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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-28
A GOOD SPOOK STORY.
Complications at Port Gibson That
Reads Like "GObIins Will Get You
if You Don't Watch Out"

Port Gibson, Miss. Few people
at this late day believe in the visits
of spirits: yet on occasions when
supernatural-or otherwise, impen-
etrable-things force themselves
upon people, it is difficult to throw
off that old superstition which has
been an element of mans makeup
since the beginning of time.
More than thirty years ago three
stout hearted men who ridiculed
such supernatural appearances,
have little to say on the subject
now-if, indeed they have not, in
large measure, been converted to
believe IN the very thing they SO
boldly tabooed prior to that time.
Away back in the early days of
the county an Englishmau named
Norman Frlsbie purchased tract
of land lying between Russum and
Westside and built substantial
log house upon it There he lived
and died Later the place became
the property of the late j. W. Mar
tin, who used the Frisbie home to
house family of negro tenants.
ia addition to his own family, the
negro hired a woman to assist in
the farm work. During the year
be and the woman disagreed and
he forced her to leave, throwing
bricks at her as she left the place
In the course OF time another
family moved into the house: and
here is where the strange part of
this story begins. OQe morning
ss the man was preparing to go to
his daily work. bricks began to
fall in the house without cause and
without revealing from whence
they came. Fearful that his chill
dren might be struck by the falling
bricks. he took them 10 the field
with him, and related the strange
occurrence to his fellow workmen
None of the superstitious blacks
were WlHluk W fCuguAO uCuA AhC
house TO try to unravel the mys-
terry. but reported the matter to
the white neighbors. So earnest
were they in relating the story
that Alessrs. R. w. Magruder, now
postmaster at Port Gibson; Robert
WeatherIy. at present a resident
of Louisiana, and W. 81 Russum.
a merchant Of IiIlman. decided tU
visit the place.
They found the house just as the
frightened occupants had left it.
Bricks we're lying on the floor and
deep indentations we're made in
the heavy logs where some Of the
bricks, had been hurled against
them.
The men walked about the place
and stood in the door probably for
an hour without accident. Think
ing the whole matter only the
fruits Of vivid Imagination, they
decided to return to their homes.
when suddenly q heavy brick
bearing the name Of an English
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COpIAH COUNTY.

HazIehurst, Miss, Aug. 81
With only one precinct to hear
from in the county, the following
is the vote:
For land commissioner, M. A
Brown, 1852; Henry C Wood, TIC.
For revenue agent, Stokes V. Rob-
ertson, 1913; G. j. Moore, 1896.
For state senator, Eleventh dis.
trict. John B. Mayes, 1045; j. M.
Coen, 1912. For representative.
Benjamin King, 1925; r. F. Har-
grave, 992; Geo. w Russell, 889;
Joseph B. Catching. 755. For
county superintendent education,
A. A. McAIpin, 1923; Charles Sim
Rletary, $40. For circuit clerk, G.
b. Rea, 1893; Will M. Corley. 992.
For chancery clerk. j. e. Smith,
1866: j. q. Long, 73l. For sher-
itf, jeff D Miller, 976: Burnell
Shelton, ll18. For treasurer, Dan
C. Woods. 1914: A. N. Carter. 983.
For supervisor, District ], B F.
Catching. 264; Geo. B. Nelson.
3I5. For constable. District l.
Phil Massa. S57; Dan I. Lowe.
015
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For President Of Senate.

