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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
ROAD PROJECTS AUTHORIZED
Plans Involving Improvement Of 12,15s
Miles at Estimated Cost Of
$751;, 1884 Ratified.

The record indicates that from July
/, 1918. to November 1. 1919. the United
States department of agriculture APP
proved 1345 road projects. involving
the Improvement of IL, 159 miles, at an
estimated cost Of approximately $751;
1884. OF this sum approximately
S78,592,167 represents federal funds.
Since the passage of the federal aid
road act 1927 projects have been APP
proved These call for the construc-
ton Of 1886 miles of road, at an es-
timn'ed cost of $225, 267. SAT, OF which
about $95. 140 will be borne by the
federal government Gratifying prog
ress also has been made in connection
with the national forest road work.
From July 1. 1918, to November I.
1919. IA projects, involving 923 miles
of road. were approved, and plans were
completed for the Improvement of 80
others. aggregating 946 miles.
These facts are brought out in the
annual report of the secretary of agri-
culture.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
H,.ze De.cAz1a sD7o Her clzzz,e1S 7TfSzVoS ~

Official honors and prerogatives, are exempt from
the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts of law and
are amenable only to the senate sitting as
high court of justice. On their death the entire
garrison turns out to give them funeral honors.
In short. the Grand Cross of the Legion Of Honor.
wherever bestowed upon a Frenchman carries
with 1t pension. 1t will thus be seen that France
indirectly makes suitable provision both for the
honor and for the maintenance of her former
chief magistrates, who thus preserved from
RELOCATION TO the obscurity of ordinary everyday
citizenship.
Like Poincare, Paul Deschanel is entitled to n
uniform. They the only two presidents who
have had right to any official toggery since Mar
shal MacMahon. True the uniform of President
Deschane Is not military but is the distinct
i've garb of the Forty Immortals of the Academy
of France. It is of dark green cloth adorned
with green silk embroidery, trousers of the same
material similarly embroidered, and finished with
cooked hat and sword.
1t Is a rather attractive uniform, especially
when worn by with any pretensions to good
looks and elegance II devised by the first Ma
poeon at Moscow for the Academicians Its
sombre unobtrusve character, devoid of all gold
lace ana suggestive only of eminence in the arts
and sciences, carries with 1t distinction that Is
peculiarly in keeping with the role of chief mag
istrate Of republic such as France
The question OF uniform for the chief mag
istrate of the nation indicative of his rank has
century of existence of the present republic.
Adolphe Theirs. who was dwarf barely five feet
high, with terribly squeaky treble voice was
only dissuaded with difficulty from donning the
gold embroidered, gold epauetted uniform Of
marshal of France as supreme chief of the army.
by the representation of intimate friends who
were alive to the extent to which such uniform
would have emphasized In comcnl manner his
phenolnenally dminutive stature.
President Grevy was Indifferent to uniforms
and preferred his shirt sleeves. But President
Faure who good deal of coxcomb went
to the length of having gorgeous uniforms and
costumes designed for him and was only deferred
from having them made to wear on his state visit
to Petrograd by the fact becoming known and
being treated with much ridcule by the Partisan
press So he had TO content himself like all his
predecessors save MacMahon, with evening dress
as his official garb.
While everybody will be disposed to congratu-
late Paul Deschanel having attained, as presi-
dent of the republic, the highest Office In the gift
Of his countrymen. there will be many inclined to
accord sympathy to his very charming wife, who
is considerably. his junior While. thanks to the
.nsistence Of Raymond Poncare. the Official neg
lect with which the wives of the chief magistrate
were formerly treated has been remedied, yet the
life Of the mistress Of Elysee is far from agree
able.
There Is not a single one Of the nine women
who nave lived there during the last fifty years
III the role CT MADAME Ia Presiderte" who has
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
rNMEigqbpaJt1l
NzQQa9 b!
v Ls@ ST.
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS
Prosperity Made to Flow Into Any
Locality by Construction Of SUBJ
stantIai Highways.

