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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03

per crate radishes at $15O net beets at net
titles.
Truck and vegetables from Brookhaven have gone
as far north as central Canada, and many cars have
gone to New York, Philadelphia Boston, Washington,
Chicago and various points nearer 1t is estimated that
fifty sixty loads of truck will be shipped
from Brookhaven before the end of the season.
The Farm Bureau is conducted by Meade Mathis,
Manager, and w. E. Brent Secretary. The aim and
object of the bureau is to assist the farmers truckers
and darymen of the community in every possible way
Every farmer, trucker and dairyman, regardless of
race creed color is invited to call the Bureau fc"
any information assistance The Bureau will glady
help in advising to crops, fertilizers time of plant
ing method of cultivation and will be of great assist
ance in the matter of marketing and shipping.
The Kiwanis Club was organized about a year ago.
and held it's first club luncheon June l. 1921 The men
selected to pilot the club through its first active year of
existence c. B. Perkins, President; M. j. Hale
Vice-Pres.; L. H. Bowen, Sec.; w. D. Davis, Treas
These three with j. w. McGrath, A B. Furlow A. A.
Cohn, j. M. Wood, O. H. Hartman Dr. o. N AIRING
ton and s. M Byrd constituted the Board of Directors
That these aided by many unofficial co-abor-
eIs, have worked continuously honestly faithfully and
successfully is richly evidenced by the great strides of
progress the city and community has made during the
past and the program of improvements and COM
munity advancement under contemplation and
steps toward completion. Not ony have their intei-
gent efforts and wholeheared support of movements
originating in the Kwanis Club declared big dividends
but their zeal and energy for the welfare of the
nifty at large has spurred and inspired spirit of civic
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03

pride and loyalty with the entire community that has
blossomed forth into renewed activity on the part of
everyone and has resulted in untold benefit to ALL
When the Oscar Bowling Pickle Co. contemplated
closing down the Kiwans Club appealed to the man.
agement with plea forceful that the company not
only remained in business, but placed II additional
storage tanks in Brookhaven
The Kiwanis Club took an active part in the Child
Welfare Campaign and cooperated with the authorities
in securing survey of children in Lincoln county who
needed treatment for adenoids, bad teeth improper
nourishment and various defects to the end that the
doctors and dentists working in harmony with
the county nurse and administering to the medical
needs of the children at greatly reduced rates.
The Kiwanis Club together with other civic organ
zations, assisted in the establishing of the Kings
Daughters Hospital urging the city and county off
eias to go the limit The result was an appropriation
from the county of $1,000 with a monthly allowance
of $3.50 and monthly allowance from the city of S25
The Kiwanis Club sponsored the movement for the
organization of Boy Scouts in Brookhaven; and the
club is justly proud of the troop in active service here
The Kiwans Club takes great pride in the know
ledge that it had helping hand in the development of
the trucking industry in Lincoln county Numerous
committees worked constantly to establish the proper
spirit between the farmers and the business men, The
club paid the expenses of farmers and business men
and representatives of the Farm Bureau to Copiah
county to look the trucking industry there and to
secure data as to crops and profits and methods of mar
ketng the matured crops The splendid results of the
first years experimental attempt is most gratifying
President Perkins appeal to the Board of Super
Vsors resulted in an appropriation of 900 for
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03

