The leader., 1900-08-22

one child.
The Gulf n Ship Island ran its first
excursion from Jackson to Gulfport,
complimentary to the Columbia Club
of the Capital.
State Revenue Agent Adams has
81 800 worth of Yazoo City liquor ON
his hands. as the result of litigation,
recently instituted.
The Second Battalion, Third Mis-
sissippi Regiment, S. n. c., are being
royalty entertained during their en-
campment at Natchez.
Prof H. H. Harper, of Claiborne,
has been elected principal of the pub
lie school at Camden, Ark. The school
has an enrolment of 400.
The McComb City Enterprise is Civ
ing much of Its space to arguments on
Baptism by ministers of the Baptist, |
Christian and Methodist Churches.
The Jackson's Merchants Associa-
ton will be represented at the confer
ence of Southern railroad commits
sioners at Lookout Mountain. on the
10Th.
Rev. w. J. Derrick, who has been the
able and earnest pastor of the Canton
Baptist church for several years, has
accepted the care of the Yazoo City
church.
All Of the public schools in Clai-
borne county, both white and colored,
are graded schools, and Claiborne
| claims to be the banner county in
Mississippi in public school matters.
! \ vein of natural gas has been
struck eight miles north of Greenville
at depth of forty feet below the sur
| face. The gas was lit and burned
some two feet from the top of the we'll
Ia honor of Rev. j. b. Stratton who
had charge of Natchez Presbyterian
Church for fifty years, the congrega-
ton will erect a $1,000 annex to their
church to be known as the Stratton
Annex.
The law passed by the last Legisla-
ture has caused a material increase in
the pension roll. The State Auditor
is having a had time keeping the chan
Gerry clerks supplied with pension
| blanks.
Hon. Truman Gray, eX-State Senator,
from Wayne county, and Rev. B. D.
Gray, ID. d., of Birmingham, Ala,
mourn the death of their father, at the
advanced age Of 81 years. He expired
at his home at Boyce.
The Crescent Pine Lumber Com
pany's big mill has begun work at
Jackson. At this mill, or planer, the
| pine lumber is dressed and made into
the higher grades of lumber after the
smaller mills have finished it.
The Russo, Burgess and Graydon
Company, of Jonesville, made ship
ment of one half million feet of lum
Der consisting of red gum, ash, oak
and poplar, to Paris, France. 1t was
taken by barges towed by the tug,
Louisa.
The circuit clerk of Leake county
died month ago and there are thir-
! teen announced candidates for the
place. On the 9TH inst, Assessor Les
lie of the same county died and five
days later there were seventeen citi
liens willing to wear the dead mans
| shoes.
The Brandon News says that on ac-
count of the pretermitting of the Au-
gust term of the circuit court, the 81
barrels of beer seized on the turnpike,
will lie in Jail until February. 1t is II
good idea any way to incarcerate the
drink instead of the drinkers.
Port Gibson's board of Aldermen or
dered property owners to have the
weeds cut from their sidewalks. The
failure on the part of "a number to obey,
aroused the ire of the city fathers, and
| the marshal had the work done at the
expense of the dilatory landlords.
| Taylor Murray, colored porter Of the
| State house for the past ten years,
| died suddenly of heart disease. He
was brought to jackson by Gov. Stone,
to whom he was devoted. As a tribute
of respect to his worth, the State Off
GERS and employees attended his funer-
al in a body.
Residences belonging to DR.. W. M.
Wroten, Mrs. A. NJ. Moore AMI Capt. J.
| B. Gatlin we're destroyed by fire at
Magnolia. The latter lost $500 and
had no INSURANCE, while ID. c. Coney
who occupied DR.. Wroten's house, lost
| all his household effects and carried
no insurance.
The Board of Supervisors of Simp-
son county has given notice that it
will receive, up to the LIST of Septem-
| Der, plans and specifications from ar
chitects for the new court house and
Jail to be erected at Edna. The build
| ings are to cost not exceeding $4,000.
| and bonds will be issued to that
amount.
Felto Smith, of Van Vleet, Chicka-
saw county, has been farming twenty
three years and has never bought but
one horse, never bought pound of
meat nor bushel of corn and never
lost horse or mule from disease. Mr..
Smith started with nothing, but now
owns good place, makes a living for
a large family and has money ahead.
The Meridian Star wants to know if
anybody can explain why it is that
Mississippi watermelon can be pur-
chased in Chicago 80 per cent cheaper
than it can be put on the market here?
Either the commission merchants are
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