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phia; DR.. G. NJ. Christine, Philadelphia !;
the Rev. George Crorwcll Greeley, Church
Of The Rcdocmcr, New Brighton, n Y,
md the Rev. Edward G. Moore, mem
Der American Committee for Relief of
Ncnr East, 1919, Cambridge, Mass.
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No RISES 10 GRADUATE.
Homoeopsthdc II ospital School Com
mencemcni n ext Tuesday Evening.

DR.. Julian Adair will address graduate.
Of the Homeopathic Hospital Training
School for Nurses at the commencement
exercises to be held next Tuesday evening
at tn New Century Club. Rev. r. ".
Trapnell, rector of St. Andrews Church
will also speak.
Miss Margaret McGrath and Miss
Catherine NJ. Gallagher are graduates.
Miss Isabel B. Wales and Frank Huss viii
give selections, accompanied by Carlisle
Hemphill
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-22

TestsmentAry--On the >s,str n Wiz
liam Kennnsd Crsns w FINK a. Bsksr, /,
estate of Mary NJ. Jones ~ Mattel Jones.
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Claymont Womcn's Club.
The Womens Club of Claymont will
hold its next meeting on Monday, Octo-
Der %, at $50 p. M, in the Overlook Club
Room, Overlook Colony, Claymont.
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LETTERS ON ESTATES.

Register OF Wills lsnac r. Brown has
grnntcd letters AS follows:
Administration the estate Of Mar
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tin Thornton n Martin J. Thornton; ~
tate of Thomas r. Ryan 10 Anna T..
RYAN.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
q BANKRUPTCY
CASES IN 1918

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 5.-The The
measure of prosperity and sta
bility of business in Mississippi is
strikingly revealed by the records of
the United States bankruptcy in this
city, showing that only 2S bankruptcy
petitions were filed during the year
1919 for this district which includes
% counties, among the largest in the
state.
The annual average for this district
for the past three years has ceen
about 100 bankruptcy petiuons'
voluntary and involuntary.
Not only is the number Of petitions
one-fourth less than the average, but
the amounts involved are far below
the records of former years. In fact,
the only large bankruptcy petition
filed in this district during the year
was that of the Jackson Light and
Traction company, involving about
$1,000, 900. Nearly all of the re-
naming % petitions are small IN
dividual cases, involving only a few
hundred dollars each.
In the Vicksburg division OF the
southern district only three bankrupt
CIV petitions were filed. Reports have
not vet been received from the BlloX
and Meridian divisions, but they vii
show similar decreases.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09

Monday, Jan. s, the newly e'ected
county and Beat officers were sworn
in and assumed the responsibility OF
their duties.
The personnel Of the new county
officers is as follows:
W. N. Frost. Sheriff.
Doss E. Parks, Chancery Clerk:
Eugene Simmons, Circuit Clerk
C. A. Lawshe, Supt Education.
Supervisor
L. T. Wisdom, Beat I.
Garret Fly, Beat 2.
Eugene Tarver, Beat 3.
Geo. Lyons, Beat 4.
John Harrison, Beat 5.
Sheriff Frost has appointed W. W;
Frost, deputy for End District and
Edgar D. Chapman for 1st District.
Chancery Clerk Parks has appoint
ed Hugh Johnson for deputy Clerk
for End District.
No appointment has been made
| by Cicuit Clerk Simmons for deputy
vet, neither has Mr.. Parks made any
appointment for the 1st District.
The new officers are men OF capa-
bility and with their excel ent depu-
ties, the county is assured that tne
county affairs will be well cared for.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
|BILBO FAVORS BONDS
And \VOMIEEnISUF
General Review of Financial
Condition Given-Deplores
Failure of United States SEN
ate to Ratify Treaty.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. Tn his N
ennial message to the Legislature
today Gov. Dilbo urged the adoption
of the Susan B. Anthony amendment
providing for woman's suffrage.
He also urges $25, 100000 bond
issue for good roads to be supple
mented by similar sum from the
federal government, the burden TO DC
borne by tax of two cents per gal,
'on on gasoline. The construction OF
several new state institutions is sug'
gested. Owing to increased living
costs the states financial budget fol
the ensuing biennial period has Jump
ed from $12,OO0.000 to $4,000. 900
of which s5,000,Oo0 is requested fol
permanent improvements at colleges
and humane and benevolent instltu
tions.
The governor discusses nationa
questions at some length in his mes
sage and deplores the failure OF tht
United States Senate to ratify. th'
peace treaty and the league OF ma
tons.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
WANTED
TO FIGHT BOOZE
Anti-Saloon League Plans to
Finish Barleycorn.-5 Year
Campaign Mapped Out.

