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The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Santos-Dumont's dirigible balloon seems to be as safe and successful as some of the automobiles.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The real head of the Republican party is President Roosevelt, and this fact is becoming plainer every day.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Andrew Jackson at least did not en- certain negroes at the White House. This is rock bottom at any rate.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The campaign brought out the fact MT. Croker is so prosperous that he recently raised s215.ooO mortgage on his house.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Henry L. Dawes Is still celebrating birthday anniversaries. He is 85 years old.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Naval battles seem to involve a great deal of unnecessary profanity.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The tide running up Salt river will float on its bosom today fond but blasted hopes from eleven States.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The White House was not seriously agitated over the Ohio election.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The Sultan always settles bills be- fore the cannonading begins.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Admiral Schley is still on deck. and the election returns do not condemn loops.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

Snow in Texas! This is great country full of all sorts of weather.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the negro is dining out instead of dying out.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

The following table shows the average monthly imports and exports of the twen- ty countries in which the imports exceed the exports in that part of the current fiscal year for which figures are now available:
The age-herald., 1901-11-06
Bob the Beloved.

Robert J. Burdette. Pasadena, Cali fornia," Is a registering on the register of the Hotel Hillman.
 To the world this man Is Bob the Be- loved He dawned upon Birmingham yesterday morning. registered at the Hiifman, and vanished, none of us knows whither His wife arrived in the city last night and took occupation of the apartments he had reserved. and maybe he will be back before these words are in type. At any rate he is nearabouts hereabouts, an- some of the favored may be privileged to see him today.
 In the world there Is no man who has brought more sunshine of the human heart to this planet than Bob Burdette, and in the world there Is no braver, lighter. happier. more loving spirit To him more than to any other man under standed of the people may be applied Robert Loveman's words of melody, Sunshine heart and soul of sqng."
 For these thirty years. morei or less. Bob Burdete has made the Iorld to
The age-herald., 1901-11-06
'Possum an Tatere.

"'Possum and taters is ripe. they sho isr,
 ''Ye editor had the pleasure of a pos rant this week." writes Robert R. Tom lin. the slave of the graphite pencil who makes the Piedmont Inquirer an ad- mirable country newspaper.
 ''Of coures we (editorial vel enjoyed the 'possum and taters. Had we not, we would have departed with our raisin'. and denied our nativity. This now restaurant of Piedmont is in the hands of clever gentlemen and is becom- ing very popular"
 Good! Good 'possum and taters-good new restaurant-good clever gentlemen One is grateful to Editor Tomlin for not saying that the 'possum and taters, the new restaurant and the clever gentle men were ellergunt With us Southern CTS as a class everything is either eller- gunt or eligint, from a pigpen to a pal- ace, from a glass of beer to a Lucullian feast-everything and everybody is just ellergunt or eligint; and every amiable mortal. from bootblack to bishop. is clever.
 Is there school teacher south of the Ohio river who ever looked at the defini- tions of elegant and clever. or who ever endeavored to teach a pupil those defini- tions7
 "Jlm" Rlchardson's Masonic Office.
 Congressman James Daniel Richard son of Tennessee, nominal leader of the Democratic minority in the national House of Representatives. who is per- has near relatives in Birmingham. in cluding a sister, Mrs. John J. Jolly. has come into what is vulgarly called a soft snap, he having been the other day elected to the highest office in the South ern Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite Freemasons" said a Birmingham man who knows MT. Richardson.
 "The office which has come to this Ten- nessee Congressman carries with it a salary of ten thousand dollars a year. and an official residence in Washington that is more commodious than the White House. The most beautiful part of the office Is that it lasts during the course of his natural life. MT. Richardson may lose his seat in Congress. The money he makes in editing the messages and docu- ments of the Presidents may take wings, and all other kinds of misfortune may overtake him, but there Is no power on earth that can rob him of his Masonic office. There is popular notion that MT. Richardson Is the highest Masonic au- thority In the world That, however. is an error He Is merely the head of the Southern jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite which embraces in its territory all but eleven of the states of the Union, together with the islands that were ac- quired as a result of the Spanish war. There is some question about his juris- diction over Porto Rico, but that question Is likely to be solved in favor of Mir. Richardson While Spain held the is- lands. the Scottish Rite Masons residing there were subject to the authority of the head of the order residing at Colon, Colombia. As 1t is the policy of the fra ternity to have regard for international boundaries, the fortunes of war carried the allegiance from the Spanish-speaking potentate at Colon to the Anglo-Saxon in the Scottish Rite palace at Washington"
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

October furnished more sunshine than any of its predecessors.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06
President John V. Smith Here.

