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The Leader.
Published Weelky.
SCBSCRimOR PRICK.
One Year_II 50
(Payable in Advance.)
B. T. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor.
J. A. SCARBOROUGH, Field Editor.
PICRIC DAYS.
Cnder the spreading chestnut tree
The well-fllled baskets stand:
Containing chicken pies and things
The work of Bridget's hand.
And way off In the distance there's
A blaring country band.
Dick battles with a bumble bee.
And Bob. with youthful zest.
Falls from the lofty chestnut tree
And papa and the rest
Proceed to eat anil lunch upon
A yellow jacket's nest!
The gentle rainstorm rolls around
And when the day is late
They homeward wend their weary ways
And turn inside the gate.
And lie in lied and wonder just
llow many ants they ate.
Indianapolis Sun.
W KITTKN TO A CHILD.
(ON SK.KI NO HIM 1‘HTl UK.)
Ilappy chi Id hood! Thus ! read it
By renieinbranee of my past;
Its today and its tomorrow
Areas lifetimes vague and vast;
And each face in that green valley.
Where the little children dwell.
Murmurs soft with reassurance
“Little child, it all Is well.”
And he listens and l»elie\es it
Ah! the valley where they grow.
With it* warmth and love and brightness
That no after life can know!
Are there giants in the valley.’
(Hants leaving footprints yet.’
Are there angels In the valley.’
Tell me I forget.
Little child of smiling visage.
Dimpled hands and tiny feet!
May the path grow smooth and smoother
Kre you reach life's noonday heat:
Or. with armor strong and steadfast.
May you in the thickest light
Have the strength, and faith, and courage.
To overcome, by (Hal's own might.
Find It sweet to taste the worm word
From the world's iinvanqitished foe
Find it joy to wear the thorn-crown.
If the lx>rd hath willed it so.
Just so truth and love and honor
Are your motto and defense.
You have conquered. Look up higher
For all vour need of rerom|»eri*o!
L. M. II.
Principles never die.
Chicago has an epidemic of typhoid
fever.
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Zadkiel, the London astrologer, says
today is the day “for evil.”
Booksellers tell us that Boston buys
far more books than any other Ameri
can city.
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At last it hath come to pass. An In
diana preacher told the truth at a fu
neral. He is in trouble.
Twenty Mississippi counties have
followed Lincoln county’s lead and
have adopted the system of working
roads by contract. Forest Register.
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The deaths of Prof. Eiske, the his
torian, aud Prof. Le Conte, the geol
ogist, removed two princely scholars
from a circle of savants which contin
ually contracts only to expand farther.
-1 *. *
Dabney Marshall was endorsed as a
candidate for the Legislature from
Warren by a “small meeting in the
second ward,” says the Vicksburg
1 ’ost.
“Hut glory's glory; aud if you would find
What that is-ask the pig who sees ttie wind."
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A Bowling Green, Ohio, young man
has a large amount of trouble on hand
His sweetheart, who only weighed 12."
pounds when he courted her eight
years ago, now tips the scale at dll
pounds. He is a small man aud says
he must decline; so she places tht
price of her wounded affections al
¥•">,000 in the courts.
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A thermometer hanging in the sun
light at the Summit House, Mouut
Washington, stood at 08 degrees. On
the other side of the doorway in tin
shade, but receiving retlected light and
heat from the platform, another ther
mometer read til degrees. Behind the
hotel, unaffected by the sun’s ra3’s a
third instrument told the true tern
perature of the air to be 17 degrees.
Iuthe piano contest at the Crystal
Springs Chautauqua last Wednesday
night, Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, of
McComb, won the medal. Miss Alma
Biggs, Whitworth’s talented pupil,
came off with secoud honors. While
not the highest award, this was honor
indeed for Miss Biggs, as there were
nine contestants, aud the judges had
great difficulty in deciding the matter.
There were eighty conversions at
what has been called the recent “Mc
Intosh Meeting” at Kentwood, La.
Forty-five of these united with the
Baptist church, of which our Rev. R.
H. Purser is pastor, and thirty-live
with the Methodist church. Noted
gamblers united with the church and
all feuds and factions were adjusted.
Rev. W. M. McIntosh is a great revi- I
valist.
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J. Astredo, a well known restaurant
er of New Orleans, aged 62, and R. H.
