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TH] • VOL, XXXII - ;t FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI ^ Devoted to the Industrial, Commercial aad Afrfcaltaral Development of the Wonderful Reaoarcea of the Stale. Items of Iotereat from all Qaartora. s ; ; s t By H. E. BLAKESLEE, Jackeoa, Mfaa. V_____... ■ ■ - - ■ ■■ ■ - — ^ Hon. Walter Clarke recently gave out the following with reference to the low price being paid by the mills for cotton seed and the proposition to organize the producers for a bet ter price: “I have recently received several 1 letters asking me to call to the atten tkm of our farmers the present low price of cotton seed, and ask their ( co-operation in raising the price. 1 : find that on the basis of good sound seed, the mills are paying from $12 to $13 per ton. The seed damaged by recent rains are bringing from $5 to $8 per ton, and, think of it, our farmers are selling seed at these prices! Are the mills to blame for this? A large i number of farmers in many sections of Mississippi have put their money in oil mills and succeeded in advanc ing the price of seed materially. Of recent years the mills have not made j money, in fact, they all lost money, | due to the low price of oil and the comparatively high price for seed. At the present price for oil, there can be no doubt that gooc? seed are easily worth from $15 to $16 per ton; but the mill men having lost money by too much competition, like sensible men, got together and by some mys terious process of co-operation, sue- . ceeded in buying seed for less than . the market value, and the farmer, fool that he i$, supplies the demand. How long wilf it be before our farmers learn the value and necessity of co- ■ operation? Aside from this, what are seed worth to the-., lands? The ' chemical analysis of cotton seed shows ; a fertilizer Rvalue of $12.20 per ton; | the vegetabl| matter in seed, which is j ■wortn irom-ifd to per ion oi seeu, | making the seed easily worth as a fertilizer _$15 tql£i7 per ton, and yet, thousands' of our farmers are selling their seeil-1-robbing the soil of its fer tility afTd. xteereasing its productive capacity each and every year by this process 'of robbery. The soils of Mis sissippi > are growing less productive, and op children will inherit a bar rft£i-jfe*ste unless we stop this insane •gSifrcy. Again, one pound of cotton j“seed judiciously fed to cattle, is worth ■ as much as one and one-quarter pound •of corn. One ton of corn at 50 cents per bushel, when fed to cattle, is worth $17.85. One ton of cotton seed fed to cattle is worth $22.30. Again, after the cattle have been fed on cot ton seed and the manure properly saved and returned to the land, it has a fertilizer value of $18 per ton of cotton seed, thus making a com bined feeding and fertilizer value of $40.30 per ton, as compared to corn which has no fertilizer value and a feed value of only $17.85; and yet, our farmers will sell this valuable product for from $5 to $15 per ton. The price of seed would be easily sol ved if our farmers would persue a rational course and sell one-half of the seed at $20 per ton and return the other half to the land. Can we, by organization; bring about this re- j suit? I sincerely hope that our va rious county organizations will take the matter up, which is so easy of solution, and solve it in a rational manner. ’ ’ The commercial and manufacturing interests of Jackson, Meridian and other Mississippi towns, are calling for enforcement of the law with re spect to blind tigers and vagrancy, claiming that if this was done it would ntft be so hard to get labor for all purposes. While the complaint made .jjy these interests is no doubt well ^founded, they themselves are to blame g for the condition of affairs. The laws { of any community are just as well J executed as the communities want * them to be. When the people elect • men who they know to be in sym pathy with the gambling and blind • : tiger element, they may expect that # these violators will not be disturbed. There is an increasing demand throughout the state for men who are fearless in doing the right, and when men of this character are elected to fill the offices, then will lawlessness be put down and the vagrants put to work, and not until this is done. Intelligent handling of the farm is just as necessary to success as the management of any other business. Bit;ns count in farming as in other vocations of life. Mississippi is de veloping a remarkable number of the most intelligent and progressive farm ers and the example being set by them will bear fruit that wi.l be of great, value in the future. The Clarksdale Register recently is sued a handsome trade edtion that would have been a credit to any of the larger cities of Mississippi and last week the Jackson Evening News issued a forty-eight page “exposition number” that was a dandy. Our newspapers are alive to the opportuni ties of doing good for themselves and the communities in which they are located and take advantage of them ps they come round. \ The citizens of Yazoo county were so well pleased with the result of their recent carnival that active steps are being taken to organize a permanent fair association and make the event an annual one. The immensely fer tile delta section is capable of making an exposition of products that could not be excelled by any section of the world and Yazoo City is in the heart of this district. Brookhaven is also arranging for a permanent fair, stim ulated by the success of the carnival week held this fall, Hazlehurst has already decided on a fair next year, Mt. Olive had a three days’ meeting and display and will endeavor to make it larger next