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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Preventing Train DeraiIments.

A German railroad official has
patented Ga device for the pre-
venting the derailment of trains,
designed to decrease the dangers
of such accidents, and also those
resulting from broken axles and
wheels. A rail is adjusted on the
truck of the car parallel with
the axle, about an inch above and
at right angles with the rails.
Should a derailment occur, this
crossrail will drop on the tracks,
without permitting the wheels
to touch the ground. The car
will then drag along on the cross
rail and stop the train. The
crossroads are placed as close as
possible to track and supplied
with springs to break the force
of the settling of the car
as much as possible, and are also
fitted with projections underneath
to prevent the car from leaving
the track.
Apropos the above bit of in
formation the Providence Journal
says: Everything possible should
be done, and at once, to increase
the safety of human life on Amer
lean railroads, even if it be found
necessary to adopt Senator Hoar's
suggestion and bind a railroad di-
rector to every cowcatcher.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
NOTICE FOR PuBLIcATIoN

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT. OF THE INTERIOR, LAND Or
FIcE AT JACKSON, MISS, APRIL 10. 1904 =
Notice is hereby given that the following-nam-
ed settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in his support of hts claim, and tina
spid proof will be made before the Chaucery
Clerk, Lincoln County, at Brookhaven, Mississ.
ippi, on May "a, 1904: Ed Northern, III, E. No
81 $685. for the SWsS NE14, Section IL. T. N, Il.
East of Washington Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Monroe johnson, j. P. Brown.
Walter Norton, L. E. Yawn, all of Bogue Chitto,
Mississippi.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

|Of 4 Special Meeting Of the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen Of Boeue
ChlttO. Miss. APRIL 8. 1904


AT special meeting Of the Mayor
and Board OF Aldermen OF the Village
OK Bogue Chitto, Miss, held at the
Mayors office of said village Friday.
April 9Th, 1904, at 8 o'clock o. M.
there we're present His Honor. g. III.
Vernon, May or; T. j.. McGehee, s. ii.
Newman and j. N. Yawp. aldermen.
and, B. w. O'Neal, marshal.
Notice OF this meeting was given as
follows:
State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.
Bogne Chitto, Miss.s
April 8, 1904.
To B. w. O'Neal, Marshal of the Village Of Bo-
que Chitto, Miss:
This is to command you to give no.
tice to 7. l.. McGehee, s. B. Newman
and j. N. Yawn, aldermen of the vii
lage of Bogue Chitto, Miss, to be and
appear at the Mayors office OF said
village Friday, April 9Th, 1904, at s
o'clock p. m, to attend to important
business as follows: To allow ac-
counts, to pass all ordinances neces-
sary to adopt form Of school building
bond, and all ordinances necessary to
sell school building bonds to Thomas
J. Bolger Company, of Chicago, Ill, as
per request of said Thomas J. Bolger
Company.
(Signed) @. b. VERNON, Mayor.
Returns made of said notice by b.
w. O'Neal, marshal of the Village of
Bogue Chitto, Miss:
Stateof Mississippi
Lincoln County.
Bogue Chitto, Miss,
April s, 1904.
To the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen of the
Village:
This is to certify that I, B. w.
| O'Neal, Marshal Of the Village Of Bo-
que Chitto, served the within notice
and writ on T. l.. McGehee, s. B. New
man and J. N. Yawn, aldermen of said
village, personally, by reading same
aloud in the presence and hearing of
said aldermen, at least three hours
prior to time of meeting. as required
by Section 1890 of the Annotated Code
of Mississippi of 1902.
Witness my signature this, the 9Th
day Of April, 1904.
B. w. O'NEAL, Marshal.
On motion the following accounts
were allowed and warrants ordered is
sued on respective funds for same:
STREET FUND.
w. F. Kyzar, to repairing bridge S.
! v. v. Rusby, to 10 ps. 2x12-18 It.
at $500 per M..--..-...--..-....-.-. 4 30
B. w. O'Neal, to per cent. COM
mission on $66 81 street fund
collected from Lincoln county
| April 4, 1904 - 3 AZ
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
State Convention Called at Jackson on
iune 18th Next

