The leader., 1901-10-23
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
4 Short-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

The storm of August 18th deepened
the Horn Island channel inches.
The cornerstone of G.oster's new
bank building was laid on the 10th.
Laurel has fine residences spring
ing up like mushrooms in the night"
The Gloster Cotton Gin and the
Gloster Compress both opened up on
the 18th.
More than 100 new cottages have
been built for the employees of Lau-
rel's cotton mills.
Natchez is planning to extend her
city limits, which will increase her
population to 1920.
Tulane gained an easy victory over
Meridian last Wednesday. The score
was fifteen to nothing.
The Port Gibson Oil Mill has con-
tracted to feed sixty-tive carloads OF
cattle for Texas parties.
The little child of Mr.. Sarhout, of
Vicksburg, was run over and killed by
an electric car on Friday.
Two residences and telephone
building were consumed by fire at
Meridian on last Friday night.
Miss Lucille Scott, sister of Mrs.
A. @. May, was married last week to
Mr.. f. T. Evans, of Jackson county.
Conway Lawrence and Miss Robbye
Belle Crooke, prominent social lead
ers of Vicksburg, were married on the
10Th.
The new National Bank of Com
merce at Vicksburg has a capital
stock of 100000. Thomas Mount is
at the head of it.
Mrs. Susan Hunt Harvey died at
McComb last Wednesday. She was
one of the oldest and most respected
citizens of the city.
Rev. w. M. Mcintosh is assisting
Rev. c. F. Emery, of the Capitol
otTeeG MeGuOuloJ SuulCu dI odChooh,
in meeting this week.
jeff Flowers, an old negro of Kinds,
found little black baby in a basket
with plenty of clothing, on his door
step one day last week. He decided to
keep it.
r. T. Jennings, for sixty years res
ident of Yazoo City, died in that city
last Thursday. Before the war he
was one of the most successful mer-
chants of the country.
H. G. Cook, son of w. c. Cook, a
prominent railroad contractor of
Memphis, was shot and instantly kill
ed by G. G. Christmas at Beulah, Miss.
The cause of the deed is not given.
Kinds is educating 1882 pupils.
This does not include the separate
school districts of Bolton, Edwards,
Jackson and Terry. The cost per
capita, for the session of five months
is only $40.
The Mississippi Insane Hospital has
so economically administered its af
fairs as to turn back into the treasury
$4,000 of the support fund of 1874,
900 appropriated for the past two
years. This is remarkable showing.
Meridian's carnival last Wednesday,
it is stated, brought 10000 people to
the Queen City. Hon. A. j. Russell,
Speaker of the House of the Legisla-
ture, was King of the carnival which
terminated in grand ball Thursday
night.
The Vicksburg Herald made the
amende honorable, after attacking the
moral record and reputation of Judge
H. G. Turley upon what it now says
was "misinformation." Judge Turley is
one of the Republican referees of the
State.
Johnson Hays, colored man, was
assassinated by parties unknown at
Mt. Olive, on the night of the 18th. He
was shot with Winchester through
his door shutter, his brains scattering
over his bed. The people are highly
incensed.
j. c. Hunnicut, white man en-
ployed as cook on the county farm
near Raymond sold two bales of cot
ton belonging to negro who rents
the county land, sold it, pocketed the
money and disappeared. He is want
ed by the authorities.
Judge Lowry, in his charge to the
grand jury of Pamela county, called
special attention to the sale of intoXi-
eating liquors, whether 1t was whisky,
wine, beer, kidney cure, patent medi-
cines or anything else that makes a
man drunk. He instructed the jury
to indict such persons.
125 Bohemian oyster workers from
Baltimore, have reported for business
at Biloxi. Work could be given 1000
more such laborers in the several fac
tories of the city. Italian labor is be-
ing utilized; but it does not give sat
isfaction like that of the Bohemians,
who are experienced workers.
Miss Lucy Alien, daughter of Rev.
M. c. Allen, of State Springs, has
been given the position of receiver of
visitors at the Deaf AMI Dumb Ins'i
tute She was born deaf and dumb;
but learned to understand what was
said by reading the lip movements of
the speaker. About four years ago
she graduated from the Institute.
There was never anything like the
of building that is now going
on in Jackson. Small houses are in
demand. Mrs. Chas. Williams has let
contracts for ten and will probably
add fOur to this number The houSas