The leader., 1903-04-29
MISS. NEWS COLUMN.
STATE HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST
OF THE PAST WEEK. :
A Shorthand Chronicle Of Mississippi
and the DoinSs Of Her People.

MaHgolla ice 1acGOry is gong
up rapidly.
Rev. j. b. Anders, of McComb,
died last week.
Decoration Day was observed
at Jackson last Sunday.
VIM. ID. Walker, aged 80, died
at Magnolia on the Dist.
Richard Brumield lost his resi-
dence by fire at Summit last
week.
Kodaks have struck Lawrence
county. Editor Dale confesses he
is one of the fiends.
Mrs. r. II. Dryer, of Pueblo,
Col, has been the guest of her
G. F. Bills.
DR.. B. D. Bishop has an
nounced for Superintendent OF
Education of Lawrence county.
Blue Mountain College intends
erecting a handsome and commo-
dious cottage on the Chautauqua
grounds at Crystal Springs.
McComb had CLERKS BALI
last week and also a ball by the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the 0. r. c.
Prof. t. L. Trawick was elect
ed principal of the Crystal Springs
public school for the thirteenth
time last week.
L. Cafall, Greenville's oldest in
habitant, died in a barber's chair
at Greenville. He was a and
well-to-do citizen.
John GaIlman, who killed Luke
CHANNEL, two months ago. at Gall
man, was acquitted at Hazlehurs1
last week on the ground of insan
ity.
At jackson May 5, Miss Alice
Lewis, daughter of Rev. W. B.
Lewis, will be married to DR.
William Dudley Jones, of Her
manville.
Minnie Cox, the dcposed post
mistress of Indianola, is still draw
ing her salary at the rate of 81,
100 a year. Pretty good pay fol
doing nothing.
Editor Runnels, of the Meridian
Star, is beginning to circulate
among the voters of the State il
the interest of his candidacy fol
Secretary of State.
The Jones-Kennington Co., Of
Jackson, will erect a seyen-story
department store on the site Of
the old Episcopal church, which
they purchased for SIS, 900.
A coIored baby was cremated
near Crystal Springs last week.
Only its heart was found in the
debris of the burnt shanty in
which it had been left alone.
Hon. G. w. Miller, of Copiah,
has been appointed by the Gov
ernor, a commissioner to the
Georgia Cane Growers Conven-
ton, which assemblies next month.
Miss May R. Brown, who grad
uated at the high sebqeh in Crystal
Springs this month, stood the ex-
mination for a teachers license
and received a mark of 100 fol-
each topic.
East Mississippi Female Col
lege will be rebuilt. 1t will be To-
Gated on a forty acre lot near the
Meridian Male College, beyond
the northwestern corporate linn
it's.
Kuhn Bros, of Vieksburg, had
two of their clerks, Willie and
Sam Wander, arrested for larce=
ny. They had stolen five trunks
of goods representing $1,000
worth. They implicated Sam
Fox. Most of the goods was
recovered by the police,
The program for the meeting
of the Mississippi Bankers Assoc
citation at Hattiesburg May 18th
and 14th has just been issued.
The address of welcome will be
delivered by Col. W. II. Hardy,
of Hattiesburg, and the response
will be made by S. l.. Dodd, of
Kosciusko.
At a meeting of the trustees of
the Wesson High School last
week it was resolved that each
teacher in the school next year
should be required to attend some
normal during this summer for at
least two weeks. No application
will be considered. unless the
teacher has complied with this re-
quest.
The Galloway Literary Society,
of Millsaps College, held its ami
versary exercises Friday night.
Hon. E. F. Noel delivered the adj
dress. O. w. Bradley, of Casey
vile, the orator for the occasion,
spoke on 1.-THE Trusts and Their
Control ". F. Cook, of Hat
tiesburg, spoke on Education in
Democracy.
The Rose Exhibit, at Halle
hurst, last week was a greater
success than its two predecessors.
Mrs. w. M. Ainsworth took the
prize for the best collection Of
not less than 80 roses; Miss
Maude Hawkins for the best
pink roses; Mrs. j. .. Granber-
nv, the best reds; Mrs. d. M.