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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
Meeting of Executive Committee o.
Public Iibrarv.

The last meeting of the Executive
Committee Of the Brookhaven Public
Library was one filled with inspira-
tion and impelling power toward a
greater institution regardless of the
fact that there were, as is always
the case at times in any enterprise
Or institution of Importance, some
like success, and success has been a
certainty at the Library because
there is fixed and united determi-
Ration on the part of "the steering
committee to inspire success through
the best thought and activity of the
ecutive Board.
This committee was represented at
the last meeting by Mines. Vernon,
s. B. McNair, D. Cohn, /. w. Cooper,
Brady, Leon Priebatsch, Hubbard
Hollands and Mayor-Elect Smylie,
who represent beside the Library,
Brookhaven's club life, it's profess
sional life, it's educational and civic
institutions and its commercial and
socal life.
Mines Cohn, B. T. Hobbs, T. Brady
and Hollands, were appointed COM
mittee to revise the constitution,
with view to raising the standards
of the institution and bringing it
into line with other progressive Ii
braries. A great deal of time and
thought will be given to this work.
1t was found at this meeting that
the expenditure for books exceeded
receipts by small amount, which
fact reminded the Committee that
the interests of the Library being so
closely allied with those of the local
literary clubs that they would ask
the clubs to contribute at this op-
perfume time toward promotion of
the Library and would urge also o
hundred per cent membership in the
Peripatetics, the Climbers and the
Kiwanis Club.
A committee was also appointed to
appear before the j. w. McGrath
Memorial Committee to ask that the
anticipated memorial take the form
of an Endowment Fund for the Lii
brary.
Miss Ethel Hardy and Mrs. w. H.
Becker were appointed on the Book
Committee.
Library memberships were stress
ed as Christmas gifts.
The next meeting of the Executive
Committee is due the first Friday in
January, at four o'clock in the after
noon. 1t is hoped that at this meet
ing the Librarians report will show
a larger enrolment of members than
is now on the books.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
GIVE OLD FOWLS ATTENTION


Just now your greatest attention
should be directed toward the care Of
the old hens. Those that you intend
to keep over another year should be
given separate pen where you can
give them additional care and spe-
cial ration to meet their requirements,
but those you intend to sell should be
fattened and placed on the market as
soon as possible. 1t doesn't pay to.
waste time in the culling work.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
DIFFICULTIES WITH TURKEYS
Hard Work to Keep FIoc<s From
Wandering Over Wide Area and
invading Other Farms.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
One Of the greatest difficulties with
which turkey growers have to contend
is to keep their fiocks from wandering
over too wide an area and invading
neighboring farms. To some extent,
feeding heavily night and morning re-
duces the area over which turkeys
range. but even then they often go too
far. When trouble of this kind oc-
ours, the most effective plan is to
drive them into an inclosure aad keep
them there until about noon.
In warm weather turkeys do most
Of their ranging early in the morning,
and by nine o'clock they are usually
as far from home as they will get dur
ing the day. AS soon as the sun be-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
666 cures Bilious Fever.
Virgins Sees Better Day for Cotton
Farmer.

That the majority of the farmers
of Mississippi are going to market
their cotton through the cooperative
marketing system is the statement Of
B. B. Virgins, chairman of the Farm
Bureau Cotton Association, in re-
cent interview. Mr.. Virgins is
keeping in constant. touch with the
progress of the campaign throughout
the state and is pleased with the
work that is being done apd the re-
suits that are being obtained in the
sign up work
He commends the work that is be-
ing done by the organization leaders
and the county agents, and the in
terest the farmers are showing in the
movement. That the campaign will
be success, and the maximum num-
Der of bales signed with the associa-
tion is his belief. "It is now simply
a question of getting cotton contracts
to the farmers to give them an op-
portunity Of signing them"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
To prevent a Cold, take 666.