Hon. John V. Smith, the distinguished president of the Alabama Railroad Com mission, who was for many years famed in lawmaklng as Smith of Russen' and subsequently was the model solicitor for the Third Circuit, arrived in Birmingham last night and was in consultation with Congressman Underwood and other Dem- ocratic party leaders
 President Smith is being cordially praised throughout the state for his an- nual report of the Railroad Commission. It will be remembered that in introducing his report, recently made public--the first report since he assumed office--President Smith departed from the form hitherto prevailing by giving a summary of rail- road work building. and freight tariffs, showing briefly and concisely what had been done during the year and the ex- isting condition of railroad affairs in so far as concerned the public. The report is thoroughly characteristic of the methodical and painstalSing habits of one of the ablest lawyers at the Alabama bar.
The age-herald., 1901-11-06

laugh in eIadness and weep in glee. He has loved his way deep into the great American heart. the people-heart that is for ever emotional and impulsive, and in the end Is just.
 Interwoven with the changeful and sometimes harsh and forbidding web of our national life for more than quarter of century is the beautiful wool of sweetness and light and love. of which Bob Burdette has been chief weaver; and thus 1t comes that all the land halls him as Bob the Belovedl
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
THE NEW STATE CAPITOL.

AS work will soon begin in earnest
on the new State Capitol at Jackson,
condensed description of the plan Of
the building and grounds will be of
interest to THE LEADERS readers.
The building will be a four-story,
fireproof structure, faced with stone
and backed with brick. 1t has CEN
trail dome, which is of skeleton steel
construction, with terra Gotta. The
length of the building will be 401 feet
and 2 inches over all, by an extreme
depth over central wing of 223 feet,
including approaches. The power
house will be a one-story structure,
about 90 feet square, with tunnel con-
nection with the State house. The ar
tesian well will be sunk near the pow
er-house, which will be in the north
western corner of the capitol grounds.
The building will have four magnifi-
cent fronts-north, south, east and
west. The main approach will of
course be from the south, up Congress
street, which runs just east of the gov
ernor's mansion. The capitol grounds
are three blocks north of Capitol
street. The east front will be one
block west of North State street, and
that front of the capitol will be flush
with College street, which is 100 feet
wide. The west front of the new CAPT
tol will be on West street, but flush
with no street running east and west,
Hamilton avenue being too far south
to be opposite the west front. There
will, however, be an entrance into the
grounds from Hamilton avenue, which
is about block north of the graded
school. The north front of the new
capitol will be flush with North Con-
gress street, the new street opened
several years ago, from the north of
what is now the new capitol grounds
to Fertilization street.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

OF the city of Brookhaven shall receive
out Of the county treasury, when al
lowed by this Board, five dollars per
month for the first class, committed as
aforesaid, and two dollars for each
convict Of the second class.
II is further ordered, that the presi-
dent Of this Board, the sheriff and the
superintendent of the county convict
farm shall be the judges as to the class
Of the convicts, and whether or not
said convicts are able bodied.
1t is ordered by the Board that the
officers and members be allowed their
per diem and mileage.
w. y. Parsons, President, 4days--.-.--.-.-sI 1000
J. G: Bryant, days, miles 1850
W: ~. Williams, days. IL mies--.-.----.------ 1910
John walker, days, miles-.-----...-.-.--. 1850
X. X. Applewhite. Sheriff, 4 days. 500
X. w. McNar, Clerk, days.---..--.....-.-.--.-1 100
Ordered that the Board do now ad-
journ.
w. f. PARSONS, Pres.
r. w. McNAIR. Clerk.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
A NORTHERN EDITOR ON THE
NEGRO

