H. Johnson, President of
the Peripatetics presided at the
meeting and directed the preliminary
business of the afternoon, which en-
braced the reading of the annual re-
port presented at the District Fed
Grafton at McComb by the secretary,
Mrs. ]. E. Seavey. In this report
Mrs. Seavey referred to the Whit
worth scholarships given by the club.
1t developed that four girls have re-
ceived so far, total of about twelve
years of training at Whitworth, a
fact that speaks in no uncertain tones
for the maintenance of club life
when it so we'll expresses it's pur-
pose and import in the lives of the
oncoming generation who have re-
Gently been granted their privileges
as citizens.
Among the numbers on the pro-
gram printed in the Year Book
which were distributed at this meet
ing, was voice recital by Mrs. w
H. Becker, "If 1 But Knew" by
Leigh, and "Slumber Boat, by Gay
nor; d'Hardelot's -"Till You Look
Up and Loves Coronation" by
Mrs. Johnson and a chorus which
completed the program of music.
Alice Hogan Rice was the subject
of Miss nellie Vann's excellent pa.
per and the author of the beautiful,
extracts read from her gifted pen
Both the humor and the pathos Of
the Kentucky writer were admirably
portrayed while Miss Vann held the
/ interest of her audience as she sin.
cerely interpreted the authors mean,
ing and depth of feeling with rare
discrimination and power.
Mrs. L. H. Bowen substituted fol
Mrs. S. NJ. Byrd on short notice anC
gave sketches of two other Southern
writers, James Lane Allen and Eli
zabeth Robins and something of theil
contributions to literature.
Mrs. French was to tell the clut
How to Register; but, due to thu
lateness of the hour when her timt
arrived she was at disadvantagt
but whetted the appetite for greater
knowledge of the affairs of govern
ment and how the women may takt
hand.
In the midst of this discussion th'
service of a salad course with ho
tea and coffee was enjoyed as thu
company migrated toward the dining
room on invitation of Mrs. Parsons
The Year Book has it that thu
next meeting will be with Mrs. MAJ
Priebatsch, Nov. 20, when the Pill
grim Fathers will have the right o
way,
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HEMPHILL EXPLAINS
ORGANIZATION or
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Prominent New York Banker
Says Aim Is 1000 Relief
of Starving Peoples.

"Just what is the Near East Relief
is the question that many people are
asking whose interests have been
awakened to the terrible conditions
existing in the Levant today" says
Alexander j. Hemphill, President OF
the Guarantee Trust Company and
well known New York banker and
financier. "In prosaic facts, the Near
East Relief is body Incorporated by
act of Congress the object of which is
to provide relief and to assist in the
repatriation, rehabilitation and re-es-
tablishment of suffering and dependent
people of the Near East and adjacent
areas; to provide for the care of or
phans and widows and to promote the
social. economic and industrial wei
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Congressman JOhnson's Private Sec.
retary Commits Suicide.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Nov. 12.-Con-
gressman Paul B. Johnson of this city
was called to attend the funeral to-
day in Waynesboro, of his private
secretary, w. A. Bodie, who shot and
wounded himself SO badly wednesday
night that he died soon afterward
Mr.. Bodie was acting postmaster of
Waynesboro at the time and there
was absolutely no cause for ending
his life.
He had been chancery clerk of
Wayne County and had filled other
county Offices before accepting the
secretaryship to Congressman John
son.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
BroOkhaven Should be Host in 1921

The Jackson Rotary Club enter
tanned large number of ex-service
men on Armistiee Day, each member
of the club inviting his guest or
guests.
The principal talk of the occasion
was made by Marcellus Green, pro-
minent Jackson lawyer and one of
Jackson's most patriotic citizens. Mr..
Green paid a glowing tribute to the
American manhood that Jared over
seas to fight the battles Of liberty.
Since last Thursday when the John
Edwards Post entertained this COM
munity, it is ours to reverse the hosts
and guests another year which would
make Brookhaven the host Of our
ex-service men on next Armistice
Day.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Gant's Hounds to be Placed on Trail.