Washington, Jan. A 5O,OOO,.
600 budget for the next five years
$27, 100000 of which it is planned tc
raise this year, is in the programme
of the Anti-Saloon League of Ameri.
ca, it was announced today by Wayne
B. Wheeler, legal adviser Of the
league
Plans for the expenditure of the
$27, 100000, which Mr.. Wheeler said
the league expects to raise without
great difficulty" include:
An allotment of 8,560,000 to aid
in making the United States a dry
land in fact as we'll as theoretically
by legal enactment and the dissem-
ination Of educational propaganda
to convince the people of the immense
benefits accruing to the credit of pro-
hibition.
Allotment of $6,860,0oO for an
educational campaign to bring about
prohibition in South and Central
America, Mexico and West Indies.
Two and half millions for world
prohibition campaign with special
reference to Japan, Australia, South
Africa, the Scandinavian countries
and Scotland.
Among the budgetary items for the
United States, the largest is $780,
900 for periodicals, books and PAM
phleths for the educational campaign.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
THE AUTUMNAL LANDSCAPE

"The lands are lit
With all the Autumnal blaze OF
Golden Rod;
And everywhere the purple astors
nod
And bend and wave and fit"
The landscape in the Autumn
And Winter afford varied and
subdued coloring.
II is restful to the eye to gaze upon
the woods
Dressed in purple and gold
Here and there, in the forest,
The GREAT oak and the silver
Poplar appear in gaunt and naked
beauty
"Every season hath its pleasures,
Spring may boast her fiowe1y
prime,
ya+ the VINEYARDS ruby treasures
Brighten Autumn's saffron time"
The Autumn'= landscape
Is rich in suggestion-,.,
It offers meditation and thought
1t represents a deep contrast w
the gaiety of spring and summes.
The Autumn furnishes the artist Win
the proper c,oloring .r.o nu-
For a picture denoting "The Dy-
ing Year"
..The green moss shines with icy
glare,
The long grass bends its spear
like form;
And lovely is the silvery scene ., >,
When faint the sun-beams smile
s.. L. BRANNON.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
q STATES RATIFY
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Mississippi Legislature Will
Vote On Suffrage Amend
ment This Session. Only IL
More States Required To
Ratify Federal Amendment.

Rhode Islands ratification of the
federal women suffrage amendment
brings the number of states which
have accepted it to %. Ratification
by 13 more states is necessary be-
fore the amendment becomes eff
fective and officers of the National
American Women's Suffrage Associa-
ton today declare they would con-
1uct an active campaign to obtain
the necessary 35 ratifcations before
the presidential primaries in April.
Women of 21 states, including
Rhode Island, will enjoy presidential
suffrage this year regardless of
whether the amendment becomes eff
fective before the presidential pri-
n1aries, according to suffrage asso-
citation officials. These are Rhode
Island, Indiana, lowe, Maine, Mime
sofa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, IIli-
nois, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ver-
mont, Tennessee, Michigan. Kansas,
New York, Montana, Utah, Califor-
MIA South Dakota and Colorado. Of
these Indiana, Vermont and Tennes-
see have not yet ratified the federal
States which have ratified the
and in which presidential
women suffrage this year is contin-
gent upon the amendment becoming
effective are Pennsylvania, Massachu-
setts, New Hampshire, Arkansas and
Texas. The suffrage of women in Ar
kansas and Texas is limited to state
primaries.
Special legislative sessions to take
action on amendment already have
been called for the next few weeks by
Oregon and Idaho. Arizona, Nevada,
Washington and Wyoming
whose legislatures do not meet this
year, also are expected to call special
sessions to take action on the amend
ment. Other states, in which the
probably will be taken up
IN regular sessions this year are Ken
5uclY, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virgin
= aerc@as SOUTH Carolina, and Aas
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
= lsil Is: IOV.s1l(T0R''

