The Progress-Advertiser
J. F. GRIST, Editor.
LEXINGTON. : : MISSISSIPPI.
On the 6th, the United State* recor
nixed the new republic of Panama a*
a de facto government.
The Sheldon State bank, of Sheldon,
la., closed on the 4th. The officers said
depositors would be paid in full.
Without the firing of a shot and amid
•cenes of great enthusiasm, the Inde
pendence ol the isthmus and the de
partment of Panama was deelartd, on
the 4th.
President Roosevelt, on the 6th, re
ceived the members of the executive
board of the Women's Foreign Society
of the Methodist Episcopal church
which had just concluded its annual
convention in Baltimore, Sid.
Minister Powell cabled the state de
partment at Washington, D. C., on the
6th, that the insurgent army waf
marching on the city of San Domingo
He asked that an American man-of
war be sent there. The Baltimore was
sent.
King Edward, in the presence of sev
eral thousand people, on the 3d, laid
the foundation stone of the King Ed
ward VII. consumption sanitarium, at,
Midhurst, Sussex, for the erection ot
which Sir Ernest Cassel gave the king
»1,000,000.
The cadets of the Western military
academy. at Alton, 111., constituted a
part of the reception committee which
met Gov. Richard Yates, on the 3d.
The governor addressed a mass meet
ing of the citizens in the Spaulding
auditorium.
The first trainload of returning
Dowie "rrstorationists" arrived at Zion
City, Chicago, on the 3d. Later, at
Intervals of an hour or two, train after
train deposited its travel-stained cru
»aders. The day was devoted to prayer
and thanksgiving.
The First national bank of Victor,
Col., was closed, on the 4th, by direc
tion of the acting comptroller of the
currency, the examiner having report
ed the bank to be insolvent. James B,
Lazear, national bank examiner, was
appointed receiver.
As showing the depth of the resent
ment over the success of the United
States in the Alaskan boundary mat
ter, during the performance of a min
strel troupe at Vancouver, B. C., on the
6th, the music of the American anthem
was vigorously Hissed.
Final burial services were held over
the remains of Emma-Booth Tucker,
on the 4th, in New York city, and the
body was placed in a vault at Wood
lawn cemetery. Later it will be in
terred in the army plot, where two ol
the commander's children are buried.
Congressman Slemp, in Bristol, Va.,
on the 5th, confirmed the rumor that
Edward L. Wentz, the young Philadel
phia millionaire who disappeared, was
In the hands of abductors in the moun
tains of southwest Virginia, and that
a ransom of $100,000 was demanded lor
bis release.
President Roosevelt was asked, on
the 5th, to forbid the United States
Marine band to accept engagements
to play for pay. The request was made
by President Miller, of the National
Federation of musicians. The president
indicated his willingness to consider
the question if presented to him in
writing.
Rev. Ezekie! Light, aged 70 years,
who for nine years was German Prot
testant chaplain at the Soldiers' home,
at Dayton, O.. and who was prominent
before the beginning of hostilities in
the civil war as the preacher w'ho left
bis pulpit to assist the slaves to es
cape to the north, died at Dayton, O.,
on the 6th.
The funeral of Mrs, Elizabeth C. Hen
dricks, widow of the late Vice-Presi
dent Hendricks, was held in Indian
apolis, Ind., on the 5th. Mrs. Hen
dricks left an estate of several hun
dred thousand dollars. Among the
beautiful . oral offerings was a large
bunch of American Beauty roses from
ex-Preeident Cleveland.
Naval Constructor William J. Bax
ter. superintending construction work
at Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia,
was, on the 3d, ordered to take charge
of the department of construction and
repair at the New York navy yard.
He succeeded to the duties performed
by Rear-Admiral Capps, the new chief
of the bureau of construction and re
pair.
Senator Frank H. Farris, of Crawford
sounty, Mo., indicted on the charge of
having accepted $1,000 from , former
Lieut -Gov. John A. Lee, in :onsidera
tion of his vote against the anti-alum
law during the 1901 session of the Mis
souri legislature, was placed on trial
tt Jefferson City, Mo., on the 2d, be
fore Special Judge W. W. Graves, > f
Butler, Mo.
The request cf Gov. Chatterton of
Wyoming on the federal government
tor the return of the nine Indians who
were captured near Edgemont, S. D.,
was complied with, on the 5th, and the
prisoners were turned over to Sheriff
lack McDermott and posse at Craw
ford, Wyo. They were charged with
murdering Sheriff Miller and Deputy
Falkenburg.
