Water Valley progress., June 28, 1902, Image 4

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The Prepress.
S. B. Brown, Editor and Proprietor
G. D. Brown, Associate Editor.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
—YALOBUSHA COUNTY.—
Entered at the Poet Oilice at Water
Valley, as Second Class Matter.
SATUKDAY, JUNE 28, 1902.
Announcement.
FOR CONGRESS.
The Progress is authorized to an
nounce
HON. W. S. HILL,
Of Montgomery County,
as a Candidas? for Congress from this,
the Fourth Congressional District.
Subject to the action of the Democrat -
c party.
The Massachusetts legislature
has adopted a bill to compel the
manufacturing companies in that
State to pay their employes in
cash instead of by checks.
Four American school teachers
of Oebu, island of Oebu, in the
Philippines, started on a day’s
outing J une 10, since which time
. no trace of them has been dis
covered.
A billion dollar beef trust is
going to be organized under the
laws of New Jersey by Armour
& Co., Swift & Co., Nelson Mor
ris & Co., and the Hammond
Dressed Beef Company,
The Illinois Democratic con*
vention met last week and nom<
inated a full State ticket. The
platform adopted did not men
tion Bryan, the Kansas City
platform or free silver, but han
dled the trusts, imperialism and
Roosevelt’s administration with*
out gloves,
The central section of the St.
James Hotel, a three'Story build
ing at Dallas, Texas, collapsed
early last Monday morning with
out warning and thirteen people
were carried down with the de*
bris, without a single fatality.
It was an old building and had
been condemned as unsafe.
The Democratic organization
in Indiana has in its State plati
form sounded a clear call to the
political battle of 1904. The Dem*
ocratic party and a majority of
the American people will fall
in line at that call, arrayed for
conflict with the tariff ■ bred trusts
and the party of the tariff and
trusts. They must win the fight
if the country is to be rescued
from oppressive monopoly.—St.
Louis Republic!
After July 1 no person in South
Carolina may carry a pistol about
him, either concealed or uncon
cealed, unless it is at least twem
ty inches long and weighs at least
three pounds. This law was pass1
ed a year ago. It not only pro*
hibits the carrying of pistols un
der the required size, but it also
forbids any firm, person or cor
poration to sell, offer for sale,
manufacture or transport any such
weapon. Peace officers are ex
cepted under the law.
The attorneys representing the
State vs. Stowers et al., charged
with the misappropriating State
treasury funds, claim that a
technical flaw has been discover
ed in the indictments which may
result in their being quashed.
A motion has been made to quash
them, together with other in
dictments Tound at the same term
of the court. Judge Powell de<
cided to take no chances of post
ponement in the treasury cases
and the grand jury was instruct
ed to investigate and bring in
new indictments. It is under
stood that the grand jury has
found new indictments and that
the cases will be called at this
term of the court
Mississippi Matters.
The BeauYoir Confederate
Home fund, to date, foots up
$7,610.
The Neshoba county fair will
take place this year from Aug. $
to Aug. 8.
The levee board of commis
sioners have raised the license
of saloon keepers in the Delta
territory from $1,800 to $2,300 a
year.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company is putting some of its
wires under ground in Jackson
on account of the streets being
paved.
President Stewart, of the State
Supervisor’s Association, states
that there is no prospect of the
supervisor’s being called togeth
er in convention again this sum
mer.
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Gus Ayres, colored was hung
at Holly Springs Tuesday in the
presence of a large crowd. He
was executed for murdering Geo.
Hall, near Byhalia some five
years ago.
Many of the lawyers of Hinds
county are among the privilege
tax delinquents. The grand jury
of that county is now in session
and will indict where the taxes
are not paid up to date.
Hon. A. F. Fox, congressman
from this district, and Miss An- ]
nette Brandon, of Washington
City, were married last week.
They will spend the summer in
Europe, returning to West Point
this fall, where they will make
their future home.
Will Blackburn, charged with
complicity in the murder of En
gineer Wray, was tried at Green
ville this week, found guilty, and
sentenced to the penitentiary
for life. Ashley Cocke and Tom
Lauderdale are to be hung July
22. for the same crime.