The story of "The Love Doctor"
which will be the attraction at the
Grand Theatre, Water Valley, next
Friday night, Jan. 16.
Proctor Kirk, retired millionaire
soap maker, Of Cincinnati, moves to
New York in the hope Of entering
the most exclusive society and there
by marrying off his two daughters
and wayward son to aristoerats. tie
is also accompanied by his widowed
sister, Mrs. Annabelle Pettingill-
Foote.
Society refuses to accept either he
or his family and at the beginning OF
the play he is preparing to make one
final effort to gain social recognition
by giving a big reception. If he fails
he IS going to move back to Cincin-
natl.
His son, Harry, is a dissipated
young rake who has finally worn out
| his fathers patience and has been
told that the next escapade of his Will
be the last as he will be disinherited.
At the opening of the play Proctor
Kirk has lust received regrets from
all the social leaders that they can
| not aCCenU tnc TSCGptlch iiS 10 o1H>
in a rage account the fact that ms
son has been in an orgy at loca
cafe and the papers are full of IT..
Harry, while intoxicated the nigh
before, brings home sign painter
bv the name of Joe Dokes and thu
two have slept in the same bed. Wher
Harry awakes in the morning he can
not remember the stranger in BET
beside him. He has the happy in
spiration to introduce the sigl
painter as Prince Ottoman, known
| in Europe as "The Love Doctor
where he has been social sensation
Old man Kirk falls for the deception
and thinks he will have all society a
his feet by being the first one to IN
troduee .t'The Love Doctor" ii
announces in the local papers tina
the celebrated love doctor will at
tend his reception and lecture on nj
: new theories of Glove mating"
The real Glove Doctor" tinail
appears on the scene and the comps
cations are fast and furious. In tn
! end, Joe Dokes, captures the hear
and hand of Proctor Kinks sistel
. Mrs. Anabelle Pettingill-Foote an
4 all ends happily.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
|YALs5USHA COUNTY
TO ',AISE MONEY TO
ENFORCE PROHI LAW
Mary louise Bailey of Coffee.
ville County Chairman, As
sisted by Rev. Wesson and
Mrs. Mauldin of Water Val
ley, Win Make Active Cam
paign For Funds.

On Jan. 16, the people of Missis-
sippi led by General N. B. Forrest
and MIS-. Marjorie McGehee, will
begin al Anti Saloon Campaign for
S400,003 to combat the liquor force
of the state. Mississippi was the
first state in the Union to pass the
Nationas Prohibition Amendment;
let us he the first to go lover the
top" in the Campaign for funds.
Why Is a Cmapaign Necessary?
]. To combat the publicity of
the liquor interests and to aid in
law and enforcement. Liquor peo-
ple are delighted when "blind tigers"
flourish, because it brings the law
into disrepute. The Anti-Saloon
Leagues efforts will be devoted to
assisting in keeping down violations
of the law. Remove this force and
see what will happen. What hap
pened in Boston when the police
strike vas On? They had laws against
rapine, ETC., yet in the
cultured city houses were broken
into, men were held up and robbed
on the streets and crime ran riot.
All real Americans are in favor of
law and order.
2. To combat the political efforts
If the liquor interests. We feel
hat We are safe, and while we
slept they organized in twenty-five
States, and are now hard at work to
1efeat National Constitutional Pro-
,ibition through the referendum in
eleven States. They have millions
% spend. We have hundreds of
ihor 'T. While Mississippi will
IT. "" even in the National
act should be defeated,
mean to have the State
"suor frors the adj
been the
.r' erS
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
APPRECIATION

How dear TO our heart is the steady
subscriber,
Who pays in advance at the birth Of
each year,
Who lays down the money and does
it quite gladly,
And casts round the office halo q
cheer.
He never says: stop it; / cannot
afford it,
Pm getting more journals than now
But always says. "Send it; we
doctors all like it
IN fact we all think it help and
need"
How welcome his check when i
reaches our sanctun,
How It makes our pulse throb; how
it makes cur heart dance.
We outwargl,y thank him; we IN
wardly bless him
The steady subscriber who pays II
advance.-Ex.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
CHANGES PROPOSED
IN j. 5. ARMY Bill

Radical changes in the present
military system would be made .oy
the new army bill, details of which
were announced today by Chairman
Wadsworth. of the Senate military
committee.
1t would create one army DIVIDED
into three branches, the standing
army, the national guard and citi-
zens' or reserve army. The tlrst com
posed of $4,000 men and $4,000 OIL
GERS would be used for garrlsoning
and training purposes, while the ma
tional guard would be available Tor
service within the states and to re-
inforce the regular forces IN emer-
pencies. 1t also would be used un-
der federal supervision for training
purposes under the universal tram
ing plan.
The citizens army would be com
posed originally of veterans OF the
world war 'unteering to enroll 1oi
short periods and later by boys com
Melting the course of compulsory mlll
tary training, who would be enrolled
for five wears. Members Of this re
serve. however, would not be subJec
to military service, except IN al
emergency.
Compu sorry military training woulf
consist of four months service D.
Youths Of 19 years and vocati0naa
training in appropriate trades, includ
ing scientific agriculture. Veterans o
the world war would be excused iron
The bill also provides for the or
ysn;zat;on Of the air service as
eanarate combat branch of the arm
and for a chief of each combat serV
ice including the infantry an
cavalry
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
CROPS VALUE
IS GREATEST IN
STATE HISTORY
Total Worth of All Farm Pro.
ducts Estimated at $349,-
305, 5,O75.

