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The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
FIRST OIL WELL PUT
 DOWN 63 YEARS AGO

The first oil well in the United States was brought in sixty-three years ago, by Col. Edwin L. Drake, near Titusville, Pa. It was only sixty nine feet deep, but it marked the be- ginning of an epoch the importance of which has only begun to be realized.
 The demand for oil created by the development of the internal combus- ton engine has so stimulated the growth of the industry that there are today, acording to estimates by the American Petroleum institute, about 275,000 producing wells in America.
 Production has increased from the negligible quantity obtained in 1859 from Colonel Drake's well, to an out put last year of 469 ,639, ,OOO barrels in this country alone.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30

conveys is to stay with yo,.r .ob | |ou have one, and if you have Lone t-nd live in Alaska, look for one close to home and stay there. Conditions may not be as good as in the United States as one would like them, and we could wish they were even better than they are in Alaska, but all the news we have from the far countries show that they are better in America than any. where else and better in Alaska than in other parts of America.
 The other day the Fairbanks News Miner noted the receipt of letter from a former Alaskan who had visit ed his old hime in Siberia. He had gone with great expectations that his money would go far there. He writes that he is coming back. and, he adds, when once more set foot in the U. S. it will be never to leave the country again!"
 The United States Is still by long ways the best country in the world and Alaska is the chosen field in the United States for those who know the country and have friends and acquain- tances in it.-Ketchikan Chronicle.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
sKIRMIsH TAKES PLACE ALONG RIVER FRONT

FL PASO, September 30-The river guards and police at seven o'clock this morning cashed with the rebel sol ers in the streets of uaez The loyal soldiers and rebels lacked leadership and many both sides were killed and wounded American soldiers stationed at the Rio Grande bridge to give protection to the hundreds of c zens seeking the protection o the United States flag.
 Some shots from the early morning battle hit the U 5. public health service building but injured It is believed that these shots accidental for the dec tion of battle changed there bullets directed toward the American territory.
 The rebels appear to be in complete control of Juarez but word has across the river as to their next move No trouble is anticipated in the direction of Amer can territory.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
ALAND OF VAST RESOURCES
Seattle Times)

A steamship arrived at Seattle the other day from Alaska with "a valu- able cargo composed of silver and lead ore from the Mayo mine on the Yukon. fur seal and blue fox skins from St. Paul Island of the Pribilof group, her ring from Prince William Sound and other valuable cargo.
 It might have brought other commod ities had it chanced to touch at points where consignments were waiting copper ore, canned salmon, gold ln bars. dust and nuggets, tin, reindeer meat timber, coal grain, root vege- tables. wood pulp-the list could be eX tended definitely.
 There is disposition to assume that Alaska is country rich only Ill minerals and of these minerals, rich particularly in gold. It's gold resources are enormous-more of the yellow metal. experts declare, remains to be recovered than yet has been mined but this is only one of number of commodities which are being exported or which would be exported if the ter ritory were developed.
 In spite of discouragements, Alaska how does business of s100,000,000 per annum with the United States. If the Federal government were to encourage development as Canada encourages the opening up to settlement and use of virgin areas, that trade would be five times or ten times what it is now.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30

GENEVA, September 30-Great Brit ain informed the League of Nations, that she is ready to guarantee her share of the twenty per cent Austrian loan.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
MAY MEET THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Septemb

The ,t .l '."V ',rtm'nt Indicated that the foreign debt :unt;Et c,.:lmis- sion will met . is u elk to consider many m :.l.. in relation with their conimiSs>
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
NEXT CONFERENCE IN CAL.

