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The leader., 1905-03-15
IIOnOr Roll OE MONTGOMERY School.

Chart Class Johnnie Moak,
Bessie and Laura Brown.
First Grade Smith Brumfeld,
Unie, Susie and Johnnie Brown.
Alice Gotten and Eddie Nav.
Second Grade Emit and Eunice
Moak and Willis Gotten.
Third Grade Kirby Enoch
and Vera Brown, Beulah and
Ephraim Moak, Herbert and Al-
bert W0odalI.
Fourth Grade EIlie, Aarie aud
Clint Brown, Trudy Moak, Hood
and Freddie May, Alton and
Olien Reeves
Fifth Grade Dudley and Collie
May. Rh0da Brown, Wilmot
Reeves, Bertha Woodall.
Yours very truly,
I. E RUSSELL, Prin.
The leader., 1905-03-15
Educational Rally.

The grandest educational rally
that this section Of the country
has ever seen, is what Prof.
Wm. b, Hogg is expecting to
hold at Auburn, April S. The
superintendents Of education of
Lincoln, Franklin, Pike and
Amite counties have pledged their
cooperation and Hon. II. T..
Whitfield, State Superintendent
of Education, will be present and
will give an address. The neces-
sary accessories will be brass
band and free dinner
This will be q great day for
South Mississippi edueationalIy,
all the educators Of this section
having promised to be present
The leader., 1905-03-15

The gospel service Sunday af-
ternoon was an interesting one
and largely attended. There was
plenty Of singing, and that's what
the men enjoy. One Of the good
things that Rev. Grover said was
that, In order to sacrifice we
must give until we feel it. z Let
us apply the thought to ourselves
on rainy Sundays when we would
rather remain at home than go to
church.
The frosts of age do not cool
the fires of Christian love. .
The Ladies Auxiliary met
Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Cooke presiding. Among other
things, they decided to give a So
ciai to the members and friends
about the 9th. Now the fellows
are looking happy and planning
to be on hand. Hurrah for the
Iadiesl
Secretary 3. g. McLaurin, Of
the Canton Y M. G. A., was a
welcome visitor to our rooms Fri
day.
Bishop GalIoway's lecture was
SO highly appreciated that many
have asked to have him come and
lecture upon his travels. A large
number have already requested
tickets. The secretary has writ
ten the Bishop about the matter.
If he will come and the secretary
can secure a hundred promises for
tickets in advance, we shall hear
this great lecturer again about
May Ist.
Don't fail to see the ball game
Thursday night.
Your mothers apron strings
are away ahead of the devils tow
line.
You ought to have seen the ball
game Monday night between the
Chickasaws and Choctaws! The
score was 81 TO 6, in favor Of Cap
tain Hopkins ChickasaWs. There
will be different story to tell
Thursday night when the Mo-
hawks and ChickasaWs come to-
gether. Thursday nights game
will commence a series for the
championship cnp. Captain Alb
shagen will reorganize his team;
be was at a disadvantage Monday
night.
There will be no gospel service
next Sunday.
II you are not a member of the
association, you are going to miss
d lot Of good things Come right
in with lis fellows.
The secretary would be glad to
receive suggestions as to how the.
Association can be improved.
These notes will appear regular
~ Ia Wednesdays issue Of The
Leader and occasionally on Satur-
days. Secretary
The leader., 1905-03-15
NHISKEY AND CRAPS.
Lead to j Murder at Columbia. IN
Which j Lincoln County Young
Man FIGURES.

Columbia, Miss, March 13.
Isaac FoItenberly, u young log
man, residing three miles north
Of Columbia, was shot and almost
instantly killed this afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock at the Bayliss Hotel,
by Homer Smith, a young rail-
road contractor, who has been
staying in this vicinity for sever
al weeks. Smith, who had been
drinking with bis companions,
Fortenberry and three other
young men, entered the hotel
about 3 o'clock and went into q
room and closed the door. 1t is
said the young men began game
of craps. Parties at the hotel
heard considerable loud talking
and oaths. Some witnesses say
that Smith pulled a gun and
threatened to shoot everybody in
the room, and that he opened the
door and started out. F0rtenber-
~ said: Don't shoot me; | am
your friend. z The pistol was
discharged and Fortenberry fell
to the floor. Smith rushed out
through the hall with his smoking
pistol in his hand, defying those
near him to arrest him, and ran
down the street ii the direction
Of Che railroad track, but was
soon intercepted by Deputy Sher-
if Ford and Marshal Barnes, to-
gether with citizens who joined ID
the chase. Smith gave bis pistol
over to Deputy Ford and was
lodged in jail. Fortenberry lived
but few minutes. The ball en-
tered just above the center of the
stomach, coming out of the back.
Fortenberry was % years old and
had d host Of friends and connec-
tions In this section. The jury Of
inquest is now il session at the
Bayliss Hotel, and will return a
verdict tomorrow. Times Demo-
|clat Special.
The leader., 1905-03-15