Hooker, an estimable youug man of !
20, who was employed in New Orleans,
and who was studying pharmacy, were
struck dead by iightniug at Mississip
pi City while they were resting in a
summer house last Friday. There
were two distinct bolts, one succeed
ing the other and each briugiug death.
Upon the body of the youth not a
mark was left to tell the manner of
his taking off.
The Denver Woman's Club has
solved a problem wbicn troubles a
great many societies of one kind and
another. It has had the boldness to
vote that if a member wishes to leave
the club she must send a written res
ignation, after which sh« may cum#
back, and if she ever decides so to do,
without paying dues for the years
which may have elapsed since her re
siguatiou. On the contrary, if she
does not resign formally, she must pay
up all back dues whenever she decides
to take up her club duties again.
THE VALVE OF RAILROADS.
A l.emlcr K«litorlnl Hciirtily
Kinlor*o«l l»y the ,fiick*«»n
Now* siihI tlic ltji|>ti*t.
The value and importance of rail
roads in developing Mississippi and
increasing the value of property, has
been most forcibly demonstrated of
late years by the building of the Aber
deen, Lexington and Ya/oo branches
on the I. C., the construction of uu
merous branches in the Delta by the
Mississippi Valley Railroad, the build
ing of the Georgia Pacific across the
State, and the completion of the Gulf A
Ship Island Railroad from the Missis
sippi Coast to the State. The price of
lands has been doubled and quadrupled
along these lines with the coming of
the steam horse, thrifty towns have
sprung up as if by magic, aud new life
and business energy have been impart
ed where lethargy, stagnation and
hopelessness once held undisturbed
sway over magntlcent undeveloped
natural resources. Give the railroad'
encouragement aud fair treatment and
in a few years more they will make
every portion of Mississippi blossom
as the rose. Hrooklmren Leader.
The above extract from our esteem
ed contemporary of the growing and
thrifty city of Brookhaven tells the
whole story. He does not overestimate
railroad development in Mississippi.
The truth is. that without railroads, ev
ery other industrial plant that requires
a large outlay of capital, would perish
as certainly as the leaves of the trees
wither and drop to the ground. So,
Editor Hobbs admonishes the people
"to give railroads encouragement and
fair treatment and in a few years more
they will make every portion of Mis
sissippi blossom as the rose."
The sentiment so aptly expressed
deserves to be classed with the follow
ing utterance of one among Mississip
pi's ablest men, noted for being fair
minded and .just, that railroads are
the foundation' stone of every other
industrial enterprise: that the people
of the State are not stock holders in
railroads, but are stock holders in
the State of Mississippi and the ad
vancement and progress of the State
In all its material interests depends in
a large measure on railroad develop
ment. Jackson Keening Sews.
The wonderful growth and genera
prosperity of the city of Brook haven
of which Bro. Hobbs is a promineui
and worthy citizen, and for which lit
has faithfully labored in and out ol
season, together with the largely in
creased assessed values, of Lincoln
county, by reason of railroad facilities
affords a living illustration for extend
iug encouragement and fair treatment
to railways. The Illinois Central tra
verses Lincoln county.
The cordial endorsement of the ed
itorial of the Bbookiiwen Leader, by
our neighbor of the Evening News, i*
so well and handsomely expresesd that
we give it to the readers of The Bap
tist. The Haptint.
.4 .S'.ID LIFE STORY.
One of the most pathetic of stories
is told about a woman, a Mrs. Annie
Dodd, who, since the Galveston Hood
has been residing in New Orleans with
her six children. Her married life
had been one of supreme happiness:
after long years of toil together hus
band and wife were sweethearts still,
as in early youth: so, when the Black
Horror came in the Galveston storm
and took from the happy home circle
the beloved of the wife’s fund heart,
the blow was pitifully hard to bear.