Editor E. B. Tabor, founder of the
Brandon Miss News, but now editor
of the Earlyille lIll.) Leader, has the
following interesting remarks on the
negro question, in reply to the criti-
cisms of brother Illinois editor;
The editor OF this paper has as
much regard for the rights of humani-
ty as any one, and believes the negro
is all right in his place and also that
ne has proper place and should be al
lowed to keep it. A residence of more
than nine years among people near
~ one-half of whom are colored, has
changed his early ideas concerning the
inferior race known as negroes, aud
has ineradicably fixed the Delief that
. general influx of negroes is not de-
sirable in the northern states. The
south is the home of the colored race
and always will be. The climate is ia
yorable to them, and the white people
know how to manage them and care for
them, and they do it ia a way that
Is best for both races.
Personal contact with them for a
short time would change the views of
even 50 impulsive friend as Brother
Nattinger. and few years residence
among them would open his eyes to
ueny things that he now sees as
ethrough q glass darby" His case
is one where distance lends enchant-
ment to the view"
Il Is mistake many people make
II oupposing that the southern people
do not like the negroes. Exactly the
reverse u the fact The south is
thefr natural habitation and the white
peopIo there could not do without
th&1n. and frankly acknowledge this to
- f6e case. The negro 10 the south
~ whites Is "a backlog in winter and
: 1m1chade In summer and SO long
= - behaves himself Il weII-treated,
5G< - 80 separate sphere ~ socie-
= = mnde ~ keep within it. He
<Goire " come north. generally
-. md the people Of the north, |
z1o. 1oy1 ~ desire 70 zee him |
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Near Beaumont, Texas, stream of
oil six inches in diameter is shooting
over 100 feet into the air from a we'll To-
Gated 30 miles south of the city. 1t is
estimated that the flow will amount to
almost 5000 barrels in twenty four
hours. Capt. A. 7. Lucas, of Washing
ton, d. c., has been operating for oil in
the territory of the new discovery for
more than year. Great excitement
prevails.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
A SPLENDID OFFER.
The Leader and The Home and
Farm One Year for 81 80.

The Leader and The Home and
Farm One Year for 81 80.
THE LEADER is anxious to swell its
subscription list as much as possible
during the present business season,
aud though the price of paper and all
other printing materials has been
raised by the trust, we have decided to
make the above liberal offer. In other
words, for our regular subscription
price, we propose to give THE LEADER
one year and throw in THE HOME AND
FARM II months as premium, free
gratis for nothing"
OPEN TO ALL.
Until withdrawn, this offer is open
to all new subscribers and to all old
ones who renew and pay one years
subscription in advance.
The LEADER is generally recognized
as the best newspaper published in
Lincoln county, because it contains the
most home and county news, and is not
too timid to express it's opinion on
matters of current interest; while The
Home and Farm is one of the very best
farm and Preside papers published in
the United States. Don't miss the op-
portunity of getting this splendid com
bination for $3.50.
BIT. HOBBS, Publisher.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

The Supreme Court has affirmed the
judgment of the lower court in the
murder case of Pearl and Horace Wal
lace, of Franklin county, and sanctions
the verdict and recommendations of the
trial jury fixing life Imprisonment for
the former and term of % years for
the latter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Gov. Sayers, of Texas, in his message
to the legislature, emphasized the
prosperity existing in the state, but
made no mention of the Galveston
disaster and suggested no relief for
the sufferers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Nat Burbank, the bright and origi-
nal writer of "Our Picayunes," in the
New Orleans Daily Picayune, is dead,
at the age of 63. He had completed a
career of honor in war and in peace.
Heart and hand were loyal to patriot
ism and progress and he builded a
heritage of love and light for the peo-
pie for whom be lived. The last @Pic-
ayune" that Major Burbank ever wrote
appeared in last Thursdays paper and
was as follows: s'Those that despise the
day Of small things, forget when the
acorns were planted"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

