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The Leader.
Published Wrelky.
Il'IMCRimOX I*RICK.
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(Payable in Advance.)
B. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
J. A. SCARBOROUGH,. . Field Editor.
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subscription list as much as possible
during the present business season,
and though the price of paper and all
other printing materials has been
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words, for our regular subscription
price, we propose to give The Leader
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Farm 12 months as a premium, “free
gratis for nothing.”
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ones who renew and pay one year's
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The Leader is generally recognized
as the best newspaper published in
Lincoln county, because it contains the
most home and county news, and is not
too timid to express its opinion on
matters of current interest: while The
Home and Farm is one of the very best
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portunity of getting this splendid com
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TIIK AUK OF COM).
The clouds that tower in storm, that beat.
Arterial thunder in their veins.
The wild flow ers, lifting fair and sweet
Their perfect faces from the plains,
All high, all lowly things of earth
For no vague end have had their ldrth.
Ia>w stripes of mist, that mesh the moon
AlK>ve the foaming waterfall,
And mountains that Cod’s hand hath hewn.
And forests where the great winds ca’l.
Within the grasp of such as see
Are parts of a conspiracy—
To seize the soul with beauty; hold
The heart with love, and so fulfil
Within ourselves the Age of Cold.
That never died, and never will;
As long as one true nature feels
The wonders that the w orld reveals.
Maditon Cumin, in Frank Leslie * Monthly for
October.
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More troops are on the way to the
Philippines.
The Chinese question is still far
from settlement.
— - • ♦ •
i The Progress is urging an opera
house for Hattiesburg.
Xew Orleans lias done a larger bus
iness this season than in years.
—-• -<► •
In closing a business note to The
Leader, Lieut. H. L. Applewhite, now
stationed at Columbia Barracks, Que
rn ados, Cuba, about 7 miles from Ha
vana, says:
“This is a delightful country down
here, fine climate, and a splendid place
for the American capitalist. There is
less sickness here than in the States.”
— -• -
A communication in the Clarion
Ledger, signed “Citizens,” refutes the
statement that a blood-thirsty mob
attempted to take the life of Harves
ton on the day he was expected to.
hang at Westville, and further says,
“The old county of Simpson ’long in
the hack-woods, without railroads or
meaus of development, is forging to
the front.”
The 15-year-old son of E. A. Cuda
hy, the famous meat-packer, was kid
napped at Omaha, Nebraska, last w eek,
and the father had to pay a ransom of
$25,000 to the kidnappers for his re
eovery. The scoundrels who stole the
boy deliberately planned and carried
out the crime as a speculating scheme,
and it is to be hoped they will be cap
tured and punished to the extent of
the law.
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The morbid curiosity shown by men.
women and children in New Orleans
w ho crowded, pushed and fairly turn
bled over each other for two days to
view the ghastly remains of the train
robber, ('banning Barnes, as it lay in
the morgue last week, is something to
be deplored and heartily condemned.
The mind recoils from the awful and
portentous spectacle of little girls and
boys witnessing, with their voung eyes,
a scene so horribly impressive: and
may the authorities iu the Crescent
City see to it hereafter that the chil
drt u, at least, be prohibited the sight
of such a cadaver. For ‘‘the bankers i
and brokers and ladies” who shared
with the innocent little ones the un
seemly sight, we have no words. ‘‘What
will the harvest her”
It should be remembered iu all ser
iousness that tbe man in this state who
refuses or neglects to pay bis poll tax
before tbe lirst of February forfeits
bis privilege to vote aud declares iu
action that be takes no interest iu tbe
education of bis children as tbe poll
. tax be should pay iuto tbe treasury
goes into tbe school fund. He should
also remember that bis name will bt
published iu some newspaper in bis
section as a delinquent poll tax payer
and that if be votes iu any primary or
general election while he remains a
delinquent poll tax payer, aud can be
arrested and on conviction Hued WOO,
which would be sufficient to pay his
poll tax for 100 yenn.—IIattii»burg
Progress.
