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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
The Home Paper.

Here are a few thoughts from
the Portland Oregonian, one of
the ideally excellent papers of
this country that deserves repro,
ductlon in whole or in substance
with credit for mndesty's sake
in all the ''home papers of the
land:
Your home paper never loses
interest in you. To this possibly,
you have not given a passing
thought.
No matter If you like the news
paper man or if he likes you, if
be is true to his profession and
publishes a paper for the people
he allows no personal matter or
petty spite to interfere with his
news gathering.
He may meet you as a stranger,
yet slong with his best friends,
chronicles your success and sor-
rows wherever you may be, and
those who would otherwise forget
you are ever and anon reminded
of your existence by an item in
your home paper. Others may
deceive and defraud you, but your
home paper never forgets you.
Possibly you do not deserve
decent treatment by the paper,
but you get it just the same, and
If it should at any time say things
to cause your fur to turn the
wrong way, study moment and
see if it has not at various times
said many nice things for which
you fail to give it credit.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
HON. P. Z. JONES FOR THE STATE
SENATE.

|
The Leader is authorized to an
lnounce Hon. p. z. Jones, OF
Brookhayen, as candidate for
State Senator from the Sth Sena-
Itorial District, composed Of the
counties of Lincoln, Lawrence
and Jefferson Davis.
II is with more than usual graf
ification that we make this an
nouncement, because of the high
and incorruptible character Of the
man and the universal esteem and
confidence in which he is justly
held by all who know him, with
out regard to class or condition.
Mr.. Jones is lawyer and an able,
trustworthy, successful one who
stands in the front rank of his
honorable profession; but, before
this and more than this, he is an
upright, honorable Christian gen.
tleman, a patriotic, public,spirlt-
ed, progressive citizen, a kind
neighbor and true friend who
fears nothing so much as wrong.
The people of this district are GER
tainly to be congratulated upon
having the opportunity presented
to them of voting for a man OF
such high character and attested
ability to represent them in the
halls of legislation in these times
when Legislative Iobbies are wont
to swarm with unprincipled graf
ters and seekers after special
privileges at the expense of the
masses.
When quite young man Mr..
Jones was elected to the Legisla-
ture as Representative from Law
renee, bis native county. but, on
moving to Brookhaven, resigned
before the expiration of his term.
He has received numerous urgent
solicitations to stand for the State
Senate by voters of this district
who recognize his peculiar fitness
for the position, and has at last
reluctantly yielded to these solici-
tations, througth patriotic will
ingness to honor the call made
upon him, though he knows he
will have to do so at a sacrifice of
his private interests. By electing
him the people of the district have
a splendid opportunity to honor
themselves and an altogether wor-
thy man and serve their own best
interests too, all at one and the
same time.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
Restricting a Most Pernicious Practice.

The New York Commercial
takes iuster and more rational
view of Southern laws against flu
ture dealings, than others that
have discoursed upon the policy
from the general trade view point.
In the following conclusion to an
editorial comment, the nature Of
the question IS fairly and compre-
hensively presented:
Primarily, dealing in cotton fu
lures has a motive. 1t relates
particularly to the success of
legitimate cotton dealings, while
merchant expects to buy and de-
liver at a certain time bales of
real cotton. On the other hand,
it is perpetration of bucket shop
gambling in which an order never
did and never would reach the
market. This pernieious practice
had spread to such an extent in
the South that commerce was Sc
riousIy interfered with. Too
many persons were dealing in cot
ton. The percentage of men who
can beat any kind of a speculative
game is so small that the result,
broadly speaking, is disastrous to
legitimate business. 1t remains
to be seen how the law will work
out. Certainly, any one who
wishes to do business in cotton flu
lures can have his orders executed
| in New York by telegraphing !;
and it is equally certain that the
man bent only on taking a
whirl' in the market real or
fancied, through a bucket shop
will be stayed in his desire by the
limited opportunity and absence
of quotations before his eyes.
The Limitation of opportunity
of a pernicious practice I'm fact
the most pernicious and evil of all
forms Of gambling temptation is
the handspring of such legisla-
ton. And to that extent it is GER
tain to prove beneficial; SO bene-
fetal indeed that it will be gener-
al compensation for all probable
incidental interference with legit-
| innate trade.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Hon. John Sharp Williams is
justly proud Of bis title Of minor
.Ity leader and it would be q shame
to rob him Of it. That is one
reason why the sovereign voters
of Mississippi have decided to
confer upon Governor Vardaman
the title Of majority leader'' at
the August primaries, and thus
proclaim him the successor of
senRtor fernando DeSoto Money.
Greenwood Enterprise.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08