Natchez. Miss, Nov. -Gant's
bloodhounds from Crystal Springs,
are expected to arrive at st. Joseph,
La, tonight and will go Immediately
on the trail Of the robbers OF the
Bank Of St. Charles. who Thursday
night cut through the steel walls OF
the safe and secured $4,000. 1t has
developed that in addition to this
loss, jewe1ry valued at $4,000, the
property Of Daniel Ashford, was also
taken.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Chaplins are Divorced,

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 12.-Mil-
dred Harris Chaplin was granted a
decree for divorce from Chas. Chap
lin in the Superior Court here to-
day.
Mr., Chaplin, whom Mrs. Chaplin
charged with cruelty was not in
court. but was represented by at
torneys. 1t was stated a property
settlement, involving about 100000
had been made out of court and an
agreement reached by which Mrs.
Chaplin would not use the name of
Chaplin professionally.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
LittIe.Used Term.

The word Saracen was applied in the
middle ages to Turks, Arabs, Moors and
other NIohammedans in western Asia
and northern Africa. The same kind
Of people live now, but the word is sell
dom used except in romance, poetry
and history.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17

If you are subject OF attacks Of
heartburn or indigestion, IL may do you
good to learn that Priclfly Ash Bitters
is a prompt and efficient remedy. 1t
burn tones up the stomach and by IFS
agreeable cathartic effect II enpties
prd purihes the bowels Try III Price
tt.h0 per bottle. sold by eli dealers
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17
Thousands Of Ants In Hill.

An ant hill two feet in height con-
tains about $4,000 ants, according to-
the observations and counting, extend
ing over two years, carried out by a
well-known naturalist.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-11-17

You are an exception If you are
not taking The Leader. Your neigh
bor does.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
No Bolshevik Reply on Truce

SPA, Belgium, July 1s.-Up to this
evening no reply had been received
from the Soviet government at Moscow
with regard to the British proposal
for an armistice between Poland and
Soviet Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Gonzalez to Face
Immediate Trial
AS Rebel Leader
Candidate for Mexican
Presidency Found Hiding
i'm Cellar at the Capital;
Yields on Seeing Warrant

MEXICO CITY, July 15-General
Pablo Gonzales, former candidate for
the Presidency and alleged leader Of
the abortive revolution in the state of
Nuevo Leon, whose capture was re-
ported to-day, will be placed on trial
Immediately. according to official an
nouncement. The government has ap-
pointed Generals Francisco Coss, Of
Saltillo; Enrique Estrada, of Zaca-
tecas, and Joaquin Amaro, of Torreon,
as members Of the court, according to
the newspaper Excelsior"
General Gonzalez's whereabouts were
discovered last night, but he resisted
arrest, claiming those who sought to
apprehend him did not carry warrants
for their action. The house where he
was lodging was watched all night,
officials in the meantime securing a
warrant to take him into custody. One
version of the incident states he was
found hiding in the cellar Of the house
this morning.
Suspicion on the part of government
authorities was aroused by General
Gonzalez's refusal to publicly denounce
the uprisings led by several military
leaders in Nuevo Leon, the General
claiming the rebellious chiefs were
his personal friends
A dispatch to the "Heraldo" says that
supporters of General Gonzalez protest
against the government holding him in
solitary confinement, and claim this
is in violation of the provisions of the
constitution of 1907. Legal action by
which he can be protected is contem-
plated it is understand
A draft of plan of revolution, pro-
viding for the BUSTING of all govern
mental departments functioning at
present, was found in the pocket of
General Carlos Garcia, chief of staff
to General Pablo Gonzalez, according
to a message from General M. Perez
Trevino, chief of operations in Nuevo
Leon, to General p Elias Gales, Sec
rotary of War, says the "Heraldo."
The project calls for the appointment
Of new Provisional President by Con-
gress when three fourths of the states
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Landlords Agent
Is Charged With
Unlawful Entry
Tenant Asserts He Went Into
Apartment i'm Her Alb
sence, Taking Rent Re-
ceipts, Court Records, Etc.

