davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
SIN ROBERTS KILLED.
Had Just Murdered Another Negro


Sim Roberts, who had the worst
criminal record of any nergo in
Lincoln county, was killed here
Saturday, after having just muir
dered another negro, who went by
the name of Will Williams. Ac-
cording to statements of eye-wit-
nesses the double tragedy came
about as follows: Roberts and
Williams were walking toward
town together on the railroad
track near the compress when sud-
denly Roberts was seen to stop
and order the other negro to halt.
Williams disregarded the COM
mand and walked on, when Rob-
erts drew a revolver and shot him
in the back, killing him instantly.
There is a rumor to the effect
that Roberts wanted to arrest Will
liams, who he thought to be an es-
capped criminal from Jackson, and
another report that the killing was
the sequel to game of craps.
After the murder of Williams
Roberts proceeded toward town on
the railroad track near the COM
press when Reed Mcdaniel, a
negro man who had witnessed the
murder of Williams from dis
tance, ran to his house near by
and secured a rife for the purpose
of arresting him. He succeeded
in intercepting Roberts near the
cotton oil mill, about $50 yards
from the scene of the murder, and
commanded him to surrender.
Roberts responded by drawing his
pistol and firing. Mcdaniel also
fired about the same time, shoot
ing twice or three times. One of
McDaniel's shots took effect in
Roberts breast and another broke
his neck. Three empty shells
were found in Roberts pistol,
which he still grasped in his hand.
Mcdaniel was arrested soon after
the shooting by Constable Will
loughby, and, as The Leader goes
to press, is undergoing a preIim-
mary trial before Justice Daugh-
try. He is the same negro who
came so near killing Marshal Arid,
of Bogue Chitto, with an ak few
years ago, and for which he serv-
ed six months sentence in the
penitentiary.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Children,s Coughs and Colds.

Mrs. Joe McGrath, 327 E. First St.,
Hutchinson, Kansas, writes I have
given Billiards. Horehound Syrup to
my children for coughs and colds for
the past four years, and find it the best
medicine I ever used.' Unlike many
cough syrups, it contains no opium,
but will soothe and heal any disease of
the throat or lungs quicker than any
other remedy Csc, Soc and $l00 per
bottle, at Price Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
The Stomach Is the Man.

A weak stomach weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food
he eats into nourishment. Health and
strength cannot be restored to any sick
man or weak woman without first re-
storingIhealth and strength to the stom-
ach. A weak stomach cannot digest
enough food to feed the tissues and re-
vive the tired and rundown limbs and
organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cleanses, purifies, sweetens and
strengthens the glands and membranes
of the stomach and cures Indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach troubles.
G.. E. Grafton Drug Co,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
What's In a Name 2

Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. G.
Dewitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered,
some years ago, how to make salve
from Witch Hazel that is specific for
Piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding Piles, eczema, cuts, burns,
and all skin diseases, DeWitt's Salve
has no equal. This has given rise to
numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask
for Witt's-the genuine.
G. e. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
ARemarkahle Case

One of the most remarkable cases of
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude
E. Fenner, Marion, Ind, who was entire
ly cured by the use of One Minute Cough
Cure. She says: "The coughing and
straining so weakened me that I run
down in weight from 148 to 80 pounds.
l tried number of remedies to no
avail until I used One Minute Cough
Cure. Four bottles of this wonderful
remedy cured me entirely of the cough,
strengthened my lungs and restored
me to my normal weight, health and
strength"
G. e. Grafton Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Attention, Farmers!

All farmers of Lincoln county
interested, are requested to meet
at the court house in Brookhaven
at 10 O'Clock a. M, Saturday,
March 28th, for the object of or
ganizing a Farmers Club for
the purpose Of advancing agricul-
ture, stock raising, etc.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
After La Grinne..What2 2

Usually hacking cough and general
feeling of weakness, often leading to
fatal results after the patient is sup
posed to have passed the danger point.
Foley's Honey and Tar is guaranteed
to cure the "grippe- cough" and make
you strong. and we'll. It never fails to
stop cough, if taken in time. Take
no substitutes. Price Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
So Sweet and Pleasing In Taste.