Days and months have passed away
I since then; and now in the House ol
j the Good Shepherd in the Crescent
j City there may be seen a woman
blear eyed and sin stained, who has
| gone all the gaits of the demon ol
| drink, and whose erstwhile sweet lip
: have uttered blasphemies that causei
the pure in heart to shudder as they
passed her by. Home, children
brothers and friend* were forgotten ii
the agony of grief that seized her mini
after the storm, and uo rising sun* o
waning moons brought to her a sur
cease of sorrow throughout the loin
days, in which she wearied for tin
night, and through the night for day
| all dark, because the star of her liopt
; and love had set forever. Her histor.
becoming known, neighbor* bore will
her in kindly sympathy; but. Anally
so desperate was her life through he
eH'ort to drown her trouble in stron
drink, that the police were appeale
to. The recorder of the police courl
whose heart was touched by the wu
| man’s history, hud her placed in th
j house mentioned, where it is hopei
I she may learn to be reconciled to tin
! Providence that swept from her lift
| what was all of life to her.
j It is stated that she was a good wo
I man, full of kindly deeds, just as many
| women are, before her sorrow. Was
the poet mistaken wheu he said, aftei
summing up the extremes of human
woe, “Lo ! all things can be borne.-"
We think not. The woman had not
“Anchored her hope in the Haven of
Best."
THE CARROLl.TOX OUTRAGE.
The Carrollton lynching is a burn
ing disgrace to Mississippi. With
white men holding every civil office in
the State aud solely charged with the
administration of the laws, such acts
are absolutely without the shadow of
justification or extenuation. And when
it is further considered that the Circuit
Judge of the Carrollton district aud
the district attorney were on thesceue,
and did everything in their power to
dissuade the leaders of the niob from
their purpose, the judge proposing to
call a special term of court, so that
swift justice might be dealt out
to the really guilty parties, to all
of which a deaf ear was turned, the
outrage is all the more aggravated.
The issue is upon the people of Mis
sissippi, aud there must he no dallying
with or shirking it. Either the Cov
ernor aud the courts, aud all who be
lieve in law aud the orderly adminis
tration of justice must abdicate in
favor of the mob and let it rule su
preme, or else mobs and mob leaders
must be taught a lessou they can
neither misunderstand nor forget.
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George R. Rea, of Wesson, has gone
Texas, to accept a position in
Missis
Forty five bank-wreckers Lave been
pardoned by President McKinley in
the last four years.
A TRIPLK LYNCHING.
Two Negro Women ami One
Man Lynched liy a Molt
at Carrollton.
The >lob Appealed to in Vain
b> Judge and District At
turncy.
The Governor Hastens to the
Scene, but Arrives too Late.
Midi Spirit Aroused liy‘a Horri
ble Double Murder.
V.
Greenwood. Miss., July 31. New.
reached here this morning of the mur
der of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro, neai
MeAnerny, a few miles east of heri
i in Carroll county, last night, by some
negro. Squire John E. Erwin, acting
' coroner, impaneled a jury of inque<t
and proceeded at once to the scene of
the murder.
The testimony before the jury and
the rumors seem to indicate that three
I darkies, John Taylor, Bill Davis, and
j Bellield McCray, committed the crime.
A large meeting of the best citizens
j of the county was held in the court
! house at Carrollton this afternoon
| when Judge W. E. Stevens and Dis
j trict Attorney W. S. Hill made earnest
appeals in favor of legal and orderly
! investigation of the horrible crime,
and against any sort of mob violence.
Judge Stevens assured the mob that
he would, if necessary, call a special
term of the circuit court to investigate
the matter and bring the guilty par
ties to speedy justice. Both officers
and private citizens are doing their
best to ferret out the perpetrators and
have lodged quite a number of wit
nesses in jail to await the investiga
tiou of tomorrow.
\ l.viicliiiitf th«*
Carrollton, Miss., Aug. 1. The horri
ble murder of Mr. aud Mrs. R. T. Tal
iaferro, which took place near McAn
ernv Tuesday night, was terribly aveng
I ed here this afternoon at •> o clock
i when a mob of white men of this
county assembled in the public square,
| marched quietly to the Carroll county
jail, demanded the keys of jailer Duke,
proceeded to the cells where the sus
pected murderers were imprisoned,
j bound three of them fast by the necks
and hands, carried their victims to the
corporatel limits of Carrolton, and
there, against the protests and appeals
! and entreaties of men like Judge \V.
K. Stevens. Hon. \V. S. Hill and others,
lmug the three negroes two women
and one man side by side to a tree
near the public road and then, after
life was extinct, literally riddled with
bullets the three gruesome bodies
dangling over the highway.
