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The leader., 1905-05-17
FAIR RIVER DOTS.
Especial Correspondents.

A party Of young people enjoy
ed an evening at the home of Mrs.
Susie Maxwell last week.
Mrs. Wiley is expected this
week to be the guest of hel
daughters, Mrs. G. w. Maxwell
and Mrs. g. Ell. Moore.
Among Saturday and Sunday
visitors, we note Messrs. Grover
KEGS, Cliff Kees, Floyd Greer and
Claude Bennett.
Miss Mary Curran, our efficient
music teacher, returned Monday
to resume her duties.
Many of our people attended
the county contest at Brookhayen
Friday.
DR.. Frank Maxwell, of Lum-
berton, is visiting relatives and
friends this week. Don't blush,
fair maid, we shall not tell the Sc
cret of his visit.
Prof. j. "a. Burris, d member
of the present graduating class Of
Mississippi College, visited our
people Saturday. We shall hear
more Of him later.
The closing exercises of the
Fair River school will be held
next Saturday evening, May the
Goth, beginning at $50 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
The leader., 1905-05-17
Farmers Institutes.

President j. G. Hardy, of the
Starkville Agricultural and Me-
chanicaI College, is planning for
more extensive institute work
during the coming summer than
has yet been attempted. Presi
dent Hardy announces that.he de-
|sires to hold an institute in every
section and before the program
for the farmers Institutes is made
up he asks that farmers desiring
TO have Institutes take the matter
np at once and get up the necessa-
Inv petitions. These petitions
should be gotten up at once and
forwarded to him. It is purposed
by the college to begin the insti-
|tutes about The 10th of July next
land continue them until Nov. 4.
IA final grand round up Of the in
|stitute work will be held at the
college, to which all are invited.
Distinguished authorities on agri-
cultural subjects will be on hand,
and 4 representative of the De-
partment Of Agriculture will be
there. The college authorities
are anxious for the farmers and
Others Of The State who take an
interest ii the work Of the school
and The agricultural station, to it,
f9ssl and pao xrhok IS knin0 dnnn
The leader., 1905-05-17
THE aaes Og Sin.

Nan Patterson ought not to
Ihave and does not merit the atten.
ltion and notoriety given her by.
| the press and public. She il not
lso much the star actress, of the.
slayer Of human fife, as she is 4
fallen woman, which mountains
and hills should cover ID pity
rather than that such an one be
fiaunted before The eyes Of tile
world ais an attractive creature
craving sympathy and support.
And yet the emotional heart Of
the public beats fast when, after
her trial on the charge of murder,
Nan flies to her parents home
with the holy name of Mother
upon her polluted lips, soon to re-
turn, il all probability, to the
realm where wine and women
ruleand reign; and the scene is ap-|
palling enough to make angels
weep.
But, she says, 81 am my moth
er's baby; I will return and begin
life over Alasl Nan, you can't.
The seed you have soWn, you will
reap as surely ali darkness follows
daylight. The mark Of Cain is
upon you, whether Caesar Young
killed himself or died By your
own fair, tempting hand you
have murdered virtue and inno-
cence and all that is pure and
beautiful in woman, as represent
ed in yourself. You can't begin
over. You can only Go and sin
no more. Z Life with its fair
morning can never be yours
again. Wounds may heal; but
scars remain. Let the young man
or maiden take note that white
page blotted can never be pure
and untarnished again.
The leader., 1905-05-17
]. N. c. 4.