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 30 It was announced today at the an nual meeting of the National Educa- tion Association that the world educa- tional conference will be held in Oak land and San Francisco, commencing at the former city on July 9th. 1j..3
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
TWO AMERICANS WOUNDED

FL PASO, September 3O-Late reports this afteTIoon on the rebellion movement Jurez indicate that residents on the American side of the border line in the line of fire two Americans being reported wounded M stray bull lets during the fight this morning.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
GARRISON REvOLTS AT JUAREZ
 WITH LIVELY TIMES NEAR DORDER LINE
JUAREZ NOW IN HANDS OF REVOLTERS- PRISON FRS RELEASED AND OFFICERS PLACED IN
 JAIL-STRAY SHOTS HIT PUBLIC HEALTH
 BUILDING IN FL PASO

FL PASO, September 30-The Mexican garrison sta toned at Juarez revoted this morning at two o'clock u- the leadership of Captain Vaverde The l43rd batal on totang 150 soldiers which stationed in the Mex can city released all prisoners from the jas and placed the officers of the military companies in jail unless they would support the movement Following this they took i'm mediate possession of the town.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
CRUISER REFITTING
 PHILA. NAVY YARD

WASHINGTON, September 30-The cruiser Pittsburg is being refitted at the Philadelphia navy yard and ex- poets to leave for Europe about Oct. 2. The war vessel will first proceed to Gibralter where she will pick up Ad- miral Long and then proceed to Con stantinople to act in conjunction with the destroyer fleet in protecting Ameri can interests.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
PARLIAMENT coNcEDEs

DUBLIN, September SO-Parl1a- ment today adopted Article one ot the new constitution affecting the Irish Free State as a member of the con- munitv of nations forming the British Commonwealth of Nations.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
ARGENTINE POLOISTS
 MEET DEFEAT TODAY

WESTBURY, N. Y, September 80 The polo team representing the Argen tine Republic was defeated yesterday by the Shelburne team by fourteen goals to five. In spite of the one-sided score the playing at times was bril- liant,
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30

DOVER, September 29-The Nation al Ku Klux Klan has been incorporat- ed.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30

WASHINGTON, September 30-Re- organization of the United States sec tion of the inter-American high com mission is under consideration by Sec retary Hoover, it was disclosed in of ficial circles. R. Leo Rowe has tender ed his resignation as secretary of the organization.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
TO ASSUME RESPONSIBLE POST

WASHINGTON, September 30-Dr. A. c. Mills, formerly of New York, will leave today for Europe to take the post of administrator for the Per sian government, acting in the general finance department. He will have com plete charge of this department.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
STAY WITH ALASKA

The letter of Arthur Marriott S a friend in Ketchikan, printed in the Ketchikan Chronicle and reproduced in the Empire, telling of conditions in Siberia, is a tale that should be told in all mining countries. The lesson 1t
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30
ARREST MARSHALS ON
 SECRET INDICTMENTS

NEEDLES, September 30-Nine U. s. Marshals were placed under arrest this morning by federal agents. follow ing the returning of secret indictments by the grand jury.
 Charges had been preferred against the officials, it being alleged that they had conspired to impede interstate traffic.
The Seward gateway., 1922-09-30

cer, one of the largest British land owners is dead.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
GO BACK TO GLACIAL AGE
How Animal and Human Bones In
Caves of the Ohio Valley Tell
Of Past Periods.

Among the enormous number Of an
imal and human bones that lie in the
caves Of the Ohio valley there may
be discovered evidences that man ex-
listed In America In the Glacial age.
So thinks Arthur NJ. Miller, professor
Of geology In the University Of Ken
lucky, who has been investigating and
excavating new finds of bones that
have been made near Lexington.
In two caves near Lexington Profes-
sor Miller found human bones identi-
ded as belonging to an Indian man,
and bones of raccoon, ground hog, gray
fox, deer, buffalo and bear. The bear
skeleton, partly fossilized, is supposed
to be the remains Of polar bear that
lived In great ice age before the
present geologic era.
Thomas Jefferson and William Hen
ry Harrison, Presidents both, were
among the prominent men who exca-
waited mammalian remains at Big Bone
Lick in the early years of the last
century. Interest In the entombed
bones was. more intense then than 1t
has been lately because caves were
discovered often during the mining of
nitrous earth when the saltpeter In
dustry flourished In that part Of the
country.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
POWER OF PROPAGANDA.