The remains of Morris L. Estee, late
United States district judge at Hono
lulu. were interred in San Francisco,
on the 5th, In Odd Fellows' cemetery
after impressive services at the Masons'
temple. The services were conducted
by the California grand lodge of ma-'
ions, and an eloquent eulogy was de
livered by United States Circuit Judge
W. W. Morrow.
By a vote of eight to ten,' Mayor
Devereaux casting the decisive vote,
the city council of Springfield, 111., on
the 3d, ordered City Attorney Fitzger
ald to dismiss about one hundred
suit* in debt which he bad brought
In the Sangamon (111.) circuit court
against persons who, it wae alleged,
bad frequented gambling houses and
poolroom* In Springfield.
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Mississippi State News
Geological Survey of the State.
The Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College has begun a geo
logical and industrial survey of the
This promises to be the most
important piece of work ever under
taken by that institution and it em
phasizes a function of the institu
tion that has not been sufficiently
prominent in the past, that is, the
college is intended not only to give
instruction to the boys and youn
men of the State, but, through its
experiment station, its farmers' in
stitutes, and its other industrial de
partments, to help in the material
development of the State. As an
object lesson to what should be ac
complished in every county of the
State, the board of trustees of the
instituion have authorized a geolog
ical and industrial survey of Oktib
beha county embracing the following
features:
By I)r. W. X. Logan, Professor of
Geology and Mining: 1. Physiog
raphy—The surface features, relief,
Hydrography — Streams,
lakes, wells, springs, water supply,
rainfall, etc. 3. Stratigraphy—The
geological formations, their distribu
tion, dip, relations, fossils, etc. 4.
Economic Geography—(a) Cements
—A report on experiments in the
manufacture of cements from the va
rious formations of the county, (b)
Building Material—The manufac
ture of brick, etc.
By Prof. W. L. Hutchinson, Di
rector of the Mississippi Experiment
Station: Soils and fertilizers.
By Dr. W. F. Hand, State Chem
ist: Arlesian waters, and water
supply.
By Prof. Gleen W. Herrick, Pro
fessor of Biology: Grasses and live
stock.
By Prof. A. B. McKay. Professor
of Horticulture: Trucking and for
estry.
By Prof. J. W. Fox, Professor of
Civil and Rural Engineering: Dirt
roads and road materials.
Thu result of these investigations
will be published as a special report
to the legislature, and will furnish
facts that will enable the legislature
to determine definitely whether or
not such a geological and industrial
survey would bo of practical value to
the State. It is the belief bv those
who have studied the question that
this work must be done, if Mississip
i is to lie properly anil intelligently
plate,
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advertised to the world iu her true
light as having the greatest undevel
oped resources of any State in the
Union.
Water Famine Is Critical.
The water famine in Mississippi,
caused by the long drouth, is daily
becoming more serious and a condi
tion has been reached that can be
considered as nothing less than crit
ical. Each day brings to Jackson a
long caravan of wagons from the
country, the sole object of their trip
to town being to secure water from
the river, and at any hour of the day
these wagons may be seen on the
streets wending their way homeward
and carrying from two to six barrels
filled with the precious fluid. From
all parts of the State comes the com
plaint of scarcity of water, and a
heavy burden has been added to the
expense of operating manufacturing
plants on account of the long dis
tance they are compelled to haul wa
ter. The famine is causing great
distress among the cotton ginners,
and many of these plants are closing
down each day, finding it impossible
to obtain water. In numerous sec
tions of the State gins are from ten
to fifteen miles away from available
water supply. For instance, the gin
at Flora, over twenty miles from
Jackson, is.hauling water from that
eitv, and the expense thus incurred
lias reduced the profit on operation
almost to nothing.
Contract for New Well.
The city authorities of Indianola
have awarded a contract for sinking
a second artesian well. The entire
water supply is furnished by one
well, and since the location of so
many industries at that place, the
pressure has at times been inade
quate. The water from the first
well is so heavily charged with soda
and sulphur that it is somewhat
undesirable for drinking purposes,
and the new well is being sunk al
most a quarter of a mile distant.
The old well is a little more than
1,200 feet deep and furnishes about
200,000 gallons a day.
Pearl River Traffic.
