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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
the business, social and civic world. Il

the business, social and civic world.
He was friend to everybody
no one was ever turned away, how
ever poor. He was your friend
my friend A gentleman from the
country said this morning. How kind
he was, how we loved him..
Friendship is beyond creed
there were some things in his life, /
did not approve of, but friendship
rises above creed. Let us extend the
hand and say, This is my brother. y
Upon receiving the news of Mr..
McGrath's death, the speaker said
he had exclaimed: I've lost one of
the best friends of my life."
But he is ours-death does not
change friendship or alter our re-
lations. We shall honor and respect
his memory. We shall love him.
May we cherish the good in his won.
derful life and personality and trust
that some day we shall meet him.
We have suffered great loss-let
us honor his memory, his personal
ity, his friendship, his strong love
for life, his patriotism. his kind ma
ture, and the community will be
better and we shall be better and
rejoice that Will McGrath has lived"
At the conclusion of his address,
DIR. Cooper introduced to the au
dience. as boyhood friend of Mr..
McGrath, the Reverend Hicks M. FL
lis, who said in part ''In 1882.
when boy just out of college, I
came to this county to. teach school,
and was drawn to the big heart Of
VIII McGrath. When school was cut
was offered place in McGrlfh's
store, and there came to know Will
as few others knew him. There was
great deal more to know, love
and admire in young Will McGrath
than in young Hicks Ellis. / appre-
Iciated the friendship he gave and
i gave him as warm affection as any
man not related to him. He had a
warm heart, a generous nature that
made people look up to and admire
him and go away thinking of the
splendid qualities in his life, worthy
of emulation.
His heart would say to MS Be
ware of my mistakes Cast the man
tie Of charity over his few faults and
mistakes, and emulate what was fine
and strong. Be as patriotic, broad
visioned. and helpful Of enterprise in
town and county uplifting and de-
veloping the community and the In
Fdividual life.
'sAnd when we come to die may
there be the respect from our fell
lows that we today instinctively and
gladly pay to our friend.
The impressive service closed with
a ,benediction by the Rev. w. H. Lew
| is.
"The workman is known by his
work..
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
BOB DUMONT KILLED
BY YOUNG FOSTER
Unwritten Law Claims Another
Victim Slayer Surrenders
to Sheriff.

A delayed recourse to the ''un-
written law" seems. at present, the
ouly solution to the death of Bob
Dumont. aged about 40 years, who
was killed yesterday in the late af-
ternoon by Nat Foster, in the woods
just beyond Little Bahala church.
Nat Foster came to Brookhaven at
seven o'clock last night and surreh-
dered to. Sheriff R. c. Applewhite. Z
On the story told by Foster, force
from the sheriff's office visited the
scene last night and found the body
OF Dumont stretched fiat on the
ground, face up, with a gun shot
wound in the side of the head. At
1890 no one had come to remove
the body. 1t was told the sheriff's
force that Dumont lived with two
sisters, and that no other relatives
were known to be living in the COM
munity.
From information gathered from
TIE neighbors, and from the story
told by young Foster, it seems that
a sister of Foster is the mother of a
three year old child by Dumont.
Yesterdays tragedy is said to have
been the culmination of i'll feeling
existing over the love affair of the
sister of Foster with Dumont.
1--WE were told that the Foster
girl had gone to- the spring about A
o'clock yesterday, said Deputy Rob-
ert Applewhite, jr., "and that Du-
mont called to her to come over in.
the woods, across a branch. The
girl is said to have told Dumont to
let her alone; that If he didn't mean
to marry her he had no business
fooling with her; that Dumont grab
bed her by both arms to keep her
from running away, and that young
Foster, who was presumably hunt
ing in the woods, came upon the
scene at this time, and, believing
his sister in danger, shot Dumont to
DEATH"
Young Foster, who looks to be lit
tie more than 20 years old, is now
in the Lincoln county jail.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
ROBERTSON WINS
INITIATIVE CASE
Mississippi Revenue Agent Vic
tor in Fight to Prevent
Limit ON Salary.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. %. The
state supreme court today in an
nouncing a decision declaring the in
itiative amendment to the state con-
stitution null and void struck the
state school system heavy blow.
although the question of schools was
not involved in the litigation, it was
said by state officials tonight.
The decision came as a victory for
State Revenue Agent Stokes v. Rob-
ertson, who raised the question of
validity in the litigation instituted
by him to prevent the submission at
the November election of an initia-
tive statute placing his office on a
salary basis of $4,000 instead of a
percentage of amounts collected by
his office.
Associate Justice George H. Eth
idge delivered the opinion, all the
other members concurring except
chief Justice Sydney Smith, who
cad a vigorous dissenting opinion
lpholding the validity of the amend
nent and calling attention to the
fact that it was direct reversal OF
itself in the case of HOWE against
Brantley, when the fish and game
law was annulled by application OF
the initiative.
The majority opinion held the
amendment null because majority
of the voters of the state had not
cast ballots in its favor The decis-
ion means that the initiative clause
Of the constitution. Section 27S, Is
killed and that the proposition of
placing the reysnue agent on a sal
airy basis will not be submitted to
the electors.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
Teachers and the Local Papers.