The State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee met In jackson
Monday with a quorum present
and adotped the following Tesolu-
tons:
Resolved, That a Democratic
state convention be held ut Jack
son, Miss, on Wednesday, the fif.
teenth day 70 June, 1904, for the
purpose of selecting q state execu.
tive committee, to appoint dele
gates to the national convention,
and to nominate Presidential cleo,
tors, the delegates to said state con.
vention to be selected as provided
by chapter Sc Of the laws Of 1909,
and the amendments thereto by
the laws of 1904.
Resolved, Further, that the
secretary be and is hereby direct
ed to make proper publication Of
this resolution in the newspapers
of the state, and to have publish
ed for the information Of the
county executive committees Sec
tion 3 of an act to amend sections
8, 5, 8, 10, ETC., of chapter 5, OF
the acts of 1902, known as the
primary election law, approved
March 9th, 1904 y
Messrs. Webb. Maxwell and
Power were appointed as com.
mjttee on arrangements to see tc
providing accommodations in rep
resentative's hall.
After the Committee adjourned,
the chairman issued the following
official call:
To the Democratic electors of tht
State of Mississippi:
Notice is hereby given that at /
meeting of the State Democratic
Executive Committee held il
Jackson, Miss, on the 18th day oil
April, 1904, by a resolution ther
and there duly passed, it was or
dered that a state Democratic con
vention be held in the city of Jack
son on Wednesday, the 18th day
of June, 1904, for the purpose o.
selecting a state executive com
mittee, to appoint delegates to
the national Democratic conyen
ton, and to nominate Democratic
Presidential electors, anu to trans
act such other business as may
come before it. County execu.
tive committees, in selecting del
egates to the county and state con
Ventions, are requested to observe
section 1, of the act of the Legis
lature amending section 3 of th'
laws of 1902, approved Marcel
9Th, 1904, copy Of which is here
to appended.
Dated at jackson, Miss, thi,
the 25th day of April, 1904.
G. C. MILLER,
Chairman
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

Next Saturday the great Worlds
Fair will open at ST. Louis. This
great city has achieved a feat
noteworthy in many ways. 1t
has completed the largest, the
most comprehensive, and best ar
ranged display of the arts and
handicrafts Of man the world has
ever seen. The highest praise
that can be given it, is to say that
it surpasses the Chicago Worlds
Fair.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Registrars Notice,
CITATION NOTICE.

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
To Win Wilson: You are commanded to APP
pear before the Chancery Court of the County
of Lincoln in said State on the second Nj nday
n May, 1904 at Rules. to defnd the suit in said
Court of Albert Evans ct al, vs. L. J.. Decell Ell
al, wherein you are defendant.
This, the II day of April, A. d. 1904
X. w. MCNA1R. CLERK.
JONES & MCCULLOUGH, Solicitors.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
c. A. GORDON, sec'y.

The amendment to the primary
election law adopted by the legis-
lative session, and approved on
the 9th of March by tile Cover
nor, to which the committee calls
attention, is as follows:
The state executive committee
shall consist of three members
from each congressional district,
to be chosen by the delegates
from the different congressional
districts, each district acting sep
arately; and shall hold for four
years, and until their successors
are chosen. A state convention
shall be held by each political
party in this state in the year
1904, and every four years there
after, to select a state executive
committee, to appoint delegates
to the national convention, and
to nominate Presidential electors.
Each county shall be entitled in
the state convention to number
of votes equal to double its vote
in the house of representatives.
The delegates are to be selected
by county delegate conventions,
to be held in each county. Dele
gates shall be apportioned equal
ly among the supervisors dis
tricts of each county, or each pre-
cinct in the county shall be given
representation in the county con-
vention in proportion to the votes
cast at the preceding Presiden-
tial election for its party candi-
date. The county executive COM
mittee shall designate a date and
the number of delegates to be
elected, giving at least ten days
notice for the precinct election,
on which date the electors of such
precinct shall meet at 10 o'clock
a. M, at the usual voting places
and by secret ballot elect dele
gates to represent such voting
precinct in the county convention.
The delegate convention of each
county shall choose acounty exec
utive committee, consisting of
three members. from each super
aisos's district, as above pro-
yided, who shall hold until the
county contention convenes four
years later.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

A cyclone struck Mt. Vernon,
Texas and badly demolished elev-
en- houses. A score of persons
were seriously injured. The storm
was general over large scope of
country,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
PUNISHMENT OF NHlTECAPS DEMAND.


