The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-11-20

eallant. Ut. Mnlteneau surreLs
dered himself to the authorities at
Greenwood. the cause was inves-
tigated, aud it was decided to be a
ease of justifiable homicide, and
he was discharged. - Lexington
Bullstin.
In reference to doubts of the
Mason cotton picker expressed by
the TIMES, the WoodvilIe Repub-
lican says:
We would suggest that the main
difficulties seem to have been
overcome in gathering the staple
and passing over the plant without
injury to leaves or bolls. If this
can be done successfully with
small and medium sized plants, il
would appear to be mere matter
of detail to build a machine which
would deal with larger plants. OF
course the rows would require to
be widened so that the picker
could be operated without break.
Ing the limbs which overlap in
heavy cotton. Enough has been
accomplished by the picker, as
the report shows, to warrant the
hope that it will prove a complete
success. ---' -
Col. w. ID. Crane, reached tue
city on yesterday, in the interest
of the extension of the Nstchez,
Jackson and Columbus railroad to
this city. Gen. Will I. Martin,
President Of the road, is expected
to reach the city tomorrow. This
road is one Of the very greatest
Importance to the future OF our
city and county, and wetrust that
every aid and encouragement that
our people can give, will be cor.
daily and heartily extended. We
feel sure that our business men Of
capital will not hesitate to coop
crate with these gentlemen in
pushing the enterprise to sue.
cesoful and early completion
Columbus Dispatch. iufA
OFFICE OF w. L. RAY, l
Valley Hill, Miss, Nov. ~, 'SG. !
Maj. FRANK HAWKINS:
Dear Sir-Your favor of the 7tll
inst. to hand. Replying to same,
would say that the one acre OF
corn planted in front of my store
house was l45 I8 bushels. The
above acre was measured by
chain aud compass, and the corn
made thereon, accurately weighed
from all average barrel, dividing
total weight by fiftysix pounds,
giving above result. We chal.
lenge the State for greater Yield
Mr.. Geo. Roberts, the bearer OF
this and formerly from Tennessee,
was the producer, and is entitled
TO the credit of the above.
pa Yours truly,
'n' w. L. RAY.
Lexington Bulletin.
BY a letter received from Mr..
John Ramey we learn the follow.
ing particulars OF q shooting ARRAY
at Tchula on the 9th inst: vautry
McBee, marshal, attacked a negro
aud severely wounded him; later
in the day he attacked another,
and still another, when he got on
his horse and fed. He rode his
horse so. fast that the horse fell
and broke his neck. He was then
compelled to return to Tcbula,
some two miles, when he began to
drink, drawing his pistol and
flourlshing 1t about. He then
started back of Kellogg's saloon
aud shot a negro through the
head over the right eye, the negro
dying soon afterwards. McBee,
accompanied by his brother, fled
to the cane brskes, declaring he
would not be taken alive. The
sheriff of Holmes county and four
men are in pursuit, but McBee
has not been arrested, and it is
thought, is making bis way across
the Mississippi. Yazoo Sentinel.
Deputy Will McCutchen passed
through here Tuesday night with
one Louis Fields (coloredl, who is
charged with burning Mr.. Wal
lace's gin, IN the lower part of this
county. He had carried him from
the Jail to appear as a witness
against w. II. Grayitt, who had
been in some way implicated in
the matter. Mr.. Grsvitt demanded
an investigation, and was tried be-
fore Justice P. s. Long, aud wps
honorably discharged as all bis
friends knew he would be. A
crowd of men not we'll known to
Louis took him out and we're pre-
pairing to lynch him. and caused
him to make statements that he
now says were false-that he made
them in order to escape with his
| life. These statements to the