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The Neshoba Democrat PUBLISHED WEEKLY. PHILADELPHIA. : MISSISSIPPI NEWS OFTHE WEEK latest news of the world TERSELY TOLD. NORTH, EiSUiTH AND IST Notes From Foreign Lands Through out the Nation, and Particularly the Great Southwest. Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has ruled that private lauds within government reclamation projects may be sold together with the water rights that attach to the lands, provid ing the man who sells the lands has with all the provisions of the recla mation act before he sells out. One million dollars has been de posited with the Rothschilds at London to the order of the Hague arbitration court by Domingo Gana, against Chile, in case the court finds in favor of the claimants. John Peters, injured lu a practice football game with Morningside col lege of Sioux City, la., in prepara tion for the contest with Vermillion on Thanksgiving day, died in a hospital Tuesday. Marguerite Bolts, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bolts, was burned to death at Paris, Texas. The little girl had gotten out of bed and was warming herself at a grate, when the lower edge of her night gown caught fire. James P. Scott, 35 years old, and his 12-year-old son, were smothered to death near Lynchburg, Va., under a wagon load of leaf tobacco. Benjamin S. table, an attorney of Chicago, will succeed Ormsby Mc- Harg as assistant secretary of the de partment of commerce and labor, ac cording to a statement made by Senator Cullom of Illinois. An anonymous gift of $424,000 has been made to the Children’s Aid society of New York City. During the year the society received more than a million dollars, the largest fund in its history. W. Cameron Forbes of Massachuet ts was Wednesday Inaugurated gov ernor general of the Philippine Is lands in the Chamber of Popular as sembly. The inauguration was made the occasion for a popular demonstra tion. The customs at.El Paso, Tex., have seized 400 cans of smuggled opium, valued at $7,000. No arrests were made. Within the last month more than $20,000 worth of smuggled opium has been seized at that place. Postmaster General Hitchcock has approved designs for the new postal cards to be finished by the govern ment printing office under the ar rangement taking effect January 1 next. The head of McKinley will bo continued on the ordinary card, but a better likeness has been selected and the border design has been much Improved. W. L. Carney, an aged recluse and well to do citizen, who was attacked and robbed in his home several months ago, died at Bismarck, Mo. He never recovered from the injuries sustained when robbed. The long continued rains have stopped, resulting in a remarkable Improvement in conditions in the canal zone. The flood In the Chagres river Is subsiding and the water is now approximately ten feet above the normal. Aaron Johnson, a negro, who is said to be 115 years old, fell out of a wagon at Alexandria, La., and broke his neck, as he was being conveyed to the Rapines parish poor farm at Pinevilie. Henry Keck, 50 years old, a farmer living at Gonzales, Tex., conceived and executed what is probably the most peculiar form of suicide ever re corded in Texas. Keck built a huge funeral pyre at the foot of a tree, touched a match to the tree and as the flames leaped about him, sent a rifle bullet Into his head. The remains were found Monday. Representatives of the Snake In dian tribe who are attending tlfe Chickasaw legislature at Tishomingo, Tex., are making a hard fight to in duce the Indians to refuse to recog nize the United States government. Col. D. J. N. A. Jewett, a veteran of the Crimean and civil wars, a famous duelist in Europe and an Indian fight er of New Mexico, died Friday morn tog at Capltan, N. M., aged 77. He was a native of Boston. Consuelo, dowager duchess of Man chester, in London, died early Satur day morning of heart failure, follow ing an attack of neuritis. The post office and general store at Seville, a small town near Lewistown, 111-, was entered by burglars and the safe blown open. All the contents were stolen. The robbers made good their escape. Bloodhounds are on their trail. A Jail delivery, in which three pris oners, Blondy King and George Sim mons, white, and Richard White, a ne gro, made their escape, was effected from the Perry county jail at Duquoin, 111. They sawed out the bars in the cells and escaped from the building hj digging a hole through the wall. FTanke Pate was killed fit ML Car mel, ill., by William, alias Jumbo Adams, alter a quarrel at a dance Pate had a shotgun, but Adams tired first, using a revolver, death resulting almost instantly. The coroner’s jury held Adams to await the action of the grand jury. Thomas H. Field, known familiarly in Dallas, Tex., forty years as "Tom Field,” is dead. He