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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08
CLEANER STREETS AND BACK LOTS.

Much as Brookhaven has to
boast of In other directions, she
is undoubtedly lacking in cIeanli-
ness and good sanitation about
her streets and back lots. To see
the way waste paper and other
litter is scattered about the prin-
Fcipal streets a stranger might
well suppose that most of the
business houses sweep their litter.
into the streets to be blown by
the wind whithersceyer it listeth,
and that the city has no ordinance
or regulation on the sub ject. 1t
would be an infinite improvement
on the present state Of things If
every business house would burn
its own paper and trash as soon
as it is emptied into the street,
and not depend on the city's trash
cart, which may come along any
time from Che day after tomorrow
to the middle of next week after
the trash is emptied out. In some
instances rotten fruit and vegeta-
bies are left standing in boxes or
barrels on the street for days be-
fore they are removed.
Stagnant water is observed in
the cutters on some of the princi-
pal streets made more stagnant
BY the paper and trash which
lodges in them by reason Of what
has already been stated. The
back lots of some Of the stores
are in far more dirty and unsan-
itary condition.
We have been speaking Of the
condition of things on some of the
principal streets. If it is as bad
or worse on the back streets We
are just as sure to have an epi-,
demic Of typhoid fever or some
other fatal disease this summer, !,
unless a change is soon brought
about, as death and taxes are sure.
A great improvement could be
wrought in a little while by each
business firm and each household.
er in the city appointing them
selves a sanitary committee to
clean up and keep their own prem
ises clean, without waiting to be
compelled to do so by law. This
should be done and the city
authorities should act promptly
where it is not.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08
A Trades Day.

At Magee, in Simpson county,
they have what is denominated
Trades Day every now and then,
and on Saturday last it is stated
there we're about 1900 visitors in
the little town. The farmers for
miles around brought produce of
every description to sell and to
exhibit in a spirit of generous RI
valry that is bound to rebound to
the good Of the community. There
was cotton a foot tall, turnips of
is and a x pounds, minus the
tops, corn that was In silk and
tassel, new laid eggs with double
yelks, spring chickens of the cur
rent years hatch, and many other
articles of commerce and home
comfort. The example set by the
farmers and truckers of the Magee
neighborhood, might be profta-
bly, followed by those Of other
sections of the state. Clarion
Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08
Canton and Yazoo City vs.. Brookhayen.

The games last week with the
strong Canton team were hotiy
contested and the home team won
by hard steady work. Schafner
pitched the first game for Brook
haven in good style, winning by a
score of s to 4. Canton won the
second game; score 5 to 2; Burn
ham, their pitcher, doing some
fine twirling. With the score |
game lost and one won, Brookha-
ven went in to win the third game
and succeeded after q stubborn.
battle winning to the tune of 8 to-
Q. Garnett pitched a good game
and had excellent support. The
home team is coming to the front
ID good shape.
The lively Yazoo aggregation
of ball tossers are here for a series
and two good games have been
played. Yazoo won the first.
Monday, BY q score Of I to 8.
Tuesdays game was won by.
Brookhaven after q struggle full Of
interesting features. score 4 to ..
Schaifner, the expert pitcher for
the home team, did most excellent
work, holding che hard hitting
visiting team down to q few scat-
tered hits and no runs for eight
consecutive innings. Every man
On the home team played gilt
edged ball and gave their pitcher
excellent support. Today s game
will be- the last Of series with
Yazoo, after which BrookhaVen|
team leaves for d weeks trip play
ing 1t Hattiesburg and other
points,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08
THE MISSISSIPPI CROP.
The State AGAIN Led Georgia in the
Amount Of Cotton Grown FIG
ures on value Of the Crop