The great difficulty in enumerating what the XII
wants Club of Brookhaven has accomplished is the
segregation of the things the club has aided the city
and community to accomplish. In fact probably the
greatest achievement of the Kwans Club has been the
unifying of city and community spirit in action
for the good of the community as whole without
attention to personal glory club honors almost
unanimous determination on the part of everyone to
place community welfare above individual ambition and
personal profit.
A brief sketch of Brookhaven and hurried glimpse
of it's industries would not be out of place here with
word further on of the part the Kwanis Club has TAX
in the development of these establishments and the
splendid response to suggested improvements and the
quick grasp of the Importance of certandeas bearing
the development of The Garden Spot of the South"
Brookhaven, county seat of Lincoln county, is
city of 1000 inhabitants, ideally located in the very
center of the coming farming, trucking and dairying
section of the south. Hard surface roads from all
points Of the compass center in Brookhaven like the
spreading strands of spiders web 1t is the main
line of the Illinois Central Railroad and the main line
of the Mississippi Central Railroad right where the
two lines cross Branch lines radiate from Brookha-
to all points giving the city shipping facilities
joyed by few cities of the country. 1t is the highest
point above sea level of any place between New Or
leans, La. and Jackson, Miss.
There one hundred ninety-seven business con-
Germs in Brookhaven, including IA department stores
16 dry goods stores % groceries, II garages and auto
sales establishments clothing stores, shoe stores,
drug stores, of the worlds biggest oil companies
distributing depos with combined storage capacity
greater than in any other city in Southern Mississippi
hardware stores, furniture stores, jewelry stores
creameres and of the largest fertilizer and cot
toon seed meal factories in the South pressed brick
factory, ice factory hotels Whworth College, ST.
Francis Academy, Public School, Library Fairgrounds
Municipal Band, an ice factory, bottlng works.
farm bureau sailing station for cucumbers live stock
exchange wholesale grocery concerns white church.
es, barber Shops commission houses, cleaning
dyelng and pressing concerns, tailoring establish
ments, headquarters of lumber companies planning
mills saw mill, newspapers, grist mills, moving pic
ture theatre, several electric and plumbing concerns
and many other concerns such as cigar and tobacco
stores, restaurants fruit stores shoe repair shops and
blacksmith shops
The Lincoln County Farm Bureau is now in its
hrSt year OF usefulness To date has aided in the
marketing and shipping of 85 of truck and vege
tables from Brookhaven The first shipments started
IN March and consisted of express lots of tulnips at
SlOO per hamper net Since then 25 car loads of cab
bage top price $3.50 net have been shipped from here
10 cars of peas at $3.50 net per hamper 10 cars of
beans S25O net per hamper tomatoes 81 55 net
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03
LEST WE FORGET /

-broad speang-y
usefulness and
II The Bn Kwans Club,
real and lasting benefit and assistance the and feels
stewardship will be welcomed by the pubEc
mortal the things accomplished the K"an Club during the will be
GThereOre page KWANS
public
County Times worthwhile deeds the credit the XII
Club The and the bottom Of this public
and community made possible the gathering the data and this
ha that the public will carefully and ought
that each and all have better bigger and broader
and its possibilities.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03

ty fair building and the placing of lawn fence around
the municipal Fairgrounds.
The Kiwanis agitated the maintenance of a Home
Economics Bureau for Lincoln county.
The Kiwanis club has urged the development of
the poultry industry in this vicinity and brought buy
er from the northern markets here to stimulate
interest here with the result that the first solid car
of poultry shipped out of the city was sent to the
firm this buyer represented In addition the club fur
nished the money for the erection of model poultry
house on the farm of Mr. Burns.
The Kiwans Club solicited the two main prizes for
the Lincoln county Field Day Meet, $3.50 piano and
S95 phonograph These were the most valuable priz
es ever given at Field Day Meet in the State
The Kiwanis Club is promoting the erection of
syrup refining plant in Brookhaven and the marketing
OF the standardized syrup Subscriptions for the build
ing of the plant being received by the commit
tee in charge and it is assured fact that the build
ing will be constructed this fall.
The Kiwanis Club paid the expenses of member
OF the Girls Club to New Orleans to demonstrate to the
Southern Pine Association the of making baskets of
pine needles Her demonstration so effective that
candynaker of New Orleans placed an order for 100
baskets at $50 EACH At this same meeting President
Perkins secured valuable publicity for Brookhaven by
having big sign displayed calling attention to the city,
photograph of the sign reproduced in many pa
pers over the country and every lumber journal had
stories of city and the pine needle basket industry
The Kiwanis Club is now planning an old time bar
becue and all day celebration for Brookhaven on the 4h
OF july 1t is proposed to have music, speeches. ath
etic events and in the forenoon, big barbecue
at noon. with baseball game in the afternoon Ac-
cordng to the plans outlined it will be one of the very
best entertainments offered in Brookhaven.
The Kiwanis Club is aiding in the movement of OBJ
tanning cooperation of the marketing agent of the State
Bureau of Home Economics in the marketing of pre-
served figs thus opening of revenue from
crop of figs that has largely gene to waste in the past
In addition the club has been active in agtatng
many things for the good of the community
The Kiwanis Club has strongly supported the base
ball club of Brookhaven The club appointed commit
tee to help arrange for community singing; the club
helped underwrite the Artist Course for Whitworth
College, the club has worked constantly for good roads
the club is keeping in touch with aerial development to
the end that Brookhaven will be ready for an aerial
mail station when the New Orleans to Chicago air
route is established.
These are Just brief mentions of what the XII
wants Club has done, and what it has helped to do
Sometime this month the club will finance an auto cav
alcade OF farmers and truckers to Hammond La, for
the purpose of looking into the strawberry industry
with view of making this section one of the greatest
strawberry beds in the south.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-06-03
LINCOLN COUNTY FARM BUREAU

