Tiib Fube Press.
•I . li. Ml. 1 I'll 1ST,. . . .Kdilnr.
Mbs. B. Oi.ii’Iiant, Associate Kditor. j
OfficialJournalof Pearl KIv<t County and the
town of Pcplarvllle.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Thursday, - June 7, 1‘>U0.
srnseKinion hates;
On<‘ ’ year. ?■ 1 .in*
Hix months.W*
Three months .. . ... -2->
Advertising rates furnished on :ij»pli
cation.
Entered al the post office at Poplarville, .Alisa.,
as aecnn.l class in.nl matter.
AXXOl XCEMEXTS.
FOR CONGRESS.
Tile Free Pre-s is authorize'! to an
nounce Hon. K. A. McLain as a candi
date for re-election to the lower house
ol Oongr< -s from this tin1 <ith congres
sional (list rirt at the November elee
tioti, subject to the aetion of the lieni
oeratie party.
Don’t forget the O. K. C. picnic
at Hattiesburg on next Thurs
day, June 14th.
The Free Press returns
thanks to Chancellor Fulton fora
catalogue of the University of
Mississippi.
A new-made Ohio bride, who
did not become engaged un
til after seventy years of [court
ing, couldn’t spring the “this-is
so-sudden” gagnon her 8(>-ycar
lover. tlf*
Not the least of the offenses
of the republican party is the
cowardly adjournment of con
gress witout action upon impor
tant matters, such as a reduction
of war taxes.
The second attempt to get the
county democratic executive
committee together was a failure.
The committee was called to
meet here Monday but there
wasn’t a quorum present, there
fore no meeting was held.
The Poplarville (Miss.) Free
Press has recently enlarged to
the ever popular six-column
quarto size, and in its new form
presents an exceedingly attrac
tive appearance. We congratu
late Bro. Oliphant upon his suc
cess in the newspaper business.
—New York Monthly Union.
Estrayed, from Kentucky, a
fellow by the name of Taylor.
He has a package of blank par
dons in his pocket, and sometimes
answers to the name of “hog jaw. ”
He is shy of brass buttons and is
a good runner. When last heard
from he had his hat off and head
ed north.—Mayfield (Ky.) Moni
tor.
The editor and wife acknowl
edge receipt of an invitation to
attend the marriage of Mr. Lee
Paine Hoskins of Orvisburg and
Miss Daisy Marion of this city
at the Methodist Plpiscopal
church, Poplarville, Miss., on
Thursday evening, June 14tli,
l‘)0(J, at half-past 7 o'clock. Elab
orate preparations are being
made for this happy event and
the popularity of the contracting
parties will lend prominence to
the occasion.
We notice in the New Orleans
papers of Tuesday that the three
students who took the degree of
D. D. S. at commencement exer
cises of the New Orleans College
of Dentistry were all Mississip
pians, and among them was Dr.
H. J. Arledge of Paulding, who
is well known here. Dr. Arledge
was valedictorian and received
the medal for prosthetic den
tistry. Dr. Arledge attended
the Atlanta Dental College two
years prior to his entrance into
the Tulane University of New
Orleans, and having finished his
studies in the best schools of the
country he is thoroughly quali
fied to enter upon the practice of
his profession. In conversation
with the writer prior to his enter
ance to the New Orleans College,
he stated that he might possibly
locate in Poplarville after he fin
ished his course, and we trust
that he has not given up the idea.
There is plenty of room here for
progressive you*1!? mcn jn al];
professions and we h-iil their
coming with d-^'o^t.
Blood Hounds.