a true optilnist goes cheerfully
to bed. Anybody who leads an
orderly life and retires early can
get up in the morning and be
hopeful, but how few fall asleep
without a sighl How few carry a
smile to Sunderland! Body and
mind are tired; perhaps the day
has been full of trouble, and the
evening devoid Of pleasure. It is
hard TO be right-minded under
|sucll circumstances. Children 60
|bo bed happy, but the average
worldiing looks upon sleep as be
would an aesthetic. YazoO SEN
Itinei.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
To Give Lesson in Good Roads.

Greenwood. May g. Congress-
man B. G. Humphreys appeared
before the Lefore supervisors to-
day and proposed to have a good
roads expert agent here from
Washington to build a mile OF
burnt road, provided the county
would furnish the necessary funds
and labor for the experiment.
The Government will furnish the
machinery for doing the work un-
der the direction of the expert.
The board accepted the PROPOSE
|tion, and Mr.. Humphreys say s
that the expert will be here dur
ing the summer.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
The Chinese Famine Sufferers.

Five thousand dollars received
from the Unlt"d States by the
Famine Relief Committee on
April Is was used to purchase
half million pounds of dried po-
tatoes, which we're rushed to the
front. A dispatch has been re-
ceived from Chinese official
offering to put, for the first time
in history, steamboats, above the
locks on the Grand Canal, thus
cutting down the time of the
transportation of food to the fam
inc districts, from three to eight
days. Further particulars of the
distress existing show that the
people are eating the green scum
from the ponds, white clay and
the hulls of rice. A farmer who
fell at the city gates from weak
ness, due to lack of food, lay on
the road for "a hours and then
died. Two villagers, on reaching
their doorsteps fell dead from
starvation. The relief committee
has been able to secure enough
milk for one depot to feed 100
babies until the harvest. The
committee, however, has been
compelled to leave about 400 9th
.er babies in that district to die.
Elk.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Farmers ID The southeastern
part Of the State are replanting
their cotton for the second time,
making three paintings ia all, and
knocking tie spots out of all
profits unless, perchance, prices
are in the neighborbood Of Is
cents next fall and winter
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

DR.. John Watson, known as Ian
MacLaren, the we'll known author,
died from an abcess in bis ear at
Burlington, Iowa
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
The meeting then adjourned.
M. G. PRICE,
Chairman.
B. +. HOBBS Sec y

An associated press report from
Fort Worth tells Of a cyclone IN
Lamar county. near Fort Worth.
The death list is small, but crops
are ruined and many houses blown
down. Storm cellars saved q
number.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

a strike Of conductors and mo-
tormen has now smitten San
francisco.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Contracts we're awarded for
court houses at Ellisville and Lau-
rel, costing $132, 900.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
Mail Order Trade.

1t is time the local merchants Of
every town realized the fact that
the best way to work against the
catalogue and mail order is to ad-
vertlse in their county papers.
Advertise persistently. put in
something every week. Do not
be afraid to put the price opposite
your goods.
No catalogue would ever bring
any trade to the house sending it
out, if the price was not given for
each article described. We do
not believe that the merchants of
Holly Springs half realizs the
volume Of trade that goes from
this county every year to the mail
order houses. The largest part of
this trade rIghtfully belongs in
our town and county, and we also
believe, that, by iudicious and
persistent advertising always re-
membering to give some of your
most attractive prices, great deal
of it could be kept at home.
| Every dollar kept at home adds
to the general prosperity and in
creases the value of the property
of each individual citizen of the
county. Holly Springs South.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08
ANTI-HOLOUP STATUTE.
Candidates are Immune from Appeals
for Charity.

