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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-10-25

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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-10-25

Sick Headache is the bane of many
lives. DR.. M. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine cures and prevents this annoying
complaint.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-10-25

The LEADER.
Published Weekly.

Official Journal Of Lincoln County.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-10-25
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For state Senator,
CHARLES CHRIsMAN.
For Representative
W. II. NORTON.
For FIoater Representative,
DIR. A. NJ. DODDS.
For Sheriff.
pR. r. X. APPLEWHITE.
For Chancery Clerk.
II. W. MCNAIR.
For Circuit Clerk,
S.P. OLIVER.
For Treasurer.
d. l.. EASTERLlNG.
For Assessor.
&C. COSNAHAN.
ror superintendent of Education,
EDGAR GREEN.
For Coroner and Ranger.
GEORGE :. LAMBRIGHT, JR.
For surveyor.
WM. RUSSELL.
For Supervisors,
Beat w +. PARSONS,
Bpat 2-J c. BRYANT,
Reat 3-W. j. WILLIAMS.
neat JOSEPH SASSER.
Beat JOHN WALKER.
For Justices of the Peace.
Beat1-F. +. ScHNORRENBERG' X. ID. LANlEf'
paoto-G q 7. DoUGLAss, HAMILTON SMITH
poot r J. GIL. w. c. SUMMERS.
paat 4. r. ALLERITTON, JAMES NJ MING
poat at5-EAErIErT SMITH. J. q. FAIRMAN'
For Constables.
Hrat I'll. HARDY MAGEE,
Reat FLOYD MIDDLETON,
Beat 3-B. \. WILLIAMS,
Epat At. y. LAMBRIGHT,
Beat 5-R. c. NOBLE.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
AGRICuLruRE IN THE SOUTH.


The picture. which Hon. Pope Brown.
in his testimony before the industrial
commission on Tuesday, drew of the az
ricultural condition of the South is not
an attractive one Mr.. Brown IS president
of the Georgia Agricultural Society and
it is to be presumed that he Is well ae-
quainted with the subject which he dis
cussed.
There Is no doubt that Southern farmers
are far from prosperous. Their unfortun-
ate condition is due largely to the very
low price of cotton which has prevailed
for two or three years. They understand
that they produce more cotton than the
world can sake at price which would
yield them a fair price, but they are
slow to give up cotton. for two reasons.
First. because they don't know what other
crop they could raise that would bring
them cash, and, second, they have had no
experience with any other crop than cot
ton.
It is a fact. however, that there Is a
great deal more of diversified farming
now than there was ten years ago, and
there will be more ten years hence than
there is now The farmers are doing
great deal of thinking, and they see that
if they are to become more prosperous
they must give attention to grain, cattle
and fruit. There Is no part OF this state
in which farmers cannot do we'll raising
cattle 1t is true very few of them have
the means with which to begin the bust
ness of cattle raising, but they must be
satisfied to begin on a small scale. Dairy
farming and poultry raising would also
be profitable with good management. This
city has to depend upon the farmers of
Tennessee for chickens, eggs and butter
All of these articles ought to be produced
within a radius of 100 miles of this city
The fact that they are not produced in
that territory, or even in the state, in
sufficient quantities to meet the demands
of the home market. shows that our farm
ers are not abreast of their opportuni-
ties
Mr. Brown takes the ground that ne
groes are a great drawback to the pro-
gress of the South No doubt he is right.
lney Keep uut sum tiiVN
are about as good laborers as can be had.
They work for low wages, and, for the
most part, are easily managed. There is
no doubt, however, that if they We're out
of the way the South would advance
far more rapidly Capital and immigrants
would come and the South would have a
boom like that which the West enjoyed
in her most prosperous days. However,
there is no use discussing the question OF
the harm the negroes do the South. They
are here to stay, and it is much better
to try to find out how they can be utilized
to the best advantage. We have an abid-
ing faith In the future of the South. She
has been advancing steadily for years
and we are satisfied that the next census
will show that she has made very great
progress in the last ten years. The low
price of cotton will compel farmers tc
turn theic attention to other things wnich
| their lands win produce-things which viii
| yield proht-and when crops are Is gen
orally diversified as they should be the
South will be the richest and happies
part of the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
speech of Few words.