was a native of Missouri; born near St. Louis sixty years ago, and promoted many of the best enterprises of Dallas. L. E. Johnson, son of Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, was operat ed on in New York for acute ap pendicitis. His condition is serious. Judge W. H. Pope of Roswell has been appointed chief justice of New Mexico to succeed Chief Justice Mills, who has been appointed territorial governor. The Chicasaw legislature adjurned at Tishomingo after passing a bill authorizing the election of two dele gates to represent the tribe in Wash ington at a salary of $5,000 a year - . W. F. Bourland of Ardmore and Ben jamin H. Colbert of Tishomingo were elected. For one day after Samuel Gorapers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison go to jail 1,500,000 men and women workers will quit work and voice a protest, if Mrs, Raymond Robins, president of the National Women’s Trade Union has her way. Kansas products of 1909 were worth a total of $532,085,24-5, a gain of $57,- 440,414 over last year, according to the annual report of F. D. Coburn, secretary of the board of agriculture. At Redding, Cal., while Miss Mae E Deffcrt was putting on her wedding gown for her marriage to George Gautier, and the guests were as sembled, she was stricken with paralysis and died. Amos Virkey, a wealthy farmer near Foosland. 111., was taken to the Northern Illinois insane hospital, after being adjudged insane. His insanity was brought on by a large yield of corn in Champaign county. He want ed to husk corn day and night. While trying to grasp the revolver of one of two robbers, who "stuck up" his saloon at Kansas City M. A. Spangler was instantly killed. In a pistol duel with his father's murderer Sam Spangler was shot through both arms. Edward Bachman, a prisoner in the Richland county, 0., jail, faces the gallows in Mississippi because of his confessing a double murder at Gulf port so that his aged mother might get the reward offered for his capture. f ' Admiral Sperry lias been detailed by the secretary of the navy to assist the National Waterways commission in its work. He will give attention to various questions and will aid the commission in the preparation of its forthcoming report. Baron Shibusawa, head of the .Jap anese Commercial commisison, which is touring the United States, was ill when the special train arrived at San Diego, Cal., and was unable to leave his private car all day. The Franklin entry in the 150-mile race at the Ascot park, Los Angeles, Cal., plunged through the fence at the first turn and the driver, Guy Irwin, was perhaps fatally injured. Sailing Tuesday from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosso was Baron Liang Kuei, uncle of China’s baby emperor, who, incognito, has just concluded a trip across the United States. Half of an enormous split meteor, visible in Montgomery, Ala., about 7:30 o’clock Tuesday night, struck the earth in East Alabama, starling the in habitants for miles around. The im pact was so great that some persons believed it to be an earthquake. Agents of the sugar trust have pur chased 55,000 acres of land in Min doro Province, Philippine Islands, which they intend to develop imme diately. The land is partly culti vated. Kidnaped by gypsies more than two years ago, Amelia Johnson, aged 13, was found in Chicago by her fa ther, Ephraim Johnson, of Elizabeth. N. ,J„ who has traveled thousands of miles in search of his daughter. The child was found with Zatacho Deme tro, alias Tom Mitchell, who is the recognized chief of all the gypsies in the United States. Although Patrolman William Burke of the New York force has been noti fied that, by the death of an uncle in Ireland, he is heir to $1,000,000, he will be In no Hurry to lay aside his uniform to take up a life of leisure. James Waller, CO years old, was found dead in his bed at Malta Bend, Mo. His stomach has been sent away for analysis, as foul play is thought to be the cause of death. The first real snow of the season fell In New York when the storm which has swept from the west hit Gotham. Buffalo and Pittsburg also report snow. Messina’s ruins were shaken by a heavy earthquake early Monday. The shock sent the Inhabitants into the streets in panic, clad In their night clothing. Mr. and Mrs. George Pierce, their 5-year-old daughter, Mary Pierce, and Lute Dreler were struck by an engine of an eastbound Frisco freight train at Sullivan, Mo., and were thrown 20 feet from the tracks into a pond of shallow water. All four were painfully but, It is believed, not seriously in jured. J. H. C. Denman, an attorney, who was disbarred at Indianapolis for de frauding a client, committed suicide by shooting; shortly before the sheriff arrived to seize his office furniture and library to settle a claim. r" - ~ ~ State Capital