season, New Al bany is making preliminary investi gations with the view of holding a fair and the whole state is waking up to the great benefits to be thus de rived. Mississippi has long been behind in this good work, but promises great strides forward in the immed iate future. In our sister state of Louisiana the legislature makes an ap propriation of ten thousand dollar per annum for the benefit of the state fair and five thousand for the en couragement of parish fairs, fifteen of which are made annual events. The investment has been found a good one and there is now no opposi tion to the measure, but besides, the agricultural people appreciate the good being done and are strongest in the demand that it be continued. The Mississippi legislature could very well afford to encourage these splen did educational institutions. A correspondent of the Southern Plantation writes as follows about the flower of a well known plant: “I have discovered a remedy for pul monary consumption. It has cured a number of cases after they had com menced bleeding at the lungs, and the hectic flush was already on the cheek. After trying this remedy to my own satisfaction, I have thought philan thropy required that I should let ft be known to the world. It is the com mon mullin steeped strong, and sweet ened with coffee sugar, and drank freely. The herb should be gathered before the end of July, if conven ient. “Young or old plants are good dried in the shade and kept in clean bags. The medicine must be continued from three to six months, according to the nature of the disease. It is very good for the blood vessels also. It strengthens and builds up the sys tem, instead of taking away strength. It makes good blood and takes in flamation away from the lungs. It is the wish of the wrfter that every periodical in the United States, Can ada and Europe shouM publish this receipt for the benefit of the human family. Lay this up and keep it in the house ready for use.” The writer by invitation spent a day as the guest of the McComb City fair last week. This is the third year of the fair and the promoters are well pleased with the showing made. A number of the agricultural exhibits were exceptionally good, as was also several in eaeh of the other departments. The attendance was very flattering indeed, and more es pecially when it is taken into consid eration that the storm and bad wcath er had put tne iarmers oennia wnn their crops and that every effort Was being made to catch up with the gath ering. The fair in Pike is on a firm basis and already plans for next year are being perfected. Extra induce ments will be offered for exhibits of agricultural, horticultural, stock and other farm products. It is expected that the presetnt building will be en tirely filled with these and that others will be erected to take care of the overflow. The people are enthusiastic in the effort to make their next year twice as good as this, which insures it being among the very best in the whole state. , llazlehurst is still pushing. After a compelled postponement of the car nival by bad weather and the success fully pulling off of this event and the organization of a permanent county fair later^ a chrysanthemum show will be given on November 16th and 17th This is becoming quite an event down here and is attracting more attention every year. The good ladies of Hazle hurst raise as fine chrysanthemums as aie to be found anywhere and will make an exhibtion worth going miles to tee. The more pleasing and pleasant our government can make farm life, the better it is for the government. Our cities are overcrowded with worthless loafers who might be honorable and respectable farmers. The rural route is one of the things that has been provided to make farm life m^re de sirable and attractive, and as we all have to live off thft farmers, nothing should be left undone that could be done to make the farm inviting. CASTELLANE DIYORCE SDH BRINGS OUT SENSATIONAL EV IDENCE. INHUMAN TREATMEN1 Began Immediately After Marriage Millions Inherited by Jay Gould’s Daughter Squandered on Other ; Women. Paris.—Before a crowd which taxed the capacity of the courtroom in the Palace of Justice, in the old Latin quarter, the case of the Countess de Castellane for divorce from her hus band, Count Boni de Castellane be gan. Count Boni’s attorneys made no ef fort for further postponement, and with Henri l)itte, president of the Tribunal of First Instance of the Seine, presiding, and with two asso ciate justices on the bench. Maitre Cruppi presented the plea of the coun tess for absolute divorce and the cus tody of the children. This plea was made upon documentary evidence, and without summoning witnesses. The great lawyer spoke for four and a half hours, with an intermission of only fifteen minutes. The case was ad journed before Maitre Cruppi ’a ar gument was finished and he still seem ed to have plenty of ammunition in the locker. Arraignment of the Court. Such a severe arraignment has sel dom been heard in this courtroom. He painted Count Boni in the black est of colors, declaring him to be ra pacious, brutal and licentious, while the countess was held up as the long suffering victim. Nothing was spared and nothing was glossed over. In chronological order Maitre Cruppi re counted the story ox tne alliance, which, he said, had been unhappy from the very honeymoon, owing to the incredible extravagance of the husband, who in five years had used up the colossal fortune that the daugh ter of Jay Gould had brought him. Count IJoni’s inordinate and insatia ble demands for money according to the attorney for the countess, began as soon as the couple arrived in Paris, and led immediately to ill treatment