Among the old graduates of Harvard
none holds his alma mater in higher hon
or than the venerable Amos Perry Ii.
D.. of the class of 81 an honored citizen
of Providence, says the Boston Trans
cript. AZ the last meeting of the Rhode
Island Harvard Club Mr.. Perry was one
of the after-dinner speakers, and told
this anecdotes:
Il recall one example of Josiah Quincy,
Jr.s ready wit, which took place, soon
after l graduated, in Harvard hail, where
we dined at commencement in those days.
There was great failure in the dinner
which was provided for us. 1t was hot
weather in the last of August and the
company had assembled in the dining
hall Grace had been said, and all were
ready for the feast, when 1t was discoV-
cred that the meats on the table, the
roast pig, roast turkey, etc, were spoil
ed. There was a general uproar and cries
of Indignation resounded through the hall.
Dishes We're thrown on the floor and out
of The windows, and a small riot was
threatened, when all at once was seen at
the upper table Josiah Quincy, Jr, mount
ed on q chair, ringing a bell with all his
might and calling out: "Silencei Silence!
BY and by, when silence was secured, he
said: Fellow alumni this must be re-
corded as one of the grandest occasions
in history 1t is another Diet of Worms :
He did MOI need 10 say anything more. All
present We're conVulsed with laughter. m
stead of being bent on destruction, they
were jubilant and, order again prevail
cd -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
So ExasperatinE.

''By George!" said Hyde Park man
who was riding downtown in an early
train yesterday, says the Chicago Times
Herald. Il detest people who are so blam-
ed positive about everything"
1T is a disagreeable habit the passen-
ger who sat next to him admitted, and
It always pleases me to see such people
confronted with proofs that they are in
the wrong"
'Yes. il does me, too. My wifes cousin
has been visiting us for several days, and
he's one of those know-it-all fellows You
can't tell him anything. Yesterday morn
ing he was reading about this Dreyfus
trial and ! gave him pointer on how
to pronounce a French word that was
used. But do you suppose he was willing
TO admit that / knew more about it than
he did?''
II suppose not"
mo; he sat right there right at my
own table. and argued with me for TWEEN
ty minutes, trying to show that l didn' [
know what l was talking about. Such
people make me weary"
why don't you get a French dictionary
and prove 10 him that he was wrong?''
''Oh, L looked it up yesterday and found
that / was mistaken myself, bur what
makes me mad is the fact that he was
so blamed positive about ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
----l-0-7I----77-
Personal.

"A friend recently remarked to Gen.
Wheeler upon the small stature of most
prominent Southerners. Il once said the
same thing to a gaunt old cracker wo-
man." remarked the general, land she
said 1t was because they had to be raised
mostly on prayer and hickory"
The pall-bearers at the funeral of Miss
Mary Baterman, who died last week at the
age of 20, were. in compliance with her
particular request all young bachelors.
Miss Baterman was a resident for long
time previous to her death of the town of
Sparkin, N. Y.
Thomas Edison keeps in his shop every
thing an inventor could possibly want, a
fact in which he takes considerable pride.
The other day he offered prize of $40 to
any of his assistants who would need in
their work an article not in the shop. The
man who took the prize wanted a clothes
pin.
Judge Jaynor of New York, who was
going to punish Albert C. Anderson, a jul
eleven fellow Jurors. has given up the idea
and now Mr.. Anderson may sue the judge
for damages because ne intimated at one
point in the proceedings that Anderson
lacked intelligence
Pierre Lorillard. having tired some
what of his voluntary expatration, is
booked to return to New York before
long. He has always had a weakness for
English society, one feature of which
the shooting box--so commended itself to
him that he established the clubhouse for
sportsmen which came to be known as
Tuxedo Park.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
BRIGHT BITS.

