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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Bringing Fruit After Their Kind.

WatertoWn, N. ". Jan. Id.
The conduct of the members of the
24th infantry, colored, for the past
four weeks eliminated Sunday
night with the holding up of two
young women on the streets of
Sackett Harbor at the entrance of
the hotel in that village. Tuesday
night negro soldiers with three
white women drove the proprietor,
Mr.. Widener, out at the point Of a
revolver and has aroused the pub
lie to point Of Indignation that
promises to be felt at the war de-
partment. Murder and drunken
ness on streets, housebreaking and
other depredations are ascribed to
the negro soldiers without much
comment by the people, until two
young women, one a domestic, the
other a prominent school teacher
were attacked on the streets Sunday
night. Civic authorities are able
to get little satisfaction from mil-
itary authorities ia their efforts to
check Iawlessness.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Favored Summit.

In boosting Mayor j. B. Holden
for reelection recently, the Sum-
NIT Sentinel said: Mayor Holden
and the council secured contract
with j. j. White to furnish elec.
tricity at 8 cents per kilowat,
amounting to 5000 per month. Nc
Comb pays Mr.. White Is cents per
kilowat, or five times more than
we pay. Besides this, we get
twenty-seven arc lights ($243 per
month) free. Brookhaven and
other towns charge Is cents per
kiloWat.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

great day were assigned. Some
will shine on this occasion, And
some will dine for recreation!
Among the guests of the after
noon were, Mrs H. M. Sherman,
Mrs. F. F. Becker, Mrs. Burton,
Miss Clare Burns, Mrs. S. Storm,
Mrs. Redding, Mrs. Martin Nc
Grath, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Johnson,
and Miss Mary Storm, Mrs. Far
rell.
And now that we'd improved our
mind,
On other things we were asked
to dine.
The folding doors she now unrolls
And we are moved unto our souls.
We forgot all our woes, we forgot
all our worry,
We tasted it all and we did not
hurry.
Then we thanked one we all felt to
be true
To the Club She's our Hostess,
here's to you, to you!
REPORTER.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Should Fight to the Last Ditch.

There seems to be little doubt
that assassin Sorsby, who murdered
Postofice Inspector Fitzgerald
three months ago and eluded cap
ture until last Sunday morning,
was harbored and given protection
and asylum by numerous citizens of
Clinton and Kinds county. These
same people will probably use
every technicaIity and trick known
to the criminal lawyers who make
a speciality Of defeating the ends of
justice to cheat the galloWs Of this
victim who so fully merits being
hung BY the neck until he. is dead.
pound of flesh" should
be exacted to the last ounce, and to-
that end the States representatives
should fight to the last ditch.
Fayette Chronicle.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
SOrsby's Backers on the Anxious Seat.

A gentleman in the city yester-
day, from the Clinton neighbor-
hood, stated that the capture of
Sorsby is a great relief to the good
law-abidlng citizens of that COM
munity. While this assassin was
at large his relatives and those
friendly towards him were at liber-
ty to say anything they desired,
but persons holding contrary views
had to exercise discreetness and
kept it to themselves; but now
things have changed, those who
were harboring Sorsby are on the
anxious seat as the law Furnishing
any one who harbors a criminal is
SO plain that the conviction of some
Of them is certain to follow.
Vicksburg Herald, 18th.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
A Ninety Cent Cow.

A South Mississippi editor is
quoted as having said in reporting
the killing of a cow by a railroad
train, that she was "a poor old
COW, in appearance about thirty
years old, and worth about 80 cents
for her hide
The farmers of that county should
arise in their might and smite that
editor hip and thigh. A few more
such articles as that and one of
their greatest sources of profit will
have been snatched from them.
Who ever heard of a railroad
killing a 80 cent COW? Neither
the Vinegar Bend" the Match
ez Southern nor the yellow
Dog" would do that. The Missis-
sippi railroad that would kill COW
that was worth no more than 90
cents would be put out Of business
by the railroad commission.
For 10, these many years the
railroads doing business in Missis-
sippi have killed nothing but the
finest Of Jerseys the kind that
give five gallons of cream per day
and are good for 81 pounds of Ell
gin butter per week.
There may be any number of 80
cent cows in Mississippi-in fact
the Clarion-Ledger has seen them
time and again, especially along
about the first of April, but they,
were never able to get up on rail-
road track. If they did the engi-
neer ''shooed" them off and kept
running till he got a whack at the
$100 kind. Daily Clarion Ledger.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Purposes Of the u. b. c.

