Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-17

VOL. Nv.
STATE HAPPENINGS.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL.
Smallpox Reported-Candidates for
Congress-Prisoner Escapes
Other News.
Jackson, Nov. John Powell, a
prosperous negro farmer OF Lefore
county, has instituted search for his
two daughters Hattie Powell and In
diana Cham bers, aged ID aud IA, re-
spectively. who left home few nights
since and have not yet returned.
Powell believes that they have been
either stolen or kidnapped. The
children were last seen near Green
wood.
A large cotton sale was consum-
mated at a very fancy price in Green
wood last week, POI bales Of the staple
averaging one and one-half inches be-
ing sold at Is ga cents per pound, an
average price Of over $50 per bale.
The long staple crop in the delta this
year il said to be unusually fine.
Several counties have reported a
few cases Of small p0x to the state
board of health within the past ten
days. A we'll developed case has sp-
peared in Adams county near Natchez
and suspicious case has been located
near Prentiss, on the line of the new
branch of the Gulf and Ship Island
road. The infection, however, seems
to be of very mild type which ap-
peared in several counties last winter
and did not spread to any extent.
Candidates for congress are COM
mencing to toss out straws to ascertain
from which direction the wind is
blowing. The latest aspirant for con-
gressional honors is State Senator
Thomas Shelton of Fayette, who will
make the race next year against Con-
gresham f. A. McLain. A few days
ago Hon. S. Mccarthy of Pamela,
was announced as candidate against
Hon. Thomas Spight of the second
district
Secretary Webb of the Southern
Amssociation of Railroad Commits
sioners, and the three members Of the
Mississippi railroad commission, left
for New Orleans, where the annual
session of the association will be con-
vened Tuesday.
A prisoner named Hall, who was
recently captured at Beaumont. Texas,
and was being taken back to Memphis
to answer his crime, escaped from a
special officer of the Memphis police
force named Ben Bess at Gloster few
days since and has not yet been re-
captured. The officer was asleep
when the train reached GlOster, and
while the passengers were hurried'y
leaving the train Hall walked out
with them and made his escape, al
though he was wearing handouts at
the time.
A man named Brantley, formerly
of Texas and now living near Newton,
possesses quite curio III the shape
of an OK which has an arm or fifth
leg growing just behind the left
shoulder The deformity is shaped
somewhat similar to human arm,
and the hair with which it is covered
is finer than that on any other part
of the body. At the end of the arm
are three fingers formed of the same
substance as the hoof. The OK is
three years old, weighs 1900 and is
otherwise perfectly formed.
The announcement of Governor
Elect vsrdaman that he will appoint
Mr.. George r. Edwards as his private
secretary gives general satisfaction,
and it is conceded that better selec-
tion could not have been made. MIR.
Edwards has had valuable experience
as private secretary 10 Congressman
John Sharp Williams, the new eadeI
of the lower house, and has been
prominent in state politics for some
time.
The Lincoln county grand jury,
which has just adjourned, filed 8
vigol Gus protest against the mingllne
of county conviets with paupers or
the county farm. and urges that the
board of supervisors take immediate
steps to have these two classes of un
fortunates separated. Similar com
plants have been made in quite {
number Of counties recently.
THE COTTON CROP.