Tile Leader Is sending ont II
good l0t of sample copies ok kliis
issue. II sou receive one and like
the paper send us SLIGO and gek1
il twice Meak for six months al
w. 90 for year
There will be 40 Important
school rally at IIRucks i hetreat
next Saturday afternoon 1t q
O'Clock All teachers who can are
invited TO attend. Some inter est
ing talks are expected.
Bob Scott fred several shots at
some one Monday night who was
trying 10 enter Mis-. III. Case
dy's residence. The scoundrel,
whoever he was, ran like q quar-
ter horse and made good bis es-
cape. Clean up the vagrantsl
Mrs. j Il. Greer visited her
husband in New Orleans Sunday
and was surprised, as well as
pleased to find his general condi-
tion very much improved. His
friends here are glad to hear news
so encouraging from Mr.. Greer.
Mr.. u. D. look, 4 capitalist 0f
Oregon, Mo-, and Mr.. Thomas
Curry, editor Of the Holt County
Sentinel of that city, have been
distinguished guests of Dr.. and
Mrs. j Z. Butler. Coming from
DIR. Buffers former home in Mis-
souri, their visit was greatly en-
joyed By their host and hostess.
We hear strong complaint
against many of our county roads.
They are ID wretched condition,
according to reports Of response
Bile men who have frequent occa-
|sion to pass over them. Such
things ought not SO to be and we
hope now, that the bad spell o.
weather" is over, we will have
roads placed in good condition for
our summer picnics
Read Important Notice. on
the third page Of this issue and
remember it means what it says.
The Cemetery Commissioner, Mr..
u. E. Seavey, has great pride in
the appearance Of the cemeteries
over which be has the supervision;
and The Leader hopes he will
have the cordial support of own
ers Of lots to the end that the
Protestant cemeteries may be inn
proved. An iron fence is to be
erected at the south front and
necessary grading done to make a
desirable entrance. 1t is hoped
By many owners Of lots who have
noted the devastation made by
hogs, that d fence may be placed
entirely around the old and new
cemeteries THAT will be hog proof.
This would be greatly appreciated
by our people interested. Mr..
Seavey expects to open a list for
subscriptions to that end.
Bishop Galloway in his lecture
on Friday night referred TO Hon.
Z. @. @. Lamal's never permit
Ting, without reproof, a sacred
thing to be spoken lightly Of in
his presence. This trait is still
patent among us, we are pleased to
state. a drummer in a barber
shop here was slurring in the most
condemnatory manner Che other
day at preachers. " A minister S
son CHANGED to be in the shop.
He suppressed his Indignation un-
til the drummer had evolved from
the chair and gotten on the OUT
side. Then he gave him q few
things to understand. The
drummer's mind seemed very
clear be quickly comprehended
the situation, made alldue apol-
ogies and even said that bis wife
had been converted under the
ministry Of an uncle Of the minis
ter's son. Barber shops and 9TH
eli places Of common resort fol
men would soon be rid Of often
Objectionable features and associa-
tions, were there more young men
like II. 60. g. Lamar and the min-
ister's son referred to.
The leader., 1905-03-15

