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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
MISSISSIPPI
HAPPENINGS
INTEREST oENTERING IN THE
APPOINTMENT OF
TWO NEW CHANCELLORS
Soon to be Named by Governor Var
daman. Confusion in tine Public
Mind as to the Provision of the New
Chancery Redistricting Bill.

The public mind has been generally
confused for some time regarding the
lew chancery court district created by
he legislature, and the appointment
of chancellor therefor to be made by
he Governor An examination of the
legislative act shows that is was pass
ed on the 10Th of March with a pro-
vision that it should go into effect
ninety days from date. It will there
fore not become operative until the
l7th of June. In redistricting the
'hancery court districts of the state
he legislature changed the numerical
rider in a somewhat radical manner.
The old second district was formerly
composed of the counties in the gulf
'oast section, but the coast counties
lnder the new law are now in the
Eighth district. The second and eighth
districts, as arranged by the legisla-
ure, as follows: Second Lauder
iale, Newton, Scott, Rankin, Smith,
Jasper, Simpson and Jones. Eighth
district Hancock, Harrison, Jackson,
Wayne, Green, Perry, Marion, Gov
ngton and Pearl River. Chancellor
O.avours, who presides Ger the old
second district, lives in Jones county,
md he has formally announced as a
candidate for Congress, which means
hat his resignation will be rendered
rs soon as congress adjourns and his
opponent, Hon. E. j. Bowers, returns
lome, Capt. j. L. McCaskill, who
heretofore has been regarded as the
probable successor of Chancellor Dea-
yours, capnot possibly be appointed
% the new eighth district, as he lives
n Rankin county, which is in the new
second district. 1t therefore appears
hat when Chancellor Deavours re-
signs and the new chancery redistrict-
ng bill goes into effect, the governor
will be called upon to appoint two new
.hancellors, instead of one, as has
1een heretofore believed. Thus far a
comparatively small number of appli-
,ants are in the field, especially from
he gulf coast section.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Loss Grows.

Toronto, Ont.-The loss by the fire
is growing. The total loss is esti-
mated by insurance experts at $13,-
100000. The losses of the insurance
companies approximates $S,SS5,0
Already number of firms have Sc
cured temporary offices and the work
of dynamiting the standing walls of
the ruined buildings has begun. 1t
it expected that The buildings destroy
ed viii speedily be replaced by more
pretentious structures.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Railroad Conductor Badly Injured.

Conductor Chilly" Sparrow was
brought to Meridian Saturday after
loon on an Alabama Great Southern
rain in a critical condition. When
picked up by the train crew at Ke-
vance he was unconscious. Immediate
" upon arrival here he was placed
On cot and hurriedly conveyed to the
office of the company's surgeon for
treatment. An examination showed
deep cuts in the forehead and in the
side of the face. After the examina-
ton, the physicians announced that
while the skull had not been fractured,
Mr. Sparrow was suffering from con-
cussion of the brain, and was in a
dangerous condition. The manner in
which Mr. Sparrow was injured could
not be ascertained. The train on
which he was brought to this city met
the train of which Mr.. Sparrow was
conductor at Parker, about thirty-fve
miles from where he was found. 1t
is presumed that Mr.. Sparrow fell
from his train.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Iceland Women at the Fair.

ST. Louis-The first participation
by the women of Iceland in an inter
national movement will be at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Miss
Lavinia Egan, secretary of the Board
of Lady Managers, yesterday received
a letter from Elm Nelson, of Kjoben.
havn, Iceland, stating that her country
women had completed the collection of
q fine exhibit which they desired to
send to the fair.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Trouble in Timber Camp.

The Kingston Lumber Company US
camp, fifteen miles north of Laurel,
was the scene Thursday night of some
thing very similar to white cap out
rage. The camps occupied by the ne
gro savers were fred into and all of
the negroes employed in the woods
left that night or early next morning.
The trouble is said to have been caus-
ed by a negro with smallpox being sick
in the camps, to which the white far
mers in that section objected.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
CHINA PRo-JAPANEsE.

