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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
Annual Financial Statement Of the City
of BrOOkhayen.

The Leader publishes today, Or
second page, the annual financial
statement of this city, which W as
submitted to the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen by City Clerk
Abrams at the regular November
meeting, Nov. 9th, and approved
by the board. A careful study OF
the statement will give an intelli-
gent idea of the expenditures of
the city for the - months ending
Oct. 1, bonded Indebtedness, bal
ances on hand to the credit of the
several funds, etc. The section
of the Code which requires the
publication to be made is as fol-
lows:
3430. Statements to be pub
lished; penalty for increasing ex-
penditures. The mayor and
board of aldermen shall publish
on the first of October, annually,
a statement showing the amount
of taxes and other moneys collect
ed during the preceding year,
giving each source of income, the
amount of expenditures in detail,
stating for what purposes made.
The statement shall show the re-
sources and indebtedness of the
municipality at the beginning of
the fiscal year and at its close, and
it must be spread on the minutes
of the board. If there have been
an increase of taxation as compar-
ed with the year next preceding,
or il the Indebtedness of the mu-
nicipality has been increased
during the year, by contract or by
ordinance participated in or voted
for by the mayor and aldermen,
unless the increase be authorized
by the electors as provided in this
chapter, the mayor and aldermen
shall be suspended from Office,
and the governor shall appoint
their successors, who shall hold
until the next election and quaIii-
cation of officers Hereunder. In
case of an increase of indebted
ness not so authorized, the mayor
and aldermen shall not succeed
themselves or each other. In
towns or villages of less than one
thousand inhabitants the mayor
and board of aldermen may have
the statement in this section re-
quired posted IN a conspicuous
place in the municipality or pub
lished in a newspaper. Other
municipalities shall cause it to be
published in a newspaper, if there
be one therein, otherwise it must
he posted in at least three public
places in the municipality.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
LIFE IS ELECTRICITY.
Important Demonstration by Scientists
in California.

San Francisco, Nov. 15.-Be-
fore number of medical men and
scientists today Drs. Albert J.
Atkins and E. j. Lewis succee ded
in charging an electrical circuit
with human electricity to such a
degree that external sound waves
were transmitted and he ard
through an ordinary telephone re-
ceiver. The experiments consist
ed of the application of two plati-
mum electrodes to the walls Of the
living stomach. By means of
copper wires the electrodes we're
connected with a telephone micrc'-
phone, sensitive instrument
which greatly intensified sound
There was absolutely no mechani-
cal or chemical battery in the cir
cult, yet the moment the cleo
trodes were swallowed sufficiently
to touch the walls of the stomach
human electricity flowed over the
wires, rendering audible sounds.
The electric charge measured from
Z to 8 milti volts on a Weston GAL
vanometer.
The subject of the experiment
swallowed the electrodes and sue
ceeded in retaining them for a
considerable time. After brief
test he was given a drink of whis-
ky, and on again connecting the
electrodes with the interior lining
of the stomach the galvanometer
registered Is milti volts.
Drs. Atkins and Lewis assert
that by this experiment they have
demonstrated the law of action Of
the human senses. They reason
that if sound is transmitted over a.
copper wire when it is charged
with human electricity it Is rea-
sonable to consider the principle
the same when the auditory nerve
is charged with the same force.
In other words, we hear when the
auditory nerve is made sensitive
with human electricity on the
same principle by which we re-
ceive telephone message. The
scientists claim that by series of
experiments they have proven that
digestion is an electro -chemic
process, that all life action in the
body is dependent upon the activ-
ity of the electrical forces within
the organism and that variations
of sense manifestations, as sight,
hearing, ETC., are caused by an
electrical current acting on the |
special sense nerves.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
St.MOrtem Praise.