The fianl report of the govern
ment census bureau on the south
.ern cotton crop shows that Missis-
sippi once more leads Georgia in
the amount of cotton grown dur
ing the season of f9O3-O4, the.
Mississippi crop being / ,432, 1876
bales against /, 256 1854 bales for
Georgia, a difference in favor of
this state of I65, ,432 bales. Usu-
ally these two states ale running
neck and neck in cotton yield,
and the race was even closer DUR
ing the previous crop year when
Mississippi raised / ,443, TAO bales
and Georgia 1,425, ,044 bales, a
difference of only 1906 bales in
favor of Mississippi. Duling the
season of 1901 -O2, however, Geor-
gia raised 1914, 1881 bales, and
Mississippi ], l,154,363 bales, the
Georgia crop exceeding Missis-
SIP pi's crop by 60,0S1 bales.
During the season just closed
Mississippi raised l4.5 per cent.
of the total crop gathered in the
United States, and Georgia fur
nished 1919 per cent. Mississip-
pi ranked second and Georgia
third in the list of cotton growing
states, Texas being fist and Kan
sas last.
The total weight of Mississip-
|pi's crop was ZIG, ,398, III pounds,
of which 702, ,279 ,024 was put up.
lin square bales and IA, 146, 1877
pounds in round bales, the square
bales forming SO per cent. of the
total crop.
The total number Of ginneries
operating in Mississippi during
the past season was i, ,542 of which
only 81 were idle. During the
previous season, however, 1870
ginneries were reported, and on
" 1871 were idle. The average
number of bales ginned for each
active establishment last year was
$40, as compared with 331 for the
previous year. OF the past sea
sons crop S4.1 per cent. had been
ginned by the 18th of December,
as compared with 1872 per cent,
ginned on the same date of the
previous year. On the 18th of
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08
DfHciaI Journal Of Lincoln County.
OFFICE: ~ West Cherokee ST
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE NO. 81.
. Don't be Shy

About telling you're looking for the place where you
can buy to the best advantage People are doing that
every day--and we are constantly adding new custom-
to our growing trade. We have our goods marked
at popular prices, and with large trade that keeps
continually buying to supply that demand we are al
ways in position to show yen the new things that
are out
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

In the sophomore medal contest
at the State University, Luther
Manship, Jr., was the winner In
elocution, and Miss Mary Haley,
Of Pike county, came out second
best.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

Edwa i'd Sammons, who murder
ed his sweetheart and her father
II Water NsIley. viii BE- hanged
june so
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

Jefferson Davis birthday vas
observed at Jackson on the Bird.
Addresses were made by Hon.
Luther Manship and Rev. We 4.
Boiling.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

II IS probable that the entire
second regiment Of the Mississip-
pi National Guard will partioi-
pate Id the Fourth Of July cele-
bration at Laurel. The Governor
and Adiutant General now have
the matter of granting permission
Ito the companies comprising the
regiment 70 participate under adj
Yiseineilt.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

Bishop Theodore Bratton
preached the commencement ser
mon for Clemson College, ). g.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-06-08

jackson is enjoying summer
opera 1t Livingston Park.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
CHRISTMAS DOINGS.

Friday was very cold day, too
much 80 for pleasurable holiday.
At four O clock in the afternoon it
was twelve below at the school
house. The temperature remained
at about this point until eight thirty
and during the night the tempera-
ture went to fifteen below. This
made it very unpleasant for those
who desired to attend the exercises,
especially so. for the little ones who
we're the most interested and anx-
ious to 60.
At the Methodist, Congregational,
Baptist and Swedish Mission tho old
fashioned Christmas tree, which is
always a source of much pleasure to
the young people, and nothing else
is so completely Satisfying to them,
was prominent. There we're very
entertaining exercises by the Sunday
School scholars, with Santa Claus.
The churcnes we're profusely decor
ated with seasonable colors. At the
Presbyterian church, a representa-
tion of fairy land was constructed of
ferns and plants, with gate Of box
candy. There were colored decora-
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
I'D
DIED..

Lars Erickson, aged 73 died Mon
day, Dec. 28. - = (
Mr. Erickson was born in Sweden
in 1881, came to Americasin'1s6s and
to Worthington in 1871. He was
married to Miss Kate Hanson, in 49,
81, in Sweden, and she now survives
him. They had one son, J e: Erick-
son, they residing on farm five
miles south of Worthington, in Big
Glow township. Mr.. Erickson had
only been sick about two weeks.
When first taken sick, his son pro-
cured some medicine which seemed
to help him as he was feeling bett-
er, so physician was not called and
on this account just what particular
trouble caused his death 10 not
known. BE seemed to be affected
most in his left side, which was some
years ago affected by. paralysis. He
was a good husband. kind father,
good neighbor and highly esteemed
by all who knew him. 81 --s>5.ss r ,ssss !: =
j. The funeral was held Thuesday
afternoon from the house, Rev.
ERICKSON officiating.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01