1 Paris. The correspondent of the
Associated Press here is informed that
China has taken quite definite pro-
japanese stand within the last few
days. 1t is said this may involve Sc
rious consequences to the relation be-
tween Russia and China. China s ac-
ton, it is noted, follows the report
that Viceroy Alexieff had requested
the retirement of the Chinese troops.
1t is also report that the Chinese min
lister at st. Petersburg will be recall
ed. Although the latter report is de-
MED, there is reason to believe that
it has some foundation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Rumor in st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg.-A rumor is current
in this city that the japanese sustain
ed heavy losses while attempting a
landing near the mouth of the Yalu
river According to the report, which
is said to be based up on private tel
egram from Port Arthur, the japanese
lost 1000 men. The story is not con-
firmable at this hour, and is discredit-
ed in quarters where the Associated
Press correspondent made inquiries,
but an absolute official statement has
not yet been obtained.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Officially nothing further is known
here in regard to Great Britain S
trouble with Nicaragua beyond the
fact Of which Sir Mortimer Durand,
the British ambassador, has informed
Secretary Hay that the British man
of-war Retribution has left Kingston
for Bluefelds to investigate the
charges that the vessels of some Cay
man turtle fisherman had been seized
by the Nicaraguans and their crews
cruelty treated. The report of the
Retribution has not yet been received,
and it is impossible to say what course
of action the British government will
feel called on to take.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Cashier of Cotton Firm Disappears

Newton T. Winter, bookkceper and
cashier of o. B. Crittenden & Co., cot
ton factors, of Greenville, is charged
with being a defaulter 10 the sum of
$4,000 He has left town and, after
wiring over the country, the police
here have failed to locate him. He
was held in the very highest esteem
and confidence by his employers, and
was regarded as very capable and
valuable man. Winter left Greenville
last week, after exhibiting a message
calling him to the bedside Of his moth
er in Kentucky.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Corn and Wheat Down.

Chicago. Corn has declined ten
cents from the highest point of the
season within month. May wheat
has dropped twenty cents from the
war figures made in February, and, for
the present, there is more anxiety on
the part of the tired longs to get out
than they have shown since the break
started. The most astonishing feature
of the week was the change in the corn
situation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Tramp Alleged to Have Been Killed

The body of strange negro was
found alongside the railroad track just
above EArcola few days ago, shot in
the head. 1t is said the negro was on
the fruit train going north in the
evening and became involved in a
quarrel with two negroes, and that
they shot him and threw his body off
the train. One of the brakemen was
arrested in McComb City, charged
with the crime.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Discontinue Night Work.

After having tried night work for
about two years, the Laurel Cotton
Mills have found it impracticable and
ordered the night force not to report
for duty again. Most of the EN-
ployees will find work on the day
force, but some will have to seek en-
ployment in other mills.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Rain in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, 0. T.-Nearly all
Oklahoma has enjoyed heavy rain.
which was greatly needed by all crops.
Nearly two inches has fallen here.
with the indications that this vii! be
considerably increased.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Recovers child Prom husband.

Harry B. Bearden of Chattanooga,
Tenn, for whom the police have. been
looking for several days on the charge
of kidnapping his six-year-old daugh-
ter, was arrested at Friars Point Sun
day. Mrs. Bearden came here from
Memphis, and when Mr.. Bearden
agreed to deliver the child to her be
was released from custody.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Engineer Killed.

North and southbound freight trains
collided two miles north of Pott e
Camp Sunday, killing engineer Bob
Musgrove of Winfield, Ala, and three
negro tramps, names unknown, except
George Bryant of Birmingham, Ala.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Smallpox Prevalent.

A good deal of uneasiness has arisen
at Pearlington in the last few days
on account of smallpox. 1t has been
spreading for some time among thu
negroes, and now two or three whita
families are said to have it.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
Collecting Data.