Every trustee and teacher should
subscribe for the county paper. The
county paper should go into every
room Of every school every week. It
takes all of us pulling together all
the time to bring to pass the best re-
suits educationally and otherwise. z
This is what State Superintendent
w. f. Bond says with q view to full
Ter cooperation In education. One
teacher says she is more intelligent
and wide-awake to her duties when
she reads her home paper and co-or-
dinates the state and neighborhocl
news with the environment and out
look of the children under her care
and training. Lincoln county teach
ers are apt to be one hundred per
cent when 1t comes to subscribing
for their local paper The Leader
has always stood for the things that
mean better schools and an assured
citizenship Of intelligent, educated
men and women.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
A CHrLDREN's CLEANUP
CAMPAIGN

An effective demonstration of
what school children can do toward
cleaning city was recently given
at Burlington, N. j. The effort was
promoted by the Chamber of Com
merce, which started the movement
by offering prize to the school child
writing the best essay on Cleanup
week, also for the best poster on the
subject.
The campaign was begun by a pa
rade of school children which stir
red enthusiasm among the kid ele-
ment. Nineteen classes competed for
prizes. and all did SO well that each
group was given a trophy. The city
was divided into districts, each one
in charge of troop of Boy Scouts,
and the troop showing the cleanest
district won prize. Children will
work hard for public cause If you
can arouse a little emulation among
them.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
STREET IMPROVEMENT AND
PAVING.

Next to the intimate question of
good schools for the children there is
no question that comes home SO
closely to the voters and business
men of any community as that of
well-built and we'll kept streets. The
surafce of the streets is in commun-
ity what the parlor or living room
is to the home. 1t is the place where
a town receives its guests and where
it performs the daily functions of its
existence.
Poorly repaired streets particular
ly in the center of a town, produce
precisely the effect on strangers as
If your rooms where you receive
friends were full of broken furni-
ture and carpets full of holes. They
spread abroad the idea that place
is decadent, unsuccessful. Not mere
ly do they affect the mind of the
visitor in this way, but the man who
runs into mud puddles, holes in paw
ing, or depressions that toss him into
the air in his swiftly moving motor
Soilg hlAu0 4AoAi6 bhAOu6A bh6 pAdOO
an experience to be lodged if possi-
BILE.
Highway improvement is a pro-
gressive science that changes from
year to year as traffic changes. The
kind of road building that was ia
vored 10 years ago seems outlawed
now, with the tremendous strain be-
ing placed on the roads by motor
cars and trucks. Macadam roads
which when laid seemed likely to be
permanent as the old Roman roads,
are fraying out under tests which the
makers never foresaw.
The sentiment among street con-
struction people to-day, is to find
something permanent even If the
temporary cost is higher. Where a
macadam street seemed amply suf-
fcient only short time ago, the time
most towns of any size will need
some more permanent form of paw
ing.
Brookhayen is going to wait until
an indestructible material develops.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

