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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
patronize Home Merchants The Mon
ey That Never Returns.

A Western farmer ten years
ago put an x mark On a dollar and
came to town and spent it with a
merchant. Before the year was
out he got the marked dollar
back for poultry and spent it
again with the merchant. Four
times in six years that dollar came
home to him for produce and
three other times he heard of it
in the pockets of his neighbors.
The last time he got it in change,
nearly four years ago, he sent it
to Sears, Roebuck & Co., the
Chicago mail order house that has
amassed a hundred million dol
lars by selling third rate goods
for second rate prices. He has
not seen that marked dollar since
and never will till the crack of
doom. The dollar will never pay
any more school or road tax for
him, never help to build up the
town or county, never bless or
brighten the homes of his neigh
bors. He sent it entirely out of
the circle of usefulness to him.
Moral:-Send your dollars where
you will get chance at them
again; where they will help pay
taxes, build your bridges, educate
your children and enhance your
property.-Scott County Regis
ter.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
The Farmers Club.

An interesting meeting of the "Lin-
coin County Farmers Club" was held
in the Court House, Friday, June 18th,
President J. M. May presiding.
Topics of general interest to the
farmers were discussed in an informal
manner.
Inquiry developed the fact that an
increased acreage of corn had been
planted. Stand good, condition excel
lent. Cotton, two to three weeks later
than last season. Complaints of lice
and bad stands. Sugar cane, exceed
ingly promising, with increased acre
age. Sweet potatoes on account of
scarcity of seed, very limited in area.
Gardens and truck, very good. Fruit
crop, especially peaches, short. Oats,
generally harvested with light yield.
The next regular meeting will be
held Friday, July 10th. A full at
tendance is requested. Subject for
discussion, diversified Farming"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
STATE PROHIBITION.

The following circular letter is
being sent out from the headquar-
tiers of the State Prohibition Ex-
ecutive Committee at Jackson to
every candidate for the Legisla-
ture in Mississippi:
jackson, Miss, June IA, 1903.
Dear Sir:-Representing Off
cially the Prohibitionists of Mis-
sissippi who, as we feel sure, con-
stitute large part of the people,
we take the liberty of respect
fully asking you to advise us
whether, if elected to the Legisla-
ture or Senate, you will support
and vote for resolution submit
ting a constitutional amendment
prohibiting the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors to the voters of the
State. We ask no committal as to
your private or personal views on
Prohibition, but only whether, as
a candidate before the people, you
will allow the people to vote on
the question, and, if carried,
whether you will vote, at the
next session, to enact it into a
statute.
Kindly direct your answer at
your earliest convenience, to F.
L. McCue, Secretary, Jackson,
Miss.
Yours very respectfully,
W. T. LOWREY,
B. I. HOBBS,
F. L. McCUE,
Subcommittee.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
FARMER ]. II. McGEHEE FOR RAIL-
ROAD COMMISSIONER.

AS the campaign progresses,
Hon. j. II. McGehee, of Franklin
county, is making steady gains
in his candidacy for Railroad
Commissioner, as he well de-
serves to do. Mr.. McGehee has pc
culiar fitness for this position,
which is being recognized and
will doubtless result in his trium-
plant nomination in the August
primary. He is a Franklin coun-
ty farmer with a warm, honest,
brave heart, a big head, full of
brains, and an unusual supply of
horse sense by which he has made
the best use of a large amount of
valuable practical experience in
public affairs. He was member
of the Constitutional Convention
of 1890, where he made a fine rec
ord. Since he has served two
terms in the State Senate from
Franklin and Pike, where he
served eight years on the Com
mittee on Railroads and the Com
mittee on Penitentiary and Pris-
ons, giving him a valuable insight
into and knowledge of the very
matters he would have to deal
with as State Railroad Commits
sioner and mem Der of the Peni-
Tertiary Board of Control. Being
practical and successful farmer,
he is the very man to supervise
the States big penitentiary
farms and see that everything is
run there as it should be and on
the most economical basis. There
hasn't been practical farmer on
the Penitentialy Board of Control
in a good many years-never as
good one probably as the far
mer-statesman from Franklin.
The people are taking the
practical business view of the
matter and this is why McGehee
is going to be elected Railroad
Commissioner over the several
very clever gentlemen who are
running against him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
MISLEADING.