For the convenience of the farmer,
the truckmen and dairymen. Let us
assist in the growing, marketing and
shipping of your produce.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Students Offered
Free Scholarships

Baton Rouge, La.-Louislana hlgh
school boys and girls have an oppor-
tunity to win the two scholarships, the
first consisting of tuition and expenses
for four years at any college or uni
yersity chosen by the successful con-
testant and the second consisting or
the remission of laboratory and certain
other fees for four years at the Louisl-
ana State University, according to an
announcement made today by the l.. S.
U. Department of Journalism. These
prizes are offered for the best essays
on How Good Roads Are Develop
ing My Community
The first prize is offered by Har-
vey S. Firestone of Akron, o., and may
be competed for by any high school
boy or girl il the United States. The
second prize: amounting to SIS to $45
a year for four years is offered by the
Louisiana State University and will be
awarded to the Louisiana boy or girl
who submits the best essay. In the
event this essay wins the first prize,
the l.. S. U. scholarship will be given
to the second best essay from this
state.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Texas Railroads Must
Reduce Rates on Sugar

hington-Railroads in Texas un-
der an interstate commerce commits
sion order issued Friday will be re-
quired to reduce rates on sugar NOV
ing entirely within the State of Texas,
from refineries at Sugar Land Texas.
The federal commission some time
ago held that the Texas State railroad
commission could not make rates with
in the State of Texas which were low
er than interstate rates existing after
the rate increases after 1920. Sugar
was included in this ruling, but later,
according to the terms of the order is
sued Friday, railroads voluntarily re.
duced their rates on sugar from Louis
lana and gulf coast refineries into Tex.
as.
This later action of the railroads IN
reducing the interstate rates, the COM
mission said Friday, made 1t necessary
that refineries at Sugar Land be given
opportunity to compete for State bust.
ness on parity of rates with refin-
cries In other States and it conse-
quently withdrew the requirement Of
the general order that sugar rates
within the State be increased.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
ROAD
BUILDING
FEDERAL-kID ROAD PROGRAM
Secretary Of Agriculture is Consider
ino Tentative Draft OF Ru'es
and Regulations.

prepared by the United states Department
of Agricultural 80,
The secretary of agriculture Is CON
sidering a tentative draft Of fuieS ahH
raoulatjonS for the administration I"
the federal highway act, approved
last November, under which S'A'ooo'-
600 is appropriated for the cohStfuc'
ton of federal-aid roads, but VIII not
promulgate them until he mas con
ferred with representatives OF the
state highway departments. Inc sec
rotary is impressed with the heeu ioi
closest possible cooperation between
the federal government and the states
in the development of the 1edefSl-alu
highway system called for by the ACT
and the value and Serviceab.ilty OF
the system will not be jeopardlHed py
a hasty decision as to the roads when
will COMPRISE it or the regulations TO
be followed in carrying out the pur-
poses of the legislation.
Fifty million dollars of the ap-
pronriation became available January
I The remaining S25,000OOO was
made Immediately available upon APP
prevail of the act November ., last.
In formulating the fundamental
rules which will govern the states ana
the federal government in administer
ing the law, the Department OF Agri-
culture is seeking the counsel OF the
state highway departments as repre-
sented by the executive committee OF
the American Association OF state
Highway Officials Members of the com
mittee are George =. Coleman. state
highway commission, Virginia; PAU
-. Sargent. chief engineer Maine :;
Austin B. Fletcher, state highway en-
gineer, California W. II. Neel. state
highway engineer. Georgia; Thomas
II. Macdonald chief of the bureau of
public roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture; George E. John
son, secretary, department of public
works, Nebraska; Ira r. Downing.
member of highway commission. ttah ),
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Claim Fur Pelts Are
Worth Half Million