Every day or two the daily pa
pers report seine atrocious crime
committed and in many cases the
criminal escapes because there are
no blood hounds available with
which to trail him down. The re
cent robbery and shooting at
Purvis and the horrible tragedy
at Biloxi and the inability of the
officers to secure dogs in time to
catch the criminals, brings to
mind the importance of each
county making preparations for
emergencies of that kind
by purchasing a pair of good
blood hounds. The capture of
one brute, like the one who out
raged and murdered the little
Biloxi girl would pay for a dozen
blood hounds, and as for that, the
citizens of that community would
put up the price of a hundred
blood hounds for the capture of
this one black fiend. If the board
of supervisors do not care to take
the responsibility upon them
selves to purchase a pair of dogs
without an expression from the
people, the taxpayers should be
given a chance to express them
selves on the subject at the next
election, and we believe if this
was done the question would be
carried by a large majority. If
it was known publicly that this
county owned a pair of good dogs
the fact alone would have a tend
ency to turn the murderer, rob
ber and rapist in another direc
tion, for this cowardly class of
individuals have a perfect horror
of being chased by dogs. If the
countv will not make such a pur
chase it would be a good invest
ment for private parties to get a
couple and keep on hand just
for the purpose of taking in a
handsome reward now and then.
We have heretofore advocated the
purchase of blood hounds and to
show our faith in the matter we
will invest a little cash in any
kind of a movement to secure a
couple of good trained dogs.
A New Mississippi
Road.
Among the railroad men in the
city yesterday was Mr. A, D.
Adkisson, who is a leading con
tractor, having in charge just at
present a contract for work on
one of the growing lines in Mis
sissippi, the Columbia, Lumber
ton and Gulf Road. Mr. Adkis
son is expecting to leave Monday
morning for Lumberton with a
large force of men to begin oper
ation.
Mr. Adkisson says that Messrs.
Camp and Hinton, large lumber
dealers and capitalists of Lum
berton, will have a greater
portion of the work of construc
tion in their hands, and that his
contract is under the control of
this firm.
“Messrs. Camp, HintonACo., "said
Mr. Adkisson, “arc doing a great
deal to develop that section.
They are hastening forward the
construction work of the road,
and arc anxious to get all the
men they can for the job. I will
be able to take a party of some
forty or fifty out probably to be
gin work next week. There is a
good chance for labor there. It
is a fine, healthful, pine country,
thus offering extra inducements
to laborers. This new road will,
I understand, become part of the
Gulf and Ship Island line.”
Mr. Adkisson is well-known
among the railroad fraternity,
and he is justly popular.
We have been informed through
reliable source that Dr. W. I.
Arledge of Perkinston, who was
here prospecting last week, has
closed a contract for the lease of
Dr. Smith’s two-story residence
an Main street, and will move his
family here to locate permanent
ly. The doctor is well known
liere by some of our people and
Lhe prospects for success in his
chosen profession are most flat
tering. We extend to him and
iiis family a cordial welcome to
aur town.
German Cough Syrup prevents
Pneumonia or Inflamation of the
ungs and cures Coughs, Colds,
tlroup, etc. Only 25 and 50cts.
aer bottle, at Marion’s drug store.
Post Office Robbed.
On Monday night of last week j
the postoffice at Purvis was bro
ken open and robbed of $60.00 in
cash and about S300.00 in postage
stamps, also the money order
book. On the same night the j
safe of W. A. Carraway was!
blown open and $100.00 in cash
stolen. The next day a man was
arrested who gave his name as
Peter Casvano ami claimed to be
from Tangipahoa parish, La.,
and locked up in jail. Guards
were placed around the jail and
on Tuesday night a suspicious
person was seen to come and get
something from under the court
house and Otho Huddleston and
A1 McLendon, two of the guards,
immediately effected his arrest.
They covered him with their
guns and searched him but failed
to find any weapon, though they
recovered from him two packages
which turned out later to be the
stamps taken from the postoffice.
When McLendon’s attention was
turned to some one passing bv
the robber sprang upon him and
seized the barrel of his shotgun
and commenced firing at him
with a pistol. One bullet struck
McLendon in the thigh and one
in the shoulder, and then he ran
off, making good his escape. Mc
Lendon fired at the robber sev
eral times as he ran off but could
not tell whether he hit him or
not. Officers Hathorne and Cain
brought Casvano here Friday
evening for safekeeping in the
county jail that night and return
ed him to Purvis Saturday where
he was given a preliminary trial
[and bound over to the Federal
court. The officers are in pos
session of damaging evidence
against him and it is thought
there arc several implicated in
the robbery. The Federal au
thorities are at work on the case
and it is probable that the whole
gang will be caught. McLendon,
the guard who uas wounded, is
getting along nicely and will re
cover.