Notes Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered by Our Special Correspondent at Jackson. - ■ : - - - Jackson Superintendents Meet. The annual meeting of the county su perintendents of education of Mississip pi was held in Jackson Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the speakers on the night pro gram were Prof. I*. P. Garner, in charge of the corn club work of the United Stales department of agriculture in this State, and inspector of agricultural high schools under the auspices of the Agri cultural College, who discussed the prog ress of this work in the various coun ties; Miss Susie V. Powell, president of the Mississippi School Improvement As sociation, who told of the campaign for the betterment of school facilities, espe cially in the rural districts; Prof. W. 11. Smith, county superintendent of Holmes county, and originator of the hoys’ corn club movement, and Commis sioner H. E. Blakeslee of the depart ment of agriculture and commerce. Practically every county in the State was represented, the attendance being the largest since the plan of holding an imal conferences was adopted by the superintendents. The leading feature of the forenoon session of county superintendents was the address of State Superintendent .1. X, Powers, in which the policy of the department of education was outlined, and the educational needs of the State earnestly set forth. The improvement of the rural schools is the paramount problem of the State today, according to Superintendent Pow ers. He also urges the establishment of u Slate normal and training school for the teachers, more money for (lie com mon school fund, a law authorizing hoards of supervisors to float bonds for school improvement purposes, organiza tion of all applicants for teachers' li cense by a State hoard instead of coun ty examiners, more rigid enforcement of the fixed course of study; increased ap propriations for summer normal and in stitute-work, more universal observance <>f c Arbor Hay, encouragement of the hoys’ corn clubs, etc. Supreme Court Reverses Itself. The supreme court did the unusual tiling of reversing itself by sustaining a suggestion of error in the ease of Sandy Hays, convicted of murder in Simpson county and given a life sentence. The court had originally reversed the case on the ground that the record failed to show affirmatively that the grand jury that found the indictment was ever sworn. Assistant Attorney-) tenoral Butler had filed a suggestion of error, calling the at tention of the court to section 1413 of the code, passed by the legislature after the three court decisions which had been followed in the reversal, and which pro vides that to avail itself of the defect mentioned the defense shall make the point before a verdict is reached. In this case it had been made in a motion for a stay of execution, after the verdict had been rendered, but before sentence had been pronounced. Justice Smith, in rendering the opin ion, frankly confessed the error of the court, sustained the motion and affirmed the case, wherefore the defendant, in stead of getting anew trial, will be promptly sent to the State penitentiary. Capt. Coffee’s Rertirement. Much interest is felt in Vicksburg in the recent retirement of Capt. Edgar N. Coffey of the Second United States Cav alry of Fort Des Moines, lowa, to become chief of the Mississippi State militia. Capt. Coffey desires this change on ac count of his state of health, which has not been good for some time. Capt. Coffey will make his home in Jackson, and will no doubt be of considerable as sistance to Adjutant-General Fridge of the Mississippi National Guard. Teachers Select Meridian. The executive committee of the Mis sissippi Teachers’ Association held a meeting at the office of the State su perintendent of education Wednesday and decided to hold the next annual con vention at Meridian, April 28, 29 and 30. Dr. Schaifer, State superintendent of education in Pennsylvania, was selected as the principal orator of the session, but beyond this the program was not out lined. The committee authorized Presi dent Ellis to prepare a full program. Cumberland Files Report. The quarterly report of the Cumber land Telephone and Telegraph Company has been filed with the railroad commis sion, and shows total receipts in Mis sisippi of $261,677.25 for the quarter ended Sept. 30, an increase of $20,845.82 over the figures of the corresponding pe riod last year. Its operating expenses wore $215,- $753.96, an increase of $17,735.36. Its net earnings for the quarter were $45,923.29, an increase of $3,110.20. Great Northern Reports. The quarterly report of the New Or leans Great Northern Railroad Company for the quarter ending Sept. 30, has just been filed with the railroad commission. This road a year ago was being operated in only a small portion of the State, hence