Mr.. Editor When ! was in your
city on the 10th inst, at which
time ] had the honor Of organizing
ia Chapter of Daughters of the Con-
federacy, some of the members ask
ed me to write short article for
your valuable paper, giving the OBJ
|jects of the U. ID. G. organization
for the benefit of the many who
were not present.
In the words Of one of our most
distinguished daughters, | will say
that the purposes of our organiza-
tion are to preserve from want
the remnant Of our glorious army
|of l861-1865; to care for the graves
|of our immortal dead; to rear
monuments to our valorous heroes,
and to gather data for the use OF
future historians.
And now as to who are eligible
to join the U. D. G.
quote from the Constitution:
Those women entitled to mem
bership are the widows, wives,
mothers, sisters, nieces and lineal
descendants of such men as served
honorably in the Confederate army,
navy or civil service; or Of those
men, unfit for active duty, who
Loyalty gave aid to the cause; also
women of their lineal descendants,
wherever living, who can give
proof of personal service and loyal
aid to the Southern cause during
the war.
Ihave never yet seen a Southern
woman who was not entitled to en-
ter the U. D. G.
Every Southern woman, born
since the war, was born Daughter
of the Confederacy, which is only
another name for saying that her
kinsmen wore the gray and who
gave their lives or offered to give
them in defense of home. Graft
tude requires that our Southern
women should show their apprecia-
tion of these kinsmen by joining
the organization, whose sole object
is to do them honor. And now as
to what it will cost to become a
Daughter.
First, there is an initiation fee,
which has been fixed by the new
Chapter at Is cents. Fifty cents a
year will pay all the necessary ex-
penses. These dues are ten cents
per capita, to be paid on March 1st
to the Treasurer General.
Fifteen cents per capita for
Division; ten cents for museum,
and five cents for organizer; forty
cents. Besides these dues, we pay
our presidents expenses to the
General Convention, which amounts
to 2 IL ents per capita.
If each member pays five cents
a month to the Chapter Treasurer,
there will be a surplus over and
above all expenses.
As Brookhaven does nothing by
halves l, predict a brilliant future
for the new Chapter. | felt it an
honor to organize such body of
true Southern women as those that
met me on Wednesday. They have
a right to expect their chapter to
be one of the foremost Chapters of
the Mississippi Division.
SARAH DABNEY EGGLESTON,
Hon. Pres. Miss. Div. U. D. G..
Hon. Pres. Gen. U. D. c.
Raymond, Miss. Jan. IA, 1909.
The ladies who would like to
join will please meet at the Lii
brary, Friday, Jan, 20.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
The Climbers.