The swift message which made
known here the death of Mr.. J. w.
McGrath at his New Orleans resi-
dence Friday afternoon, cast sha-
dow over the entire community.
Mr.. McGrath was truly leading
citizen of his town, county and
state, and his passing brought a
sense of loss to an exceptionally
large number of friends and admir-
ers throughout the state as well as
to his family and large and deyo-
ted group of relatives.
Although Mr.. McGrath's illness,
which began in July, had been of
SO serious a nature as to cause, at
times. grave doubt of his recovery,
his improvement had recently been
so great as to warrant the hope of
his early return to this city. In
fact. he had SO far regained his
strength as to be able to accompany
his brother, Mr.. j. j. McGrath, Of
Canton. and his son, Mr.. Jay Nc
Grath, to the Crescent City station on
the Monday preceding his death and
to make a visit of several days at
the home of relatives in New Or
leans.
Mr.. McGrath was native of
Brookhaven, and identified with it
throughout his sixty-one years of ex-
traordinarily active life. AS youth
he became associated with his faith
er, the late John McGrath, in the
firm of John McGrath & Soas, one
of the Oldest and largest mercantile
establishments in Mississippi, and
had been its manager and head for
many years. Mr.. McGrath was in
terested in other local enterprises,
and was most active at all times in
developing Brookhayen's possibili
ties as business center.
His business ability and broad Wis
ion attracted marked attention and
received merited recognition. At
the time of his death, Mr.. McGrath
was president of the Mississippi
Chamber of Commerce, and President
of the Mississippi Division of the
American Cotton Association, and he
held office in other state organiza-
tions whose aim was the develop
ment-, of Mississippi's business and
commercial interests, He was one of
the pioneers in the Good Roads
movement in the state.
AS citizen, Mr.. McGrath was a.
live to the needs Of the community
thoroughly and his influence was
sought in support of practically ev-
cry worthy cause If there is a de-
partment of Brookhaven community
life in which Mr.. McGrath had not
part and in which he will not be
missed and mourned, the writer is
not aware of it. Whether religious,
educational, social, civic, CONNER
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
District Four Sunday School and B.
YP IT. Convention Program.

Y. P. U, Convention Program.
District 4 Sunday School and B.
Y. P. U. Convention will meet with
Mt. Pleasant Sunday School on Sun
day, Oct. 29th.
Following is the program.
10:0o-Devotional led by Monroe
Moak.
0:15-Reports of Sunday School
and Enrolment of Delegates.
10:30-The work the Sunday
School is Doing. General discussion,
11:00- Sunday School Lesson led
by ]. A. Keen.
:3O-Sermon - preacher an
nounced later.
1900 - Announcements and ad.
journment.
Afternoon Session.
1:30-Song Service.
1:45 - Paper by Mrs. Rhoda
Reeves, subject selected.
2:00-Plaee of Missions in Sun
day School. 7. B. Sandifer.
2:30-Paper by Miss Rachel CLARK
subject selected.
2.45-What It Takes to Make 9
Sunday School Co r, Hesper Moak
S:0O--B Business and adjournment
Committee.
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LOCAL MASS MEETING M

LOCAL MASS MEETING IN
s- MEMORY.
Brookhaven business houses closed
at four O'Clock Saturday afternoon
IN order to permit attendance of
those in charge, at the service plan
ned to honor the memory of the la
mented j. w. McGrath. The Lamp
ton Auditorium was filled with those
who desired to pay tribute to the
memory of their deceased fellow cit
:izen although the notice given of the
eervice was necessarily brief.
The Reys. A. F. Fogartie, j. A.
Taylor, Hicks Ellis, w. H. Lewis,
and DR.. /. w. Cooper occupied seats
upon the platform.
A choir of students Of Whitworth
College opened the service with the
hymn, Nearer MY God to Thee,
with accompaniment by Miss Mcvoy,
after which prayer was offered by
the Rev. A. F. Fogartie.
The Rev. j. A. Taylor read the
first fourteen verses of the twenty
first chapter of Regulations, after
which the choir sang H'Abide With
Me-.
The address of the occasion was
made by DR.. L w. Cooper, president
Of Whitworth College. warm friend
and admirer OF Mr.. McGrath's for
many years.
Dr Foonoy ononod ~, odd-a.s, ,,,ftt
the remark that within a brief pc
riod three of his best friends in
Brookhaven had entered the unseen
world Bluch Montgomery, Sam
Storm and Will McGrath.
DR.. Cooper said in regard to the
funeral then being held in New Or
leans, Now they are placing in the
grave another friend. Our flowers
are there our tears are here. Out
into boundIess space-into eternity
---WiM McGrath is gone.
Whatever our differences in creed
we are one in admiration of his
strong personality This is a cos
mopolitan audience strong person
ality always has cosmopolitan au-
dience-the Jew, the Catholic and
the Protestant are here. Will Nc
Grath has gone and we are all going
the same way.
II wish / could describe him to
you as knew him. He was good
Ecitizen--he took an interest in ev-
erything that pertained to town and
county.
He ranked among the very high
est as a patriot He sometimes
spent hours nearly all night in con-
temptation Of the situation while
war was raging across the sea. His
heart was wrapped up in the success
of the war. This was his town. his
county. his state. his home. l never
think of the Red Cross without
thinking Of viii McGrath. He would
never retrench because there was
too much yet to be done. shall, al.
ways think Of him as one Of the
highest patriots Of the country.
/ rAnd what gentleman he wasl
How courteous. even to those who
did not admire him. Four hundred
years ago he would have been .
knight. courteous. gentle, kind.
| .'Will McGrath was remarkably IN
/ tellectual He was we'll read. hs
could talk interestingly to college
men. He was always gathering III
/ i1enAvlnfl tsn ar, axamnfn for hs1af rlaes
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
A Good CROP.

