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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
MISSISSIPPrS SCHOOL BOOK
SCANDAL.

Our neighboring state of Mississip-
pi is looking into the question of the
prices paid by that state for school
books. Some of the figures quoted by
Jackson correspondent indicate an
extraordinary difference in the prices
of public school text books in Missis-
sippi as compared with prices for l.
IDENTICAL books in other states.
OF course, the war brought an ad-
vance in the prices of many publica-
tions, and contracts let at different
times for the samesbooks might war
rant very different prices. Mean
while it looks as If Mississippi pa
rents were being imposed upon, and
there may be some difficulty in ex-
planning the discrepancies complain
ed of. In justice though to the COM
mission which has made contracts
for the books, and to the governor
who appointed this commission, it is
only fair that judgment be withheld
until all parties to the controversy
have been heard.
Unfortunately this is not the first
time that scandals have arisen in
connection with the sale of public
school books. We would naturally
expect that publishing houses engag-
ed in the serious business of issuing
text books for the young would be
among the most conservative and re-
sponsible of business institutions.
But, curiously enough, there has been
almost chronic scandal in the sale of
text books to public school children.
There is no reason for this except
that states have jealously guarded
the control Of their public school sys-
TENS and failed to cooperate in max
ing study of the best type of text
books. Some one is always trying
to introduce something new, in the
way of text book. These books are
copyrighted. The author is infiuen-
tial. The publishing house wants to
profit by monopoly of the sale, with
the result that millions of dollars
are needlessly wasted in this country
every year.
Most people have to make a sac
rifice to send their children to school.
Nearly all American communities are
paying very heavy taxes for educa-
tional purposes. School taxes, in a
sense are considered sacred, and are
paid without demur. Whenever a
school book scandal arises the public
school system suffers severe blow,
and the public conscience is shocked
to gerater degree than would be
possible by almost any form of pub
lie robbery.
Mississippi is not rich state as
states go these days. In proportion
tc their wealth her people have
shown willingness to vote for school
taxes and have displayed as COM
mendable an interest in their public
educational system as any people in
the United States. The Item has
frequently expressed the opinion that
Louisiana could well follow Missis-
sippi in development of many phases
of the school system.
The Mississippi legislature will
doubtless probe this situation until
responsibility is placed wherever it
may belong and punishment is me-
ted out to those who may be found
guilty of wasting the school funds.
New Orleans Item.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
BE RID OF THAT ACHE!

If you are a sufferer with
lame back, backache, dizziness,
nervousness and kidney disor-
ders, why don't you try the
remedy that your own neighbors
recommend? Ask your neigh
Dor.
Joseph West, prop, of black
smith shop, 113 E. Monticello
ST., Brookhaven, says Il
strained my kidneys while work
ing at my trade and ever since
then, I have been troubled with
kidney complaint. Whenever ]
did any heavy lifting after that,
my back panied and ached. The
kidney secretions contained sed-
iment and burned in passage. /
knew my kidneys We're in bad
shape, so got Doan's Kidney
Pills and used them. One box
corrected all the trouble. I have
taken Doan's of and on for a
good many years and they keep
me in good health"
Several years Later, Mr.. West
said:- Doan's always give me
the same good results"
60c, at all dealers. Foster-M Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, n, X,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Condition of Copiah Vegetable Crop
is Good.

Hazlehurst, Feb. 27. - The vege-
table crop is getting better as the
warm, balmy days are here to give
the plant a chance to germinate and
get a good growing start. The dam
age the plants received ten days ago
from cold weather has about been re-
covered, as most all tomatoes have
been replanted and cabbage are do
ing better than at any time this sea-
son, growing fast and indications are
that shipment will be week earlier
than last year.
There is no indication now of any
decrease in acreage of vegetables,
despite the cold hurting the crops a
good deal. For, every farmer has
now gotten his hotbed plants in or
der again, and the plants are grow
ing so fast with the warm weather
that transplanting of plants from
the beds to the fields will not be
retarded noticeably.
Beauregard, Wesson, Martinsville,
Rockport, Utica and Georgetown all
report that farmers now have their
lands planted again and that they
will have their usual crop of vege-
tables, with about 80 per cent in
crease for those territories. Halle
hurst territory is certain to have a
40 per cent increase in stocks, and
Crystal Springs is about 80 per cent
above last years acreage, it is said
Fertilizer companies have sold dou-
Bile the amount of fertilizer sold last
year through the county.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
FILLING THE PEWS.

