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The Washington times., 1902-07-02
Many LOCAL BILLS GO
over TO FEN4 Session
Measures Acted on Originat-
ed in Senate.
DISTRICT CODE AMENDED
Personal Tax Law Enacted - District
Treated Well by This Session of
Congress - Long List of Bills Not
Acted On.

When the House meets next Decem-
her the District Committee will not
want for local measures to keep it
busy.
Without the introduction Of bill or
resolution there will be enough meas
ures pending and unacted on coming
over from the session that ended yes
terday to use Up every day allotted to
the District Committee. provided all the
bills and resolutions that failed of con-
sideraton during the session just clos
cd should be favorably reported.
Originated In Senate.
singularly enough, nearly all the i'm
portant District legislation. indeed, the
two most important and chief pieces cf
local legislation, originated this year in
the Senate. viz. the amendments to the
District code and the personal tax law.
And several other important local meas
ures that should have originated with
the House District Committee were
placed on the District and the sund-y
civil appropriation bills in the shape of
amendments in the Senate. And the
personal tax feature of the District ap-
preparation bill. which was placed on
that measure by the House, was the
nucleus of the hearings on the Mcmillan
personal tax bill, which was favorably
reported to the Senate.
The personal tax bill was never once
considered by the House District Com
mittee. With the exception of the per-
sonal tax bill. amendments to the code.
the provision for the reclamation of the
Anacostia flats. improvements to the
White. House. and the municipal build
ing, and measures OF Il minor character
recommended by the Commissioners.
were passed by both houses of Congress.
The District Well Treated.
Representative Mudd, Of the House
District Committee. said yesterday that.
all things considered. the District had
been treated fairly well during the ses-
sion Just closed
List Of Bills Not Acted On.
The following is a list Of the bills and
resolutions pending before the House
District Committee when the House ad-
iourned yesterday:
House resolution No. directing the
commissioners to report as to whether
the force OF officers at the male work
house should not be doubled
House resolution 81. providing for the
change of grade of certain streets in
the District
House bill 2O95. for the relief of
Oliver McIllheDny.
House bill 3ll3. for the extensIoe of
LeDroit Avenue.
House bill 3137. to change the names
of certain streets in the District OF Co
lumbia.
House bill 3424. to protect the en- !!
The Washington times., 1902-07-02

Grand total regular and per-
manent appropriations. $50. .053,sS %
Bv the Isthnlian Canal act. 5O,l3O0cO %
Total estimated revenues for fs-
cal wear 1oo3 - e.O. $40 go %
The Washington times., 1902-07-02
Naval Bill.

The naval bill shows an increase of
$557, ,l72.13. For many years following
the civil war the navy was greatly neg
lected. It's reconstruction began about
twenty years ago. under the 'Administra-
ticn of President arthur. When the
Spanish war came on, the weakness of
this arm OF our public defense was
made painfully apparent to the people,
and the Government was compelled to 20
into the markets OF the world to buy
ships.
The bill provides for two frst-class
tattleships, two frst-class armored
cruisers. and two gunboats. II also
makes ample appropriations to begin
their construction and to continue the
construction of the ships previously au-
thoriZed.
The pension appropriation bill shows
on ITS 1ace reduction of IS. .f03. 900. This
is not the result OF efforts at severe
economy. nor is II source of congratu-
lation. 1t emphasizes the fact that the
only enemy before whom the American
soldier retreats is the Grim Reaper
himself. who is now rapidly decima-
ting the ranks of the Union veterans of
the war of the rebellion.
The postofiice appropriation bill shows
an unusual increase OF S14,633, 80 But
1t simply marks the growth and pros
perity of the country as evidenced
through the operations OF the Postoflice
Department, which. under the Adminis-
trations OF President Mckinley and of
President Roosevelt. have been con-
iucted with prOgressiyeness. economy,
md business-like methods
No river and harDor bill was enacted
by the last Congress-leaving unpro-
Videf with original appropriations au-
Lhorized longer period than we have
had before in many years The sum
iirectly appropriated by the bill of this
session amounts to 1921 ,442. which in
tself is a sheer increase over the ap-
.ropriatlcns made at the last sessi ion,
md more thGn ofsots the increase Of
he total appropriations made by this
session, exclusive OF the sum for the
sthmian canal. In addition to the
The leader., 1902-11-26
Report Them to the Sheriff.