Fina! preparations are being
made for the boys gypsy trip to
Vicksburg June 5fh. If upon
their return each boy is not a bet
ter boy, then will the secretary
consider the trip a failure: Ii IS.
his purpose to Undue their minds
with nobler, purer and deeper
thoughts, and their hearts with q
gentle and sincere love for those
things which tend to make The
world better, and to uplift and.
brighten the lives about them.
With such seed sown 10 the hearts
of our boys who can, attempt To-
measure the vast possibilities of
the harvest The boys are going
to have their fun. they are going
to be benefited ID more ways than
one. II your boy is not among
the number that is going, you had
best see to getting has name on
the list at once as only d limited
number can 60.
A sore head is a sign Of a shall
low one. 2
Rev. j. A. Hobbs will address
the Mems Meeting Sunday after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock. We cordial
III invite all men to these Sunday
afternoon meetings. Your pres
ence will be appreciated and you
will be benefited. Mrs. M. Il.
Flood and Prof. Hopkins will
sing q duet entitled Come Unto
Me.
We determine destiny by our
answer to the call Of duty
A bicycle tour has been propos-
led for July, FIVE have already
stated their intention of going;
how about yous If you want to
|see some fun and sights you
should 20 with the crowd. Ask
the secretary about il.
Have no thoughts you dare
not put ii deeds. =
"A railroad Z. M. G. A. is pro-
posed for McComb; twould be d
good thing ID the right place.
Many industrial associations are
being organized through our own
and sister States, Louisiana and
Alabama. Mr.. Moorman is an
aggressive ais well as an efficient
worker; he is a strong man and in
the right place.
Our rooms we're crowded with
college boys Friday afternoon and
evening. It is well our town has
4 hQme to welcome young men
visiting here. What are You do
ling to maintain il
Our junior baseball team IS open
| for games with boys teams of
like strength.
This life may be for our pas
sage, but il IS not our port.
SECRETARY
The leader., 1905-05-17
NIT. PLEASANT NOTES.

81
The rains have ceased and our
farmers are now progressing fine-
ly with their work.
DR.. j. w. Montgomery, Of
johnson, was among visitors here
last week.
Miss Beulah Andlng spent last
Tuesday night With Mrs. @. Pres
fridge.
We had the pleasure of attend
ing an entertainment, at The home
|of Mr.. and Mrs. Simpson Reeves
on Saturday evening, 18th inst,
given in honor Of their son Dud-
ley's birthday. There we're sew
|eral present and all reported q
most enjoyable evening.
Misses Ophelia and Florence
Holloway and the Misses Will
liams, of Wesson, were the charm
ling guests of Miss Della Hart on
Sunday, the 7th.
Mr.. Walter Welch. who has
Ibeen taking d commercial course
Fin Shreveport, La, returned
home Tuesday with bis diploma.
There is great enthusiasm over
the school closing here on the 10.
a large attendance IS expected.
Come one and all; we will have
| plenty of dinner on the grounds.
l Alec fhorn will uslf 10 dn4of.
The leader., 1905-05-17
LETTER 10 FARMERS.
President Walter Clark Issues lmpOr.
tant address.

Secretary Fisher is today send.
/ ing out several thousand copies 81
d circular address issued by Presi-
dent Walter Clark, of the Missis.
|sippi Cotton Association relative
to the meetings of county associa-
|tions at which acreage reports are
To be made. The letter will be
distributed through the various
county associations, and its text Is
Id full as follows
To the Farmers 0f Mississippi
One Of che prime objects of the
Southern Cotton Association is
the securing Of accurate informa-
tion ais to the amount of cotton
planted and the condition of the
crop. The farmers are III i posi-
tion to get this information more
accurately than any one else. 1t
is essentially necessary that these
reports be correct. These reports
are desired for our own informa-
ton. If we deceive each other,
we deceive. ourselves. / earnestly
appeal to you ta forward these re-
ports to Mr.. NJ. "a. Fisher, secre-
tary, Jackson, Miss, not later
than the 25th inst. These reports
will be compiled and the State
presidents will meet in New Or
leans Oh the 30th inst, and we
hope to give these reports back to-
each county organization on tile
first day of june, at 10 i. M.
Give us correct report and we
will return it TO you. We ask
that you give us the acreage in
cotton as compared with last year !;
when planting was completed, or
if any yet to plant, the amounts;
also the amount Of fertilizer used
as compared with last year, and
the condition Of che cotton already
up. Blanks for this porpose wi |
be furnished you and we ask that
you give us this information
promptly. Yours truly,
WALTER CLARK,
Pres. Miss. Division Southern
Cotton Association.
The leader., 1905-05-17
GRANGE HALL ITEMS.

It still rains and the grass
grows and the farmers are very
much behind time with their
work.
Several of our people attended
the contest in Brookhaven Friday.
Rev. j. e. Wills is attending
the Southern Baptist Convention
at Kansas City.
The Sunday School Institute
was very nearly rained out Sun
day. But Mr.. Byrd gave us some
good plans for d model school.
Z. 3. Dickey represented Pleas
ant Grove at the Sunday School
Institute Sunday.
William Henderson has been
on the sick list.
Mrs. A B. Middleton is visit
ing Sheriff r. G. Applewhite for
some weeks.
Mr.. Med. Ferguson has been
buying some geese of late, He
thinks they will save some hoe
hands.
We are glad that the United
States does not need us nor any of
our people to answer for our
stewardship.
The commencement of Grange
Hall school begins next Sunday
e1f~k Dnx- IL, 3, 1vsN4n ~ NHIska
The leader., 1905-05-17
Historical Records.