Mrs. c. Peterson, 625 Lake Street,
Topeka, Kansas, speaking of Billiards.
Horehound Syrup, says:' "lt has never
failed to give entire satisfaction, aud,
of all cough remedies, it is my favorite.
I must confess to my many friends that
it will do, and has done, what is claimed
for ito speedily cure cough or cold;
and it is so sweet and pleasant to the
taste" 25c, SOC and sl00 bottle, at
Price Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Cures sniatic rheumatism

Mrs. A. E. Simpson, 500 Craig Street,
Knoxville, Tenn, writes, June 10, 1899:
Il have been trying the baths at Hot
Springs, Ark, for sciatic roeumatism,
but I get more relief from Ballard s
Snow Liniment than any medicine or
anything | have ever tried. Enclosed
find postoffice order for S1.00. Send me
large bottle by Southern Express. 81
Sold by Price Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
A Physician Writes,

81 am desirous of knowing if the pro-
fession can obtain Herbine in bulk, for
prescribing purposes. 1t has been of
great use to me in treating cases of
dyspepsia brought on by excesses or
overwork. l have never known it to
fail in restoring the organs affected to
their healthful activity" SOC bottle,
at Price Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Cough Settled On Her Lungs.

s'My daughter had a terrible cough
which settled on her lungs" says N.
jackson, of Danville, Ill. 1--WE tried a
great many remedies, without relief,
until we gave her Foley's Honey and
Tar, which cured her." Refuse substi-
tutes. Price Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Notice of Bond Issue.

Public notice is hereby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Lincoln County, Mississippi
will at the April 1908, meeting of said Board bro
vide for the issue of the negotiable bonds of said
Lincoln County to the amount of Twenty Thous-
aNd Dollars $2O, ,0O0) for the purpose of building
land now owned by said county and furnishing
the said jall with suitable fixtures, equipments
and appliances. Said bonds to mature not later
than twenty-five (25) years from their sale and
to bear interest at not exceeding five per cent
per annum, payable annually or Semi-annually
as said Board shall elect.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss.
By w. +. PARSONS, President.
By r. w. McNAIR, Clerk.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Spring and Summer Dress Goods.

A great assembly of matchless Dress
Fabrics for Spring and Summer. New
Wash Fabrics in all the beauty of
Spring loveliness- there's an almost il
limitable assortment for selection and
the prices are exceedingly low.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Monday Matinee.

Opera Housel 3 O'Clock 3. M,
next Monday. Prices 20 cents
for children; 30 cents for adults.
10 musicians.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
Homestead Notice.

Land Office at Jackson, Miss, March 4, 1905
Notice is hereby gwen that the following manned
settler has filed notice of her intention to make
final proof In support of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Chancery Clerk,
Lincoln County, at Brookhayen, Miss, on April
IA, 1908, viz: Margaret l.. McDaYid, HI. L. No.
32013, for the N. w. 4 S. K. Il Sec. l2, T. N,
II. East of Washington meridian.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: w. G. Douglass, j. Il. Ivy,
M. Brister 4. 7. Maxwell. all of Fair River
Mississippi
FRED w. COLLINS, Register.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18

La grippe coughs yield quickly to
the wonderful curative qualities of
Foley's Honey aud Tar. There is
nothing else "just as good. Price
Drug Company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
New LaCeS, EmbrOiderieS 9 AppIiques

The opening of March finds such an ar
ray of the newest designs as we have
never before attempted-all of which
are priced low for quick selling.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
How About Muslin Un-
derWear, Summer Vests,
Etc, Etc?

McGrath's line of these
items is complete. Special values
in Vests at 5, 10, Is and 25 cents.
Ask to see those drop-stitch
weave Vests at 10 cents.
Handsome Mercerized Silk
Vests at 25 cents.
In Muslin Underwear the stock
is new and attractive. Specials
in SOC, and $1.0O garments. 1t
will pay you to take a look.
While at the big department
store do not fail to see the new ar
rivals in White Goods and Wash
Goods and by all means inspect
the big stock of Laces and EN-
broideries. 1t will pay you to
patronize the up-to-date Depart
ment Store of
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
TRY MCGRATH'S
Guaranteed COrsets.