RACK TRot'BLR AT OVLFPORT.
Within the past week the town of
Gulfport and surrounding community
have been wrought up to a high extent
over the wanton murder of City Mar
shal Richardson, of that town, by a ne
gro youth. The negro escaped, but
naturally enough the race prejudices
of the whites reached a high pitch, and
as is too often the case, took a lawless
turn which manifested itself in the
shooting to death of oue innocent
negro by the mob and the burning of
the negro church in the town.
A Times Democrat correspondent
thus recites the origin of the trouble:
The wanton murder of Walter E.
Richardson, the town marshal, and the
awful results which have swiftly fol
lowed it, were the culmination of a
street tight between two white boys
and two negroes. The white boys are
John Rankin and Eddie Bums, the son
of Denuis Bums, who was for many
years the harbormaster at I’ensacola.
Fla. The negroes were Henry Lewis
and his brother, Charles, who lived
with their father. Alfred Lewis, and
their mother io the negro "<|uarters’
beyond the railway and a little dis
tance from the centre of town. In the
fight that took place yesterday morn
ing Burns ami Rankin threw bricks
at the negroes. Alfred Lewis, the
father, hunted up Richardson, the city
marshal, in the afternoon, made a com
plaint against Burns and Rankin and
asked Richardson to arrest them.
Lewis met Richardson on the platform
of the Louisville .V Nashville station.
Going up to the marshal. Lewis said
with a good deal of feeling:
“I want Burns and Rankin arrested
if it costs me a
“Well," said Richardson, “show me
the boys and 1 II arrest eni.
Lewis then repeated in a loud voice
what he had tirst said, and emphasized
it by stepping closer to the town mar
shal and shaking his linger threaten
ingly in Richardson's face.
"Now, look here.” said Richardson,
“I’ll arrest the boys if you’ll show me
where they are: but I want you to un
derstand that you can't shake your
linger in my face,” and with that Rich
ardson brushed Lewis’ hand aside.
The moment he did so a pistol shot
sounded. Richardson, looking over
his shoulder, asked:
"Who's doing that shooting?”
Instantly two shots more w’ere fired
in quick succession. With an agoniz
ing moan Richardson fell in a heap on
the platform.
At this writing (Wennesday morning!
the Lewis boys are still uucaptured
and their whereabouts unknown.
Their father was only saved from
lynching by being hurried off by an
officer to Mobile, where he is still held
in custody.
MR. IIP YAWS XE11' PAPER.
In speaking of his new paper project
to the Associated Press correspondent.
Mr. Bryan said:
“1 have for several years had in con
templation the establishment of a
weekly newspaper, and this seems an
opportune time for undertaking it. I
intend to devote my life to the study
and discussion of public questions. 1
have taken this method because it
will best accomplish the purpose
which I have in view. Through a pa
per I will be able to keep in touch
with social, economic and political
problems. The paper will at the same
time, if successful, provide an income
sufficient for my pecuniary needs, and
my work will allow me more time
with my family than 1 have been able
to enjoy for several years past.
“I expect to lecture occasionally, es
pecially in college towns, where I can
speak to students, but my principal
work will be done with the pen, or,
perhaps, I should say. with the pencil.
“The paper will be called 'The Com
moner.’ and will defend the principles
set forth in the Kansas City platform.
I shall be publisher and editor, and
Lincoln will be the place of publica
tion.”
.1 FA THER RECOVERS HIS CHIL
1)REX.
The supreme court has reversed its
former decision in the celebrated
liains-IIibbette habeas corpus case,
and awarded the custody of the chil
dreu to O. W. Bains, their father.