So be sure, BY buying
your Groceries at Wood s
The leader., 1905-03-15

W W1lCn tttC IQFCIEUE D1 tuC KJkdlG
commenced anything like an in
yestigation backed up BY the Fed
eral authorities as III this matter
he realized that the people in this
county did not count fol very
much, and that he knew that
nor any other man Of the
county could protect them or stop
the investigation that was being
made by the Governor, and that
he was glad OF the chance to tell
all chat he knew with the view OF
assisting the work to break up the
organization that had caused SO
much crime and 50 much loss to
some Of the people that had inter
ests IN the county.
He stated that he made this
statement voluntarily without
prejudice or malice toward any
man and that be did not think be
had All enemy in the county, and
that he would 90 on the stand and
tell all that he knew and that be
believed that he could greatly aid
us at court time when they placed
him on the stand or If they sum
moned him before the grand jury.
He also informed me that the
meeting to be held at Meadville
on Monday WAS for the purpose OF
devising ways and means to have
me removed from the county, and
to have the investigation stopped,
as they were all very much fright
ened and worked up on account Of
it.
We next drove to the home of
who sent me word through
his father that he wished to see
me and make his statement.
We then drove to Shallow Ford
with and took his state
ment in plain sight Of the famous
meeting ground of the white caps,
the place where many central
meetings were held with from 400
to 600 present from Franklin,
Amite, jefferson and Lincoln
counties, and where the famous
general orders were given to the
captains of the different compa-
mics to drive the negroes all out
Iof the county,.
informed US that his con,
nection with the organization was
the only black spot upon his char
scter, and that it was q very hu-
initiating thing to him TO confess
that he had gone through life or
to an age when he had a family
and then get misled or influenced
into an organization that was a
blot upon the States history. He
stated that he joined the order in
the fall Of 1909, at Shallow Ford,
and was sworn in by and
that while he remembers the death
penalty tosthose who revealed the
secrets, be thinks they eliminated
that portion of the oath pertain
ing to the killing Of obnoxious me-
groes, and the running off of the
negroes living upon merchants
places. He states that when he
went to the meeting be was met at
the guard line, which was some
distance from the large crowd, and
they demanded that he take part
of the oath there, informing him
that the balance would be admin
istered to him when he arrived
inside. He refused to take the
oath at the guard line. and on ac-
count of his determination and
prominence, he was allowed to
pass inside the line where he saw
many influential men. which con-
WINGED him that every thing must
be in accordance with law; so he
decided to join and did take the
oath, as above stated, and among
those present were:
He also informed me that if /
will investigate the case
for while capping. that ] will be
able to indict nearly every man on
the jury for perjury, as they
swore that they were not mem
hers 0f fhn Farmers Iiparue or
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NUMBER OF SMALL FIGHTS.
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN FORCES
STRUGGLING FOR POSSES
SION OF A PASS.

st. Petersburg, May 13.-General
Linevitch, in dispatch from the front
dated May II, reports series of small
engagements for the possession of a
pass several miles southwest of Chi
miiaotse. On May the Russians re-
tired to Chimiiaotse and on May 6
fighting was resumed and lasted all
day long. The result was indecisive.
simultaneously detachments were en-
gagged seven miles from Ufangu. The
Japanese advanced up to the Russian
bayonets, but were repulsed. The night
of May the Japanese were reinforced
and the Russians commenced to re-
tire. On May third Russian detach-
ment advanced to Tavangau pass and
met the Japanese, against whom the
former operated successfully for pos
session Of the pass. On May Z the
japanese resumed a decisive offensive
against the Russian right flank, but
were repulSed.
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GOVERNOR cuMMINs TEsTlFIEs.
Gives His Views on Railway Legisla-
ton to Senate Committee.

ton to Senate Committee. s
Washington, May 49, Governor A..
B. Cummins Of 1owa testified during
the day before the senate committee on
interstate commerce, which is consider
ing railroad legislation. He criticised
the statement by railroad men that
rates were low enough now and the im-
preston he said they endeavored to
convey that the object sought was to
giver power to the commission to fix
all rates. He claimed that there was
nothing unjust in giving the commits
sion the power which the proposed leg
islation would confer upon it to cor
rect an unreasonable and discrimina.
tory rate between kinds of traffic and
localities. He advocated the establish
ment by congress of tribunal to give
business competitors square deal in
securing transportation to markets and
cited Dubuque and Fort Dodge as
among cities Disseminated against.
Ie said that badly adjusted railway
rates had removed Iowa's chances Of
becoming manufacturing state.
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UNDER RoJEsTVENsKY.
All Russian Naval Divisions Now in
the Far East.

the Far East.
st. Petersburg, May 13.-The adj
miralty declines to divulge any in
formation which it has about the ships
Of the VladivostOk division which are
reported to be Off the coast of Japan,
but the impression prevails in naval
circles that, acting under the instruc-
tiOns of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky,
they have passed through Tsugaru
straits into the Pacific on a recon
naissance to ascertain if the passage
is free of mines and feasible for Ro,
jestvensky's squadron and also to
threaten Japanese commerce All the
Russian naval divisions now in the
Far East are acting under Rojestven-
sky's orders. -'
M. Vronski, the military expert of
the Novoe Vremya, explains that the
failure of Field Marshal Oyama to
undertake an advance as well as the
failure OF the Japanese to send an
expedition to the island of Sakhalin
is due to the appearance of Rojest,
venskys squadron in Chinese waters
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DEATH LIST is GROWING
NUMBER OF PERSONS sUccUMB
TO INJURIES RECEIVED IN
HARRISBURG WRECK.