RACES, which have prevailed in
Amite, Franklin and Lincoln
counties during the last year or
two, the Legislature at its recent
session, passed a bill appropriat-
ing $500 year as secret service
fund to be used by the Governor
at his discretion in breaking up
this form of lawlessness. The
fact that there have been repeat
ed outrages of this character in
the counties named, during the
past few months, has determined
the Governor to move in the mat
ter and to exercise all the author
ity and power given him under
the laws of the State, to assist the
courts in bringing the guilty part
les to justice. 1t is known that
one step taken by His Excellency
has been to employ expert and re-
liable detectives with the fund
provided by the legislature, and it
is believed these Pinkerton men
are doing some good work toward
the accomplishment of the end
desired.
1t would seem that the time has
come when all good citizens of
Lincoln and other counties where
white-capping is carried on-far-
mers, merchants, bankers, saw
mill men and all others who be-
lieve in conserving the best inter
ests of their State and counties
and an orderly administration of
the law, should make their power
and influence felt for the suppress
sion of these crimes. Some white
men, who have committed and
sympathized with this Iawlessness
seem to have gotten the notion in
to their heads that because Gov.
Vardaman during his can vass for
Governor opposed giving the ne
gro any political recognition and
the prevailing policy of educating
him, that he would look with ia
vor upon the negroes extermina-
ton, and, as Governor, sanction
any outrages that might be COM
mitted upon him. It is need
less to say that such men
have egreglousIy misinter-
preted the Governors views and
sentiments, as some of them will
find to their sorrow, if they per-
sist in their outrages upon negro
citizens of the State. While the
Governor is opposed to any gen
eral or higher education of the ne
gro, he is distinctly in favor of
having him become useful labor
er and productive citizen and of
granting him the full protection
of the law in his efforts to earn All
honest livelihood and enjoy the
comforts of life which bis indus
try and labor may legitimately
bring. In short Gov. Vardaman
especially favors the industrial
education of the negro, while the
white-capper is not willing for
the negro to work and make an
honest living in the community by
the sweat of his brow, and enjoy
the fruits of his toll and industry,
whether this is done on the farm
or at the mill or in some other
way where his labor is needed.
The truth is, the White-capper as
he exists in Lincoln and the other
counties named, is an unmitigated
evil and the time is at hand when
all officers of the law and all good
citizens of the county are expect
ed by the chief executive Of the
State to lend their influence and
efforts to land him behind prison
bars and exterminate him. The
Leader believes tie good citizens
of Lincoln county are ready to
shoulder the responsibility and do
their full duty in the paemises.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

Tie ancient DR.. Boteler said 81
STRAWBERRIES: Doubtless God
could have made a better berry
bat God never did. We, Of this
latter day period, arc prone to
agree with The Aesculapius of The
seventeenth century.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27


joseph Fields Morris, Of Bel
ford, N. J., acted as best man al
the wedding of his grandson on
April %. Mr.. Morris was 10o
years of age on the day Of the
wedding. The minister who tied
the knot was so years old.
This has been said to be the day
Of the married woman. We pre-
sumo, from the above item, that
her day has passed away and
that the old men will now have
their inning. Fling away ambi.
ton. By that sin fell the angels, I
my old friend.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

We believe in being generous.
We have several cart loads of con-
gressional records on hand. Any
one may have them for the asking
free gratis.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

There are FIVE hundred thous-
and woman school teachers in
America, and it is startling to
learn that there are more women
preachers than there are men
dressmakers in the United States.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Men OF Oak

Tinbers Of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. It pays to use the
right stuff.
Men Of oak Z are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers Of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy consti-
tuition.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
4o9-4l5 Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and $l.oo; all druggists.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

How many talents and gifts Of
mind have lain undeyeloped and
unknown for lack Of inspiration
or sympathetic assurance. A per
son thatcan awaken dormant pow
ers and latent energies il others
is more than genius he is .
benefa0tor to his race.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Count signed:
COUPON