The Leader learns that in this
county and possibly in others the
statement is being circulated that
in case Mississippi has a State
Prohibition law no person will be
able to secure a jug or bottle of
whisky from outside the State for
any purpose whatever. We do
not know whether persons who
repeat such a statement as this do
so through ignorance or with the
deliberate intention of mislead-
ing those who do not know any
better, but nevertheless it is I'M
true.
Under the constitution of the
United States, Congress alone
has the power to regulate COM
merce between the United States
and foreign countries, and be-
tween the several States; and un
der the inter State commerce
laws of the United States no State
has the authority to prohibit
whisky or any other article of
commerce from being imported
into its territory. 1t can prohib-
it it's being sold after it crosses
the State line, as is done in the
larger portion of Mississippi to-
day; but it cannot prohibit its be,
ing brought in. Congress may
at some time in the future, and
probably will, change the inter.
State commerce laws so that any
article of commerce, the traffic in
which is forbidden by State law
shall become subject altogether
to the laws of that State. Unit
Congress acts in the matter, how
ever, the individual States are
powerless.
1t may be worth while to say il
this connection that Prohibition
lists do not, and never have con.
templated outlawing alcoholic Ii
quors for medicinal purposes OF
any others of necessity. Prohibi
ton is aimed only at the manufac
ture and sale of the stuff for bev
erage purposes; and when thu
time comes that Congress shall
prohibit the importation of Ii
quors into any State without it
consent, ample provision will b.
made by State law for the intro
duction and sale of alcoholic Ii
quors for legitimate purposes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
A Handsome Compliment.

The Clarion Ledger printed full
synopsis of the address delivered by
Gov. Longino, candidate for United
States Senator, at Grenada, but it did
not contain the handsome speech of
Hon. Samuel B. Longstreet intro
ducing the Governor. The Grenada
Sentinel, which contained magnif-
icent account of the speech delivered
by the Governor and referred at
length to the ovation which followed
the same, contains the remarks of
Chancellor Longstreet, and which are
herewith reproduced:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Some years
ago there was born into the State of
Mississippi boy, whose coming was
unheralded by the blare of trumpets,
and unattended by the pomp and blaze
of fortune or station.
His best heritage was moral and
physical stamina and strong intelli-
gence. He fought his way in youth
against hard circumstances, but inch
by inch, foot by foot, he battled
towards the heights. He studied and
worked and worked and studied,
and unaided by wealth or influence,
entered into young manhood armed
| with courage, conscience and convic-
| tions.
"He was of and from the people.
He knew the hardships of the masses,
and he soon became conspicuous as
one who had risen from the ranks.
From yonng manhood until now his
career has been one of progress, on
ward and upward. The same logged
courage which impelled him as boy
to gain knowledge and equipment un-
der the pine knots Pickering light,
enables him now to stand bravely and
proudly on his record under the strong
glare of public observation and judg-
ment. He has held many positions of
honor and trust, and has sustained
himself in each with distinguished
ability and faithfulness. He has stood
at the helm of state, and with steady
gaze and pure and firm hand, has held
the ship to the true course of dignity
and prosperity. He has exposed wrong
and has set his face against violations
of the laws. He now comes before
the people of his State, and inviting
the severest scrutiny of his personal
character and public service, he seeks
their suffrages for the United States
Senate.
"Fellow citizens, the man whose
days from infancy to matured man
hood have been spent upon Mississippi
soil, and who now comes before his
people as one who has fought good
fight and kept the faith of honor and
patriotism-of pride in his State and
faith in his people, is Gov. A. H.
Longino."
Chancellor Longstreet then referred
briefly to the progress of the State, to
the reduction in the rate of State tax
alton, to the payment off of several
hundred thousand dollars of bonds, to
the building of the State Capitol with
out the issuance of interest bearing
bonds, to the increased appropriations
for pensions and public institutions
the credit for which was due largely to
the general influence and politics OF
Gov. Longino and the legislature and
officers during his administration
Chan cellor Longstreet concluded his
remarks by saying:
"Gov. Longino has been a good
strong, practical business Governor
he has had good and strong admin.
istration; he would make a strong
practical business Senator-one who
would be faithful to the country, to
his State and to his people"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Farmers Institutes.

