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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
FIRST BALE OF COTTON.
IT VAS BROUGHT M By ]. R. McCE.
HEE AND 4. +. MIDDLETON AND
SELLS FOR II CENTS.
Also Captures MeGratI's Prize Of
$500 III Gold.

The first bale Of cotton Of the
cIop og 1904, was brought to
Bro0khaven yesterday morning,
August 10Th. It was raised i0int-
Ily by Messrs. j R. McGehee and
III. z. Middleton, two prominent
farmers who reside near Mont-
gomery station. It weighed $40
pounds, classed as middling, and
was bought BY Messrs. John Nc
Grath q Sons at III cents. The
lucky sellers also scooped III be.
sides the purchase price, Nc
Grath's premium Of $25. 100 in gold
for the first bale of the season
marketed at Brookhaven.
The first bale Of new cotton was
received BY Brookhaven last year
on Aug. 24th, 5 days. later, and
the second on last year came ia on
the 25th. Mr.. j. r. McGehee
had the honor Of bringing in the
firts bale last year. Geo. w. Iyey,
of Fair River, was the second bale
man last year, and carried off T..
Cohn & Bro. IS premium of $500
in gold offered by that firm for
the fist bale of cotton brought to
them. Mr.. McGehee's first bale
last year, which was sold at auc-
ton, brought $4,000, which In
cluded McGrath's premium of
$500.
The first bale of cotton in 1902,
reached Brookhaven Aug. 5th,
and The first bale in 1901, on Aug.
18th.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
Rip Van NinkIe's Last Sleep.

Bazzard's Bay, Mass, Aug. Is.
Joseph Jefferson, the veteran
actor, is dying at his summer
home, and his family and friends
have been summoned to his bed
Iside. Recurrence of an old stom-
ach malady, coupled with the gen
eral debility OF advanced wears,
has caused his physician to prac-
Itically abandon hope, while exert
ling every endeaVor to prolong his
life.
AT 10 o'clock it was reported BY
telephone to the station that the
Iaged actor was making valiant
fight for life, being conscious and
cheerful and directing bis attend
ants ID their ministrations. His
mind is.clear and pain has about
departed. His friend, DR.. Kin
lRey, of Boston, to whom the vet
leran IS deeply attached, arrived
tonight after an urgent summons,
and the aged patient frightened
perceptibly as be greeted him
with: Well, Rip is nearly ready
for bis long sleep, without earthly
awakening 2 DR.. Kinney is in
Iclined to take an optimistic view
of the situation, although be adj
mits that the years of the sufferer
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17

Pascagoula, Aug. IL. Gov.
Vardaman, Hon. i. III. Nall and
several other distinguished visit-
orB were met tonight sd the arriV-
Fail of Louisville and Nashville
train No. 80 by the following com
|mittee from the Pascagoula Com
merciaI Club: Hon. W nj Dem
|ny, Hon. NJ. p. Builard. Hon. D..
I'D. Cowan, e. 6. IIibbIer and
Martin Turnbull. Adiutant Gen
eraI Fridge. accompanied BY q
number Of the State National
Guard, now eneamped at Biloxi,
will arrive tomorrow to partici-
pate in the celebration. The coast
Accommodation train will bring
visitors to and from Biloxi and in
|termediate points.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17

i closed Incident.

Washington, Aug. Is. Anoth-
er chapter, and probably the final,
as far as the government is con-
lcerned, was added to the case
growing out Of the refusal Of che
Postofice Department to name a
Mississippi postofEice after Gov.
Vardaman Of that State, before
the PRONUNCIATION BY Postmaster
Payne, of q statement which gave,
without comment, a letter from
Gov. Vardaman, published III the
Charleston, S. C., News and Cou-
Erier.
This letter, which is accepted
BY the Postofice Department as.
confirming the authenticity Of
Gov. Vardaman's editorial re-
marks about the mother of Pres
ident Roosevelt, is given ID q
newspaper publication as follows !;
Anderson, Ang. 8. Especial.
Several days ago the editor of
the Anderson Daily Mail wrote 10
Gov. James *. Vardaman of Mis-
|sissippi, and asked him about the
truth Of the assertion made by
Postmaster General Payne, that
Gov. Vardaman bad, while editor
of q newspaper in Mississippi,
published an editorial making q
disrespectful alIusion to Mrs.
Roosevelt, the mother of the Pres
ident.
The following letter has been
received in reply:
" Executive Department,
- jackson, Miss,
Aug. s. 1904.
Ny Dear Sir Your very
kind favor of the 4th instant has
been received, If I had a copy of
the Commonwealth you desire, |
would take great pleasure 10 send
ing it to you, but the files of the
old paper are a hundred miles
away. There was nothing in chat
editorial offensive to Mrs. Roose-
Velt, or that reflected upon her in
theleast. simply undertook, upon
scientific grounds, an explanation
|of Teddy's degeneracy and gem
eral cussedness, without holding
his ancestors responsible for it. j
thought | owed it to his ancestors.
Really, should be ashamed to
charge the devil himself with the
responsibility for the infamy of
that distinguished accident. Sin
cereIY and cordially,
j. IL. YARDAMAN. =
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17