On the first day Of january, the
Village Of Bogue Chitto, Miss, PROMISE
III pay the bearer i've dollars at tbs'
Capital National Bank in the city 4
Jackson, Mi sissippi, for interest dns
that day on lis School Bond No..
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

We are told to forgive our enc
mics: but how about forgirinp
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Petition for Pardon.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN,
TO Gov. J X. 3 ARDAsfAN
We the undersigned petitioners show to your
Honor as follows VIZ :
That a year Or more ago Sidney Nelson WINS
convicted Of uansauehtef aud SENTENCED to
The renltentlafy for 4 period or seven Years
That the testimony for the state showed That
just before Nelson shot the deceased for which
ne was convicted the deceased with a IDEALLY
weapon knocked the mother Of Sidney Nelson
down, aud at the moment Of the shooting there
was great proyoeationl Il not ustieas ion for the
act Of Nelson;
That Nelson has mother ID siipDorf and
that he has been sufficiently punished
Your petitioners therefore pray your honor to
pardon the said Sidney Nelson.
Signed II. A, CASE.
MdGl01f CASE.
ana others,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

The vagrant law goes into eject
tomorrow
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
Your Tongue

If it's coated, yoar sfemsell
is bad, your liver Is oat
order. Ayers Pills will clean
your tongue, cure your dys-
pepsia, make your liver right.
Easy to take, easy II operate.
use. All druggists.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27
FOR CONGRESS.
We are authorized to announce
HON. r. A. McLAIN,

of Amite County, Miss, as candidate for the
Democratic nomination to succeed himself as
Congressman from this (Seventh) district
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

Votes Yeas: T. L. McGehee, S. B.
Newman and ]. N. Yawn; nays, none.
On motion the board adjourned.
G. FL. VERNON, Mayor.
j. N. YAwN, Clerk.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-27

GENERAL FUND.
G. H. Vernon, Mayor, to quarter
of fines----..-.....-----.--.-..--.-
B. w. O'Neal, Marshal, to quar-
ter of fines
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29

and the great feecy staple is pro-
duced in sufficient quantities to
run as many mills as are at work
at any point in the world. The
character of the labor obtainable is
as good as can be found anywhere.
and the time that a mill can be run
is measured by the length of the
year. Every condition exists here
that could be desired to invite fac
tories in the lines existing. The
country is in fine shape. There is
lots of money on hand and ready
for investment. There is nothing
to hinder additional factories from
coming here. We hope our people
may seize the grand opportunity
that lies before them aud turn
their thoughts to the advancement
of themselves and the city lndivid-
uaIly and collectively. The past
has proven what they can do by
push and earnest efforts. Why
can't 1904 be our bonanza year?
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
HIGH PRICE OF COTTON.
CoahOma County Negro Gives
Varddman thu Credit.

Jackson, Miss, JAM, ia
mong the interested visitors to
Jackson, and of those who crowd
ed in the gallery of the Represen-'
tatives Hall.today was an old gray
headed, but well-to-do-looking ne
gro from Coahoma county. Being
asked why he was here to witness
the Inauguration of such a man rs
Governor of the State who said so
many harsh things about the negro,
the old man said: "I}oss, OATS de
biggest man in de United States. |
don't keer whut he say erbout ed
dicatin' de niger jest so he keep
de price O. cotton whar it is now.
| done motifs dat sence he was lee
ted Gubnor OBJ de State Use gittin'
IL cents err pound fer all de cotton
| git to de railroad, whereas fore
dat time | was only gittin' 9 and 10
cents. | sho is er Vardaman man
and | gwine ter stay dat way long
as he keeps de price oh cotton Dove
ten cents"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
Room for More

Tupelo has nine factories, inclu-
ding all plants entitled to the name
and there is not one of them that
is lot doing we'll. The success that
has attended those that are in op-
GRAFTON has been so positive and
marked that it has been clearly
demonstrated that Tnpelo is a fine
place for them. Of the nine plants
there are no two in the same line.
and as all of them have proven sue
cessful it is established that or c1-
ty has points of special adaptation
for nine different branches of in
dustrial enterprises. The success
of these factories proves that con-
ditions exist here that are wanted
in these various branches and that
all the requisite material for man.
ufacturing the commodities which
they turn out is to be procured
cheaply and abundantly. The prox-
unity of the city to the coal fields
of Alabama enables them to pro-
cure coal at low figures. The sup
ply of timber near us is abundant
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
Governor Vardaman.