Or. Carroll Kendrick. of Ken
drick. Alcorn county, is suggested
as candidate for president pro-
tenn of the Senate, and no doubt
will have a good and substantial
following because Of his merits as
a man and experience as a laWmak-
er and parlIamentarian. He has
served almost continuously in one
of the other houses of the Legisla-
ture since l884-a period Of nearly
thirty years. He is an educated.
Christian gentleman, and in the
event the hand of fate should guide
him to the governors chair. where
the president pro-tem lands BY law
on the death or resignation Of the
governor and lieutenant governor.
Mississippi would have q compe-
tent man at the helm.
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manufacturer, fell on end close to
where one of the men stood This
was startling; but, having come to
unravel a mystery, they could not
let such an occurrence daunt them.
So screwing up his courage. Mr..
Magruder mounted a ladder in one
corner of the room, which led to a
trap door in the attic, and made
thorough inspection of the place
The solid ceiling with an inch or
more of dust lying upon its upper
side, showed plainly that no human
had disturbed this musty place
since the days of its builder
There was no chimney little
stove furnishing the late inhabi-
tants with warmth, from which the.
brick could have fallen. though the
place where it struck was far re-
moved from the only entrance to
the upper floor While they mus
ed over the singular occurrence,
another brick fell. standing on end
as the first one had done. This
was too much for two of the
party. and they Withdrew to safe
distance; but the other again
searched the premises without re-
suits. Other bricks fell in the
finally left the house. filled with
uncomfortable thoughts of the phe-
nomena.
Mr.. Martin, the owner Of the
place heard strange reports, and
declared his neighbors were tryi0g
to run his tenants off of his place
He went to the house the following
day, in rather unpleasant frame
of mind. to assure the now thor
oughIy frightened negroes
there was nothing strange connect
ed with the place. While stand.
ing in the door nursing a griev-
ance against his unkind neighbors,
brick suddenly dropped by his
side. He wss satisfied that some
thing entirely out of the ordinary
was happening and not waiting
for further developments, he left
the house with a much kindlier
feeling for his neighbors than the
one he took there.
Later. Mr.. Martin had the house
torn away, tor no one would use
it. and its uncanny associations dis
turbed the neighborhood.
The negroes declared that injur-
ed spirits threw the bricks to show
their dispJeasure at the way the
woman had been forced to leave
the place.
There is a sequel to the story
which is an EnaccountabIe as the
occurrence itself. Messrs. Magru-
der apd Weatherly each took a
brick as souvenir Of the only real
ghost story with which they had
been connected, and carefully stor-
ed them. away. One day, when re-
lating the story to a friend, Mr.
WeatherIys attempted to show the
brick. but. notwithstanding the
care with which he had guarded
it, his souvenir had disappeared,
He then went to see his friend
MaRruder to enquire of the brick
be had preserved Mr. Magrudel
Informed him that his brick wal
carefully stored In q wardrobe, bul
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LAWRENCE COUNTY.

Monticello. Miss, Aug. 70. The
following vote was cast in Law
renee county: For land commission
er-Henry G. Wood 569. A. M
Brown 495. Revenue agent--C. J.
Moore 494, Stokes v. Robertson
598. Representative Charles f..
Gibson / ,OO5. County Attorney.
| Smith SCI, L. E. Grice GOA, Su-
perintendent of education-T. j.
White ADJ. W. L. McGahey 727.
Circuit ,cIerk-W. j. Bourn 6O4.
James A. Andrews SGT. Sheriff
and tax coIlector-E ID. Thompson
500. j. M. Brewer 6lS. Assessor
&C. H. Watts 445, 7. ]. Maxwell
72I. Treasurer -E. F. Turnage
4SO, H. j. Rogers 727. Supervis-
or, beat No LII. p. Russell l2l.
T. ". Neal 1873.
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MORE ABOUT FRANK HANGING.
Owner Of Property on Which Frank
Was Hanged Says He Saw
Frank Alive.