Widespread interest has centered in
the court's decision because of the
novel character of the suit and the
social prominence of the litigants
Chief Justice Whitfield delivered the
opinion of the court, wherein it is held
that the paramount right is always in
the father, aud this right can only be
abrogated by moral uufitness or fail
ure to support. The chief justice de
clared that all contracts conveying
right of custody away from the parent
are void and against the public policy
of the state. The record in this case
did not only not show moral turpitude
or parental neglect, but on the contrary
a warm degree of attachment aud con
stant support. The children, which
have long been with their aunts, Mes
dames Hibbette and Love, at Shreve
port, were delivered to the custody of
the father iu Jackson last Friday, pur
suant to the mandate of the court.
They are a boy of Id and a girl of 11.
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Messrs. Wells A Wells, the contrac
tors for the new million dollar State
house, have let the sub contract for
the building stone to Mr. George Du
gan. of Kansas City. The contract
calls for about 200,(HX) cubic feet, val
ued at nearly $100,000. The stone will
be secured from the Bedford Stone
Quarries Company, located at Bedford,
aud after the foundation is laid he will
bring to Jackson about $10,000 worth
of machinery, derricks, etc., to be used
in the woik of construction. The ma
chiuer, w II be operated by electricity.
Cousidera >le labor will have to be im
ported.
Bishop Tyree, colored, addressed the
negro conference at Jackson recently.
Among other things he said: “No
black man will find trouble in the
south solely ou account of his color
I am as black of skin as men get to be
and have never experienced a difficulty
ou account of it.What the negro of to
day needs is practical education that will
enable him to fashion iron into a horse
shoe, make plows as well as use them,
and till the soil in a farmer like man
ner. The negro should be taught to
attend to the business for which he was
created. God knew what he was about
when he made his feet large to prevent
them from walking in forbidden paths;
bis skull thick to keep him out of evil,
and his nose tiat to keep him from
meddling in other people's business.
Congress has adjourned until Jan
uary 3rd. 1
A XEW C«»DE.
Colonel Powrt', the accomplished
aecretary of State, has given out to the
press the following paragraph:
‘•The Annotated Code of 1892 will
have to be re annotated very soon If the
supreme court continues to construe
it and the legislature to amend it aa in
recent years. There have been 55 sec
tions of the constitution and 384 sec
tions of the code construed, and 221
sections of the code amended by the
legislature of 1894, 1898,1897.1898, 1900.
The next regular session of the legis
lature will probably take up the mat
ter of a new code."
It does not follow, however, that the
next legislature should take up the
matter of a new code. On the contra
ry, the history of codification in this
State would seem to indicate that
there is no necessity for so doing. The
first code of Mississippi made by legis
lative authority was Poindexter's,
which was adopted in 1823. It remain
ed the code of the State until the pub
1 lication of Howard <b Hutchinson's
j compilation, which was a private en
terprise, which received legislative
1 sanction, being merely a republication
| of the then existing statutes. In 1848
' Hutchinson's code was published,
! which was a private affair and but a
republication of existing statutes, as
! was the preceding compilation above
mentioned. The code of 1857 was the
second code in the State made by leg
islative authority, and it remained in
force until the code of 1871 was adopt
! ed. The changes wrought by the war,
i reconstruction and the adoption of a
new constitution caused the necessity
| for a new code and shortened the life
of the code of 1857. The code of 1871
was adopted by legislative authority,
but the necessity for it grew out of the
war, reconstruction and the adoption
of a new constitution iu 1869. The
code of 188(' was a legislative produc
tion. but the necessity for it was the
recoguized deficiencies in the code of
1871, its carpetbag predecessor. The
defects of the code of 1871 were not
more vigorously asserted by any one
than by Judge Campbell, one of the
commissioners who prepared that
code. He claimed, and justly claimed,
that the carpetbag legislature of 1871
dealt so unfairly with the commission
which had prepared the code as to do
them great injustice, and that the code
of lKil was not worthy of the State,
because of the legislature tampering
with it after it came from the hands of
the commission. This was unquestion
ably true, and created the necessity
for the code of 1880. The code of 1880
was adopted and remained iu force un
til the code of 1892 became the law of
the State. The necessity for the code
of 1892 grew out of the change of the
constitution and the adoption of the
new one in 1890. While the legislature
has in a considerable number of in
stances amended the code of 1892, yet
iu truth it has not amended it so as to
destroy its essential characteristics
and harmony. A large portion of the
amendments have been really immate
rial, and a number of the amendments
themselves have been repealed since
their adoption.