Though it rained in torrents 20
of the 27 Climbers attended the
regular club meeting on Thursday.
The gracious hostess had journey
ed from New Orleans to entertain
her guests; and surely Mrs. Will
liam McGrath is past master in the
gentle art of hospitality.
One member of this gallant crew
came fifteen miles to attend the
meeting?
The parliamentary drill was the
first study Of the afternoon. Miss
Josie Heuck led this drill.
A letter from the Home Econom-
les was read and discussed. How
many people, | wonder, sigh for
lessons in cooking.
Miss Anna Jones gave a good
discussion of Three Leaders of the
British Parliament. Winston
Churchill was given prominent
place among these leaders, as
statesman, author and diplomat
Mrs. Higdon read comprehen-
sive article sent by "'Mr. Bay
View on Irish Literature. Sad
indeed it is that the music-loying,
beauty loving Irish people have
been SO oppressed that they have
neither music nor great art.
The Wind in the Chimney" a
song of peculiar sweetness, of a
haunting sadness, was attractively
given by Miss Brown, of the Col
lege.
Mrs. Flowers able discussion Of
MacauIay's Artistic Historical
Writings was well read by Miss
Emily Jones, as Mrs. Flowers was
unable to be present.
'By Moonlight" as played by
Miss Meta Smith, was enjoyed.
Miss Heuck gave a reading from
Ruskin, and closed this appeal to
"Peacemakers' by an appeal,
rather modern in character. to the
club women who are bent on I'M
provin' they minds. =
Mrs. Emil Cohn led the round
table discussion, and honorable
mention should be made of several
who knew the lesson on Victo-
rian essayists so perfectly.
The preparation for the annual
banquet. or more correctly should
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Bro. A. w. Noble, of the Laurel
Chronicle, recently sold out his
paper, and now comes Bro. L. T..
Carlisle, of the West Point Leader,
wanting to sell out his valuable
journal and retire. Thus two Of
Mlssissipi's great editors will lay
down their quills. No more will
they sit up until late in the night
pondering over some heavy editor
ial; no longer will they hasten to
the depot to catch personals from
the 10:40 train; no longer will they
work at the case, or feed the press
or pitch paste onto the single
wraps. They have made their pile.
and they retire from the busy round
of editorial duties to the life of
ease and luxury which awaits all
hard working editors. Forest Reg
lister.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Sold "Splked" Coffee and Landed on
County Farm.

Indlanola, Miss, Jan. IL. The
local authorities have broken up the
thriving blind tiger trade of Mar
shall Handy, a white man who was
doing a land-office traffic on one of
the principal business corners of
the city. Ostensibly Handy was
running restaurant, selling a cup
of coffee and a hamburger sandwich
for fifteen cents, but the authorities
discovered that the coffee was lib
orally dosed with about the mean
est blind tiger whisky ever discov-
cred, even in Indianola. A SEN
tence on the county farm put
Handy out of business, for the next
thirty days, at least.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Lively Times.

The row between President
Roosevelt and Congress, the tilt
between Roosevelt and Ben Till
man, and the controversy between
Governor Noel and State Treasurer
Edwards, have made National and
State affairs very lively and inter-
esting during the past several days.
Locally, we have the controversy
of Tom Morissey and his saloon,
with the State and Vicksburg
authorities. Vicksburg Post.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
ii Hard Lines.

The American Brewer says, III q
recent issue Never before in
the history Of the trade have the
brewers had to struggle So hard
against adverse conditions. The
prohibition army is besieging
every State, every city. every town
and hamlet, and even every house,
and the brewers and their friends
have to keep up an active defense,
all along the Inns.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

A unique method for reaching
the people religiously has been in
stituted by Catholics, whose Mis-
sion Car will begin tour of our
State this week and will last until
the second week in March. The
car is church on wheels, and is
the gift Of Mr.. Ambrose Petry, Of
New York, who, in recognition of
this act, has been knighted BY Pope
Plus K. II cost $15, 900. The car
will visit neglected portions Of the
diocese. Or stations where the
scarcity Of priests and established
churches is most marked.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The friends of Pres. j. C.
Hardy, Of the A. and M. College,
deeply regret to learn that he has
been dangerously i'll for several
days; so much SO, that he had to be
carried to the jackson Sanitorium
to undergo an operation as a last
chance of saving his life. At last
account he had survived the opera
tion and his prospects for recovery
were hopeful. Prof. Hardy had
made an engagement to speak at
the next meeting of the Lincoln
County Teachers Association, but
on account of his unexpected ill
ness. of course he will not now be
present.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Manner Makes the Woman.

If your gown is but a gingham,
wear it as if it were a rich brocade.
If your shoes are rubbed and worn,
wear them as if you stepped in
dainty slippers. If your hat is
old and out of date, wear it as if it
were crown. The daily walk, the
daily conscious use of the muscles,
is absolutely necessary to gain the
control over the body that the
woman of presence must possess.
The February New Idea Woman's
Magazine.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Having already passed a bill
against the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors, the Tennessee State Senate
on yesterday passed bill to pro-
hibit its manufacture in that State.
The bill passed by the same vote as
the one against the sale 20 to 13.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Where Senator TilIman appears
to have made his mistake was in
not going to the White House first
and asking ii it would not be all
right to absorb little Oregon land
in order to avert possible panic.
Ohio State journal.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
Conductor Killed BY His own Train.