Rev. Oliver Kene has been pastor
of the Methodist church at Kearney,
Neb., for four years and in that time
he has quardrupled the membership.
How did he do it?
"By advertising" he says. "That
makes a business grow, so why
shouldn't it work with church? ]
often insert quarter page or half
page ad in the hometown papers.
Publicity changes the auto from an
enemy to a friend of the church.
When the people of the whole COM
munity know of your church and the
kind of sermons you preach the car
will carry them to your church in
stead of away from it. The expenses
of advertising is met through the
collection box, and the more people
the advertising draws to the church,
of course the larger collections. So
the ads pay for themselves in actual
money. The good that is accom-
plished cannot be measured in dol
lars and cents.
Christ said Go out and compel
them to come in What is more COM
pelling than advertising in the mod
ern way? Nothing can take the place
of the gospel. Not movies, nor mu-
sic, nor half-baked addresses on
current topics. Advertising must be
backed by good, sound, honest gos-
pei message from the pulpit. And
the man who goes once is pretty apt
to return-and bring someone with
him."
We submit the reverend gentle
mans remarks to the pastors Of this
vicinity, and If they want to try a
like example, this paper stands ready
to meet them half way.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Notice Of Trustee,s sale.

Whereas, on the 7th day of February,
1920, Frank Smylie executed and de-
livered to c. Brown, a deed of trust con-
veying to the undersigned as trustee,
the following described lands situated
in Lincoln county. Mississippi. to Sc
cure an indebtedness due to the said
c. Brown and described in said Deed
in Trust, which said Deed of Trust was
duly recorded in Book ITO at page 567
Of the records Of Deeds and Mortgages
of Lincoln county Mississippi. and
Whereas, default having been made
in the payment Of the indebtedness Sc
cured by said Deed of Trust. and hav-
ing been requested by the said C. Brown.
to foreclose the same for the purpose
of collecting the Indebtedness secured
thereby, Notice is hereby given that on
Thursday, the 9Th nay Of March, 1872,
/, the undersigned s. w. Brown, Trus-
tee, will offer, for sale and sell to the
highest bidder for cash. at public auc-
ton, within legal hours, at the front
door Of the Court House of Lincoln
County. Mississippi. the following de-
scribed lands situated in Lincoln Coun-
ty. Mississippi, and conveyed by said
Deed of Trust, to-wit:-
The North. East Quarter OF the North
East Quarter of Section Nine. Township
Eight, Range Five East (neN Of mex
9-S-5) The North West Quarter of the
North West quarter Of Section Ten,
Township Eight Range Five East (nwA
Of nwA lO-S-5)
Said land being described in and con-
veyed by said Deed of Trust, and be-
ing sold to satisfy the Indebtedness Sc
cured thereby Witness my signature
this 18th day of February A. d. 1922.
s. w. Brown.
Trustaa
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Notice to Electors,

take this means of notifying my
friends that am a candidate for City
Marshal at the approaching City e.
lections. If l did not feel that I de-
serve and can discharge the duties Of
the office would not ask for it. !
have served Lincoln county as a
Deputy Sheriff, at different times,
under several of its sheriffs. I have
been servant of the city of Brook
haven for a total of about seven
years, all Of that time, except about
four months, on night duty. For six
years my duties included watching at
Whitworth College. In a Democratic
community I am entitled to the pro-
motion. Because I still work at
night I cannot canvass my friends
rs 1 would like, but those who ap-
preciate faithful service will accept
this instead. If you give me the Of
fee, I promise that you will not be
disappointed.
J. W. MCBRIDE.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Women Want Laws.

Belzoni, Miss, Feb. 25.-The
League Of Women Voters is going
on record in this town that they
want some laws. A committee has
been appointed by the Belzoni
league to appear before the mayor
and board of aldermen at their next
regular meeting and ask for the pas
sage of a chicken law, the same as
the goose law now upon the statute
books. 1t seems that the good wo-
men want pretty yards and good
gardens, hence the law against their
feathered friends. The league also
states that they will offer prizes to
the residents Of this town. both white
and colored for the prettiest front
yard. and the best kept back yard
and the prettiest porch. This win
evidently cause Belzoni to have the
prettiest front and best kept back
yards Of any of the towns In this
section, as nearly everyone here viii
enter the contest.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
LET'S ADOPT THIS.