THE minister" observed the church
TO him, "can take Vacat on, but Satan
never takes a vacation" True" replied
the other church member; but Satan can
stand the heat a great deal better than
the minister Puck
-"Well, Johnny. my dear, how are you
getting on with your F'rench?' "Oh! very
well. uncle. We translate quite nice sensi-
ble>sentences now, such as, My uncle new
err allows my birthday to pass without
giving me present. or 1T is certain that
my uncle will give me something quite
splendid this time. "'-Tit-Bits.
Vicar (who has introduced "Grego-
rian" tones into his service)-"Well, Mr..
Rogers how did you like our music? Ira
dtion says, you know, that those psalm
tunes are the original ones composed by
King David, Flippant Parishioner-
Really? Then / no longer wonder why
Saul threw his javelin at him. Punch.
-Finesse-She did not poison her hus-
band, although he was 70 years old, while
she was but eighteen She was far too
brow, and asked him would he not, for her
sake, try to live 10 be 100. of course, he
could not refuse. The effort to live to be
100 was, al his advanced age, necessarily
fatal; and the young wife came at once
into all his property.-Detroit Journal.
Horrors of Peace.-"It ought to inter-
est you," said the professor, ito learn tina,
the English representatives at the Gar
peace conference brought lot of quinine
with them"
What for?" asked the doctor
They were afraid they might drop the
II from Hague and get"
Il see.'-Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
WOOD SPOKE roo SOON.

In an interview in New York on Mon
day Gen. Wood, governor of the province
of Santiago, in answer TO a question as
20 what the prospect for yellow fever in
that province this season was said: There
is no yellow fever in the province and no
other contagious diseases. Santiago is all
right There is no Illness to speak of in
the whole province. The death rate is
lower than that of New York. Yellow
fever is virtually stamped out, and there
are no indications of It's return This is
the first summer in the history of the pro-
vince when there hasn't been some yellow
fever" Further along in his interview
Gen. Wood said that the absence of yell
low fever was due TO the sanitary meas
ures which had been inaugurated-the
cleaning up of premises the paving of the
streets and improvements in the drainage.
But it seems that Gen. Wood spoke. a
little too soon. Hardy bad his interview
been printed when the dispatches from
Santiago contained announcement of two
deaths from yellow fever, the victims be-
ing privates of the Fifth Infantry. 1t can
not be said OF course that there will be
an epidemic of yellow fever in Santiago
! this summer, but 1t would not be surpris-
ing if there should be great deal of that
fever among unacclimated persons. No
doubt the sanitary measures enforced by
Gen Wood have done a great deal of good,
but they haven't put an end to the fever
in that province.
Notwithstanding all that has been writ
| ten about yellow fever, not a great deai
| is known about it--that is, not a great deal
concerning which yellow fever experts are
absolutely certain. The fever sometimes
appears where the sanitary conditions are
| excellent. and where the drainage is just
as good as it Is possible to be. Ii has
also appeared in places having a very high
elevation. There was very little yellow
fever at Santiago last summer. If there
should be great deal more this summer
there than there was last, Notwithstanding
the better sanitary conditions there would
be a disposition to believe that good sani-
tary conditions are not preventive of the
fever 1t will be known in a few days
probably whether or not Santiago is 90 be
seriously afflicted with the fever this sum-
| mer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

