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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-14
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The Committee 81 Arrangements.
Transacts Mitch important
Business Finish Work. 88
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Contests Will Be Opet, to5 All,
Whether Union 8 Men q y. q g.
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85S Tho committee 81 $arrange1 FOR; the
/ Big Labor Day celebration, September 3D.
met last light In Il Sparks and 81 lacks
Hall, With ilnA unusually large at tendance
from the different I'm ons. The meeting
was called to order by Chul John
on grounds made the applause -produclng
report that. the ballroom Mt Idlcwood
would 81 b given ito the exclusive use 81
Labor. Day celebrat tors from 3 Q clock III
the afternoon until II $50 atsnight; Instead
3of from 10 4 to o 10 clock, Il as formerly ar
ranged. 5 81 &
sl l MI. 6tales then read two z Let tiers from
Mr. Il 3 r. Latimor, OF North VI ca DINA
and M w. "a !. 4. H earst Sregre ting that
they would i be Unable to speak on the
occasion. i MI Gompers, Senator Martin
and Governor Swanson g so sent y heir
regrets Al letter was read from Mayo or
Mccarthy. saying that hetyWould be glad
to speak " but did not wan to be the
chief orator OF the day. ifa &. # "
&; 4. B ayor Chief Orator.
Here a mem Der arose and said thatsn0f
one could more honor the unions by being
tho principal speaker than NJ r.. Nc Car
thy and lie moved that the Mayor be res
,ouested Ito I'LL this most $im Important part
OF the programme. " he motion was
adopted s35 .ssl 3
AZ The committee on ~ oats atated that&so
Tar the firms OF Petit Is Co., tilian Tyler
and sam Dugglns had promised to enter
floats worthy Of the arnde. SSs5 sgs
81 The amusement committee stated that,
about as many donations had been re-B
'celved as could be handled. The follow
ing programme was then read Whichi
had been arranged by this committee Tor
approval :S 81 5 III
III 3 p. M Bicycle race; N 80 ----sack ace;
8 AS foot ra ce Ali lei, jump; q :15-wrest SIS
ling by professionals; 4:30---best n lady
dancer and 1,sst gentleman dancer; % %
boys race: 5: 15--s3 hat for tall est man
box OF 81 gars for omeliest m an. At this
time also the awarding Of prizes for tho
winners OF u q fferent NESTS Will be
awarded. Three prizes vii also be given
for the prettlest baby. At 9 ii q ock there
will be another dancing contest for the
best9ladys and gentleman dancer. This
will be- followed by O general ctlon-
earing of 8of articles left over rom the
dnnn kf0r1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-14

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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Equal RIGHTS to All.

In its decision against the Ala
bama and Vicksburg Railroad
Company, in case appealed from
the Supreme Court of this State,
the Supreme Court of the United
States handed down an opinion
last week by Justice Brewer, in
which the following clear and sig
nificant language was used:
''In the present case we are not
constituting an act of the State of
Mississippi nor passing upon the
powers which by it are given to
the railroad commission. Those
matters are settled by the decision
OF the Supreme Court of the
State, and the question we have
to consider is the power of the
State to enforce an equality of
local rates as between all parties
Shipping the same distance over
the same road. That State has
such a power cannot be doubted,
and it cannot be thwarted by any
action of railroad company.
which does not involve an actual
interstate shipment, although
done with a view to preventing
the railroad company doing busl-
ness at a loss, and while a railroad
company may insist as against the
power Of the State upon the right
to establish such rates as will
afford reasonable compensation
for the services rendered, yet
when it voluntarily establishes
local rates for some shippers it
cannot resist the power of the
State to enforce the same rates for
all. The State may insist upon
equality as between all its citi-
zens, and that equality cannot be
defeated in respect to any local
shipments by arrangements made
with or to favor outside com
panies.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
/ The Birdsone Case.

