The leader., 1902-07-02
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur.
rent Happenings.


A SllOrt-IIand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.
Three marriages were solemnized at
Natchez on the 26th ult.
Jerry Philips, colored boy, dropped
dead at Jackson while writing his
father letter.
Near Yazoo City, E. M. Picket's res
idence, valued at $1,000, was burned
down last Thursday.
The plant of the Taylorsville Lumber
Company was destroyed by fire Sun.
day. Loss, $1,000; no insurance.
A new lodge of Red Men has been
organized at Jackson, with T. M. Hen
ry as Sachem and DR.. Ell. II. Hughes,
Medicine Man.
Jesse Fuleher, the old man who
killed his co-laborer in his field with
hoe, in Yazoo county, has been com
mitted without benefit of bail.
| Business men of Jackson failed to
make up the required amount, so the
roundhouse and shops of the A. &V.
will be built at Pelahatchie
Public buildings at Jackson need
paint as badly as some of our inland
towns. The Legislature has never
made appropriations for this purpose.
James Holmes, of Yazoo City, re-
ceived the medal for oratory at the
contest at Sewanee University. He
also received the medal in mathemat-
les.
Mrs. Rebecca Phillips, relict of DR..
Phillips, who for many years was proc
tor of the State University under the
old regime, died in her 85th year last
week.
Rev. Chas. Morris, whose name has
been figuring prominently in recent
divorce suits, has retired permanently
from the clergy of the Episcopal
church.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is ma
tive Mississippian; so is his successor,
Senator-elect Clarke. The latter is
printer and was reared in Yazoo
county.
A quantity of beer, confscated by
Kinds county's sheriff, was poured into
Jackson ditch last Thursday. There
was the usual number of interested
spectators.
At Yazoo City Miss George Virgins
died last Thursday. Her mother died
three weeks ago and her sister two
weeks ago, all passing away in the
same house.
The Greenville Spirit wants the ex-
ecution of Cooke and Lauderdale pri-
vate. It thinks the effects of private
executions are better than those of
public ones.
1t is proposed to organize State
Retail Druggists Association in Jack
son on July 9th, and all druggists are
expected to have representatives
present on that date.
Under the new primary law persons
desiring to participate in elections
must have registered four months pre-
ceding State election and 80 days
preceding city election.
Miss Cornelia Watts, aged SO,
daughter of Dr. J. T. Watts, one of the
first settlers of Newton, died in that
town last week. Her mother, one sis
ter and a brother survive her.
July 81 will witness the election for
the location of the courthouse of Har-
rison county. 1t is now at Mississippi
City, and there is strong opposition to
It's removal.
The Bauer Lumber Company, of In
diana, have purchased the Richardson
& Jordan sawmill near McHenry, and
will build tram road several miles in
a westerly direction.
The next term of the Federal Court
in Mississippi will be held at Biloxi
1t will convene Monday, Aug. 18. The
civil business is growing rapidly in the
Federal courts of Mississippi
State Superintendent of Education,
Fl. L. Whitfield, in an address to the
people urges longer term than four
months for county schools. Counties
should levy taxes to prolong the terms.
The annual reunion of the United
Sons of Confederate Veterans will
take place in jackson October 10, 16,
| II. A strong effort will be made to
organize camp in every county of the
State.
Mrs. Louis Westrope, who killed her
six little children in Claiborne county,
has been placed in the ward for the
violently insane at the Insane Hos
pital. She attempts suicide at the
slightest opportunity.
There is big demand for Delta
lands just now. Last week 5000 acres
in Washington county were sold to
Ohio parties. The land went at 81 so
per acre, and after the timber is
cleared will be converted into farms.
/ Judge J. r. Enochs is the only judge
in the State working over time. To
circumvent legal provisions in the
Tenth District he calls special terms
of court preceding the regular weeks
term allowed, SO that all business may
be disposed of.
/ A party of Newton county residents
! left NeWton last Sunday morning for