The negroes lynched are: Hetsie Me j
Cray, the mother; ISeltield McCray. ]
the son; and Ada McCray, the datigh j
ter.
In the angry crowd before the ad
vance was made on the jail to take out
the prisoners, were four men who were
, here, there and everywhere. They
wdt-e Judge Stevens, W. S. Hill, Sena
J tor A. H. George and L. M. South
worth. They stood out for the majes
ty of law and the sanctity of order.
They reminded the men of their duties
, as citizens. They appealed to them
as men, as property holders, as law
j abiding citizens. They implored the
mob to have patience to let the law
take its course, to trust the courts for
swift and ample punishment, and to
save tiie town and county the stigma j
that would follow the lynching of uieu
and women whose guilt had not boen
proved in the courts.
They made these speeches to the
1 mob before it reached the jail; they
met them again on t lie way to the jail;
they even put their arms around the
necks of the mob's leaders and im
plored them to halt. Judge Stevens
: and Mr. Hill appealed to them as ten
' j derly as a mother would eutreat her
'; wayward children.
' Steadily the mob kept on its way to
j the jail. ■
i
\ LAST AIM’KAL.
r | Once there, Judge Stevens again and
. for the last time made a fervent ap
I j peal from the steps of the jail. Mr.
Hill did likewise. When they were
through, the mob demanded the keys.!
, i Jailer Duke protested. The mob in
I j sisted. Jailer Duke for one moment, j
, resisted. Promptly he was overpow- ;
, J ered. The 1110b entered the jail. As I
they went in the moans of the negroes
imprisoned in the cells sounded in tlie
outer walls. Swiftly the doors were
j opened and the victims who had been i
fixed on by the mob were seized,
j They were lietsie McCray, tlie moth
[ er: Belfield McCray, the sou: aud Ada I
j McCray, the daughter. The mob!
hound them by the hands and necks j
i and half led, half drove them out of j
t he jail.
UK I.MilMi 111 bM OIT.
As they appeared on the steps of
the j iil a suppressed jeer swept over
the waiting crowd outside. Thou fol- i
lowed tin awful stillness which was |
soon broken by a babel of voices as
the leaders moved through the mob.
The lynching march began. The
crowd fell into line orderly and start
ed for the outskirts of town. On the
way the three negroes were questioned
searchiugly. Not one incriminat
ing word did they divulge, iletsio Mc
Cray, the mother, was as stolid as an
ox. The daughter said she knew who
committed the murder but would not
disclose any names. The sou timidly
protested his innocence.
None of them made a definite “state
ment.”
The lynching occurred just beyond
the corporate limits of Carrollton, ou
the public highway. As the crowd
drew near the selected spot and a tall,
stout tree came into view, exclama
tions broke from the mob. The ne
groes trembled and tried to . halt.
They were swept onward by the
throng. There were no ceremonies
under the tree. Ropes had already
been slipped around the victims' necks.
For a moment the three negroes stood
in the little opening circled by the
armed mob.
jfc^^^u’ve got anything to say,”
»Je of the loaders, “now's the
j time to say it," addressing the three
| terrified creatures standing before
I him.
Not a word came from any one o
the three. Instantly three human be
ings shot upward from the ground
their arms tied fast to their sides am
their legs bound. Death came quick
ly to the victims. Strangulation wa
almost instant in each case. The mol
then riddled their bodies with bullet?
The bodies of the lyuched negroe
■ will remain hanging on the tree unti
morning, when an inquest will be held
GOV. LONGIN'!) TO THE RESITE.
While all this was going on, Gov
Longino of Mississippi was speedini
from Jackson to Carrollton by specia
I train as fast as steam could carry him
lie had heard of the threatening con
| dilions and replied that he would no
j only order the militia to be iu readi
! ness, but would go in person to tin
scene. He got here only a few min
| utes after the*lynching. He addressee
a large ami attentive audience at thi
; courthouse, impressing upon them tin
duty of their citizenship and obedi
j enee to law and order.
Two negroes who were implicate!:
and who were arrested today in Le
(lore comity, were intercepted al
Greenwood In- telegram from the
Governor and are held in Greenwood
jail to await further orders.
Westville Soon to Itecome “a
Deserted Village.”