Approximately 1000 farmers have
already signed pledges to work the
entire week during the intensive
sign-up drive. Victory Week, De-
cember 4th to 9th. These farmers
will be divided into teams and will
actively take part in the sign-up
campaign of the Mississippi Farm
Bureau Cotton Association in their
respective counties and will endeav-
or to get the cotton contracts to eN-
cry cotton grower in the state. The
slogan is Every Member Get A
Member"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

and had its being. friends and CO.
Iaborers OF j. w. McGrath have plan
ned to honor in some fitting express
sion of their undying regard and APP
probation the life he spent, the out
stretched hand that was ever ready
to give. the valiant spirit that COW
cred every need and protected with
chivaIrous regard the weak and de-
pendent among us.
Mr.. McGrath's last thoughts we're
OF Brookhayen. and his last words
Goodbye. Brookhaven friends. 2
The life and destiny OF innumera-
BILE public enterprises often seemed
to rest in the always willing hands
Of J. w. McCrath. Now that he has
gone. his indefatIgahIe energy. his
power in widely separated fields
OF endeav0r. his patience and for
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
An Ordinance.

A resolution or Ordinance declar-
ing the necessity of constructing a
concrete sidewalk on the ground us
ed as sidewalk adjacent to Lot 18
Bowen Subdivision, City of Brook
haven, Mississippi. Declaring the
character of such walk and provid-
ing for the taxing of the cost of said
sidewalk to the above named lot
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Brookhaven, Mississippi, which city
has population of over 1000 citi-
zens, proceeding under Section 3411,
3412, 3413 of the Code of Missis-
sippi, 1906, as amended by an Act
of the Legislature of 1910, and also
as amended by the Legislature of
1872
Section 1 That it is necessary
that concrete walk be constructed
on the ground used as a sidewalk ad-
jacent to Lot Is, Bowen Sub-Divis-
ion, City of Brookhaven, ,Mississip-
pi, which construction or special i'm
provement required an unusual out
lay VI HlOuSy anu COSI.
Section 2. The plan and grade
and specifications of said sidewalk
shall be as follows:-
Said sidewalk shall be excavated
to a depth of in. below the top of
grade stakes as given by the engin-
eer, and the sub-grade shall be thor
oughly tamped. Upon the. sub
grade thus prepared shall be laid a
in. foundation made of concrete
cement composed of one part, by
measure, Of clean sand, and five parts
by measure, or crushed stone, brok-
en- so a7'to pass through II in.
ring. Upon this foundation shall be
laid a finishing coat of concrete ce-
ment ! in: thick, composed of one
part, by measure, of sharp sand and
one part by measure, of granite
screenings, broken so as to pass thru
a u in, ring. Care must be taken
to dry this finishing coat upon the
concrete foundation before the lat
ter has been set and care must be
taken to secure a good and perfect
bond between the foundation and the
TOPPING. After being put on, the top
ing must be neatly troweled, so as
to present neat and workmanlike
appearance, and to conform to the
finished grade as furnished by the
engineer.
Section 8. That the cost of this
work if done by the City, after the
owners of Lot 18, Bowen Sub-Divis-
ion, City of Brookhaven, Mississippi,
have failed neglected or refused to
construct the said sidewalk shall be
taxed against Lot 1S, Bowen Sub
Division, City of Brookhaven. Missis-
sippi, which lot shall be responsible
for the cost of the sidewalk so con-
structed by the City, adjacent to said
lot in the City of Brookhaven, Mis-
sissippi.
Section 4. That all resolutions or
ordinances in conflict with this or
dinance be and they are hereby re-
pealed.
Section s. That for cause this or
dinance shall take effect from and
after the date of its passage.
Section 6. That the City Clerk
publish copy of this ordinance for
three consecutive weeks in the Semi
Weekly Leader, newspaper printed
in the City of Brookhaven, Missis-
sippi, and having general circula-
tion in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
The above ordinance was first re-
duced to writing, read and consider
ed in open session of the Board, and
on it's final passage as whole was
adopted by the following yea and
nay vote.
Yea-Aldermen Hartman, Penn,
Day. Davis.
Nay None.
Alderman Farrell absent and not
voting.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
NATURE TELLS YOU.
AS Many a BrOOkhaven Reader
Knows Too Well.