The Journal did not have any
thing to say last week about our
new governor, because We had not
rea | his inaugural address and be-
cause we were so limited in the
space that we could devote to
him and his policies. With his
Inauguration a new regime begun
in ON state, both in the personnel
of the state officials and in the
policies which are to govern the
conduct of his administration.
These policies had beet clearly
and definitely announced IN the
canvass preceding the late prl
maries and had received the en-
phatic endorsement of the demo-
Gratis of the state.
We have carefully read Gov.
Vardaman's inaugural and are
prepared and pleased to give it
our unqualified approval. 1t is a
strong and comprehensive an
nouncement of his views on the
principal questions agitating the
public mind. 1t is a plain, open
aud frank statement of his views
on the matters and things of which
it treats aud clearly shows how
loyalty he will stand by his promis-
es that he made while a candidate.
It was written in his best vein,
terse, compact and free from all
antiquities. AS a literary compo-
sition 1t is faultless and in striking
contrast with some of the bombas-
tic and vain-glorious effusions
that have preceded it.
That Governor Vardaman will
make Mississippi a model COVER
nor we have never doubted. He is
a plain, old-fashioned democrat
and will deport himself as u
chief executive In an transformations
manner. He will look after the
duties of his office with an eve
single to the interests of the whole
people. In his message, he ad-
vises some changes in the order of
things which he found when he
came in. These are to be determin-
ed by the legislature. OF one
thing the people may be satisfied.
He will be true to them and in
all things will stand by his con-
yictions of right. We predict for
Governor Vardaman a brilliant,
business like administration, free
from scandals and as far from re-
publican leanings and tendencies
as the south is from the north
pole.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
Masonic.

SYMBOLIC.
Stated COmmunicat o ST ne O
Lodge No.-31S. First Friday night in
each month.
CAPITULAR.
Stated Conyocation-Tupelo r O a |
Arch Chapter, No, Z. Third Friday
night in each month.
CRYPTIC.
Stated acknowledgement Council, No.
g., Royal and Select Masters. Fourth
Friday night in each month.
Masonic School of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Friday night in each month.
All above stated meetings held in Ma
sonic Temple
From April LIST to Sept 3Oth, inclu-
sive at 100 p. m.
From Oct. LIST. to March 31st, Inclu-
sive at 100 p. m.
All Masonic visiting brethren or Com
panions in good standing, invited and
welcomed.
A series of Lectures are expected to be
delivered at sundry times by expert
Craftsmen of the ROYAL Craft.
The Knight Templar residents of Tu
pelo are expected to observe the several
Festivals of that Order, at the prescrib-
ed times.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
In the Matter of Working the Roads
by Contracts.

The Board after having under their
o sideration the matter OF working
the public roads OF Lee County by con-
tract system, examined the existing
laws on the subject, and tie opinion of
the Supreme Court in the S1st, Miss
Reports, in regard to said law, they
are OF the opinion that the existing law
ia very detective, in that it provides for
the working OF oil roads OF the County
by contract, and that the amount of
taxes provided for in said law ia wholly
inadequate, and in the hope Of the pres
eht legislature making changes in said
and knowing that ii the present
law was adopted it could not be put
in force under IL months, it was there
fore ordered by said Board, that the
matter of working the Public Roads of
the County by contract be and il here
by continued until a further order OF
this Board. Ordered in open court this
the 9th day of January 1901.
G. W. LONG, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-01-29
Order Of Board Of Supervisors.

Ordered by the Board that from and
after this date, that any person who
takes a contract to do public works
for Lee county which contract shall ex-
coed $25, 90 shall give bond for his work
and in case of failure of any contractor
to give bond, before the adjournment OF
the term of Court at which his contract
was awarded, his contract shall be
forfeited, and the clerk OF this Board
is hereby ordered to readvertise such
contracts for the next term of Court.
1t is not Intended that this order
shall be construed to mean that those
whose contracts are less than $500
shall not give bond, but is to fully en-
force the law on the subject, and this
is to give notice.
Given under my hand this the 9th
day OF January A. D. 1904.
G. w. LONG, Clerk.