The nti-holdup statute enacted
at the last session of the IegIsla-
ture as a portion of the primary
election chapter is being exten-
sively quoted in some parts of the
State where various religious and
benevolent organizations are try
ing to mulct the candidates for
causes more or less worthy.
The statute in question was en-
acted by the lawmakers without
dissent, but it was regarded some
what in the nature Of a joke,
nobody seriously believing that it
would afford the aspirant for Office
any measure of protection from
persons who desired to separate
him from his cash. The section
reads as follows:
mo person shall directly de-
mand, solicit, ask or invite from
any person who is a candidate for
nomination by any political party
for any Office, donation, or
promise of donation, for any edu-
cational, charitable, religious OF
benevolent purpose outside of the
county of his residence; nor shall
any candidate make or promise
any such donation. Any person
violating, knowingly, the provis-
ions of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor =
-Four years ago, according to
some Of the State candidates, in
nearly every county they encoun-
tered religious highwaymen who
held them up for donations to all
sorts of cases, and they were
mulcted in shameless manner by
people who evidently regarded a
candidate and a millionaire as be-
ing individuals synonymous in
every particular. jackson News.
Mr.. w. S. Vaughn. Of Bates
vile, Miss, advertises for his son,
who ran away from home on the
Ord of March, ard is supposed to
have gone soatll. He is described
as Is years ole, brown eyes, dark
hair, eye winks inyoluntarily.
The father would appreciate any
information as to the boys where
abouts.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Oil is once more reported to
have been found in Mississippi
this time at Petal, Perry county,
Just across Leaf river from Hat
|tiesburg.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08


The man with honesty of pur-
pose does not stop to think about
whether he is pleasing every
Tom, Dick and Harry, in bis ut
terances, but goes on and does the
best he can, and while he may
make enemies, the majority of the
good people will believe in him,
and not desert him, because his
views are not always in accord
with theirs All just people
recognize this as a free country,
and that no one man or set of men
own it, and that all have a right
to their own ideas. Newton
Record.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

The u. ID. G. Convention met
at jackson yesterday. Mrs. g.
In. Williamson rendered the dele
cations a reception. $50 delegates
were present.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

II is a wise skiddoo that knows
when to stop.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

The bronze statue of Jefferson
Davis which is to be unveiled at
Richmond, Va, on June 8, was
drawn through the streets Of that
city to the monument site last
Thursday by 5000 children, who
did the hauling by means OF a
double rope two or three hundred
yards long. The children were
led by Lee and Pickett Camps of
Confederate Veterans, and these
in turn we're headed by a hand
somely uniformed boy fife and
drumcorps. A large portion OF
the Youths carried small Confeder
ate battle flags. The rope used
in hauling the statue was cut
into many thousands of pieces
for souvenirs.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Superstitious nuisances are
pointing out the fact that the
jamestown exposition was opened
on Friday. Oh, well, this coun-
try was discovered on Friday.
Washington Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

A movement is on foot to or
ganize a Mississippi Hoo-Hoo
Club, composed Of tile lumber
manufacturers Of the State who
belong to that fraternity. The
plan has been endorsed BIZ Vice
gerent j.. Fl. Kennedy, Judge
Jas. H. Neville, j. F. Wilder, and
other prominent Hoo Hoos. The
prime purpose of the organization
lis to stir up interest in the forth
coming trip to Atlantic City
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

We have had the arrogant
rich, the criminal" rich, the
predatory rich, and now Geo.
Barnard Shaw gives us the stin-
|gyp rich. Apparently the only
escape from adiectiyes is IN pow
|erty. Brooklyn Eagle.
How about the Indifferent
|rlch9
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

Bishop Leighton Coleman, Of
the Episcopal Diocese of Della
ware, reproyed the women of an
audience at a wedding, for attend
ing hatl6ss.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-08

The Southern Reporter reasons
thusIy: The pleasant antlcipa-
tions of the Press Association will
be realized, for is not the immac-
ulate Henry there 70 see after
|thingsg''
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
THE PEOPLE WHO IRE PASSING
TO IND FRO.

