Show OOL COL GORDONS SUCCESSOR leroy percy who recently was elected united states senator to fill tho the term of the late A J mclaurin is a lawyer and planter tho the son eon of col A W percy who won his military title in the confederate army and also was a lawyer and planter the family one of the oldest in mississippi has its h home hame ame in the rich yazoo delta 1 country senator percy lives at greenville town of some population which is situated on the river and la is the county seat of washington county the real test of popular opinion on tho the sen sena tor iship question will como come in mississippi next year with tue too holding of the democratic primary at which the oters will determine gercys successor bercyn election came after a long fight in the legislature ile he was nominated on the fifty eighth ballot of the de democratic caucus nomination being equivalent to election by a majority of 0 five votes over former gov vardaman that picturesque tur esque character has announced his intention of being a candidate at the will poll large larga vote it Is coming primary and he bo undoubted a presumed that mr percy intends to make the primary race also for uie the term tor for which he has just been elected will expire march 3 1913 born bom during tho the civil war senator percy to Is considered a representative he showed himself a good poll of both the old and new spirit in in the fight for the and was tho the only candidate to develop strength steadily as aa the contest progressed ilia his wife Is a louisiana creole one of his brothers is isa a prominent lawyer of 0 memphis another brother of birmingham ALL al business men to la ono of the wealthiest |