President j. G. Hardy, of the
Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI College, has just issued
the following circular letter:
Commencement being over, we
are now giving our attention to
the Farmers Institute program
for this summer, and ale arrang-
ing definite dates for same. Please
give notice to the people of your
county that they can have from
two to three institutes free of all
cost by applying to the President
of the A. & M. College. Prefer
ence will be given to the commu-
mites of the county sending in
the largest petitions asking for an
institute. We would like for the
petitions to state what subjects
the people of the community
would like to have emphasized ;
whether dairying, live stock,
trucking, diseases of animals and
plants, Fertilizers, or general ag-
riculture, and also about what time
in July or August would suit.
This campaign for the summer
will close with a roundup Far
mers' Institute and Industrial
Convention here at the college the
latter part of August. We will
have with US upon this occasion
some of the leading agriculturists
of the country. The railroads
will give one fare for the round
trip, and a pleasant time is prom
ised all who come and all are in
vited. The exact date will be
fixed later.
Thanking you in advance, l am,
Respectfully,
J. G.. HARDY. Pres.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

The Leader today hoists at its
mast head the names of Lonigno
for U. S. Senator, Noel for Gov
ernor, and Greaves for District
Attorney, and will keep them fly
ing there until the campaign closes.
Mississippi does not contain three
officials who have been more ex-
emplary in their private life Or
more faithful, conscientious and
fearless in the discharge of public
duty than these three worthy and
patriotic sons, and whether their
banner goes down in defeat or is
placed as we believe it will be,
high on the ramparts amid the &C
claims of victorious triumph, The
Leader will ever be proud it paid
them this tribute.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

It is a more disgusting speeta
Gle than "the devil rebuking SIM"
to see the two Vicksburg dailies
which bolted the Democratic tick
ct the two last presidential cleo
tions and helped to elect McKin-
ley, abusing and throwing mud at
Gov. Longino because he happens
to have a brother-in-law holding
a Federal Office in this State and
dispensing Republican patronage
for the Republican administration
at Washington which the afore-
said Vicksburg dailies used their
influence to place in power. These
Vicksburg editors must think
the people are fools.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Same Here.

1t is said that man who squeezes a
dollar never squeezes his wife. Look
ing over our subscription book we are
led to believe that some awful pretty
women in Starkville are not getting
the pressure they so richly Deserve
StdrkUile Journal
The above suggested an examination
of our books and we were Mortified to
note that if this rule holds good, sew
eral hundred of our subscribers have
not Rugged their wives for years.
Aberdeen Examiner.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Mississippi Press Association.

The Mississippi Press Associa-
tion will hold its next meeting at
McComb and has extended the
Louisiana Press Assertion, with
whom they met in New Orleans
last month, an invitation to be
with them. After a two days
session, the two associations will
go in a body to the St. Louis Ex-
position, where they will be the
guests of the Southern Female
College. st. Louis department.
This will undoubtedly be the most
occasion in the history
of the two associations,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

mo Judge or District Attor-
ney can enforce the laws success
fully, if the sheriff isn't the right
kind of man. If he is in league
with the criminal element, works
in bad men on the juries, appoints
tricky and unreliable bailiffs and
gives out important information
that ought to be kept secret, the
right arm of the court is paral-
yzed.0 This is what one of the
ablest and best Circuit Judges in
Mississippi was heard to say late
ly In a private conversation with
q party of gentlemen while a muir
der trial was in progress in his
court.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Prof. j. L. Logan, who for
three years past has conducted so
successfully the McComb City
Institute, has resigned his position
as principal. His plans for the
future have not been announced.
Prof. Hoover, of Gillsburg Col
lege, has been elected to succeed
Prof. Logan.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Basket Picnic al Lovd,s Hall.

There will be a basket picnic at
Lioyd's Hall, in beat 5, on Satur-
day. June 9th. Everybody is in
vited to come and bring baskets
and participate in the festivities
of the occasion. All county can
didates are especially invited to
come. The people of beat S
want to hear from the county can
didates, and all who attend will
be given chance to tell who they
are and where they are at. y
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

The Bogue Chitto News, a new
candidate for public favor, has
reached our table. Il is edited
by Fl, G. Tempel and has all the
ear marks of a metropolitan jour-
nal. We wish our neighbor the
greatest success attainable.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Elocution Contest for Beat 5.

/ will hold the contest for the schools
of Beat 5, at the Beaver Creek School,
6 miles west of Brookhaven Friday,
July 10. All schools having contcs-
tants will govern themselves accord
ingly. 1t is also desired to hold a reg
ular meeting of the Lincoln County
Association at that time.
I have conferred with the principal
and am authorized to announce an all
day picnic, to which the candidates are
invited to present their claims.
E. W. HARRINGTON,
Manager.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Graves University School.