BY a ruling of the supreme court
of Ohio political literature destined
to injure candidates reputation OF
to put him in a false light is vio-
lation of the law. The court refers
to scurrilous letters and circulars
sent out during campaigns; which do
not bear the name of the author. The
law is a good one, and it ought to
be in effect in every state in the
union. Occasionally some citizen of
Yazoo City or vicinity sends in an
anonymous communication, letter
the writer is too cowardly to sign
his or her name to, and we toss it
in the waste basket. The people who
write such letters to the newspapers
and expect them printed are the
same kind who circulate character
destroying literature during politi-
cal campaigns. The Ohio law is a
mighty good law If it will curb this
form of nuisance. And since it has
been upheld by the highest tribunal
in the state we see no reason why
every other state in the union
should not hasten to adopt it imme-
diately.-Yazoo Sentinel.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
WEAK; RUNDOWN
Carolina Lady Got So She Could
Just DRAG. "Cardui Built Me
Up," She Declares.

Kernersvi1le, N. C.-In an interest
ing statement regarding Cardui, the
Woman's Tonic, Mrs. Wesley Mabe, OF
near here, recently said: II have
known Cardui for years, but never
knew It's worth until year or so ago.
I was in o weakened, rundown con-
dition. became draggy- didn't eat or
sleep to do any goodI couldn't 40 amp.
thing without great effort tried
different remedies and medicines yet
I continued to drag.
II decided TO give Cardui o trial,
and found It was just what really
needed. It made me feel much strong
er soon after began to use It BE-
gan to eat more, and the nervous
weak feeling began to leaves Soon |
was sleeping good.
"Cardui built me up % no other
tonic ever did.
r. used Cardui with one daughter
who was puny, felt bad and tired out
all the time. II brought her right out,
and soon she was as well as girl
could be. We think there q nothing
like Cardui."
DO not allow yourself to become
weak and rundown from womanly
troubles. Take Cardui. You may find
II Just what you really need. For
more than 40 years Il has been used ~
thousands and thousands. and found
juat as Mira Mabe describes.
~ your dxpersrh NoAAz
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
CITIZENSHIP COMMENDED AS A
STUDY.
STUDY.


The suggestion that citizenship be
taught in our schools reminds the
writer of fine suggestion made by
Judge p. z. Jones on last Thanks
giving morning at the sunrise SER
vice held in Brookhaven for the first
time in our history and during which
number of impromptu speeches
were made.
In the midst of all the spiritual
fervor and uplift of the occasion
suggested by other speakers Judge
Jones arose and projected the idea of
study Of the constitution and laws
of our country on days that empha-
size and memorialize patriotism and
deeds of renown that have given A
merica prestige and power. The
thought was a good one and one cal
culated to arouse the elements of ex-
alted manhood and womanhood in
the lives Of young people to whom
| the profound speaker and Christian
citizen especially referred as stu
dents of a higher citizenship.
We hope to see the study of citi-
zenship earnestly pursued in school
and out of it. Our new voters are
liable to be called to account for
their knowledge of citizenship by the
outcome of their votes for those can
didates to whom they will help to
give authority as their representa-
tives in governmental matters. BY
the Outcome" we mean the actual
service a candidate will give after
the ballots of men and women have
hoisted him into the office he sought
at their hands. The voters are re-
sponsible for the sort of men who
occupy the offices and If they have
no clear and intelligent appreciation
or purpose to express by their. bal
lots, their city, county, State or
country will suffer accordingly.
An ancient writer said Study to
know thyself." 1t might be we'll to
begin with ourselves in order to
realize how great the need is by the
vacant places discovered in our heads
that need to be filled with the know
ledge not heretofore as mandatory
as now since women have the
legal right to vote.
The study of our country, it's con-
stitution and statutes will grow, to
the intelligent mind, to be more in
teresting than foolish fiction.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
THE BONUS AND TAXATION.