Propaganda" has become big
force in American life and many
people see great menace in it. The
word propaganda" is defined as any
systematic movement or institution
for promoting belief in certain
ideals. 1t works through publicity
and advertising, and seeks particu-
larly to enlist the support of all who
help form public opinion. Editors,
clergymen, statesmen, teachers, etc.,
receive great deal of literature de-
signed to convice them of the truth
of certain ideas, and to obtain their
cooperation in behalf of certain in
terests or causes.
The swaying of public opinion has
become a science, and public opinion
is manufactured much as you would
manufacture iron or soap. A favor
able public sentiment is worth mil
lions of dollars to many interests.
They pay literally for a publicity
scheme that will influence people to
favor their claims.
Propaganda can be overcome. The
German empire tried to operate a
propaganda machine in this country
during the war. At first it was eff
fective. But gradually people realiz-
ed that they were being worked
in behalf of the German autocracy's S
crazy dream of power.
Some people believe that propa-
ganda constitutes SO great a danger
that it should be controlled by pub
lie authority. But in this land of
free speech that is hardly practical
BILE. The best way to control propa-
ganda Of an undesirable kind is to
drop it into the waste basket.
The editor who makes that dispo-
sition of lot of the stuff he gets,
does the public a great service. The
newspapers must sift the true from
the false. Their unbiased comment
is the country's best defense against
bad propaganda. Much propaganda
of course is good and our philan-
thropies would be nowhere if they
did not make use of systematic pub
licity to promote their noble ends.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
THE MORAL EFFECT OF PAINT.

This is not moral essay on the
fiapper who feels that her type of
beauty calls for facial decoration.
Rather is 1t a thought suggested by
the remarks of Mr.. Stott of st. Lou
is. secretary of the committee Of
the National Paint and varnish AS
sociation which has conducted clean
up campaigns in 1000 American ci-
ties and towns. Mr.. Stott says, as
the outcome Of the experience OF his
committee. that freshly painted
houses stimulated the occupants
thereof to be cleaner and better cit
liens.
Houses with shabby paint look de-
cadent, and when a whole neighbor-
hood gets that way. the run down
appearance of the street must have a
discouraging effect upon the resi-
dents. Such people often remark
that it is not much use to make i'm
provements. since they could not
possibly overcome the general forlorn
impression.
Now If some good active salesman
could go through such a neighbor-
hood, and sell paint to the house,
holders, you would not merely get
wonderful improvement, but you
would promote a desire for general
betterment. People would say that
as their places looked SO well it was
too bad to have them marred by un-
slightly conditions of any kind. They
would clean UP refuse and mend
things that needed repair. Also clean
and bright colors suggest cheerful
and hopeful thoughts.
A mans outlook on life is affect
ed by his environment. If you put
him in a shabby house, he is in dam
ger of becoming careless and indif-
ferent, and may have the feeling that
1T is not much use to struggle and
strive.
But if you fix up that mans house
with paint, the brighter and more
cheerful appearance has a subtle eff
feet on his outlook on life. He feels
as If he were keeping up with the
game, and accomplishing things and
doing his part in the community. A
well painted town or neighborhood is
usually go ahead sort of place, and
people have confidence to settle there
with the feeling that it will show
life and enterprise.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
WHY JOIN THE LEAGUE OF woM-
EN- voTERs9

BECAUSE it is the only organization
in existence for the political education
of women.
BECAUSE it develops the intelli-
gence of the individual voter through
forums, discussions and the spread OF
information on public affairs.
BECAUSE it gives disinterested un-
partisan information on parties
candidates and measures
BECAUSE it offers programs for prac-
tical civic work in your state, your city
your town.
BECAUSE it works for better law en-
forcement.
BECAUSE it works for better leg
islation on matters for which women
should be primarily responsible
BECAUSE it provides a meeting
ground for women of all parties and
all groups. where they may exchange
ideas, make plans and work together
for things in which they have COM
mon interest.
BECAUSE It urges women to en-
roll in the political parties and work
through them to improve the machin-
cry of government.
BECAUSE it is organized in every
state and you can accomplish more
through a great national organization
than by working alone
BECAUSE it unites the country's
woman power into new force for the
humanizing of government.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
| POULTRY
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TERM STANDARD BRED FOWLS
Means That Bird Referred to Con.
forms 70 Standards of Color,
Markings and Weight.