Prof. Graves school has changed
its location from the Seavey
Building to the Zwirn residence,
opposite Mr.. Montville's. The
school is very large.
Prof. Graves gives certificates
which admit to the University of
Mississippi.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Whitworth College primary de-
partment for the session of 1908
'04 will be taught by Miss Mary
Jane Mayes, sister Of the chancel-
lor of this judicial district. She
will devote herself entirely to the
work with the little people. TUT
ton 500. 90 for the entire session,
payable half in advance.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

''No drunkard shall inherit the
kingdom of Cod" thunders
Holy Writ. And, no drunkard
shall be elected to official trust
State, county or municipal
should be the decree of the people
at the ballot box all over grand
old Mississippi.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Mississippi is justly proud of
its natural resources; but she is
getting too ambitious and too con-
scious of her powers of utilization
to be called a raw material State
any longer. Factories and mills
are telling. the story of her prog
ress a long this line.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Vote for sober men for office.
Railroads and other great corpo-
rations are on the lookout for So
Der, reliable employees. Why not
the people, in the selection of
their public servants, show the
same good sense?
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Hugh Barr Miller, only son of
Hon. R. n. and Mrs. Miller, will
be married on the 24th to Miss
Bertha Boykin Lewis, Of Rir=
mingham, Ala. The bride-to-be
is the daughter of Congressman
Lewis, of Alabama, who after his
service as such became president
of the University of Alabama.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
GREATLY ALARMED

By a Persistent Cough, but Permanently
Cured by ChamberlaiR's Cough
Remedy.
Mr.. FL. P. Burbage, student at law,
in Greenville, S. c., had been troubled
for four or five years with continu-
GUS cough which he says "greatly
alarmed me, causing me to fear that l
was in the first stage of consumption. :"
Mr.. Burbage, having seen Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy advertised, con-
cluded to try it. Now read what he
says of it: II soon felt a remarkable
change and after using two bottles of
the twenty-five cent size, was perma-
nently cured" Sold by G. E. Grafton
Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Sunfower county voted down
the contract system for working
roads. There is nothing the mat
ter with the contract system. As
in other affairs Of States, counties
and municipalities, the law is not
carried out with respect to it.
Strictly enforce it and there would
be +" no dust raised" SO to speak.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Major Vardaman has retired
from the editorial control of the
Greenwood Commonwealth and
turned it over to a friend in Or
der to prosecute his candidacy for
Governor.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Jackson's new artesian we'll
may mean more milk and less
whisky. Pearl river water has
not been satisfactory; and if it's
only 9 something to drink, !"
Adams ale will now be furnished
in its purity and should suffice the
natural thirst of man.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

The Biloxi Herald, one of the
most influential papers on the
Gulf Coast, has come out in a
strong editorial for Longino for
the Senate. After carefully re-
viewing the situation, it says he
is the man for the place.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Senator Noel's clean canvass,
conducted without the use of mon
ey or whisky, is the best service
that could be rendered the State
in this day of corrupt political
methods. May other candidates
follow his example.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

With forest fires in the East
and floods in the West and South,
its's between the devil and the
deep blue sea to thousands of un-
fortunates. Other thousands are
contributing to their necessities.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
Union Picnic.

The patrons of the Union School,
nine miles southeast of Brookhaven,
will have their school picnic at the
school house Friday, July II. Ad-
dresses, educational and political, will
be delivered. Candidates will be given
time to present their claims. Every
body invited. e. w. HARRINGTON,
Principal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Summit owns street sprink-
Ter. 1t is probably the only one
owned by corporation between
New Orleans and Jackson.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

The founder of the Woodmen
of the World is appropriately
named Root. Root and branch,
it's good thing.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

Geo. w. Mills has moved his jewelry
stock into the new shop south of his
old stand, lately built by L. Ell. Bag
gett. Mr.. Evans, the matchmaker, is
still with him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

If the conceit were taken out of
some men, you couldn't identify
the remains.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17
THE LEADERS, CHOICE.
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR,
A. H. LONGING.
FOR GOVERNOR,
EDWARD F. NOEL.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
j. B. GREAVES.
TELL HIM so.

If you have word of cheer
That may light the pathway drear
OF a brother pilgrim here,
Let him know.
Show him you appreciate
What lie does; and do not walt
Till the heavy hand of Fate
Lays him low.
If your heart contains thought
That will brighter make his lot
Then, in mercy, hide it not;
Tell him so.
Wait not till your friend is dead
Ere your compliments are said;
For the spirit that has fled,
II it know,
Does not need to speed it on
Our poor praise; where it has gone
Loves eternal, golden dawn
Is aglow.
But unto our brother here
That poor praise is very dear.
If you've any word of cheer,
Tell him so.
j. A. Edgerton, in Denver New
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-06-17

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July 18th comes on Saturday.
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