Elegant assortment of shapes
and grades. Best $1.00 Corset
made. All styles - standard
makes. Warmers and w. B. Cor
sets are advertised in all the maga-
zines and newspapers they are
warranted as to fit and wear and
are admitted to be the leaders.
Ask to see Warmers ''Debu-
tante" Vedette and No. $50 Cor
sets-all $1.00.
Among the popular numbers in
the famous W. B. Corsets we
have Nos. 115, 703 and 911-all
$1.O0.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
A Ladies' Band.

On Monday evening, March
23rd, the Helen May Butler Ladies
Band will appear at our Opera
House in the regular Lyceum
Course of the Public School. Miss
Butler, the leader of the band,
occupies the same position in
feminine bandom that John Phil
ip Sousa does on the masculine
side of the fence,' says the Provi-
dence Telegram and from the Illus
trated Zeitung, we take the follow
ing:
"Great credit should be given
the young and talented Miss Helen
May Butler, the leader of the
American Ladies' Military Brass
Band, which bears her name. In
all Germany there is no such or
ganiaztion and we hope to see her
return with her band on this side
of the water ere long,
There are few classes of men,
says the Yaozo Sentinel, whose in
terests can be more vitality affect
ed by Legislation than bankers, and
yet we are told by commercial
authority that there are no bona
fide instances of bankers trying to
corrupt legislation. This is prob
Iably because the business of bank.
ing deals so largely with credit,
and credit is merely the name
given to honest dealing between
man and man. According to this
definition, a banker who would
corrupt legislation, would be .
misfit in his own business.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18

LAWNS
DIMITIES
LINEN SUITINGS
DUCKS
BATISTE
MOUSELINES
CRASHES
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18

PIQUES
ORGANDIES
GINGHAMS
MADRAS
MERCERIZED FABRICS
CANVAS WEAVES
CHEVIOTS
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-03-18
McGRATH'S
SPRING
HOSIERY

embraces many excellent values
and the assortment is splendid.
Ask to see those plain fast
black fine guage Hose at 25 cents.
Ask to see those Drop-stitched
and fancy weave Hose at 25 cents.
Elegant assortment drop-stitch
and fancy weaves, so cents.
Full line of Children's Hose,
black, white, pinks and blues.
Good line of Children's Black
Hose, specials at 10 to 25 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

The man who. after lighting his cigar.
holds II not only between teeth aud lIns.
but with two. three or four nngers OF his
left hand is fastidious and possessed of
much personal pride. Such u smoker win
often remove the cigar and examine the
lighted end to see IL II is burning evenly
and steadily. Such actions indicate care
fulnesS. sagacity and character worthy
of confidence and esteem
The smoker who sends forth smoke from
both corners OF the mouth in two divergent
puffs is crotchety and hard 20 get along
with, though he may have good. mental
faculties.
The spendthrift. sometimes the advent
urer, is declared by the act of biting on the
end OF cigar. Lack of Judgment. dislike
to pay debts and not over-niceness of hab-
its are declared by this practice
The pipe smoker who grips ms pipe so
firmly between his teeth that marks are
left ON the mOuthpieee is mettlesome, of
quick. nervous temper and likes TO DO
tenacious OF his opinions one way or an
other.
The pipe held so that II hangs some
what toward the rhiu indicates the list
less. ambitionless person, who might stand
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

irrational and without the capacity to put
their powers TO use.
Men of quick vivacious temper hardly
touch the tip Of the cigar with their teeth
and after taking two OF three Whiffs will
remove ID and hold IL in their hand in alb
sent-minded fashion They are men who
change their opinions and ambitions often
and require the spur of novelty or necessity
to make them exert their best powers.
Men who let their cigar go out and then
try TO relight IL, also those who after
smoking for a while let the cigar go out
aud then throw IL away, are likely TO he
up to such responsibilities as come to him,
bat would never seek them or strive for
high place.
The man who fills his pipe hastily. hap
hazard fashion, and emits irregular puffs
of some is of incautious generous impulses,
the sort of man who is good comrade
and has powers of entertaining. but whose
friendship is not likely to be lasting nor
to warrant implicit confidence.
The man who fills his pipe slowly and
methOdically and smokes mechanically and
regularly Is likely 20 be reserved, prudent
and good. dependable friend. while not
OF snowy exterior.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