Director Rowland, of the De-
partment of Archives and Histo-
~, has returned from general
tour of the southern and south
western parts of the State In
search Of historical records and
data, and reports having secured
many valuable collections. At
Natchez he secured a large collec-
Htion Of the early Spanish records
from 178I to 1898 just prior to-
American occupation Of the terri
tory. There are forty zone vol
Humes III the collection, containing
numerous interesting and impor-
tant original manuscripts and
comprising 5000 documents of
various kinds, dealing with the
official acts of the old Spanish
Governors, land grants, settle
ments, wills, deeds and court rec
|ords. Mr.. Rowland will Gull the
records carefully, and expects to
find much history to throw light
on dark places and early events in
the provincial history Of Missis.
sippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
At Natchez The director also se-
cured some valuable relics of the
ruins Of Old Concord, Y The home
|of the Spanish Governors. This
historic old ruin was destroyed BY
The leader., 1905-05-17
An Appeal 10 Youne Men.

10 The young men of Lincoln
county, and especially those who
are addicted to the use Of
liqnor:
| Having once been d young man
land having at an early stage of
lmy life been caught ID the devils
drag net. being allured there By
1.-The glittering and deceptive temp
ltations offered BY the firm of
4 Devil, Barley Corn & Co. Z and
having held my place in its army
Iof slaves until | drained The cup
lof experience to its dregs, and
reaped its inevitable harvest OF
disappointment, humiliation and
bitter remembrance is about all
the apology which / shall offer for
addressing you in this manner.
have been treated with such
uniform courtesy and kindness By
you All and my heart has been.
gladdened BIZ SO many assurances
|of your good will and confidence,
that feel that / would he untrue
to every instinct Of manhood did
/ not feel d keen interest ii all
that pertains t0 your welfare.
What is the incentive which
prompts me to attempt to sound
this warning note in your ears
II viii say without dattery (for /
trust that vile element has no
place in my being), that / do not
believe there is q community be-
meath the Shining Stars that boasts
a better or more chivalrous galaxy
of young men than we have in
Lincoln county. Kindhearted,
generous and true il all the ma
sterial affairs Of life, no matter
whether called upon to defend
your country's honor, or to res
cue home from flames, or to
hold nocturnal vigil around the
bedside Of the sick and dying, or
to take part in the last sad obse-
.quies, your response is always
prompt, brave and manly. But /
confess my heart grows faint, my
brain stagnates, and my hand be-
comes almost motionless when /
note the presence of that liquid
demon among you and contem-
plate the awful work of havoc and
ruin which will be wrought by
this insidious foe of human hap
piness If it is allowed to dominate
your lives. Have you ever
thought seriously where you are
drifting2 IF not. then 10 the
name of all you bold dear, Of all
that is worthy Of your talents and
your ambition, | appeal to you to
pause and think before you cross
the Rubicon. You are yet in the
.heyday of youth; the future lies
out before you, r0seate with
promises, and that you may act in
this important matter with that
wise courage and sublime deter
mination which characterizes most
all your actions, and choose the
better way before it is too late is
the wish Of Your friend,
e. Fl. HOFFMAN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
A Conscientious JurY.

On one occasion native in
Kali, Hawaii, cheated neighbor
out of small sum of money. The
community was indignant and de-
termined that the guilty party
should be punished. The day Of
the trial came, the testimony was
conclusive, the judge closed his
charge, reminding the jury that
sit takes nine to convict" for a
three-fourths majority was required
instead of unanimous jury. 1t
was thought that the twelve might
decide in the box, but the Hawaiian
likes form, and they gravely with
drew to the jury room. They
were gone an uncomfortable time.
At length the judge, impatient,
sent to find out what in the world
was the matter and discovered
this predicament: All twelve we're
for convection, and no three could
be induced to vote for the defend
ant.-EX.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
Els modest Wi$b.