If a new code were now adopted, the
process of amendment would go on,
and go on just hs largely as they have
progressed since 1892. A new edition
of the code of 1892 might be published
with advantage by some enterprising,
competent person, incorporating into
it the amendments which have been
made and bringing the annotations of
references to supreme court decisions
down to date, or a volume by way of
supplement to the code might be got
ten out, but there is really no neces
sity for a new code being adopted.
Picayune's Mississippi Bureau.
Plenty of Money.
From a perusal of the report of Sec
retary Gage it would seem that there
is a plenty of money to meet the re
quirements of the people of even such
a great country as this. According to
! the secretary there were nine sorts of
! money in circulation on the first of
| November, and if all of us didn’t hap
| pen to get hold of our share, it was
j perhaps our own fault more than of
the powers that be. Mr. Gage gfves
the following as the amount of each
kind of money in circulation ou No
! vernber 1st:
Gold coin * 621,761,263
Standard silver dollars 73,479,469
Subsidiary silver 81,035,187
Gold certificates 215,595,969
Treasury notes, act of Ji.ly
14. 18<tO, 65,478,460
United States notes 333,295,061
Currency certificates, act of
June 8,1872 1,780,000
National bank notes. 325,375,258
Total . *2,139,181,412
The amuut of money per capita, is
claimed to be *27.82 the largest in the
history of the country. Jackson News.
\**w Yfur ReMolutioiiN for Thought ful
Young iVople.
From the earliest period of time, it
has been customary for young people
to make such resolutions on New
Year’s Day that will bring them in
crea-ed happiness and prosperity.
With the remarkable strides the South
is making in the business world, the
ambitious young men and wonun of
Mississippi should make it their fore
most resolve to keep abreast of the
times. The surest way to win fame
and fortune is to merit them. No per
j son, however bright and talented, cun
hope to hold his own in the future
against the trained man of busiuess.
It is safe to say that no other College
in the South has been so scccessful in
training young men and women in
modern bookkeeping and office prac
tice, short baud and English, as the
well known Soule Business College of
New Orleans, which has educated in
the past forty-five years of its existence
over 13,000 students.
\Ye cordially commend this school
to our young friends, aud request a
careful perusal of its advertisement in
this issue.
The First Presbyterian church of
New Orleans has called Kev. Wallace
T. Palmer us associate pastor to bis
uncle, Rev. B. M. Palmer, who, for 44
years, has served that church. The
younger Palmer is said to be a very
thorough man in all his ways; be is a
good pnlpit orator and an actftvto
worker.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
“About three mile* from the town,"
Ml<l a traveler. "1 came ii|H>n a man
seated on a log by the roadside. Ilia
ehin was resting lu his hands, his shot
gun leaned up against a tree, and he
was so busy with Ills thoughts that he
did not see or hoar me until 1 rode up
and saluted. Seeing that something was
wrong with him. I asked the cause, ami
he got up and came out to me and re
plied:
“ ‘Stranger. I’ve bln bevin a lawsuit
and got beat.’
“’And you ought to have won?* I
said.
“ ‘I had. The case was as cl’ar as
noonday. I Bold a feller a mewl fur
$40. and be paid me $20 down and
bucked the balance. I orter had a ver
dict as suah as shootln.’
“ 'Well, the law is uncertain.’
“ T reckon it is. The suit was decid
ed ag'ln me yisterday. 1 went home
and got my gun and was back in town
the fast tiling this mnwnln, but lie bad
gone.’
•’ ‘Who?’ I said.