Houma. La.-Values of furs takeh
in Terrebone parish during the sea
son Just closed reached between $4Vo'-
and $500, 600, remarkably good SHOW
ing for that branch of business, IhlS
large amount of money was dlstrlpu'-
ed among about 1000 trappers, anu
every class of trade was benefited by
the distribution.
The greater part of the Terrebonne
fur crop" was marketed in Houlha'
while smaller amounts went 10 MOT
gan City and New Orleans. SIX lur
brokers are in business in Houma, ana
during the trapping season brokers'
from New Orleans and other CUES
make purchasing trips to this section.
Muskrat skins predominated among
the furs sold The number OF musk
rat furs marketed in the parish dur
ing the season is estimated at about
Goo 900. Muskrat skins average %
cents each, which made that crop
alone worth about S3O0,000
About 5000 mink furs, 15.00O rae
coon furs. 1900 opossum furs and
about 200 otter furs were marketed.
The mink fGrs are worth S. each, the
raccc0n fuEa So each, the opOssum furs
30 cents each and the otter skins $2V
each.
Trappers will ask the Legislature to
change the season for trapping musk
rats. The season now runs from NO
vember TO February l. The tTappers
want the season to run from December
l to March l.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Mine OWNERS AND
WORKERS CONFER
Will Endeavor to Reach
Agreement Before Date
Set for Strike.

New York-The anthracite coal
mine owners and workers committee
of eight Saturday began to organize for
a long series of deliberations in an eP
fort to avert a general strike by ami
cable settlement of their wages dis
agreements.
President John l.. Lewis of the in
ternational organization of united min
ers and Samuel d Warmer chairman
of the operators policies committee.
both members of the committee OF
eight, were optimistic. They express
ed doubt, however, that new wage
scale could be drawn in time u pre-
vent suspension OF mining operations
in the hard coal field on April l.
The whole mining industry. from
the digging of the coal III the GOLFERS
to the shipment, distribution and sale
to the consuming public, Will be taken
into consideration in negotiating the
contract, ii was said, The miners eX.
pressed determination to get down
to the bottom Of costs and profits"
The owners were equally emphatic in
asserting that every angle of the in
dustry should be gone into.
Despite the great divergence Of
views with which we begin negotia-
lions, | believe the committee intends
honestly to try to work out a solution
of the wage problem in the anthracite
Mines" was the statement of Mr.
Lewis.
THE labor situation is constantly
changing" said Mr.. Warriner The
cost of living is going down; there is
considerable unemployment. Higher
wages in the coal industry are impos
sible at this time. The public would
have to pay the increase, and it is not
prepared to do So"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
PIESKARET, THE CONQUEROR
OF THE IROQUOIS

TT TOOK a mighty warrior Of any
i tribe to hold his own with the
IroQuois back In the colonial days.
But Pieskaret Little
Blaze") did it and his name became
a word of terror to them during the
perpetual war between these Romans
of the West" and his people, the
Adirondacks.
One day early in 1914 Pieskaret set
out on a lone war trail toward Lake
Ohamplain AS he neared the IrOquOis
villages he reversed his snOwshOes so
that if enemy scouts found his trail
it would be leading away from their
villages instead Of toward it. Late
that night he entered their camp and
stealthily crept into one Of the lodges.
BY the lOw-burning fire in the center
he saw that it's occupants were asleep.
Working swiftly and nOiselessly, the
Adirondack killed and scalped all.
The next morning terrible cry Of
grief and rage arose when the dead
bodies were found. Pursuing parties
followed a trail of snOwshOeS leading
away from the village but the warriors
returned without catching glimpse
of the murderer. That night Pieskaret
slipped out from his hiding place,
entered a lodge and again killed and
scalped. But on the third night he
found two warriors on guard in every
lodge. His game was up.
mn
the sentinel nearest the door was
asleep. Suddenly throwing aside tho
door flap. he struck a terrible blow
with his war club, sounded his war
whoop and dashed into the forest. The
IroQuOis were hot on his trail for the
remainder Of the night and far into
the next day, but by evening there
were only six Of his pursuers left.
Springing to the side Of the trail,
Pieskaret hid In 4 hollow tree and
watched the chase speed past. Then
he swiftly followed. That night while
the tired Iroquois warriors lay asleep
q form glided into their bivOuac. A
war club rose and fell six times. The
next morning Pieskaret with six more
scalps sped North to exhibit to his
tribesmen these trophies of the great
est individual feat Of arms ever per-
formed by an Indian warrior
A few years later the Adirondacks
made treaty with the Iroquois. One
day Pieskaret met a delegation from
the Five Nations on their way, to visit
the governor of Canada. Singing q
peace song in honor of the truce be-
tween the tribes, he advanced with out
stretched arms to meet them. His
answer was volley from a dozen
guns and Pieskaret, the Adirondack
champion. lay dead.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Ctories of
OGREAT
INDIANS
CPECHANCANOUGH FOUGHT AT
AGE OF 100 YEARS
Bv ELMO SCOTT WATSON

