The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-26
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Shorthand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

Longino carried Pamela.
The Senatorial campaign is nearing
the end.
w. H. Carson, prominent merchant
of Utica, is dead.
Pike county's second primary comes
off next Saturday.
Columbus has contracted for water
works and sewerage.
Cotton factories are assured at Can
ton and West Point.
Joe Brown, a negro brakeman, was
killed at Hattiesburg.
Madison county has a negro mer-
chant named Guy Jack.
McLaurin now has enough votes to
insure his election as Senator.
The Populists of Chickasaw county
will put out full county ticket.
The race between Lowry and Sulli-
van for the short term is still close.
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Powell "first, last and all the time"
A big meeting is in progress at the
Sam Jones Camp Ground near Gloster.
The Crystal Springs Chautauqua is
not as largely attended as last season.
w. E. Armsted was arrested in Jack
son, charged with committing forgery
Jackson's long talked of electric
street cars will begin running next
month.
Hon. John r. Densmore will repre-
sent Noxubee county in the next State
Senate.
Allen carried Choctaw county by 81
majority. First reports claimed it for
McLaurin.
Claiborne county's old board of su-
pervisors have been re nominated with
out the loss of one.
The $4,000 addition to the govern
ment building at Jackson will be COM
pleted during the next year.
Mr.. Martin Boone, of Rankin county,
died few days ago. He was an uncle
of Rev. r. j. Boone, of Brookhaven.
The old Capitol at jackson is death
trap. The Populist and Democratic
State Conventions had better keep out
of it.
The Greenville Times says the raw
ages of the grasshopper in Washington
county have not been as extensive as
published.
The seventeenth annual meeting of
the Patrons Union, near Lake, Miss,
begins on July 81 and will continue un-
til August 4.
The Democrats of Chickasaw county
are scrambling for the negro vote, hav-
ing opened their primary to colored
Republicans.
Summit has sold $1,000 in city bonds
for electric lights. They were bought
by F. r. Fulton & Co., of Chicago, at a
premium of Sl02.
A visitor says the Crystal Springs
Chautauqua is bachelors paradise
80 pretty girls to every marriageable
man on the grounds.
Mayor Todd, of Jackson, is receiving
great praise for jumping on the blind
tigers of that city. He is proving
10 oT,nIlx,v for tha falinoc
Henry Novels, negro, was lynched
on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Sunday for attempting to outrage Miss
Rosaline Davis, of Perkinston.
The jackson Evening News last Fri
day issued a midsummer illustrated
edition, displaying much business en-
terprise and mechanical excellence.
Active work has been begun on the
great Yazoo Canal, which is to defect
the Yazoo river and bring it in front of
Vicksburg, thus giving that city per-
manent harbor.
In the Rankin primaries Saturday
the vote for U. S. Senator stood: Nc
Laurin, 1860; Allen, Is; Lowry, 1865;
Sullivan, 408 Rankin is the home
county of McLaurin and Lowry.
Hon. Frank McLain is travelling over
and thoroughly familiarizing himself
with the needs and resources of his
district. Most Congressman neglect
this until they go around seeking re-
election, but Frank is an exception.
The Clarion Ledger says up to the
present time Adjutant General Henry
has mustered about one dozen compa-
MES into the service of the National
Guard, while a sufficient number are
practically in waiting to complete the
three regiments of 600 men each.
Col. ]. l.. Power, for Secretary of
State; Prof H. l.. Whitfield, for State
Superintendent of Education; and
Capt. E. W. Brown, for Clerk of the
Supreme Court, will have no opposi-
ton when the Democratic State Con-
vention meets.
In the second Franklin county pri-
mary Saturday L. J. PROXY won for
Sheriff by 80 majority; A. J. Walker
for Assessor by 1876, and T. J. Scott for
Superintendent of Education by 100.
Critz carried the county for governor
over Longino by a majority of 86.
The last issue of the Franklin Advo-
cate notes a rather curious coincidence
in the elections in that county. For
the second time the two highest candi-
dates for sheriff are running in the
second primary on account of a tie
lyote. At the former and the present