The way to make prosperity flow into
any locality Is to build roads that
will last and not have to be done over
every few years.
With good roads farmers can deliver
all their products directly to towns
within radius of so or more miles, and
by making more profit themselves they
reduce the high cost of living for other
people; for merchants are able to take
advantage of new sources of supply to
buy their stocks under favorable con-
ditions. and sell them to their custom
ers at a lower price.
Millions of dollars are lost every
year through perishable goods spelling
on the railroads because Of freight
delays and complications. writes G. w.
Morrison in Farm Journal. Single
large firms have actually saved more
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
COST OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Some Of Determining Factors Are
Right Of Way, Material and Gull
verts or Bridges.

Some of the things which determine
the cost of road construction are: Cost
of right OF way. cost Of clearing and
grubbing, amount and kind of material
to be excavated and amount Of filling
to be done. amount of ditching for sur
face drainage and thing for subdrain-
age. number and size Of stream cross
ings necessitating cuiverts or bridges.
cost of securing ana placing material.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
BENEFITS OF BETTER ROADS
Release From Bondage the City Man
as Well as Farmer-solve Living
Cost Problem.

To both city man and farmer the
good road means release from bond
age. Counties and states where good
roads have become a part of a pro-
gressive program of legislation have
seen values rise, and this again has
brought home the fact that good roads
pay for themselves. More important
to the city dwelIer. however is the
fact that eventually good roads will
prove the solution Of the high cost of
living problem.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
3lLENcED.

d rsSurg fellow who married rich
mans daughter was in the habit of
truskAing his father-in-law with COM
pzzSHfs about his wife's behavior.
REALTY. this is too bad" cried the
frasesssse old gentleman one day after
sou-in4aw had told of new domestic
dEhrw'ties IF I hear of any more
crsnrtaints will disinherit her."
There were no more.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02

than 100000 yearly by using motor
trucks; and the trucks will undoubted-
ly contribute Largely to organized i'm
provement of roads.
Good roads are paying investment.
Local authorities In cities, towns and
counties should act without delay to
meet the growing national and local
demands before trade goes In other d.
rections. 1t Is almost impossible to
get back the lost advantage after other
districts have won 1t.
Good roads bring trade and In
crease property values in a commu-
nifty. They attract homeseekers and
Industries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
DISADVANTAGE TO TRUCKERS
n Roads Are Not improved He 10 Un-
able to Compete With Farmer
Living on Good Road.

A trucker ten miles from a market
for spring crops. such as rhubarb.
peas and spinach, Is at great dis
advantage If his market road Is I'M
Improved, and he may be totally un-
able to compete with the trucker the
name distance from market in another
dissection on q Good roed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
The Extreme.

Mr. Comeup was certainly mad
when his wife told him to eat his ice
cream with fork"
What did he say?"
-ffe supposed her next fad would
De ts make him eat his soup with a
fea-ztxainer."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Some Touch Luck.

Krsieker-The old learned professor
ss szre having the time of his life. He
css7r remember his own name"
Bo~ker-Well, why doesn't he write
n tfuwR3
Snieker-Worse luck, then; he can't
read his own writing.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Slow but Sure.

The Customer-You ought to put
IN more chairs so a man won't have
10 wait SO long.
The Barber-I got ii just right now.
As IL Is when guy comes in here
for haircut he'll need a shave by
The time his turn comes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
His class.

II fSsd Ahn when he proposed TINT
usnErsage Was a lottery"
What did he say?"
~IfEs looked blank"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02

Polly can't walk across the street
In such food of water, can /?
Tosnmy-Why not? Aren't you
srss2EiDg pumps?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
ReachInq the Top.

| 1t is by attempting to reach the
top by a single leap. that so much
misery is produced In the world
Cobbett
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Keep Straight on.

The way to heaven: Turn to the
right and keep straight on.-Spur.
geon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Unusual Scarcity.

Il nm giving ysu n rare chance. sir.
- there rs only a very limited
,wsaunf Of this stock for sale now at
60 xg5re~
-9kanxens, man. are the suckers CIV
anx ak aireadyT
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Degrees OF Improvement.

THE noiseiess typewriter is great
Improvement in busy Office"
Ties; and so would be one that
df{lRN chew gum"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
In the Crowd.

-YeFre In pickle in this JAM"
startled the first old lady.
Heaven preserve u.s." moaned the
other
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Seems 60.

