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The leader., 1904-04-27
WORLDS FAIR NEWS-NOTEs.

Colorado has prepared for exhi-
bits at the Worlds Fair several
mounted elks.
The Metropolitan District
Cricket League of New York will
send a team to compete in the
Worlds Fair tournament.
A mint to be used in exempli-
flying the coming process has been
sent from Philadelphia to the
Worlds Fair.
A pile driver made by the boys
of Hamburg Place School, New
ark, N. j., is one Of the Educa-
tional exhibits at the Worlds
Fair.
The Public Schools at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, have sent an exhibit
to be displayed in the Palace of
Education at the World IS Fair.
Richmond, Indiana, has sani-
tary display at the Worlds Fair
including pictures of all parks in
the city, the smallpox hospital,
crematory, etc.
Forty five booths have been
erected on the Worlds Fair
grounds for the sale of fruit. A
big st. Louis fruit house has the
concession. Itl expected that the
sales will average about 10 car
loads daily.
One of The immense wagon
trains used in handling borax
from Death Valley, Cal, including
train of twenty mules, is to be
exhibited at the World'ss Fair.
A Worlds Fair feature of
general interest is the Japanese
exhibit of diminutive trees, only
two or three feet high, although
several hundred years old. This
forest of little trees is a part of the
attractive display Of many
interesting exhibits which
Japan shows at the Fair.
.
An open tournament for all the
sharpshooters of the Worlds Fair
will be conducted by the st. Louis
Central Sharpshooters Association
at the Worlds Fair. This series
of contests will continue for a pc
riod of six months, two or three
days of every week being devoted
to prize target shooting.
Plans are under way for a series
of excursions from Chicago to st.
Louis over the Illinois and Michi-
gan canals during the Worlds
Fair. A company has undertak
en- to charter a sufficient number
of vessels, and prepare program
of entertainment for the voyage.
The leader., 1904-04-27
Scarcity Of Labor.

The demoralizing effect of the
recent lynching at Doddsville up
on the labor in the delta is alreaGy
apparent, and the report comes
from that section that labor,
which had beer abundant, is now
greatly in demand. The percent
age in cotton acreage in the delta
is much less than last year, one
estimate being that it is 10 per
cent less.
This may be an exaggeration,
but it is undoubtedly true that
there is not enough labor in the
delta to put all the cotton lands
in cultivation this year.
That this is due to the per-
formance Of the mob is undoubt-
edly true, just as whitecapping in
several southern counties of the
State, on the line of the Illinois
Central railroad, drove numbers
of negroes away.Jackson News.
The leader., 1904-04-27
The Bird Law.

II is now a viclation of law to
kill any bird, except owls, hawks,
English sparroNs and jays, or to
disturb their nests or to have pos
session of any bird OF egg, and il
is made the duty of all officers to
enforce this law. No bird can be
caught and sent away. This does
not apply to game birds, which
are swan, geese, ducks, wild tur-
keys, quail and doves, which may
be killed in the hunting season on
". Birds are very useful to a
country and keep down the num-
Der Of insects which are hnrtful
to crops and gardens. It is the
killing of birds which has exposed
us to the boil weevil, which is
threatening the whole South. All
good citizens should unite in see
ing this law enforced. No person
is allowed to have the plumage,
skin or body Of such birds for
sale OF in possession. This will
prevent the wearing of birds and
their plumage on the hats of la
dies, killed in this state. There
is fine of S. for every bird kill
ed or injured and for every egg
and nest disturbed and 80 days
imprisonment can be added. This
law holds good all the year around
to birds which never leave the
state as well as those which mi
CRATE. It does not prevent the
residents of the state from keep
ing birds in cages, provided they
are not kept for sale or shipped
away. 1t would be better for the
country that those people who
must have bird in cage should
confine themselves to canary
birds. Lexington Advertiser.
The leader., 1904-04-27
Jamestown Centennial.