IT is a pity chat such an eminent
churchman should have gone Sol
far stray as to lend bis powerful
influence to the liquor traffic In
that he stood sponsor at the open
ing Of d drinking establishment
the other day IN New York. It is
only . repetition Of history since
the world began that a good man
can 60 very wrong West Point
Leader.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17


Eupora marketed last year $751;
900 worth Of poultry and eggs.
The output this year will likely
be larger. A number of the cit
liens are very much interested III.
the enterprise and will give it q
thorough trial. Almost all Of
Mississippi IS adapted to poultry
raising and where it has been
tried along SENSIBLE lines has prov
len q success. In few years the
State bids fair to produce q large
proportion Of the poultry product
of the world. Diversified inter-
ests free our people from the fail
ure Of one crop or the breaking of
d market for one product.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
THE STONEMALL GUARDS.
Company L, Fifty-flye SIrOna. Left
Monday iOr the State En-
ramnrmont



The Stonewall Guards, Compa.
my III, Third Regiment Mississip-
pi National Guard, lined up So
strong Monday forenoon to start
/ for the State encampment at Bi-
lloxi. -Four III the SO members
!. we're unable to 20 On account Of
ILLNESS, and Private Joe Chrisman
was granted special leave Of, alb
sence. The company executed a
number Of maneuyers on Rail
road Avenue, in the presence of
| the large crowd which had assem-
lbled at the depot on the 11:l0 a.
I'm. train, and their soldierly bear
ling and fine appearance in the
handsome Kha- Xxi uniforms elected
lmuch favorable comment. The
train which bore them away also
had on board Company from
| Magnolia, and each company had
a separate coach.
The following is the roster of
Company III:
/ Captain, j. Il. Storm; First
Lieutenant, r. *. Scott; Second
Lieutenant. A. E. Moreton, ,Jr. ;
sergeants, g. 81. Pepper, H. Fl.
/ Cain, S. p. Walker. E, E. Allen,
Sam Smith, j. H. Wimberly; cor
porals, M. Douglass, f. III Hart
Imam, Jr., w. H. Hooten, w. S.
Rutler, s. X. Barron, w. +. Nc
lCalip.
Musicians, j. w. w. Spencer.
Nv. NJ. Laird.
Privates: Pearl Allen, Luther
Adams, Peck Blocker, Z. Bow
Inan, w. Bowman, Chas. Butler,
IJ. +. Brown, Bob Case, T. B.
Calhoun, Bob Curran, ii. J. Cope
imam, Joe Deal. Geo. Drury, Nv.
e. Enos, lack Hoskins, Jas. Al,
/ Hoskins, w M. Harris, Nv. Jobes,
lC. Oliver, Geo. Oliver, Jno.
Price, Ed. Pepper, Howard Penn.
Henry SchaIler, Frank Smith,
Archie Smith. Alva Smith, Bert
lSmith, r. j. Storm, B. III. Storm,
IL. A. Story, Chas. Stringer,
Wood Stringer, B. E. Spencer,
Grover Sutton, Ed. Upton, ]. G.
Warnock, w. Fl. Warnock, +. a..
WimberIy, Ben Willoughby, Joe
Chrisman, Hardy West, Mack
Hoskins, making a grand total d
4 60 men.
The encampment will last ten
idaVS.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
State of Mississippi,
T.incnIn C0,lntv

