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The leader., 1902-03-26
DELJNorENT TAX-PAYERS

TIE LEADER publishes today com
plete list of persons who we're delin-
quent for poll taxes on the lst day of
February, as officially reported by the
tax-collector. The law governing in
the matter of the publication of these
lists was passed in 1900, and makes it
the duty of the tax collector to pre-
pare, ION or before the first day of
March of each year, alphabetical lists
of all persons in each district in the
county subject to pay poll tax and
who have not paid the same on or be-
fore the first day of February. Said
lists shall be made on or before the
first day of March of each year, duly
sworn to by the tax-collector, and by
him published in some newspaper pub
lished in the county once a week for
two consecutive weeks. the first pub
lication to be made by the first day of
April of each year, and at the same
time one copy of each of said lists
shall also be posted for two weeks at
the court house."
Section 3 of the act provides that
the tax collectors in the different coun-
ties in this State shall, within 30 days
of each election, furnish the board of
election commissioners with list of
those delinquent for poll taxes, and so
advertised, as provided in section l of
this act, and the same shall be prima
facia evidence that the persons on the
list had not paid their taxes before the
first day of February"
The making out of these delinquent
lists and their publication, will have
new significance since the passage of
the Noel primary election law at the
last session of the Legislature. Here
tofore, persons delinquent for poll and
other taxes have freely participated in
primary elections and nominating con-
ventions, though debarred from par
ticipation in the regular election. Tn
der the Noel law, all nominations for
state, district, county, and county dis
trict offices are to be made hereafter
by primary election, and every person
who has not paid on or before Feb
ruary lst of each year, all taxes due by
him, is forbidden under penalty, from
participating for that year in any
primary election, as we'll as in the gen
eral election.
This year Congressman are to be
nominated and elected, but all of the
delinquents whose names are published
in this and other counties will be
barred out from the nominating prima-
ries and the regular election, too.
Next year, when all officials are to be
nominated by primary election in Mis-
sissiDpi from United States Senator
down to constable, it will be the same
thing with all who are delinquent for
taxes after February |, 1903
The leader., 1902-03-26
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
PRESIDENT.

The Senate of the United States last
Friday passed the bill which has been
pending for some weeks past, for the
protection of the president. All
amendmt nts to the measure we're re-
jected and it was passed by vote of
- to 10. The bill provides that auy
shall wilfully and maliciously kill the
president or any officer on whom the
duties Of president may devolve or
any sovereign of foreign country,
or shall attempt to kill any of the per-
sons named, shall suffer death; that
any person who shall aid, abet, advise
or counsel the killing of any of the
persons named, or shall conspire to
accomplish their death, shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding twenty years;
that any person who shall threaten to
kill or advise or counsel another to
kill the president or any official on
whom the duties of president may de.
volve, shall be imprisoned not exceed
ing ten years; that any person who
shall wilfully aid in the escape of any
person guilty of any of the offenses
mentioned shall be deemed an accom-
plice and shall be punished as the
principal. The secretary of war is
directed to detail from the regular
army guard of officers and men to
protect the president without any un.
necessary display" and the secretary
is authorized to make regulations as
to the dress, arms and equipment of
such guard.
The leader., 1902-03-26
LISTEN, BOYS. AND REMEMBER.

LISTEN, BOYS, AND REMEMBER.
From the gruesome shadow of the
gallows, the awful instrument of legal
death, comes the pregnant warning:
"Let whisky and cards alone. Will
Lanier said it was his undoing, and
Will Mathis, in his letter from the Ok.
ford Jail to his baby boy, admonished
him to beware. Let whisky and cards
alone.
In one of Brookhaven's Sabbath
schools last Sunday one of our most
modest and earnest Christian women
told before the school of how her own
brother died from the effects of smok-
ing cigarettes, and warned the boys
to refrain from the habit or to desist,
il already it had taken hold upon them.
"My brother, said the sweet-spirited
woman, "was once just as pure and
young and promising as any of you"
Along the way one day last week we
met a very small urchin, with school
books in hand vending his way home
ward, putting a cigarette, which he
held in his small hands-baby hands
almost. Whose child are you? we
inquired, but no answer came, for
young as he is he, doubtless, felt in his
heart he was doing wrong and was not
as proud of the act as he is when he
says good lesson to his teacher.
While we older people are singing
hymns and saying prayers, the boys
are going astray. This we ought to
debut what have we left undone?
The leader., 1902-03-26
From the Saloon.