The soldiers bonus is becoming a
political factor. Congress cannot es-
cape it. To the jobless ex-fighter,
to the would-be Congressman or the
others who will need votes again in
November, to the taxpayer who
must eventually foot the bill, the
question is of ever-increasing inter
est.
There is strenuous objection to
the government imposing more tax
es instead of responding to the uni
versal demand for less taxes. Whats S
the cartoonist puts it as Congress
presses the screw to the burdened
back.
Meantime, it might be asked of
husky young Americans who were
spared injury or the loss of life on
the battlefield, What amount of
money can repay the loss of life a.
mong your comrades or the suffering
wounded, the blind, the unsightly
and crippled young fellows who were
1855 Judu yOu!
Surely, they did not die that their
companions in arms, granted by a
peculiar Providence the precious
boon of life and immunity from in
jury, should be rewarded with mon
ey and more money!
They gave their lives! The life
of every surviving soldier should be
consecrated to the memory of his
brothers, who fell for their country,
in an honorable and useful service
for their country still-and without
money and without price" as COM
pensation for the exigency of war.
1t is their reasonable service and as
profoundly patriotic as military du-
ty.,
Since the matter of life and death
of those actively engaged in the
World War is settled as far as the
immediate outcome Of the battlefield
could settle it, may the Providence
that over-rules now grant relief to
the old soldiers at home-the toilers
whose backs are bowed under taxa
tion-and grant strength and vigor
of virile manhood to the young wet
erans" who are spared to bless the
land by making life less difficult
rather than by adding to its bur-
dens.
How can the young man who came
back unimpaired in body and mind
recover until his country recovers?
Yesterdays dispatches contained
the following from Washington
One of the most striking protests
received by a Democratic senator
from one of the Southern states a.
gainst the bonus raid" read, in
part:
I'm the. years to come the boys
that l served with overseas will take
pride in recounting their achieve
ments in the campaigns of Chauteau
Thierry, st. Mihiel, and in the Ar
gonne. wonder how many Of them
will take pride in boasting of their
part in the sordid bonus compaign
at Washington?
'I don't. believe many will care to
tell their children or grandchildren
that they demanded at Washington,
cash for their patriotic services on
the French battlehelds."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Four-Year-Old Has Six Grandmas

Elyria, o., Feb. 20. = Howard
Merton Unger, four years old, living
at Berling Heights, Erie county, has
six grandmothers and probably gets
more caressing than any Ohio young
ster, as ever since the lad was born
the grandmothers have made 1t a
practice to visit him frequently.
The boys direct grandmothers are
Mrs. Edna Unger, 49, Berlin Heights
and Mrs. Martha Buckley, 48, Kip
ton, o.
In addition the parents Of the boy
are blessed with both grandmothers
on both sides still alive.
Mrs. Mary Buckley, 70, of Oberlin,
and Mrs. Ella Coven, 70, of Kipton,
are the grandmothers of the boys
mother, and Mrs. Marcella Sherwood
83, of Toledo, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Unger, 88, of Elyria, are the grand
mothers of the boys father.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
DAUGHTER PAYS FINE
TRIBUTE TO FATHER
Mrs. NJ. C. Dunn's Expression Of Love
on the 75th Birthday of Her
Father, Rev. /. H. Anding.


on the 75th Birthday of Her
Father, Rev. !. H. Anding.
Being well aware of my defects
as thinker and speaker. shrink
from even a word on this occasion.
But l should fail in my duty; If
1 did not at least, try to offer to
you; my father, word of love, feeble
and inadequate though it may be.
On this, the happy occasion of the
diamond anniversary of your natal
day, this being also the golden ami
versary year of your life in the min
istry, it is fitting that /, the member
of your family who has been asso-
ciated with you the greatest number
of years and who has shared more
closely your trials and triumphs,
should speak today Of your qualities
and attributes Of character that
have made you the worthy father of
an appreciative family.
Your powers of mind, your scho-
larship, your humor, your dignity of
manner, the purity of your life, your
sincerity in truth, your firmness in
judgment, where principle is invol-
we'd, your ultimatum, the Bible, have
made you an impelling force in the
lives of those entrusted to your care.
These attributes have distinguish
ed your service as a minister Of the
Gospel.
You have not always had
smooth sailing; such principles are
counter current. Many and severe
trials have surged against you like
furious waves before an ocean YES
sci. But your sterling principles
and your stalwart faith in God, will
surely make the triumph greater and
the victory sweeter when your Pilot
shall steer the vessel into the Haven
Of Peace.
May you be spared many years
yet to fash the searchlight Of Gods
word into the darkness of sin that
surrounds us, to sooth the cares, ond
comfort the hearts Of those that love
you.
Dearly are you priced, tenderly
are you loved exemplar of our
lives.
And oh, while you wend to that
port on life's ocean,
Where the years like garland shall
fall from your brow,
May your heart exult in the tender
devotion
That encircles and hallows you
now."
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Doing His Duty