Horace M. Goddard is now engaged
in collecting the necessary data show
ing the material resources of Missis-
sippi, the same to be published IN
book form and distributed at the
World s Fair.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Representative Tawney (Rep.) of
Minnesota is pushing resolution di-
recting the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor to inquire into the charge
that ga large class of wholesale deal
ers in chewing and smoking tobacco
in the New England States, compris-
ing practically all the wholesale to-
bacco dealers in that section Of the
country, have suddenly and without
notice or warning thrown out and dis
continued the purchase and sale of all
chewing and smoking tobacco not
manufactured and sold by certain
large corporations. !"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Dr.aAlexander Graham Bell has fix
ed the time for the exhibition of his
famous tetrahedral kites and he has
selected a field at Chevy Chase as the
place of trial. One of the kites to be
flown is the famous Victor /. This
is the kite which is expected to lift a
man and after which, when it has been
made tractable to motor power and
steering gear, the twentieth centnry
lying machine may be fashioned.
Prof. Bell .has worked op the problem
of aerial navigation for two or three
seasons at his summer home in Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, but he has never
given public exhibition, and his ex-
periments have been shrouded in some
mystery. 1t has been claimed, how
ever, that he met with some success at
Cape Breton last summer. He con-
tinued his Investigations during the
last winter, and the announcement
that he will exhibit his kite in pub
lie has led to the belief that he has
met with still further success.
Announcement is made at the State
Department that the United States
had acknowledged the receipt of the
Russian Governments note defining
the status of the correspondents in the
Far East using wireless telegraphy.
In acknowledging the note this gov
ernment reserves the right to take any
action which may be necessary if the
interests of American citizens are af-
fected. Secretary Hay and Count Cas-
SIM briefly discussed the wireless tel
egraphy question, and it is believed
here that when the war is over Rus
sia and the United State may take the
lead in calling of worlds congress
to define once for all the status of
wireless telegraphy and the law of ma
tions.
Neither the Payne bill, proposing to
impose a duty of $50 on every i'm
migrant arriving in the United States
on a foreign ship from any country
discriminating directly or indirectly
against American ships, nor the Dill
bingham bill, which would exclude
from the United States immigrants
brought under any contract such as
that recently entered into between the
government of Hungary and the Cum
ard Steamship Line for the transpor-
tation of emigrants from Flume, will
be acted on by congress during the
present session. 1t is the intention
of Senator Lodge, however, to offer
an amendment to the general deficien-
cy bill, now pending in the senate, by
which immigrants brought under the
Cunard contract would be excluded.
Among the many important meas
,ures put to sleep in committees at this
session Of congress, the bills conferr-
ing rate-making powers on the Inter
state. Commerce Commission deserve
special notice by reason of the man.
ner of their chloroforming. 1t was
announced few days ago, after the
meeting of. the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
that these bills had been put over un-
til the next meeting. This means, in
all human probability, that legisla-
ton on this line will not be heard OF
again this year.
President Roosevelt has selected
Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court
OF first instance, Philippine Islands
to succeed William II. Hunt as Gov
ernor Of the Island of Porto Rico.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

The fact that Chairman Burton and
those of his committee who probably
will be on the Conference Committee
have severely denounced the Senate
amendments providing for surveys and
have not criticised the levee amend
ment, encourages the friends of the
Mississippi River to hope that trade
may be effected in conference where
by this amendment will be accepted
and the others be rejected.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

United States Commercial Agent
Greener, at Vladivostok, has been in
structed, through Ambassador McCor-
mick, to inform the japanese Consul
at the Island of Sakhalin, that YES
sci will be sent to the island to take
back to Japan the consular staff and
the refugees. The arrangements for
sending the ship are to be made by
Japan, through the authorities at
Washington.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

House members are alarmed at the
provision for coinage Of subsidiary
coin, but Senator Aldrich says the
removal of the limitations will not be
harmful.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