Monroe, La. Jan. IL. w. L.
Harrison, one Of the best known
passenger conductors on the Vicks-
burg, Shreveport & Pacific railroad,
running between Vicksburg and
Shreveport, was run over by his
own train here tonight and badly
mangled from effects Of which he
died in about an hour. Both legs
were cut off near the body and he
was badly bruised otherwise. AS
his train came into the passenger
depot here he jumped off before it
stopped. The depot platform was
covered with ice and sleet causing
him to slip and fall under the
wheels Of one ef the coaches. The
train was delayed here over an hour
until another conductor could be
found. Mr.. Harrison's home was
at Forest, Miss. where his remains
will be shipped tomorroW.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Gov. Patterson on yesterday ve-
toed the Statewide prohibition bill
passed by the Tennessee Legisla-
ture, as it was expected he would
do. The Prohibitionists will now
proceed to pass it over his veto,
which they are confident Of the
strength to do.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20
THE |. {. RAILROAD.
Win Put On Two New Trains Between
McComb and Memphis.

/ tLlG 1ll1uOlS OE1LIdl dIlu LIl6 dZOO
and Mississippi Valley railroad,
was before the railroad commission
yesterday and agreed to placing an
other passenger train in commission
each way on the Illinois Central.
1t has but recently been noticed
that there is no train north from
jackson between 1910 at night and
11:45 next day, wherefore the COM
mission agitated the proposition to
have the McComb City special,
which arrives in Jackson every
morning at 9 o'clock, continue on
through to Grenada.
| The railroad has not only agreed
to that, but has gone one better,
and will run the train on through
to Memphis leaving McComb at 6
a. m passing Jackson about 8:45.
Another train will leave Memphis
at 7:45 a. M, pass jackson at 4:45
and arrive in McComb City at 7:O5
p. m.-but it is understood this
schedule may be changed if found
advisable.
1t was agreed between Mr.. Jones
and the Commission that this new
service should be inaugurated Sum
day, January "a, and is to continue
ninety days as an experiment. If
at the end of that time it is found
the enterprise does not pay the
railroad company has the privilege
Of withdrawing the service.
1t is also stated that the "Old
Miss" special that arrives in Jack
son about $50 every day. and
which has been stopping here, will
continue on to New Orleans.
Following is the full text Of the
agreement as submitted by Mr..
Jones and entered into with the
railroad commission:
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 10.
Hon. Railroad Commission.
Gentlemen The matter of addi.
tional passenger train service be-
tween Jackson, Miss, and Grenada,
Miss. 1t is the opinion of the
management of the Illinois Central
railroad that the present service is
ample to accommodate the travel,
but in order to meet the wishes of
your honorable body and of the
citizens who are asking for the ad-
ditional service, beg leave to SUBJ
nit the following:
In accordance with our verbal
understanding at the morning ses-
sion of the commission, train No.
"a to leave McComb about 6 a. m. J;
Jackson s :45 am; Grenada l2::45.
p. m. arrive in Memphis 4::45 p.
M; leave Memphis 7:45 a. m.
Grenada 1925 p. m. Jackson, 4:45
p. M. arrive McComb 7:05; 1t be-
ing understood that these figures
may be varied from in making the
schedule.
You will observe this puts on one
additional passenger train each
way, leaving jackson early In the
morning and returning from Grena-
da late in the afternoon of each
day." as specified in your citation
dated November Is, 1908.
1t is agreed that the Inaugural
tion of this additional service will
be upon ninety days trial to de-
termine whether or not the earn
ings of the trains will justify the
company in maintaining this SER
vice permanently.
1t is further agreed that this ad-
ditional service shall be installed
Sunday, January "a, or as soon
thereafter as schedules can be ar
ranged. jackson Clarion-Ledger.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Judge Niles and u. S. Attorney
Lee at this term of court made a
record in disposing of J. W.
Young, the Louisiana counterfeit-
er, who was caught here BY Cap
tain Sites and Chief Groome in the
act Of raising a bill. Young was
tried, convicted and sentenced to
ten years ii less than two hours.
Vicksburg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The Texas Legislature is having
hard tussIe over the submission Of
prohibition amendment to the
voters of that State. A two-thirds
majority is required in both houses
and the Prohibitionists are fight
ing for delay as they lack three
votes in the House.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