” 'The defendant. Couldn't find hide
nor ha’r of him. The Jedge was also
gone. So was the Jury. So was the de
fendant's inwyer. I>rnt ’em, hut they
all slipped out and didn't give one no
show!’
" ‘So show for what?’
“ ‘Why, what did I go after my gun
fur? Wliat’s she loaded with buckshot
fur? What am I a-feelin so cost down
and broken up about? I was gwine to
shute, of co’sc, but tliey wouldn't wait!'
” ‘Well, you shouldn't take It so to
heart,’ I said, lioping to console him a
bit
•' 'It's powerful tuff, fur I was dead
right about it,' he answered, as he look
ed up the road, ‘but thnr's one little
gleam of hope left. The Inwyer who
had my case Is comln along tills way
this evenin, and I’m a-gwlne to hold
him under that shotgun till lie hands
me over the $10 I paid him to talk fur
me! Doggone it, but I linin't a-gwlne to
let the hull bllin lot of 'em git cl’ar off
without glttin a shot in on somebody!
'Tnin't human natur’ and it lialn't in
the laws of the sovereign state of Ar
kansas that I should!’ 'Washington
Tost.
Klnnlnu; Done In Smoke.
I.
r -—i
His Bualnm.
“Wliat arc you doing In my hcuse?”
demanded the owner of the premises,
suddenly appearing on the scene in his
nightshirt and carrying a huge re
volver.
“I aiu taking active steps to get out
of it,” replied the burglar, vanishing
through a window without taking the
trouble to open it.—Chicago Tribune.
tilve I’crfccl Satisfaction.
Towue—Old Plaudder is a very
steady man, isn't he?
Browne—Yes. The firm thinks very
well of him. lie went to them as office
boy over 30 years ago.
Towne— Indeed! I suppose be holds
quite an important position there now.
Browne—Oil, yes! He's still office
boy.—Ph i ladelph ia I *ress.
Uidn't Ask Much.
Her Father—And 1 s'|h>sc you expect
If I consent to let you have my daugh
ter that I will set you up in business
and make you rich?
Mr. Sapleigh—No; I really haven't
any such extravagant expectations ns
that. I'm willing to take her Just for
my l>oard and clothes.—Spare Mo
ments.
First Lieutenant Anita Newcomb
McGee, the only woman who ever held
a commission in the army of the Unit
ed States, has resigned. She was ap
pointed acting assisting surgeon at the
beginning of the Spanish war and has
since had charge of the army nurse
corps in the Surgeon General’s office.
Her appointment gave her the rank of
first lieutenant and some of the news
papers pictured her in a man's uni
form with sash, shoulder straps and
sword, but, of course, she never wore
anything of the kind.
Upon a charge of drunkenness. May
or James G. Woodward, of Atlanta,
was arrested and locked up iu the po
lice barracks. The City Council and
Board of Aldermen threatened im
peachment proceedings against the
Mayor, some time ago, but do action
was taken. The Mayor tendered bis
resignation at that time which was
held by one of the Councilman, on con
dition that should the Mayor become
again intoxicated it would be tendered
for acceptance. The resignation has
been submitted, and should be accept
ed on sight.
Just
Now,:
the school girls and boys
all need school books,
and we wish to inform
them that we have a full
and complete line: also a
large stock of tablets, pen
cils, pens, etc. Don’t for
get us when you need any
thing in our line. “That's
all!”
yry,
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C. E. GRAFTON
DRUG CO., INC.
DR. TOM McNAIR,
RESIDENT
DENTIST,
Office in New J.arsex Building,
(Next door to leader Office)
BROOKHAVEN, - - MISS.
Teeth extracted, tilled, or new sets made ac
cording to latest Improved methods and ap
pliances of the profession. Crown and bridge
work and handsome artificial sets a specialty
All work guaranteed to give satisfaction as to
quality and prices.
Miller Organ,
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T. H. PERKINS.
