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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
JESSE WATTS WILL
HANG NEXT FRIDAY
Slayer of DR.. AlversOn Appeals
in Vain-Gandy's Case
Hangs Fire.

Jackson, Miss, April 9.--Accord-
ing to the verdict of the pardoning
board, which adjourned today, Jesse
Watts of Vicksburg is to be hanged
on Friday, April Is, at Port Gibson,
where he was convicted on a change
of venue.
The case of Lester Candy is in
doubt. The board reported in favor
of rejection of his petition for COM
mutation, but after adjournment DR..
A. Everett and Jos. Beasley address
ed communication to the gov
ernor Withdrawing their signatures
and their approval from the rejection
order and asking further that Candy
be given a reprieve until the July
meeting of the board. AS there are
only four members of the board act
ing, this made tie in the vote. Gov.
Russell, therefore held up action un-
til Tuesday, next, when he will de-
eide Gandys fate.
No explanation was given in the
letter of withdrawal, but it is learn
ed that it is based upon the ground
that Joe Lang, aRnegro, jointly in
dicted with Candy for the murder of
Cleveland Rowe, is to be tried June
and the testimony of Candy is ne
cessary to secure his conviction.
The board turned down about Is
petitions for clemency for violators
of the liquor laws.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
LONE STAR TRAIL
STATE MEETING
Official Call Issued for Organiza-
tiOn Meeting in BrOOkhaven
April 2Sth.

Mr.. H. L. Brian, secretary-man-
ager of the Lone Star Trail, is busi1y
arranging for the State Meeting of
the Trail Association which will be
held in Brookhaven, Thursday, APP
ril 28th.
An invitation to hold the meeting
here addressed to Mr.. Brian by the
Brookhaven Board of Trade, is as fol-
lows
Whereas, it has come to the
knowledge of this body that you are
ready to call state convention for
the purpose of organizing the local
branches into a state body and that
several counties between and includ-
ing the towns of Natchez and
Waynesboro, Miss, now, therefore be
1t
Resolved, that the Board Of
Trade of the City of Brookhaven, by
and through its authorized officers
hereby extend, through you, a cor
dial invitation to hold said Conven-
tion in this city as the guest of this
body"
In response to the invitation of the
Board of Trade, Mr.. Brian has issued
formal call for the meeting, ad-
dressed to the members of the Lone
Star Trail Association in the coun-
ties of Adams, Franklin, Lincoln,
Lawrence, jeff Davis, Covington,
Jones and Wayne, as follows:-
by virtue of the authority vest
ed in me as Secretary and General
Manager of the Lone Star Trail AS
ISOLATION in the Constitution and BY
Laws of said Association and by the
National Board of Directors of the
same, I, H. L. Brian, do hereby call
the members of the Lone Star Trail
Association in Mississippi to attend
a meeting in Brookhaven, Miss, APP
ril 28th, 1921, for the purpose of
forming a state organization.
Every member of the Lone Star
Trail Association in Mississippi is
entitled to a vote in this meeting,
either in person or by proxy, or the
county organization may delegate it's
entire vote to those members who at
tend.
''The meeting will elect a Presi-
dent, Vice-President and Secretary
Treasurer. These officers with such
additional members as thought ne
cessary, will be the state executive
committee, and the President will
take his place as the member for
Mississippi on the National Board of
Directors.
Prominent speakers both in and
out Of the membership have been
invited to address the meeting on
subjects pertaining to highways and
committee on resolutions will crys-
tallize the sentiment of the meeting
for publication.
This meeting has been called at
Brookhaven, because Of the cordial
invitation received from the Board Of
Trade.
Signed officially at Brookhaven,
Miss, this the 18th day Of April,
1921,
II. L. BRIAN,
Secretary Manager Lone Star Trail
Association.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
BAD NEGRO IN Tolls.
Took Shot to Stop Him-Accused
officer of Keeping His
Money.