III there were navy aviation
nnsndxl"
~Yexy
IN ought to be easy enough to fnd
o. man higher up
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Real Pleasure.

-3id your wife enjoy the book sent
hEr % ready"
-'1Ssa sbeg Had the time of her life.
CxxsA ,asrself sick over it."
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Speed bot Not JOY.

ssrfmesI understand that my son
tssglk you for a Joy ride.
sxlrxes (stiil white and shaken)-
That was no joy ride for ME. 1t was
q 6snr ride-London Answers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
POU7CaSS

not complained bitterly of
its unhappiness. Indeed
Nine. Casimir-Perier, a
woman of high spirit, &C.
cupying by reason of her
noble birth and blue
blooded ancestry an agree
able position In the Pai'i-
sian great world. especial
ly among the old aristoc-
racy, found life at the
Elysee palace so intoler n
BILE that she forced her
husband to resign the
presidency after less than
six months in office. She
denounced the Elysee as
nothing more nor less than
a gilded prison.
1t is the restrictions i'm
posed by official etiquette
that make the role OF the
first lady so extremely
irksome. She Is obliged
to submit to all sorts of
restraints upon her social
intercourse, upon her WIS.,
iting list, and upon her
hospitality. She is COM
PEELED to receive at her
table and to show herself
gracious to persons or
both sexes In every sense
of the word antipa thetic
to her husband and to her
self. She can neither visit
nor receive at the Elysee
dear friends or even near
relatives who happen to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
More substantlai.

Don't you enjoy verbal feast~
--Not entirely. When go to feast
j want something besides tongue.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02

BE wiser than other people II you
can. but do not tell them co. Earl Of
Chesterfield.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02

The Small BOY Speaks.
Z don't want to be an angel.
And with the angels stand;
I'D rather be a drum major
And lead the village band.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02

Why do they call that horse
C0syections7'
He's a trife slow"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
IMPROVED UNiFoRM INTERNATIONAL
SUNlAYS0lOOL
LESSON
10Y REV. q. a.. rilZA Ear. ID. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicagop
tCopvrIeht 1920 Western Newspaper Union,
LESSON FOR APRIL 4
EASTER LESSON.

LESSON TExT-Luke 24:ls-25.
GOLDEN TExT-Ought not Christ to
nave suffered these things, and to enter
into his glory?-Luke 24:26
PRIMARY TOPIc-The Story of q
Wonderful Walk.
JUNIOR TOPlC-The Walk to Emmaus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-rhe Proofs That Jesus Rose From the
Dead.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Fact and the Meaning of the Res
direction.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
Gave Him a Thorough rrounclno.

dow pane which had the audacity to
open on the dressing rooms. The
broken window aroused the suspicious
of Joseph H. Corns, principal OF the
school, and on the following "ladies'
night he lay in waiting for the cul.
prits.
One young man was captured and
turned over to the girls for punish
ment. The fair swimmers lined IN in
their tank" suits and told the young
man to take an. '.eyefulr but. he only
stood abashed and chagrlned.
It was then decided by the ioylal
swimmers to give the young man a
ducking and a splashing that he
wouldn't forget. They rushed at him
the way they would attack a pushban
on the college campus, and the
stranger went overheard with hat.
overcoat, shoes and all. After giving
him a thorough trouncing he was set
free. The young man is reported 10
have run home like a streak of light
ming, and the girls are enjoying their
swimming nights unmolested.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
STEALS, BUT RETURNS LOOT
Mysterious Stunts Of Thief at Paris
KY, Battles the Local
Police.

Paris, Ky.--A thief who steals dia.
mond rings only to return them is
battling police here.
Several weeks ago two diamond
rings, valued at $500, We're stolen
from the home of Mrs. Katie Wilson.
Ten days ago they were returned to
her mysterlously.
Miss Carolyn Roseber-y, daughter
OF John Roseberry, wealthy citizen,
lost a $1,000 platinum cluster ring.
She offered reward and agreed not
TO ask any questions. Later she found
a tin box tied to the front doorknob.
1t contained the ring.
A week ago a 500 ring disappeared
from the home of William Farrls, res.
taurant man. Later 1t was found
hanging by string to a window nj
the Farris home.
Police believe the thefts TO be IN
work Of some one who has access "a
the homes.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
BIG CATTLE SALES.