AAOWO AOO we'll
When the kidneys are weak,
Nature tells you about it.
The urine is natures index.
Infrequent or too frequent
passage,
Other disorders suggest kid
ney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for
disordered kidneys.
Brookhaven people testify to
their worth.
A. r. Thames, carpenter-cOn-
tractor, $50 w. Congress ST.,
Brookhaven, says: Sometime
ago l was working as an engine
hostler for the M. C. railroad at
Hattiesburg, Miss. / had to
work in a cramped position
which affected my kidneys. My
kidneys became weak and the Sc
cretions passed too frequently at
times and again more scanty-
They were also highly colored
and contained a substance that
looked like brick-dust. When L
bent over, cutting pains darted
across my kidneys and through
my groins. ! used Doan's Kid
ney Pills and in a short time
they gave me a cure that has
lasted"
60c at all dealers. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
Whitworth Artist Course

"cosi Fn Tutti" sung in English
by William Wade Hinshaw's beauti-
ful singers will open the Course. lust
after the holidays This win be one
Of the most interesting things ever
presented in Brookhaven.
Albert spalding, the great violin
isf. Is to be the second artist.
Watch the papers for third attrac-
tion.
Have You your tickets
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
KILLING. OFF BEST CHICKENS
Housewife Makes Mistake in Getting
Rid OF cockerels Because They
Are Large.

The housewife who kills OF her
largest and best cOckerels and puilets
is not as much a pouitrywoman as
some people think. Often it is the
cockerels that are the most valuable,
yet nearly every Farm woman thinks
she is justified in killing of her larg-
est chicks IL they happen to be cock
erels- 1t Is not very hard matter to
get 81 and s. for good, vigorous utii-
ity cockerels nowadays. Better be
certain before you kill the next one.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

Maj. John p. Curtis of Picayune,
has just been officially informed by
the Adjutant General Of the army
that he has been awarded the distin-
guished service cross for saving the
life OF Private Whitney Of New Or
leans. during the Meuse-Argonne de-
fensive. whitney was shot through
both legs and was unable to get back
to the trenches. Major-then Cap
tain Curtis went over the top and
brought Whitney back under a MUIR
derous shell IRE In which he was
slightly wounded by an exploding
shell. Maj. Curtis was married short
" before he sailed for France to Miss
Nellie Williams OF Picayune. q
granddaughter Of Mr.. J. II. Williams
or BrOokhnwen.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

Notice Of Bond Election.

Notice is hereby given that the
Brookhaven Separate School District
Bonds amounting to $50, 100000 will
be offered for sale and sold at the
City Hall in this city at 1880
o'clock p. M. Dec. list. 1922. The
interest on these bonds will not ex-
coed six per cent. All bids must be
accompanied by certified check Of
100000 as a guaranty OF good
faith by the bidder.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
r.. A. Cameron, city Clerk.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

Forrest county and vicinity is COM
mencing the truck growing activities
for the coming season by the purchase
of seed English peas in large quantities
for planting about the first OF January.
Last year the growing of English peas
was highly profitable to the local farm
ers. who got well in before the season.
many receiving as high as seven dol
lars for hamper. Many of the farm
ers made enough from their peas to n
nance the entire truck crop on their
farms. Truck is only grown here on a
sideline basis. the South Mississippi
Truck Growers Association not allow
ing any one farmer to grow enough to
cripple his work on the staple crops OF
corn and cotton.-Hattiesburg Special.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

comes very warm they spend most OF
their time in the shade, until three or
four o'clock In the afternoon, when
they begin moving toward home, rang
ing for feed along the way. II the
weather is not too warm they do not
spend so much time lying in the shade,
and consequently range over a larger
area, and may keep moving away
from home until noon. By feeding
I'm the pen every morning they soon
learn to go there on coming down
from roost, and no time Is lost In pen
ming them. If they fly out of the
pen after being fed, the flight feath-
ers from one wing should be clipped.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06
Box supper at Friendship School.