amazing degree and without attracting
general attention in comment upon the
financial situation. 1t is made apparent
that within dozen years almost $2OOO,-
0Oc.COo of stret railroad securities have been
manufactured and sold. which is about
equal 10 the amount of new steam railroad
securities put upon the market during that
remarkable period of speculative eApan-
sion and imitation extending from 1867 down
to the panic of 1873 Yet this marketing
of $SoCO,000cO of street railway stocks and
bonds has figured as little moro than a
mere incident in the general capital COM
mitments of the time. 1t can probably be
said with entire safety that the financial
and Industrial capitalization OF the country
per capita of population has never before
been expanded so greatly within an equal
period of time as during the last half
dozen years.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

In when well known actor formerly ango-
ciated with Robson came to his dressing
room one night and after watching him
make up as the boy in the first act, say:
Rob. you're a fool to play a part like
this. Why don't you try HamletT
The guv'nor pursed up his lips in the
familiar BERTHE style and said. with a
slight laugh. BY Cad. will II they get me
madr
Oh he can't help that he said. when
this Jobs comforter had left the dressing
room. He's always doing that. After 1
had lost $4,000 on Bill Nye's play, "The
Cadi. he came around one night and told
me that on the night of It's first production
he sat beside one of the best known critics
in New York. and before the curtain went
up had told him that he was sure the play
was going to be a failure. Now that was a
helpful friendly suggestion to a critic
wasn't itT
'"The Saturday night when The Gadfy'
had its last production, he was in a very
jocular mood
Think of it, said he, as he stood in
the wings preparatory to going on. Think
OF 1t! 1t has cost me 81 .0C0 every time
l played this part. Crhe loss for the three
weeks was $2O,OO0) Talk about your public
spirited citizens. Where do 1 come in?
Where is my monument? And look how
calm and Indifferent those fourteen of
the lost, strayed or stolen are out there
over the honor that is about to be con-
ferred upon me. You'd think from the
way they sit that they didn't know It costs
me almost 500 apiece to entertain them.
Look at that fine sample of respectability
over there. with the red whiskers and
Edam cheese head-think of spending 500
to entertain him.
'All through the entr'acts he was in
the liveliest moods. have a good mind
60 make a speech, he said, after the
first act.
He assumed a mock threatening attitude.
Yes sir, I've good mind to go out and
tell them that they don't know anything
about art-a la Mansfield. What the public
wants is IA talking to-
"At the end of the next act he came
in and said: I've relented-they look too
innocsnt.'
THE idea of Stuart Robson playing Ham
let will strike most people very
ludicrous. and yet frequently, when he
was telling some story of Forrest OF Booth
or his most intimate friend, Lawrence
Barrett he read the lines with absolutely
none OF the exaggerated intonations that
made his stage work funny and fire.
quently with n great deal of beauty. Peo-
pie often asked about his voice-if he didn't
lisp Off the stage and IL there wasn't a
break in 1t? 1t would surprise many to
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

