The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-22
: HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor
D. SCARBOROUGH. Field Editor.
rtpT. j. +. WHITE.

Capt. J. F. White died at MS nome %
ibis city on last Saturday nlght'
u ,.,b inst at 1890 o'clock, with milan
i''. .;an of the stomach and bowels.
m;s illness was of comparatively short
u. ,..tiop the family not regarding 1t
uui' .ans enough to call in a physician
.,a wednesday preceding his DEATH
ulil' I cory few of his friends and ac'
an.intances we're aware of his sickness
until his death was announced
Cant Frank White, as he was IA
miliarIy known, was born on White
Sand in Lawrence county, Miss, Feb.
- ,s2o and therefore at the time OF
-. daatb had reached the allotted
.,o Of man three score and ten. lie
horn and reared on the farm, being
.,ore holder before the war, and un-
ii be sold out and moved to Beaure-
card during the reconstruction period,
ros one of the largest and most sue
csssful farmers in Lawrence county.
In the days of his prime he was man
Of ofremarkable energy, thrift and bust
.oes acumen. He became interested
in the Excelsior Works, lumber man
,sacturipg enterprise, after his reno
cal 70 Beauregard, and was greatly
prospering when the memorable cy-
clone of April -, 1888 visited that ill
f,tod town. and in the twinkling of an
eve. swept his comfortable home, large
mill and all his worldly possessions
from the face of the earth, leaving the
.nfe of his Young manhood and son
lying dead il its pitiless track and him.
salf ina wounded, insensibi6 aud al
most diving condition, from which it
took him weeks to rally. The writer
has often heard Capt. White say he
was never the same man again after
,hat awful experience.
Seven years ago he Las married
second time to Miss Lou Gartmhn OF
this city and has since made Brook
haven his home, where he commanded
the respect and confidence of all who
kue@ niA,
Originally DeHoerat, Of late years
be had taken deep interest III toiit-
zeal reform. and was one of the organ
izers and most faithful adherents of
the Peoples party in this State, faith
tully maintaining his allegiance to it
to the day of his aeaih. Five years
sgo he was its nominee for State Sen
ator from Lincoln and Lawrence.
He was a man OF strong individual
ity, exceptional courage and indie.
pendence of character, and of the
strictest honor and integrity. Honest,
rank and manly himself, by nature,
De aetesled e.en abhorred dishonesty,
duplicity. aud hypocrisy &4ere. e. and
in whatever form he discovered it. He
knew no lessons in deceitful diplo
macy yand wanted to know none. He
vas geuelqGs and public spirited in all
of his impulses ana mace or the broad
guage plan which took III his neigG- |
Dor and all mankind. For many years
be had been a member of the Baptist
chuici end died in the Christian faith.
He was also u,en. ter of the Knights
Of Honor
lie lGareS a SorroWing wife and tive
grown soh. Dudley White, of Texas:
Wm, White, Of Colorado. Prof. j. NJ.
White, of the Mississippi \. Il NJ. Col
lege; John W. White. of Brookhaven,
and Dr. Roscoe White, of Little Rock,
Ark.
harlv Sunday morning his remains,
aeeeGpalaeq t. his son, Prof. White,
Mr. Edwin W. DAVIS and hey. Il. J.
Boone, were carried to Lawrence
county for burial. There in the old
family burial ground, on his below
ed Whit" Sand, after beautiful trib-
ele IT, b, memory by Bro. Boone, sur
rounded by eofIoWing friends and rel
atlves who had known him long and
WE'LL he was laid to final rest.