A purebred, whether It Is hen or
COW, means that the animal comes
from definitely recognized breed and
that the parents were purebred animals
Of the same breed. II an animal has
lineage Of pure breeding, which can
be definitely proved, and thus makes
the animal eligible for registration, 1t
is then purebred animal. There Is
the added stipulation that an animal
must be healthy, vigorous and a cred
table specimen of its breed in order
to be purebred.
In. reference to poultry breeding,
perhaps the best terms of all to indi-
cate 100 per cent blood is the express
sion standardized" This means
that the fowl referred to as standard
bred is one which conforms to the
standards Of form, color, markings,
weight, ETC., for the various breeds
under the standard Of perfection Of
the American Poultry association
Standardized is term which is
growing In popularity among those do
ing business In the purebred poultry
field, and Is perhaps more distinc
tive expression than any other which
might be used with reference to poul-
try. OF course, there are standard
bred horses which refer to a distinct
breed of Hight horses, including both
trotters and PAGERS eligible to regis
tration in the trotting registry.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
PRICE DRUG COMPANY
sohOOlmasters Meet Here Dec. 4th.


The Southwest Mississippi School
masters Club plans to have an e.
ventful meeting at Brookhaven on
Dec. 4th. There will be business
session at 400 p. M, at Brookhaven
High School and banquet at 700
p. M, at the Inez Hotel. Among the
important things that are to be de-
,cided are
The selection of a place for the
annual field meet.
A consideration of a proposal for
operating the association on dual
basis having one division for agri-
cultural high schools and the other
for city schools.
The discussion at the banquet Of
general school problems.
The selection by the executive
committee of an all-star Southwest
Mississippi foot ball team upon the
recommendation Of the coaches.
The consideration Of this propos-
al: that when this all-star team is
selected, game be arranged between
the all-st ar first team and the choice
Of the players of Southwest Missis-
sippi not mentioned for the all-star
team.
The Louisiana cities of Hammond
and Amite have been invited to be-
come members of this club. If they
do their participation in it's literary
and athletic contests will give zest
of interstate rivalry.
The planning of basket ball, vol
ley ball and debate schedules for the
winter months.
The Schoolmasters of this section
look upon the foot ball season which
has just closed as the most success
full one our schools have ever seen.
A scholarship requirement for play
ing on the foot ball teams has been
uniformly enforced and it has result
ed in high standards of scholarship
among players. The strict enforce
ment of this requirement answers
one of the most serious criticisms Of
inter-school athletics.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
Rub-My-T -Tism for Rheumatism.
Lincoln Men Visit La.-Miss. Creamer

Lincoln Men Visit La Miss. Creamery
A number of dairymen, Messrs.
Joe Bullock, John May, ]. B. Speed
and Lloyd Pitts of Lincoln county,
and Robt. Thompson, Carley Drane,
Ellzey and Andy Thompson Of Wes-
son, and perhaps others, joined Mr..
e. P. Miller of Wesson in New Or
leans last Wednesday, Nov. %, and
attended the meeting of the directors
of the Louisiana Mississippi Cooper
ative Creamery.
While the meeting was full of en-
thusiasm, the visiting of the plant
gave US more enthusiasm and en-
couragement. We saw modernly
equipped plant, new and up-to-date
in every respect, with capacity of
1000 gallons Of milk in eight hours,
almost ready for the milk to pass
through it.
The plant is in a two-story build
ing made of corrugated iron, situa-
ted right on a sidetrack of the l. C.
at the Union Station. The situation
alone is a great asset to our plant.
The price committee fixed price
of thirty-two cents per gallon for 4
per cent milk with the usual raise
per point for higher testing milk.
Everything points TO successful
year for 1923 for the dairymen who
helped build this cooperative plant.
We feel certain that it will begin op-
Grafton on the 18th of December.
Mr. e. P. Miller, the man who has
done the most to build the plant,
will be in Brookhaven next Monday,
Dec. 4th. and will give you the sto-
ry of the achievement in full.
A Visitor to the Plant.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
Trustees Sale.