Sim Jordan, believed by the off,
GERS to be resident of Chicago or
some other far-off point, is in the
city jail as a result Of a fine and
costs amounting to $6S.S0 as we'll as
an additional tag Of 80 days on a
charge of petit larceny, all Of which
the gentleman of color is unable to
negotiate.
The negro was caught by Police
man j. W. Mcbride Sunday night
acting suspictously around Curtis
Cotten's colored boarding house on
East Monticello street. Jordan start
ed to take "leg bail'' when approach-
ed, but shot from McBride's pis-
tol, which was unpleasantly close to
the black, brought him to a halt. He
was convicted on trial, of having
purloined several suits of clothing.
After giving evidence in his own
behalf that he had borrowed $500
to purchase part of the clothes, he
asserted that the officer had taken
over $1,000 in cash from him when
arrested and had failed to return 1t,
all the circumstances and witnesses
totally refuting this assertion.
Meantime. Jordan will be kept SO
closely confined for some days to
come that he will absolutely have
no chance to get into another esca-
pade.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

provement during the present school
year. 1t is felt that this will, upon
this particular occasion, be a pleas
ant change from the usual entertain
ments that come near the close Of
the city schools.
Too many grown people forget how
to play, and it is eminently suitable
that when they turn out to the in
auguration of the new thirty-thous-
and-dollar Fairgrounds, the young
folk will show them how again. The
spirit of youth and health will be in
the air.
Fine sentiment and high purpose
will fill every heart. All will look
forward to better Brookhaven be-
cause of the Fairgrounds which will
be- broken in" under such auspices.
Fair play. clean play-play for
genuine enjoyment, health, Develop
ment, character, and ethical stand
ards will be the order of the day,
The best practices of modern SUPER
Vlsed playground games will be
followed, as approved by the leading
city schools and municipal recreation
enterprises. Winners will receive
blue ribbons, in such contests as are
held between individuals or teams or
classes in the school. Such trophies
are of slight intrinsic value, but they
emphasize playing the game for the
games sake and high ideals of
sportsmanship.
The ideas in this festival are de-
dlcation of the Fairgrounds, the an
nual exercises of the city schools.
demonstration of games and physical
culture and athletics, and genuine
pleasure for the children, parents,
friends and visitors of the city.
No admittance will be charged
and everybody from town and coun-
ty is most cordially invited. 1t is
expected that an immense crowd
Will come out in the county, to re-
Joice with Brookhaven and enjoy
watching the young folk on this op-
ening day Of her municipal play
grounds. 1t is expected that visitors
will start this day and get the habit
OF coming to the citys grounds,
which will be the scene of SO many
fairs. civic gatherings, and meetings
OF an enjoyable and profitable ma
ture, in the future.
The festival will occupy about two
hours, events being so organized and
handled as to come in ranid succes-
sion.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

Oxford is raising money for play
grounds. Must have heard about
Brookhavel.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
NEW STYLE BRICK
CONSTRUCTION HERE
Paul Burt Residence First in
South to Use "IdeaI'' or HOl-
low Wall for Building.

The new brick bungalow of Mr..
Paul Burt, now going up in "McCor-
mick's Court" is unique in that it
is the first building in the South to
use the "Idear or hollow wall con-
struction, which is made by setting
the brick on edge and using "tie
brick" cross-wise making a wall nine
inches thick with a dead space in
the center, the two sides being tied
firmly together by the cross-wise
brick.
Mr.. E. Mccormick, the architect, is
authority for the statement that
houses built in this manner are
"bone-dry" and stronger than the or
binary brick construction, as we'll as
being considerably cheaper.
This type of wall requires less
brick and mortar than the solid wall
and reduces labor cost also. Coup
ling this saving with the fact that
brick walls never need painting or
repairing and look the same whether
five or fifty years old, it is destined
to save small home owners millions
of dollars in the future" Mr.. Nc
Cormick stated.
Houses have been built with this
wall in New Jersey and California
within the past year, but Mr.. Burt is
the first in America-outside of these
two states, to own one. Samples of
this wall were exhibited at the re-
cent meeting of the Common Brick
Manufacturers Association in New
York.
Mr.. Mccormick has contracts for
residences in Jackson, Crystal
Springs and New Orleans using this
wall.
That there is nothing new under
the sun is again exemplified in the
case of the Ideal" wall. New to
American builders it is an old idea.
An old brick mason in Cleveland,
states that when a boy in Russia he
had seen house built identically
the same way to keep out the intense
cold. Another aged bricklayer, born
in Germany, says that when he was
learning his trade there houses were
frequently built of this same type of
construction for identically the same
purpose
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
CHURCH IS FACING
MORAL BANKRUPTCY
Prominent Divine Declares That
Whole World is Getting
Ready for War.