There promises to be considerable
commerce on Pearl river during the
winter and spring season. For
many years traffic on this stream
has been neglected, but last year two
small steamboats were placed in
service and handled large quantities
of cotton seed and cotton from inte
rior points. This yenr a new boat
will be placed in service from Jack
son to Carthage, and a new boat will
ply the lower river trade between Co
lumbia and Jackson.
Oyster Commieeion Report.
Auditor Cole hag received tiie fi
nancial report of the Oyster Com
mission. The report shows that the
total collections of the commission
have been $14,025.45 and the dis
bursements have been $11,660.25,
leaving a balance of $2,159.93 in the
treasury of the commission. Five
thousand dollars of the amount ex
pended was allowed the commission
of new oyster
for the propagation
bed* by the last legislature.
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ever since it was built, has claimed
that it was exempt from the super-'
vision of the railroad commission,
settitng up that its charter exempted
it from such supervision. Some time
ago the road secured a temporary in
junction preventing the railroad
commission from interfering with
the rates on this road. I vast week
•Tudge Niles handed down an opin
ion in which he made the injunction
a permanent one. The charter of
the road was granted in 1882, and it
exempts the road from the supervis
ion of the commission
Exempt From Supervision.
The railroad commission of this
State has been permanently enjoined
by Judge Kites from making rates
on the Gulf & Ship Island railroad.
The Gulf & Ship Island railroad,
The Su
preme Court, in a case a few months
ago, decided that the commission
had no supervision over the road. |
Judge Niles, in his opinion, holds
that the charter granted by the legi&
lature is binding, and that the com-1
as no right to supervise
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mission
either the passenger or the freight
rates of the road, and makes the
temporary injunction perpetual.
longer any doubt that Mississippi s |
yield will be shorter than last year,
Less than half a dozen counties re
port a top crop, and this causes the
heaviest reduction in the prospective
yield. The delta crop will average
from 15 to 30 per cent, below that
of last year, although the bottom and
Cotton Crop Prospect.
Fine headway W'as made during
the week just closed with the pick
ing of the cotton crop in Mississippi.
The dry weather has caused the sta
ple to open with astonishing rapidi
ty, and all available labor forces
have been constantly employed in
marketing the crop.
There is no
middle crop is about up to the av- j
erage. The interior movement to
the market towns continues quite
lively, and there is very little ten
dency on the part of the farmers to
hold back the staple.
Fine Stone in Rankin.
Prof. Eehel, the government geol
igist who is making a survey in .Mis
sissippi, makes a highly favorable re
port on the Rankin county stone
quarries, near Star, which he finds
to be a good quality of fine-grained,
white sandstone, occurring in beds
of from ten to fifteen feet in thick
ness, separated by thin layers of
clay, and having a total thickness of
workable stone at least fifty feet in
depth. Prof. Eckel states that the
clay deposits found in Mississippi
are the equal of any in the country.
Tried to Kill a White Man.
Considerable excitement prevail
ed at Taylor, in Lafayette county,
last week, when a negro, Simpson
Barry, attempted to kill a white man
named Joe Tubbs. The negro used
a razor and it took effect upon the
throat of Tubbs. Tubbs is a highly
respected citizen and a lynching was
averted only by the vigilance of some
of the citizens who guarded the ne
until the arrival of the sheriff
from Oxford. Everything is quiet
now, but Tubbs is in a serious condi
tion.
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Bureau of Statistics.
State Senator W. B. Walker of
Monroe county will introduce in the
legislature at the January session a
bill providing for the establishment
of a bureau of vital statistics. There!
is hardly any doubt that a measure
of this kind will be enacted by the
body, as public sentiment seems to
be strongly in favor of it as the best
means of promoting publicity of the
State's resources.
Heavy Cotton Receipts.
For tiie months of September
and October the town of Newton lias
received over 1,000 bales of cotton
more ilmn it did for the same two
months last year. During Septem
ber and October last year 3,612 bales
were marketed there, while for the
same period this year the town lias
bought. 4,667 bales. The yield in
Newton county will no doubt be
better than last year.
Fancy Price for Cotton.
A fancy price was paid at Green
wood last week for 308 bales of Ben
der cotton, this amount being pur
chased at 12 cents per pound, the
transaction amounting to over $19,
000. 'This section of the State pro
duces tiie finest cotton to be found in
any part of the cotton growing belt.
To Improve Pascagoula Harbor.