BY virtue Of the authority con-
ferred by certain deed in trust ex-
ecuted by H. P. Durr and his wife.
Mrs. Sara Durr, on the 27th day of
March, 1920, to secure the payment
of an Indebtedness due and owing to
the Hartman Mercantile Company OF
Brookhaven. Miss, which said deed
in trust is OF record in Book No. 110,
page 444 Of the Lincoln County rec
ord of Deeds and Mortgages, the
undersigned Trustee, having been re-
quested by the beneficiary, will on
the 14th day Of December. 1929,
within legal hours. offer for sale at
the front door Of the court house Of
Lincoln County, Mississippi, in the
City of Brookhaven. at public outcry.
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described land In Lincoln
County, Mississippi. to-wit:
West Half twh) Of South East
Quarter (SEAl and the East Half
(Ehl of South West Quarter (SW
~, Section Z. Township Z. Range
q. East, containing 100 acres. more
or less.
Default has been made in the
payment Of the indebtedness secured
by this deed in trust and this sale
is made to satisfy the same and the
costs and expenses incident thereto.
This the 10th day Of November.
A. D. 1922.
P. z. Jones, Trustee.
Posted at the Court House door
20. 1922.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-29
SAYS MALARIA MUST BE
CONTROLLED IN SOUTH
State Board Of Health Issues Inter
esting Data = Disease Menace
to South.

That malaria has laid heavy
burden upon the health and prosper
ity<of the Southern states in the past
and that its depressing effects upon
the health, happiness and welfare Of
the people are still felt in many sec
tions of the South was the conclu-
sions reached by prominent south
ern physicians and health officials at
the recent meeting of the Southern
Medical Association in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
The fact that the Southern Medi-
cal Association, which devotes its
time and thought to the considera-
tion of making people well and keepS
ing them so. should have given such
prominence to malaria at its last an
nual meeting is sufficient evidence
of the Importance of malaria to the
people of the South.
At this meeting malaria was dis
cussed from various angles. The
State Health Officer of Alabama re-
ported the successful employment
and wide distribution of top-min-
nows lGambusia) throughout the
state in destroying malaria mosqui-
to larvae. Another interesting re-
port dealt with the employment of
Paris green on an extensive scale as
a mosquito larvicide around Lake
City, Florida. Apparently a very
small quantity of Paris green mixed
with road dust and thrown on the
surface of the water will kill wig
gle-tails of the malaria mosquito ef-
fectively. Observations made in va
ZOO County, Mississippi, seem to in
dicate that a generous application of
creosote to the walls of negro cabins
will keep the malaria mosquitoes a.
way. If this observation proves to
be correct it will mean much in the
tight against malaria because 1t is
impossible to screen the cabins of
this type and heretofore they have
been given up as hopeless propo-
sition.
The discussions at these meetings
indicate that the fight against ma
laria will be carried into the rural
districts in the near future, and it
is expected that many of the state
health officers in the South will un-
dertake rural malaria control next
year as part of their countrywide
nealth programs. Already two states,
Alabama and Mississippi, have made
considerable progress in this direc-
tion.
The malaria exhibit at Chattan-
ooga was the most prominent of the
scientific exhibits. 1t was awarded
prizes for its excellence by the
judges and attracted the attention
of everyone present. 1t consisted
mainly of charts and pictures pre-
pared by the state health department
of ten southern states showing the
methods employed by them in mala-
ria control and the results accom-
plished; models of properly and i'm
properly screened houses; pictures
and charts showing the uses of dy-
Mantle in ditching; and small a.
quarium containing top-minnows
(Gambusia affinis) which were fed
from time to time on mosquito wig
gletails to the entertainment of those
visiting the exhibits. )