The Brookhaven leader., 1886-01-28
Lawrence County Circuit Court
and Other Matters.

county and adding the names oi
>urh others to his subscription list
as were DESTROYS OF reading one 81
the h,sJ home papers in South Mis-
>issippi. We will hTc say that IN
both respects his expectations were
happily realized and he felt amply
repaid lor his long ride To and fro
over a muddy road.
Judge Mayors wcs promptly on
time. but owing To the exceedingly
Indictment weather. Court was not
Gale Monday until late hour.
An interesting little episode occur
red just as the grand jury was about
to be lmpanelcd Capt. II. |. Bird,
one Of the members. and one of the
best known and most highly hon
orcd of Lawrence county's citizens,
arose and announced 10 the Court
that he had heard it rumored siucc
reaching Monticello, That this par.
ticular grand jury hail been selected
hv the old Board OF Supervisors for
specific purpose. He could not
vouch for the correctness of the ru,
NOR, but he didn't care to bear any
Of the responsibility for the acts OF
a body over which such n suspicion
rested. and il the Court pleased, lie
would like to be excused from serv-
ing. Mr.. +. O. Cowart, another
slaunch citizen of the county, mex,
arose and said that after What Capt.
Bird had stated, he too. would like
to be excused from service on the
JuIv. Mr.. Ed. Carlisle didn't know
whether there was any foundation
tlr the Iumor or not, but, as far as
he was concerned, lie wanted it un
stood that if he had been selected
for a corrupt purpose, the Board
had walked up the wrong passenger.
Judge Mayors replied that he had
never had such an issue presented
to him before, and unless the rumor
were shown to he well grounded, he
did not feel at liberty TO discharge
the jury or excuse any OF It's mem.
bcrs. Specific inquiry as to whether
any of the jury had been interview
ed as to their opinions on any given
case failed to elicit any further sus-
picion, and the entire panel was
then sworn in with Capt. Bird as
Foreman, and Mr. L p. Jones as
Bailih. The incident caused some
what OF sensation and drew forth
good deal of comment. and is like
~ to serve as warning in the
selection Of juries in the future.
Judge Mayors charge was elabo,
rate and interesting, and portion
of it bore strong and convincing tes-
timony as TO the good effects Of Pro
hibition in decreasing crime and
disorder in all of the counties in his
district where it has been tried. He
declared that it has completely
transformed WestvlIlc.
The State cases on the docket
, seemed nearly all of trivial nature,
such as carrying concealed weapons
and like minor offences, and these
the Court and District Attorney Hud-
dlCston-one of The best prosecutors
in the State-made quick work Of
Nobody was sent up to represent the
comfy in the Ptnitenliary. The
! grand jury returned II true bills.
The rracticing attorneys in at
tendance upon the Court were a;
follows Messr-. A. III. LONGING
and f. A. Wcathersby, Of Monti
cello; f. III. Thompson, }. F. Scs
sions, Chas. Chrisman and A. c
McNair, of Brookhaven; J. s. Sex
ton. of HazlrhurSt, and -- Wat
kins, of Columbia.
! Lawrence is out of debt, with ;
plenty of money in her treasury an(
her warrants as good as gold, anC
Sheriff Lee and the other newly
elected officials have all entered up
on their duties in business-likt
way.
! There is good deal of complaint
and discomfort among the farmers
on account of the low price OF cot
/ ton, but in most sections of the
county the corn, oat, potato anC
cane crops were good, and the CLOUD
incident To the general "hard times
Is not altogether without its silver
lining. The oldest inhabitants, in
Guiding Squire E. Daughtry, now
in his Slst year, are agreed that
there never has been anything equal
to the late cold snap.
The town OF Monticello shows but
little sign OF inn provement since our