Lincoln County.
We, the undersigned citizens Of
Lincoln county, Mississippi agree
with each other that, because Of
The fact that our public roads are
in bad condition and continue to
remain 50, and because the Board
fof Supervisors fail to have the
roads worked according to plans
and specifications, we will not pay
any further continuation money
to the county or its officers, unless
the roads are worked according to
contract.
Witness our signatures, this,
the day of 1904.
The fact that such a movement
as this has been started, backed
BY some Of the best citizens of the.
county, indicates that the dissatis-
faction among the people with the
way the public road contractors
have hitherto discharged their OBJ
legations, has reached a very acute
stage and that serious crisis is
threatened which, if not prudently
and wisely handled, will over
throw the entire contract system.
The contention Of the signers is a
very plain and simple one. It is,
in substance, that while the road
contractors have entered into OBJ
legation to the county and given
bond to work the public roads ac-
cording to certain plans and spec
ifications and have been paid for
several years what it was mutual
" agreed the county should pay
them, they have not placed and
kept the public roads in the con-
|dition their contracts call for, and
the Board of Supervisors, through
some shift, evasion or neglect of
duty OH it's part, has not required
the contractors and their bonds
men to pay the penalty Of their
forfeited obligations.
The Board Of Supervisors, at its
August meeting, as those know
who read the proceedings in last
Saturday s Leader, passed an or
der to take this subject up at the
September term aud has cited the
load contractors to appear at that
time to show cause, If any they
can, why their contracts shall not
be declared forfeited and suit in
|stituted on their bonds. This
looks like business, " but some
thing similar to this has been
threatened SO often before, only to-
be dropped Or passed over and re-
peated again when the reports Of
the road superintendent and the
complaints Of the people compel
led some sort of recognition, that
the people, and probably the con-
tractors too, have begun to regard
all such proceedings as an idle
bluff, not to be seriously regarded.
Certainly both the Board and
the contractors ought to take up
the subject now in a very serious
and matter-of-fact way. We have
undoubtedly had better public
roads under the contract system
than we ever had before; but
while this is true, it is also true
that there has been much derelic-
ton of duty and unfulfilled obli-
cations which the people are chat
ing under and are disposed to call
a halt on. Unless the rightcourse
as wisely adopted and firmly adj
hered to, the pendulum Of public
opinion is apt to swing to the op-
posite extreme and give the coun-
ty the old public road system
again, with all of its proved failures
and imperfections, from which
may the good LorddeIiyer usl
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
Late Senator vests views on Death.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Aug II.
Twenty years ago George tT Vest
delivered an eulogy over the
grave Of Mayor James Wood at
ISedaIia, Mo-, which portrays some
of his sentimental side, and gives
an idea of his views on death. He
said:
Every death is a tragedy. We
stand by the open grave, mutter a
few prayers, and rush back to the
struggle and meanness Of life. A
few loyal and loving hearts may
throb with agony, but time dulls
the pains, obscures the memory,
until the cold, pulseless marble at
last alone keeps watch above the
dead.
Every death is tragedy be-
cause it ends life's history, full of
aspirations, love, hate, temptation
and suffering. Poor judges are
we to each other, and the truth
will never be known, or justice
dome, until the Great Chancellor
shall Judge the secret intents of
leach heart. Then the pharisees
of this world, who thank God
they are not like yonder publ.
can, and who have been followed
| to their last resting place with all
lthe pageantry Of woe, will be thrust
aside, spotted like toads with pre-
tense and hypocrisy, whilst many
despised and condemned by man
will have been martyrs and heroes
until bruised and broken hearts
lceased to beat. y
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
PUBLIC ROAD WORKING N
ISSUE RAISED.

The following form Of petition
lis being circulated throughout the
county, and The Leader is re-
|quested to give publicity to the
same:
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
In many instances cost not considered as we Be
n to place fall goods shelves and need the
All broken lines, odd lots and excess stock we wish to

Our new windows reflect the modern styles and great of
money.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17
Husust CloeinS
Out Bargains

are still being offered in every department Of the big store
In the Clothing Department ice cream suits and straw
hats being closed out regardless and special bargains
offered in light weight wool garments and odds and
ends in suits and trousers
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-17

Have been made great many goods in store for the
month August Of inventory, which take IT
the closing of the month.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
Gets $500 launch.