There will be a box supper at
Friendship School Friday night, De-
cember Sth. Everybody invited.
girls from neighboring schools spe-
cially invited to come and bring box
es. Box Of candy awarded to most
popular girl present.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

A membership in tfe Library
would be altogether q delightful
Christmas gift.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

Send The Leader your orders for
printing if you want the best.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

What helps Iaudable city enter
prise or institution helps the entire
community-don't forget that.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-12-06

Cotton is $3.50 today.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
Developments
of a Day in Big
Railroad Strike

Railway shopmen reject
Harding plan to return to
work while Railroad Labor
Board considers seniority ques-
ton.
Railway executives accept
Harding plan, but hedge 1t
about with conditions.
Leaders Of railway workers
not on strike confer with Presi-
dent Harding, declaring they
cannot work longer with poor
equipment and in the presence
Of armed guards.
President Harding confers
with railway executives, but
White House remains silent on
results.
Southern California bottled
up by strike Of trainmen on
Santa Fe.
Attorney General Daugherty
thinks there is conspiracy"
in Santa Fe strike and orders
grand jury investigation.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
Traffic Demoralized
on Railroads in West
AS BrOtherhOOds Quit

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-In'
terruption to transcontinental freight
and passenger traffic increased In
seriousness tonight with q complete
tie-up on the Western Pacific, due to
a walkout Of brotherhood workers al
Oakland and Stockton.
Many mail and passenger trains on
the Santa Fe already are standing
still.
The Southern Pacific has placed
an embargo on livestock, fruits and
other perishables on its Ogden route.
A threatened brotherhood walkoul
threatens 10 tie UP the Sunset"
route Of the Southern Pacific.
The possibility existed that the
threatened walkout Of Texas big
Four" men might serve TO close that
transportation avenue.
J. A. Ford, Pacific Coast chairman
of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen, said tonight that a com
plete tie-up would not surprise him,
although he said he had no informa'
ton which indicated such a posi-
bility was contemplated.
Ford declared. that the armed
Euard issue was not the main one
but that defective equipment figured
to q greater extent In actuating the
men to cease work.
IT the travelling public knew what
the men know. they might be glad
in many instances that the men
walked out" he remarked.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
Situation in Southwest
Tense, With Trouble
Delaying Many Trains
By JAMES l.. KILGALLEN,
international News Service.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. IA
with threats OF tie-ups Of train
service in Missouri and Texas the
railroad strike situation In the
Southwest was tense tonight. St
Louis dispatches reported that the
800 men of the Missouri Pacific who
walked out there today have re.
turned to work pending a conference
between their representatives and
the company.
Firing OF shots by q railroad guard
at Dupo, Illinois, actuated the walk
out, II was said. John Wade, q
guard, is under arrest.
From Texas came rumblings OF
unrest. A meeting Of trainmen EN-.
ployed 49, the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas line in Texas will be held to.
morrow afternoon in Waco, at which
time the question of suspending oper.
ations until armed railroad guards
are removed will be settled. Waco
dispatches said train service there
would be halted while the meeting
was in progress.
An embargo placed by the Wa
hash railroad on perishable fruit
out Of Kansas City was lifted today.
The ban was necessitated when train
crews at Moberly, Mo-, refused to
work.
Train service In Kansas City dis
trict was almost normal. II was
stated, although trains from the
West were running behind schedule
Officials at the general offices OF
the santa Fe at Topeka, announced
that the Santa Fe is selling tickets
to the coast with the understanding
that there may be delay" In Kan
sas the situation ives generally quiet
although there were reports that
Governor Henry J. Allen might send
troops to Horton. The complaint
from Horton was that strikers were
succeeding I'm inducing all workers
brought in by the Rock Island &c
turn back. II was planned to open
the shops on Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
White House
Parley Halts
For US. Anthem

60 strict was the secrecy
~ which President Hard
ing enjoined last night upon
those participating in the
railway strike conferences
at the White House that
when Ben W. Hooper, chair
man of the Railway Labor
Board, emerged from the ex-
ecutive Offices he said:
81 can't say anything
about the prospects Of set
tlement.
"Ali l can say is that when
the United States Marine
Band played The Star-Span-
gled Banner during the con-
ference everybody stood up"
The Marine Band at the
time was giving a concert
in the White House grounds.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
ALLIES SPLIT OVER
INDEMNITY TERMS
French Are Furious at Lloyd
George for What They
Call His Evasion.