The last public act of j. Wilkes
Boothe before shooting down President
Lincoln was, five minutes before the
tragedy, to throw down dollar upon
the counter of a saloon and call for
brandy, which he got and drank.
The last public act of Guiteau, be.
fore shooting President Garfield, was
to come from saloon, where he had
been drinking brandy, to the place
where he committed the crime.
Czolgosz made his home, while in
Buffalo, at a saloon hotel, and went
from it to Music Hall, where he as
sassinated President Mckinley.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Mrs. Julia B. French, the wealthy
and eccentric woman who is said to
have had more lawsuits brought
against her and had appeared as
plaintiff more times than any other
person before the public, was found
dead in the canopy of an elevator in
her Back Bay residence at Boston.
She had evidently fallen from the
third story several days before her re-
mains were found. She was 20 years
of age and lived alone.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The Winona Democrat announces
that that place is soon to have a spoke
factory. There is noreason why spoke
factories should not be established at
many points in Mississippi. On the
contrary, there is every reason why
they shonld be. With timber in abun-
dance, and railroad facilities at hand,
Mississippians should reap the profit
of such industries rather than con.
tinue to pay tribute to the enterprise
of other States.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Rea Mcpherson, who has been here
with his brother, o. S. Mcpherson,
for several months, left Monday for
Brookhaven, where he has a position
with the Pearl River Lumber Co. Rea
is gentlemanly little fellow and will
make good business man some of
these days. s.-Nerton Record.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The Times Democrat of last Sunday
contained a strong and eloquent edi-
torial in support OF the movement to
raise $4,000 for the purchase of Beau
voir as Mississippi Confederate
soldiers home. 1t heads subscrip-
tion for this laudable object with 800
.nd calls upon all of its subscribers,
especially those In Mississippi, to aid
In the good work. This is only one of
the many examples Of the T. DIS pub
lie spirit and willingness to aid a
needy and worthy cause. II 10 always
ready TO lead 10 such matters.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Governor Longino has issued writ
of election to the election commission
ers of the new circuit court district,
created by an act of the recent legis-
lature, known as the eleventh circuit
court district, and composed of the
counties Of Yalobusha, Tunica, Quit
man, Tallahatchie and Coahoma, for
the holding Of an election on Wednes-
day, the l4th day of May, to elect a
district attorney.
The leader., 1902-03-26
THE STATE ODE-A QUESTION OF
AUTHORsHIP RAISED.

The following letter, which is self
explanatory, was received by THE
LEADER a few days ago:
Canton, Miss, March Is, 1902.
EDITOR LEADER:-Having seen in
your paper of date of March 9Th, a
poem entitled mississippi" which was
recently adopted by the House of
Representative as the "State Ode," /
take this occasion to say that the poem
in question was written by a Mr..
Mecklin. once a resident of Canton,
and not by young lady of Columbus.
have in my possession the poem,
word for word, as it appeared in the
columns of the New Orleans Picayune,
under his own name, several years ago.
He was at that time on the staff of that
paper. The fifth verse should prove
that the author is not woman.
The author of the above letter, writ
ten in legible lady's hand, strange to
say, failed to give THE LEADER her
name, but because of the question she
raises concerning the authorship Of
this now celebrated poem, it is pub
lished notwithstanding this omission.
The "Mr. Mecklin" referred to is
doubtless A. ii. Mecklin, young man
who published the Progress in Canton
in 1892 and won considerable local
fame for his droll humor and original
ity of expression, and afterward drifted
to New Orleans and was for quite
awhile employed on the reportorial
staff OF the Picayune.
The LEADERS statement that the
poem was written by young lady of
Columbus, Mississippi, was based on
a report of the proceedings of the
House of Representatives in the
Times Democrat of March 2. The
tbs correspondent stated in his
report of the day before that the poem
was introduced and read before the
House by Speaker Russell, to whom
it had been handed by Gen. Sharp, of
Lowndes, and that it was credited to a
young lady of Columbus, whose name
was not given in connection with the
reading.
The resolution by the House adopt
ing it as "The State Ode" was subse-
quently passed by the Senate and it
became such by due legislative enact
ment. The poem is so full of ripping
melody and tender, unaffected love for
dear old Mississippi, it will we'll bear
repetition in our columns and is repro
duced below
The leader., 1902-03-26