He Wanted a Sormil.
—
The president of a manufactur
ing firm in Chicago has two let
ters from a man in Michigan.
The first set forth that the wri
ter had settled upon a piece of
land that had “rite smart pin
timbur on it;’’ that his neighbors,
with the exception of “sum french
Canucks at the nort end of the
lak,” had also “rite smart” of
timber, and would hail the advent
of a “sormil” with delight. “How
mutch would a smol sormil cost? I
N. 1J. if a frenchman name Ike
Lamorto rits you to ask about
this hese no gud and a ded beat
of the first water.” The firm
wrote back to inform their cor
respondent that a sawmill such
as ho seemed to want would cost
about $300. A catalogue was en
closed, which would give an idea
of the plant, and the firm hoped
to be favored with his order.
The firm had no idea that its let
ter would give serious offense.
There was no doubt, however,
that the Michigan man was quite
annoyed. He wrote: “You must
take me for a-fool. If i had
three hundred dollars what in——
wud I wont a sormil for?”
Democratic State Con
vention.
The democratic State Conven
tion held at Jackson Tuesday put
out a list of candidates to be voted
for at the primaries as representa
tives of the State in the National
convention. The action of the
Convention was entirely in har
mony with democratic principles
and the enunciations made in the
set of resolutions passed will
have the approval of democrats
all over the State. The meeting
was harmonious throughout and
the proceedings were actuated by
pure democratic motives. The
resolutions passed bitterly con
demned the action of the state
executive committee in refusing
to call a convention of democrats
for an open expression of the
party, for the refusal to recon
vene the committee to remedy
the mistake and for the commit
tee’s refusal to provide for its
successor.
The Chicago platform was e in
dorsed, and the delegates named
were instructed to cast the vote ;
of this state for Hon. William'
Jennings Bryan, as the democrat-,
ic candidate for president of the
United States.
The Deed of a Black
Fiend.
On last Saturday afternoon as j
little Christina Wintcrstein, the
thirteen year old daughter of a
respectable farmer living near
Biloxi, was returning home from
school she was assaulted and
murdered and her body dragged
into the woods near the roadside.
The citizens and officers are leav
ing no stones unturned to appre
hend the guilty party and when
he is found and the crime fasten
ed upon him, short work will be
made of him by those who are
waiting and anxious to avenge
the horrible crime. Several ne
groes have been arrested and ex
amined and two or three are yet
being held for further investiga
tion, against whom there is said
to he very strong evidence. The
action of the citizens so far, is
commendable, for they are act
ing with cool judgment in the
matter, which greatly aids the
authorities in finding the guilty
party. While they are deter
mined to mete out justice to him
when found, they have restrained
themselves from any acts of vio
lence on uncertain evidence. We
expect a lynching has occurred by
this time, as the trail was getting
very warm when we went to
press.
We will publish a list of the
delegates named by the State
Convention at Jackson Tuesday,
in our next issue.
——o
On Saturday, Sept. 1st, 1900
we arc going to present to the
young lady or young gentleman
holding the largest number of
coupons, as printed below, a full
scholarship in Macon & Andrews’
Business Colleges. These Col
leges are located in Mobile, Me
ridian and West Point, and the
person winning this scholarship
will be entitled to a full business
course in any one of these three
Colleges and will not have to pay
a cent for tuition. There will be
no voting in this contest and no
coupons w ill count except those
cut out of the 1'kki: Pkkss. Cop
ies of the paper can be purchased
at 5 cents apiece, and under no
circumstances will any other
kind of coupon be counted. Just
cut the coupon out and hold
them.
