The leader., 1902-05-14
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

FOLK.
The State Chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy met in Hattiesburg
on the 9th.
Beans and cabbages are being
shipped in large quantities from Crys-
tai Springs.
James NJ. Jones, a Confederate vet
eran of 81 years of age, died near Sum-
NIT last week.
While holding court at Jackson last
week Judge Conn examined the Mill
saps law class.
Col. w. S. Balfour, one of the oldest
citizens and planters near Natchez,
died on the Sth.
Mt. Olive is now we'll drained, fact
which will add greatly to the good
health of the town.
B. E. Jarratt, of the HaZlehurst
Courier, is getting out very readable
aud excellent paper.
The Edwards House at Jackson has
closed for six months and will receive
$780, 900 worth of repairs.
The laying of the corner stone of
Copiah's new court house has been
postponed until the Dist.
NJ. M. Folkes, of Natchez, was killed
by his partner in business the day be-
fore he was to have been married.
A Mt. Olive negro woman was found
to be blind tigress, as Judge Powell
puts it, and was fined $50, la tiger.
The idea of the reproduction of
"Beauvoir" as the Mississippi Building
at the Exposition is favorably received.
Five twostory structures, costing
$4,000, are to be erected at Jackson
for Deaf and Dumb Institute pur-
poses.
M. o. Pattison will represent Mis-
sissippi College at the Chautauqua in
tercollegiate contest at Crystal Springs
in July.
Henry Perlinsky, of Summit, after
spending several weeks at Touro In
Urinary, has returned to his home re-
stored in health.
Rev. Isaac l.. PEBBLES preached the
commencement sermon of the Wesson
public school in the Baptist church of
that place last Sabbath.
Ben Matthews shot and killed Mona
Viles last Thursday night in West
Jackson. 1t was murder Matthews
escaped. Both are negroes.
Sam Anderson, negro "exhorter",
was arrested in Amite county last week
for mortgaging property that he did
not own, to Moyse Il Co., of Summit.
At Brandon Is applicants for teach
ers license all failed. At the previous
examination, out of 10 applicants, only
four passed. This refers to the colored
would-be teachers.
DR.. T. d. Isom, one of the land
marks of Lafayette county, died at Ok
ford Sunday. This pioneer physician
was known to every student of the
University for many years.
Twenty-four cars of strawberries
were shipped from Madison Station
last week and were sold for S19, 200, or
81 per crate. The amount paid to
pickers at that place was $3.50.
At Hamburg on the 4th man and
his wife were shot in travelling one
horse wagon as they passed the depot.
by an unknown party. The victims,
who were Gypsies, we're severely
wounded.
By official count there were LIS
paid admissions to base ball game
at Vicksburg on Sunday evening, the
4th inst. There are Its too many
Sabbath breakers in the Hill City, at a
low estimate.
The West Point Times thinks that
Judge F. A. Critz will be the next
Governor of this State. Judge Critz
was second best" in the last guber-
material race, and will doubtless be a
strong man in the next
On the evening of the 4th Bud Scott,
a negro, got beastly drunk at Summit
and disturbed the worship Of one of
the colored churches in an outrageous
manner. He was arrested and fined
500 and costs and 80 days in Jail.
J. R. Countess, of Millsaps College,
won the medal in the intercollegiate
contest at Columbus last week. In
seven annual contests, the Millsaps
boys have won four times over Missis-
sippi College, A. & M. College and the
University of Mississippi.
Hazlehurst has organized a base
ball club with the following officers:
John A. Wise, manager; George Marx,
captain; Lawrence w. Powers. secre-
tary and treasurer. 1t is said this will
be one of the strongest teams between
Memphis and New Orleans.
A strong effort is being made to get
new Federal district in the Delta
section of Mississippi, and bill to
that effect will doubtless be introduced
shortly in Congress. The boundaries
of the proposed new district are to be
practically coincident With those Of
the Delta, and the place for holding
the regular terms of court will be fixed
at Clarksdale.
The whittscappers in Simpson coup
ty are reported to have recently in
augurated reign Of terror among the
negroes. A negro named Jim Steele,
in the Westville neighborhood. was
beaten by masked men. and in the Dlo