CHAS. (HR ISM AN,
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Will practice in all the courts of Lincoln :tiid
adjoining counties, and in the Supreme ^nd
Federal Courts at Jackson. Miss.
Oflice—Down-stairs in Cassedy Building, next
to Court House.
G. G. LYELL,
Attorney - At - Law
BROOKHAVEN, - MISS.
Will practice in all courts of Lincoln and ad
joining counties.
OFFICE: Up-stairs in Cassedy Building.
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This hotel has just been enlarged
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elevator has been placed in the build
iug, as well as other improvements
AMERICAN and EUROPEAN PLAN.
SAM LIGHTFOOT,
The Old Reliable Barber
OF BROOKHAVEN,
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MISSISSIPPI NK'VS.
A Short-Hand Cliroitlcl* *>f Cur
rent Happening".
The salary of Jacksons city attor
neys has been raised from $300 to $000.
Senator Sullivan and Mrs. Marie N.
Atkins were married in Washington on
the 18th.
The giunery of the Mississippi * of
ton Oil Compauy was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $15,000.
Ellisville's livery stable was burned
down on the 18th. Loss, 87.iO to the
owners, Ellis A Quick.
At Pass Christiau. Miss Kate Mon
roe, aged 83, died. She had been a
resident of that city 35 years.
At Poplarville, a three year-old
child was run over and killed by a
heavily loaded four mule team.
The Capitol Commission has let a
contract of 81,400 for the removal of
the debris from the old penitentiary.
The Methodists of Jackson will oh
serve “watch night" on Dec. 31st.
Bishop Galloway will preside at the
first church.
The new evening paper at V esson is
called The Wesson Daily Dabster.
Ollie C. Mole is editor. It says it is
small; but it can grow.
The Vicksburg Herald is being sued
for damages for alleged libel by Major
Brennan to the tune of $10,000. I he
suit is the outgrowth of the recent
municipal election.
Traveling Sergeant Henry, ot toe
penitentiary took seven negroes from
Canton to Jackson. They had all been
convicted of systematically robbing
the compress of cotton.
Maj. Wm. Starling, for many years
chief engineer of the Mississippi Levee
Board, was found dead in his bed at
Greenville. Heart disease is supposed
to have caused his death.
A new convict farm has been pur
chased in Sunflower county for the
sum of $75,000. 11.000 acres were
purchased at $5.74 per acre and 2,000
acres at $6 per acre, all virgin soil.
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson has
had his throat operated upon in St.
Luke's Hospital, New 5ork. He ex
pects to entirely recover, aud has re
turned to his Mississippi home.
The King's Daughters, of Jackson,
gave a musicale aud social entertain
ment last Friday evening, to raise
funds with which to make glad the
hearts of the poor on Christmas day.
Among the incorporators of Jack
son's cotton factory, which is capital
ized at $150,000, are Solomon Dreyfus,
S. S. Carter, W. C. Jones, Richard
Griffith, S. E Virden, J. B. Harris and
Geo. IV. Carlisle.
John F. Harris, of Greenville, at
one time a member of the State Legis
lature, has undertaken the work of
building a home for aged aud indigent
negroes. He will go over the State
lecturing in behalf of his project.
Grover Travis, the sixteen-year-old
son of Nick A. Travis, who resides
near Gillsburg accidentally shot and
kiljed himself with a shot gun. He
dropped his gpu through a trestle, it
tiring as the hammer struck th.e bridge
timber.
The 900 inmates of the State Insane
Hospital were treated to a Christmas
dinner, for which S1.000 was expended.
The tables were spread in the hallways
and the unfortunate victims invited to
enjoy themselves to the extent of their
capacity.
Rust University, located at Holly
Springs, has offered to take charge of
Hettie Record, who is an inmate of
of the penitentiary for killing her
baby brother when she was nine years
of age. The institution offers to train
her up and give her a good education.