An article is copied in today's
Leader from the Lawrence Coun-
ty Press, tersely setting forth the
views of the people of Lawrence
county in regard to the Birdsong
trial, and the views as we'll, of a
great many people outside of
Lawrence county: The editor Of
The Leader is frank to confess
that solely because she is wom-
an, he could not and would not
deal out as great a measure of
punishment to Mrs. Birdsong as
he would to man in the same CIR
cumstances, but we are. neverthe-
less, of the opinion that the sym
pathy racket and the effort to
create sentiment in her favor on
false issues by her counsel, and
by some newspapers and newspa-
per correspondents, has been very
much overdone. The verdict OF
the jury and the sentence of the
court were both tempered with
ample mercy.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Capt. Jas. ". Lambert.

In the death of Capt. Jas. w.
Lambert, who died at his home IN
Natchez, Dec. 18th, the Mlssissip-
pi press has lost one of its oldest
and most honored members and
the city of Natchez one of her
foremost and most useful citizens.
Capt. Lambert had reached the
ripe age of 68 years, and for more
than quarter of a century had
been the proprietor and publisher
of the Daily Democrat, the lead
ing paper of the city of Natchez.
He served Adams county for IA
years as sheriff, and, so popular
was he with his countymen, that
he would doubtless have filled the
Office much longer, but for a
change in the Constitution MAX
ing sheriffs ineligible to succeed
themselves. Capt. Lambert was
likewise a Confederate Veteran
with a proud record. In 1851 he
was elected captain OF Company 1,
Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment,
under Col. Carnot Posey, and
served at Fredericksburg, Chan
celIorsviIle, Gettysburg, the Will
derness, Spottsylvania Court
house, second Cold Harbor and
Petersburg. He was captured in
the fight on Weldon railroad and
held prisoner until the end of the
war. His mother was related to
the great Irish liberator Daniel
|O'ConneIl. He leaves u wife and
one son, the latter young man
of 25 years of age.
Peace to his generous, manly
spirit.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Folks Who "Let Down. /"

1t is not strange that so very
few people rise above the com
monpIace. Enough there are who
start out with high aspirations
and noble ambitions, but they
"Iet down. before the game is
run.
Young people who hitch their
wagons to a STAR at the time of
their school graduation, are very
content few months after to
have a chance to drive one of the
town grocery wagons. Folks
compromise with their ideals un-
til they are utterly destroyed.
No matter how mans material
success may appear, if he has not
had the stamina to live up to his
ideal, he is the most pitiabIe of
failures. The other day a woman
who had ruined her life by marry
ing an old man for his money,
said she wished she could advise
all young people never to swerVe
from their ambitions for the sake
of immediate comfort.
1t is for this reason that we see
SO many people struggling along
in the rut while SO few live in the
clouds of accomplishment. The
young lawyer who starts out to
make name at the bar satisfies
himself in a few years as real
estate agent. Too often the wom-
an marries simply to escape being
an old maid.
It's hard, of course. It's SIM
pier to 60 out tomorrow and get a
Job working on the street with its
three square" meals and care
free reward than it is to starve
and sacrifice and study several
years before the slightest returns
are forthcoming.
Many there are who are called.
but they let down. so many OF
them, that but few are chosen.
Each year they content them.
selves with less and the youthful
dream yanishes.
Have ideals and stay BY them.
Don't Alet down. " Yazoo Sen
tinel.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Prohibition Did Il.

The United States census bureau
shows that Maine is the only State
east of the Mississippi river that
has more home owners than home
renters; and Maine, with the
saloons outIawed, has 36 per cent.
more owners than renters. 1t is a
prosperous community which the
saloon seeks to secure for its own
fields Of gain. And a Republican
legislature is asked to take the
first step toward legalizing the
traffic which seeks profit without
giving service. Would such an
act be Republican! Portland
Express.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Striped and Gridironed.

The Clarion-Le remarks
that certain mysterious doings
point to the fact that Mississippi
is to be the battle ground of the
big railroad systems of the coun-
try. The building of the Panama
canal is responsible for this State
of things and Mississippi is sure
to get the benefits.
Years ago, in its arguments In
behalf Of che sisthmus canal, the
Examiner predicted that in the
battling for connection with this
great waterway, Mississippi would
be striped and gridironed with
railroads rushing TO our Southern
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
A New Registration.