the comparison of figures with those of the corresponding quarter last year really mean nothing except that the completion of the road took place between the two reports. The operat ing revenues for the last named quarter w'ero $100,195.68, an increase of $103,- 149.49. Political Pot Is Boiling. That many political pots will be put to boiling during'the approaching legis lative session seems to be a foregone conclusion. Ambition to bold office is ever present with many Mississippians, and the biennial legislative session af fords aspirants exceptional opportunities to launch their booms, form alliances and outline plans for the construction of political fences with which they hope to hold their antagonists in check. Already the woods are full of candidates, actual and prospective, for the various stale offices, although the next election will not be held until 1811, and formal campaign openings arc not due until six or eight months in advance of the election date. Interest, of course, cen ters chiefly in the governorship, and Ilia chief element of speculation on this con test is whether it will be more than a two-entry affair, lion. Charles Seotf, of Bolivar, and lion. Karl Brewer, of Coahoma, who made close finishes in fbe last campaign, are avowed aspirants for 1910. There seems to be a growing be lief in political circles that these two well-known citizens will have the fight all to themselves; that while many oth ers have been mentioned, there is little likelihood that they will qualify for the starf. A similar opinion prevails in re gard to the senatorial race. Ex-Gov. •1. K. Vardanian and Senator A. .1. Me- Laurin have not only announced them selves for the place, but they have been engaged in some very effective campaign work during the past year, and in a sense it can he said that this fight is now actually on. Not in Race for Governor. lion. 11. L. Whitfield, president of (he Industrial Institute and College declares that ho is not in the face for governor, The best years of Mr. Whitfield’s life have been devoted to educational work in Missisippi. As state superintendent of education he did much to increase the efficiency of her public school sys teh. and as president of the Industrial Institute and College he has worked zealously to place it on a parity with the best female colleges in the country. Noel Pardons Bootlegger. Governor Noel granted a pardon to Erastus O'Neal, serving a SSOO fine and a jail sentence of 90 days in Simpson county for unlawful retailing, the par don, however, applying only to a part of the fine and costs, the jail sentence and a part of the fine having been served. Incorporated in his pardon, Gov ernor Noel places a condition that he must refrain from the sale or use of liquors, and that otherwise the unserved portion of his fine must be served. Guard Against Weevil. The farmers in Mississippi’s boll wee vil district have shown a gratifying promptness in following the advice of the special agents of (ho United States department of agriculture in making preparations for next season’s crop. Es pecially is (his true in regard to the widely published suggestion that all cot ton stalks be burned prior to the 15th of November. It is stated by the agri cultural experts that fully 90 per cent, of the farmers in the southwestern coun ties, where the weevil has made its ap pearance, have burned their stalks, do ing the work thoroughly, and thus min imizing prospects of ravages by the boll weevil during the coming crop year. All Counties Represented. It has been stated that, the pardon by the governor of Ross Ilelmer left Wilkin son county without representation in the penitentiary. This was erroneous. Ilel mer was the only white man in the penitentiary from Wilkinson, but an in. vestigatiou shows that there arc six teen negroes from that county doing service for the state. The same line of investigation developed the fact that every county in the state is represented and that the smallest number from any county is two. Lumber Dealers Prosper. Mississippi lumber manufacturers re port that they have not yet encountered the slackening of orders which usually precedes the Christmas holiday period. On the contrary, the demand continues unabated, and the mills have sufficient orders ahead to justify them in run ning full time, while many of the plants are working night shifts. State’s Cotton Crop. The state will make 4,200 bales of cot ton on its four convict farms, according to present estimate of Capt. C. S. Nor land, the superintendent of the farms. This will be more than 1,000 bales short of last year’s crop, notwithstanding an increased acreage of between 700 and 800 acres. Of this year’s crop, 3,130 bales have already been ginned, and not a bale has been sold. Crop 500,000 Bales Short. Except in a few isolated communities, the picking of Mississippi's cotton crop has been L-ought to a close. On the face of figures hitherto issued, it is cer tain that Mississippi’s crop will not exceed 1,100,000 bales, against a total of 1,675,000 commercial bales for the preceding year. This means a reduction of moic than a half million bales re suiting from adverse weather conditions, boll weevil and other elements that were met with during the planting, growing and harvesting periods. BALLINGER ELS OF m WORK Report of the Secretary of the In terior Received. PROBLEM OF PUBLIC LANDS Development Through Private Enter prise Under National Supervision and Control Desired —Reclama- tion Service Discussed. Washington, Nov. 2.