j. W. Fink, of Port Matilda, is visit
iIg his daughters in this place.
Mrs. j. B. Nichols and daughter,
Joan, were in Bradford several days
last week.
Mrs. McCurdy Aul, of Punxsutawney
was the guest of Mrs. j. p Haskins
last Thursday.
Miss Effie Whitehill, OF Falls Creek
was the guest OF her cousin, Miss Mary
Mcclure, last week.
Miss Sadie Rhoads, of Penfeld,
visited her brother, Grant Rhoads,
and family last week.
Captain.T G. Reynolds, OF Harris
burg, came to town Saturday to be
here to vote yesterday.
Mrs. j. M. Gathers returned last
week from a visit in Clarksburg, Ap-
polio and New Kensington.
Miss Lottie Sage, of Buffalo, N. Y,
visited her cousin, Mrs. Frank Rod
gers, In this place last week.
Miss Anna Jelbart, of New Bethle-
hem, is visiting her grandmother. Mrs.
Hannah Butler, in this place.
Miss Margie Denny, OF Driftwood,
was the guest Of Misses Unita and Ella
Farrell couple Of days last week.
+ Irwin Wipslow and wife, OF Drift
wood, visited the formers mother, Mrs.
Annie Winslow, in this place last week.
Miss Mary Small, OF Cool Spring,
visited her aunt, Mrs. W. P. Wood
ring, in West Reynoldsville last week.
Charles Bright, Of New Castle, who
spent ten days with his brother, Prof
Bright, in this place, returned home
Monday.
Mrs. w. T. Darr, of Brookville,
spent several days of last week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Hall,
in this place.
Mrs. William Connor and daughter,
Nellie, and Mrs. John Spillet of
Apolla, Pa, visited at home of Grant
Rhoads last week.
Mrs. Fred Pifer, Of Ridgwsy, who is
convalescing from tussle with typhoid
fever, was the guest Of Mrs. Harry
Pifer in this place last week.
T. D. Brewer went to New Ken
sington Monday to act as assistant
superintendent on the erection of
new school house in that place.
Miss Lucinda Smith, who has been
visiting at home of her brother, Ira s.
Smith, in this place couple of months,
returned to Pittsburg yesterday.
John Denny, Of Pittsburg, engineer
on P. r. r., former Reynoldsville boy,
took in the Halloween carnival at this
place Thursday night OF last week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Alex Riston ia in Erie this week.

Alex Riston is in Erie this week.
James Degnan was at Ridgway last
week
Mrs. A. p. King is visiting in Lock
Haven.
Miss Minnie Ktck spent Sunday in
Ridgway.
Marion Fergus spent Saturday in
Falls Creek.
Mrs. B. A. Barrett is visiting in In
diana county.
Miss Myrtle Williams is visiting in
New Kensine ton.
Miss Ida Miles is visiting in Pitts
burg this week
W.B Hoffman and wife spent Sun
day in East Brady.
Mrs Henry Redding visited in Bella
fonte the past week.
Postmaster E G. Burns was in Pitts
burg the first OF this week.
Irving r. Klock. of Kane, was in
town the first OF this week.
Mrs. H. W. Herpel is visiting a
sister at Spipisterville, Ohio.
Mrs. James M. Hoffman, of East
Brady, visited in town last week.
Mrs. John Britton, OF Dubois, visited
her father in this place last week.
Ed. L. Foster and wife, OF Iselin,
were visitors in town last week.
Clarence Booth, OF New Kensingtop,
visited his parents in Reynoldsville this
week.
Miss Anna Williams, Of Sligo, was
the guest OF Miss Eileen McEnteer last
week.
Mrs. Robert Richards, OF Brookville,
was the guest Of Mrs. l. F. Miller over
Sunday.
Mrs. J. W. Campbell and two sons
are visiting her parents in Lawsonham
this week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