sionA The. Sunday sohesl is under !
.obAg ations TO r. Is Morland fo' =
Snumler Of palms and hight deoora-
items. " - '-r. @'N.
The Baptist church exercises were
interfered with by an'electric light
fuse burning out and leaving them
lin darkness for some time untila re-
Epairer could be obtained from the
light station.
At the Swedish Mlesion the exer-
cises were interfered with by the
tree catching fire from the lighted
candles. Some of the people rushed
out Of the churchin fear OF a ser'-
.uus fire, but cooler heads prevailed
and the ire was exlingnished with
but little damage tv tree.
+ / All. Of tia churches had q good At
,;endanue, especially so conidering
the very cold weather.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
Murdered His Wife.
William Graves Of Portal. N. D.,
Taken to the Minot Jail. 81

',- -" t4S8
Minot, N. D. Dec. William
Graves last night shot and instantly
killed his wife from who he had.
been separated for some time. Tue
tragedy occurred at Portal, where the
victim was living with her three!
children. Jealousy is thought to
have been the cause. Graves came
from Minnesota year ago and has
been engaged in general work. He
was brought here this afternoon for.
3 preliminary examination. Min
ineapolis Journal: Joi1ilaa q M: Graves was y, q
resident Of this place for some time
and employed at the light stati on.
=. 2
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01

cold will relax, the barometer will
fall, oloudiness will gather in the
west, and more rain and~snow will
pass eastwardly over most parts Of
the country. Another change to
much colder win come In from the
west and north behind these storms,
lasting up to the soth Ind 31st. Un-
der the combined influence, January
will go out with storm conditions
beginning to organize in western ex
tremes- turning warmer falling
Misunderstanding Gloudiness,
with tho manifest approach of storms
that will run into the opening days
of February.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01

S 6c1ety. s4Aan followed / II sOoial
t.oar, and such another seasea Of
cacakhng, .ysu never hsazd. 20, ii
takes these California ywosaensto cap
the climax when they eet toout do
anything. .,. u
Now in closing this communica-
tion lot me follow the exanpie OF
the Ministerial Rooster with the
whitesneck-tie on, and crowa little
bit. While the papers were report
ing nthe mercury in Minnesota and
Wisconsin is falling to 30, 81, and 80
degrees below zero, the coolest we
haveeseen in Saratoga il - degrees
above zero. Cock-a-doodle-do.
G. w. Merrill.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
SUMMONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, ! SIrrsH&
3" COUNTY OF MOBILES. o..
District Court. Thirteenth Judicial District
JAxHs D. CUMMINGS, Plaintiff. s%sS5&
RosH N. CUMMINGS, Defendant. III
THE STATE OF M1NNEsorA, To the above.
named Defendant: 81! SS5 x, -
You, are hereby summoned and required to-
answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, in the.
above entitled action, which is filed in the
Office of the Clerk Of the District Court, Of
the 18th Judicial District in and for the
County of fNobles and State of Minnesota,
and to serve q copy of your answer to the
said com plaint on the subscriber, at his Of
fee in the Village Of Worthington, in said
County, within thirty days ufterathe service
of this sum n ons upon you, exclusive of the,
day of such service; and if you fail to answer
the said complaint, within the time afore-
said, the Plaintifin this action will apply to-
the Court Tor the relief demanded In COM;
plaint.. - ~ A - "a - q N
Dated Nov. 18th. A. D. 1908. S.. ( cs.Ss
~ -.r ,.s-- - = 40 e c. M. CORY, 5gS6s
-"r Plaintiffs Attorney.
Worthington. Minnesota,
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
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"a E2SNOUNTXOE NOOh1~s 3essS t 5 5Sat {sSSg n sase
4; .$;ss n IN Pfobat& Court, NJ q d
@ Special Tern sDecemtsr 1OthS n 0Od.
II. the Matter of the Estate 81 Austin Hoyey,gs
Deceased: is $sF 81 ~ ls7flgs7
Letters Test amentary "a the estate ofsaid
deceased being this day granted unto Aurelta
Hovey, Of said county. /. "a IA /. $$ S
Il ID Ordered, That al claims ana de-
mands OF all persona a4eenst said eetate De
presented TO this Court, for ex amin ation and
allowance ,at the PrObateof6ce In the villege
Of Worthington, in said County, on tns ioi- c'l-S
lowing day, Wis: s s III sSss y ii
Oh Monday. ths 2oth ~ o. Jane. 1904,
at one O'Clock p. M, ;8 . 4a tgf s$.3s g9t3
: It 10 Further Ordered, ", That six months
from the date hereof be allowed to creditorss
to present their claims against said estate, ut I
the expiration of which time all claims not I
presented to said Court. or not proven to tto
satisfactiou, shall be forever barred. unless,
for cause shown, further time be allowed.
ordered Further, That notice Of the time
and place Qfthe hearing and examination OF
said claimS and demands shall be given by
publishinR this order once In each week for
three successive weeks prior to the day ap-s
pointed for such examination, In the WORTH
iNoroN ADVANCE, weekly newspaper print-@
ed and published at Worthington, In said.
County. ~ ss. = sz. 80. !. =.
day OF December, A. D. 1903. H.
" BY the Court: E71 jss. js...@ssS f{$4 E
rseal1 C.sM. Cory, 3-Ef
G. NJ. Crandall, Attorney for Execatrix.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
CONCERT AT ;SW WEDISH LUTH-
ERAN CHURCH.