We hope the action of Auditor
Cole in demanding a license from
the hundreds of "drummers" who
have swarmed into the State will
have the effect of either swelling
the States bank account or curtail-
ing the number of statesmen.
These men-and women, too-have
come here and sold goods by the
carload. They represent the big
department stores in the north,
and every class of merchandise is
sold by them. They have hereto
fore paid no taxes. A few of
them only have a State license.
Auditor Cole has instructed the
sheriff of each county to keep on
the lookout for these statesmen
and collect the regular county and
State tax from them.
Local merchants have been rob-
bed long enough by these people
who contribute nothing to the
maintenance of the State. Let
every good citizen keep an eye
on them and report them to the
sheriff. North Mississippi Her
aid.
The leader., 1902-11-26
THE PETITION OF GEO. WOOD
FOR PARDON.

The Leader today concludes the
publication of the petition for par
don of Geo. Wood, which is soon
to be presented to the Governor.
From all we have been able to
learn of the facts and circum-
stances connected with this case,
the petition is proper and meri-
torious one, and we are sure Gov.
Longino will make no mistake in
granting it. Except on the one
point of conflicting testimony re-
ferredto in the petition nothing
stated therein is questioned by
anyone, so far as we know, or can
be successfully controverted. The
young man, as the petition sets
forth, is nothing more than a child
in intellect, and sheriff Apple
white says he has made a model
prisoner. Ever since his convic-
ton, his family-father, mother
and brothers-have been residents
of Brookhaven, and by their or
derby conduct, unassuming deport-
ment, and their industrious efforts
to make an honest living, together
with their loving devotion to their
doubly unfortunate son and
brother, have won the respect and
sympathy of all who know them.
In brief, this case seems to
have been one of those sad and in
scrutabIe providences in human
experience where both slayer and
slain were the innocent victims of
an untoward combination of cir
cumstances for which neither was
primarily to blame, and the really
responsible parties went Scott free
by this same combination of cir
cumstances. The picture was
about this: Wood, a half-witted
young mana stranger in a
strange land-was set upon, insult
ed and attacked by a lot of rowdies
and toughs and believed himself
to be in imminent dan
ger. VIM. Netherland, good
Christian man and one of the best
and most worthy citizens of the
community, moved by the excel
lent spirit which characterized the
man, interposed to quell the dis
turbance and restore peace and Or
der. There are suddenly two
sharp pistol cracks and the limo
cent peace-maker falls mortally
wounded, whether the victim of a
random shot or bullet aimed I'M
der misrepresentation, may never
be positively known-while the
weak minded young man is again
set upon, is barely saved from a
lynching by officers of the law
and a few good citizens, and is
afterward convicted of murder.
AS is we'll known, The Leader
is a strenuous advocate ofthe en-
forcement of the law, but this is a
case where we believe executive
clemency should be exercised.
The leader., 1902-11-26
III. w. Sears at Public School Next
Monday Night.

Monday Night.
The popular humorous lecturer,
H. W. Sears will appear at the
Public School Auditorium next
Monday evening, under the aus
pieces Of the Athenian and Olym-
plan Literary Societies.
Mr.. Sears was one of the most
successful features of the Chautau-
qua at Crystal Springs last season.
Prof. Trawick, manager of that
assembly, says ''he is the equal of
any talent that we have ever en-
ployed. l heartily recommend
him" Capt. Richmond P. Hob
son says: II commend him most
heartily and enthusiastically, both
for royalty good entertainments
and solid and eloquent thoughts.
AS a humorist, he has no supe-
rior.o
DR.. Sears guarantees to make
everybody laugh and offers to re-
turn the price of admission and
give a chrome besides to any per-
son who is dissatisfied at the close
of the lecture. So come out and
have a good laugh and learn some
thing, too. A regular so cent lee
ture, but for the occasion only IS
cents admission will be charged.
IN. B.-This is not one of the
six Lyceum entertainments ar
ranged by Prof. Scott. }
The leader., 1902-11-26
AUBURN NOTES.