Plans are now making for the
celebration in 1907 of the three
hundredth anniversary of the first
English settlement in this hemis-
phere. The sponsors of the pro-
iect realize that it is useless to at
tempt at Jamestown, in Virginia,
a great industrial exhibition to
rival that at st. Louis this sum
mer. Accordingly, they are con-
sidering new ways of observance
especially suited to the circum-
stances.
An assemblage of the naval YES
sells of this and other nations in
the waters of Hampton Roads,; al
the mouth of the James River,
will be a part of the plan. Some.
thing of a fair on the mainland
near by, with reproductions of the
scenes of colonial life, may be in,
cIuded. The erection of a perma-
nent memorial on jamestown Is:
land has also been proposed.
These and other suggestions
show how the methods of commem-
Grating great historic events have
changed in the last half-century.
The two hundred and fiftieth an
niversary of the settlement at
jamestown was marked by the
gathering there Of about six thous-
and persons, including the militia
ry companies, to listen to the lit
erary exercises of single day.
Ex-President Tyler delivered
an address 'eminently worthy OF
the occasion and its distinguished
author" a Richmond newspaper
says, but ADDS elsewhere in the
same issue that the only criticism
heard was of its length, two hours
and half. The Episcopal cler-
gyman at Williamsburg, seven
miles away, opened the exercises
with prayer. James Barron Hope
read poem, and Gov. Henry A.
Wise made spirited speech at tie
conclusion, after which he review
ed the troops. There were some
The leader., 1904-04-27

Information has reached us that
the. surveying party now in the
field making the preliminary sur
vey of the route of the proposed
electric line from Jackson to
Vicksburg has completed the sur
vey to Edwards, and is now push
ing on west to Vicksburg. At
Edwards it was learned from the
party that they were highly pleas
ed with the territory surveyed
between Jackson and Edwards,
and with the reception accorded
the promoters by the farmers and
the people generally. The far
mers all seemed anxious to secure
the line, and were willing to give
rights of way. After the pre-
liminary survey the route will be
determined, and the projectors
are hopeful of being able to finance
the road at once and let contrates
for the construction work in
September.
The leader., 1904-04-27

The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society Of the Methodist
Church will hold its regular month
ly meeting on Sunday, May /, at
8 p. M. Our conference president,
Mrs. Bessie w. Lipscomb, will be
with us and we would be glad to
have as many ladies attend as pos
|sible.
There will be a missionary meet
ing at the Methodist Church Sun
day night, May /, and everybody
is cordially invited to attend. The
program will consist Of music, re-
citations, and an address by Mrs.
Lipscomb, our conference presi
dent, who is an unusually fine
speaker. All will be interested.
Wesson Enterprise.
The leader., 1904-04-27

Today is the wedding day of
Hon. George S. Dodds, formerly
prominent lawyer of Mississippi,
and Miss Asenath GenelIa, of
New Orleans. The ceremony will
take place in Newcomh Chapel,
and the only child of the BRIDE
groom, Miss Zelda, will act in the
capacity of bridesmaid, while ex-
Governor Longino, of this State,
will be best man. Hosts of friends
and relatives in his native State,
wish Mr.. Dodds and his bride all
happiness and prosperity.
The leader., 1904-04-27

We are just informed that Pearl
River Lumber Co., has about per-
fected arrangements to extend
their line of railroad to MonticeI-
10 in Lawrence county which they
purpose to have in full operation
by the first of Oct. next. -Colum-
bia Times.
tits stated that Editor Joe Dale
has already heard the train whIs-
tie.
The Laurel Ledger pertinently
and pertly inquiries Does any one
know how it feels to be liked by
every body?o
The leader., 1904-04-27
ROYAL
Baking Powdef
Makes the food more qOboles0aue, and nsore
nntrfti0gs 10 botb train md muscle.

/ have given the Training Table
to the Cornell University for five
years very satisfactorily, and am
certain that much Of the success
has depended upon the quality Of
articles used. In baking powder,
/ use the Royal, for it is lndoubt-
edly the best. have occasionally
given others a trial, and have dem
onstrated to my satisfaction that
there IS but one always reliable,
always making perfect, delicious
and wholesome food, The Old
Reliable Royal
(Mrs.) Amelia Morsy Atkins
The leader., 1904-04-27
Colonel John II. Savage.

Nashville, April IS. Colonel
John Fl. Savage died this morn
ing at hiss home in McMinnville
after an illness of several weeks.
He. was in his eighty ninth
year, and was a veteran of the
Florida, Mexican and civil wars.
Colonel Savage was a member
of congress before the war. and
his career attracted attention by
reason of his advocacy of revolu-
ton instead of secession.
The leader., 1904-04-27

festivities at the dinner table, fire.
works in the twilight, and a ball in
the evening.
Although the manner ofcelebra-
ting the anniversary is to be
changed, Jamestown itself has not
changed noticeably in a half-cen-
tury. The first settlers, in their
desire to be secure against the In
dians, selected a place not suited
for a modern center Of population.
Youths Companion.
The leader., 1904-04-27
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS
SHORT AND PUNCENT PARAGRAPHS OF
GENERAL INTEREST.
The News Of the State in General Boil
ed Down and Put Into j
Few Lines.