CONTRACT FOR THE CITY OF BRooKHAyEN
coNvIcTs.
1t is ordered by the Board, That the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Brookhayen, Miss, be and they are
thisday allowed to send all able bodied
convicts committed by the Mayor, po-
lice, justice, or ex-officio justice Of the
peace OF the city of Brookhayen. for
non-payment of fines and costs and to
serve terms of imprisonment to the
county convict farm; and upon said
conyicts working out said fines and
costs and serving OUT the imprison-
ment imposed BY such officer as re-
quired By Law. aud the order Of this
Board, the said Mayor A. AldarmAn
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Judge A. R. Dewey, of Iowa, in a de-
cision, holds that liquor is legitimate
article of commerce under Supreme
Court decisions, aud he refuses to
grant an injunction against the Ad-
ans Express Company to restrain it
from carrying liquor.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Hayward Howell, who had been living
under tree in dry goods box for
the past three years at Yoakum, Texas,
died on the 9th of pneumonia. His
life's history was buried with him, as
he was stranger to all and a recluse.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

An autograph letter of Henry Clay,
written Oct. 8th, 1922, has become the
property of the States Historical So
ciety.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

An order for forty new engines has
been given Pittsburg firm by the IL
linois Central.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Lagrippe is raging in New York.
There are 10000 cases. The disease
has assumed catarrhal tendendcy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

"White coffin nails" is the new name
for cigarettes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
DRS. BELTS & BELTS & DYAR.
214 ST. Charles Street, New Orleans La

NERVOUS ss 1SSif losses sssIS%is sss f%:
sjons. loss of vital powers, sleeplessness. de-
spondency. loss of memory. confusion OF IDEAS,
iassitude gloominess, depression Of spirits aver
sion 10 society, easily discouraged, lack OF con-
fidence dull. listless unfit for study or business
and finds life burden. Safely, permanently
and r,rir.afplX curRd-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

omciai Proceeding. of the Regular jan
nary Term, 1901.
THIRD DAY.
Wednesday morning, Jan. 9, 1901, the
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
1t Is ordered by the Board that the
Stonewali Guards be allowed s125,
balance due on the annual allowance
to them by the said Board, and that Z.
F. Brennan be authorized to receipt
for same and pay same to Sherman &
Davis on note made to them by mem
bers of the Stonewall Guards on sur
render of all the title or lease OF said
Stonewall Guards to said Lincoln
county.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Lin
coin County:
GENTLMEEN:-We, your committee,
appointed to inspect the road to the
county farm and the ditch made
through the county farm, respectfully
report that said road is up to the re-
quirements. The ditch is not up to
specifications in some minor particu-
lars, but, considering that the work
necessary to complete the same
amounts to but little and the con-
tractors having assured your commit
tee that its completion should be made
at once, we recommend that they be
paid the contract price.
Respectfully,
J. c. BRYANT,
w. j. WILLIAMS,
JOHN WALKER.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROADS.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Lin
coin County,
GENTLEMEN:-Your committee, ap-
pointed to inspect that portion of
Brookhaven and Caseyville road con-
tracted to 1. P. Williamson, find that
said work has not been completed &C
cording to contract.
&c. BRYANT,
W.. WILLIAMS,
JOHN WALKER.
SCHOOL INDEBTEDNESS.
This cause coming on to be heard on
the report of Hon. Edgar Green, Coun-
ty Superintendent of Education in
and for Lincoln county, Miss, and it
appearing from said report that there
is now due teachers of the public free
schools Of said county for teaching
therein for the years 1899 and 1900, the
sum in the aggregate of s422.60, and
that there is now in the hands of the
county treasurer, and subject to his
order the sum of $2S302 to the credit
of the school fund not otherwise ap-
propriated, leaving balance still due
of Sl39.5S, and the Board having care
fully considered the same and being of
the opinion that there is now due and
owing to Joicie Smith, s21; w. H. Fur,
$40 40; A. A. McAlpin, s24.4O; Lula Y.
Maxwell; S14.O0; L. D. Posey, S21 90;
J. w. Chisholm, s20.40; Molly Woolley,
$3.50; H. F. Middleton, $20.40; Lula
Mason, s2l.00; w. G. Williams, S21.00;
Floyd Beacham, 1890; making a total
amount for white teachers of S211. 20.
And to H. H. Allen; $40; C. M. Wal
lace, s14.4O; M. j. Bryant, sl2.00; ]. A.
Knighten, s14.40; Mary V. Green,
$1,000; w. M. johnson, $1,000; M. P.
Townsend, 5000; A. D. Townsend,
$1,000; P. w. Cameron, s144O; r. A.
Gorden, s14,4O; w. H. Bryant, s14.40;
M. J. Gulledge, $1,000; Carrie Town
send, 5000; E. J. Williams, $1,000; P.
d. Gulledge, $1,000; Blanche Gulledge,
$500; making for the colored teachers
the sum of $4,000.
Therefore, it is ordered by the
Board, That warrants be issued to each
of the above named teachers for the
amount set opposite their names here
on on the county treasurer for any
funds in his hands which may be
headed to pay and satisfy said indebt-
edness.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