Charged with having ransacked a
tenants apartment during her abb
sence, Emmanuel Claman, secretary
of the Forty eighth Street Corpora
ton, of 241 West Forty-third Street,
was arraigned yesterday before Mag
istrate Corrigan in the West Side
Court. A complaint of unlawful entry
was authorized by the court, and the
defendant will be examined to-day.
Claman, whose company owns and
rents apartment properties, was ar
rested at the request of Miss Ida M.
Heaton, of $50 West Eighty fifth
Street, one of his tenants. She testi-
fed that he had entered her apart
ment while she was out on July II and
had destroyed, several rent receipts
and court records, in addition to hav-
ing appropriated diamond ring valued
at $3.50 and suit of clothes owned
by Edwin Richey roomer.
The court records to which Miss
Heaton referred were said to have
been those pertaining to verdict
which she and other tenants had been
granted in the 4th District Mu-
nlclpal Court recently after the hear
ing of a grievance against the land
lord. The complainant testified that
her door had been forced open.
Mrs. Margaret Hoepner, another ten
ant in the same house, testified that
she saw Claman pass the door of her
apartment with a package under his
arm on the way to Miss Heaton's
apartment on July IL short time
after her neighbor had left home, and
that two hours later he left the house
the same. way. No other person was
there during the tenants absence, she
said.
About thirty other tenants of the
house attended the hearing, and there
was ripple of applause when Magis-
trate Corrigan ordered the complaint
drawn up. A fight was narrowly
averted when the accused man is said
to have remarked to Mrs. Hoepner:
you perjured yourself. I'll get you
yeti"
"No you won't get mel" Mrs. Hoop
ner shouted and she made a lunge for
Claman. Detectives restrained both
combatants and the court warned Cla-
man to keep quiet if he didn't want
to be locked up.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
War Crosses Save Man
Who Shoots Two Cats
Newark Hero Freed in Court
Upon Recital of Exploits in
Conflict With Germans

The nightly wall of back-fence cats
proved so annoying to Frank Sadkow-
sky, of 143 South Street, Newark, that
he got his revolver the other night and
fired two shots, killing two cats. But
a patro1man heard the shots and saw
the cats. Yesterday Sadkowsky was
called before Acting Judge Yuill in the
Sd Precinct Court, Newark
1t looked bad for Sadkowsky until a
man in the court room got up and told
Judge Yuill that the defendant had
killed other things besides cats. He
said the cat killer was the only man
in Newark who had been awarded the
Congressional Medal, and that, in addi-
tion to this, he had won such things
as the Croix de Guerre and the Italian
War Cross. and had cleaned out Ger
man machine gun nest single-handed.
That was enough for the court.
Judge Yuill announced that he had
changed his mind about holding the
defendant in S1,000sbail for having
concealed weapon and placed him on
parole. He came down from the bench
and shook hands with Sadkowsky and
said that he would recommend TO the
grand jury that the case be dismissed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Mum Necklace Valued
AT $500 by Shippers
Station Agent Declares Package
Was i'm Perfect Condition
When 1T Left His Hands

PHILADELPHIA, July 18-The dia-
mond necklace sent to Mrs. Gurnee
Mum of Radnor, which was shattered
by revolver bullet, was given value
Of $500 when it was turned over to
the express company. Mrs. Mum
values 1t at $4,000.
L. w. Goebel, assistant baggage
master at the Radnor station, who had
charge of the package there, said to-
day the small valuation had been made
by the shippers.
Mr.. Goebel says he has distinct
recollection of the package, which he
handled about the second week in
June. 1t was in perfect condition and
was sealed, he declared.
He said there was no sign of hole
through the paper wrapping of the
package when it left the station for
delivery to the Mum home at Radnor.
Q. G. Darlington, agent of the Ameri-
can Railway Express Company at Rad
nor, confirmed Goebel's account
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-17
Chides Colonel Roosevelt
Anderson Urges He Change
Stand OH Beer Issy,e

William H. Anderson, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League, addressed
an open letter yesterday to Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt asking him If he
favors repeating the modification beer
act" passed at the last session of the
Legislature. Roosevelt voted for the
bill.
"Or do you stand pat with the wet,
old guard state bosses on your multi
tication alliance with Tammany and
the brewersg" inquiries the state
superintendent, who then makes this
appeal;
''For the sake of the memory of your
father, there are multiplied tens of
thousands of people. not only in this
state, but throughout the nation, who
hope that you are big enough to rec
ognize that the manly thing for a
young man who has been misled into
an unterfable position is frankly to
admit his error of Judgment and do
his utmost to make amends"