Gloster is moving for q brick
manufacturing plant.
Rev. j. d. Quin, of McComb,
is now pastor of the Union Hall
church.
The Mystic Shriners Of the
State held conclaye at Okolona
yesterday.
The salary Of the snperintend-
ent of education of Scott county
has been raised to 5000 a year.
A. w. Dent, of Mendenhall, is
an applicant for the chancellorship D
of the second chancery court dis
trict of this State.
Gov. Vardaman has ,pardoned
George Norton and Bruce Ellzey,
white .convicts sent up last No
vember from Lincoln county, for
assault and battery.
The Martz Confectionery Co.,
of jackson, of which Railroad
Commissioner R. L. Bradley was
chief stockholder, made an inyol-
untary assignment last week.
The Woman's Auxiliary, of Lau-
rel, have rendered the Y. M. G. a.
a social evening similar to the one
here that had to be postponed on
account of the quarantine of Sec
retary Younts.
DR.. III. Ell. Barlow and Mr.. J.
M. Coen were the two Copiah cit
izens .defrauded out of $12, 900 by
the Michigan sharpers, an account
of which was given in The Lead
Ell last Wednesday.
Conductor B. Sparrow is suffer
ing from concussion Of the brain,
caused by a fall from his train.
He was picked up by an Alabama
Great Southern train near KeWa-
nee and taken to Meridian.
The third annual rose show Of
the Hazlehurst Floral Club took
place on the 22nd. Prize for the
finest collection was awarded Mrs.
J. 2. Cranberry. The proceeds
will go toward furnishing the free
reading rooms of the town library.
AT the Kingston Lumber Com
pany's camp at Laurel, something
like a white-cap outrage occurred.
The camps occupied by negroes
were fred into and all the negroes
employed in the woods left that
night.
Newman I. Winter, book keep
er and cashier of O. B. Critten-
den & Co., of Grenada, iscbarged
with being a defauIter in the sum
of $1,000. His whereabouts are
unknown. His wife and eight
year-old daughter live at Green
vile.
R. S. Killebrew, of near Eben-
ezer, lost his barn, 500 bushels of
corn, a quantity of hay and four
head of stock by fire Friday night.
The fire was indisputably of in
cendiary origin; when Mr.. Kille-
brew discovered the fire and went
to the barn several shots were
fired at him.
Near Liberty, I. III. Dixon was
killed on Saturday by Van Tor
rance. Both were white farmers
and close neighbors. Dixon was
5S years Of age and was a first
cousin of Capt. Sam 3. Moore,
who was killed on election day in
Louisiana. Torrance surrendered.
The cause Of the trouble is un-
known.
Gov. Yardaman has received
notice from the War Department
in Washington, advising him that
the claim of the Third Mississippi
Regiment of Volunteers, muster
led in for the Spanish war had
been allowed. The claim is for
the pay of the men from the time
they were mustered 10 until the
The leader., 1904-04-27

The people Of Mississippi have
$40, ,000, 900 on deposit in the 1873
banks in the State.
The leader., 1904-04-27

A new Kansas editor springs
this: There are women who are
comely, there are women who are
homely, but be careful how the
latter things you say; there are
women who are healthy, there are
women who are wealthy, there are
women who always have their way.
There are women who are truth
full, there are women who are
youthful was ever there woman
who was old? There are wolhen
who are sainted, there are women
who are painted, there are women
who are worth their weightin gold.
There are women who are slender,
there are women who are tender,
there are women who are large,
fat and red: there are women who
are married, there are women who
have tarried, there are women who
are talkless but they are dead. =
The leader., 1904-04-27

The Lake Charles Press has
found new use for the tobacco
plant. It says: There are only
three animals in existence who
will eat tobacco, q man, a goat and
a worm. But that's not saying
anything against tobacco. It is q
very useful weed, and utilized as
a pot plant, for instance, will drive
all seIf-respecting bugs and flies
of the premises. Tobacco is pret-
ty, too, and is destined yet to be a
popular pot plant. :
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
r,sroLs AND HAzlNa-