The Board Of Supervisors at a
recent session ordered an entirely
new registration of the voters of
Lincoln county. Early during
the coming year County Registrar
s. P. Oliver will make q list of
appointments to visit each voting
precinct in the county, and all
who want to vote in next sum-
mer's primary election for State
and county officers should either
attend said appointments or come
to Brookhaven and register four
months prior to the first OF Au-
gust, 1907. Under the law a
voter must be registered full four
months prior to any primary or
general election at which be may
desire to cast his vote.
The law is imperative, and
those who fail to register accord
ling to its provisions will be de-
|prived of the privilege of voting
| for their favorites for the differ
lent State and county Offices.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
UnfaithfuI Officials a Shelter for Crime.

In commenting upon certain re-
cent exposures by detective en-
Iployed By citizens of Broekhaven
to turn the light on blind tigers,
The Leader says:
The facts laid before the grand
jury during its inquest and the
testimony brought out at yester-
days trial Of the steward Of the
Owl Club, is more than sufficient
to justify the opportuneness of
this corrective movement. One
thing the grand jury was specially
impressed by, as evidenced by
their report, was the lack of fidel-
lity on the part Of officers charged
with enforcing the law. One of
the things this citizens movement
has been looking after and will
continue to look after, is better
and more faithful service along
this line.
We quote the following on the
same line, of calling for more
faithful discharge of official du-
ties, from the Cleveland bolivar
county, Enterprise:
sincerely hope that there is in
Bolivar county, majority of vot-
ers that have respect enough for
their children and the county in
which they live to elect a sheriff
that will cooperate with the peo-
pie so every town in the county
will be as clean as Cleveland.
When a case is called before a
magistrates court, then, there
will not be blind tiger" in the
back room, and as soon as court
adjourns, resume gambling in the
court room. The sheriff should
not be hampered so be could not
deal justice to such, even if a few
water drained merchants desire
such attractions (?) to draw mon
ey to the town; when they haven't
enough sense to see it draws it
away instead, besides demoraliz-
ing the labor. But these are min
or considerations compared with
respect due white women and
their children.
| am in favor and will vote for
the man that boldly says be will
discharge his duty as sheriff in the
maintenance of law and order.
b. E. DAME.
Duncan, Dec. 8, 1906.
If every good citizen will echo
the sentiments of this correspond
ent, elect sheriffs and magistrates
who are known by character and
record to be for enforcement of
law and suppression of dives,
blind tigers and pistol toters, the
overflow of murder and violence
will subside. In the South nine
tenths of the race problem is race
crime which is lncubated in the
dive and the blind tiger. If good
citizens unite in electing faithful
officials that nine-tenths viii dis
appear. - Vicksburg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Aldermen to Receive Pay.

The order passed at the last reg
ular meeting of the city council
that beginning with Jan. /.
1907, each of tine aldermen of the
city will be allowed the sum of
500 per night for each and every
regular board meeting, and $1.00
for each special or adjourned
meeting attended, . was one that
might we'll have been adopted
long ago. Hitherto the office of
alderman has been purely one of
honor, with a great deal of hard
work and grave responsibility at
tached to the comparatively small
honor conferred. In a city of
this size, owning its own water
and light plant, and with impor-
tant sanitary and other public
affairs to be continually looked
after and supervised. administra-
tive ability of a high order is
required of aldermen to success
fully carry on the city's business.
Neither does this take into account
the hundreds of complaints an al
derman must listen to while sup
posed to be off of duty. As things
have been going for years, an al
derman who is faithful in the dis
charge of the duties and response
bilities assumed, actually does as
much work as the mayor, and yet
up TO this time our aldermen have
never been paid cent for their
time or services.
The pay now provided for is
very modest, and no taxpayer
should begrudge the aldermen the
small allowance they are hereafter
to receive for attending meetings
of the board.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