Despite the pessimism general
throughout the year, caused chiefly
by weather and labor conditions, the
farm value of the crops produced is
the greatest in the history Of the
state, according to report just is
sued by ]. A. Ramey, Field Agent for
the Bureau of Crop Estimates
The report shows the total value Of
all harvested crops in 1919, exclusive
of fruits and vegetables, to be $780,
305,075 compared with $344 ,083,943
for 1918. The value of unharvested
crops left in fields for livestock was
81, 7,648,000 in 1919, and $9,900,0O0
in 1918. The combined value of har-
vested and unharvested crops was
S356,953,075 in 1919, and $685.
983,943 in 1918, gain this year of
50, ,969,132 over last year.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
death OF JOSEPH
MARION COOPER

Early Wednesday morning oe'
Cured the death of Mr.. JOSEPH
Marion Cooper at the home Of hil
brother, Mr.. Frank Cooper Of Norta
Water Valley, the funeral being held
from the home on the following day,
The deceased was a son Of Mr.. an
Mrs. James Cooper. He was pas
so years of age and had lived here
practically all his life. tie was
crippled and OF late his health vas
He is survived by four brothe's,
Messrs. Frank and John Cooper OF
this city, Mr.. .sJ. c. Cooper Of tle
Plant, Miss, and Mr.. G. W. Cooper,
of Memphis; one sister, Mrs, f:nily
Gordon of Memphis. I.
The sympathy of all is exterb %
to the family in their bereavemezt.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
UNITED STATES HAS
SOME RAILROADS
Uncle Sam to Transfer Back To
Owners On March l.
Sammy" Has Proven To Be
A Poor Railroad Operator.

One of the big, if not the biggest
problem which Congress has to solve
and solve right now, relates to the
fixing of the postwar status of the
railroads which by presidential proc
lamation will be returned to their
private owners on the first day of
March next. The magnitude of the
railroads of America is told in the
figures which follow:
Passengers carried annually for an
average distance of 38 miles, 1,1OS,-
100000.
Tons of freight hauled annually
for an average distance of ITO miles,
2,400,000,000.
This service is equal to carrying
one passenger $4,000 100000 miles in
one year and hauling one ton Of
! freight 408,000, 100000 miles in the
Z same period
Miles of railroad lines in the United
States, including the stretches of two,
three and four-track lines, sidings.
ETC., the total trackage is $4,000
miles. or approximately two-fifths of
the worlds trackage, 250,000
Freight cars, 2,500,000; passenger
coaches, $4,000; locomotives, $4,000.
Make the entire trackage of the
United States into single track and
it will girdle the earth more than
15h times. Place locomotives, pas
senger coaches and freight cars into
a single train and it will fill that
track once, with a train 1000 miles
long left over.
Employees at an average wage of
$1,000 annually, 100000, which
means total payroll of approximate
ly $4,000, 200.
A total investment of SO, 500, ,000,-
900.
All this, for which. the government
has paid an annual rental Of $780,
100000 of which it failed to earn
212,000,000 in 1918 and S300,000,-
in the first ten months of 1919,
--->-4 go back to The owners who are:
kockholders, 70 900; bondholdefs
E5fgd a1 rr@- than 100000 AVID
ss.s Aas00o.tla9 and 5000. go |
4 ositers in savi igs funds whose
moneys are largeli invested in rail-
road securities and who are, there
fore, directly interested in the SOL
vency Of the roads.
Tennessee has 1897 miles of ope-
rated railroads; Alabama has 5,l43
miles; Arkansas 4,840 miles and Mis-
sissippi $3.50 miles. Texas has the
greatest railroad mileage with ! ,829
and Illinois is second with 1888
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
AN EXCHANGE SAYS

The man in the Legislature who
votes against the ratification of the
Woman Suffrage Amendment to the
Constitution will have trouble in the
years to come explaining to the peo-
ple of Mississippi his foolish at. The
amendment viii finally be adopted
and when the women shall come into
their ows. they will remember the
stupid, visionless misrepressentatives
in the Legislature who would perpet-
uate the political serfdom.--Ex.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
MR.. AND MRS. JAMES MADISON
GOODWIN CELEBRATING
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING

AS we go 70 press this, Friday
afternoon, Mr.. and Mrs. James Madi-
son Goodwin of near Coffeeville are
celebrating their 50th wedding annl-
versary or Golden Wedding.
Invitations were sent relatives and
dear friends and the occasion will be
enjoyed by large number of guests;
We hope to be able to give a full
and complete account of the event
in the next issue.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
DEATH OF MRS.
BETTE SIMMONS

Mrs. Bette Simmons died Friday
at the home of her son, Mr.. Vann
Simmons, and the funeral was held
at Camp Ground,
She was quite an elderly lady and
Of late had been a confirmed invalid.
She is survived by a family OF
GROWN up children.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
BYNN YANN GROCERY
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Messrs. w. 3. Carter and T. F.
Davis, two energetic young business
men from Memphis has succeeded
Mr.. F. M. Hunter in the management
OF the local Bynn Yam grocery.
Both these gentlemen are expert
enced, capable young business men
and understand the grocery business
thoroughly. 1t is their purpose to
put "snap" and ''pep" in the business
and make the Bynn Yam the leading
grocery store of the city. Read their
advertisement in this issue.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
SENAT0BIA GOING
AFTER AUTO THIEVES
700 Citizens, In Meeting, Rap
Stolen Auto Traffic.-Judge
Dinkins Calls Special Term
OF Court To Try Accused
Persons.

Senatobia, Miss. Jan. 5.--Deter
mined that Tate County shall no long
er be sullied with the accusation tha
| it contains "the port Of missing au
tomobiles," and the exchange for stol
en- cars, 700 citizens met today, ant
after demanding that laws be en-
forced, and law breakers brought t
trial, resolved that q special term o.
circuit court be held in order tina
there might be no delay in bringing
the offenders to trial. Judge Dinkins
although i'll a IS Knight
cared it was
i Nitl:. IL :
bers of the Ameflea-. -
tobia, who had become enraged a,
the charges laid at Senatobia's door
W. B. Roseborough presided, after
the meeting had been called to order
by c. M. Gregory, mayor.
The action followed the arrest OF
two young white men here or
charges of being involved in the
trade in stolen cars, and the jailine
of four negroes as witnesses, after
the car of the chief of police OF
Memphis was found near here
Three young white boys of Memphis
are said to have given information
that resulted in the arrests here.
Other cars known TO have beer
stolen were marketed here, and still
others traced from Memphis, were
recovered here.
Notoriety Is Deplored.
Speeches deploring the notoriet!
that has resulted from the traffic ant
pledging the support of all Of thu
citizens to law enforcement wer,
made by Maj. G. B. Warner, F. w
Cannon, H. B. Featherston, T. II
Mossett, Everett Holmes, NJ. II
Dalv, marshal of Coldwater, and 9th
ers. Incoming Sheriff R. D. William
declared that he would exert ever,
effort to ferret out the guilty one
and bring an end to the practice.
The affairs of Tate County are il
the hands of the new officers today
with The exception Of magistrates a
Co,dwater, Poagville and Palestine
where the voters failed to hold cleo
tions in November.
Old officers will hold over until tn
successors are elected. The chancer
clerk is M. 3. Thompson; circul
clerk. Marshall Campbell; county su
perintendent of education, Ira G. A
lien; county attorney, L. B. Puryea1
treasurer, c. S. Pack; tax assessor
Fred Massey. The new board OF 81
pervisors to handle the financial a.
fairs of the county is composed OF "
E. Still, R. E. Floyd, Homer Me-
calf, R. f. Patrick and Sam Sneed.
Magistrates for the next four yeai
are: H. W. McKinnon, w. H. Wi
liams, K. A. Eoff, ]. H. Craig, A. Z
Levers, c. B. Warner, J. G. Hollowa
II. Fl. Garner and w. P. Womack.
A. A. Royal will be deputy char
Gerry clerk and Howard Williams del
uty sheriff. H. T. Dixon will be II
taller.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
LOCAL ODD FELLOWS GIVE
BANQUET.

The local lodge of l. Q. o. F.
served a fine banquet to their mem
bers and visiting brethren, FRIDAY
night. They had as their guest OF
honor, Grand Master G., ii. Barr o.
Meridian, who delivered a very IN
teresting and instructive address
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1920-01-09
COUNTY SCHOOLS
IN FLOURISHINC CONDITION

In his final and annual report
made to the Board of Supervisors
this week, retiring County Superin-
tendent of Education, J. R. Hodnet,
reports 48 white and az colored
public schools in active operation in
Ya-obusha county. He reports the
terms of school to have been
heightened, teachers salaries raised
10 per cent, and increase in school
attendance for the past year.