The Mississippi members of con
gress will make a strong fight at tiie
coming session to secure an addi
tional appropriation for tiie im
provement of the harbor at I'asca
goula. Chief Engineer Gillespie of I
tiie government engineering force
has recommended an appropriation
of $225,000 for this purpose, and an
item for this amount will be offered
in tiie rivers and harbors bill, and
an esort made to secure tiie full
amount.
Yazoo City Cotton Statement.
Cotton receipts for Yazoo City for
the week ending October 31, were
4,056 bales, against 3,306 last year;
shipments, 3,135, against 1,759;
stock in warehouses, 10,880, against
9,534. Receipts since September 1,
21,164, against 16,377; shipments,
10,411, against 7,182. The fine
weather prevailing for picking con
tinues, and cotton is being gathered
ns fast as possible. The grades are
running cleaner than usual.
Makee Important Recommendations.
State Superintendent of Educa
tion Whitfield hag commenced work
on the narrative feature of his bien
nial report to the legislature, which
will be one of the most important
documents of this kind submitted
lo the lawmakers. Superintendent
Whitfield will make a strong recom
mendation for the establishment of
a State normal school, to be con
ducted under the supervision of the
department of education, and in
urging this action he will have the
unanimous support of the school
teachers of the .State. The superin
tendent will also suggest the estab
lishment of a rural high school sys
tem, better salaried for county su
perintendents, and the placing of
new subjects in the common school
curriculum, including the elements
of agriculture, vocal music and
drawing.
Many New Banks.
Within the past month six new
banking institutions have been
launched in Mississippi, and the
next report of the auditor's office on
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| Banking institutions will show a
increase in the amount of cap
inv ested in this branch of fi
nance * !j ar j v t° ®PPty f° r
a ''barter is domiciled at Carthage,
to he known as the Leake County
Bank, with a capital stock of $30,
000 .
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Lumber Industry Booming.
With the completion of the branch
line of the Gulf & Ship Island from
Mendenhall to Columbia, a distance
of sixty miles, saw mills and lumber
manufacturing enterprises having
an aggregate capital of over $2,000,
000 will spring into existence. Al
ready saw' mills are being started
along the line of the road and will be
j n readiness for operation before
trains commence running.
Claiborne county has the honor of
claiming the only Chinese farmer in
Mississippi. IIis name is Quong
Thomas, and the almond-eyed Celes
tial runs a farm of 100 acres near
Port Gibson, where he cultivates a
fine variety of cotton, all of which is
shipped to the Orient. Thomas has
been quite successful, and within the
past few' years has accumulated a
snug amount in the savings bank.
A Chinese Farmer.
Piney Woods Development.
The development of the piney
woods section of the State seems to
be in its infancy, judging from the
large number of new lumber manu
facturing enterprises that, are being
chartered each week. The latest
charter of this kind to reach the gov
ernor's office is that of Collins &
Co., who will establish a $ 100.000
plant in Marion county near Oloh.
A Peculiar Accident.
Jean Petit, a native of France,
and a well known resident of Scran
ton, was fatally injured last week at
the Farnsworth Lumber Company's
saw mill. He was working at the
rdger when a sliver of a plank was
torn off and buried iu his side near
the abdomen.
Fund for Superannuated Preachers.
Rev. A. F. Watkins, of Jackson,
agent for the fund of $5,000,000
which is being raised for superan
nuated preachers by the Southern
Methodists, says that he is meeting
with much success in getting to
gether this large fund. Since his
appointment he has attended several
hundred conferences all over the
South.
An organized gang of thieves,
composed ot' white boys, last week
broke into two stores in the western
White Boy Robbers.
part of Meridian and succeeded in
getting away with considerable
booty. The police believe all of the
members of the gang belong to re
spectable families of that section of
the city. A number of arrests are
expected to follow.
of Mississippi is enjoying a season
of remarkable activity. Never be
fore has there been such an influx
of capitalists and realty agents seek
iug to purchase rich cotton farming
lands and uncleared tracts which
can be easily converted into produc
tive farms. Bona fide homeseekers
are pouring in from all sections,
and the next year will show a large
increase in the acreage under culti
vation.
Decapitated by a Switch Train.
A shocking accident occurred in
tiie Mobile & Ohio yards in Meridian
last week, when a man named Lewis
Dossett, about 50 years of age, was
run over and instantly killed by a
train drawn by a switcli engine.
Dossett's bead and shoulders were
completely severed from the rest of
the body.