practicing physician, nor a licens-
ed or practicing dentist, and this
could have been easily proven on
the trial, it looks to the Ordina-
ry layman that the commission of
such a statement in the indictment
was wholly immaterial in this
case and that the real question
VAS, whether or pot Swain sold
the cocaine to said John Britt at
all without physicians prescrip-
tion; but, according to the rules
OF law and practice, the court
could not go behind the indict-
ment to inquire into these facts,
and the demurrer was sustained
and the prosecution fell to the
ground. It is such lapses as
these, by the way, that often
make people lose confidence in the
courts as a remedy for crime.
As stated in last Saturdays
Leader, Judge Wilkinson placed
Swain under bond of ST., 900 for
his appearance at the next term
of court. In this connection it
will be of interest to state that the
affidavit against Swain for the
sale of cocaine is still pending IN
Mayor Lanier's court, and that
he will be tried at an early date on
that.
The Leader does not desire to
preIudge Mr.. Swalm's case, and
it may be that he can establish his
innocence of the charges against
him, but be this as it may, it GER
tainly behooyes this community
to break up the secret and pro-
miscuous sale of this dangerous
drug by whomsoever carried on.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
RACE TROUBLES IN KEMpER.
One Officer Killed and Several Negroes
Shot or Lynched.

There has been much excite
ment in kemper county since
Sunday morning, when conduc-
tor on the Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road was cut by a. negro on his
train near Scooba, while he was
try ing to queIl fight between two
blacks. Gov. Vardaman sent two
military companies to Wahallak
station, Kemper county, Monday
night, on account of alarming re-
ports about rlotous negroes at
that place.
As near as can be asceftained,
the list Of fatalities since the start
ing of the row Sunday morning,
lis as follows:
Unknown negro shot by Con-
ductor Cooper on the Mobile and
Ohio train.
Constable O'Brien killed by
precipitator of the trouble,
George Simpson, when an attempt
at arrest was made.
George Simpson lynehed by the
citizens.
Tom Simpson, son of George
Simpson, shot to death by white
citizens near Wahallak.
Jim Simpson, another son, shot
to death with his brother.
Two unknown negroes lynched
with George Simpson.
Conductor Cooper seriously in
jured by being cut and stabbed
seven times by George Simpson
on the passenger train; not fatal.
Leland Sparkman, soldier. flesh
wound in left knee; accidental dis
charge of his own pistol.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

coast and New Orleans, and that
it would give as not only deep
water navigation in the sound, but
almost continuous city line on
our eighty miles Of sea front.
This prediction is sure to be full.
filled. Aberdeen Examiner.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

Newton is to vote Jan. is on a
$500 bond issue for water
works. We have never found
any better water than Newton
used to have in an old we'll on her
main street 25 or 80 years ago.
We hope it is there yet.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29
Circuit Court Expenses.

The expenses of the two weeks
term of the Circuit Court of Lin
coin county, which adjourned last
Friday afternoon, was as follows:
AMlIINrS ALLOWED.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

The reports Of race riots in
Kemper county were greatly ex.
aggerated. Later reports show
that most Of the riotiDg was BY
a lot of hoodlum whites, who
wanted to kill negroes indiscrim-
inately. Gov. Vardaman went to
the scene in person with the Capi
tai Light Guards to investigate
and put stop to the lawlessness.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

Very few fights or casualties
occurred ii Mississippi on Christ
mas day.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-12-29

A negro postoAice clerk is so
unpalatable to the people of Hat
tiesburg, they are likely to pre-
vail on him not to serve. A
bunch of crepe was found hang
ing on the postoflice door a few
mornings ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18

besieged and took Port Arthur. OF the
other three, which repeatedly engaged
Kuropatkin to the north, Oku com.
manded the one which landed near
Dalny and swept up the Liaotung pen
insula. Another. which landed in
Korea. cleared the enemy from the
Yalu river and united with Oku at Lilo
yang. was commanded by Gen Tame
motto Kuroki, whose desperate attempt
to flank Kuropatkin forced the Rus
slams back on Mukden but failed to bag
the enemy. The fourth commander was
Gen. Michitsura Nodzu, a hero of the
China war, who swung his army north
ward from Takushan, west of the Yalu
These four generals operated in har-
mony under the direction of Field Mar
shall Marquis Oyama and his great
chief of staff, Gen. Baron Kodama, who
superseded him as supreme head of the
army on April of this year. and whose
death recently made way for The pro-
motion of Gen. Oku to the head of the
general staff
Gen Oku. who before the arrival of
Oyama and Kodama. operated alone.
won series of half dozen brilliant
victories, beginning with the bloody
battle of Nanshan Hill, steadily beating
Kuropatkin back for $50 miles, until
Joined by the other three armies. He
ping. Tehlisz, Tashiachou and Haiching
he whipped the Russians out of the
trenches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
May Solve SEWAGE Problem