II oW hazing in the American col
L 4 leges progressed until it became
fine art, and to engage in il is re-
garded as the obligation Of a student
OF higher education. is question. But
such seems to be the standard that has
beet set; yet hazing ls the most un-
American Of any practice OF which we
know.
1t substitutes force for independence.
and does not hesitate at violence in
carrying out its decrees which in other
men would lead to prison. The latest
episode has taken place in New York
city. and the intended victim is the
son Of George Gould.
The young man had been subjected
10 certain indignities because he was a
freshman. II became intolerabie, and
when further indignities were threaten
ed, he bought revolver to protect him
self. When attacked he used this, fir
ing over the heads Of his tormenters
to brighten them off.
Now ne probably broke the law in
carrying a concealed deadly weapon
and In firing it in the streets, but it had
reached a point when his liberty was
being interfered with and violence was
threatened to his person. He would
have been justified In resisting foot
pad, and he was equally IN the righ
when he chose 10 protect himself.
We trust that the spirit manifesto,
BY kingdom Gould win be emulated b.
other students. It win do more L
break up the senseless practice Of haz
ng than all the faculty DEGREES. n,
elf-respecting young man wants to b
egraded and insulted just because h
appens to be a freshman
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
TO NOT
SUE TOM LAWSON
Standard Oil Magnates Will
Stop Trying to Silence
Him
FIGHT WILL CONTINUE BITTERLY

New York. Dec. 22.--According to
the Evening Globe, the fight on Law
ion has been called of. Henry II.
Rogers, the vice president of the
Standard Oil company; Dwight Bra
man, stock broker and former receiver
for the Bay State Gas; Roger Foster,
lawyer and counsel for the creditors
OF the Bay State Gas Corporation, Of
which j. Edward Addicks was the
head, and others mentioned in the re-
cent stories Of election, corruption and
bribery. have resolved to do nothing
and will allow the charges to go un-
challenged.
This decision was reached after long
conferences with Samuel Untermyer
On his return from Boston.
Mr. Rogers. Mr.. Braman and their
colleagues have been anxious to avoid
suit for libel II now appears that
ever since the first reports as to the
character Of the latest articles in the
series OF "Frenzied Finance" articles
became known, Mr.. Rogers and his
lawyers have been studying a method
Of silencing Lawson without bringing
him into court to attempt to prove mis-
assertions. 1t is now known that the
notifications sent by Samuel Inter
myer and James M. Beck to the Amer
lean News company, limiting at the
penalties which would follow the cir
culation OF the current number Of
Everybody's Magazine was only sent
long after the January number had
been circulated over the country and
when 1t was impossible to stop the
publication Of the articles. On behalf
of Mr.. Rogers it is now stated that his
only object in seeking to stop the pub
lication Of the Lawson articles was to
enforce respect for the memory of
President Mckinley. Mark Hanna,
Judge Wales, John Moore, the stock
broker who was said by Mr.. Lawson
to have handled the $5,000,000 election
fund for the alleged purchase OF fve
doubtful states, former Judge Towle,
Edward Patch and others who are
now dead.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
CAUGHT -4TRANDOM
THE minister's train OF thought is
i always on the upward grade.

THE minister's train OF thought is
i always on the upward grade.
Boyce-Do you believe in yellow iourn-
alism?
Joyce-No. you don't need sledgeham-
mer to break the news.
Tho man with the soft voice often has
head TO match.
Customer-You don't mean 70 say that
small bottle OF cologne is a dollar?
saleslady-Yes. madame. that Is the
price.
Customcr-The ideal why that girl on
the other floor told me this was the cent
counter.
The most costly mitre IN the United
States, a mitre which represents $4,000
worth Of jewels and precious stones, is
worn by Bishop Horstmann, OF the
Cleveland diocese Of the Roman Catho-
lie Church
'well-er-it seems" said Mr.. Stay
late" at length, that I've exhausted
all the subjects Of conversation"
How modest Of you. Mr.. staylate,"
replied the weary girl; you've exhaus-
ted more than that.
Before "a recruit can be said to have
Joined the British army. his name must
be entered slxty-two times, and that Of
his superior officer twenty-nine times,
IN the documents required by the War
Office.
TELL me-" said the editors friend,
"who arc the most humorous writer's
you have ever metz"
Most Of those who think they are
serious writer's" replied the editor.
In the stonewall mine. San Diego
county. Cal. an earthquake 30 twisted
the shaft that the timbers were pulled
laround to the opposite sides Of the shaft
from their original position.
"Wen.' said the clerk, what a weary
sigh, ''I tell you I'm tired"
"Huhi" snorted his employer, IAN
other one OF your bluffs"
What? Don't / look as IL / had
been working for all am worth?"
"Well yes, you look like thirty cents"
Paris Is going to abolish its stage
censor Many millions Of people who
have seen American adaptions OF
French plays will be astonished when
they learn that Paris ever had CEN
cor.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
A Mere Man.