CONCERT AT SW EDISH LUTH-
ERAN CHURCH.
Evening OF Jan. s, 'O4.
Program.
Song, Praise Ye the Father
aound-Chorus.
Introduction, Rev. Erikson.
Piano Solo, Prelude-Rachman-
inoff. Miss Malmberg.
Song-Kalkbacken-Male Quar-
tette.
Solo-Dream of Paradise-G Gray
Miss Emna Kindlund.
Defamation, -AtSven Dufra''-
Runeberg-Mrs. W. Olson.
Trio, Selected-Misses Wass,
Kinlund and Olson.
Song "Forsens vida fall''-
Chorus.
Solo, Emanuel-Roney-Mrs. A
Lundell.
Song, Mill Hern-Pfeil--Male
Quartette.
Song, Guds lof i nsturen-Beeh-
Oven-ChOrus.
Piano Solo Ill Rhpsodie Hong
roise-Liszt, Venetian Boat
Song Mendelsohn - Miss
Malmberg.
Remarks.
Song-By Babylon's Wave
Gounod.
Admission Is and Is cents.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01

@ lall i1 gassSk' =
Free Press STATED, the trustees made g
oluntary assignment to President
Freeman Of tho Security National
bank 81 Albert Lea The assets OF
the college far exceed it's liabilities.
The. real estate owned, including the.
campus with several good buildings
Is worth in the neighborhood Of sSo,
,OOO. The endow4Nont fund amounts
about $4,000. The indie btedness is
about, t10, 900. ,5ang:..st2 s''->Es
Several Of the creditors Of the cor
poration have decided to force the
corporation into bankruptcy, beiev-
ing it the proper thing to do under
the circumstances. Attorneys Long
and Dyer have taken steps to have
the corporation declared bankrupt
and it's affairs adjusted in the Unit
ed States bankruptcy court. An act
Of bankruptcy, it is claimed In the
petition, was committed by the trus-
tees in placing the assets in the
hands Of a receiver for the benefit
Of the creditors. AL. 7. u. Z. y 4.
What will be done BY; the corpora
ton with the surplus after all claims
have been satisfied can yet only be
conjectured. It is clear, however,
that all the money donated to the
college was given for the benefit Of
the Presbyterian cause in Minnesota
and there certainly will not be any
difficulty in finding channel through
which the surplus can be used to
further Presbyterian interests in the
state at large. -Mankato Free Press.
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01

BOUND OVER.