Nh G. G. Guice, livestock dealer of
this city, handled large number of
stock the past week, selling in all
more than 300 head during the week.
One hundred head went to Artesia,
about the same number to Oktibbeha
county and one carload to Macon. All
were high quality steers. Mr.. Guice
received an order yesterday for two
more cars to be shipped to Macon.
Mr.. !. V. Dotherow is now asso-
ciated with Mr.. Guice and they
are handling quite a lot of mich
cows. Anyone interested in mich
cows should get in touch with them
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
OWNERS FIND
CARS ORPHANS

DO you know that more than zoo
automobile factories have failed in
the past few years.
Did you ever stop to think what
their passing has meant to the untold
thousands Of owners who suddenly
woke up to find that their cars were
orphans %
Unable to obtain either parts or
7 service, the loss Of these innocent
purchasers has run into the millions
of dollars for undue depreciation has
almost wiped out their investment
over night.
This shows the importance of con-
sidering the financial stability Of the
factory from which you buy your
car as you surely do not wish to be-
come mourner at an unsuccessful
funeral.
Therefore you will be interested to
know that the Essex is backed by one
of the strongest and most stable or
CARNATIONS in the entire industry. Ii
was designed by Hudson engineers
and is built in the Hudson factory
the largest in the world devoted ex-
clusively to the construction of fine
80 in buying an Essex you are real
~ investing your money in transpor-
tation, the high quality Of which is
guaranteed by eleven years of consis-
tent achievement and world wide
fame for fineness Of material and high
dolls Of craftsmanship.
ROBERTSON MOTOR CAR co.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
WANTEDAPEEP;
GOT AN EYEFJL
High School Girl Gives Youth
Lesson He win Never
Forget.

Detroit, Mich. Curious young men
who lurked about the extpRlor Of
Southeastern high school on Rlirview
and Goethe avenues. to get a peek at
the girls In their "tank" suits have
discontinued this nightly practice with
amazing abruptness.
For several weeks these young men
enjoyed bury view through frosted
windows, Of the Southeastern swim
ming pool on ladies nights" The
classes meet on Monday and Wednes-
day evenings and are composed most.
ly OF portly married women who are
taking swimming to reduce.
Unable TO restrain their eagerness
of visage, the boys agreed to carefully
remove one section Of the frosted win
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCES

A few years ago the Government
asked the people to make every acre
Of land produce something, and I'M
der the enthusiasm of war they re.
sponded. Yards, and Fairgrounds,
and tennis courts, and golf links
were plowed up and put to
production.
The nation is not at war now, but
it is imperiled by a situation more
acute now than ever before in its
history. Production in everything
has been and is being curtailed to the
starving point, and unless the people
are aroused to the seriousness of the
situation, millions may go hungry be-
fore we witness the advent Of another
spring.
A lady in this city yesterday paid
two dollars and forty cents for hen,
and chickens can be raised as well now
as during or before the war. Irish
potatoes, a national necessity, and
the mainstay Of the poor mans table,
are now six dollars and thirty cents
a bushel. Onions are quoted at seven
dollars and twenty cents a bushel.
The Interstate Grocer, a trade paper,
states that the price of foodstuff is
steadily advancing, despite all the
Fair Price Commissions. The futility
of this campaign was admitted few
days ago, when Howard Figg, head
Of the Governments high cost Of liv-
ing campaign, admitted that
"Three hundred arrests had
been made" with one hundred
y and ten million people daily
buying the necessities of life
from profiteers.
But we are not discussing this
question from a national standpoint.
We want to bring it home to our
people, and to urge them to produce
with all the ardor and zeal that they
entered the production campaign
few years ago. If you cannot produce
a surplus, go to work and produce for
your own household. A garden will
help. and any item added to your
table will save you dollars If you
buy in the open market. America has
never been over year ahead of her
food demand, and production has
fallen so low in this land of plenty
that we are now far behind.
The season is not too late. Go to
work today and produce something
to eat.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
Human Arsenal Is
Chased by Police