Marietta, Ga.-Withouc being
able to elicit from any Of the elev-
en- witnesses a single clew as to the
identity of the persons connected
with the lynching of Leo M.
Frank. last Tuesday morning, the
coroner's jury today rendered a
verdict that Frank was hanged by
parties unknown. City, county
and other officials testified that
they had diligently tried to get
facts OF the lynching but had fail
ed.
The coroner's jury inquiring in
to the lync1ing of Leo M Frank,
at IL 40 this morning retired to
consider a verdict without having
heard any testimony concerning
the identity of any persons connect
ed with the affair.
DR.. {. D. Elder. the first wit
ness. testified that he viewed
Franks body while it was hanging
near William Frey's gin He
knew nothing of the circumstances
surrounding the hanging and stat
ed that there had been no mutila
tion of the body when he viewed
it.
]. b. Wing. Cobb county COM
missioner. and among the first to
reach the scene of the hanging.
said that on the morning of the
Iynching he saw several automo-
biles on the road going towards
Marietta but that he could not
identify the occupants of the auto
mobiles.
VIM. j. Frey, owner of the place
where Frank was lynched. testified
that he saw three automobiles
whizzing past his place about sew
en- O'Clock on the morning OF the
lynching He said .he saw Frank
in one of the cars but did not rec
oqnize any of the other occupants
on account of automobile goggles
which they wore. He thought
there was something doing" in
the Frank Case he later went to
Marietta and thence back to his
gin. Here he discovered Franks
body dangling from the limb OF a
tree. He knew nothing further
about the lynching
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ter which a tence should be built
around the place where the animal
was found dead SO as to keep other
animals from grazing over that
spot.
Fourth: Vaccinate all animals
exposed to the disease or which
will pasture on infected premises.
Fifth: All suspicious cases
should be reported promptly to the
Office of the State Veterinarian, at
Agricultural College. Miss and it
is best to cut off an ear Of an ami
NAL dying and send it to this Office
for examination
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WessOn to Have New Light Plant.

Wesson. Miss. The city council
met in special session Tuesday and
engaged the services of M. L. Cud-
ley, of Jackson, Miss as civil en-
gineer to draw plans and specifica-
tions for q new water and electric
light plant, which the city proposes
to Install.
Prof. R. L. Lands, principal Of
the Copiah-Lincoln County Agri-
cultural College, has announced
that this institution will open Sep
tember 6. This is the first year
for this school and already rec-
ord attendance is assured.
The city public schools will open
September 13.
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after repeated requests to look. he
was amazed to find that his, too
had disappeared. The members of
neither family knew anything of the
whereabouts of the strange relics,
and they have never been found.
This is no picture of the imagin.
alton but true story. Either of
the participants, all of whom are
still alive, will make oath to its
ruthfuIness. and they are men
whose word can be depended upon
If you ask them whether they be-
Iieve in the earthly visitation of
spirits, their reply will be: How
do you account for this strange &C.
currence?
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State Committee to Meet.

Meridian. Mr.. j. M. McBeath.
chairman of the state democratic
executive committee. has issued
the following call:
IA meeting of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee is here
by called to meet at Jackson. We'd
nesday, September 1st.
"As matters of vital Importance
are likely to come before this COM
mittee, every member is urgently
requested to be present, or send
his proxy to some one who will
attend"
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SEPARATE PASSENGERS FROM
AMMUNITION.

There Is not the slightest pros
pect of the enactment Of a law
placing an embargo upon nnnni-
tions of war. but it is possible TO
passengers from ammuni-
tion. This ought to be done and is
quite likely to be done as soon as
congress meets. Such a measure
will be protection to American
citizens and American interests.
All friends of peace should unite to
secure such legislation.
w. ] BRYAN.
20. wad some power the Riftie
gle us.
To see ourseIs as ithers see US.
How do we look to Germany,
anyhow?
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-28
FRANKLIN COUNTY RETURNS.

MeadviIle. Miss Aug 25. Fol
lowing is the official returns of yes
terday's election for Franklin coun-
ty. Revenue agent: Stokes v.
Robertson, 68I, Charles J Moore,
58S Land commissioner: Harry
C. Wood, 552: M. A. Brown. $50
State senate: G. e. Thompson.
1863. Representative: ". H Tor
rey, 660; c. A. Everett. 697.
FIoater representative: Fred A.
Wright, 694: w. Hollis McGehee,
667: superintendent education: W
I. FOEman, TO; I. ]. Whitehead,
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Misses Oma Hart and Kate Stew
art. Of Mount Olive. we're the
guests Of Mrs Ola Thompson and
little daughter Dorothy Mae, of
jackson. at Mrs Thdmpsona old
home near Bogue ChittoN Mrs.
Thompson and her daughter are
leaving for Fort Worth. Texas.
their new home.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-28

At the Baptist Church Sunday
morning at II o'clock the sermon
subject will be. The Heart Of the
Gospel: in .he evening at s o'clock
will be the usual evaDgelistic and
song service. the pastor preaching
on the subject. How the Devil has
Cheated Us. end Whst We Have
Lost. Tie public invited,
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Wright Won for FIOater.