Referring to the report that the cannon
being used by the FiIipinos were given
to them by Admiral Dewey. the Norfolk
Landmark (Dem) says: The war at that
time was with the Spaniards, and it was
proper to use every far means against
them. The Filipinos were regarded as our
allies, with the approval of the Wash
ington authorities, whether any treaty
was made with them or nor. All the trou-
bic has come from the lack of frankness
and decision and justice which has char
acterized Mr.. Mckinley and his admin
istration in dealing with the natives. Ad-
miral Dewey had to do the best he could
under the conditions existing al the time,
1t would be unreasonable to expect any
human being to be able TO forecast accu-
rately the policy of the present admins
traton. Why. to this very day Mr. Nc
Kinley has announced no definite opinion
with regard 70 the treatment of the Fill
pinos when they are conquered.
The Chicago Record Qnd.) says: MAY
or Jones of Toledo, o.. who has frequent
ly announced himself as an advocate of
the brotherhood of man. has received let
ters from 1000 of his brothers since his
election. every one of the number want
ing a nice. fat job or other brotherly as
sistance. Not wishing TO be accused of
nepotsm, the Mayor has issued an open
letter. declaring that he is sorry, but has
neither jobs nor money"
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd) says;
president Mckinley win note at least
one difference between the people of
Georgia and those of Massachusetts. The
former gave him a chance to rest in
peace but the latter give him no rest at
all. sim II is to be noted that in the for
mer case he made a special request for
quiet and there were recognized reasons
why he should have it,
The Birmingham News (Dem.) says:
Count Tolstoi declares that the peace
conferees at The Hague are hypocrites.
To,stoi belongs to that class of individ-
uals who must say or write something
which no one believes in order to attract
attention."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
spurgeon Helped by am Echo.

No orator ever less needed the aids of
art than the great London preacher,
Charles II. Spurgeon, and none ever used
them less; but when nature helped him,
not only in himself, but outside of him
self, he welcomed the effect, as he had a
right to do, says the Youths Companion.
one striking instance of a sermon rein
forced in this way is related by a clergy
man of the Church of England, the Rev.
d. A. Doudney.
Mr.. Spurgeon was holding outdoor meet
ings in the county of Hants Opposite the
Isle of WighD, and one afternoon he
preached to great thrOng of people IN
of Havant.
His text was from the fifty-frst Psalm
Then viii l teach transgressors thy
ways and the sermon was a gospel invi-
tation. The air was still, and cloudless
sun was sinking as he approached the end
of his discourse, while the attentive hear
ers caught every word.
Apparently they had not noticed, carried
along as they were by the sweep of his
powerful voice, that the valley was the
home of echoes. Mr. Sturgeon had dis
covered the fact. AT the close of his lasl
appeal, raising his, VOICE, he called TO the
Come! The Spirit and the bride SAY
come! and nature herself accents this
heavenly invitation again and again
Come! Comet Comet!
The echoes took w the word, and from
side TO side the breaJ hless assembly heard
the repeated call, Come! Comet Come!
till IL sank to a whisper in the distance.
The narrator describes the effect as like
preachers eloquent peroration had wax
ened Supernal voices.
We have no written record of the fruit:
of the meeting, but there was a soemnity
in the aptness of its close that lifted !:
above mere dramatic artifice or any o.
the devices employed to trick.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
GoRMAN THE STRONGEST CANDI-
DATE.

In two important particulars General
and ex-United States Senator VI. C. Butler
of South Carolina differs with very many.
perhaps the majority, of the Democrats
Of the country, on important matters per-
tanning to his party. He thinks ex4Sen-
ator German the strongest man the Dem
ocrats could nominate for President, and
he believes that the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to l was practically set
tied in the campaign Of 1886 In an In
terview in New York a day or two ago,
speaking of Mr.. German, he saidi TN
my Judgment, Mr.. German would make
the strongest candidate the party could
nominate for the Presidency" With ref
erence to silver, he said: IT agree with
Mr.. German in the opinion that the 16 to
/ question should not be made it's chief
issue by the Democratic party next year
The people of this country have a way
of submitting and determining national
qLestions-that is, by fairly presenting
them In a presidential canvass and then
taking a vote on them. That process has
been complied with in the matter of sill
feated. To my mind that is a determina-
ton of the question"
Gen. Butler was a free coinage man. In
fact. he advised the executive committee
of the Democratic silver conference in
1895 to demand the admission of silver to
coinage with gold a. the ratio of 16 to /.
In view Of the fact that he is now against
the Is to l idea, 1t Is pertinent to inquire
to what extent he voices the sentiments
of Democrats in all parts of the country
10 respect to silver, and what proportion
of the Democrats of his own state agree
with his views on silver.
The very general impression is that the
South is the stronghold of silver The
frank utterance of Gen. Butler would seem
to Indicate that there is a growing doubt
in the South whether 1t would be advisa-
BILE to make the silver issue as prominent
in the next presidential campaign as il
was in the last. Gen. Butler admits, how
ever, that he was a silver man not so
much for the sake of silver as for the
sake of a larger currency. Now that the
currency seems to be large enough for all
practical purposes, he sees no good rea-
son why the silver plank in the Chicago
platform shouldn't be modified in conform
ity with the altered currency conditions.
Gen. Butler says that he is out of poll
tics but there is an impression in his state
that the relations between him and Sen
ator Tillman are becoming more friendly,
nj &c he hah
that the two Democratic factions in South
Carolina will get together in the near flu
ture. Tn that event. Gen. Butler may
figure again prominently in state and ma
tional politics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
NerveIess Drinkers.