The members of the faculty of the
I. I. J: C. at Columbus, presented to
Rev. J. A. Bowen a very tine office
chair as a token of their esteem and
appreciation of his services during
his pastorate in that city. Mr. Bowen
was removed to Tupelo, by the late
conference.
At its session, recently, the board of
trustees of the Alcorn Agricultural
aud Mechanical College sold tod. H.
Moore, of Ellisville, 12,171 acres of
laud belonging to tbe college, at $0.50
per acre. The sum realized from the
sale was $75,001.50 aud has been paid
into the treasury.
Sheriff McKie, nuder order from
Judge Robert Powell, has notified all
saloons, butcher shops, barber shops,
drug stores, confectioneries aud other
business houses that the law in refer
ence to the sale of goods on Sunday
would be rigidly enforced, at Canton.
Drug stores are not allowed to sell
anything but medicine and all other
business houses must be closed alto
get her.
The horse aud buggy oll'ere 1 as a
prize to the lady getting the most
votes by the Meridian Star was award
ed to Miss Xeita Russell, a daughter
of Ron. A. J. Russell, of Meridian.
Over 15(1,000 votes were c ist, larger
than the registered vote of the State,
and a larger vote was received by Miss
Russell than any candidate iti the
State, and yet her political platform
was unknown.
The faculty of Mjllsaps College
have passed a resolution prohibiting
participation in inter collegi tie foot
ball games by the college team. The
action was in response to a resolution
passed at the recent Methodist confer
ences disapproving of inter collegiate
games and suggesting that all the
games played should be between op
posing teams of the same college.
The boys are very much displeased at
the rule: but they hope it will soon be
repealed.
At the council caucus in Jackson,
which was held for the purpose of se
lecting the officers to be elected by
the board for the next two years, ouly
one of the present officials was re
tained in office. Following is the list
of officers selected: city clerk, A. P.
Lusk: city engineer, W. G. Kirkpat
rick: city physician, Dr. J. H. Rhodes;
city attorneys, McWillie & Thompson;
city electrician, H. G. Nixon. As
many as six names were mentioned in
connection with some of the places
and there were teu olflces to fill.
There were no formal applications t<n
city attorneyship, and the election of
McWillie &, Thompson was quite a
oompUmeut.
| House Work is Hard Work without GOLD
Mr \TTi:XTION. FAKMKHS AND SAW Mll.l, Ml \ • ^
~HBROOKHAVENs==
FOUNDRY & MACHINE SHOP,
BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI. *
The undersigned wish to inform the public that they are now well r,rpn
to do all work entrusted to them in first class style. Business attend«.
promptly. No delays. Satisfaction guarantee.!. Saw mill men will flJ 0
their interest to give 11s their patronage. 11 »o
Jos. Connelly & Son,
n ry building, one bio. k north of depot.
DRS. BETTS & BETTS & DYAR,
214 St. Charles Street. New Orleans. La.
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•..“ loss Id vital powers, sleeplessness ile
s.,,.,,1,.„e\ less of memory, confusion of ideas,
lassitude.’gloominess, depression of spirits, aver
sion to society, easily discouraged, lack of cou
tt,fence, dull, listless, unlit for study or business
ami find' lire a burden. Safely, permanently
and privately cured.
BLOOD AND SKIN
ease most horrible in Its results. e«m,L ,
eradicated without the use or mercnrv s Wy
erysipelas, fever sores, blotches , \ ,„N'r?r"la,
pains In the hands and bones si-ohim!"'
throat, mouth and tongue catarrh' etc"' "w*
uently cured when others have failed " ,'<‘rma
To Young and
Middle Aged
Men.
A SURE CURE.
The awful etlects of early
vice, which brings organic
w eakness. destroying both
mind and IkhIv, with all
its dreadful ills, perma
nently cured.
Urethral Stricture
Permanently cured. Ke
nt oval complete; neither
knife. caustic or dilation;
without pain or injury.
Proof indisputable.
