The leader., 1905-06-10
DOWN IN PIKE.
Items Of Interest From the Magnolia
Gazette.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Abrams, of
Eudora, Ark; Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Abrams and Mrs. B. Berger, Of
Brookhayen, and Mr.. Herman
Schwartz, of New Orleans, have
been guests this week of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Schwartz.
A telegram was received by
Prof. j. S. Thornton this Tues
day. morning stating that his
daughter, Miss Charlie, who went
to Texas about six weeks ago for
her health, was very much>worsc
and advising him to come at once.
Prof. Thornton left on the after
noon train and if his danghter's
condition will permit he will
bring he1 home. The sympathies
of the community are with him
and his family in this sad Attic
ton.
Deputy Sheriff Miller had the
pleasure Sunday morning of ar
resting two blind tigers who were
| plying their lucrative avocation
on the excursion. Expecting
something of this kind was going
on, Mr.. Miller went down to
Amite on the early morning train
and came back on the excursion.
1t was while the train was stand
ing at Oskya that he saw Ed
Young and Sol Singleton make d
sale. He promptly took the
young bucks in custody and
brought them to Magnolia, where
they were tried before Judge
Walker Tuesday morning and fined
$25 each, and given thirty days
each on the county farm.
The Board OF Supervisors, now
holding It's June term at the court
house seems to have at last solved
the problem of securing contrac-
tors to work the public roads.
On Monday the Board received
and opened the bids of quite
number of responsible citizens for
the work. After careful exami-
nation of all bids, the Board let
the contract for the First District
to Mr.. M. M. Simmons, of Mogul;
the Second and third Districts to
DR.. L. NJ. Quin, of HoImesvilIe;
and the Fourth and Fifth Districts
to Messrs. Smith and Winborn, of
Brookhaven. 1t is to be hoped
now that the road question may
be settled in Pike county by the
efficient and vigorous manner in
which these gentlemen shall COM
ply with their contract. The con-
tract is let for three years at an
average price of $95 per mile.
Tylertown has also begun the
shipment of tomatoes, the first car
consisting Of 1922 crates, being
sent out Saturday and another
car Monday. Shipments of less
quantity have been going forward
daily for a week or ten days.
This is the first experience Of Ty-
lertown farmers in the trucking
business, and it is to be regretted
that the excessive rains SO damag-
ed the crops. They have no rea-
l'son to be discouraged, however,,
as the season has been record
breaker in this particular.
The first actual step in.the EIec-
tric railway project was taken at
q special meeting Of the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen last Sat
urday afternoon when a franchise
for twenty five years was granted
to Messrs. ]. Fl. Price, G. ". Rat
cliff and j.. E. Schilling to con-
struct and operate an electric rail
way upon the streets of Magnolia.
This is part of the scheme to con-
meet Magnolia and Summit with
an electric railway, the line pass
| ing through the towns of
McC Comb, Whitestown and Fem
wood en- route. The promoters of
the railroad have been at work for
the past two years, and elaborate
surveys of the proposed route have
been made. At the meeting Of
the board Saturday afternoon
| Judge Price stated that their plans
lhad SO nlatured that the building
lof the road was as certain as any
future thing can be. The terrific
Try to be traversed is inhabited
now by fifteen or twenty thousand
people, and no one can doubt but
i fhof its ,or,,,,, laf;on wiII hn dom