Attorney General McClurg has de-
cided that the amount appropriated for
judges and district attorneys must be
prorated among all such officials.
Hon. S. G. Cook has signified his ac-
ceptance of the judgeship of the new
district.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The burning of the State deaf and
dumb asylum will remind old citizens
that the central building was the
George s. Yerger residence-a famous
social center in old Jackson times. 1t
descended to his son, "Prince" Ed
Yerger, who sold it to the State. 1t
will also be recalled as the casus belli
of tragedy of military rule days.
The military mayor, Col. Crane, levied
on piano in the house, without pro,
cess of civil law, for tax claim. In
the personal dispute that ensued Yer
ger killed Crane with a knife. But
this is all history in the memory of
many. Vicksburg Herald.
The leader., 1902-03-26
MISSISSIPPI.

For thy grand and varied hills,
For thy clear and ripping rills,
For thy wide and fertile wales,
For thy coves and glens and dales,
love thee, Mississippi!
With thy mists, and clouds and storms,
With thy winds and rains and calms.
With thy snow and hail and sleet,
With thy sunshine and thy heat,
love thee, Mississippi.
Where thy forests stand serene,
Where thy prairies roll between.
Where thy rich plantations lie,
Where thy sedge fields never die.
love thee, Mississippi,
Brave thy men, thy women fair,
BOYS and girls beyond compare;
Proud thy record, years gone by.
Bright thy prospects drawing nigh
love thee, Mississippi.
Place where first | saw the light,
Place where boyhood made its fight,
Place where love and hope grew strong,
Place where home and friends belong,
love thee, Mississippi
Here. my heaIl thy vigils keep;
Here, my dead in quiet sleep;
Here, my life ebb thou away;
Here. my bones turn back to clay:
love thee. Mississippi!
The leader., 1902-03-26

The Rev. Collins earthquake did not
materialiZe on the 10Th and the wicked
still pursue the uneven tenor of their
way. AS prophet Collins is failure.
The leader., 1902-03-26

To-day is the second anniversary of
the death of eX-Gov. John Marshall
Stone, who died at Holly Springs,
Miss, March 26, 1900. In referring to
the fact, the Jackson correspondent of
the n. o. Picayune says: This noble
man sat so high in the affection of
Mississippians, whom he had served so
long and so well, that on the anniver-
sary of his death last year floral
tributes from far and near were sent
to be laid by loving hands upon the
grave of him who sleeps in the Gem
etery at Iuka. Many beautiful floral
tokens went from this city and the
occurrence will doubtless be repeated"
The leader., 1902-03-26

Mrs. Julia Raiford Love has been
spending several days with her popular
young daughter, Miss Mabel, at the
college.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The |. G. will use electricity for
switch and signal lamps hereafter
wherever possible.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Since the above was put in type we
see Major Vardaman says in his Com
monwealth that Mr.. Mecklin is the
author of the State Ode.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Mississippi must put her best foot
forward at the ST. Louis Exposition,
and no joke.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The preliminary examination to
Investigate the shooting of Bailey
Ritchie, which occurred at Bismarck
church, in Beat 3, about a month ago,
was held here last Tuesday before
Justice V l. Moore, which resulted in
young Dunaway, an accessory after
the fact, being granted bail in the sum
OF 500 The two principals, Marshall
and Glenn Carr, were not brought be-
tore the court at all, but will have a
trial before Chancellor Conn on writ
of habeas corpus, the first of April, for
the purpose of determining whether or
not they can also obtain bail. Richie
died list Thursday morning and the
Carr boys were placed under arrest a
few days later, charged with his mur-
der. Hon. A. l.. Weathersby, of Co
lumDia, who represented Duraway
last l thursday, has also been employed
10y the Carrs.-Ldprence CountY Press.
The leader., 1902-03-26