\i/p Address those who
W b have impairedtliem
m»:vos by improper indul
gences and solitary habits,
which ruin both body and
mind, unfitting them for
business, study or mar
riage.
Makhikd m k s . or those
entering on that happy
life, aware of physical de
bility. quickly assisted.
URINARY ^idnpv
der troubles w 3? tef'
burning nrlne. r£jj
of urinating, urine |i|Pa |
colored or w ill, milky*?
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rh.ia. gleet. eistjnfT
promptly ami safeiyci
( barges reasonable,
PILES [N- >>«ts t
have the t.h asme to*^
no«nce that they ham
secure,l the able and dis
tlliLIll!Kh(*(l s«TV|c.*s of A
H. byar. M. I>.. o, eofth.
most eminent ami sue,™
fill specialists in the treat,
ment and cure of Keen |
wmte«S',S " ''"IN
states, and are therefore
fnlly prepared to lKssItiv,*
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every case,,i piles, dstula
flssmre or , tl„ r dlsea
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easy and painless method'
which has hcen indorsed
l,y many leading physi.
Clans, as well as hy hum
I, ,* ”,1 l'"';ct,is ail over
the land, who have been
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OUH SUCCESS WTfJSJ*®:
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ied, thus starting arlKht. Third Medicines are
orenared in our laboratory exactly to sidt each
case, thus ettectlng cures without injury.
ITCHING PILES
cry case a cure is guaranteed. No knife, caustic
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1111'iit. All forms of lilies cured In a ndld i„.,
fec.tly painless and bloodless mode of treatment
in from one to three weeks treatment.
Celebrated Medical Work
of eighty pages on nervous, chronic and <|«.|j.ate
diseases sent free. Thousands cured \ friend
ly letter or call may save you tutiiro si.iter ng
and shame, and add gulden years to life \a
dress or call on
Dl-s. BETTS *4? BETTS cfc DYAR,
21 j St. Charles Street, New Orleans, La.
i
Long Leaf Yellow
ROUGH S DRESSED
Our two mills are running full capacity
and we are always prepared to handle orders
with promptness.
We keep on hand a large and well assorted
stock of Flooring, Ceiling, Finishing and Di
mension, and guarantee our grades and mill
work fully up in every respect.
GET OUIt PRICES BEFORE BUYING.
East Union Mills,
Brookhaven, Hiss.
The Brookhaven Cycle House
is tho place to buy your wheels,
get them repaired, and get your
money’s worth. We are
| AGENTS
/ for the following Standard High
Grade Wheels, 1900 Models:
CRESCENTS, The Wheel that Stands Up, $25 & $35
MONARCHS, They keep in Front, $30 & $40
RAMBLERS, Best Ever Built ...... $40
$25.00 CARNIVAL BICYCLES FOR $18.50
CHAINLESS WHEELS FROM $45 UP.
Sold ou easy terms, with good security.
Ladies’ and Gents' wheels for rent. Bicycles for Sunday riding must be
engaged on Saturday.
Bicycle Repairing is our specialty in fine weather, and UmbrelL
\\ ork in rainy weather. Call on us and make yourself at home, e*>Pe
cially when in need of a Bicycle Physician.
( HAS. H. DAHLSTROM,
Monticello St., next to Boswell House,
'1*11 OXE 114-3. BROOKHA YEN. MISS.
Patronize Home Industry !
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I’laoe your orders for Monuments, Tablets, and Head
Stones with the
Brookhaven Marble Works,
We carry all the latest designs, and guarantee satis
faction as to workmanship and material.
A peculiar fungus growth iu the
throat, something unheard of in medi
cal practice, strangled to dtuth Mary!
Melunthy, a fifteen year-old girl of
! Birmingham. Experis could find no
remedy and all gave up hope. The
windpipe of used aud death resulted.
Prof. Patterson will give “u° ^
his admirable lectuies on > o &'
at the college chapel tbe br-t * .«_
in January. The public k ""S
Invited and would do well
these evening*.