The leader., 1897-02-03

w tHc l'totiS Ot MISSiSSlppl. most
OF whom look upOn him as the
grandest old Roman of them all.
1t is doubtful if Gen. George will
ever return to hIs seat in the Sen.
ate. Ii he does not, this State will
have suffered q loss that cannot he
estimated, and will have to hunt
around at lively rate to find a
worthy successor. / do not mean
to insinuate we have no man
worthy a place in the Senate
there are thousands of such, hun.
dreds who could wear his shoes
with comfort, but what about his haiti
On Monday night Gov. McLau.
rim pardOned a white man named
Tyler, an act for which every hon.
est husband or brother will feel like
thanking him. Tylcr's pretty wife
was insulted by a man in Wash.
ington county. Tyler very natur.
urally got hts gun and killed him.
He was sent 20 the penitentiary for
ten years, served four and was
pardoned. Mrs. Tyler was here
when the pardon was granted and
was the happiest little woman in
seven States.
Robert SprOule, for many years
a book binder of this city, died
Saturday of consumption and was
buried with Confederate veteran
honOrs Sunday. He was a native
of Ireland, but came to Jackson
thirty years ago, was IA brave old
Rebel soldier and had the side of
his face shot off during the battle
of Bakers Greek.
DIR. r. H. Winter, another old
and valuable citizens, died during
the week. He was born IN Ala.
hama In 1880, but came to Jack.
son when young man.
In future when your readers come
to Jackson and run up against
buncO steerer, gold brick man or
other sharpers who hang around
such metropolitan towns, and need
a policeman right bad, they can dis.
tingulsh them without any trouble.
The city council has ordered the
police uniformed.
The need of a hospital has been
strangely demonstrated here dur.
ing the week. A destitute white
family OF eight was found; the hus.
band was dead, the wife and a child
dying and the others nearly starved
and frozen, Everything was done
for them that could be, but it was
necessary to prepare the poor man
for burial in the room with the dy.
ing wife and children. This case
has made the charitable women of
jackson more determined than
ever to build hospital ON the lot
given them by Mrs. Geo. w.
Carlisle.
The Auditor begins the semi.an-
nual distribution of the school fund
today. Each educable child in the
State receives about $1.11t. There
are in your county, Lincoln, 1905
educable children and the amount
of school fund to which you are Ell.
titled is $7,sO6.OS. This is not
much to each child, but when it ;s
remembered the smallest SUN to
which any county is entitled is
$l,47S S5, as in Quitman, and that
there are Is counties in all, aver
aging about $4,000, the total is
something startling. Kinds is the
largest with 14,464 children, and
gets &16,l17,94; Yazoo 1868 and
S15,25s; Washington 1929, $14,-
sos; Lauderdale SIT and &c.,
S95,O3; Warren 9,iOS and &c.
1898. Your separate school dis.
trict, Brookhayen, contains GG ed.
ucable children and receives $780,
46. This distribution was delayed
IA week Or two because the treas
ury was empty, and then again on
account oc the serious illness of
Superintendent Kincannon, and it
is reported here that good many
school teachers are suffering for
their money. However, it could
not be helped and is decidedly bet
ter a month late than never.
=. E. FRANTZ.
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