Sent Up for Kidnaping.
Traveling Sergt. Dodds of the
penitentiary brought in from Jack
son county last week three prison
ers for the penitentiary who were re
cently given prison sentences. One
of tiie number was convicted of kid
naping, and is the first criminal of
this class to be placed in the peni
tentiary in some time.
Delta Real Estate Active.
The real estate market in the delta
Delta Development.
At present only about 50 per cent,
of the delta is tillable land, but the
next two or three years will show
valuable farms and plantations
where dense forests and canebrakes
in which deer and bears now abound
in existence. The country is being
converted into a beehive of industry,
and it is doubtful if there is anuthef
section which offers so many indue©,
ments to homeseekers of the sturdy
sort.
GOODS RECEIVED SAME DAY AS; ORDERED FROM
Leon Hesdorffer
LIQUOR DEALER
Canton, Mississippi j*j*j*j*j*J*
Fine Imported and DomesticWines, Liquors
Gins, Brandies, Etc,, of all Prices "Qualities
Hesdorffer's Private Stock per quart $1.00
Hesdorffer's Pure Rye
Kentucky 'Belle Bourbon
Old Glory Rye
Gill Edge Straight iWhltkey per gallon $2.00
The Famous 'Red Top Rye per quart $1.25
Pete Cooper Rye reduced price per quart $1.50
Murry Hit, Club recuced price
Old Mcnooole Rye
Old Silas SMoore
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$1.00
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Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded on Any of These Brands.
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Fire and Cyclone Insurance
MISS.
LEXINGTON,
An Ideal Shopping Place
is found here. Ladies' will appreci
ate that on their first visit to the
store. The stock of goods c; rried is
particularly well assorted and being
selected with care the design, work
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IT a very pleasing line of little novelties
in Gold, Silver and other metals
They are not expensive, but add
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Fine line of Staple and Fancy
Groceries, and a full assortment of
Ladies' and Gent's Furnishings Goods.
Country Produce bought and sold.
In new' building south of iron bridge.
Hayes,
Beechwood Emulso=Hypo
WITH IRON.
Makes Fat. Strength, Blood Bone and Muscle
If you are tired, broken down, despondent, worn out, pale, losing
flesh, have no energy, do not feel like arising in the morning for
the days work, you need a bottle of this wonderful madicine.
Five Hundred bottles of this Emulso-Hypo has been sold in one
County in Tennessee ih the last two years. Physicians prescribe
it. druggists sell it! People praise it, and we guarentee it.
One bottle sold, sells a dozen. If you buy a bottle and take it
according to directions, and it fails to do you any good the druggist
is authorized to refund you your money, one dollar, and charge
that dollar to us. We have never had a bottle returned.
Read what the editor of the Southerner, Okolona, Miss., says:
Shoffner-Hayes Medicine Co.. Paducah, Ky. In 1901 my
mother ocmmenced taking Hayes Beechwood Emulso-Hypo with
Iron when said her lungs were so badly involved that she would
not likely be alive but a few weeks. It improved her so rapidly
that she wae soon in good health for one ot her years. I wish you
the success you deserve with your Beechwood Emuleo,
Yours truly, Aaron G. Davis.
Shoffner-Hayes Medicine Co.,
PADUCAH, KY.
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Surgical and Mecanioal
\ DENTISTS.
Rooms 2nd floor Masonic Building.
Every operation pertaining to Deniertry.
carefully and sillfully treated. Teeth er
rracted wit bout pain. Gums heal rapidly.
Day Phone 86. Night Phone 84.
G. C. Phu.lips M. D„ R. H. Baker Jr. M. D.
PHILLIPS 4 BAKER,
PHYS1CANS AND SURGKONS,
Offiice In room recently occupied by Tack
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Phone 78. Dr. Baker Phone 22.
P. D. HOLCOMBE
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Up stairs In McCain Building -Teeth
Extracted with little pain.
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Office Hank of Holmes County up-slalrs.
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Attorneys at Law
cF: J-Mht full rf roc ms in the new
McCain building,
Lexington, Miss.
W. L. DYER
Attorney at Law
Office first door below Bank of Holmea
County
Miss.
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NOEL, PEPPER & ELMORE,
At tutng) a at Law
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Lexington, Miss.
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rffloe upstairs in Masonic Bulldintr.
Oulephoues at both residences. King
Lexington, Miss.
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