r. W. Nunnery and L. b.
Hughes visited Centerville last
week.
Rev. M. l.. Burton a stockhold-
er in the Auburn Mercantile Co..
was pleasant visitor here few
days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Watts, of
North Lincoln, visited their son,
j. M. Watts, and family, of Au-
burn, last week.
c. H. Carruth, of Tylertown,
who is engaged with Hampton
Bros, of that place, was an Au-
burn visitor recently.
Mr.. L. d. Hughes sold his
entire farm, which consist
ed of 70 acres, to j. P. Carruth
for the handsome sum of 81, 900.
The Auburn Mercantile Co.,
with S. E. Carruth as general
manager, and j. M. Watts as
salesman, is doing a fine business.
The killing of Walter McMor-
ris in Summit by negro, created
some excitement in this communi-
ty, where he had many friends
and some relatives.
The pleasant weather continues,
and every thing is taking on new
life. If the weather should con-
tinue as it is now for another
month, we could 60 to picking
cotton again.
A Thanksgiving service will be
held at Adams Tabernacle next
Thursday. Rev. w. j. Ferguson
will preach at II o'clock, and in
the afternoon Rev. John Paul, OF
the Auburn M. E. Church, will
preach at three o'clock. Dinner
on the ground and everybody in
vited to attend.
ROVE.
The leader., 1902-11-26

A mother, upon hearing of some
of the awful evils of the town and
times, said to her little son: "My
darling, how shall I ever raise
you?" With the beauty of limo
cence and childish grace, he looked
into her anxious face and said:
what do you want to raise me
for?" And her heart answered:
what, Indeedp' There are pol
luted men and boys with their
baleful influence, about our very
doors, who in psite of good rear
ing, have gone to the bad; and it
seems today that it were better for
them had a mill stone been hanged
about their necks, and that they
had been drowned in the depths
of the sea, ere they debased
their young manhood, or forgot
the solicitous love of the tender
mother who gave them birth.
Such young men are making it
easy for others, younger and
cpurer, to follow in their footsteps
the downward way.
The leader., 1902-11-26
REPORT ON TEMPERANCE.
Adopted at Little BahaIa by the
Fair River Association.

Temperance is as much a doc
trine of the New Testament as
are repentance and faith. A dis
belief in temperance as doctrine
announced and enforced by the
author and founder of Christian
ity, like disbelief in any other
doctrine announced by our Lord,
has led to gross immoralities Of
the darkest hue, and crimes of
the most atrocious character.
There is no dark deed listed in
the catalogue of human crime
that cannot be traced directly
or indirectly to a skepticism
about the doctrines of God.
The dram-shop, existing in
whatsoever form, and, whether le-
galized or not, is an incubus that
has no more moral or scriptural
right to exist than the brothel,
or any other of it's cognate
evils. To lend our support to
these breeders of crime, pauper-
ism and distress, either by patron
age or encouragement is no less
a sin against God, a crime against
social and civil order than the
encouragement and patronage of
the brothel.
We, therefore, in common with
the rest of the true Christian
citizenship of our great COM
monwealth, challenge the assumed
right of the State to legalize and
permit this incubator which breeds
so much moral distemper in hui
man society. And we, as the
obedient servants of God, do here
by agree and pledge ourselves to
use every rightful means known
to us to arouse our State to a con-
seriousness of the enormous wrong
which she is inficting upon the
purest and highest type of her
citizenship.
Be it therefore resolved, That
the Fair River Baptist Associa-
ton, here assembled, does most
humbly pray and petition the
Legislature of this Christian COM
monwealth, at their sitting in
1904, to enact laws with ade-
quate penalties that will positive
ly forbid the manufacture, sale
and giving away for use, as a bev-
erage, of any Intoxicating liquors
within the State, and to adopt
such measures as may not be in
conflict with constitutional or
federal enactments, to prevent the
importation into the State of any
such liquors.
Resolved further, That it is the
sense of this body that each mem
Der of it should exert himself to
the full extent of his ability and in
fluence to : secure the enactment
of the laws here asked for.
Resolved further, That we labor
individually to induce voters
to require of the candidates for
Governor and the Legislature for
whom they vote, promise to sup
bort the measures here asked for.
The leader., 1902-11-26

The W. C. T U. expresses the
opinion that the cigarette will dis
appear in ten years. How happy
the world will be should the pro-
phecy come true.-Ex.
The w. G. T. U. seems to forget
that the great majority of Gig
arctic fiends won't quit until they
die, and that it will take more than
ten years for them all to "disap-
pear" by that route. Meanwhile,
the younger generation is coming
on. There are many parents who
would rejoice to know that there
would not be a cigarette in all the
land in ten years. Let us all work
to that end.
The leader., 1902-11-26
Death Of Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson.