Death is a wonderful reveaIer.
Death really seems to make it easy
for us to see and talk about and
dwell upon everything that was
lovely in anyone whom death has
taken. Funeral "euIogies" are
sometimes spoken of sllghtingIy,
as though they were untrue and
misleading. They are not, as a
rule; the only difference between
the after-death estimate of man
and the common attitude of his
fellow-men towards him in life, is
that the latter puts chief emphasis
upon his shortcomings, and the
former is based on his worthiest
acts and aspirations. And which
is the real man? Which interests
God most! Which is likely to
help man towards his best and
worthiest, to know that others
are looking for the good, or the
evil, IN him? Suppose we Should
all adopt the after-death estimate
of our friends and acquaintances,
day by day, while they are still
with us; would the world be bet
ter or worse for it?--Sunday
School Times.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
STATE HAPPENINGS

The cane crop has been touched
by the frost in some parts.
A negro woman fell dead in
Forest Wednesday afternoon.
The Ripley Sentinel reports a
sweet potato 35 inches in length.
At Long Beach a white frost
killed all tender vegetation on
truck farms.
The Crystal Springs flower
show was success. 1t was the
18th annual exhibit.
Collins boasts sweet potato
weighing Z pounds, "a inches in
length and 1874 inches in circum-
ference.
Mrs. O. V. Shearer's Goth
birthday was celebrated at Ray
mond. She is the mother of Mrs.
Gen. I. G. Catchings, of Vicks-
burg.
Three people have been cremat-
ed in fires at Collins and two Sc
rious accidents by fire have occur
red at Collins in the past few
weeks.
Bishop Galloway, who is now
conValeseent, expects to soon leave
for South Florida, for rest and
recreation. He may visit Cuba
during the winter.
At Greenwood photographs are
taken at night just before going
to the opera or a reception. A
lady operates with a portrait
lamp. How cute.
Eugene Robertson, of Collins,
has been elected president of the
Mississippi Association OF Post
masters of the Second and Third
classes. The Association held its
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
initial meeting in Jackson last

initial meeting in jackson last
week.
Rev. J. f. TuIl, of GalIman,
has been called to the pastorate of
the Mt. Olive Baptist church.
Pastor l. A. Haley, of the latter
church, will 60 to Meridian.
The Iowa State Memorial in
the National Park at Vicksburg
cost $150,000. 1t was dedicated
Wednesday. Gov. Cummins, of
Iowa, took part in the ceremonies.
W. R. Newman's barn was
burned five miles from Raymond.
1t contained 1900 bushels of corn
and 100 tons of hay. The loss
was near $500 with 500 insur-
ance.
Jas. B. Money, a nephew of
Senator Money and cousin of
the Governor, engaged in pistol
duel with |. j. Henderson in Le-
fore county. The latter was kill
ed and Money slightly wounded.
A crazed Italian entered the
Catholic church at Vicksburg and
punctured it with pistol bullets;
the organ pipes were perforated,
the sanctuary lamp smashed and
the altar furnishings set on fire.
The desecrator was arrested with
great difficulty and great bitter
ness was engendered by his act.
A reporter on the Ripley Senti-
mel says that backward men''
failed to give money to build new
steps and put in necessary lights
for the Methodist church. The
ladies, nothing daunted, went to
work and picked cotton, thereby
earning the price of the work
and it was done. Mack Lowrey
gave them the Job.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
NOT TO Be ABSORBED.
The Mississippi Central Will Continue
en- IndeDendent Line.

In further confirmation of the
announcement that the Mississip'
pi Central Railroad would not YET
be- absorbed by the New Orleans
Great Northern system, informa.
tlon was received here yesterday
that President F. L. Peck, OF
Scranton, Pa, who lately arrived
in Hattiesburg, the headquarters
OF the road, had created the Office
of general manager and appointed
to fill the position q. X. Smith,
one of the best known traffic and
operation men of Northern Ohio,
from Toledo. A circular an
nouncing this fact will shortly be
issued, as Mr.. Smith has arrived
in Hattiesburg and will assume
charge of his duties at once. He
will take the greater portion of
the duties which formerly devolv-
ed upon M. Fl. McCabe, who had
the title of superintendent and
traffic manager, and it is stated
that the latter will attend strictly
hereafter to matters pertaining to
the traffic department of the line.
The Mississippi Central is a
line eighty-three miles in length,
connecting Brookhaven on the H.
!inois Central with Hattiesburg
on the Northeastern, and was
built by President Peck in order
to take care of his large Missis-
sippi lumber interests. 1t has
been stated a number of times that
the line was to be absorbed by
the Goodyears when they got all
their subsidiary lines in operation.
Railroad officials here believe that
this will ultimately take place,
but the appointment of the new
general manager is taken as an in
dication that the date will be re-
mote. The line is doing tre-
mendous business both in the
hauling of lumber and logs and in
merchandise freight, and it is stat
ed that under the new manage
ment many Improvements will be
made and more equipment added.
The new official is a Virgin inian
who has been thoroughly Wes-
ternized by twenty years. ex-
perience with the Burlington and
Missouri Pacific. Several years
ago he went with the Toledo and
Ann Arbor line, which he has just
left. New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
Special Term of Circuit Court.