Harrisburg, Pa, May 13.-!The exact
number of lives lost in the South Har.
risburg railroad disaster, caused by
the crash Of the second section of the
Cleveland and Cincinnati express into
car of dynamite in wrecked freight
train, is not yet known Eleven bodies
have been identified and nine charred
corpses await recognition at the tenn
porary morgue. OF the 136 injured
JOG received treatment at the hospital.
OF this number fifty remain there and
the six deaths that have occurred
leave the number still there forty-four.
Several of the injured are in hotels.
No estimate of the financial losses
of the railroad property has been made
by the company officials, although it is
believed that 100000 will not cover
the loss of the passenger train alone
Sam S. Shubert, New York theat-
rical manager. died at $3.50 a. m. at
the Commonwealth hotel, where he
was taken soon after he escaped from
the burning wreck.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Emerson E. Bennett, well known
writer and composer, is dead at Phila-
delphia, aged eighty-three years.
Major e. D. T. Myers, president OF
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad, is dead at Rich.
mOnd, Va
Harold G. Underwood, well known
patent attorney of Milwaukee, died
suddenly in a Chicago hospital from
heart failure
Joseph Lewis, 104 years of age, is
dead in New York city. He served
with two sons throughout the Civil
war. Lewis was the father of twenty
seven children.
Comptroller of the Currency Ridge
ley has levied an assessment Of 66 2-3
per cent upon stockholders of the First
National bank Of Milwaukee to make
good the capital stock which was i'm
paired by the defalcation of former
President Frank G. Bigelow.
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3 -9-53 -T1-- -
FIVE MISSING AS RESULT or
FLEE MISSING AS RESULT OF
OKLAHOMA TORNADO.
MANY KILLED OUTSIDE OF SNYDER
NEWS FROM SURROUNDING couN.
TRY INDICATES CONSIDER
ABLE LOSS oF,klFE.

Snyder, Okla, May -Ninety-fiye
bodies of victims OF Wednesday night S
tornado had been found up to noon
At that time thirty-five persons were
injured numbered 115, of whom twen-
ty-fve were believed to be fatally hurt.
Twenty-Five or thirty others were
slightly hurt.
The financial loss is estimated at
100000.
Reports brought in from the coun-
try, which has been shut off since
Wednesday night by lack of telegraph
facilities, indicate that twenty-five per
sous were killed outside of Snyder,
making a possible total dead of 12O.
Verifcation of the loss of life in the
country will, naturally, be slow.
Pitiable scenes of want and suffer
Ing were seen here during the day on
oil sides. Much confusion still exist
ed despite the efforts of hundreds of
outsiders to aid the victims of the
tornado. Many who had lost every
thing they possessed went hungry and
practically unprotected from the cold
Appeal for Aid Answered.
Later in the day Governor Fer
guson's request to the people of Okla
homa to render immediate aid to the
destitute people began to show re
suits. Carloads Of provisions, cloth
Ing. tents, bedding and medicines be-
gan to arrive and with them came
added numbers OF persons from all
directions to aid in attending to the
Immediate wants OF the citizens.
The most serious phase OF the situa-
tion is the necessity for the imme-
diate housing OF the homeless and the
providing OF sufficient medical care
for the injured.
All night two dozen men worked
necessarily preparing the bodies of
the victims for burial and during the
day dozens of funerals were held.
Plenty OF coffins had been sent in,
but wagons and drays had to be used
in carting the remains to the GENE
teries. All day long crude hearses
passed through the Uttered streets.
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New Witnesses in Beef INQUIRY.

Chicago, May 1S.-Twelve new wit
nesses were subpoenaed during the
day to appear before the federal grand
jury Investigating the beef industries.
All of the persons for whom Writs were
issued are commission firm employees
at the stock yards here. 1t is believed
that an attempt is to be made to learn
the relations existing between commits
sion men and packers.
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GIRLS TRAMPLED TO DEATH.
Playing Children Charged by Drove Of
Eulls at Seville.

Madri !, May 13.-While a score of
little girls were playing in the fields
at Villa ManriQue in Seville, initiating
a religious procession and waving their.
handkerchiefs like banners, they irri-
tated a drove of bulls. which charged
them.
The children were tossed, trampled
upon and gored. Nine of them were
killed and six badly injured. The
drovers Immediately were arrested,
which prevented the populace from
lynching them
Villa Manriaue is the center of the
district in which bulls are bred for
the ring and it is an unWritten law
there that the droyers are responsible
for every ybody's safety from the bulls,
which are practically wild.
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EXPLANATION NECESSARY.

