The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-21
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Short-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.


September ..
Dr. Mat Clay died at the age of ~ in
Columbus last week.
October IS and II will witness the
trades carnival at Meridian.
jackson is preparing for the largest
fall trade in her history.
W. X. Trim, a farmer of Herman
willie, was bitten by mad dog on the
10th.
The length and weight of our freight
trains are causing comment by the
press of the State.
Burglars are bad in Yazoo City. a
young negro of II is badly in need of
home in the Pen.
Meridian reports that it has found
$4,000 in Spanish gold, which was
buried near that city.
Mrs. r. n. Miller is improving, after
serious attack of typhoid fever, at
her home in Hazlehurst.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Cranberry, of Ha-
zlehurst celebrate tomorrow the sill
yer anniversary of their wedding.
Prof. Il. E. Jarrett, late of Hot
Springs, Ark, has been elected prin-
cipal of Hazlehurst's High School.
The State Board of Education has
ruled that a county superintendent
cannot be allowed to do institute work.
The Hill City Oil Mill was sold at
Vicksburg, for a consideration OF
$4,000 to Steinhart & Co., of New Or
| leans.
The Columbus Rifemen celebrated
their 9th anniversary last week. 1t
is the oldest military command in the
State.
! Petty thieves in jackson will steal
anything from the sound of the town
clock or mill whistle to a wagon wheel
without spokes.
Capt. James S. Butler, a young man
of Yazoo, has been appointed by the
President Second Lieutenant of Cav
airy, in the regular army.
Choctaw braves celebrated at Forest
with a rattlesnake dance and other
weird performances on the 18th, under
the direction of their chief, Fat
Sam
Two miles of the Gulfport and Ship
Island channel have been excavated
in two months of time. The pier of
the railroad is expected to be reached
by November.
The Mississippi Mills, at Wesson,
will have weekly pay days after the
9th, instead of semi monthly. Wages
have been advanced and the workers
feel encouraged.
Judge J. +. Simrall, one of Missis-
sippi's most distinguished citizens and
jurists, died on the 18th, at Yokena.
Judge Simrall was born in kentucky,
February 6, 1918.
The Columbus Dispatch wants a
printer 1t says: No usher or cigar
cite smoker need apply. Steady
work and your money every Saturday
night in the year"
Patterson's hardware store was
robbed at Wesson last Wednesday
night. Four double barrel shotguns,
valued at 800, were taken and the plate
glass of the front door smashed.
Lightning struck and considerably
damaged the residence of r. P. Will
ling, jr., at IIazlehurst last week. 1t
also struck and set fire to the barn of
l.. l.. Britain. The latter's loss is es-
timated at $500.
W. T. Barry reappears in The edi
torial armament in command of the
Leader, at Holly Springs. 1t is a five
column quarto, with two whole pages
of home print. Mr.. Barry was former
ly editor of the Reporter.
Judge f. E. Larkin, of Greenville
and Miss Ruth Primrose, daughter of
DR.. John W. Primrose, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, were married on
the l4th and left for Buffalo and New
York on bridal tour.
At the revival services at Hickory,
conducted last week by Rev. John w
Crisler and Rev. Thos. B. Clifford, the
business houses were closed every day
at ii o'clock, the consequence being a
daily attendance of about 200 people.
Mrs. Fannie j. Kicks who recently
erected to the memory of her hus-
band magnificent library at Yazoo
City, has now decided to further en-
nance the beauty of that city by re-
modelling the postoftice and erecting
handsome storehouses in lieu of
palmer buildings, which will be de-
molished. This beats boarding money
until death and then willing" it into
uncertain avenues.
The citizens of Monticello and sur
rounding country held "a meeting on
the 18th to consider steps to secure the
running of the Vicksburg and South
eastern railroad through that town.
a committee, consisting of John H..
Arlington, w. r. Rawls, G. Wood Ma
gee and DR.. T. H. Butler, was ap
pointed to formulate and draw up an
exhibit showing, as far as possible, the
Increased amount of business that
would accrue to the V. a S. railroad in
bringing their line through Monticello
as well as numerous other advantages,
chief of which being the desirability
of route. Another meeting is to be
held at Monticello the first Monday
in September.