By order of Hon. M. H. VIII
kinson, Judge of the Sixth Ju.
dicial District of Mississippi, a
special term of the Circuit Court
for Lincoln county will be begun
an held at the court house in
Brookhaven, in said county, com
mencing on Monday, December
the 31st, 1906, and continue for
the term of two weeks, if business
require. The special term will be
held for the trial and disposition
of civil causes, and parties and
witnesses duly subpoenaed will
be subject to the same penalties
for failure to attend, as if such
failure had occurred at regular
term. s. p. OLIVER,
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Nov. 14th, 1906.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
LincOI N School Children.

The largest delegation of school
children wa $ the youngsters
from Lincoln county, who moved
on the capital 4 bout one thousand
strong.
Every school In Lincoln county
was dismissed TO + the day, and it
took two section of the north
bound local to bring them to
Jackson, iHcIudi ug the Copiah
county children, w. no boarded the
trains at Hazleh urst, Wesson,
Crystal Springs and Gallman.
The Lincoln coa unity children
marched in body to the new
State house, where hhey were Civ
en- cordial welcom e by the State
officials. After in specting the
building they were assembled in
the ball of the house of .represen-
tatiyes where an ad dress Of vel
come was delivered by Prof. I'll.
l.. Whitfield, State superintend-
ent of Education. " tho warmly
praised the education. Il achieve
ments of Lincoln &C unity, and
declared that the scho OILS OF that
county rank among the very best
IN the State. Daily Clarion,
Ledger.
The Copiah Circuit Jourl con-
venes next Monday. The Bird
10nc> aasn 10 cot FIR thic Aory,o
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

Judge Cochran's vigorous poll
cy is at last making an impression
on the jurles and people of KEN
per county. At the last term of
Judge Cochran's court in Kemper
that county sent 12 recruits to the
penitentiary.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
For Good Roads.

The Kinds county Board Of Su-
pervisors has closed contract for
the purchase of a first class trac-
tion engine and other road work
ing machinery, and work will be
Immediately commenced on the
improvement of the public high
ways of the county.
The first effort of the board will
be to put all the roads leading in
to jackson in first class condition,
and if the experiment with the
machinery purchased proves sue
cessful it is probable that the
board may arrange to have all of
the highways worked by contract.
Mrs. Ella May, of Topeka, was
in town Thursday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

"You spoke so hard to me"
said a little boy to his worried
mother numbered with much serv-
ing. What a pity that tender
childhood must be made to feel
the grim experience of later years.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

The Government has decided to
bust the Standard Oil Trust.
Proceedings will be instituted at
st. Louis. Hurrah for the Gov
ernment.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

According to press special,
Gulfport women have gone on a
strike against the colored cook
ladies. The lords of creation are
said to be standing by the guns of
their respective striking partners
nobly. A member of the bar
rose to the occasion, and asked
the judge to adjourn court, so that
he could 60 home and milk the
family COW.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

The Shubuta High School and
Chapel we're destroyed by fire.
Loss, $1,000; insurance, So, 500.
The Knights of Pythias and La
dies and Knights of Honor, whose
rooms we're upstairs, lost all their
paraphernalia. The Woodmen's
property was saved by three mem
bers who entered the burning
building and secured it.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

The old court house of Lefore
at Greenwood was sold for $500.
The new one cost $4,000.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
CIRCUIT COURT.
Opening Of November Term Postponed
Until Second Monday in December.
State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.

