The leader., 1904-08-31

Canton's first bale brought IL Il
cents. The bale Melted 500.

Mrs. Ferd Cupit, Of Wesson,
died Of typhoid fever, leaving /
husband and infant four weeks
old.
4 Greenville is making az elforl
! to get lower insurance rates, ant
there is q prospect that the insnr
ance companies will re-rate the
town 10 the next few weeks.
In a serious cutting ARRAY Oh
the Valley road near Lulu, in the
Delta, g. s. Clark, of Yazoo City,
was severely injured. Whisky
caused the trouble. Clark is-in .
critical condition.
\ I. E. Waldrup. Of Laurel, sec.
rotary of the Truck Growers
i League, reports sales for the sea
son to July 1 gross, Sc, 025. Is;
met, $3, $4,000. Net profit on land
1owned by ASSOCIATION members
averaged 500 to The acre.
7. II. Lee, the s0-year-old son
of I. j. Lee, Of Inverness, Miss,
has been arrested at Memphis
charged with forging bis father s
name to nearly one thousand dol
lars worth of checks, admits his
guilt, and has made the amount
good.
The Agricultural Department
has called for samples Of the soup
pernong grape produced on tile
gulf coast, with the view Of fos-
Itering that culture and establish
ing an experimental vineyard at d
point between Grand Bay, Ala,
and Bay St. Louis, Miss. George
Delius, formerly keeper Of Green
wood Island, engaged in the cul-
ture of this grape several years
ago, and met with such success
that he has now a fine vineyard
two miles from Pascagoula. The
scuppernong is extensively cult
waited at Ocean Springs.
A meeting of the State Board Of
Election Commissioners, compos-
ed of the Governor, Secretary Of
State, and Attorney General, will
meet this week for the purpose Of
appointing the Election Commits
sioners for the seventy-five coun-
ties in the State. There are three
Commissioners to be appointed
from each county, two of them
Democrats and the other either a
Populist or a Republican. In on
4 " ten counties in the State have
the Populists asked for represen-
tation on the local boards. Tt
will take the State Board several
days to finish the task.
The city council of jackson has
practically decided upon the en-
ployment of a city electrician to
have charge Of the business Of
wiring houses and new buildings
erected in that city. It is propos-
ed to elect a city electrician and
to adopt an ordinance clothing
him with the power of inspecting
lall electric wiring done in the city
| in order to see that it is safely and
properly done. Recent fires in
jackson have demonstrated the
fact that much danger results to
property interests from defective
electric wiring. A permit will be
required for wiring building,
and no wiring will be permitted
except under supervision Of the
city electrician. It is, believed
that this move will further secure
the confidence of insurance COM
panies and tend to lessen rates.
| Following the holding of far
mers' institute at Wesson a few
days since, a truckers organiza-
ton was formed with over one
hundred of the best people as
members thereof. This organiza-
ton will arrange for experienced
horticulturists to come and in
struct them in the mode Of plant
ling and handling a vegetable crop,
and the sales will be made as 4
body. The prevalence of the boil
weevil in Texas and the probable
lily of it reaching this State sooner
Tor later, is proving a stimulus to
four people to begin diversifying
their crops and get into the habit
of raising something besides cot
/ ton. For a large portion of the
Estate. trucking and fruit growing
| would prove far more profitable
than cotton, and the weevil may
lproye blessing TO the people Of
those sections in forcing them to
adopt the more profitable crops.
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