LONDON. Aug. l2.-Alhed repara-
tons experts failed to agree tonight
upon conditions for a German in
demnity moratorium. and an ad-
journment was taken until Monday.
Premier Lloyd George went to the
country over the weekend. increas-
ing the tensity Of the situation, 'he
French being angry because they be-
lieve he is apparently sidestepping
the major issues.
The experts made one report
which was considered AT an extraor-
dinary session OF the British cabinet
at noon. The ministers found that
the committee had been unable TO
reach a common ground upon which
n complete set of proposals could
be based that would be acceptable TO
Britain, France, Belgium and Italy.
The cabinet then referred the
whole matter back to the experts
who will reconsider the reparations
case Monday.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
Harding in Desperate
Effort to Continue
Rail Strike Parleys

A desperate eleventh-hour at
tempt to keep alive negotiations for
peace In the railroad strike will be
made today by President Harding.
Conferences yesterday and last
night at the White House between
the President and the brotherhoods
and the railroad executives ended
without any apparent tangible re-
suits except agreement by both
sides in the controversy to remain
overnight in Washington for fur
ther meetings today.
The President began his confer
ences with the two factions In mid
afternoon yesterday after the six
federated shop crafts now on strike
had fatty rejected his proposal for
them to return to work and leave
the Railroad Labor Board to decide
the vexatious question OF seniority.
The shopmen turned down the
Harding proposal in a short, con-
else letter. in which they said the
terms proposed by the President
were unacceptable. They set forth
that the President three weeks ago
had proposed that they return to
w
impaired, and that II that proposi.
ton was a fair one then 1t must be
now.
Brothorhoods Sec President.
Close on the heels of the shop
crafts reply, the representatives of
the nine railroad unions not official
" on strike, including the four broth.
erhoods, went to the White House
and laid their case before Mr.. Hard
ing In a conference that lasted for
three hours.
The President left his office after
Z o'clock for dinner with the an
nouncement that there would be nO
statement and no news at the White
House last night regarding any
phase Of the situation.
The railway executives went 70
their hotel, and the brotherhood
leaders to theirs. all under instruc.
tions to await the call Of the Presi-
dent to renewed conferences today.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13

you I've never been in love. Cupid
has been q mighty poor shot"
I walked over to a looking glass
and took an eye full Of what there is
of me. Gosh it's tough to be 30
small. I looked at the dazzling queen
gazing toward me-and I thought of
Maud Muller and heaved a great
sigh.
Just the other day Dixie queen
now a Washington queen. Say, II
the city editor don't quit giving me
this sort Of assignment, I'll be N
hospital with chronic heart trouble.
bid her goodbye, bending double
like a jack-knife, as becomes a lowly
subject paying homage to royalty.
and she daintily threw me a kiss
from the tips of her pink fingers.
This Washington beauty Is sure
going to give the Chicago girls a
run for their money.
The Washington times., 1922-08-13
.RTY AUTHORIZES PROSECUTION OF SANTA FE STRIKERS

the Government. George b. Christian
r.. also was in the hotel, although
he is said not 10 have been partici-
pating in the meeting.
Declaring that reports to the
Department Of Justice indicate the
existence of a conspiracy" in the
strike OF trainmen on the Santa Fe
railroad in southern California, At
torney General Dausherty last
night ordered the district attorney
at Los Angeles to proceed at once
agaianst the strikers through the
submission Of evidence to a Federal
grand Jury.