The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-05-15
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS
NEMSY PARAGRAPHS or A GENERA.
INTEREST TO THE PEOPLE.
Interesting Items From the Entire STATE
Put Into d Few Lines.

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Capt. w. Fl. Stubblefeld, an
honored citizen of Yazoo City,
ldied last week.
Rev. Hicks Ellis is assisting
Rev. Fl. B. Watkins in a meeting
at Hazlehurst.
A blind tiger negro is held
lover at Summit on a $3.50 bond.
200 pints of whisky we're secured.
Mass meetings have been held
at McComb asking retention Of
i. L. Dawson, as Master Mechan-
| ic of the Louisiana Division of
| the /. G. at McComb.
The county superintendent Of
lssaquena county wants all young
ladies to sign a contratct that they
will not marry for three years,
when they enter public schools as
teachers.
1900 people at Holly Springs
heard the address delivered by
Prof. w. j. Echols, of BirmIng-
ham, before the Alumni Assooia-
tion of Rust University. The
Man and the Opportunity was
the subject and dealt with the race
question.
p. e. Whitney, Of Raymond,
publisher Of the Kinds County
Gazette Of that city, and formerly
Financial Agent for the Missis-
Isippi Division Of the Southern
Cotton Association, is acting as
agent for President Walter Clark,
during his absence in Europe.
Attorney General Fletcher has
received for legal examination the
charter Of the Hattiesburg Busi-
ness College, of Hattiesburg, Per-
Iry county, capitalized at $50, 900,
with W. /. Thames, j.. j. Fergu-
son and others, sas incorporators.
He has also received charter of
the South Mississippi College,
domiciled at the same place, with
capital stock of 5000
The Mississippi Bar Associa-
ton, in choosing Hon. G. IL.
Alexander, Of this city, as its
president, has honored a man
whose life has reflected glory up
on his chosen profession. Mr..
Alexander is q type OF our best
lawyers, man who is greatly re-
spected by all who know him.
"A man of exalted character, free
from guilt and trickery, he is the
type Of man it is we'll to honor,
for in doing SO merit is exalted.
The News congratuIates the bar
association most heartily upon its
selection of president. jackson
News.
Hon. FL. E. BlakesIee. Com
missioner of the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce of
Mississippi, has issued Invitations
to members of the Mississippi
Press Association attending the
annual convention at Jacksnn May
|21-23, to make headquarters at the
rooms of the Department at the
new Capitol during their stay in
the Capital City. The Leader
begs to acknowledges the receipt of
one of these courteous invitations.
The printing was done by the
Tucker Printing House at Jack
son and Is genuine work Of art.
In view Of the fact chat Sunday
baseball and all kinds of public
amusements are prohibited by the
Mississippi State laws. some of
the enterprising men Of money
have organized company TO erect
an amusement pavilion and open.
a baseball diamond on The big
|sandbar on the Louisiana side Of
the river, where they will not be
|interfered with. Arrangements
have already beenmade for tug.
with a covered deck harse to tow
back and forth across the river,
says a dispatch from Natchez.
j.. III. New, the white convict
who attempted suicide at the Ran
kin State farm, died as d result Of
bis seIf-inflicted injuries. News
death was due to the great loss Of
blood. He had stabbed himself
twice III the neck, onoe in the
region of the heart, and opened
the veins of his left wrist. DIR.
Peter Farley, the farm physician,
applied all possible measures to
Save his life. but without effect.
A brother in-Iaw of the dead con-
Ivict named Bailey, who resides at
RulevilIe, reached the city last
night and is arranging to have the
body slipped back to SunhoWer
county for burial.
Senator John e. Morgan, one
lof the venerable representatives
Iof Alabama Id the upper house,
occasionally writes magazine ar
lticles which involve great deal
lof research, but he uniformly re-
fuses to accept pay for them. In
1.-THE course Of his public career he
has been offered innumerable rail.
road passes, but never accepted
lany either for himself Oh any
member oi his family OF mod
Eerate means when be entered the
senate, he is now d poor man,
lhaying little or nothing bnt bis
salary Jackson Evening News.
In what grand and noble con
trast does public career like
Senator Morgan's 5 stand ont ID