The New South., 1894-03-24

over again, that IN town, no matter
how sharp the competition, the mer
chants who are constantly advertising
are surely gaining success. Every ad
yertisement adds greatly 10 a town.
man from distance always judges 4
town by the number Of firms represent
ed in town paper Every business mar
should have an alvertisement.-Y Yaz)o
Sentinel.
We are pleased to note that Hon. r.
A. Wood, distinguished lawyer, for
merry OF Enterpr Sc, has located IN the
city OF Mobile Tor the purpose .of en-
larging his professional field, suited &c
his eminent abilities as a successful
practitioner. He will be remembered
as one of the council for the defence Of
John Ryan and Gil Dease, for the muir
der of Thomas ct Whistler, Ala. Tie
is a. brother of DR.. Lee Wood OF our
city.
A dispatch from Laurel to the New
Orleans Picayune, under date of March
II, says: AS the New Orleans and
Northeastern through train was passin (
through here a tramp negro by the
name of Joe Collins attempted to board
IL aud steal ride TO Meridian. He
fell between the cars and had his leg
broken in two places and his foot badly
crushed The railroad company prompt
ly had their doctar attend to him, and
furnished him free transportation 10 his
home at Shubuta, Miss.
If ths members OF the beard of SUI
pervisors want to immortalize them
selves it would be brilliant scheme
for some Of them 10 offer standing re-
ward Of sl5 or so to anyone furnishing
evidence enough Ia convict a blind III
gcrite IN this county And the board
Of aldermen of the cify Of Ellisvile
might add little TO the bonus, just
c1ough to make il Interesting, you
know. What do you say, gentlemen?
Now is good time to start the ball
ruling Claiborne county aud Port
Gibson have set the example.
The follC Cwing named gentlemen. to-
wit: Drs. W. G. Porter, w. + Befts, 4.
j. Peek, j. ". Giddens. aud j. G. Has
sellc, /. H. Moosers. Henry BROOK Q,
Hugh Mcneil, j. 7 Young, J T. Dan
iel, j. w. l'ollins, 5. b. Halt and X. n
Gill, of Meridian. came down last
Thursday morning aud assisted iu the
organization Of Lodge of Independent
order Of Odd Fellows in this city. Af-
ter perfecting the organization, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: II s.
Gum, noble grand; DIR. S. q. Smith vice
grand; DR.. d. NJ. Gatlip, secretary,
The storm last Monday night did not
assume cyclonish shape, but seemed to
be general throughout Louisiana and
Mississippi, but severer and more de-
strucfive in some places than others TO
property. So far we have not heard OF
any loss of life. The citizens Of Ellis.
vile sought refuge 10 the various storm
pits, and it is said that the pits were
very mach crowded, more so than on
any other occasion We believe that
everyone should have storm pit rs a
place OF safety in time of cyclones, as
they are getting to be 80 frequent in
this southern country.
Don't forget the grand concert at
College hall Tuesday night, March
"a, for the benefit Of the Baptist
church at Ellisyille. The member
ship aud Instrumentation OF the orches-
ira is as follows: Irof. G Schones.
Conductor Of music) clarionctte: Prof.
John c. Brinkley, violin; w. al.
Turner, Trombone; G. ). Myer, cornet;
Miss RUDY Ward, piano. The pro.
gramme has been arranged with care.
ana the instrumental aud vocal selec-
tons will be rendered by the best Of
Elisyille's local talent, which is suff
cieDt guarantee that treat is in store
for hose who attend ''Kapt Carls
March Song, in part first, ia worth the
price Of admission itself. The banjo
solo by w. ID. Moore, the vocal solo ofl
Prot. Foster. the piano duet BY Misses
spragsins and Ward, aud the quartette
Of Misses Mcintosh and Ward aud
Messrs. Cough aud Myer should be
heard 10 be appreciated. In part Sec
and Prot. Schones will give one of his
clarionet solo-, Miss India
Ellisville's sweet songstress,
will render solo entitled Marguerite.
Good Bye" and Misses Hardy and |
Leeke will sing the beautiful duet,
Lies Dream is Ger" The orche.-
ira will perform some Of the latest mu-
steal creations. The vocal trio. "SIum-
bers, (irom Mendelsohn) by Mrs. |
SUraggins. Misses Mcintosh and Wa,d I
IS musical gem that will delight all |
lovers Of genuine music. THE joke on |
SquiuIm," the laughable afterpiece,
will conclude the evenings entertain
ment. Admission, adults, 35 cents:
children. p cents. G. 5. Myer, mana
scr, Miss Ella Mcintosh. assistant.