The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-05
THE STATE.
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
AND CONDENSED FROM
ALL QUARTERS.

ne lItSDN ltllStu NlulCil at llCl-
! nado was burned last week.
$4,000 Improvements have been
made in ROsedale this year.
The Republicans of Warren say
they will put out no county ticket.
! Geo. b. Bayley, an old man of so,
committed suicide near Pass Christian
/ last week.
Since May the State Penitentiary
has earned $500 over and above its
expenses.
Mr.. May, father of the editor of the
Mississippi Enterprise, died at Sum
NIT last week.
A Confederate Veterans AssOcia-
/ ton has been organized at Meridian,
with Col. j. J. Shannon as President.
Sixty three out of the seventy -four
counties of Mississippi, were repre-
scented in the State Alliance last week.
There is a total of 50 county alli-
ances in the State, 1912 sub-alliances
and the order is still growing and
/ prospecting.
The boiling Democrats of Warren
county have called meeting for Sep
TENDER 18th to decide what course
to finally pursue.
Rev. Il. T. Leavell has resigned the
passionate of the Baptist church at
Natchez to accept the presidency of
the CarrOlltOn Female College.
Judge T. Is. Graham and X. II.
Harrison. of Forest, have fine crop
of lie Conte pears. Many of the
pears weigh pound each, says the
Register.
1t is stated that Gov. Lowry, upon
the expiration of his term of Office,
will remove to Greenvillc and prac
ticc law. He has plantation in
Washington county.
The Oxford Globe reports Lafay-
cite county farmer, who served under
Col Stone as saying, "GOu can't get
no rascality INTO his head A very
true and neat compliment.
w. II. Bradfeld, fagman of the
Georgia Pacific Railroad, fell between
cars and was killed near Carrolton
last week. He lived at Columbus and
/ leaves wife aud four small children.
Hon. I. l.. Dartlen, Treasurer of
the State Alliance and brother of
the lamented Capt. Pat Darden, was
nominated last week for Representa-
tive at the primary election in Jetler
son.
The directors of the bagging fac
tory have conccled their lease for the
Penitentiary building at Jackson, and
bought the old brick cotton factory at
Canton for the location of the bag
ging factory.
The following county ticket was
nominated in the jefferson county
primary: For Sheriff, l.. w. Cara
dine; for representative, T. L. Oar
den; for superintendent of education,
Riyes Wade; for assessor, b. +. Allen.
The ianitor, Waterman and labor
CrS at the Government building at
jackson, who were appointed under
the Democratic administration, have
been removed to make room for par
tisan Republicans. More Civil Ser
vice Reform.
The new assessment roll of Copiah
county shows an increase in the val
uo of real estate over the last assess
ment of 1862, 1874. The increase in
the town of Wesson is $50, 900, Halle
hurt $23 900. Crystal Springs 1914 200,
and the county lands has the bal
ancc.
DR.. j. f. Hawkins, editor of the
New Albany Waterman, the only
Republican paper in Mississippi, will
commence the publication of State
organ for the Republican party in
Jackson about September 18th, pro-
vided he can get sufficient encourage
ment.
Four newspaper men will he candi-
dates for Clerk of the next House of
Representatives.. Pink Smith, of
the Ripley Sentinel; Capt. j. S. Hos
kins, of the Lexington Bulletin; f. L.
Martin of the New MisSissian. and X.
f. Wilson, special correspondent of
the New Orleans Picayune.
Among the distinguished delegates
to the StateFarmers Alliance at Jack
son last week were Gen. A. NJ. West,
General 5. ID. Lee, EX-Supreme Court
Judge Simrall, Capt. Frank Burkitt
and Ex-senator Boyd, Hon. K. c.
Patty, chairman of the Democratic
State Executive Committee, and Hon.
j. F. Sexton, of Copiah.
The Jackson Board of Trade has
appointed Messrs. p. w. Peoples, Z.
Barksdale, w. w. Stone, r. L. Saun-
ders, Alex. Virden and G. Y. Free
man as delegates to the New Orleans
Bagging Convention on the 11th of
September to adjust the tares on bag
ging and to concert a plan of opera
tions against the jute bagging trust.
The Prentiss county wheel has
nominated county ticket, and al
ready there is kicking under the COW
er. The Jumpertown contingent is
displeased, and the negro wheel re-
fuses to affiliate. just so. No sort of
labor organization can be turned into
a political party or machine without
destroying its harmony and useful
ness.
Hon. James L. Newbaker,
lawyer of Yazoo county, was. as
sassinated at his home near Satar-
tia on last Wednesday night. At