State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.
For reasons sufficient, present
ed to me in a petition from the
bar of Lincoln county, the sheriff
of Lincoln county is hereby order
ed to adjourn the Circuit Court
of Lincoln county on Monday, the
10Th day of November, the day
fixed by law for the opening of
the Circuit Court of said Lincoln
county, until Monday, the 10th
day of December, 1906, and the
Jurors summoned for Monday, the
10Th day of November, 1906, are
hereby ordered. to appear at the
court house in Brookhaven on the
10th day of December, at 8 O'Clock
a. m. on said day.
Ordered this the 18th day of
November, A. d. 1906.
M. H. WILKINSON,
Judge.
Filed November, 18th, 1906.
S. P. OLIVER, Clerk.
The criminal docket is set for
Monday, the 10th day of Decem-
ber, 1906, and all parties interest
ed and witnesses will appear on
said day, and not before.
The jury summoned for the
second week of the term are re-
quired to attend on Monday, De-
cember the 18th, those for the
third week on Monday, December
the 31st; and those for the fourth
week on Monday, January the 7th,
1907. The jury summoned for
the fifth week will be dispensed
with and need not attend.
S. P. OLIVER, Clerk.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
The Kenyon"
Ladies' Rain Coat
Stands for Something Good!

We carry this standard line of goods in all their best
and latest styles, and when you buy 'Kenyon" Coat
you of having coat that is different from any
else coat that is to please you and to give
you satisfaction in
We carry them in all grades, from $40 to
$40, and at the prices can give you the best
of values. Why not buy "KENYON" at
the same price you would pay for a coat
not so good?
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17

The Copiah Circuit 1ourl con-
venes next Monday. The Bird
song case is set for this, term.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-11-17
THE DRY GOODS MARKET

Is still advancing all grades of cotton goods, and
each month marks quite advance the price of all
staple and better class goods We bought heavily for
the fall trade and are prepared to make you the
close prices as heretofore.
In fact, our prices keep competitors guessing but
that does not worry US. We out after trade, and
want your trade, How about it, Have you ever traded
with US!
If you are looking for Values then you looking
for Let's meet real soon, will make friends for
life time
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

The packers say President
Roosevelt ruined their business
by calling attention to their filthy
methods. The beef-eating public
is not inclined to hold Teddy re-
sponsible for conditions. The
president tried to secure legisla-
ton to correct the evils of the
packing houses without making.
public the report on conditions.
The packers objected to the
clause OF the bill requiring them
to pay the cost OF inspection.
They had enough influence in
congress to balk the bill. Then
they got gay and tainted Roose-
welt over his message. They in
timated that he had no such re-
port, and dared him to produce
it. Then Teddy pulled his gun.
Ii was a squirt-gun loaded with
packing-house methods, and the
packers caught the awful filthy
dose squarely in the face. The
public is laughing attheir plight,
and asking Mr. Packer: "How
do you like dose Of your own
filth?' Awful inconsiderate Of
Roosevelt, now was it not, to in
Iure such spotless saints?- Burley
Bulletin.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

The contract for the building of
the Short Line extension from Twin
Falls to Bull has been awarded to
the Utah Construction company
and work will begin as soon as the
company can move its equipment
to Twin Falls. The work Of grad
ing will be done BY sections and
the grade will be ready for the rails
by the time the bridge across Rock
creek is completed There will be
several small bridges to build and
three or four which require con-
siderable filing, notably Cedar
draw, but the grading will not be
difficult and the work should go
ahead with rush.-Twin Falls
News.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

volume and enthusiasm as the time
approaches for his return home.
He will be given a rousing recep-
ton when he lands, with Tom
johnson as chairman Of the resep-
ton committee and Henry Waiter
son as leading orator And the
''safe and sane" wing Of the demo
cratic party which formerly de-
clined to support him will belikely
to crowd out his former friends at
the banquet which will be given
him.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1906.