people looking at the Autographs blocked
mis- way.
"T wonder If that show is any goodY
said one of the men. evidently a country
man in town for the night.
81 understand it is a very good show
said Robson.
Seen it?' was the inquiry.
Sure he replied. "a dozen times
"'Guess wen CO., was the conclusion.
And the actor left them on his way to the
box office.
" Just added Sc to the receipts he ex-
claimed to the treasurer when he reached
his dressing room There's business enter
prise for you. Stuart Robson, barker!"
how does that soundT
mo man loved more to swap stories of
old times, and when he and old Henry
Weaver, who played the part of Samuel
johnson, got together. there was a fund Of
anecdote let loose that held for hours those
fortunate enough to hear it. His stories of
the times when he was a page in the house
of representatives, his memories of John
Wilkes Booth. Edwin Booth Lawrence Bar
rett, Forrest. Cushman. all well told and
enlivened by his keen humor. would make
a book of the most interesting kind.
"The pleasantest memories that many
have of him is. however, as he appeared at
MS summer home at the Highlands of
Navesnk. During the three or four months
he spent there he would probably not move
of the porch more than a dozen times
He was there for comfort and rest and he
took 1t, smoking big black cigars all day.
reading. copying passages out of favorite
books and sticking them up on the walls of
his library, and what pleased him most,
listening to the specious arguments and the
recital Of adventures of his S-year-old boy
There was hardly a One-night stand that
we played in the west or south that the au-
dience did not call him for speech.
He had several in stock for occasions like
this. and the ore he liked best was in part
something like this:
1 was very found of drawing a picture of a
big house with a large room. which
roughly indicated as in the front and in
which hoped some day to play with my
boy companions That dream was never
realized.
Time went by and another little Stuart
Robson came and he. too, had dreams and
those were realized. For the house was
built-nOt quite as big as l had imagined
it and 1t has the room in the front down
there by the Highlands of Navesinlx The
curly headed little chap is playing there
now. and hope he will live long to enjoy
1t. for il was his dream and my dream
and perhaps sorne day his boy will play
there too "
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

know that In his ordinary conversation
his voice was rather deep than otherwise
and that when it broke IL was nearly al
ways, so 1t seemed to me, a conscious
break, for the accentuation of the point
of some funny story that he was telling.
He early learned the value of his voice
and l think 1t rather hurt him a little
that In all the criticisms of the Gadhy'
nothing was said about the fact that il
was different voice IL not a different
personality For three acts he went
through a part that was most serious and
although the same public had been accus-
toned TO see him in parts that were the
acme of the ludcrous, accustomed to his
sGueaky voice and jerky gestures, little
was said about the apparent disappearance
of what he knew the public regarded as an
inseparable part of him.
And they came all prepared to roast
he said. which was, in a way, the truth.
There was strong undercurrent against
the play and the actor. The idea that
Stuart Robson should play anything seri-
Gus was an insult and yet, although they
came to mock and stayed to condemn. 1
cannot remember that there was any one
there who ridicued.
"One of the reasons of Robson's pop
uiaIlty was the ue1erence he PAID TO the
opinion of every actor. no matter how un-
important. His dresser surprised him one
night by suggesting change in his lines,
and whether 1t was to please the man or
rot. he tried the change at rehearsal. after
notifying these present to whom belonged
the credit for the suggestion.
''He was interested, too, in the outside
life of his actors. an unfrequent occurrence
among stars of either the old or the new
schools Once, in New Orleans. a queer
little comedian. known along Broadway as
Jimmy received a fearful letter from
his wife in New York. Evidently he paid
no attention to 1t. for he received another
in a few days, saying that If some money
was not sent to her at once she would sell
his dog as a man next door had offered
her a dollar, probably it's full value.
Jimmy. now thoroughly aroused to the
seriousness of the situation. came to the
manager and begged for an advance. He
was too old an offender, and he was sternly
turned down. In tears he went to the
Guv'nor. He got ten.
Robson said afterward, who could listen
TO Jimmy talk over the possibility of losing
that dollar cur and not shed tears
"He was very fond of telling how once he
'barkcd' for the show when he was playing
in Chicago. He was coming over from the
hotel to the theater one night. and as he
neared the entrance to the theater three
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-17

1t will be seen that street railway mile
age has been nearly tripled; that nearly all
of it is now operated by electric as con-
trasted with horse power only a dozen
years ago; that passengers carried have
more than doubled in number, and that
capitalization has been increased out of
all proportion to the increase in mileage
rejecting in part the increased cost of con-
struction and equipment for electric as
compared with horse roads, and in part the
initiation schemes of syndicates and pro-
moters.
Public attention in the last few years
has been especially directed to the vast
quantity of securities thrown upon the in
vestment market by the trusts. Speouia-
tion and investment have centered largely
upon these industrial consultations
whereas in former times of great specula-
tive activity steam railroads have led in
the storm of imitation and new capital COM
mitments. But 1t is shown in the above
statistics of street railways that this field
OF investment has been broadening TO an