Sister Louise was in Bradford last
week.
w. A. Reynolds, OF Pittsburg, is
visiting In town this week.
James Cameron and son, August, who
are employed on State Capitol. came
home to vote
Mr. and Mrs p w. eastman spent
Sunday In Buffalo N. Y. returning
yesterday afternoon.
Prof. c. S. Hepler wifi deliver an
address before the Presbyteriap
Brotherhood in the chapel at 6 80 D.
m. next Sunday.
George o Luiz, assistant ,uperin-
tendent of the silk mill, and R-a John
ston were over in Clarion county two
days last week bunting
Lyman W. Scott went over into Elk
county yesterday TO spend couple
OF weeks hunting. His son, Charles
Scott, will go out to-day to camp with
him.
Misses Clara Hostettler and Margar-
ette Applegate. of Kittanning, were
guests of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. M. Applegate, in this place
over Sunday.
Miss Rosalie Erdce, of Brookville,
spent Sunday with Miss Elizabeth
Taafe. Miss Erdice is graduate of
the Miseracordian Musical College Of
Philadelphia.
Thomas Kirkman, wife and daugh-
ter. Margaret, Of Clymer, visited Mrs.
Kirkman's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bone, Sr., on Worth street
several days last week.
PC. Wells, Of Piolett, ]. G. Wells,
of Vandergrift, and their sister, Mrs.
P. W. Shoemaker and son, OF Deans
Vile, Clarion Co., visited their mother
and other relatives in West Reynolds.
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond E. Brown
returned Saturday evening from their
wedding trip to Philadelphia, Pa,
Washington, D. c., Old Point Comfort,
Va, Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk,
Va, and New York City.
Ex County Treasurer A. W. Neale,
who has been in the Department of In
ternal Affairs at Harrisburg ter years,
was in town yesterday on his way to
Brookviile to vote and to look after
some business for the state.
John Ward, Of Great Bend, Pa, is
visiting at the home of his brother, P.
]. Ward, in West Reynoldsville. Mr..
Ward is a genial. sunny tempered gen.
tleman who despite the SHOWS OF seven
ty winters ON his head, retains much Of
the buoyant spirit of his youthful days.
He will probably spend the winter in
this place.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Appendicitis

Is due in a large measure to abuse
of the bowels, by employing drastic
purga'ives. To avoid all danger, use
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the safe,
gentle cleansers and invigorators.
Guaranteed TO cure headache, bilious.
ness, malaria. and jaundice, at Stoke
& Feicht Drug Co. store, Reynoldsville
and Sykesville. 25c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Letter List.

List Of unclaimed letters remaining
in post Office at Reyuoldsville, Pa, for
week ending Nov. 2,1907.
Mrs. w. G. Altman, Josiah Gregory,
VIM. Hogue, Bert Hogue.
Say advertised and give date of list
when calling for above.
f. G. BURNS. p. M.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The rest Of the football schedule will
be played on our own grounds. Next
Saturday, November 9th, Clarion Nor
NAL; Saturday, Nov. 20, Clesrfield high
school, and Thanksgiving day Johnson
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

The Il. II. S. football team went to
Johnsonburg last Saturday to play the
high school of that place. The score
was 90. In the first half the r. H. S,
bad it all their own way and had it not
been for the slippery condition of the
ball would have scored twice Once we
fumbled but six inches from their goal.
In the first half Johnsonburg never got
past our 55-yard line, the ball being in
their territory all the time. In the
second half both teams played very
we'll, neither side making noticeable
gain. The high school played a fast,
clean game and had 1t not been for the
muddiness of the field would have Civ
en- better account of themselves. The
field was In awful condition-mud, mud,
mud. AS usual Burns covered himself
with glory and mud. The II. S. team
is fast improving and hope to make a
good showing the rest of the season.
Referee, Gibson. Two fifteen minute
halves. d.
Miss Altman, who thought she was
going to leave us, is back again in her
old seat.
Next Saturday, November 9th,
the Clarion Normal football team
will play the r. Fl. s. on our grounds.
The Clarion eleven is q lively team and
fast game is promised. The high
school is at present badly In need of
money and we want everyone to come.
Admission 25c.
Compliment for Senior class: The
German graoes are improving very
noticeable!
|. The monthly quizs for the second
month Of school are just over. NV,
what relief.
Now watch the Freshmen smile
their arithmetic papers are being re-
turned.
"Gee' My head is sore." We had ex-
ANS last week.
Miss Milliren: Define paragraph.
Tom: What declension is 1t In.
The rest Of the football schedule will
be played on our own grounds. Next
Saturday, November 9th, Clarion Nor
NAL; Saturday, Nov. %, Clearfield high
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06

After Thanksgiving the basket ball
season OF the high school will open.
We expect good games all this season
and at least one game every week.
Manager Gillespie would like to hear
from all high school teams regarding
games.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
Closing Out Entire Stock.

The Cash New York Racket store
is closing out $4,000 worth of stock
at 25 cents less than cost to quit bus
mess.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-11-06
The
HIGH SCHOOL,
BULLETIN
T HE;
BULLETIN

Editor-in-C Chief. Graydon Robinson.
senior Reporter Alex Gillespie
Junior Reporter Fonda King
Sophomore Reporter Sadie Ford
FRESHMAN Reporter Marian Harris