and abuse and soon to blows. The countess was struck by her husband, according to the lawyer, the first time four months after the marriage. This was the result of a quarrel in connec tion with a dinner given by an Amer ican to which the count was not invit ed. Intrigues and amours, carried on under the countess’ very eyes, were not long delayed. Maitre Cruppii detailed liasons with four society women, designating them as Mme. A. Mme. B. Mme. C and Mme. D. Referring to the count’s affairs with the demimondaines, th< lawyer told the story in a plain, un varnished fashion. He made no at tempt at rhetoric, but marshaled the facts from a big dossier before him He read unexpurgated extracts froit incriminating letters, and gave the depositions of servants and others in dicating infidelity. Only when Maitre Cruppi reachet some particularly outrageous incident! of the count’s conduct did his voice vibrating with passion, rise until i penetrated the farthermost recesses o: the big hall, and at other times i would soften as he spoke of the hu miliated wife under such circum stances, trying to bear up in the fac of the world. As he spoke of tin count’s efforts to prolong the cac with a view of securing forgivenesi and conciliation, the lawyer fairl; shouted: “No, no, forgiveness is nov out of the question.” Women in the Case. Beneath the disguises of Mme. A Mme. B., Mme C. and Mme. D., man; persons in the courtroom recognize the identity of the women to whon the lawyer referred, and there wa a craning of necks as the courtroom listened to the reading of the word of passion in the letters and th< curious were especially absorbed ii the salacious details set forth by th lawyer of the case of Mme. C., wit whom -a code of window signals ha been arranged and whose maid di sentinel duty at the door of the man sion to give the alarm in case th betrayed husband should return un expectedly. In this deposition it was set fort that a servant ushered Count Boi: to Mme. C.’s boudoir. Maitre Crupp offered evidence to prove that Coun Boni had had simultaneously fou apartments in Paris for the conduct ot' his love affairs. The most notori ous of these apartments was at Neuil | ly. They were hired in the names of servants. Count Boni's correspond ence with women of fashion was cpn ducted through his secretaries. The reading of leters from some demi mondaines alike the count showered flowers and gifts, according to the attorney for the countess, even pawn ing precious articles bought by his wife to get the money, or borrowing from usurers when he could not ob tain credit. Maitre Cruppi dwelt upon a pas sage in a letter from Mme. B. which he declared, left no doubt that a lia son existed. This passage was: “I never believed you capable of making a dishonorable use of my letters." Maitre Cruppi disclosed the fact that in November, 1900, the civil tribunal of the Seine was about to appoint a judicial trustee in the per son of George J. Gould for the pur pose of protecting the countess against the opacity of her husband, but being unable to appease the cred itors, the ease was transferred to New York. To Appropriate Million. Buffalo, N. \.—The general mis sionary committee of the Methodist Episcopal church, composed of bish ops and laymen from all parts of the civilized world, met here. One of the most important actions will be the appropriation of $1,0^# 000 for missionary work. The features of the opening ses sion was the report of the treasurer of the society. I)r. Homan Ealon of New York, which showed that the iwpmla nf the missionary so ciety for the past year just ended, amounted to $.1,695,859, an increase over the previous year of $113,644. The disbursement of the year had left a balance in the treasury of $19,444. In addition there had been received during the year for specially design ated objects $374,080. The first public announcement of the deliberations of the committee oh consolidation of the benevolences of the denomination was made. The proc lamation to the church showing the plan for the reorganization of the great benevolent societies was read. The new plans go into effect January 1, and involve the separation of a present missionary society into a home and foreign mission board. There is to be a board of foreign missions, with headquarters at Mew York, a board of home missions and chiue* extensions, with headquarters at Phil adelphia. a board of education, freed meu’s aid and Sunday schools, with headquarters at Cincinnati, and the freedman ajd Southern education so ciety, which now has its headquart ers in Cincinnati. Increase of Salaries. fifirst Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, in a statement in connec tion with his recent announcement that he would recommend a substan tial increase of salaries for postal em ployees, said the sum received will benefit 75 per cent of clerks in the grade below $900 and $1000, about 40 per cent of those receiving from $1100 to $1200 and about 30 per cent of those over $1200. An appropriation of $25,700 will be urged for clerks of the first and second class offices, an increase of $23,000,000 over the cur rent year, of which increase $1,370, 000 is for employment of additional clerks and the rest for the promotion of 16,300 clerks in first wad second class .postoffices. The department is also considering an amendmnt to the present law lim iting the payment of higher compen sation to letter carriers. Bank Officers. Scranton, Miss.