The leader., 1901-03-06
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A ShOrt-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent HaDDeningS.

Jackson expects to be tine planlhe
mill centre of the South"
Gov. Longino has approved the
charter of the Corinth Wooden Mills.
The delta country, has in great part,
been plowed up and is ready for plant
ing.
The largest amount in the history
of the State is nov in the treasury
1t is 81 ,072, 1856
Saratoga reports that on the 24th
the thermometer was two degrees
above zero and all young trees killed.
The State Teachers Association
meets in jackson May End, and the
State Medical Association on the 10th
of that month.
DR.. J. c. Carpenter, once a prom'-
nent Baptist of this State and Chap
lain in the Confederate army, died
recently at Sherman, Tex.
DR.. N. F. McMurray, a graduate OF
the American School of Osteopathy, Is
now associated with DR.. See, at Mag
nolia, in the practice of the profession.
Congressman Aliens valedictory adj
dress in the halls of Congress was full
of humor and was directed toward the
establishment of fish hatchery at
Tupelo.
Judge Lowrey, who was appointed
by the governor as the successor OF
Judge Stephens, made his first appear
ance on the bench at Holly Springs on
the 18th.
Mrs. DR.. j. H. Key, of Columbus,
leader in the choir of the Methodist
church and young woman of great
excellence of character, died of small
poX last week.
L. w. Butts, a Mississippian of 81
years of age who has been in the EN-
ploy of the l. G. for years as tiagman,
was killed at Senatobia on the 9th,
while coupling up some freight cars.
The Tupelo cotton factory will com
mence operations in about ninety days,
with 5000 spindles and ITO looms. 1t
will manufacture shirtings, ticking and
drilling and employ about $50 hands.
Il. Gresham, Geo. Scott, w. 2.
Garrett and Bryant Clarke, who were
running blind tigers at Flora, we're
Cd h1,f hn oh ariF Of Madison conn
ty and upward of $500 worth of whis-
ky captured.
The plans and specifications sub
mitted to the building committee of
the $4,000 Copiah county court house,
by J. Reilly Gordon, of Texas, have
been accepted. The contract will be
let within two months time.
r. Bristow, who has been operating
saw mill near Saratoga, has taken
leave of his creditors, after having
sold all the lumber he had cut and
pocketing the proceeds. He came to
ago.
Just before reaching Tennessee on
the oath, the engineer of an |. G. train
missed his fireman, Howard Rodgers.
He has not been located and it is
thought that through accident he fell
into the Big Hatchie river and was
drowned. He was "a years of age.
Two officers, Joe Page and Culpepper,
of Meridian, are suspended from ser
vice for having shot a notorious ne
gro gambler, Will Johnson, by name,
on the 18th. Page was required to
give 81 600 bord for his appearance.
1t is claimed the negro shot first.
The Choctaw Plaindealer "under-
stands that Judge Stevens, who has
been suffering since the LIST of Novem-
Der from nervous prostration, caused
by overwork, is slowly but surely re-
covering and will soon be able to re-
sumo his duties on the bench.
The l. c. will employ about six hun
dred able bodied laborers to prosecute
the work of double tracking between
the Capital and Crystal Springs. Farm
ers are compelling negroes to sign writ
ten contracts, SO that they will not for
sake them for the railroad during the
crop season.
DR.. H. A. Minor, of Macon, president
of the Mississippi Medical Association,
announces in the current number of
the Mississippi Medical Record thu t
the next annual gathering of the asso-
citation will take place at Jackson,
May 18th. He urges a large atten-
dance in the interest of the medical
fraternity of the State.
The Governor has approved the
charter of the Bank of Commerce,
domiciled at Crystal Springs, with
capital stock of $4,000. j. C.
Smith, A. lotteries, M. Dampeer, A.
F. Andre and others are the incorpora-
tors. This is the six tn banking instu-
tuition that has been formed in Missis-
sippi since the beginning of the new
year.
Recent experiments show that all
classes of foods may be completely di-
gested by preparation called Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure, which absolutely di-
gests what you eat. AS it is the only
combination of all the nat ural digest
ants ever devised the dem and for it
has become enormous. 1t has never
failed To cure the very worst cases of
indiges ton and it alw iys gives instant