On y March day, 300 years ago,
" the colony Of Virginia witnessed
the greatest Indian massacre the
American continent has ever known.
Within an hour 341 men, women ana
children had been slaughtered ana
50 plantations along the james river
had been reduced to six. Back OF this
carnival of blood was the crafty brain
of one -Opechancanough chief of
the Palnunkeys.
Opechaucanough's hatred for the
whites dated from the time that the
doughty Capt. John Smith had seized
him by the hair and marched him
away ut the point of pistol because
the chief had refused to sell the starry
ing colonists food. He was soon ran
sohned by his tribeSmen but he never
forgot tie humiliation. His brother,
Powhatan, held the Pamunlley i'll re-
straint but when Powhatan died
Opechancanough began plotting.
on March -, 1922, Opechancan-
ough's warriors burst upon the I'M
guarded plantations like a storm. From
sunrise to sunset they murdered and
burned until the struggling little colony
was almost erased from the map. 1t
soon recovered from the disaster, how
ever, and then the Virginians loosed
their forces of vengeance They de-
feated ,le Indians.
For years the war went on inter
mttently with rreachery and cruelty
on both sizes. Opechancanough was
believed to have been killed. But
the old fellow was very much alive.
Twenty-Five years later he was plotting
again Although he was then one
hundred years old. he commanded his
warriors to carry him into battle.
once more the savages swept down
upon the plantations and again they
killed more than 300 whites. Finally
they were repulsed by Coy William
Berkeley and their chief taken
prisoner and was borne in triumph to
jamestown.
There IA white guard deliberately
fired upon the old chief. woundlng
him fatally. Hearing the noise outside
the lodge, made by the crowd that
was trying to get look at the dying
chieftain, Opechancanough ordered his
attendant to lift his eyelids. The
sight of the crowd filled him for a
moment with unnatural strength. Ris-
ing to his feet, he demanded that Gov
ernor Berkeley be brought to him.
Then in one final moment of majesty
the old warrior confronted the gov
ernOr wrathfully.
Had it been by fortune to take you
prisoner, l would not have meanly
exposed you as show to my people"
no exclaimed. Then he sank back and
died.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
POTASH IN WOOL RECOVER
Small Washer Has Been Designer
Is Being Tried BY he Bura
Of Chemistry.

A small wool washer made twl
covering potash from feeces has
ton Of sufficient concentration 70 ID
the recovery Of the potash prcti
has been designed and Is being d
out by the bureau Of chemistry I'll
United States Department Of \
culture. 1t is said that the avsi
fleece contains about 4 per cent d
fash by weight, but In the ordl'
method Of washing wool It CONES
In such dilute solution that i dosl
pay to recover the salt.
About 6OO.0OO,OW pounds Of .
are secured in the United States .
year, and If only 8 per cent Of POI
is recovered 1t would amount %
100000 pounds Of actual potash ,
would be available for use 70 le'a
ers. Some nitrogen is also rsco's
from wool along with the potash
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-25
Got "pemijohn" From Persia.

The term demijohn is said to be a
corruption Of the name Damagan, a
town in northern Persia, once famous
for its glassworks The word was first
used by the French in the form dame
jeanne" probably In accordance with
the humorous cOlloquial use of proper
names in connection with vessels, COM
mon In all languages, in the same way
in which 'jack" and .'iill" are used In
English. In the English adoption Of
the word as "dcmiiohn," the first lsylla-
HE is corruption Of the Preach
dame