The leader., 1905-05-20
MISSISSIPPI MA TIERS
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Wither's Artillery, to be held in Jack
son, on the third of June. All members
are earnestly requested to be present.
The call is signed by Hon. J. M. Chill
ton Of Mayersville, Secretary of the
organization, and is in part as follows;
AS near as we can ascertain, there
are about ninety survivors Of the more
than 800 whose names are on the rolls
OF the old company, and these old fell
lows are rapidly crossing the river to rest
on the other side. Let us meet again.
VIII you kindly advise me of the names
of and former residences of any of the
command who have died since June 3,
1904? So far have heard of only two
who. have passed away since that date,
]. S. Mccormick of Perthe Miss, and
Oliver Clifton, of jackson, Miss.
Hon T. B. Franklin, Grand Master
OF the Masons of the State of Mississ.
ippi, has accepted the invitation extend
ed to him to be present in Greenville
on the 18th and lay the cornerstone OF
the Kings Daughters Hospital, now be-
ing erected at that place. The people
OF Lumberton also have asked that he
perform the same honor for them on the
18th, Of which date they will lay the
cornerstone of their new COURTHOUSE.
When the Grand Lodge, I. o. o. f..
meets an effort is to be made to
make Jackson the permanent meeting
place of the order. Considerable SEN
timent has been worked up for this
movement on account of the fact that
the Grand Lodge saves several thou
sand dollars by meeting in jackson
Another movement which is to be put on
foot and pushed is the home that the
Grand Lodge contemplates building.
An equipment mortgage of 81, ,000, ZOO
has been filed by the Southern Railway
Company in the office of the Secretary
OF State. The mortgage is to cover s..
600 freight cars, ninteen engines of the
passenger type, ten switch engines and
fifty freight engines. An equipment
mortgage has been filed by the Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
to cover 250 freight cars. The Alabama
Great Southern has filed an equipment
mortgage for 81, ,141 ,246. so, to cover
twelve freight engines and 1850 freight
cars.
1t is expected that the reports and
maps to be issued by the United States
Government on the soil survey OF
Copiah County will soon be ready for
distribution. Since the first of the year
the United States Government has had
a force of men at work in Copiah County
making a survey. The area includes
Crystal Springs, Gallman, Hazlehurst,
Beech Grove, Ruby and George
town. These reports and maps will be
for free distribution, and any resident
of the State can have one by dropping
postal card to the Department of Soils,
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. G.
Elliott g. Ellis, tie contractors, en-
Joined the Mobile, Jackson and Kan
sas City railroad, restraining the COM
pany from the further use of crossties.
the tie contractors holding claims
against the road for $45, 900, and the
writ of injunction being filed Jointly
with them by the Bank of Newton,
which held some of the vouchers.
This delayed construction work for
time, but the matter has been adjusted
in such way as to be satisfactory to
all parties concerned, and steel laying
has been resumed.
The Supreme Court refused the request
of the Board of Supervisors of Simpson
County tosuspend its mandate in regard
tomOving the county site back to West
vile, and ordered that it be carried
out. For the present this settles
the Simpson County litigation.
Justice Truley said in rendering the
decision today if it was shown that the
mandate could not be complied with in
six months allowed that it would be ex-
tended.
Eldridge Hurt left his home in Hat
tiesburg, April 10, 1905, and has not
been heard of since. He is Is years old,
large for his age, blonde complexion,
blue eyes, slightly stopped, hair little
dark and inclined to curl. His parents
are anxious to know his Whereabouts,
and any information win be thankfully
received. Address w. N. Hurt, S05
James street, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Insurance Commissioner w. O. Cole
gives notice that the following new COM
panies have paid license and been adj
mitted to Mississippi for the transaction
of business: Caledonian of New York,
Orient of Hartford, Federal of New
Jersey, Assurance Company of America
of New York, Peter Cooper of New
York, Travellers Fire of Pine Bluff, Ark.
Attorney General Williams has re-
ceived official notice that the Missis-
sippi-Louisiana boundary dispute case
has been set for hearing on October 10.
The Mississippi attorneys are ready for
the case when it comes up, being fa-
miliar with every point in the litigation.
Hon. T. M. Henry of Jackson and
DR.. T. r. Henderson of Greenwood,
members of the board of directors of
the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir, re-
port the home in good condition, and
the health of the inmates fairly good,
in view of the fact that many Of them
are very old and feeble.
At the recent examination for teach
ers in Tippah county, which was one
OF the most difficult ever held, there
were only two out of about thirty appli-
cants who made the average to entitle
them to first grade license.
Notice has been received from Capt.
J. F.. Merry, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent of the Illinois Central
road, that the party of homeseekees
and realty agents to be brought South
this month will stop over in Jackson
from | o'clock pm. of the ed until s
O'Clock am. of the 23d. This is the
longest stOp-Qyer to be made by the
party during the trip.
The quarterly report of the Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas City road filed
with the railroad commission shows
total receipts from all sources, SI65, :
907. SO, and net earnings $50, COS. .83,
with net revenue Of 81, 929.33 after de-
Quoting taxes and all fixed charges.
The Newton County Cotton Growers
Association met at Decatur last week
and the County Organizer, &. p. Yar-
brough, reported that he had made a
canvass Of q certain part tof the county and
learned that whore 6, 1858 acres had been
d