President Roosevelt has selected
Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court
OF first instance, Philippine Islands,
to succeed William II. Hunt as Gov
ernor Of the Island of Porto Rico.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

The Conference Committee of the
two houses will have to work on the
emergency Rivers and Harbors Bill.
1t is believed that the levee amend
ment will remain in. Mr.. Burton re-
fuses to talk on the subject.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Midshipman Clifford P. Meyer, of
New Orleans, is'likely to be in trouble
Iat Annapolis for failure to report the
absence without leave, of cadets when
he was officer of the day.
Bill for governing the Panama Canal
zone passed the House. President
RoosevelAs power therein was crit
icised
British and German Embassies will
be established at Lexon, and Ambas-
sador Jusserand will go to France.
Navy officers say no orders were
given to refuse the enlistment of ne
groes in this city.
The Emergency Rivers and Harbors
Bill passed the Senate.
Only the General Deficiency Bill and
the Military Academy Bill remain.
The Pension Bill carrying $137,-
100000 passed the Senate.
The bill for bridge over Red river
at Shreveport was passed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Offers his professional services to the
people Of Scooba and Kanpsr county.
S@ Special attention given to olaee
work.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

General law practice in all the
Courts of Mississippi. Special atten-
ton given 70 legal writings and COZ
lections.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28
SHUQUALAK. MISS.

Will practice in the Counties Of KEN
per. Noxubee and adjoining COUNTIES.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Tenders his professional services "
the people OF Wshalak Gnd vicinisy.
Calls answered day and night.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

The Emergency Rivers and Harbors
Bill passed the Senate.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-04-28

Branch Office in Scooba. Miss. A
member OF the firm will be in Scoobs
every saturday.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28

Women run for office occasionally
in Australia, and one who was a can
didate for the senate in one oil the
states recently had to travel good
deal in order to reach the electors.
AS she had no money she charged a
small fee for admission to her meet
ings, and it speaks well for the quail
ty of her oratory and for her general
attractiveness that she bad crowed-
ed houses. She told her audience plain
ly that she was obliged to make a
charge in order to pay her way. and
il there was any balance she would
hand it to the charities.
She was not elected to the Office
she sought, but she set an example
that even men, not only in Australia,
but in other countries, who are ambi-
tious for Office and are impecunious
may think it wise to follLw.
Here in America w. j. Bryan has
made fortune while running for Of
fee. AS candidate for president he
has made five times as much money
as men made who were elected.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
The Prohibitory Law Of 1855.


The Rev. T. A. Goodwin, of Indian
apolis, who, in spite of his age, still
belongs to the church militant, has
just published small pamphlet, CIV
ing an account of the agitation which
resulted In the passage Of the prohibit
tory liquor law of 1855. AS one of the
last that survive of those who took
part in the campaign Of fifty years
ago Dr.. Goodwin has In his possession
some historic facts relating TO that
law, how it worked, and what came
of the law, all which are of interest 20
all who are taking part in observing
the struggle to maintain or repeal the
present liquor law. Dr. Goodwin will
be pleased TO give any one that asks a
copy of the pamphlet: or ne Will mail
1t free to any one in Indiana writing
for it that incloSes postage Il cent?.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
In Marshall County 6S Years.

Sixtv-eight years ago, July 20. 1886,
W. D. Thompson of this city, known
throughout the county as Dickson
Thompson, arrived in this county with
his parents and settled near Maxim
kuckee lake. He has been a resident
of the county ever since and every
year he spends the 26th of July on the
ground where he first settled in Mar
shall county. OF those who came to the
county In 1885 with the Nc Donalds.
ThompSons, DicksonS, Hultz and Vo-
ries, from Favette county, Indiana,
onlT few now survive. These old
settlers were among the best the
county ever had and many of them
and their descendants have been prom.
inent in county affairs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28