Frank Bryant, who lives with A.
w. Dixon, just out of Ripley on the
north. is making fine cotton crop
for this year. Mr.. Bryant has sold
nineteen bales and will get another
one. All Of this he made with his
own force and one hired hand. We
congratulate Mr.. Bryant upon his
success in making good crop this
year and getting good price for 1t.
In addition to 20 bales of cotton he
will make 400 bushels Of corn and
some hay.-Ripley Sentinel.
Cotton is 20 "a cents today.
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Notice to Dairymsn.

There will be a meeting at the
court house on Saturday, Oct. rs, at
10:30 a. M to discuss the buying
of black strap. All who are inter-
ested in same. please be on hand
promptly at the hour named.
]. L. Frizell, Pres.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

DR.. Lyman Abbott, clergyman. au-
thor, lawyer and editor-in-chief Of
the Outlook, died at his home in New
York City in his s7th year. He was
great leader in religious and civic
thought.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

$50 in Cash win be given a.
way Saturday, 300 o'clock. -
Priebatsch's.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $3.50 BY THE YEAR.

If you continue TO remain SO far apart fromus, in
your general shopping you are missing some Of fhe best
values TO be found, and can do nothing more than TO
suggest TO you,- that
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

TO up little closer, will put you in better Touch
with of fhe greatest stocks in this section of our
State, and this may prompt you TO begin nvesfga
fions OF your own, and then we can really
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-10-25

get right close together and demonstrate the fact that
what we offer is the BEST, and our prices are still be
fer You will never find fhs out unless you SHOP and
when you do his will bring you TO house for your
wants.
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Churches Appeal to Harding to
Take Steps TO End Coal Strike
Watermelon Seeds and Trick
Win Pennu Cause C0n2771OfiO71

A curious of a
of little codgers
of
had the
Of fear until the services or
could be procured
given feast of watermelon
bringing his pants leg
is
waite short time
for the ma
phone
ship he in % me- the doctor.
excited youngsters drew
byo had the remov
thought there children
he
ears of each than dozen
sect (.
magicians will be under the ban
hereo atth he mp undecided today
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COMP PROMISE MADE:
ON Q / ! RIGHT R | | | OF WAY "
Case q lower {, \ Company
Against Vincent Heirs Set
tied in Circuit Court.

An order for compromise at
,s25O,OO0 was madetin Circuit Court
this morning in the case ofsthe
West, Virginia & Maryland Power
Co. against the Vincent heirs. The
case was for the condemnation. OF
land by the electrical company for
a right-of-way for an eiectr1cal
transmission line over property be
longing to the defendants.
In one of the eight other cases
by the same electrical company
against Elmer Hawkins, the follow
ing commissioners were appointed;
lack sLayman. Ell. Thomas, Frank
Sanders, Jarvis Parker and Frank
Hood.
In the case against the board OF
education of Union District, Judge
Meredith held that the power COM
pany had the right to condemn the
right-of-way asked for, and the fol
lowing commissioners were ap-
pointed: Frank Sanders, "A. G. Mar.
tin, G. d. Robinson, Zack Layman,
and E. L. Thomas.
The commissioners in the above
cases will meet this afternoon for
the purpose of making arrange
ments to take evidence as to the
value Of the right-of-way.
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CITY TESTS SHOW
MILK SOLD BY 29
DIARIES UNCLEAN'
Dr.. Jamison Scores Dealers,
DeclarIng 6 eondi ditiorl Can &
BE Remedied.

