The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-11-18
STATE HAPPENINGS.


be held at McComb,, Nov. 16.
CentervilIe held it's second an
nual Flower Show last Wednesday.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has put on a midnight t
service at Jackson.
The G.. and S. l. r. r. will con-
vey exhibits to the Jackson Exhi-
bition free of all charges.
The game law is modified at
Laurt!. The open season begins
on Nov. Is and closes Jan. Is.
The Baptist Young Peoples
Union of the State met in con-
vention at Greenwood yesterday.
Eight new residences, two
stores and postofice have been
built at Clinton within six months.
l. V. Enochs. aged 45 years,
died at PoplarvilIe, after three
weeks of illness. He leaves a wife
and two children.
w. M. Edwards, a switchman,
and Minnie Madden, a 16-year-old
girl, we're married in the Justices
Office at Meridian.
Governor Vardaman has par
doned lack West, a white convict,
sent up several years ago from
Monroe county for forgery.
A stalk of sugar cane from
Saucier, in south Mississippi,
reached Jackson Monday and was
found to measure about 30 feet.
At Wesson, Jesse Bufin and
Miss Lillian Graves and Joseph
E. BaIIowe and Miss MoIlie Tar
YER, were married at ]. [. Bride
Wells home.
Bessie Whitby, found guilty of
selling intoxicants without license,
was convicted at Laurel and fined
$500. She gave an appeal bond
of 81, 900 to the Circuit Court.
Some old Indian relics have
been newly found near Cotton
Plant, due to the roofing up of
articles Ioy hogs. Spoons, bot
tie, skeleton, etc., were discov-
cred.
The Port Gibson Reveiile was
out last week for the first time in
several weeks. having been forced
to suspend during the fever at
that place by the stampeding of
the force.
W. F. Applegate was convicted
at Magnolia, for retailing and
fined $50 and costs and so days in
Jail. He was caught selling whis-
ky to negroes at Chatawa, and the
evidence was conclusive.
The Woodmen of the World un-
yelled monuments at Bogue Chit
to, to the memory of Thomas
Williams and w. G. Grice. The
address was made by j. w. Col
lier, of Vicksburg.
Three miles west of Clinton a
freight train was derailed and
nine cars demolished, The track
was badly damaged. The engine
never left the rail. A broken
truck probably caused the wreck.
Charles F. Aiken, printer for
merly of Hazlehurst, was stuck
by a passing train at a railroad
crossing and so badly injured at
Amite City that he died, after
reaching the hospital in New Or
leans.
Secretary Woods, of the Missis-
slppi Cotton Association, address
ed a big audience of farmers and
business men at Durant Saturday.
The farmers willingly pledged to
pay the tax of 3 cents per bale for
Association expenses.
Capt. j. C. Smith died at Crys-
tai Springs. He had been in the
mercantile business in that city
for more than so years. He is
survived by four sons at Crystal
Springs and one daughter. He
was a member of the Baptist
church.
The Supreme Court met Mon.
day for the fall term. with JUS
tices Whitfield, Calhoun and Truly
on the bench. The first two
weeks of the term will be given tc
the civil docket of the middle dis.
trict. The third week, the crimi.
nal docket will be taken up.
j. A. Carr, of Hattiesburg. has
recently leased a large tract Of
land five miles east of Summit,
near Quin's bridge, and will start
an extensive turpentine still.
He will employ more than 15(
hands, and will start shortly the
erection of q large commissary
store. The new enterprise vii
be known as the McComb City
/ Turpentine Company.
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| A McComb, Miss, girl, Mis-!
Elizabeth kirkpatrick, lately