The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-03-20
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS.
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS OF A GENERAL
INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE.
Noel stock is going up.

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county fair next fail.
Caution has nine licensed dram
shops. Poor Canton !
Grenada county has decided to
work her roads by contract,
Congressman Williams is can
vassing in East Mississippi.
The criminal docket was taken
up iii the Pike Circuit Court Mon
day.
Senator Ben Tillman is billed to
speak at Laurel on the race prob
lem, April 5th.
Utica will have to make new
bond issue of $6, 500 to complete
her waterworks.
Henry REIN, pIasterer from
Peoria, ILL.,, suicided at Oxford
Monday by shooting himself.
r. L. McCIendon, formerly of
Prentiss, has located at Meadville
for the practice of his profession,
the law.
Ben Powell, colored, plead
guilty to murder in the Pike Cir
cult Court and was given a life
sentence.
John Canterbury, a fagman,
fell from a freight train near
Vaughan's station and received in
juries from which he died.
The Scott county chancery
court to meet last Monday, was
pretermitted on account of the i'll
ness of Chancellor McCaskilI.
Judge Bullard, presiding in
Judge Miller's stead at Jackson,
has overruled a motion of Junius
Yerger's attorneys for change of
venue.
The Pike county grand jury was
in session 8 days, examined 151
witnesses and returned 36 true
bills. A noticeable decrease in
crime is reported.
Mrs. Angie Birdsong's appeal
has not yet been considered by
the Supreme Court. 1t is stated
the lawyers are not yet ready
with their pleadings.
b.
Editor R. B. May, of the Nc
Comb City Enterprise, has deelin-
ed to stand for reelection as a
member of the Board of Super
visors or for any other county
office.
Judge Bush had record week
in Sharkey county, giving life
sentence for murder and seven
convictions for blind tiger opera
tors. One of these was a white
man, who was convicted of illicit
sales by negro witnesses.
1t is only matter of time when
the Pearl River Valley road will
be built. 1t is needed more than
any other line, and will complete
the last spoke in the wheel, of
which Jackson is the hub. This
city now has lines running in sew
en- directions, with another road
nearing the city, the New Orleans
and Great Northern, which is
making arrangements for termi
nails back of the old capitol,
which place it in direct connection
with the Pearl River line.
3Clarion-Ledger.
Mr. Munroe johnson. while
working in a saw mill at Ramsey,
La, Wednesday morning, was the
victim of horrible accident
which resulted in his instant
death. Mr.. johnson was feeding
an edging machine in. the mill,
and had placed a piece of timber
to be run through. The knives of
the machine struck knot and
i broke the timber in two, one.
piece flying back and striking Mr..
johnson. went entirely through
his body. After the accident the
/ body was prepared for burial and
shipped here. = Magnolia Gazette.
| DR.. Will ii. Woods, secretary
of the Southern Cotton Associa-
ltion, has announced that the Inter
national Spinners Association will
visit the cotton States this fall in
company with representatives of
| fhe Southern Cotton Association
and the Farmers Union for the
lpurpose Of bringing about thor
| ough understanding between the
spinners and cotton producers rel
ative to methods of handling tie
crop. The spinners of Lancha-
shire, England, New England and
the South will be represented,
and jackson will probably be one
of their stopping points.
The New Albany correspondent
Of the Memphis Commercial Ap-
peal says: The entire community
eight miles south of this place, is
considerably agitated over the
peculiar inscription on hen egg
| found in a nest Tuesday evening
at the home of s. A. Morton. The
inscription reads: Repent, for
! this is the last year. = It is in
! raised letters, having q yellow APP
pearance. The is are dotted and
! The t's are crossed, and period is
lat the end. This egg was found
by Mrs. Cynthia G. Moore, and
! taken from the nest III the pres
, ence Of her husband, who was
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