Last Saturday at noon the corner
stone of the Henry Clay statue in La
fayette Square, New Orleans, was. laid.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
Smallpox is spreading in Texas.

The road is never long to a friends
house.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED.

City of Brookhaven, costs and fines OF
Vim. Bowlin. Alex Graves, and Lucius
Sanders. worked out and paid 50 o
"A. 4. Woodall, building bridge across
:; Amite river. as per contract, - 20 y
3. 7. Oliver, circuit clerk, fees OF Richard
Thompson. Lueious Sanders and Geo.
Moses, worked out on county farm o 81
out in same cases 70
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

BLOOD AND SKIN p D',s.'.s, !, 81
ease most horrible in Its results, compete,v
ersacated Without ,nrno the use q mercury scrofus
pains In the hands and bones. synhil,,, n'c s
throat, mouth and tongue catarrh' etc ~ sore
nently cured when others have failed w. Perma-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16
COUNTY CONVICT FARM.

SotNAI SoGNNiNl rahhs
The sealed bids and applications for
superintendent of the county convict
farm filed with the clerk having
been opened by the Board and the
same considered, and an election held
by ballot; and it appearing that S. P.
eagle received a majority of all the
votes cast, he was declared by the presi-
dent of said Board to be elected super
intendent of the county convict farm
for one year from this date, at and for
the monthly salary of $50 per month,
as said superintendent of the county
convict farm and manager of the poor
house of Lincoln county, Miss.
The said S. P. eagle appeared in
open court and presented his bond in
the penal sum of $1,000, payable to
w. F. Parsons, president of the Board
of Supervisors of Lincoln county,
Miss, conditioned for the faithful per-
Torrance of his duties as such super
intendent and manager, under such
rules and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Board of Supervisors
touching the government of said coun-
ty convict farm, and the management
of the convicts and paupers; said bond
signed by himself as principal and H.
A. Smith, w. s. Vaughan and Edward
Smith as securities; with the addition
al condition that the said s. P. eagle
shall indemnify and save harmless the
county of Lincoln against any and all
damages of every kind, character and
description arising from or growing
out of the government of said farm or
management Of convicts and paupers
committed to his charge, as we'll as for
the safe-keeping of all stock, horses,
mules, cattle, hogs, agricultural nipple
ments, forage and all property en-
trusted to his charge necessary to the
conduct of said farm and convicts.
Said bond, on motion, was received
and approved and ordered to be re-
corded in the record of bonds of coun-
ty officers.
1t is further ordered, That r. w. Nc
Nair, clerk, of the chance'ry court, shall
at once open up an account with said
s. P. eagle and charge him up with all
live stock, agricultural implements,
forage and all other property of every
kind and nature delivered to him by
T. c. Crawford, the outgoing superin-
tendent and manager.
1t is further ordered, That this Board
reserves the right to remove the super
intendent at any time for any breach
Of the conditions Of this contract or
Of duty or other causes up
IN giving him five days notice OF the
Intention Of the Board and the nature
n the charges preferred against him.
It shall be the duty of the said s. p.
eagle to give his entire time and at
'ention to tho government Of the con-
nets and panpers placed thereon OF
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-16

n oO NE SSNGs
The awful effects of early
vice. which brings organic
weakness, destroying both
mind and body, with all
its dreadful ills, perma-
neutly cured.