'For two years I suffered ago
nizing pains in my stomach,
belching up sour and bitter
fluids and gas. Tongue always
coated. Doctors were unable to
help me. The first dose of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy made
me feel 100 per cent better, and
l am now feeling better than at
any time in my life. l deem it
my duty to advise other suffer
ers."
1t is a simple, harmless pre-
paration that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intesti-
nal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically
all stomach, liver and intestinal
ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or mon
ey refunded at Brown Drug Co.
and druggists everywhere.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

Both the Senate and House have
passed the bill reducing the salary
of the governor from $500 to $5,-
900 per annum, the reduction to be-
come effective only after the term
Of the present governor has expired.
However, Governor Russell has let it
be known that he proposes to veto
the bill when 1t comes before him.
and it is doubtful If enough votes
can be procured to pass it over the
gubernatorial negative. The Cover
nor's contention is that 1t is Inn
possible for the chief executive of
the state to meet the demands made
upon him as the occupant Of the ex-
ecutiye mansion on less than $1,000
. year, aud he needs every dollar Of
that,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

The U. S. has $4,000, 100000 -
that's "a billions of dollars-of in
debtedness. 1t has from to bill
lions of annual expenses. Beside this
we have the duty of the task Of car
ing for the injured soldiers at an ex-
pense of some rs billions more, in
the next forty or fifty years. The
interest on our public debt amounts
to almost billion year while the
care of the soldiewis about a billion
and a half a year. Unless it is to
raise the dead-and we'd want to
discriminate even then-the burden
on the people should not be increas-
ed. Meantime, the nation might be
careful how it lends and gives to the
big interests.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

Money, morals and matrimony are
the outstanding subjects discussed
in the press of today. The fact Is
the three ms" embrace all there is
in life except the redemption of man
kind from the evil striving for the
mastery of truth and righteousness
but never gaining the victory as the
continual strife demonstrates.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Greenwood May Adopt New City
Government idea

Greenwood. Miss, Feb. 25. The
city manager plan Of city govern
ment was discussed at the weekly
luncheon Of the Kiwanis Club here
yesterday. w. M. Whiting spoke on
the plan and favored its adoption by
Greenwood. A committee was ap-
pointed by the club to investigate
the plan.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

H. G.. Wells, we'll known CORE
spondent, wants to shrink population
to conform with the areas available
to it. To accomplish this, why, the
application of birth control. The
morbid development of population
calls for great wars Mr.. Wells re-
marks, as was the case with Germany
and as will be the case with Japan
whose, ancient and primitive system
involves extreme domestication of
women and the maximum of babies.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01
Notice to the Public.

This is to notify all parties con.
cerned that l have severed my con-
nection with the firm of W. M
Turnbough & Sons, and in the fu-
ture will not be liable for any debts
or contracts made by said firm.
WALTER D. TURNBOUGH,
Feb. 10, 1922.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

Opposition to tick eradication
which was so voceriferous and appar-
emily strong during the early part
Of the session-seems to have about
exhausted itself. Last week, the
House committee on agriculture
made an unfavorable report on sthe
bill to repeal compulsory dipping
laws, and doubt is expressed that the
Senate bill providing that counties
may vote from under tick eradication
statutes will be recommended for
passage by that committee. Howev-
or. the statewide stock law plan has
received but little support, and the
South Mississippi members who so
determinedly opposed it seem to have
won their nght.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

1t is estimated that during the
past five years American people have
been swindled out of $4,000, 900
by wildcat promoters and crooked
stock brokers'" The victims are
largely among the poor, who can
least afford to lose their savings.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-01

Mississippi and South Carolina ra-
ting lowest educationally, are the
only states having more than fifty
per cent negro population. Louis
lana, Alabama and Georgia claim
from 371a to~50 per cent negroes.