The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-12

Col. Power: Hon. f.. y. Mcdowell as
serts that not a single silver dollar was
coined from 1904 to 1873, and not single
American dollar was in circulation from
1894 to 1873 that subsidiary coin, of lesser
weight, was substituted l.. O. w.
Liberty. Miss.
BY reference to the report of the
director of the mint, 1898, VIC find on
pages 30O-3O3, that, excepting 1903,
when only S351.00 were coined in silver
dollars, and in 1887, when 600 silver
dollars We're coined, and in 1899. when
300 silver dollars were coined, until
1873, no silver dollars were coined in
/ United States minis. Commencing in
1878, the sum of So, 065, 924 of trade
dollars were coined III eleven consecu-
tive years. The coinage of the trade"
dollar ceased with 1888. The coinage
of half dollars has continued from 1893
except the years 1896, 179S-S0, 1Sl5-thc
total to January 80, 1898, being
s13S, 92S, O73. 80.
The Mississippi Experiment Station
| Agricultural College, has arranged to
hold fifty farmers institutes prior to
/ June of next year. Communities desir.
ing the benefit of such institutes should
notify Prof. w. l.. Hutchinson, director
Experiment Station, Agricultural Col
/ lege p. O., Miss The people will be at
no expense whatever. 1t is desira BILE
to hold as many of these institutes as
possible during this summer.
A package of Hair-Vetch grass seed
will be sent to any farmer by the secre-
tary of agriculture at Washington,
application to be made through Prof.
w. c. Welborn, Agricultural College,
Mss The Professor has found this
''one of the best winter and early
spring pasturage crops, and one of the
best restorative crops ever tried in this
State"
The Mississippi Press Association del
egates to the National Editorial Asso-
citation, meeting at Portland, Oregon,
left Chicago June so. On entering
Oregon, at Huntington, the eutire as
ISOLATION was greeted with grand re-
ception and dinner The outing will
occupy month, and will include San
Francisco, Astoria, Tacoma, Spokane,
Vancouver. returning through Canada.
The will be a general reunion of Con-
federate Veterans at Tupelo on Friday,
18th inst, when it is expected there
will be more old Confederates assem-
bled than on any other occasion in the
htStn nft tot
sell, of Mobile, will be orator of the
day.
Another Richmond is in the field for
lieutenant-governor-Capt. Il. V. No
land, of Mississippi City. He has the
experience of several terms as legisla-
tor and was member of the constitu-
tional convention of 1890.
A correspondent is informed that Jr=-
tice l.. Q. C. Lamar died at Macon, Ga,
January %, 1898; Senator James 4.
George died at Mississippi City August
1, 1897; Senator Edward c. Walthall
died in Washington City April 81, 1898.
On the 27th instant the Masonic fra
ternity of Meridian will unveil a monu-
ment erected in Rose Hill cemetery to
the memory of Past Grand Master VIII
liam S. Patton, who died in 1889.
Secretary Evans of the penitentiary
board turned over to the State treas
urer on the Sd instant the sum of $780,
600, realized from the last lot of last
years crop of cotton.
When at the A. & M. college re-
Gently, Prof. A. Il. Mckay showed us
four-acre patch of black berries he is
cultivating. He expects to gather
big crop next year.