The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-09
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.


Policemen at Biloxi aad Natchez
receive $50 per month.
Senator G.. Z. Wilson has purchase
half interest in the Neshoba Democrat
w. A. Gentry, aged 50. died III
Lowndes county; also j. ID. D1ooS'
aged 50.
An unknown white man, aged about
40 years, dropped dead on the streets
of Greenville.
Thomas S. Holmes, of Sails, and
Miss Virginia Waterer. of Iazoo Coun-
ty, we're married on the LIST.
Harry Cohnery, the engineer, was
killed in wreck on the Gulf " Ship
Island, near Brooklyn last week
Mrs. C. V. Aiken, of d. Soto, Clarke
county, died at Jackson, while On
visit to her brother-in-law, X. Z.
Moore.
Mrs. Fannie Kicks Willis, of Pan
Their Burn, died in New York Sanitarl-
um, after having spent the summer In
Europe.
The first service in Biloxi's new
Baptist church was held Jan. End, Rev
]. B. Searcy, pastor. The building
cost $1,000.
The crusade launched by President
Hardy, of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College, against the cigarette,
is being watched with interest by the
entire State.
Auditor Cole has made requisitlon
upon the banks of the State for Their
fourth quarterly statements. The
statements will include business done
to the lst of January.
The January distribution of school
funds will be made on the 10Th when
warrants for s666,669ss will be issued
the per capita being sl.6S. Total chill
dren of educable age, 59O,222
DR.. w. A. Hurt has purchased the
Winona Times from Mr.. Edward W
Taylor. DR.. Hurt has had wide news
paper experience and will be yalua
able accession to the State press.
The new infirmary of the Industrial
Institute and College was formally de
clared open on the night of Dec. ~
with appropriate ceremonies, and was
named "Tom Franklin Hospital.
The heavy plate glass door of sld'
entrance to the store of Hegman y
Son at Yazoo City, was broken out
by thieves and $3.50 in cash stolen, be
sides a number of articles of merchan
disc.
Commenting upon the number o
dogs in the State, Bro Senter of the Co
lumbus Commercial says: IF the dogs
in Mississippi were real fat, this would
be the best place in the world for large
bologna sausage factory
James B. McTaggart has entered
suit against the Gulf and Ship lslanc
Railroad for 5000, being damages fol
injuries received by reason of defect
i've handcar, which he was operating
in the employ of the defendant.
The Virginia Carolina Chemica
Company will establish quarter mill
ion fertilizer plant in Jackson mex
spring. 1t is ALREADY operating forty
four factories in the Southern States
making about four hundred differen
brands.
Thomas L. Holt, of Yazoo City, VIII
is in the Philippines, has sent to tn
Yazoo Camp, No 16, Woodmen of tn
World, handsome gavel, made of ma
tive wood, in each end of which is
Spanish silver coin and engraved upol
which is the name of the camp.
1t will be quite while before tn
; corner stone of the new State House ca
be laid as it is the general sentimen
of the commission that the entire low
er story and basement will have to b
completed first, so that the stone ma
be laid in a line with the first floor.
The w. c. 7. u, of Columbus, re
membered the prisoners in Jail at tina
place, on Christmas day and sent ther
baked turkey, cakes and other goo
, things. Rev. Dunbar Ogden, youn
, Presbyterian divine, also gave them
large sack of oranges and held devC
tional services in the Jail.
The new railroad that opened u
, from Rosedale to Boyle makes fl
ture bright with promise for that POI
ton of Bolivar county. The ru
from Rosedale to the main line TO
merly consumed several days; it wi
! now take only as many hours. Towr
are being already mapped out alor
the new line.
During the present crop seasC
Capt. Parchman has turned into til
r treasury the sum of 800, 254. 60 and
: still has on hand at the delta convi'
. farms $1,000 bales of cotton and owe
/. $1,000 worth of seed. He estimate
that the State will receive from he
crop raised by convicts this year s.,
600 in excess of the amount receive
!. last year.
Among the visitors to the Masoni
=. Grand Bodies to meet at Oxford du
ing the last week in Febru ,ry, will b
General John Carson Smith, of Chic;
go. He is one of the most dietil
guished, and most learned Masons {
this continent, and has travelled IL
7 world over in search of Masonic ligh
He is the Representative of the Graz
Lodge of Mississippi and the Graz
Lodge of Illinois.