Roanoke, Va, April IA decla-
ration by Dr. Henry w. Snyder, pres
ident of Wofford College, Spartan
burg, N. c., that "the entire south
belongs to the Methodists and Bap-
fists" and a statement by the Rev.
E. P. Chappell at Nashville, Sunday
school editor that "the church is now
facing moral as we'll as financial
bankruptcy" featured the opening
session here today of the 137th an
nual conference of the Methodist E.
piscopal church, south.
DR.. Snyder who is assistant direc-
tor general of the Christian educa-
tion movement Of the church, added
that "other denominations may be
accomplishing something in this ter
ritory but the preponderance of num-
bers of Methodists with their 1885,
600 members and Baptists with their
100000 members, justifies the
statement that the future of the
South depends on the Methodists and
Baptists.'
The burden of his address was in
behalf of the Christian Education
movement and the financial goal
which he declared is to obtain $685.
100000 with which to equip and en-
dow educational institutions of the
church.
DR.. Chappell, also addressing the
conference on the education move
ment, declared this movement is
'an s. o. s. call to the church"
'The world" he said, has never
felt an era of such chaos as 1T is fac
ing at the present time" and added
that it is facing moral as we'll as
financial bankruptcy"
"The armistice,' he exclaimed,
did not bring peace and the whole
world has been getting ready for an
other war ever since it was signed -
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
FAIRGROUNDS OPEN
WEDNESDAY, MAY II
Public Schools Playground Fes.
tival and Municipal Play
grounds Dedication.

The City Public Schools of Brook
haven are preparing royal enter
tainment for the public on the af-
ternoon of Wednesday, May 18th, as
the most appropriate way of showing
the appreciation of the young people
on this occasion which will consti-
tute the formal dedication of the new
municipal Fairgrounds. These
grounds will be devoted to the best
purposes Of play, with an opening of
delightful games and athletic events.
There will be speeches of dedica-
tion by Mr.. c. B. Perkins, whose de-
votion and great-heartedness have
made the Fairgrounds possible, and
by Hon. T. Brady, President of the
City School Board. These gentlemen
will represent the Fairgrounds Com
mittee, and the city public school
children in the hour when everybody
will forget for the time all matters
less important than the play and
happiness and development of the
city's future citizens who are now in
her schools.
The force of the city schools have
their plans worked out and organi-
cation effected tentatively. Mr.. A..
B. Simpson, the efficient director of
Physical Training, and the teachers
are busy arranging athletic contests,
races, drills, exercises, and mass
games which will be carried out by
every department from primary thru
high school. A number of the teach
ers have had splendid training in
these lines, and quietly from day
to day have been giving most effect
i've service.
There will be mass plays, singing
games, pageants, and May Pole cele-
brations in which all the primary
and lower grade pupils will take
part. Appropriate music for these
will be furnished by the High School
Orchestra. Exercises and games and
athletic contests will show the pro-
ficiency of intermediate and high
school boys and girls.
Primarily the object will be to
demonstrate on this happy occasion
the many beautiful or fascinating
games that may be enjoyed upon the
Fairgrounds, but this will also show
the fine work that has been done in
physical training and health i'm
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
Red Cross Responds to Appeal for
New Born Babies in Central
Europe.

AT the meeting held in the City
Hall in the interest Of infants Of
Europe last Friday the following Of
Ulcers we're elcted:- General Chair
man Red Cross, Miss Beulah Wilson !;
Chairman Ward /, Mrs. 7. H. Per-
kins; Ward 2, Mrs. F. F. Becker.
Ward 8, Mrs. Robt. Brown; Ward a,
Mrs. g. L. Ripley; ward S, Mrs. r.
H. Potter.
5000 will be drawn from the local
Red Cross Treasury to purchase ma
terial. The cutting out of the tiny
garments will be done after the man
ner Of plan used during the war.
room for which has been given at the
Legion Headquarters.
An appeal for sewing service was
made Monday afternoon among the
church societies and 1t is be-
lieyed that cooperation will make
light the duties incumbent at this
time upon the Red Cross.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