Up to date the little town of
Crystal Springs has shipped this
season 550 cars of fruits and
vegetables, The profits of the
farmers are larger than ever be
fore. Hundreds of bushels of
beans were left in the fields un
gathered on the account of the
scarcity of labor.
Mrs. Westrope, the Claiborne
county woman, who slaughtered
her six children, has been placed
in the violent ward of the Insane
Asylum at Jackson. At present
she is so violent that it is neces
sary to keep her strapped in bed
and is constantly guarded to pre*
yent her committing suicide,
The rains last week were par*
tial. In portions of the State,
south of Jackson, they were
heavy and satisfactory, while in
other sections the drouth has not
been broken, and eorn has al
ready been heavily damaged.
Cotton is still doing fairly well,
but will soon begin to suffer se
riously for the want of meistnre
There will. be a big political
gathering and an old fashioned
country barbecue at Allison’s
Wells on July 23. A large num.
ber of prominent gentlemen have
been invited to be present and
address the people on that occa
sion. Among the distinguished
speakers invited are Senators
McLaurin and Money, of Miss
issippi; Hon. David B. Hill, of
New York; Senators Carmack,
of Tennessee, and Bailey, of
Texas.
Dixie Press: A man in South
Mississippi received recently a
check for $4,800 as returns tor
shipments of wool. This is pos
sibly the largest check ever re
ceived by a citizen of this State
in payment for wool and reminds
us that this great commonwealth
might realize thousands of dol
lars annually from this industry
if her citizens would only devote
some time and attention thereto.
The climate is well adapted to
such industry, and the grasses
are such as would furnish plenty
of grazing for sheep. There is
good money in wool growing in
other States where the advan
tages are little superior to our
own, and we see no good rea
son why our Mississippi farmers
should not realize fair profits
therefrom,
NO CORONATION.
Kief Edward Critically III.
The world was startled Tues.
day morning when a message
was flashed over wires and un
der seas stating that the corona
tion ceremonies was abandoned
and that King Edward VII was
hovering near death from the
effects of a surgical operation
made immediately necessary by
the sudden development of a dan
gerous ailment.
From the midst of joy Europe
was thrown into a panic. All of
the coronation functions were
canceled, the flags and gay bunt*
ing were torn down and in an
hour London was a city of sor
row.
The king had been ill for sey
eral days, but it was thought the
doctors had patched him up suf*
ficiently to tide him over the
week. The ailment is in the na*
ture of appendicites, and an
operation at once was necessary.
The operation was performed
Tuesday at noon, and is said to
have been entirely successful,
but -the tone of the press dis
patches are all to the effect that
i the king’s condition is critical in
the extreme and that his death
I may be expected at any hour.
The Mathis and Lester hang
ing did not come off at Oxford
last Tuesday, Gov. Longino an*
nounced a respite until Septem
ber 10. This action of the gov
ernor was in response to an of
ficial request from Judge Low
rey and District Attorney Roane,
in order to get the benefit of the
testimony of Mathis and Lester
on the second trial of Wh it
Owens whose case was reveised
by the Supreme Couft on ac
count of certain technical er
rors. It is understood that the
case against Owens will not be
tried in Lafayette county on ac
count of the difficulty of getting
a jury, and that he will get a
change of venue to Marshall
county. Circuit court will con.
vene in Holly Springs, August
18, and this will allow ample time
for the trial of Owens before
September 10, the date fixed by
the governor for the execution
of Mathis and Lester.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
who, for the last eight years, has
been the chairman of the Ration
al Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and as such has directed
the last t\yo presidential cam
paigns, wrote the plank in the
Democratic platform committing
the party to the Ricarauguan
canal route, but when the matter
came up for consideration in the
senate, at the last hour, he de
serted his party to allign him*
self with Mark Hanna, who
championed the French Panama
scheme to victory. Jones was
the only Democratic senator that
voted with the administration
party, and as a reward for his
treachery it is currently reported
at Washington that Roosevelt
has offered him the job on the
cannai commission.