4 WOULD not have my humble name
III Go sounding down the ages
u would not see it blazOned bright
On fame's eternal pages.
For any line that may write.
And mark that have said it.
! do not even ask of Time
To have the final credit.
But when that end shall come to me
Which comes to every mortal,
merely beg this little boon:
When passed beyond the portal
Let no man say that I yearn for fame
In fact rather shun it
just let posterity dispute
If me or Bacon done it.
Within some simple verse of mine
A cryptogram discover,
And range themselves in factions torn,
My Halter or my lover,
So let them take my finest work
And though with care spun it
1t would not matter should they ask
If me or Bacon done it.
New York Times
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
MQld00n on Panama.

I see be the papers that the
govermint offers wan hundred
thousan' dollars reward fer amy
man that can toonnal canal thru
the issmus av pannymaw. The
likes av such nonsinse wud give a
haythen the ST. Anthony's fire. [
wud like to see the man that cud
dig a soobway foorty miles long.
Caramberry! It makes me talk
Frinch. Why, he wud made all the
lives av malltase cat to fight the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
In whatever field

many volumes. In whatever field
of literature you enter read only
the best books. Read with an
aim, or, if you have no object in
view, follow DR.. Johnson's advise:
BROWSE in library to your hearts
content. It is, perhaps, the only
way in which time may be profit
ablv wasted" E. D.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18

bacteriology av yellow diptheery.
A carload av dagoes wild plinty av
mackyroony might do it in tin
years; but wan man? Niver! The
hypothesis av the idaya is pre-
zoomshus. It is beyant the CON-
prehinshun av me intelligence why
the govermint wanst to go to all
the expince whin they cud lay
track at half the price. A prepos-
terus schame to raise the poll tax
is what I call it.
A canal wud be fine thing for
the wild naggurs to spear fish in,
an if a stame ship room over some
av thin they cud 500 the stars an
stripes for damages. IF SECRETARY
Taffy an the ''big stick wud take
that money an bore hole thru
standard lie, they wud git the avn
coor av all mankind an orthydox
preachers. Instid av that they
hunt rabbits an other wild amy
mails an let poor Kansas do it all.
Finnegan an I almost ate wan
another on account av it. He said
Pannymaw wur the capitol av
Chiny, an I said it wur a gran
jocks farm in Roosha. Nayther
behaved the other till little Dinny
pinted out in his Biography that we
wur both liars. If it wurn't fer
me chances av bein' mayor, wud
hire a gang av Clark street side
walk ornymints an take the con-
tract meself. I have figured it all
out in algybre that the chapest
plan wud be to block up the mkt
earthquake that comes along.
That wud save the irnportin' av
mules from Misoory. Figures
don't lie; an accordin' to algybre,
I wud save the repytashun av
Misoory an be rekompinsed be
the beef troost at the same time.
1 tell ye, byes, yez must be a
mathymatishun to win in the game
av polyticks, else how cud [ have
a moo pianny in me Office. Two
wakes ago the aldermin framed a
bill fer the erictshun av a bridge
across the city canal. Last night
it whit thru the ASSEMBLY, wild nary
a rid tag. The vote wur unany-
mus, wild privilege av tin per
clint fer the aldermin. That is
what is called co-opyrashun.
If I whit to Pannamaw L wud
distinguish meself be ridin a pri-
vate car an bein' me own shapy-
room. The chances are whin I
came back they wud fire Chauncy
Depew and finder me his safe in
the sinate. Me first slip as sina-
toor wud parylize the popylashun.
Because why? 1 wud rake up the
twinty-year-old Pure-food bill an
pass it under the name av "Mul-
doon's extermynator av pizen
canned goods
To think that canal cud give a
man such powerful political in
spyrashuns is beyant belief. I'll
tell yez somethin' on the quite, I
have a canal in the roof av me
Pannymaw hat wur popylist hit
it wild a brick. E. E. II.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
BOOKS.