Mrs. Marv Lang Johnson was for
merly teacher in the schools of Elk
hart, but she has been in Korea for
several years with her brothers, who
are engaged in mining near Gensan.
With the beginning IF hoStllities
Mrs. Johnson and friends of her sex
were ordered to Chemulpo, there to
take the cruiser Cincinnati for anoth-
er port. The trip to friendly port
was beset with many difficulties. Mrs.
Johnson, enroute, attempted to take
picture of the fortified terrace at
Modji. beautiful city, and she was
arrested by the japanese as spy.
She has crown of SNOWY white hair,
out of keeping with her years, and
the Danish captain of the little vessel
which was to take the refugees away,
knowing the reverence which the Ko-
reans and japanese entertain for age,
talked long and cxaggeratedly of her
years, extending them to a hundred,
and finally secured her release.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28

The idea that democratic success
in Indiana is wholly or even largely
dependent on the choice of Thomas
Taggart to be chairman Of The nation
al committee is not a little amusing.
The success of great party In great
state is rarely, ifever, dependent on
the fortunes OF any one man. And
Mr.. Taggart is not SO supreme in dem
ocratic councils as to make bis eleva-
tion to the head Of the national COM
mittee a guaranty Of victory, or bis
defeat sure forerunner OF disaster.
II democrats carry Indiana it will be
cause the people have lost confidence
in President Roosevelt and the evil
dence now is all in the opposite direc-
tion, consequently Indiana may be
counted on for large republican ma
jority.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
Bryan's Real Position,

Bryan is now before the public in
his real position. His COmmoner has
announced his program for reorgan-
izing the democratic party. 1t is SO
out Of harmony with the present pur-
poses and its principles that he cannot
be very able advocate of the candi-
date or platform this year. He pro-
nounces in favor of state ownership of
railroads. He also declares in favor
CT an income tax. But the silliest
thing be says is that economic re-
form must come through the demo
cratic party When any reform that
is not revolution comes through that
party Mr.. Bryan will have been SO
long dead that he will be forgotten
Elkhart Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
Congressman Fights Snake.

Although Congressman Frederick
is undisputed, he was forced to admit
defeat in fight with snake at Max
inkuckee Friday.
Lands stepped out of the door of
the cottage where he is spending the
summer. and his gaze was frozen by
the sight of large rattlesnake. Az
ter securing a cudgel he fought for
almost five minutes and finally retired,
allowing the snake TO escape.
A large number of people were
drawn to the scene seeing the lanky
congressman engaged in duel with
the deadly rattleSnake.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28

A Chicago dispatch of the 10th
states: "Weary Of turmoil and hard
ship encountered while struggling for
a living In the face of strikes and
lockouts, AZ families Of the strikers
left Chicago Friday to return to Aus
tira- Hungary. There they will receive
less pay, they say, but their employ
ment will be more steady and bereft
of peril" THE strike bosses Of Chica-
go have made life burden for wage
workers who aim to make an honest
living by doing an honest days work.
Under the tvrannical system now in
vogue no wage-worker is enabled to
make any sort of calculation as to his
future and the support OF his family.
No matter how well satisfied be may
De with his position, be is liable to be
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28
The announcement Il

The announcement that w. f..
Armstrong, Of Kokomo, who has been
one Of the democratic leaders of How
ard county for quarter of century,
will support the republican ticket this
fall, has occasloned much comment.
Mr.. Armstrong has been exceeding
ly we'll treated by the democratic par
ty, and If he has decided to leave it
bis conviction must be strong that 1t
is the only course he can consistently
and honestly pursue. Twice auditor
of bis county, postmaster under Cleve-
land. eight years mayor Of the city
and twelve years . member Of the
City Council, to which be vas reelec-
ted last MAJ, is his Official record,
which shows his standing with DEM
ocracy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-07-28

The Plymouth Democrat last week
said that the proprietor of the Trib-
une had been a resident of this city
only a few years and should not say
anything about old citizens. Metsker
was evidently thinking of himself
The proprietor of the Tribune was
born in Plymouth and has lived here
more years than Metsker would have
to live to be as old Is the democratic
candidate for vice president.