The leader., 1901-04-17
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

Kings Daughters at Jackson May
14th to 18th.
Columbus is beginning to consider
an electric street car line.
The Mississippi Journal has been
moved from Jackson to Gulfport.
Jackson ladies are taking great in
terest in Decoration Day, April Goth
The U. d. c., of Jackson, have chos
en- the name of w. d. Holden chapter
The Y. M. C. A. Convention at Jack
son brought go visitors to the Capital
City.
The Mississippi Good Roads Con
vention will meet in Jackson, Jmne Il
and ID.
Miss Blanche Folkes and Alexander
on the 18th.
Rev. Geo. Robert Cairns will be
engaged in a meeting at Tupelo, begin
ming May r.
The Presbyterian church at Jackson
contributed for all purposes during the
year, S4,925.26.
Prof. J. G. Schultz, Theosophy and
Magnetic Healing instructor, has To-
Gated at Wesson.
The annual convention of the Bank
ers Association will take place at
West Point the 9th and 9th of May.
Ten journeymen plumbers have ar
rived in jackson. More workmen are
needed in the plumbing establish
ments.
The j. A. Favre Lumber Company
has organized at Pennington with a
capitol stock of 100000 to be increasd
to 100000
Two families who recently moved
from Wesson to Laurel have returned.
We judge the change in the Mills was
an inducement.
Miss Maggie Stone, niece of the
late ex-Gov. Stone, and William Boze-
man, of Meridian, were married at
Iuka last week.
Miss Berta Lam, daughter of Capt.
II. b. Lam, of Aberdeen, died from re
lapse at her home after being removed
from the |. |. q G..
DR.. H. H. Hughes, of jackson, has
been appointed surgeon of the Gulf
e. Ship Island railroad. DIR. Hughes is
also surgeon for the |. G..
Sharkey county will have a new
$4,000 court house at Rolling Fork
This county received $4,000 from the
back tax apportionment.
Neeley Raines, day clerk of the
Lawrence House, at Jackson, and Miss
Ethel Hughes, daughter of DR.. Harry
Hughes, were married on the 18th.
The State Funeral Directors Asso-
citation which met at Vicksburg on the
9th, were very appropriately given a
drive to the National Cemetery.
Children occupying seats in crowd
ed street cars are required to pay full
fare at the Capital and the separate
cars for colored people are labeled
The Supreme Court is not expect
ed to adjourn before June LIST. An
unusual amount of business has been
on hand since their meeting in Sep
TENDER.
The Board of Public Contracts
awarded to the Clarion Ledger the
contract to print the reports for 1906
and 1901 of the State departments and
institutes.
A white burglar, aged about %, Civ
ing his name as Dan Crockett, OF
Houston, Tex, was captured by dep
uty marshal while burglarizing the
house of Geo. A. Thomas at Scranton
VIM. Lanier will hang at Aberdeen
tomorrow for the murder of the Bittle
brothers last year. His father and
two brothers now have jobs on the
State convict farm for the same helm
Gus offense
r. j. Mutt, secretary of the Mississip
pi Oratorical Association announces the
contest for the medal will take place
in Columbus, May 3rd. The contest
ants are j. d. Guyton, \. & M. College;
w. H. Duren, Millsaps; R. T. Hilton
Mississippi College; V. 0. Robertson
University.
Will Sanders who recently went from
Hazlehurst to Magee, was murdered at
the latter place on the 9th by Oliver
Lamar. The 'lie" was passed between
them in a quarrel, when Sanders
knocked Lamar down. Lamar then
borrowed Sanders own gun from the
postmaster and shot him through the
heart.
A committee composed of B. w.
Griffith, of Vicksburg; E. Fl. Green, of
jackson; aud E. l.. Carter, of Meridi-
an, together with Pres. w. T. Lowrey,
has been appointed by the board OF
trustees of Mississippi College to for
mulate plan for raising the necessa-
~ funds to increase the endowment of
that institution to 100000.
The people of Meridian are to vote
on proposition to levy an additional
tax of two mills to repair her engine
house and to build market houses In
various sections of the city. The
Queen city of the East has water
works, sewers, electric lights, paved
streets, good pavements, electric cars
and other utilities which emphasize