Cotton is 10 cents.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
Sheriff and Deputies
Raid in East Lincoln

Sheriff R. c. Applewhite, accom-
panied by four deputies, has made
two raids in the eastern part of the
county since Saturday night. Meth
er the one made Saturday night or
the one made Monday night, resulted
in any arrests, but a good deal of
evidence was gained by the trip of
the sheriff and his officers.
All of the party were armed with
shot guns, it not being the intention
of the sheriff to have any repetition
of the Richton affair in case resist
ance was offered.
Some of the tips followed out by
the men proved to be flukes or If they
were not, appearances indicated that
those the officers were after had
been tipped off, members of the par
ty state.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
Dairymen at Hammond.

Tomorrow at Hammond the conf
bined forces of Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi Dairyr1en Associations will
unite in expectation of forming a
Louisiana-Mississippi League. VIM.
H. Nalty will make the address of
welcome to the men.
G. P. Smith, vice-president of the
South Mississippi Dairymen's Asso-
citation will also deliver a message
of good cheer The dairymen of the
two states will then consider the
plans for effecting a permanent or
ganization whereby the mutual in
terests of the milk producers can be
promoted. This plan has been un-
der way for long time but various
obstacles have prevented the formau-
tion of a cooperative association.
Cotton is 10 cents.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
Former Secretary of U. S. Navy tC
Visit Jackson.

Jackson, Miss, April 9.-Metho-
dist leaders in Jackson will entertain
Josephus Daniels, for secretary of the
Navy during the World War, on his
visit here April 25. He will deliver
two addresses.
The first address will be at a.
luncheon to be given by Methdist
leaders of the Mississippi Conference
and the second address on Civic
Righteousness" will be announced
later.
Mr.. Daniels is to visit Mississip-
pi in behalf of the Christian Educa-
tion Movement, Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, and will be accompa-
MED by H. H. Ahrens, secretary of
the Secular Press Division, Nashville,
Tenn, who has attended Methodist
conferences in Mississippi for years.
Arrangements for the reception of
the former cabinet member who serv-
ed under Woodrow Wilson are under
way. They are being made by the
Rev. j. M. Morse, conference secre-
tary and ]. w. Broom, assistant su-
perintendent Of the Mississippi De-
partment of Education and Missis-
sippi Conference financial director In
the Christian Education movement.
The invitation was sent to Sec
retary Daniels by the Methodist
leaders for the purpose of interesting
the people of the Mississippi con-
ference in the educational plans
which the church has worked out. 1t
is expected that many citizens out of
the city of Jackson will become par
ticularly interested in the active
support that the former cabinet Of
fetal is giving in the Christian work.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13
MONSTER PETITION
TO GOV. RUSSELL
Insurance Agents Circulating
Document Asking Special
Session of Legislature.

A petition is being circulated this
week for signatures of Mississippi
voters asking that Gov. Russell call
a special session of the legislature in
order that business in Mississippi
may get relief from the present fire
insurance tangle.
1t is expected that after the NAM
moth petition containing 125,000 vo-
ters' names is presented Mississippi's s
Governor that he will consider the
cards played by the insurance men
and will then "act."
1t is on the plea that dependable
fire insurance is the foundation of
all credit throughout the world" that
the people are moving out through
petition to the Governor since as
President T. w. Mccoy, of the Mis-
sissippi Bankers Association puts it:
Each day adds many cases of dis
tress, and we believe that the citi-
zens and taxpayers should have some
measure Of relief so that their busi-
ness interests may be protected.
Within the next two weeks a great
deal of cotton insurance expires, and
in the smaller congresses, especial
ly, it cannot be rewritten This will
necessitate the shipping of this cot
ton from this state and storing it in
another state. This is especially un-
desirable now, owing to the very
high freight rates that prevail. We
hope that you will join with us in
trying to bring some relief through
legislative action, as it seems to be
the only way to reach the situation y
The object of the petition is to Sc
cure an extra session of the Legis-
lature, that body being expected to
enact such legislation as will enable
the retired companies to return and
again operate in our state and the
state return to normalcy.
At this time NUNS the word"
with both the Governor and the State
Revenue Agent. 1t will be their
time to move when everybody else
has, and something must be done to
relieve the tension of the situation
made acute, as stated by business
men, in the resultant injury to busi-
ness interests. Insurance, they say.
is as necessary as bread and water
and this is set forth, at least by in
ference, in the petition. If this is
true, it is also averred that the in
surance companies left us to "starve"
when they withdrew bodily and col
lectively as one man from the State.
But all the nervous strain of the
past few months together with the
hundred thousand dollars more or
less the extra session may cost, will
probably result in something definite
being done through legislation to in
sure against similar situation in
the perhaps a rating board
and insurance protection" such as
Louisiana has.
There will be nothing for Govern
or Russell to do but to convene the
Legislature If the people say so thru
the petition to be presented at an
early date.
1t is stated that more than 500 sig
natures were secured In Brookhaven
on the first day the petition was cir
culated.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