Col. .1. I,. Power in Magnolia Gazette.;
Westville will soon be ‘‘a deserted
village.” It is one of the oldest, and
has been one of the best towns in the
State. Simpson county was establish
ed in 1S24, and Westville became the
county seat. It is conspicuous on the
map of 1830. It was named after Col.
Cato West. The county has furnished
the commonwealth many of its best
and brightest citizens lawyers, legis
lators and representatives in Congress.
In the courts of Westville several who
have since won fame, and some for
tune, made their maiden speeches be
fore the judge and jury; and there,
veterans of t he bar found big cases and
large fees. The brilliant Franklin E.
Plummer was the first lawyer that set
tied in Westville. We were shown the
hotel (now a. residence) in which Wi
ley P. Harris and Edmund J. Goode,
who died in New York last week, had a
personal collision that resulted in
Judge Harris losing one of his eyes.
On July 1st the Supervisors moved
all the records to Edna Station. After
they resolved to move they got a move
on them, and within a few hours the
contents of the court house were
transferred to a building that was be
ing erected for a hotel at the new site
the name of which has been changed
from Edna to Mendenhall. This
building, a restaurant and two livery
stables, are about the only structures
there. Editor Geiger has purchased a
lot, and the News will, in due time, be
sounding the praises of the city of
Mendenhall.
The magnificent pine forests that
were the glory of Simpson, were
bought up by syndicates at from SI.50
to S2..">o per acre. They are not now on
the market: but there are saw mills
every few miles getting out lumber for
the new towns along the G. A S. I., and
for foreign markets.
It used to be a big day's journey from
Jackson to Westville. We reached
there in three hours and a half via D'lo
Station and a drive of nine miles.
SOCIAL SWELLS.
Meridian, Miss., July 31. The mem
bers of the Standard Club, one of Me
ridian's swell social organizations, who
were arrested at the club rooms Mon
day morning while engaged in a game
of cards, were arraigned before the
mayor this morning and quietly paid
their tines and departed.
The raid of the police created quite
a sensation in the city, owing to the
social prominence of the men arrested.
The above telegram from Meridian
is probably the outcome of too much
playing at cards in high society. The
tendency of the times and of popular
society is sure to produce just such a
breed as the above who “quietly paid
their tines and departed,” much to
their own mortification and the humil
iation of parents and friends, no doubt.
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OF BROOKHAVEN,
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t also do horse-shoeing and new work, such as
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boxes $5. lly mail in plain package to any ad
dress ou reeeipt of price. Sold only by Price «i
Watson, DrujaiUts, Brook haven, Miss.
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
Best reached by the
Illinois Central R. R.
Through service via Memphis. Louisville, Cin
cinnati ami Cleveland, effective on anil after
June l, and consisting of
SLEEPING CAR
WITHOUT CHANGE
Between
New Orleans
Ami
Buffalo
An evening departure front New Orleans and a
morning arrival at Buffalo.
DINING CAR SERVICE AND
BUFFET LIBRARY CARS
Ell route. Particulars of agents of the Illinois
Central ami connecting lines.
Wm. MPKKAY. I), p. A.. New Orleans.
.)• A. SCOTT, I). P. A.. Memphis.
A. II. HANSON. <}. P. A.. Chicago.
W . A. KKLLONl), A. Li. P. A., Louisville.
Oct 15
Japanese pj|g Qu|.g
! A new and complete treatment, consisting of
SUPPOSITORIES, Capsules of ointment ami
two boxes of Oiutmeut. A never (ailing cure
for Piles of every nature and degree. It makes
an operation with the knife, which Is painful and
often results in death, unnecessary. Mfh) endure
this terrible disease? We pack • wr.tten guarantee
in each |1 box. No cure, no pay. 50c. audita
box; G for $5. Soul by mall. .Samples tree.
O OINTMENT 2Bo. and BOc.—O
■CONSTIPATION HSJXUrXStl
great MVKK and STOMACH KKCL'LATOK
aud BLOOD Pl’lMKlKlt. Small, mild aud pleas
ant to take; especially adapted for children’a
use. U doses He. Hold by Prlee ft Watson.
MISSISSIPPI NKWS.
A NImrt-llaiid CbronlrU* «»f < ur
rcnt llappcnliiKJ*. .
Jackson is planning a fall carnival.
It is predicted corn will reach *1.50
per bushel.
Copiah county has had four cases j
of smallpox recently.