The editor Of Nugget left, yes
terday, for a visit to Albion, and
will probably be absent nearly
all Of next week In the mean
time a more capable gentleman
in town has promised to supply
copy for the printers. Treat him
withproper consideration, please,
and give him information OF
local happenings.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

The Chicago & Northwestern
Railway has been extended vest
ward in Wyoming from Casper
to Lander, bringingit that much
nearer to Idaho, with a strong
probability that it will soon be
built further westward to st.
Anthony in this state, with the
ultimate design Of becoming an
other transcontinental line reach
ing the coast. Here is another
opportunity for Boise people to
get in and drill to get on a main
line.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

To no human factor are we SC
much indebted for the grand devel-
opment and upbuilding Of our state
from desert waste and UNEMPLOYED
fro~ning mountains. to its present
very prosperous condition, than we
are to the prospector. Others have
done their part nobly and well, ia
the building Of rail and wagon
roads, and in establishing CONNER
cial and manufacturing industries,
ETC., but to my mind we owe debt
Of gratitude to the prospector we
can never repay.-From "A Tribute
TO the Prospectcr," BY Hon. Thorn
as +. Walsh.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

It is announced that congress
will be in shape to adjourn next
week, the rate bill, the meat III
spection bill and other import
ant measures being out Of the
way, and the appropriation bill
agreed upon. This will give
members OF congress a chance to
get home and look after their
fences before most OF the state
conventions are held, and Senator
Dubois time to frame an anti
Mormon platform for the con-
vention at Couer d'Alene city.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

Dr. France is out with a letter
in the Wardner News stating
that he is striving for the repub-
lican gubernatorial nomination.
Dr. Frances opposition to the
eight hour bill while a member Of
the eighth legislature spoils all
his chances Of getting any sup
port from Owyhee.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29
z7vn4roAu STATE oorvnurioa

Pursuant to the authority. and by the
oireefian of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, Republican State
Noe mating Convention will convene at
cii.- Of Pocatello, state of Idaho. on
seoescay, the LIST day of August A.
L 1905. Az eleven o'clock a. m. Of said
cay for the purpose of nominating one
Justice of tho Supreme. Court. one Nom
p9r Of CONGRESS, and state officers TO be
voted for at the general election, to be
held on Tuesday November 9th, A. d.
1906, and for the purpose of eIecting
new State Central Committee.
The various counties of the state are
entltled TO delegate representation in
said State Convention as follows:
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

It is King Haakon now in Nor
way, and although the change in
the situation there is accepted with
welcome by our Norwegian friends
here, still republican form of
government such as they have
learned to enjoy in America would
have pleased them better The
days Of the rule Of kings, emperors,
cars and sultans are passing.
This was the first coronation in
Norway for the past 600 years.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29
Caution Notice.

All persons are hereby cautioned
against removing or receiving any wood,
timber or material from the Greyhound
Mining Claim, formerly known as the
Hoosier Mining Claim, southwest of
Dewey, Ida, as am the owner of the
said claim and will hold any person re-
sponsible found removing or in posses
sion Of any such property.
JOHN LINDQUIsT.
Silver City, May "a, 1906.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29
who think for the country's well

who think for the country's vel
fare.
The congress held at Ogden
last year brought togethera dis
tinguished assemblage, the one
to be held il Boise this year
promises to surpass it in point
OF interest and Importance. With
the great undertakings now go
ing on under the Boise Payette
and the Minidoka government
projects and the demonstration
OF results accomplished on the
Twin Falls tract, under the Carey
Act, visitors will be supplied with
object lessons. With the exhibits
OF agricultural products to be
made at the congress the posi-
bilities Of production under irri-
cation will be demonstrated.
Boise is making preparations
to take care OF this great assem-
blage OF notable men in proper
manner The people were for
tunate in their selection OF a
man as chairman OF their exc
cutivecommittee when they chose
Monte B. Gwinn.
The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1906-06-29

The County Central Committees are
hereby requested 10 perfect all arrange
ments for primaries and County Con
ventions for the selection Of delegates
10 said State Convention.
The State Central Committee is here
by called to meet at Pocateilo, state OF
Idaho, on Wednesday, the list day Of
August, A. D. 1906, at ten O'Clock a. m.
for the purpose of transacting such
business as may properly be brought be-
fore it.
JAMES f. BRADY.
Chairman.
Secretary.