While The Leader published the
Lincoln vote for tioater representa-
tive Wednesday Franklin county
mad not been heard from, the
result of course being in doubt or
that account. Since the returns
have been received they show that
Fred A. Wright has won over W !.
Hollis McGehee by 575 majority in
both counties. Wright carrying
Franklin by 27 majority and Lin
culn by 548.
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JUSTICE R. S. BUTLER.

State VS.. Tennyson Banks-Ram-
ing-$5 and costs-appealed.
State vs.. Isiah McLain-Raming
So and costs.
State vi. Tom Davis-vagrancy
80 days and costs
State VS.. Jesse Smith assault
and battery compromised.
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BROOKHAVEN COURT DOCKETS.
Disposal Of Cases Brought to the At
tentiOn Of Local Officers.
MAYOR CHAs. @HEUcE

MAYOR CHAs. ~HEUCK.
Sopronia Hall-assault-$5.
Sophronia Hall-profanity-$l.
n. n Comor-drunk-$2.50
A. B. Cupit-dIsturbing the
pesce-dismissed.
Albert Grant-dIsturbinR the
peace-dismissed.
Sim Gordon-assault-$10.
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White-John White and Miss
Grace WooIey. A. B. Murray and
Miss Fay Tyler.
Colored-Augustus Davis and
Ida Ellison
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Misses Katherine and Lillian Nc
Grath have returned to Canton af-
ter a pleasant visit with Misses
Genevive Storm, Marie McGrath
and Ellen johnson,
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e56. Sheriff c. A. Hill, $40:
Webb J. ICrecinck, 725 Treasur-
er: Theo. c. Cloy. IS; J. w.
Whitehead, g26. Assessor: J. NJ
h afford, 622; w. W Scott, 745
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PREvENTATIvEs GIVEN.

1T is best to control these dis
eases by preventative measures es-
tabIished far in advance of the
probable outbreak.
''The following are the general
rules to stamp out these diseases:
First: Vaccinate ali animals
against anthrax in districts where
the infection has been known to ex-
ist at least cnce each year. This
includes horses and mules. In the
case of black leg all cattle under
two and half years old should be
yaccinated at least once each year
and where the disease has been
known to exist recently the calves
should be vaccinated after they are
several weeks old.
Second: All buzzards and other
scavengers should be killed. This
is permissible under a law passed
at the last session of the Legisla-
ture. All stray dogs should be de-
strcyed as they will carry parts Of
carcasses over long distances and
infect pastures in that manner.
Third: Thoroughly dislnfect
with live lime and five per cent
solution Of one Of the coal tar prep
arations. all infected premises. af-
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Swat the fly or he'll swat you.
doing unto others as to him you'd
do,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-12-23
s5a.S0

$59.6O
Individual equipment for domestic
Science. liberal, s34.55; fair, $16.65.
General equipment for Domestic
Science, liberal. s113.35; fair. $3.50
Grand total liberal sI.7.9o; fair.
s7G.45.
A splendid fireless cooker can be
made Mt a cost OF 62h cents. No
school should be without one.
Cooking naturally led TO sewing as
we needed dish cloths, dish towels,
holders. caps and aprons. Even two
OF my eight year old boys have made
nice, neat aprons from dish towels.
One OF them has set his heart on be-
coming a restaurant man and would I
let him. would prepare lunch every
day.
When the necessary sewing for the
cooking has been done start a syste-
matte course in sewing. First teach
the basting stitch by means of dotted
O checked material, one-half inch
apart, then by means OF nearer dots
or finer checks teach the running
stitch. Next a piece OF fancy work
could be attempted by mean OF a
burlap, canvas. or crinoline, crewel
needle; colored crochet cotton. and
~overcasting basting. crow stitch. run
ming stitch, back stitch a be work.
ed into a very pleasing piece OF work.
Then patching OF checked and striped
material. darning of stockings and
underwear. darning OF wool and silk
dresses. sewing on OF buttons. hooks.
eyes and the making OF eyelets. Now
bigger things can be made such as
Bingham bags Of all kinds. muslin un-
dergarments. aprons. Bingham Dress
60, then wool dresses and when cutting
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-12-23