That twenty-nine out, OF fifty
four dairymen supplying milk to
the. citizens Of Fairmont are fur
nishing milk which, under the city
ordinance. is either "adulterated
or ..unwhol esome,'' was, indicated
by a report filed this morning with
the CITY Board of Affairs by DR.. J.
A. Jamison, city. health officer.
Milk from sixteen of the dairies
shows a bacteria test higher than
500 900 per cubic centimeter ana
500, 900 is the highest test allowed
in any city of which the directors
have knowledge. All of the twenty
nine Gairies tested higher than 20O.-
600. the number of bacteria allow
ed by the city ordinance in one Gu
bic centimeter of milk.
No Reason for Dirt.
In the opinion of Doctor .Jami-
son, there is little reason for this
"unclean condition" as he called 1t
in his report. He stated that he
and DR.. J. ]. Cranwell, city veter-
marian. had inspected barns IN
which dairy herds are kept and that
I'VE believe with very few excep.
tions all these dairymen should cas-
lily furnish milk ups to the require
ments of our ordinance but we dc
not believe this will be done when
this business is carried as a side
issue and left to inefficient hired
help
When Doctor. Jamisor's report
was read to the board, the state
ment of the milk condition was the
subject. Of much comment, but no
official action was taken. Thac
steps of some sort must be taken
to remedy the condition now exist
ent was the general opinion of the
Continued on Page tEight) #
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hot DOG SHACKS'
SCORED BY BOARD
City Officials Refuse stemple
Permit for Building at
End of Bridge.

When E. c. Stemple of
Stemple's newsstand applied for
permission to erect a one-story,
cement-block business building 6, =
at the corner of Adams street and
Cleveland avenue, next door to
the American Legion rooms, city
directors in session this morning
launched a verbal and legal drive
against persons who they declared
would for the sake OF a few
pennies or nickles clutter UP the
city with unsightly shacks for the
sale of hot-dogs and peanuts.
F AS ,workmen were already busy
on the erection of Stemple's store,
a policeman was asFsummoned before
the Board ofsAfairs and told to
order work to cease at once.
No Permit Issued.
''No permit has been issued and
they have no right to put up the
building" declared the mayor.
IF they insist on continuing
the work. said another member
Of the board, "the only course
open for, us will be to arrest every
workman on the job
Stemp1e's application was re-
fused unanimous
According to statements made
I at. the session, Stemple had ap-
peared before the board some
time ago and asked permission to
put up building. He had
promised to put up a thin steel
structure, succeed on the inside
and outside, with three sor more
feetsof space intervening between
the. building and the side Sof the
sbrid ge.s ..sS,.s u
The building. he had told the
directors, would be small but
artistic affair. It would improve
the appearance OF the end of
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DECLARES STRIKES
WILL BE UNLAWFUL !;
Economic Questions Discuss
ed by Mccullough al, Meet
ing OF Quot Club
-. n. n. 3 q.

.E d
3s} E. s.. McCullough,$c ,$comnissionsr
E of. Ia bors for the n orti West
Virginia Coal Operator 81 Associa
ton. talked togthe Quota Club Sin
an interesting manner today att
the weekly luncheon nSservedSat#t the
Fairmont hotel. Mr.. McCultough
discussed the coal strike and the
threatened railroad striker and
brought various phases Sof#the@
economic conditions that effected1
the country through these Sstrik ikes.
Mr.. Mccullough emphasizedst the
fact that he believes in ORGANIZE
ton as the best means of@bringinSs
about desired effects but pointed
out many weak points in the Or
ganizations that Sfostered 5as and
brought about strikes and such
other economic conditions Directed
by these strikes. He declare lie
believed the time Will come when
will not prevail and called upon
the women to, study economic
questions. When it came toSsa
matter of voting, he said women
should exercise their best judg-
ment in selecting representatives
to bring about better econ om1cs
conditions. He expressed the be-;
lief that the miners in Northern
West Virginia had no quarrel ifl; tbs
their employers and that they
were well treated and ookedS after3
by the operators of the sect ion
The talk of Mr.. McCul1 ul1oughSwaaE
the last half of a very interesting
program observed by the Quotar4
ians today. The first hall onsist-5
ed Of the very classiests Of Snusids
furnished. gratis for the clu bssby
the ever popular TssMelodylanss
Syncopators" of. 3McKeespo PAD
who have made such big
with local folks during stheirfweek#
here. The boys played all5durinE
the lunch, hour, and by their lay
ing started cabaret, as the girls,
emphasizing that they8 would
rather dance than eats,, d daneeds
through the serving of the dinner.
Mr.. Nice CulIough; In 4 his opening
remarks, congratulated the Quos
5tarians on the excellence Of the
meal served and asked fort hare
cipe which he thought might bs
adopted by tother simi1a organlza-
tions for their weekly lunch
,s Next Monday evenin the Qno-
tarians Will 60 to; the p:-riVer
camp of Miss & Lena Hamii tom.
whose guests they5:wil1 be for the
evening. Plans for the program
are being worked out now by the
program and hospital commit Ill
tee. ~
a a meeting of the board of dirsa
sectors will be held at &c tomor-
row evening at the Fairmons
Hotel. f5S