Jackson defeated Brandon in a base
| ball game 23 to 11 last work.
Luther Mansbip has been the de
light of the Gulfport Chautauqua.
One man sold 25 bales of cotton at
Crystal Springs at one time last week.
The Millsaps Observatory was open
ed to the public on the last day of
July.
Will Aikeu, formerly of Hazlehurst,
died iu St. Louis of consumption last
week.
Laurel uow has a suburb called
Kiugston, which is rivalling the moth
er town.
Miss Mary Bynum, of Booneville,
has accepted a position as teacher in
the Philippines.
State Land Commissioner Nall re
ports sales amounting to W,<539.53 for
the month of July.
Rev. It. A. Cooper, of Pontotoc, is
assisting Rev. J. E. Thigpen in a meet
ing at Martiusville.
The Mississippi Knitting Mills at
laurel will empoly fifty hands aud is
now iu readiness for operation.
A grand shootiug tournament will be
held at Vicksburg on the 13, 14 aud 15
under the auspices of the Gun Club.
The Floral Club of Hazlehurst will
have a handkerchief bazaar in connec
tion with their fall exhibit of flowers.
H. B. Abernathy, the well known ed
ucator, has accepted the presidency
of a college for young women in Texas.
Miss Bessie Tyson, of Wesson, and
Mr. Charles J. Johnson, of Fernwood,
were married at Hazlehurst last Tues
day.
P. S. Cocke, of Columbus, has been
I offered tho position of treasurer of the
splendid new #250,000 cotton mills at
Laurel.
W. A. Montgomery, W. H. Colbert
and Hon. Wirt Adams have all let con
tracts for handsome residences in
Jackson.
The Rice Milling Company, of Crow
ley, La., sent a hundred pounds of rice
to the Palmer Orphan's Home at
Columbus.
The Graud Lodge, Knights and La
dies of Honor of Mississippi, will hold
its biennial session in the city of
Jackson, August 13.
Legislators aud senators alike seem
to favor a liberal appropriation for the
purpose of making a suitable display
at the St. Louis exposition in 1903.
J. F. Youug, of Coffeeville, desires
knowledge of the whereabouts of B.
F. Hodges, who enlisted in the Fourth
Mississippi Iufantry at Bankston,
Miss.
At Wesson the Justice of the Peace
lined two white boys #5.00 each for
jumping on aud off moving trains.
Not having the money, the jumpers
were lodged in jail.
Miss Edwina Burnley, one of the
State’s most cultured and deserving
ladies and a teacher of long experi
ence, has been elected hall teacher of
the Hazlehurst High School.
«
Rev. W. M. Stevens, a gifted youug
preacher of the Methodist denomi
nation, died at his home iu Meridian at
the age of 30. Ho was buried iu Mag
nolia, where his parents reside.
Two boys named Davis ran away
from Jackson to Canton with a livery
stable horse aud buggy. On the
charge of trespass they were given
three mouths op the chain gang.
Some of the stockholders of tho
Mobile A Ohio Railroad have filed an
application at Meridian for a receiver
to prevent the consolidation of that
road with the Southern system. They
want to force a new election of officers
also.
Upon complaints from Gallman con
cerning the depot agent at that place
who was suspected of harboring blind
tigers and kindred evils, the I. C. has
dismissed him and placed in position
Mr. A. R. Dashiel, of Columbus. He
gives satisfaction.
Sardis is experiencing a water fam
ine. Citizens are hauling water not
only for themselves, but for their
stock. Many of the farmers, realiz
ing that the corn crop is ruined, have
commenced to cut and stack their
corn, hoping to save enough fodder ,
out of this year's crop to help feed
their stock next year.
A collision between a street car and
the street sprinkler at Jackson last
week, resulted iu the negro driver of
the latter being fatally injured. Mr.
H. Clay Roberts, a local insurance
agent, was thrown from the car and
sustained minor injuries. The sprink
ler was a complete wreck, three wheels
being torn away by the violence of the
collision.
Mrs. Dukes, of Pulaski, wife of Dr.
R. V. Dukes, who was arrested for
elopement with a Miss Harsha, of
Jackson, has decided too prosecute
him for desertion. Dukes was
ouce arrested at Jackson and ouce at
Benoit; but both times released be
cause of a failure to prosecute. The
couple have recently been recognized
in Memphis.