James R. Garfield, son of the late
President, will be given the appoint
ment of civil service commissioner if
be will accept 1t.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Senator Money and McLaurin, of
this State, did not vote on the bill to
furnish the President military guard.
The leader., 1902-03-26

Rev Jan KuatZ d. Oriol has organ
lied Huguenot society in Columbus.
The reverend gentleman comes from
France and is missionary from the
Huguenots of that country. Some
idea of the need of the Gospel in that
country is gained from the statement
made by him that in certain section
of France there are but GA Protestant
churches Of all denominations to 49,
100000 of population The Huguenot
church is unable to supply ministers
and is seuding tmissaries to all coun-
tries to seek assistance in the work.
There are many descendants of the
Huguenots in the city of Columbus.
The leader., 1902-03-26

The early truck farmers are having
hard luck on account of the weather.
The leader., 1902-03-26
SOME
AND
CHILD

Does your horse feel his
oats? What a difference be-
tween the granted and the
grass-fed horse! The first
strong and full of ginger, the
second fabby, weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference.
Children are not alike either.
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full
of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. The feed.
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't "feeltheir
oats. SCOTS Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. tits like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
than food. 1t is a strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
oaes. 1t makes children grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi-
&c nary focd Go its
Z4qL.seag duty.
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sP3; tie Trade MaIk of SCOTS
fS:a a$...ssSt%%-.4I Emulsion and is on the
lliskssTt. M e y wrapper of every bottle.
aE "a Ls ktd fer free sample.
-fssI 81 - SCOTT & BOVINE,
-. lco Pearl St, New York
~ @-se>,a7@a.s2 g: aad s.. al druggists.
The leader., 1902-03-26
FOR CONGRESS.

HON. =. A. MCLAIN,
Of Amite County, as a candidate for the Demo
cratic Nomination for Congress from the Sew
enth District.
The leader., 1902-03-26

! love thee, Mississippi.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
okLAHoMA,s DESPERATE CHANCES.

Oklahomas chances for statehood during the present
session desperaeness like the chances of Cuba
for reciprocity and the isthus for canal have been
The O. s. Senate evidently needs jackng up is simply
hghhanded abuse of privilege for the Senate committee
to withhold the statehood bill It is politics and not
craftsmanship The effort however is be made if not
before this gets into print force report from the
committee or otherwise to take up the measure by de-
handing its return the Senate by majority vote The
Of the steering committee is that if the bill is
ported long and tedious debate would which
would proong the present session for many days Mr..
Quay the position that the committee terrific
ries in refusing to report the BILL has pursued arbi
rary that should be rebuked by the Senate He
the committee should have reported the bill with
unfavorabe recommendation if it opposed the meas
ures passage then the Senate would have been given
opportunity on the statehood question Mr..
Quay has prepared speech which he VII show that
the last Republican national convention adopted plank
favoring for the territories as Senators
and delegates that convention voted for the statehood
declaration he will urge that the Republicans the
ate make good the party pledge
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
DaiS.s AEaaIc
M. M. MURDOCH, Editor.
that REPUBLICAN eoss coNsPlRAcY.


