The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-16
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS


ing set back.
Over 700 girls have attended the
|. |. and G. this term.
Biloxi is agitating The PROPOSE
ton of having a paid fire depart
ment.
Hon. Carter Harrison, mayor
of Chicago, is spending a few days
on the coast.
The Trustees of the Girls In
dustrial College will build a $40,-
600 music hall.
Governor Vardaman has been a
great sufferer from neuralgia in
the arm and shoulder.
The game between Tulane and
Mississippi College resulted in a
score of IA to 4 in favor of Tulane. |
Little Willie May Pierce. in
fant of DR.. and Mrs. A. I. Pierce,
of Magnolia, died last Wednesday.
S. B Ogden, of Monroe, La,
and Miss Bunie Harris, of Ed
wards, were married on the 18th. |
At Lexington, after depth of
1920 feet was reached, water flow
ed from an artesian well. Oil was
on the surface.
Revs B. F. Jones and c. w.
Crisler and other Brookhaven di-,
vines attended the Missionary In
stitute at Magnolia.
The commencement at the Girls
Industrial College will begin June
7th. Hon. A. f. Fox will deliy-
er the annual address.
A. D. Royals, formerly of the
Laurel Hotel, has assumed charge
of the hotel heretofore conducted
by c. E. Watts at Mt. Olive.
There we're 200 delegates in
attendance upon the Mississippi
Institute of the African Metho-
dist conference of Mississippi, at
Jackson.
At Holly Springs a regro girl
confessed to trying to poison John
L. Hudson By putting strychnine
in some wafles, She implicated
three negro men, whose object
was robbery of Mr.. Hudson's
house after he was dead.
George Green, two and a half
years old, and little girl, whose
only name is Little Ruby, both
inmates of the Methodist Orphans
Home in Water Valley, had theil
clothing set on fire while standing
near CRATE and were fatally
burned.
Adjutant General Fridge has
issued commissions to officers of
the Greenwood company as fol-
lows: B. &. Humphreys, cap
tain; q. L. Ray, first lieutenant;
w. M. Priestly, second lieutenant.
This is Company 6 of the First
regiment of infantry.
Gov. Vardaman has pardoned
Willie Baxter, of Winston county,
serving life sentence for criminal
assault. The pardon was granted
on the recommendation of the tri-
al Judge. as well as the Jury and
many prominent citizen, on the
showing that the woman whom
Baxter was charged with assault
ing is of dissolute character.
Mr.. G. p. Younts returned
Wednesday afternoon from Colum-
bus, where he attended the best
meeting Of the Y. M. G. A. con-
vention in its history. Mr.. Younts
was made secretary of the body
and was not, therefore, as free to
enjoy the convivjalities of the sea-
son, as were others less honored.
The secretary of the Board of
Control of the penitentiary has
received letter from J. G. Cul-
pepper, chief of police of Pine
Bluff, Ark, stating that he holds
a negro who claims to be a Missis-
tsippi convict, who was pardoned
In 1894. The negro gave the
name of C. G. Smith. No such
prisoner appears on the rolls of
the prison.
|. Scranton will have an exhibit of
mussel shells at the Worlds Fair.
|Some Of these shells are six inches
lin diameter. They were found in
1.-THE waters Of the Pascagoula Riv-
Ter, and it is said that immense
deposits Of these shells may be
found in the upper reaches of the
Pascagoula River and in Dead
Lake. The pearl mussle shell is
the material from which the.
pearl buttons Of commerce are
manufactured.
Judge a. G. Mayors the
/ youngest citizen Of Brandon, Isl
spending the day with friends at
1.-The capital, where he is always ac-I
lcorded a royal welcome. Judge
| Mayors has been reader of the
IClarion- Ledger since 1867, and he
lis firmly convinced that his steady
lperusal Of the columns Of this
[great religious daily has had al
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