John w. Kern, late Democratic
candidate for vice-president. was
defeated before the Dmocratic
caucus of Indiana for United
States Senator. Mr.. Kern alleges
that he was a victim of treachery.
lit is regretable that a man So
worthy did not receive the honor.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The Key Brothers were acquitted
at Meridian Of the murder Of their
brother-in-law. Walton Davis. IT
was another case of the unWritten
law.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Thornton Hains, charged jointly
with his brother, with the murder
Of ". E. Annis, was acquitted.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The New Year is passing away.
BE sure you do not loiter, but keep
lap with the procession.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The Uncle Remus Memorial AS
sociation. with headquarters at
Atlanta, Ga, publishes an appeal
for contributions for the erection
of a suitable memorial to the late
Joel Chandler Harris, whose folk
lore stories have made his name a
household word half the world over.
If one out of a hundred Of those
who have derived pleasure and in
struction from his entrancing rem
dition of old plantation tales were
to send a dime to this fund, it
would be over-subscribed by thous-
ands. The circular letter enclosing
the appeal bears the following
reminiscent lines:
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

Mrs. J T. Gotten spent Sunday
and Monday III New Orleans.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

" And many a moon
Will wax and wane,
Before we see
His like again.
The rabbit will hide
AS he always hid,
And the fox will do
AS he always did.
But who can tell US
What they say,
Since Uncle Remus
Has passed away?''
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-01-20

The z. ?. G. membership is con.
stantly growing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-01-07
The Divorce Problem.

No religious denomination, apparently,
looks unmoyed upon the growth Of di-
yorce. The statistics of the subject
compiled by the federal government have
suggested remarks from hundreds of pull
pits. and the proposition of remedies
innuemerable. Here are views enun-
ciated by New York rabbi, the Rev.
DR.. Aaron Eiseman:
Too many marriages are loveless, too
many people marry for convenience. Love
has the. least thought Very often man
lnarries to gain social prestige or to econo-
mize thinking he can save more by keep
ing house than he can by living in board
ing house. Many woman is attracted to
man because he represents money bag, or
marriages of convenience, in which the
poetry of life soon becomes prose. The
couple find that they have been welded
but not mated, ideas clash, and contention
creep in. Then along comes a lawyer who
is looking for business, and he suggests di-
vorce as a means of escape. There is one
direction in which the law should be rigor-
Gus; 1t should not permit a guilty party TO
remarry. The man or woman who has vlo-
lated the laws of marriage should NOT be
allowed by law, under any circumstances,
to blast another home.
The venerable Bishop William Cros-
well Doane, of the Protestant Episcopal
diocese Of Albany. advises that remar-
rage be refused to men or women d.
yorced for any cause-to the innocent
party. as well as the guilty-so long as
the former partner is alive. he als0
suggests the social ostracism OF dlvofceo
people who have remarked.
During the coming winter Dllls re-
stricting divorce will be introduced IN
various state legislatures including tnau
of Wisconsin.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-01-07
Winning a Juryman.

1t is related of Lachaud, the most
famous Of French criminal lawyers in
the last century, that in pleading GER
tain case he perceived that one Of the
jurors seemed to be hostile to him and
his argument.
In the faces Of all the other men in
the box he saw with his practiced eyes
that his oratory or his shrewdness was
having it's effect, but this man, in spite
Of all Lachaud could do, remained
frowning, suspicious, obdurate.
Lachaud continued with his work,
however, and presently saw that his
opportunity had come. 1t was a hot
day, and ray Of sunlight had pene-
trated crevice On the curtain and was
shining on top Of the head Of this jury
man, who was quite bald. The lawyer
paused in his argument and addressed
himself directly to the court
eff your honor would please" he
said, ito order that the curtain in yon-
der window be lowered a trife, I am
sure that the sixth juryman would ap-
preciate it."
This sign Of watchful attention won
the obstinate juryman's heart and
Lachaud's case.-New York Tribune.