New York,-Dropning thirteen
blackjacks, ten reyolvers. two
pairs of handouts, eight deputy
sheriff badges and six private
detective shields. a man whose
identity is unknown, ran away
when approached at Broadway
and Reade street by Patrolman
Gactano Chrlstlano Of the Beach
street station.
Patrolman Chrlstlano fred
one shot at the man, but slipped
vixen he started TO chase him.
Other policemen, called by the
shot, found a fire-escape ladder
at Reade and Church streets
swung to the street, and follow.
Ing footprints In the snow on the
roofs discovered at 80 Chambers
street William Ranken, seven.
teen, Of 1884 Race street, phIla.
delphIa.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Reverend and Mrs. J.T. Sansing Of
the Second Baptist Church were WISH
tors. in the home of Reverend w. /
Allen, pastor of the Mayhem Baptist
Church, at his country home near
Mayhem last week.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Subscribers to The Dispatch who
receive their papers by carrier
or through the mails will confer a
favor on the management if they
will file written complaint Of any
failure Of the paper to reach them
promptly and regularly.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Mr.. H. NJ. Robinson, of Greenville,
has returned to his home after very
pleasant visit to Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Carson in this city.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Steger are re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
friends on the arrival of a fine baby
boy at their home in this city.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Mr.. Z. y. Yarbrough, manager Of
the Woolworth store here, attended
the meeting Of the managers of five
states for this corporation, held at
Jackson the past week.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
To the State u. d. c. Convention
in Laurel.

- t"N Nt0At ~ ~ - AuhNCNtAuu
in Laurel.
Mrs. H. F. Simrall, president Of
the Stephen D. Lee Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, and
state vice-president of the same or
ganization, accompanied by Mrs.
Battle X. Sessums, Mrs. John Smell.
and Mrs. G. r. Neuman, delegates
from Columbus, win leave tomorrow
for Laurel to be present at the State
Convention in session until Friday.
The official program is most at
tractive, and tells Of a round Of in
teresting entertainments arranged
for the visitors.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Miss Alice Wilkinson has returned
from a pleasant visit to friends in
the Delta.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
CHAT OF PEOPLE
AND EVENTS
Continued on Page a.

CONTINUED on Page AZ
Hardy, after enjoying Grand Opera
in Atlanta, arrived on Friday. Mrs.
Baird, Mrs. J. NJ. Morgan, Mrs. T.
Bailey Hardy, Mrs. Charles West
moreland, and Mrs. Samuel Kaye, Jr.,
went to New York for a visit before
returning.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02
Recital of Music Pupils Yesterd

Recital of Music Pupils Yesterday
In the recital given by the pupils
Of Mrs. Simms and Miss Nina Battle
Bell, at the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Slmms yesterday, the value Of the
Fletcher Music Method, its power to
develop the latent (and often unsus-
pected) ability Of the child was very
clearly and interestingly demonstrate
ed. The audience was delighted
with the work Of the young must
clans, and accorded it generous
praise.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude H. Ayres, DR..
! John F. Davis, and Mr.. Quincy H.
Ayres, Of the University of. Missis-
sippi Department of Engineering,
who joined his parents in New Or
leans, arrived Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Ayres' many friends, whose deep
sympathy attend him in his illness,
are glad to know that he was more
comfortable yesterday, and stood the
journey from New Orleans better
than was anticipated.
X X
Mrs. Alice B. Young is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Anthony Whitfield, at
the home of Miss Bette Whitfield, on
Second Avenue, North.
%*
Miss Corinne Williams, of the
College Music Faculty, entertained
the Trail Club in4iMiss Poindexters
studios last week.
A ~
Mrs. John D. 0deneal, Of Gulfport,
is expected this week to be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sherrod, and
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

Mrs. Pratt, of Prattville, Ala, is
welcomed for a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Merrill Pratt.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-02

will be greeted with pleasure in this
her old home
Mrs. Hunter Walker and Miss
Sallie win Walker are home from
a fortnights stay in New Orleans.
X * 4
Mrs. E. P. Wilkinson and Miss
Augusta Equen are spending the
weekend in Birmingham.