French Assurances of Neutrality Not
Sufficient for Japs.
TOXIC, May l3.-France's latest as
surance OF neutrality eases the situa-
tion somewhat, but does not remove
the popular sentiment against her.
The press urges the government to
maintain a strong attitude toward
France and demand explanations, say
ing that it is necessary that France
explain events OF between May 8 and
Nav 9.
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Policeman Kills Soldier.

Newport News, Va, May 13-Police
Officer Phillips killed one Dewey, a
member Of the Sixty-eighth company,
heavy coast artillery, in Phoebus. Ac-
.cording to Officer Phillips he had occa-
sion to reprimand three artillerymen
for an infraction of a town ordinance,
Whereupon Dewey picked fight With
him.
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FORMER ACTRESS ACCUSED OF
MURDER RELEASED ON HER
OWN REcoGNIzANcE.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CRITICIsEs PRESS
RLAMES NEWSPAPERS FOR WHAT
HE TERMS SERIOUS MIscAR-
RAGE OF JUSTICE.

New York, May 13.-Nan Patterson,
the one time 'Florodora" show girl,
was released from the Tombs prison
during the day after almost year
within It's walls awaiting determina-
ton OF the charge that she had mur-
dered her protector Caesar Young,
a racetrack bookmaker. She left for
Washington during the afternoon. She
was loudly cheered by crowd of 200
persons as she left the prison.
Her release was made at the in
stance OF District Attorney jerome,
who said he did not believe another
trial would result other than in a
disagreement. At the same time he
declared that there had been a serious
miscarriage OF justice. He said many
OF the newspapers had labored to Gre
ate sympathy for the girl and that this
case had "caused one more step in
this country towards trial by news
paper rather than trial by jury" He
approved of all his assistant, Mr.
Rand, had done or said in conducting
the case and added:
THE people tor whom | care ap-
prove our action. From the sane part
of the community we have received
nothing but fairness. | have informa-
tion that admits OF no doubt that there
was unanmity in the juryroom on
three points: First, Morgan Smith
bought the pistol; second, Nan Patter,
son took the pistol in the cab with
her; third, Caesar Young did not COM
NIT suicide. | ask that the prisoner
be discharged on her recogniZance."
Greeted by Her Aged Father.
as Miss Patterson LETT the criminal
courtroom she was met at the thresh-
old by her father, who threw his arms
around her and exclaimed, Thank
God, my daughter" as-she left the
building. She was driven in car
riage to her lawyers Offices in the
World building, where she remained
a short time. She then went to the
st. Paul hotel where she had lived
before Young's death
j. Morgan Smith and his wife, Mrs
Julia Smith, Nan PattersOn's sister,
were discharged from custody by
Judge Cowing in the court of general
sessions. Eoth had been held on a
charge of conspiracy in connection
with The Patterson case. AS soon as
he was discharged Smith was rear
rested on an attachment for failing to
obey subpoena issued by the grand
jury and was committed to the Tombs
prison for examination on Tuesday
next.
Counsel for Smith said he would
make application before the supreme
court for a writ of habeas corpus to
free him. District Attorney Jerome
replied that he would do what he
could to aid in Smiths release and
Judge COWing, upon signing the order
for commitment of Smith said he was
also agreeable and if he had erred in
any way the supreme court would ad-
just the matter. Judge Cowing then
fined Smith $3.50 for contempt of court
in falling to obey the subpoena served
on him.
Nan Patterson received check for
several hundred dollars during the aft
ernoon and at once sent $3.50 down
town to pay ]. Morgan Smiths fine.
=
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HUNDRED HORSES KILLED.
Were Close to Wire Fence During Elec
tricai Storm,


Rapid City, S. D., May 13.-Reports
are coming in from the range in this
immediate vicinity which show that
the recent snow storm has made ler:.-
Bile havoc among horses and cattle
The snow seems to have been the
worst in this vicinity, for reports from
Belle Fourche and north of this dis
tfict further indicate that there was
not much of a snowfall and the loss to
stock will be small.
Lightning also played havoc with
the stock, in one instance man los
ing 100 head of horses out of 1O3. They
were close to a wire fence and were
killed by the lightning. The stock on
the open range were killed by being
covered by snow, which chilled them
to death. In this district it is consid-
cred the worst storm in many years.