Aberdeen Weekly: The numer
ous candidates for the various
State offices that have been men*
tioned absolutely and prospect
ively, in the uncertainty as to
how these nominations were to
be made, will thin to a positive
stand since the primary method
has been sustained by the courts.
Candidates whose chances were
tip top in a conversation might
develop no strength in a prima
ry, hence aspirants that ex
pected nominations from the
manipulations of a convention
will crawfish from the field, and
men whose character and repu
tation con bear the test of gen
eral endorsement will fill the
offices,
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LAST NIGHT?
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And Your Plano and Furniture ?
STOP AND THINK JUST A MOMENT.
•fr 4* & iff 4?
How much would a fire in your home last night
have cost you? Could you afford the loss?
Could you rebuild and refurnish yonr home ?
Insurance is cheap, and we write insurance in
Companies that pay losses promptly.
+ + Quick and Accurate Attention. + *
S. B. BROWN, Agent,
Phone 96, The Progress Oftice«
Official Vate for Circuit Clerk at Special
Election, June 21,1902.
Water Valley, W—Blount, 202 ;
Murphree, 69.
Water Valley, E—Blount, 99;
Murphree, 50,
Hutton—Blount, 10; Murphree,
10.
Oakland—Blount 33; Murphree
9.
Scobey—Blount, 13; Murphree,
25.
Vann’s—Blount, 28; Murphree,
9.
Pine Valley —Blount, 6; Mur
phree, 43,
Tillatoba—Blount, 14 ; Mur*
phree, 29,
Torrance—Blount, 22; Mur
phree, 1.
Gatewood—Blount, 7 ; Mur
phree, 19.
Coffeeville—Blount, 61; Mur*
phree, 79.
Air Mount—Blount, 28; Mur
phree, 28.
Blount, 528. Murphree, 371.
Blount’s majority, 152.
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McOomb City Enterprise; A
terrapin was found a few days
ago on the farm of Mr. Irvine
Quinn near this place, with the
figures 1871 carved on its back,
The carving was done in 1871 by
a neighbor, and the terrapin was
very littie larger than in 1871,
and was within two hundred
yards of the place where it was
found in that year.
Supreme Court Judge Thos
N, Wood, one of the four survi
ving members of the Misnissippi
Convention of 1861, which pass
ed the ordinance of secession, at
the request of Hon. Dunbar Row
land, director of the Department
of State History, has consented
to write a brief history of that
meeting from the standpoint of an
active particpant in its delibera
tions. The other three surviv
ing members of that historical
convention are Judge J. A. Orr,
of Columbus; Justice S. H. Ter
rell, of the Supreme Court, and
Col. M. D. L. Stephens, of Water
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CSSaBBSSSBRBOB
Loyalty to Party the True Test.
The Meridian Press, in refer
ring to the “harmony” meeting
held at the new Tilden Club in
New York City has the following
to say in referring to one of the
ablest Democrats in the United
States—the Hon. David Bennett
Hill:
“David Bennett Hill, who has
many admirers in this St&te,
agrees with The Press that the
Ciovelandites and the Bryanites
should come together. He be
lieves in a general compromise
and hand-shaking. In his speech
before the Tilden Democratic
Club in New York the othei
night, he made the following re
marks, which are worthy of re
petition and special emphasis:
Mr. Hill concludes with a wel
come to Democrats from other
States, saying :
‘ * ‘The Democracy of this State
welcome the distinguished citi4
zen of New Jersey—the only liv
ing ex president of the United
States. We would have been
glad to welcome that other dis
tinguished Democrat who hails
from the great West—our honor
ed standard bearer in the last
two presidential elections—that
able and eloquent Democratic
orator, Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska
—had he been able to be present
on this occasion. We have no
criticisms to make of any Dem*
ocrat in the land. We are neith
er assuming to make or to un
make national platforms at this
time, We are excluding no man
or set of men from the party
councils. We hay a no set oaths
to administer to those we wish
to join us, We need recruits for
our cause and our Democratic
doors are thrown wide open.’ ’’
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houses in the South. They are now
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and Tennessee whiBkeys on the mar
ket.
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