This eminent divine and high
official in the ranks of the Episco-
pacy of the State, died last Tues
day, the 18th inst, and was buried
the following Thursday at st. Col
umb's Chapel, adjoining Battle
Hill, the beautiful suburban home
of the Bishop, near the capital of
our State.
Bishop Thompson was Y years
Of ace, having been born in 1880
at Londonderry, Ireland. he ,
was one of the foremost men OF
bis day and is mourned by q large
contingency.
The leader., 1902-11-26

In it's way the conviction of Ed.
Butler, the St. Louis millionaire
dealer in aldermen and city jobs,
is a great and good an event as
that Of Tweed, Butler is Demo
crat and has a congressman-elect
for a son. He has been convicted,
too, before Democratic court.
But he handled Republican alder
men chiefly, and his conviction is
a sequence of that of the men he
corrupted and bought. -Vicksburg
Herald.
The leader., 1902-11-26
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, MISS, Noyem-
Der H. 1902.-Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support of his
the Chancery Clerk Of Lincoln County, at
Brookhaven, Miss, on December %, 1902 viz:
Benjamin T. Smith, III. E. No. 36S76, for the
North, Range East, of Washington Meridian
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
j. T. Harrington, Of Nola, Miss. H. p. MAY.
of Wesson, Miss; w. r. Rutland, of Tryus,
Miss. FRED w. COLLINS,
Register,
The leader., 1902-11-26

At Sioux City, Iowa, Armour &
Co. IS packing plant, which occu-
pied four acres of the stock yards,
and was valued at 100000 was
destroyed by fire recently. Six
hundred men were thrown out of
employment by the disaster.
The leader., 1902-11-26

A Richmond correspondent, de-
scribing the effects of eliminating
the negro vote under the new con-
stitution of Virginia, says that
many white people fell under the
educational test, and that in every
community there are a few faith
full old Democratic negroes, ne
groes who have never voted any
but the Democratic ticket, who
shared the same fate as did the OBJ
jectionable negroes.
The leader., 1902-11-26
-~S@S~

The official majority of the Re-
publicans in the next Congress will
be 26. The Senate has working
majority Of 24. Roosevelt can
have full swing.
The leader., 1902-11-26

We presume Mrs. Molineaux
would not have tried to get a di-
vorce had her husband been cleo
trocuted.
The leader., 1902-11-26
For City treasurer.

We are authorized to announce the following
persons for City Treasurer at the ensuing De-
cember election
CHARLES HEUCK.
WILLIAM ID. DAVIS.
JOHN /. MARSHALL.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Children, and some grown peo-
pie, need models more than they
do critics.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Arthur Whittam, director Of the
tax tile department at the A. &
M. College at Starkville, has re-
signed his position to accept the
presidency Of the John M. Stone
Cotton Mills, recently erected at
S tarkville and state trustees OF
the institution are on the lookout
for a good man to fill that place.
The leader., 1902-11-26

An exchange says paint looks
we'll on old houses; but not on old
women.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Owing to extremely favorable
weather, cotton in Yazoo county
is yielding above the most san
guine expectations.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Col. Butler Ames,a son of Abel
bert Ames, will be member of
the next Congress.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Buffalo Bill will retire from the
show business after his two-year
European tour.
The leader., 1902-11-26

Bear in mind that Roosevelt
didn't shoot any bear.
The leader., 1902-11-26

hereby announce myself as a candid1te for
Marshal Of the City of Brookhaven, at the mu-
nicipal election, December 9th. 1 respectfully
solicit the support of all law abiding citizens of
the city, and pledge myself, If elected, to make
sober, faithful officer and to honestly and I'M
partially enforce the laws of the city against all
offenders to the best of my ability without fear
or favor. Respectfully,
THOS. G. RATCLIFF.
The leader., 1902-11-26

The pecan industry is growing
in this State.
The leader., 1902-11-26

If you get the worst of it, make
the best of it.
The leader., 1902-11-26
ANNOUNCE MENTS.
For Mayor.

For Mayor.
We are authorized to announce
II. D. LANIER
as acandidate for Mayor of the City of Brook
haven, at the ensuing December election.
The leader., 1902-11-26