The Advisory Board Of the X. b,
Hospital will hold its monthly ses-
sion tomorrow morning at ten o.
clock. The Committee will be glad
to receive suggestions, complaints or
any expressions OF interest looking
to the greater development Of the In
stitution that wants to serve our peo-
pie.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

Mr.. Harry Englebright. Of Hon
duras, has joined his wife and baby
at the A. ]. Shrader home. The
infant son was born three mouths
ago in the absence OF the father 50
that the latter found q new Joy un-
known before ~ his return hers,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

Weather is still breaking all rec
ords. AS Mark Twain once remarked
there is lot of talking about the
weather, but nothing is ever done
about it," 1t is time somtehing was
done. Might report 1t to the league
of nations or something.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1921-04-13

1t is very noticeable to the obser-
want that very few new cars are be-
ing sold in this vicinity at the pres
ent time. Especially is this applica-
BILE to the more expensive kind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-14
THOMAS C. AUSTIN ENTERS
 HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT

Thomas C. Austin, employed as Jailer al the Federal Jail of this city. entered St. Ann Hospital for treatment last week. MT. Austin has been reported quite i'll.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-14
GOOD SALE OF CARS,
 SAYS AUTOMOBILE MAN

Six Studebaker cars are now on the way North for delivery to Alaskan customers. according to George Mar shall. of the firm Of Marshall and Newman, Alaska distributors for that make of machine Mfr. Marshall also said today that the Studebaker com pany is running full time making their light cars and that his firm had a large number of other orders for summer delivery. Spring busi- ness, according to the automobile man, is, opening ID briskly.
 Among the Alaskan orders are one Big Six. seven passenger car for NJ. p. Sylvia of this city. who will use it in his jitney service and one Special Six for Frank Hermit, also of this city.
 II. O. Banta of Haines, has light Six Studebaker coming that he will use on the roads of the Chilhat Valley. and Jack Collins, of Anchor age will have a Big Six. seven pas senger car 10 be used in his taxi service.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-14
Not a Bite of Breakfast Until
  You Drink Water Says a glass of hot water and phosphate prevents illness and keeps us fit.

Just as coal, when it burns, leaves behind certain amount of incom- bustible material in the form of ash es, so the food and drink taken day after day leaves in the alimentary canal certain amount of indiges- tible material, which if not com pletely eliminated from the system each day, becomes food for the mil- lions of bacteria which infest the bowels. From this mass of left over waste, toxins and ptomain-like poisons are formed and sucked into the blood.
 Men and women who cant get feeling right must begin to take in- side baths. Before eating breakfast each morning drink glass of real hot water with teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash out of the thirty feet of bowels the previous days accumulation of pois- ons and toxins and to keep the en- tire alimentary canal clean, pure and fresh
 Those who are subject to sick headaches, colds, biIiousness, con stipation, others who wake up with bad taste, foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiffness, or have q sour, eassy stomach after meals, are urg- ed to get a quarter pound of lime stone phosphate from the drug store, and begin practicing internal sani- tation. This will cost very little, but is sufficient to make anyone an enthusiast on the subject
 Remember inside bathing is more important than outside bathing. be- cause the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood. causing poor health, while the bowel pores do. Just as soap and water cleans es, sweetens and freshens the skin, so hot water and limestone phos- phate act on the stomach, liver, kid. ne;s and bowels.
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