The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-08-07
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

Luther ManShlp mas Deen tue ue-
light of the Gulfport Chautauqua.
One man sold - bales of cotton at
Crystal Springs at one time last week.
The Millsaps Observatory was open
ed to the public on the last day of
July.
Will Aiken, formerly of Hazlehurst,
died in st. Louis of consumption last
week.
Laurel now has a suburb called
Kingston, which is rivalling the moth
err town.
Miss Mary Bynum, of Bonneville,
has accepted position as teacher in
the Philippines.
State Land Commissioner Nall re-
ports sales amounting to si,639.53 for
the month of July.
Rev. Il. A. Cooper, of Pontotoc, is
assisting Rev. J. E. Thigpen in meet.
ing at Martinsville.
The Mississippi Knitting Mills at
Laurel will employ fifty hands and is
now in readiness for operation.
A grand shooting tournament will be
held at Vicksburg on the 13, IA and IL
under the auspices of the Gun Club.
The Floral Club of Hazlehurst will
have a handkerchief bazaar in connec
ton with their fall exhibit of flowers
H. B. Alternately, the we'll known ed
ucator, has accepted the presidency
of college for young women in Texas
Miss Bessie Tyson, of Wesson, and
Mr.. Charles J. Johnson, of Fernwood
were married at Hazlehurst last Tues
day.
p. S. Cooke, of Columbus, has beer
offered the position of treasurer of the
splendid new s25O,OOO cotton mills al
Laurel.
w. A. Montgomery, w. H. Colbert
and Hon. Writ Adams have all let con
tracts for handsome residences il
Jackson.
The Rice Milling Company, of Crow
ley, La, sent hundred pounds of rice
to the Palmer Orphans Home al
Columbus.
The Grand Lodge, Knights and La
dies of Honor of Mississippi, will hole
it's biennial session in the city o.
Jackson, August ID.
Legislators and senators alike seen
to favor liberal appropriation for the
purpose of making suitable display
at the st. Louis exposition in 1903.
J. F. Young, of Coffeeville. desire:
knowledge of the whereabouts of B
f. Hodges. who enlisted in the Fourth
Mississippi Infantry at Bankston
Miss.
At Wesson the Justice of the Peace
fined two white boys $500 each fol
jumping on aud off moving trains
Not having the money, the jumpers
were lodged in Jail.
Miss Edwina Burnley, one of the
States most cultured and deserving
ladies and teacher of long expert
ence, has been elected hall teacher Of
the Hazlehurst High School.
Rev. w. M. Stevens, gifted young
preacher of the Methodist denomi
nation, died at his home in Meridian at
the age of 36. He was buried in Mag
nolia, where his parents reside.
Two boys named Davis ran away
from Jackson to Canton with livery
stable horse and buggy. On the
charge of trespass they were given
three months on the chain gang.
Some of the stockholders of the
Mobile Il Ohio Railroad have filed an
application at Meridian for receiver
to prevent the consolidation Of that
road with the Southern system. They
want to force new election of officers
also.
Upon complaints from Gallman con-
corning the depot agent at that place
who was suspected of harboring blind
tigers and kindred evils, the |. G.. has
dismissed him and placed in position
Mr.. A. r. Dashiel, of Columbus. He
gives satisfaction.
Sardis is experiencing water fam
inc. Citizens are hauling water not
only for themselves, but for their
stock, Many of the farmers, realiz-
ing that the corn crop is ruined, have
commenced to cut and stack their
corn, hoping to save enough fodder
out of this years crop to help feed
their stock next year.
A collision between street car and
the street sprinkler at Jackson last
week, resulted in the negro driver of
the latter being fatally injured. Mr..
II. Clay Roberts, a local insurance
agent, was thrown from the car and
sustained minor injuries. The sprink-
Ter was complete wreck, three wheels
being torn away by the violence of the
collision.
Mrs. Dukes, of Pulaski, wife of DR..
r. V. Dukes, who was arrested for
elopement with a Miss Harsha, of
Jackson, has decided too prosecute
him for desertion. Dukes was
once arrested at Jackson and once at
Benoit; but both times released be-
cause of a failure to prosecute. The
couple have recently been recognized
in Memphis.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Taliaferao
and his son, of Montgomery county,
came near meeting their death from
drinking water out of jugs they had
left by the we'll over night. They were
sure that a certain negro had pois-
oned the water, so as soon as the