There is an open revolt on the part Of number OF
Renublcan bosses against Roosevelt No had he
taken up the sceper yielded by the dying hand of Nc
Kiney than it was discovered by the party bosses that
the head dispenser of political patronage in no sense
machine man. resolve to discredt and to later De
nose him was quickly taken There has been STUDIED
effort to anagone his policies and to defeat him IN MS
aim and effort to redeem McKineys pledge TO the Gu
bans McKinley's promise the nations promise.
President Roosevelt is further especially feared and DIS
liked by trust-owned Senators and Congressman Not
dslked so much because of his pronouncement against
trusts but feared because coupled with his well known
determined character he has declared that all trusts IN
restraint Of and commerce must 60 first having
given orders to his attorney general to such effect How
ever the thing which worried these party bosses most
IS Rooseves refusal to become their agent in paying
political debts contracted by the bosses in securing their
owen elections and in promoting other schemes Roose
vets refusal to remove efficient officers to make places
for the political pets Senators and Congressman
brewed storm whose force and direction has been seen
in the opposition to Cuban reciprocity These conspra-
tors realize that to finally beat President who has such
hold on the confidence of the people he must be de-
feaed and dscredted in advance and in detail many
times or otherwise his final defeat by them for renomina
ton might result in party revolt party disruption
The President instinctvely and by conviction stands
for fair play and in every executive post that he has held
he has fearessy executed that easygong execu-
tives had allowed to remain dead letter. On the
other hand the virtues of the old Republican managers
are negative The outcome such difference Of tempera
en viii not only increase the personal popularity of the
President but it viii greatly strengthen the party The
moral danger of the party when appeals to the con-
science Of the people is that will be regarded as the
party of special privileges The patriotism of the people
and their progressive mood bind them to the party as
well as their practical sense and their fondness of having
things brought pass The eternal role of the critic and
of the complainer which the Democratic party has too
often taken in recent years is tresome to the active
American temperament But the quality that always
be rckoned the American people stronger force
than their allegiance any party is their love of fair
play.
1t seems likely, then to to pass that that the
temperamental difference between Mr. Roosevelt and the
old managers Of his party the benefcares of special
privileges will bring the party under his leadership the
one quality that it in need Of And if the
party do not gracefully accept his leadership much the
worse for it
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
ENTIRELY TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING

The South Kansas wheat belt is being subjected to
too much rain It every night and then in the
day Alfalfa growers growing, and wheat harvest
tiers are apprehensve while weeds neck and neck
with the corn Reports prophesies Of weather clerks
are so unreliable far off to be standing joke
The soft wheat shock, but in of the fields
the shocks are anoa Only per of the hard wheat
which constitutes the bulk Of the crop has been cut and
if the rain doesn't let up it win be cut In
the meantime the soft shock will sprout The
oats the biggest yield the history Of this section of the
state heavy that threatens lie down. It cant
stand up much longer such downpours and against
such winds kept up for the past week There
oatfeds this section of Southern that will go
100 bushels to the acre if they be harvested
There is field in this county which was crscrossed in
seedngwhch is estimated viii yield from 40 to $50 bush
els to the acre But the crop whole is immense and
all that desired fair harvesting weather The wheat
yield viii be much greater than estimated it only
be saved corn the promise is for another record
breaking year
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
TIE RAeE ZOE PENSIONS.

Il the man must be mentally OF who wouldn't ask for
pension and then for an increase on top OF that what
viii be thought OF the who would voluntarily relin.
ouish $50 pension? We know of Kansan who in max
Ing the effort to set part Of his pension knocked OF
came near losing it in its entirety He having consci-
enousy concluded that under the he was no longer
strictly entitled to the full he had suggested
eurtailmen But since Eugene Ware took charge Of the
pension business more jokes have come out as originating
IN the pension bureau than in al its previous eeaoe
Here's the last one and he tells it himself:
Soon after he came into Office he received a letter
from in Ohio saying that he was receiving $50 a
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21

month pension but that Lord had prospered him
thought that he ought not to take longer The
proposition was so novel that Ware began nvesti
CATION Sure enough the mans the roll at
$50 month Thereupon' Mr. Ware had letter written
special agent in Ohio directing him to Investigate
the matter. few days ago he got answer 81 have
found the pensioner" said the special agent He is in
an asylum, hopelessly insane
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-21
THE BEGINNING OF DISTRESS IN cuBA.

The crisis in Cuba which well informed nsular OBJ
servers have predicted is at hand The picture of indus
try and contentment presented by the island several
months visiting Congressman has vanished The
estates have ceased grinding sugar writes correspond
endt Of the New York Herald" and thousands en-
ployes have been discharged including those usually
tanned for blowing and other preparatory for the
next crop" The proprietors have money and can
borrow none to the expense of such labor In the
district of Caibaren nearly $4,000 without
employment the wherewithal TO sustain life A Glen
fuegos newspaper says Our industries are paralyzed
the termination Of the crop has left thousands
penniless and without OF livelihood" From Man
zanillo the report that decreasing
beggars multiplying and poverty is becoming cpl
demic"