An enthusiastic crowd gathered at
Cordray's theater Tuesday night al
Portland to witness the giving away
of the $500 launch Of Dr.. B. E.
Wright. In the fashionably dressed
audience were representatives Of every
section Of the state of oregon. and not
a few from the bordering towns of
Washington.
A committee of three was elected to
take charge OF the coupons, and a
little girl from the audience was
chosen to select the winner. She was
bllndfolded and led to the well shuf-
fed sack Of tickets. With her dainty
hands she held aloft ticket, and all
was quiet, so quiet that one could hear
a pin fall. AS the holder of this cou-
pom did not respond to the reading Of
the number, another coupon was Sc
lected by the little girl. During the
second period of looking and signing
no one responded. The third coupon
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08

Denver April 7.-The News today
says:
Albert Il. Bell, arrested in Tacoma,
Is one Of the most noted forgers and
mail pouch thieves with which the
authorities have ever had to deal. AZ
result Of his operations, he has, II
Ia estimated, secured nearly sl.000,0O0.
lie was arrested in Denver on october
? by the secret service officer at st.
An,honys Hospital, where he had un-
iergone an operation. On October 10
he was taken TO Philadelphia to stand
trial for d robbery In which 100000
was taken. He left Denver In charge
Of neruty United States Marshal
Baker and Davis. On october 10 the
party arrived at Philadelphia. As
Bell'a guards went into the toilet room
Bell picked up his valise, and left the
car. unnoticed by any one, and dis
appeared in the crowd.
Bell had many aliases, among them
being ]. II. Hamilton, A.. X. Ham
mond. j. a. Miller, r. II. Crosby and
George Murray. When arrested at st.
Antony's hospital his wife gave the
name OF Sharp and she stayed at his
bedside and was also taken into GUS
tody. Bell was charged by the postal
authorities with robbing the mails
and also by the American Bankers
Association with having raised and
cashed checks and drafts secured
from the stolen mail pouches. The
specific charge upon which the arrest
was originally made was the stealing
of mail pouch containing s50O,OOO
worth of negotiable paper at Philadel-
phla on the night Of September s.
Bell later admitted having arrived
In this country from Grove, England,
last summer, and enjoyed himself at
Asbury Park, N. j., posing as a
wealthy fruit speculator and through
the Sharpe woman, obtained entrance
to the best of society, making the ac-
quaintance OF brokers, bankers and
wealthy business men Of many cities
and numerous large interests. Soon
after making these financial acquain-
tanees Bell began to deposit different
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
To Reautify Amherst.

Chicago. April 7.--At the annual
banquet of the Amherst Club Of Chi
cago held at the University Club. an
nouncement has been made that the
committee on landscape and architec-
ture at Amherst college will be on the
grounds within a week. This COM
mittee which has refused requests
from other colleges, considers that
Amherst offers the best advantages Of
beautifying. President George Harris
OF Amherst. DR.. r. c. Dudley, repre-
senting Dartmouth college; Trumbull
White and c. D. Morton were the prin-
cipal speakers.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08

selected found a claimant in the per-
son Of Samuel Galbraith, of Tualatin,
Ore. The fortunate coupon, No. H.
661, was brought upon the stage by
ID. e. Meikle, a Front street commits
sion merchant, who represented Mr..
Galbraith. Mr.. Meihle exhibited a
well-developed case of stage fright,
and the audience cheered him with the
zest shown the first appearance OF a
star performer.
In the giving away Of this beauti-
full launch and its boathouse the pub
lie showed a keen interest, over 10000
coupons having been distributed since
last October the time when the offer
was first made.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
FAMOUS MAIL POUCH Thief
IS CAPTURED AT TACOMA

, sums with his banker friends and on
September 10 deposited several checks
payable to his order, drawn on differ
ent Philadelphia firms. Two days
later he closed his accounts and with
drew the amounts due him. These
checks weI,e the doctored contents Of
the mail bags.
Bell was also accused Of having
been implicated In the theft OF a
pouch at Springfield Junction in
April Of last year and shortly after
ward A. z. Hammond, believed to have
been Bell, opened an account with the
Lincoln Trust Company In st. Louis
and not long after drew out $4,000 on
the account.
According to the criminal records
Bell once served five years sentence
In the Auburn, N Y, state prison for
stealing mail pouch from the New
York Central depot in Buffalo and
tampering with the negotiable paper
inclosad.
Just before leaving Denver Bell
made what purported to be complete
confession Of mis- operations. He ad-
mitted having gone into one Of Chi
cago's largest and most influential
banks. and after a half hours talk
with the cashier, persuaded him to
give him a practically carte blanche
letter of credit without the deposit of
even single penny.
Az the time Of Bells arrest local de-
tectives had this to say of his rec
ord:
"lt was in 1891 that Bell was ar
rested in New York while endeavor-
ing to cash. a stolen draft for $1,000
and he went to the Elmira reformatory
on April 10. He was released seven
months later, but on April IS. 1899.
was again arrested in New York while
trying 20 cash a si25 draft This was
one OF the drafts taken from the pouch
stolen at Buffalo. Bell admitted when
he stole the pouch he was disguised as
railroad employe. Bell also served
three years in the Missouri peniten-
tiary at Jefferson City for the theft
Of a mail pouch at Kansas City"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
WHY 1T SUCCEEDS.

