The leader., 1905-08-23
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Items Clipped from Last Fridays Mae.
noIia Gazette.

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nOlia Gazette.
Osyka received her first bale OF
cotton Wednesday. 1t was raised
BY MI. w. d. Varnado, Of Lewis
ton, La, and weighed 45s pounds.
It was bought by the Osyka Mer-
camille Co., for ten cents and Mr..
Varnado also received the $500
suit Of clothes which the firm
offered as premium.
Darbun has organized a Wood
men Of the World Camp. The
new Camp has twenty-seven mem
beTs and The following are its first
officers: Swip Bracey, consul
commander past; j. M. Newman,
consul commander; A. G. Bracey,
clerk; j. w. Howell, banker; J.
G. Holmes, advisor lieutenant.
During the storm last Saturday
afternoon, lightning struck a
fence on Mr.. j. d. Guys place,
six miles west Of here, and totally
it for a distance Of
more than 100 feet, finally wind
ing up at a pig pen beside the
fence which it totally wrecked.
Though some live stock we're
standing quite near, none of them
were injured.
Dir. q. w. Robertson, county
health officer, last Wednesday dis
covered well-deyeloped case of
small pox in negro house, FIVE
miles east of Magnolia. The case
is chat of a son of Stephen Jen-
nings, and, unfortunately, the
whole community is said to have
been exposed to it. DR.. Robert
son said that it was not of a viru-
lent type and the young negro had.
not been sick enough to 60 to bed.
Capt. x. A. Kramer has reciev-
ed an official opinion from the at
torney general in which he says
that members of the National
Guard are. not exempt from street
duty in municipalities, nor from
road duty where they reside in
the country. The attorney gen
eraI says that where the National
Guard regulations conflict with
the State law, the latter must pre-
vail, but in this instance there is
not even a conflict.
While bathing in creek near
Darbun one afternoon last week,
R. B. SibIey dived into shallow
water and stuck his head in the
mud. He was unable to extricate
himself, and but for the timely
assistance of Mr.. j. H. hampton,
who was standing on the bank, be
must have drowned. Mr.. Lamp
ton got him out alright, but he
has since been unable to move.
It is thought his head struck a
rock, causing paralysis.
The first bale of cotton market
ed in Mississippi, which was
bought here last Tuesday by
Messrs. S. Cohn & Sons. was do
mated by that firm to the yellow
fever fund, which the citizens of
New Orleans are now raising.
The bale was sold at auction at
the Cotton Exchange building
Wednesday and brought twenty
cents per pound. Simultaneously,
the first bale for Louisiana, raised
bv a Tangipahoa parish farmer
and donated by Mr.. D. FL. San
ders, of Amite City, was sold and
it also brought twenty cents. Both
bales weighed practically 500
pounds and netted 500 each for
The fever fund.
The Gazette begins today publi-
cation Of the official calender for
the September term of court. As
usual, the calandar is lengthy,
comprising 81 civil cases and 45
criminal cases. The extreme
length of the civil docket is due
partly to the fact that practically
no civil cases have been tried for
the several terms, long murder
trials consuming the time Of the
court. The criminal docket shows
a slight decrease, most of the cases
consisting of petty appeals from
the justice courts. The court Off
GERS are busy getting ready for
the term regardless of the fact
that the convening is as yet mat
ter of some uncertainty.
Employers and employees Of The
Lampton Mercantile Co. were
greatly shocked by a tragedy
which was enacted on the railroad
track opposite the east side of
their store Thursday evening,
when the fastsmail train ran over
and mangled old Wolff fa-
miliar character about the store.
Wolf was a large brindle cat Of
majestic mien and most lovable
disposition. For fifteen years be
has. done his part toward making
life pleasant for the stores GUS
toners and its employees and bis
sudden and tragic demise will be
deeply deplored BY all Of them.
Mr.. 4. W. Mcdaniel, Of Nc
Comb, was here Tuesday. Mr..
Mcdaniel came down to see what
progress had been made looking
to the adoption of plans for the
new school building here. He is