He was a man Of middle age.
With manners mild and meek.
Amid the blizzard's bitter rage,
He crept, a roof to seek.
"Alasl" he cried. 81 have a home;
"Tis cozy, warm and bright.
And yet. without, / have to roam,
Unsheltered through the night.
my wife within the parlor sits
And works industriously
Upon some mysterious bits
I'm not allowed to see.
Her mother holds the dining-room
Safe from each curious eye
And threatens with avenging broom
All those who venture nigh.
"One daughter In each bedroom camps;
Cook guards the kitchen Ger
And my two boys. the little soamps,
Have locked the cellar door.
So / must face the winter air
In snowdrifts TO each knee
While my fond family prepare
Their Christmas gifts for me-"
Then. suddenly the midnight bell
Toled slowly through the night,
And through the storm I hear a yell
And saw a flash OF light.
"Their work is done" my friend, in glee
Cried out with lifted head.
Then, stiffly through tho snowdrifts he
Crept Off TO seek his bed
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
SHE GOT CARNEGIE'S FIRST SPARK
First Feminine TeIesrapher in the
Country, Dies at West Chester.

West Chester, Pa, Dec. 22.-once
famous, Emma A. Hunter, the first
feminine telegrapher in this country,
died at her home in this place last
evening. She had been an invalid for
15 years. was 73 years OF age and was
the widow Of +. T. Smith. She was
born in Meadville. Pa, accepted the
position Of operator when the first
telegraph ohice was established here.
I'm 1851, by Uriah II. Painter.
Mrs. Smith was the first woman to
send a message to the Pittsburg tele-
graph office. at which time and place
Andrew Carnegie was acting as mes
.senger boy. Later in life Mr.. Carnegie
sent Mrs. Smith a set OF books, on the
front pages Of which he wrote:
To Mrs. Emma A. Hunter the young
lady who first elected the electric
spark from messenger boy In the
Pittsburg telegraph office.
Andrew Carnegie.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22

MOT FOR years has there been such
IN a loosening OF the factional ties
which have bound Delaware Repub-
licans TO one organization or to the
other as now. One needs only to
travel through the state and converse
with Republicans Of all shades to learn
that fact
There is general. demand for the
election OF United States Senator
early in the session--one who will
represent Republicanism and Delaware
as they should be represented. There
win be little federation for the man
who blocks the way and It is not going
to be as easy in the future for small
politicians to work their petty
schemes as in the past.
We are told that in the three coun-
ties the men who have been elected
10 the Legislature are above the aver
age representation IN that body; and
il all that one hears from their con-
stituents reflects their views, we may
look for a business session. We trust
that such win be the case. for in past
sessions there has been a too evident
spirit of q. recrimination and revenge
that has at times denied legislation ad-
mitedly meritorious and desirable.
Unfortunately. the selection by the
Governor OF his Secretary Of state is
regarded as having a bearing on iegls-
lation and the election Of a Senator.
But the Governor is untrammeled. and
as he was nominated without pledges.
he may name the man OF his choice.
And we hope that he will do this, ac-
cepting for himself whatever praise or
censure attaches to his act.
For the Secretary OF state sustalns
such close relations to the Governor
that it is highly improper to ask him
to appoint any man solely for political
reasons His standing as Governor
Of this commonwealth depends largely
upon this appointment, and nobody has
a right TO complain IL he shall select
the real man OF his choice.
Evening journal., 1904-12-22
Russia Facing the Llaht.

From the Cleveland Leader.
All authorities agree that whatever may
be done or left undone by the Russian
Emperor IN regard TO specific measures
looking toward freer institutions, there
can be no return TO past conditions in
such matters as the liberty of the press
and the general attitude Of the Govern
ment toward freedom Of thought and dis
cussion. A distinct and important gain
has eeen made for progress which win not
be lost.
The indications are that Parliament
viii be refused, but as a partial substitute
a Council viii be established for mr.
poses Of consultation. which will give the
people Of the Russian Empire a better ON
portunity TO make their wishes known ana
their interests regarded than they have
enjoyed hitherto. II is quite clear that
Prince Sviatopolk-M -Mirsly has not lost the
advantage which he gained Immediately
upon taking once as the success Of the
hated Won Plehve. He may not have his
way in all things, but he is clearly moro
influential than the reactionary bureau
Gratis. who would turn a deaf ear TO an
demands for more liberal institutions.
Russia will experience many disappoint
ments in the slow and painful journey tS
freer and better conditions than those Of
the past or the present, but movement Il
in the right direction. The great empire
OF the Cars is facing the light. tn fu
ture holds fair promise Of progress; pei
haps as fast as the Russian people shal
prove equal TO the responsibilities OF lib
erty and government.