The case ef Peter Ringler charged
witn assault on Mrs. Schmuser with
q gun was before Justice Dow Thurs
day forenoon, Geo. W. Wilson at
torney for the defendant, and Coun-
ty Attorney Jones for the state. Re
porter Glover of Win'lom, was:Pres-
ent to take short hand report Of the
evidence A change Of venue was
taken from Justice Dow's court to
Gilbert Anderson and taken up again
in the afternoon. ~
Mrs. Schmuser testified that her
family were not on good terms with
the Ringler family account of some
unpaid 6nanofai accounts that OK
listed between them. The day of
the shooting, Ringler came 10 her
house about nine o'clock and want
ed her to come out of the house as
he wanted to talk to her. She refus-
ed to 20 and requested him to leave
the place. Ringler went away and
came back about eleven O'Clock.
She saw him coming while she was
out side. She went in the house aud
locked the door. He came to the
door and called to her saying Gus
johnson was in the house and want
ed him to come out. She said John
son was not in the house. During
this time she was standing by a
window and could see him and saw
him raise his gun as if about to
shoot. While at the window she
had a 80 caibre revolver and some
time during the conversation had
the muzzle through hole in the
widnow. After talking few min
utes Ringler started away las he did
so he fred through the door, max
ing hole in the door just above her
shoulder. She fell to the floor and
when she arose, she dlsoov cred the
revolver on the floor ;she don t know
whether it was discharged or not.
She then run in a dark closet. A.
ter while she looked out window
and saw Ringler walking back and
forth and when he saw her he point
ed the gun at her as if to shoot. She
etaid in the closet for some time.
She also testified to going out in the
yard one night previous to this and
seeing man; inquired who it was
and receiving no answer fired the
revolver in the air.
Sheriff Fauskee was on the stand
and testified to the arrest and find
ing of shot in the Sohmuser house
and to what Ringler had told him OF
the relations existing between Mrs.
Schmuser and him.
Ringler was held to the grand
jury under $1,000 bonds and default
of same to be confined to the county
iail,
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
Horses andCatt|e Wanted
WE have eight thousand acres Of
w fine, personally selected prairie
land in th0 r ROSthefn District

Of Assinaboia, on line Of new railway,
every acre inspected by ourselves.
which we will sell in tracts from l6O
acres up, at eight dollars per acre,
taking good work horses and cattle In
part payment, up to FIVE dollars per
acre, and time to suit the purchaser
On the balance. We have several
thousand acres of choice North Dakota
lands on which we will accept as part
payment horses and cattle to that
amount. Vi, - - 80 ssy,5 syG,45. >@9f i,
The Worthington advance., 1904-01-01
A CALIFORNIA HEN PARTY.
Saratoga, Cal:
Dec. 1908.

I had heard of Hen Parties, but
I did not know much about them !;
now know all about them, for !
have seen one close at hand. And
this was literal Hen Party too, no
allegorical, tigurative
affair, but a literal, genuine, honest
simon-pure Hen Party. The Ladies
Aid Society was to meet at the
Manse. OF course that was figura-
lively a Hen Party. But there was
great deal more to it than that.
Paul looked out of the window and
said, Why see all those women COM
ing here, and each one has some
thing under her arm. The process
sion reached the Manse; the door
bell was rung; the door was opened,
and the first woman marched in
with a hen under her arm; and the
second woman marched IN with q
hen mnder her arm, and the third
and the fourth, till ten women with
ten different hens under ten differ
ent arms had crossed the threshold; :;
then the eleventh woman had d
rooster under her arm, land the roos-
ter had a white neck-tie round bis
neck, so of course he must have been
a Ministerial Rooster. These eleven
women with the ten hens and the
rooster wanted to know where they
could deposit their feathered COM
panions. They were shown a safe
place in the back yard. Then they
returned to the house and filed in
till there were some thirty women
present. Then it was found that
those who had not brought egg
makers, had brought paper bags
with eggs already made, and these
deposited in dishes till some five or
six dozen eggs ornamented the ta-
bic. Then beside these was placed
a patent drinking fountain for the
feathered bipeds. And this was not
all. A bag OF chicken feed was plac-
ed in the. hands Of the good wife
with the request that she open it at
once and see what California. chick
en- feed looks like. She began to
pour out the wheat and corn mixed,
and with the gram began to come a
shower of nickels, dimes and quart
ers till the chicken feed was found
to be worth about four dollars be-
side the aforesaid wheat and corn. :
Then theshens,sseggs and feed be-
ing disposed of the Party settled
down to business. First there were
quotations from the Bible and other
books about hens ard chickens.
Then theresswas hung upon the wall
"a picture Of proud chanticleer and
his harem Of docile biddies around
him and their families of little
chicks. Then an original poem was
read by one Of the members of the