- -The annual re port to the president of Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior, was made public to-day, and makes interesting reading. The report cov ers a portion of the time under the ad ministration of James R. Garfield, and Mr. Ballinger gives him credit for his earnest and efficient services. Secretary Ballinger comments on the old public land statutes, and con tinues: "The liberal and rapid disposition of the public lands under these statutes and the lax methods of administration which for a long time prevailed nat urally provoked (he feeling that the public domain was legitimate prey for the unscrupulous and that it was no crime to violate or circumvent the land laws. It is to he regretted that we, as a nation, were so tardy to real ize the importance of preventing so large a measure of our natural re sources passing into the hands of land pirates and speculators, with no view to development looking to the national welfare. Must Continue Prosecutions. "It may he safely said that millions of acres of timber and other lands have been unlawfully obtained, and it is also true that actions to recover such lands have in most instances long since been barred by the statute of limitations. The principal awakening to our wasteful course came under your predecessor’s administration. The hold and vigorous prosecutions of land frauds, through Secretaries Hitchcock and Garfield, have restored a salutary respect for (he law, and the public mind has rapidly grasped the impor tance of safeguarding the further dis position of our natural resources In the public lands in the interest of the public good as against private greed. Notwithstanding this, it is necessary to continue with utmost vigor, through all available sources, the securing of information of violations of the public land laws and to follow such viola tions with rigid prosecutions. Use Private Enterprise. “On this present policy of conserv ing the natural resources of tue pub lic domain, while development is the key-note, the best thought of the day is not that development shall be by na tional agencies, hut that wise utiliza tion shall be secured through private enterprise under national supervision and control. Therefore, if material progress is to be made in securing the best use of our remaining public lands, congress must be called upon to enact remedial legislation.” Mr. Ballinger then gives in detail his recommendations for the classifi cation of public lands, and the fea tures of a measure which he advises for the direction of the disposal of wa ter-power sites. The Reclamation Service. Concerning the reclamation service, the report says in part: “In view of the importance of a speedy completion of existing projects and their proper extension, and of the necessity in 1912 of an adjustment be tween thp states by which the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each state and territory shall have been ex pended so far as practicable within such state or territory, and in view of the importance of making a bene ficial use of waters already ap propriated or capable of appropria tion to which rights may be lost for nonuse, I believe an urgent ap peal should be made to congress to authorize the issuance of certificates of Indebtedness, or of bonds against the reclamation fund, to an aggregate of not exceeding $30,000,000, or so much thereof as may be needed.” Energetic reorganization of the In dian bureau is in progress, says Mr. Ballinger, and he recommends that the Indian warehouses at Now York, Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis and San Francisco be closed as soon as pos sible. A more advanced policy re specting the maintenance, improve ment and operation of the Yellow stone and Yoscmite national parks is urged on the government. Contracts Made on Feast Days. The fixed date for Easter is prob ably a matter of little concern in the United States, but of great Impor tance in continental Europe, where rent and other contracts are written on such feast days rather than at New Year’s or the Ist of May. On Maneuvers. Army Service Corps N. C. O. in charge of forage (to officer’s groom who has come for extra rations for a horse)—“Have you brought a requisi tion?’ Groom—“ No. Ain't got none with us, but I’ve brought a bucket.” Punch. Good for Something. Subbubs “What do you intend to lo with that lot you bought in Swamp lurst? Commute—“l am thinking of making a fishing preserve of it Brooklyn Life. The Exceptional Equipment of the California Fig Syrup Cos. and the scientific attainments of its chemists havo rendered possible the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of its excellence, by obtaining the pure medic inal principles of plants known to act most beneficially and combining them most skillfully, in the right proportions, with its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of California Figs. As there is only one genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna and as the gen uine is manufactured by an original method known to the California Fig Syrup Cos. only, it is always necessary to buy the genuine to get its beneficial effects. A knowledge of the above facts enables one to decline imitations or to return them if, upon viewing the package, the full name of the California Fig Syrup Cos. is not found minted on the front thereof. BUT SHE HAD ENOUGH. Johnny—Mother, let’s go in here and buy a baby; they're cheap to-day. Schools for Tuberculous Children. Special schools for tuberculous chil dren have now been established in Providence, Boston, New York, Roches ter, Washington, Hartford, Conn., Chi cago and Pittsburg. New York has three schools and Washington, 1). C., two. The board of education of New York city is proposing to establish three more, and similar institutions are being planned in Detroit, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Newark, N. J. In cities like Providence, Boston and New York, where outdoor schools havo been conducted for two years, the re sults obtained from the treatment of children In special tuberculosis open air schools seem to show the great ad vantage of this class of institutions. This, coupled with the experience of open air schools in Germany and Eng land, proves that children can be cured of tuberculosis and keep up with their school work, without any danger to fellow pupils. "Julius Caesar” Sent to Bed. At the British Authors’ club ban quet In bis honor, Lieut. Shackleton told an amusing story of a man who went home one night after dinner and took with him four or five others. "Come in, boys,” ho said, “and have a last drink.” “But your wife might not like it,” one of the party replied. "My wife!” was the answer; “I am Julius Caesar in my house.” On entering they were received by the lady of the house with the words: “Oh, walk in, gentlemen; there is plenty of drink in the dining room. As for Julius Caesar, he is going to bed.” Purchasing Power. A young gentleman of our ac quaintance, who had just reached the age of six, was recently waiting with his mother for a train at a railway station, when he noticed a penny-in the-slot weighing machine. He asked his mother a great many questions about it, and at last received permis sion to drop in his penny and he weighed. Having obtained that im portant information, he said: “How much would I have weighed, mamma, if I had dropped in a dollar?” SECRET WORKERS The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates- Coffee is such a secret worker that It is not suspected as the cause of sick ness or disease, but there is a very sure way to find out the truth. A lady in Memphis gives, an inter esting experience her husband had with coffee. It seems that ho had been using it for some time and was an invalid. The physician in charge shrewdly suspected that coffee was the “Worm at the root of the tree,” and ordered it discontinued with instruction's to use Postum regularly in its place. The wife says: “We found that was the true remedy for his stomach and heart trouble and wc would have glad ly paid a hundred times the amount of the doctor’s charge when we found how wise his judgment was. “The use of Postum instead of cof fee was begun about a year ago, and it has made my husband a strong, well man. He has gained thirty-five pounds in that time and his stomach and heart troubles have all disappeared. “The first time I prepared it I did not boil it long enough and he said, there was something wrong with it. Sure enough It did taste very flat, but the next morning I followed directions carefully, boiling It for fifteen minutes, and he remarked ‘this is belter than any of the old coffee.’ “We use Postum regularly and never tire of telling our friends of the bene fit we have received from leaving off coffee.” Look for the little hook, “The Road to WcjlvlUe,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” Kver rend the nhove letter? Anew one nppenrn from time to time. They nrc genuine, true, and full of human Interest.