It is said sure cure for fools
has been discovered. It hasn't
been tried yet in Brookhaven.
The leader., 1902-11-26
NOTICE OF THE PROPOSAL
To Issue Bonds for a New Jail for
Lincoln County. Mississippi.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with and
in obedience to an order of the Board of Super
visors of Lincoln County, in the State of Missis-
sippi at regular meeting thereof held at the
office of the Clerk of the Chancery Court of said
Lincoln County, at the November term, A. d.
1902, of said court as shown on Minute Book
No. 2 Of the Minutes of the Board of Super
viSorS of said Lincoln County, on pages 1877 and
39s Inclusive; that the Board of Supervisors of
said Lincoln County, in the State of Mississippi,
will on the first Monday in December. next,
A. D. 1902, provide for the issuance of the bonds
of Lincoln County, in the State of Mississippi,
to an amount not exceeding Twenty Thousand
Dollars, for the purpose of raising money for
the erection. construction and mpletion Of q
furnishing the same with suitable fixtures,
now owned by said county, In the court house
yard, as provided for by Sections ms 81 and si2,
sippi of 1892, and Chapter 125 of the Laws of
Mississippi of 1900, approved Feb. 16, 1900.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF LINCOLN COUNTY,
By w. F. PARSONS, Prest.
By r. w. McNAIR, Clerk.
The leader., 1902-11-26
Loss Of Flesh

When you can't e.. break.
fast, take Scots Emulsion.
When you can't cat bread
and butter, take SCOTS
Emulsion. When you have
seen living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nouTishine, take Scots
Emulsion.
To get fat you must cat
fat. SCOTS Emulsion is a
great fattencr, a great
strength siver,
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all body
tissues, not only fat. SCOTS
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
nerve.
For invaIids, for con-
vaIescents, for consumptives,
for weak children, for all
who need flesh, SCOTS
Emulsion is a rich and COM
Portable food, and a natural
tonic.
SCOTS Emulsion for bone,
fl2Gn blood and n2rV2,
The leader., 1902-11-26

For City Marshal.
We are authorized to announce
X. G. APPLEWHITE
as a candidate for Marshal of the City of Brook
haven, at the ensuing December election.
The leader., 1902-11-26

ITO SELL-O One fine Jersey heifer2 years old.
at $50; one fine Jersey heifer, Q months old,
at $ib. The two for $40, B. I. Hobbs.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-25

DRY because they were men mi'ed with the
Holy Ghost: so that there can be but one
real test of fitness for such an office. i
feel very sure that we should expect
Pentecostal outpouring OF the Spirit OF
God only when this principle is recognized
If the Holy Ghost is the life of the
church-as we find in Scripture: EDh. 4:
81. 32-"Let all bitterness. and wrath. and
anger. and c.amor, and evil speaking. be
put away from YOU, with all malice. and
he We kind one to another. terder-hearted.
forgiving one another. even rs tod for
Christ's sake hath forgiven YOU then we
are In be exceedingly careful with respect
to everything that would Srie"e Him in
the least 1t is new thought TO some that
the presence OF bitterness or wrath or an
ger would grieve the Spirit. Such is in
deed the case.
The Hoy Ghost is to woc'; out in us
that which Chris has accomn,i-hed for us
on the throne. Thcre can on'v ne one him
drance to the working ont Of this plan of
God, and that is found in the church IT.
self. There is a solemn warming for all the
members of the church: Thess. 5: 10
'Ouench not the Spirit Acts >: So
"But Peter said. Ananias. why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost
and to keep back part OF the price of the
land? Whites it remained. was ii not thine
own? And after it was sold. was it not in
thine own power? WHY hast tnou con-
ceived this thing in thine heart? Thou
hast not lied unto men. hut unto God.
And Ananias hearine these words. fell
down. and gave up the ghost. and great
fear came on all them that heard these
things And the Young men arose. wound
him up. and carried him ont and buried
him. And it was about the space of three
hours after when his wife. not knowing
what was done. came in. And Peter an
swered unto her. Tell me whether We sold
the land for so much? And she said. Yea.
for so much. Then Peter said unto her,
How is it that We have agreed together to
tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold.
The feet of them which have hlried thy
husband are Mt the door. and shall carry
thee out" While men may not nowadays
have been stricken down as were Ananias
and Sapphire. vet it is true that because
of the fact that we are living in spirit
that is contrary to the Holy Ghost. we be-
come dead spiritually. il not physically.
and it is possible thing to so nearly
quench the Spirit that from the human
STANDPOINT there will be no life at all.
Thus while the individual member of
the church may miss his reward and ''be
saved. yet so as by fire." the Same thing
may he true of the church as a whole. 1t
would be sad thing for the Bridegroom
to be disappointed in his bride.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-25
A MAN CAN'T
swim, in sliackles.

OF his winning race. but a question of
being able only to keep afloat. The man
who is suffering from nlalnutrition is like
the fettered swimmer. His stomach aud