ct take a drink when l feel like it, y
said a Canal street business man, accord
ing TO the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
land can't see that it has ever done me
any harm, but Witnessed a little episode
this morning that has haunted me ever
since, and has forced me TO do a whole
lot of thinking.
Il had stepped into a bar very early to
get cocktail, and While it was beng
compounded a midde-aged gentleman
came and asked one of the attendants TO
pour him out little plain whisky. he
was carefully dressed. and had all the
marks of refinement and good breeding,
and his Request was so unusual that 1
turned inVOluntarily to look at him. The
bartender exhibited no surprise, and plac-
ed half small glassful OF whisky at
his elbow, but the instant he stretched
out his hand l saw that the man was on
the verge of nervous collapse; He shook
IKE an aspen, and when he finally man
aged to seize the tumbler, its contents
new IN every direction. Let me assist
you, colonel, said the bartender quietly,
ana, pouring out another drink, he leaned
over and held 1t to his lips The man
said nothing, but gave him a haggard
look that went into my heart like knife.
My God what a looki Shame, humilia-
ton and AFFECT animal terror. II started
the sweat on me like water. Well, he
drank his whisky, stood still for a min
ute, as II gathering himself together and
sauntered out as cool as ever
asked the bartender if he had many
such customers, and he laughed Lots or
EN-, he said. There isn't a first-class
bar in town he went on, that don t
patch up few old boys like that almost
every morning. They're not drunkards,
but they've been at il so many years thar
their nerves are gone and although they
don't know it, they are working on aD-
solutely nothing but whisky. AS soon as
they get a little fresh fuel in the morning
they are all right, but they come in scared
and out of their wits and thinking they
are going to drop dead every minute. I'll
bet that gentleman you saw can sign his
out ref1ectinx"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
Nothing Like Ventilation.

Two cyclists once put up for the night in
a small country hotel, says Tit Bits. They
had scarcely put the light out when they
remembered that the window had not been
opened, and one got up to attend to IL.
The room was very dark, and the matches
were not on hand but after some cropping
he found the closed pane.
Il can't move it," he said, Juggling to
do so.
you mustw came from the bed, ''or we
shall suffocate before morning"
The next instant there was a crash In
the darkness.
rive broken this wretched window" II
was explained; but, at least, I'll have air
now!"
"Oh, yes said the other, that's ever
so much better now. l could never go to
sleep without proper ventilationr'
So they went contentedly to Sleep
In the morning the window was found
tightly closed but the glass door OF big
bookcase which stood in a corner was shat.
tered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-22
Not known in PhiIadeIphia.

Says the Times of Cuba: "rhe sleepy vii
lage of Philadelphia, u. S. A.. has evident
~ not learned TO talk Spanish. Col
Thompson and the postofIice authorities
are laughing over a letter that was re-.
turned to the dead letter department here
on Wednesday The letter was sent to the
Sr Administrator de Correos (Postmas.
teri, Philadelphia, Penn and is returned
with numerous indorse meuts, such as gen.
eral delivery try Chestnut street. 'send
TO Egyptian CONSUL see if John Wana.
maker knows anything about H.. etc. The
last Endorsement, however takes the dulee
for the letter is returned with the state
delphia.'"