The development of by-products
which in recent years has become
the foundation of many industrial sue
cesses gives promise of solving the
problem of sewage disposal, as it has
already done for the problem of gar
bage destruction.
1t is perfectly marvellous the uncon-
cerned manner in which American
cities empty their raw sewage into
adjacent streams, regardless of the
fact that such waters are usually the
only available ones for the supply OF
drinking water to other communities.
In an experimental way, here and
there in Europe, a tentative effort is
being made TO apply scientific and
economi principles to sewagt dis
posal.
The principal field of activity is in
the purificatin of the sewage by
aertion and the bacterial action in
cident thereto and the utilization of
the residue for fertilizing purposes,
but the use of heat is also occasional
ly encountered.
At Bradford, in Yorkshire, a small
sewage disposal plant has been in
stalled at a cost of $4,000, in which
the sewage slage is distilled. Man
ual labor is avoided as far as pcs
sible by the substitution of mechani-
cal appliances. The process at pres
ent only yields a residue suitable for
fertilizing purposes, very rich in am
monium aulphate and phosphoric acid,
and a grease, but a number of other
salable products can be separated and
methods of accomplishing their sal
wage are being devised.-Philadelphia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18

The letter of President Roosevelt 10
Congressman James +. Watson of in
diana is an extraordinary illustration
OF his fiexlbiIity and utter disregard
for facts when 1t suits his purpose to
pervert them. He says that the Fifty
ninth Congress at its first session eff
fected more good legislation than any
other Congress in many years. The
truth is that II effected nothing of any
permanent value. while it rejected
more good measures and adopted more
bad ones than any other Congress in
the history OF the United States
1t rejected the Tilinan bill to pre-
vent contributions by corporations to
party campaign funds. although that
excellent bin passed tile Senate.
II rejected the Williams bin to re-
duce the tariff on All articles on which
the duty now exceeds 100 per cent,
the Philippine tariff bill, and al other
tariff propositions.
II rejected the anti-injunction bill,
which bad passed the House Of Repre-
sentltiyeS unanimously on Nay ,. 1892.
j. rejected the eight-hour bill after
the Committee on Education and Labor
had reported It favorably-
1t rejected tie bin relating 70 suits
for injuries brought by employees OF
railroad ana mining corporations.
u rejected the bin relating 10 con
tenpts in Federal courts and providing
for trial by jury in cases OF indirect
contempt.
1t rejected the prison contract labor
bill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
stranne Ideas of the Chinese.

A traveller in the Celestial King
dom says that in China many han
dred people live their lives on boats.
Among them there is a strange idea
that a boat must have an eye painted
on its bow in order to see its way
through the water. An Englishman
travelling in China once sat in the
front of small boat with his feet
hanging over the painted eye. The
owner became very much excited and
begged the traveller not to cover the
eye of the boat, as it must see its
way. When the first railroad was
built through China the native work
ers wanted to paint an eye on the
front of the locomotive They regard
ed it as dangerous to have so fierce
an appearing thing tearing its way
through the country without an eye
to guide its course.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18

taken to see the play, Naturally they
were delighted, and afterward they in
sisted on waiting with the others to
watch Miss Adams come out When
the star finally appeared, one of the lit
tie girls could not restrain herself, and,
rushing forward, she threw out her
arms to Miss Adams and cried:
"Oh, won't you please give me a
thimble?
This, it will be recalled by those who
have seen the play, is Peter Pans name
for a kiss.
Miss Adams was startled for an in
slant. As a rule the crowd simply
stands rooted to the spot in stare Of
fascination. But, looking Gown into
the pleading eyes of the child, the ac-
tress bent and kissed her, stepped
quickly into the carriage, and rode
away.
And the lucky little girls companion
wept all the way home because she had
not had the happy thought of playing
highwayman for kiss from Peter Pan.