About two weeks ago Mr. Taliaferao
and his sou, of Montgomery county,
came near meeting their death from
drinking water out of jugs they had
left by the well over night. They were
sure that a certain negro had pois
oned the water, so as soon as the
son . bad recovered sufficiently he,
with two companions, repaired to his
rosidehce aud shot him dead. They
then surrendered themselves to the
authorities. The sequel to the affair
came suddenly and awfully on the
night of the doth. Shortly after mid
night Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro, who had
attended a church meeting that even
ing, had their heads split open with
an ax as they lay usleep in their bed.
It is believed the crime is the result
of the murder of the negro, whose
friends chose thus to avenge his death.
Bloodhounds were at ouce put in pur
suit of the perpetrators of the black
horror. The scene of the murder is
several milts from Winona.
Ruchters
Paints
are
Perfect.
For Your Health
we carry a line of the following
“tried and true” remedies:
Grafton’s Antiseptic
“ Liver Medicine
“ Liniment
“ Chill Tonic
“ Cough Cure
Sarsaparilla
“ Liver Pills
Don't he guided hy what you have
: seen in the past or expect to sec in the
future. This is a
QUANTITY OF QUALITY.
; C. E. GRAFTON DRUG CO.,
. INCORPORATED.
iqoi—SEASON— 1901
DURANT, MISS.
Tli<> most noted health and Measure resort In the South. Castallan Sprints is now under a
new manatenu nt and w ill he run uiMo-date III every department. All the rooms Inn
been renovated and to a great extent refurnished. We have just completed concrete
walks from the hotel to all parts of the grounds. A first class Orchestra has been ent itl'd
for the season. Music served In the dlnlnt room during the service of meals. I taurine at
the pavilion every evening from s to 10:30.
Bates: $2.00 per day. $10.00, $12.00 and $14.00 per week.
Fur further Information, address,
HOWARD & JOHNSON, Props.,
DURANT, MISSISSIPPI.
Long Leaf Yellow
ROUGH # 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 OUR PRICES REFORE HUV1NC.
East Union Mills,
Brookhaven, Hiss.
| Nine=
| Tenths
l of
I all the
I People
I Suffer
I from a
| Diseased
I Liver.
HERBINE.
MBMWIWLI—
Pure Juices from Neural Roots.
DEGULATES the Liver, Stomach and Bowels,
n Cleanses the System, Purifies the Blood.
Every Botlle Guarantaod to Ci/2 Satisfac'ion.
BOTTIjU, « JSDlSA.IjXj DOSE.
Is! ice, GO Cents.
prepared by JAMES V. PALLARD, St Louis, Vo,
SOLD BY PRICE & WATSON, Brookhaven.
Ml - ■* * — — - MM a ft ft!
WHITE S CREAM
VERMIFUGE!
3? o3t in QiiiiptUy. ^ ,
: For 20 Years Has Led all Worm Remedies.
SOIiS BY Atili DRUGGISTS.
;rr«pnredby - wk JAMES F. BALLARD, St. LoulSJ
SOLD BY PRICE & WATSON Brookhaven.
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TONIC LAXATIVE *
If you have aour stomach, indigestion, biliousness, constipation, bad
breath, dizziness, inactive liver, heartburn, kidney troublea, backache, loss
of appetite, insomnia, lack of energy, bad blood, blotched or muddy skin,
or any symptoms and disorders which tell the story of bad bowela and an
impaired digestive system, Laxakola Will Cure You.
It will clean out the bowels, stimulate the liver and kidneys, strengthen
the mucous membranes of the stomach, purify your blood and put you
on your feet" again. Your appetite will return, your bowels move regu
Nli your liver and kidneys cease to troubls you, your skin will clesr snd
freshen and you will feel the old time energy and buoyancy.
Mothers seeking tho proper medleino to givo their little ones for constipation,
diarrhea, coho and similar troubles, will iind Laxakola nn ideal medicine for children.
eeps their howels regular without paia or griping, nets as a general tonic, assists
ua ura, aids digestion, relieves restlessness, clears the coated tougue, reduet's fever,
causes refreshing, restful sleep and makes them well, happy and hearty, iy
U and fttk for it
For Sale by Price & Watson