—The grand jury i has so far returned true bills against 0, S. Randall, president; H. 6. Rourke cashier, and J. W. Stewart, and E. Mitchell, directors of the failed Scran ton State Bank. The fhdiotment cov ■ ers four separate charges against the r accused, who, after arraignment, were 1 released on a $20,000 bond—$5,000 on i each count. s The grand jury is still in session, 1 wth the probability of further in * dictments in the case. i Secretary Taft made a political 3 speech at Danville, 111., discussing the i trusts. 1 ! Senator Whyte, in a speech at Bal ■ ' timore, declared the country is be 8 ing driven into imperialism. 1 A negro who assaulted a negro girl ! in Mobile was arrested by a posse ! of white citizens. The school board of San Francisco will stand firm on its public school position. The coachman who testified in the Hartje divorce case has been convict ed of perjury. _ Armed bands of negroes are operat ing in the vicinity of Matanzas, Cuba. Seveu victims of the Thoroughfare disaster are still-missing. Mr. George W. 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SUCCESS MAGAZINE enters upon its tenth year with an editorial plan and policy differing from that of any other existing per iodical. Tt aims to be the one indis pensable magazine in the home—“The Great Home Magazine of America.” While still retaining as a foundation principle the idea of Inspiration and Uplift, it has broadened into a far wider field—the Work of the World. Tn the lighter and more entertaining Serial and Short Stories, aud in its Special Departments, it will present the best work of the most brilliant writers of the day. The art covers of Success Magazine are fine repro ductions of paintings. REMEMBER—the three g>»at magazines above cost #5.00 it bought separa cjy anci me is.empei neram costs fl.00, too. We offer all fou • to you for a limited time only for $5.60. Send i ' your order to-day. Do it now. This offer will be withdrawn. | What the 1 5 Engagement Ring Means | Beatrice Fairfax. SN’T it wonderful the amount of ecstacy that a tiny golden circlet can encompass? The engagement ring is even more wonderful in the ej es of its happy wearer than its follower, the wedding ring, foi the engagement ring comes first, and there is such a woi < of tender sentiment entwined in it. There is not a girl in the land who does not in imag ination see that magic token gleaming on the third fingei of her left hand. All her rosy girlhood dreams are centred around it, for it means t \e happiest moment of her life. The origin of the betrothal ring dates back many hundred years. In the beginning it was a gift from the groom to the bride to denote tha he admitted to her the privilige of. sharing his belongings. It practically had the significance of the present day wedding ring, « in those days long engagements were not customary, so the betrothal ant wedding rings were really one and the same thing. But always, in every country, where it has been used, it has meant t le plighting of love vows between man and woman. In many countries the man as well as the woman wears an engagement rin«- . _, u is a beautiful custom, and yet it is not necessary should have a ring. Very often I receive plaintive little letters from girls who tell me tna they are engaged, but have no ring. They seem to think that all the joy of their engagement is spoiled b.. the fact that the ring does not adorn their left hand. There is no doubt that it is very nice to have the ring—every girl real izes that; but, if a girl really loves her fiance the ring cannot make much difference. Custom has made the engagement ring rather an expensive piece of jewelry. If the young man has his way to make in the world, it is far more sen sible to put the money in the bank than to spend it on a ting. You see, girls, the money spent on the ring would buy the dining loom furniture or pay a month’s rent. If your sweetheart can afford a ring, by all means have one; but don be unhappy if you have to go without it. Do not plight your troth to any man without being very sure that you cannot live happily without him. Some girls make and break engagements of marriage as casually as they would an engagement to go to the theatre. They think it fine to be engaged to two men at the same time. It isn’t fine, girls; it’s contemptible, and hurts a girl immeasurably. Do not lead a man on to propose merely for the satisfaction of conquest. Human hearts are not made to juggle with. After you have accepted a man’s love try and realize the responsibility that rests upon you. You must train yourself to be a good wife*. Learn the housewifely arts that will teach you how to make a happy hdme. Try and bring out all that is best in your fiance; let him see that you love and respect him and admire his fine qualities. Encourage .him to be upright and industrious. Help him to save by not demanding extravagant gifts and treats trom him. , Don’t look on him as merely the man who can help you to have a good time; look on him as your future husband, the man you love and honor. That all sounds like a very large contract, dear girls; but that is what you are responsible for when you accept a man’s love. And whether the acceptance i's symbolized by a ring or not, the obliga tion ia there just the eame.—San Francisco Examiner. I H. W. RENCHER. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON. Soooba, Miss, . ' Offers his professional servioes to the people of Soooba and Kemper county, Kf Special attention given to office work, - ■ —C GEORGE H. ETHRIDGE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Dekalb, Miss. General law praotiee in all the Courts of Mississippi. Speoit "'u, tion given to legal writings anu ool lections. . / T. T. CHILES. PHYSICIAN A SURGEON Wabalak, Mias. Tenders his professional services ii the people of Wahalak nnd vioinWje Calls answered day an<* night. i_—-— J. B. 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