The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Valley on the 9th.
Mrs. Clara Holt, manager of the
Holt House at Crystal Springs, sud
denly died last Thursday.
Another "foater" was found neal
Greenville on the 9th. A hole In the
skull told the tale of crime.
Dr. R, E. Jones, Crystal Springs
we'll known physician, was painfully
injured in runaway last week.
Alonzo Wiley was shot and killed by
another negro outside the Wallace
Show tents in Vicksburg on the 9th.
Mrs. R. F. Herring, of jackson, for
merly Miss Eta Roach, of Carrollton
died on the 9th. She was bride of g
few months.
DR.. Fl. M. Folkes, of Biloxi, has
been appointed a member of the State
Board of Health, vice DIR. B. D. Wat.
kins, resigned.
Stella Hammill, aged s years, died
in Yazoo City on the 9Th after two
days illness with diphtheria. She
leaves twin sister.
"Miss Abbie Tillman, Undertaken,
is the way an ad. reads In the Crystal
Springs Meteor. James Owens is man.
ager of the business.
Serious charges have been legally
made against Superintendent of Edu-
cation Cook, of Rankin county, for
serious attractions Of the law.
1t is estimated that the number OF
educable children in the State will
reach 100000 as against $4,000, the
total at the census of two years ago.
Gov. Longino has approved the
charter of the Gulfport Realty Com
pany. The concern is domiciled at
Gulfport, and is capitalized for $780,
600.
Blountyille has changed its name to
"Prentiss." Prentiss is the name of
the man who gave the railroad COM
pany a half interest in so acres of
land.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of the Epis
copal church at Port Gibson, has raised
81, 100 for church purposes and will
hold bazaar in December to swell the
amount.
The old penitentiary scandal seems
likely to be revived J. G. Kincannon,
member of the Railroad Commits
sion, has filed charges against Warden
Parchman.
Brown & Tray sold to cotton
buyer for 3. W. Brister, at Yazoo
City, 81 bales of cotton at 144 cents
per pound. This big sale took place
last Thursday.
Miss Margaret Calhoon Neville,
of Jackson, and J. W. Tucker, of Ken
lucky, were married last week. The
bride was a charming member of the
younger social set.
Geo. A. Thompson has started a
woodward at Crystal Springs on &C
count of the scarcity of coal. 1t is
probable that wood will largely sup
plant coal this winter.
A contract has been closed by the
city government of Jackson for boring
an artesian we'll. The contract pro-
vides for having sufficient depth to
get artesian water.
The suggestion of Hon. John Sharp
Williams, of Mississippi, that the
President call an extra session of Con-
gress to remove the tariff from coal,
may yet be acted upon.
The State Board of Education has
fixed Dec. 10 as mississippi Day" in
the public schools of the State. The
prose and poetry productions of Mis-
sissippi writer's will make the pro-
grams for the days exercises.
Rev. Isham johnson, full blooded
Choctaw minister of the Gospel, at
tended the meeting of Central AS
ISOLATION at jackson last week. There
are four members of his tribe who are
engaged in the ministry in this State.
Sympathy for the wife and babe of
Rev. J. L. Gilbert, who has been con
fined in the Ellisville Jail for passing
g worthless check, inspired the peo-
pie of that city to raise the amount
necessary for his release. Gilbert's
sanity is questioned.
VIII McGomb, of Boonville, has been
arrested for raising two-dollar bill to
twenty. He carefully pasted neces-
sary "elippings" from an old Confed-
crate bill on the gfeenback and sent a
"nigger" to have it changed at a store.
He was promptly arrested.
superintendent of Education Whit
field has received notice from Coving-
ton county that three separate school
districts have been established in that
county, at Mount Olive, Collins and
Ora. Three years ago there was not a
town in the county which was able to
support separate school district.
Now Covington county has more sep
arate school districts than any coun-
ty in the State, with the exception of
Kinds, which has four.
Phe Ghaneery CLERK Of Choctaw'
county, according TO the opinion 9f
Secretary Webb, of the Railroad Com
mission, is somewhat of q stickler on
business matters. The certified copy
of the railroad assessment for that
county was sent to the clerk q few
days since. and on account Of the fact
that it lacked two cents Of having suf.
ficient postage thereon the clerk