school who are interested In ouI
work. The dishes have been furnish
ed by the pupils SO our total cost fol
equipment has been fifty cents We
need a large peuter spoon, dish pan,
wire sieve, measuring cup, wooden
spoon and waiter. These things we
will have in time but we do without
them nicely.
Every Friday the menu for the
coming week is made out. and cookers
appointed, two taking charge each
day Even the boys have their turn.
| give them the recipe and instruc-
lions for preparing. At noon ! give
a short talk On the food. its value,
and compare II with other foods. as
to value and cost. II u lesson is a
starch food. | teach them the general
rule for cooking all starch foods,etc,
Everything that is cooked or steam
ed we can make. II the school board
Will supply equipment the following
has been found satisfactory:
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and fitting Is thoroughly mastered,
party dresses can be attempted. EN-
broidery. crocheting, tatting and fancy
work OF all kinds can also be taught.
In connection with sewing, teach the
different kinds Of fabrics and their
history, production and manufacture,
and classify them. Teach simple tests
for cotton, wool, silk and linen In this
way teaching careful buying and Sc
lection OF materials.
Original ideas and talents of both
teacher and pupil "a be carried out
OF some of the things l am carrying
out in my rural school.
Below the third grade sewing is
not practicable. ] teach the primary,
first and second grades yarn weaving
such as tassel caps. rugs, mats, leg
gings, mittens. muff and stole, and
raffia weaving Of mats, baskets, purs-
es, etc. Furniture construction Of
card board, the building of the doll
house, tinting the walls, hanging cur
tains to match, etc bringing In a lit
tie lesson on home decoration and
furnishing with our play. Every chile
delights In playing house and every
primary class should have a doll
corner"
Another feature every rural teacher
can introduce into her school Is the
copying saw work. This is simple,
easy and very satisfactory. Patterns
and models can be found everywhere.
No special room is needed as the pu-
pill can do this work at his seat. The
equipment is inexpensive and within
the reach of every pocketbook. Each
pupil must have a board the size OF
his desk top to place on top OF his
desk for protection. A stop should be
nailed to the upper right hand corner
and a notch cut below to hold the
work. Some models hat l have found
especially good are: bird house, kite,
doll furniture Qarge) dodo bird, jump
ing Jack and animals of all kinds,
mounted on bases. All these problems
require careful laying out, sawinS
filing and sandpapering, and assemb-
ling of parts. 1t is a splendid training
for the hand and eye for the fourth
fifth and sixth grades and presents an
opportunity for appealing to their
mechanical inclination and invention
Encourage them to work out their own
designs at all times. Materials should
be studied as to their source, manu-
facture and use.
The following is a fair equipment
or coping saw work.
For Each Pupil.
/ wire coping saw frame, at 15c, or ]
jewelers. coping say frame at 75c to
s1.25.
For every four pupils l 5 inch woot
file at Csc, l small tack hammer a.
10c to zoe, 1 block plane at 75c tt
800, | sloyd knife at 25c to 35c,
For every six pupils: l four incl
try square at Csc, l brad awl at 1Gc
/ pair cutting pliers at Csc to 75c, J
pair Eagle compasses at Csc, l mark
ing guage
Supplies.
3-S and u in brads at sc per package
cigar box nails if possible, coping
saw blades 1t 10c per dozen, jewelers.
saw blades for wood at 10c per dozen
liquid glue at SOC per quart, No. l
sandpaper at zoe per quire, l inchx'
rouni head blue screws at SIC pc