Because II is For One Thing Only, and
Astoria Residents Are Rapidly
Learning This.
Nothing can do good for everything.
Doing one thing well brings success.
Doan's Kidney Pills do one thing
only,
They are for sick kidneys.
They cure backache and every kid
ney i'll.
Here is evidence to prove it:
j. Blake whose place of residence Is
525 Market street. Portland, says: II
bought several boxes Of Daon's Kidney
Pills and scarcely think if the first
had not proved satisfactory that /
would have tried the second and third.
I have used in my home almost every
thing said to be cure for weakened
or overcited kidneys and bladder. but
nothing ever gave me the satisfaction
received from Doan's Kidney Pills.
They are easy to take, have no effect
upon ,he. stomach or bowels and act
directly on the kidneys and thor
oughly believe from the results l re-
ceived and also from observation that
Doan's Kidney Pills are one prepara-
ton on the market which acts direct
ly as represented"
En- ohatic endorsement can be had
right here in Astoria. Drop into Chas.
Rogers drug store and ask what GUS
toners report.
Sold for so cents per box By an
druggists. Foster-Milburn Co. Buff
falO. N. T. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name pOan's and taka
no substitute.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
japanese Supply Steamers Are
Safely Entering Estuary Of
the Yalu River.
COVERED BY JAP GUNBOATS
Mikad0's Troops Are Guarding
American and British Mines
at Unsan and Gwendelin,
It Is Reported.

Toxic, April 7. 2 y. ma dispatch
from Seoul. Korea, says that the Jap
anese supply steamers are safely enter
ing the estuary Of the Yaiu river and
are landing their cargoes at various
points on the Korean shore.
1t is presumed here that the move-
ment Of these supply steamers is COW
cred by Japanese gunboats.
II this is true, the Russian forts
erected upon the Chinese side Of the
Yalu river are evidently not effective.
According to reliable Korean reports
the American mines at Unsan and the
English mines at Gwendolin are safely
guarded by detachments Of Japanese
trops
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
NEW MINISTER TO JAPAN.
cho Min Heui to Represent Korean
Government at Toxic.

cho Min Heui to Represent Korean
Government at Toxic.
Seoul, Korea, Wednesday, April 6.
% p. m.--Cho Min Heui, former min
lister to the United States. has been ap-
pointed minister to Japan in place Of
Hyun Yong Uu, who was appointed
April /, but who refused to accept the
post.
NJ Hayashi. japanese minister to
Korea, claims that the murder OF
three Japanese merchants in the
province OF Chung Chung was due to
internal disorders.
1t is also reported that the Tong
Hak risings in cooperation with dis
banded Korean soldiers in the vicinity
of Pang are nothing but usual peren-
nihl disturbances and have no sig
nificance politically.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08

police viii be furnished with blank
subpoenas to be served on sight,
making a visit to one Of the places
rather risky to person not Wishing
to be summoned into court.
oddly enough the fraternity have
no criticism for the official Of this
county who got the new bill through
the legislature. They charge the
whole affair UP to ore OF their own
number, who fought prosecution by
the district attorney, they declare,
when he might have pleaded guilty
and escaped with a fine.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
CHURCH BENEFIT INSURANCE.
Detroit Minister Advocates Noval Plan
for Increasing Interest.

Detroit, April REV w. H. Burch.
at the annual meeting Of the Michigan
council of the Brotherhood Of st. Paul
which has just closed it's sessions here.
surprised his audience by advocating
a system of benefit insurance for the
churches. He said:
Tt will be Sreat day for Method
ism and for her church societies when
a system Of benefit insurance is allied
TO her work of salvation.
"At present competition is too
great. Members are lost to the church
every day simply because they join
fraternial and secret societies for the
insurance features. and becoming at
tached to the lodge work. Its services
gradually fall away from the allegiance
to the church"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-04-08
A THOUGHTFUL MAN.

NJ, M. Austin, Of Winchester, Ind.
knew what to do in the hour of need,
His wife had such an unusual case Of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her He thought of and
tried DR.. Kings New Life Pills and
she got relief at once and was finally
cured. Only 25c at Charles Rogers
drug store.