If von do not want the scholar
ship, give your coupons to some
friend who wants to secure a
business education.
Any person contesting for this
scholarship must be a resident of
Pearl River countv.
Do you want a business ed'uca
non free? Then win the unit Ml
Air Andrews' scholarship.
,• towwwwxw' -vvs,%o.^nvvxvvv>,-\c>.s. wvw v>^vs53b*^^v>jvvy®«>00vvv>^»i>.'k->j>^"\
Capital, $20,000.00.
BANK OF
POPLARViLLE,
Pearl River County.
• O^O •
N. BATSUX, President; J. O. BILBO, Vice-President;
Wm. A. (i f ILLKM KT, Cashier.
STOCKHOLDERS.
J. L. Si rah.'in,
W. 1. Thames,
J. Sol. Moody,
m. (4. Blackwell,
Wm. A. (luillemet.
Miss I)oraThomas,
Champion L’br Co.
Jos. A. Smith,
a. W. Moody,
K. B. Haney,
W. W. Mitchell,
II. s. Sweet.
W. J. H unnicutt.
II. Su wart,,
1’. K. Williams,
Dan. V. Davis,
W. W. Siralian,
J. A. Moody.
M rs. E.C. Sears,
.1. K. Johnson,
11. T. Mct-Jehee,
M rs. X. Purvis
J. 0. Bilbo, X. Batson,
K. P. Tate, H. K. Allen,
S. K. Lance, K. K. Wilkinson,jj
J..J. Scarborough, J. C. Derby,
W. K. stockstill, M. I>. Tate,
B. A. quick. C. M. Calhoun,
D. k. Johnson, T. X. Strahan,
A. Hartman, Wm. .Jefferson,
Henrv Mounter, K. E. Welsh,
J. W.‘ Turner, J. O. Turner,
(J. H. Hyde. W. W. Lambert.
&>
K
We solicit your account.
«U.*.V«W-C<.V.X\W<'A
J A. MOOHY, Proprietor.
GOOD TEAMS,
8®“ Careful Drivers.
We have large wagons for transfer purposes, nice single and
double teams for driving. Give us a call.
DELIVERED
$3.00
FREE ASr
The Largest and most Relia
ble Liquor Dealers in the
SOUTH.
For $3.00 we will send you Express Prepaid :
l Quarts “Red Label” pure Rye, or
1 Quarts “Clover Leaf” Bourbon whiskies, neatly packed
in plain box.
We are also large handlers of all grades of whiskies from 1.25 to 0.00
BKT SEND FOR PRICE LISTS.
E. F. Perilloux & Co.,
Distillers A'Jents,
204 Decatur & 3 Clinton Sts., New Orleans. La. |
Slidell, La.
^.
of iCO pieces
On August 15,1900.
With everv 25c cash purchase we arc going
to give a ticket, and to the person holding the
largest number of these tickets on August 15th
1900, we are going to give a handsome dinner
set containing 100 pieces
This dinner set is given to the customer
holding the largest number of tickets in ap
preciation of their patronage, and our goods
are still going at low prices. Call and see
what we have for you.
Yours for Business,
G. A. MACON, Prat.
A. A. ANDRF.WS.
Vics-PraB. it Tre«».
c- Andrews’ n
0f» * * Q)//
<5c*
(INCORPORATED.)
WEST POINT QUEEN CITY
BUSINESS COLLEGE, BUSINESS COLLEGE,
WEST POINT, MISS., MERIDIAN, MISS.
J. B. YOUNG, Prin. J- J- FERGUSON, Prm.
SOUTHERN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,
MOBILE, ALA.,
C.M .’wiLUAMS, }
Those are first closs Business Training Schools, open the year
around, offering young men and ladies facilities unequaled in the South
and placing them In positions free.
Worthy students aided financially in securing an education.
For full particulars, address
MACON & ANDREWS,
West Point, Miss.; Meridian, Miss.; Mobile, Ala.
IS