INMATES Of penal institutions
are greatly indebted to books
for the comfort and consolation
they bring. Books enable us
to while away the long hours; they
are refuge from sorrow and mis-
fortune, and ever a solace.
when lands and goods are gone and spent
Then learning is most excellent
This old English proverb is true.
Learning is a possession which
abides with man after he has
been stripped of all else; for it de-
fies fortune and outlives calamity.
We cannot bestow our learning
upon another; another cannot dis
possess us of it. However, we can
share our knowledge with others
and it is the peculiar duty of liter
airy men to perform this benefcent
function.
Books" says Wordsworth, "are
a real world" This becomes more
forcible when we compare the
small world we live in with the
vast realm of the mind which is
peopled by memory and magma
ton. Around us are walls; we see
a few faces; but what are they
compared with the countless i'm
ages which we can, in a moment,
summon up in the brain?
The founders of New England
took good care that learning should
not perish. When they founded
the college at Cambridge, Mass,
the greatest bequest was from
John Harvard, who gave to the
college his collection of books.
Carnegie's gifts are important to
every town. The better part of
every mans education is that
which he gives himself. The mere
ability to read opens for us an
avenue to the world of thought,
fancy and imagination. We can
witness the triumphs of Alexan-
der the Great, Pyrrhus, and
Caesar. or look in on the conspira.
tors of Rome.
Cato's advise is, "Consort with
the good.' Choose books as you
do friends. Good friends and good
associates are like good books; CIV
ing their own nature to the mind
that converses with them. Good
books build up the mind and
eventually lead us onward and
upward to knowledge, and thence
to the sweetest fruit of all-Wis-
dom. This is practical age; we
cannot find much time to converse
with the sages, but we are content
to glance through the newspapers.
But what shall one read? His
tory is clarified experience, teach
ing us how very, very small are
our private affairs compared to the
world IN general. Science reveals
the marvellous world in which we
live. Voyages watt us over the
calm and through the storm.
Travels reveal to us the customs
of people in other lands. Essays,
ON interesting subjects, appeal to
all intelligent men. Biography
opens for us, chapters of eventful
lives, enabling us to profit by the
experiences of men who have bat
tied with the world-some con-
quering, others being conquered.
Each subject that 1 have touched
upon is Of such magnitude as to
have occasioned the writing OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
no CroMble.

although tits true" remarked the clock,
"That by myself have to flock,
Yet tits quite easy, day by day,
For me to pass the time away"
Judge.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18
A Bad Head.

Mr.. EdutOr:
Deer Survive bin havin' the
gull darndest luck lately with my
think apparatus. Sumtime ago |
had it overhalled and the plummer
said it was all 0. K, but it went
wrong agin. Yes it did. I've al
ways bin skirt for fear that the
wood was punky. Maybee it wood
half bin better for me to fire the
old machine and by new one.
I've bin reedin' the family papers
that get to me to find out where I
kin get new head, but 1 can't see
nothin about it. No I can't.
There's couple of chaps down
in St. Louis that have got patent
medicine which they'll garantye
to make a small head big. Who
are they? Why! don't you read the
papers? Seems awful funny that
you haint bin keepin' your eyes
open for opportunities. Why these
fellers Will send you four full
quarts, some samples and glass
with full directions Of things that's
good for feller's head. Yes they
will if you've got the money. Yes
sir, by what they say it's mighty
good stuff. If you take enuff of
1t, it means free trip to the other
world by the wireless route, while
half that much will make you
double header.
They say Teddy lost his head
six times out there in Colorado
and if he hadn't had sum of this
wunderful patent medicine long
with him, he woodn't half bin able
to shoot the tails off them bears
out there bare headed. It must
be great stuff. Yes it must. I
don't spose it wood be policy for
me and you to send for sum. Do
you? If all the other chaps in
this ark of rest saw me and you
goln' round with big heads spose
sum of our multi millianares here
wood be for biIdin' pipe line all
the way from here to St. Louis.
Now that woodn't do, cause pipe
trust can't do successful inter-
state business and run parrellell
with the Missississippi river. If a
Teller don't believe it, all he's got
to do is to ask for. right of way,
and he'd be stopped before he'd
get to the river. Yes he wood.
Enyhow, Mr.. Edutor, it must
be great stuff for double headin'.
All them correspondents over near
the war must have close connec-
tions with the pipe line, cause one
head says that Rojestskyvensky
Rusky is sailin' north, and the
other head says he haint, he's wait
in for the grass to grow.
Pipe dreams, pipe lines, and
big heads are all rite in their
place, but we haint got no room
for them in here. No we haint.
Lovingly Yourns,
Pr,nn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-05-18

It is good deal easier to stir up
a hornets nest than it is to find
the right place to crawl into.-Ex.