The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-12-18

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pistol and secured him aud took
him to the wJrkhouse.
avalanche Canton COr.l
The Illinois Central Railroad is
constructing near its freight depot
at this place an immense ioehouse.
with o capacity Of 100 carloads oil
ice. The object Of this is to furn. /
lsh material for the refrigerator. |
fruit and vegetable ears that carry |
large shipments of these products
every spring and summer from
this county. In this connection /
will mention that the failure of
the cotton crop this year has in.
spired many to abandon cotton
cultivation and TO go INTO the fruit
and truck farming business for
next and future years, Extensive
orchards of peach, pear and apple
trees are being planted and more
than 100 acres south of Canton
have been set in strawberries
during the past few weeks, and
much ground is being prepared
for vegetable planting. The live
stock industry is growing and a
creamery is now in course Of con.
struction In this county some fif.
teen miles south of this on the
Illinois Central Railroad. h. IL.
Bennett, from the northern por.
tion of this county, arrived here
yesterday with a fine flock Of
sheep, ll5 head, which he loaded
on the ears and carried to the
New Orleans market.
Especial TO Commercial Herald.l
Jackson, MISS, Dec. liza par.
don was to- day granted by Gov
Lowry in the case of w. y. Gage,
for the killing of w. Il. Jones in
Wilkinson county for insulting
and slandering a female member
of his Cages family. This case
was tried in October last. The
character and general reputation
of Mr.. Gage as q gentleman, sol
dier, peaceable and law.abiding
citizen as established and detailed
by the evidence of General Bran.
don, Hon. ii. s. Van Eaton, DR..
George II Poets and many others
of like high standing, by some run
nlng from his childhood, TO tho
time of the homicide is q most en-
viable one and exceptionally pure.
There was no donial of the killing,
II being done in broad daylight In
the presence of q number Of clti-
zens. The defense offered in evil
dence on the trial declaration of
an infamous character made by
the deceased as TO his intentions
and as TO what he had accomplish
ed; all of which had been commu.
nlcated to the defendant prior to
the killing, but the court held tho
same to be inadmissablc, and ex.
cluded 1t from the jury. The tos
timony being confined to tho mere
facts attendant on the killing, the
trial resulted In q verdict of guilty
and imprisonment for life. The
truth Of what was proposed to be
proven on tho trial was sworn to
by the various witnesses and filed
with other papers in tho Cover
nor's Office. Your correspondent
looked over the aflldayits and GER.
tilcates and the recommendations
praying for the pardon, and does
not hesitate to say that they were
overwhelming. Tho petition for
pardon embraces jurors, county
officials and over one thousand of
the leading and substantial citizons
of Wilkinson county, together
with the district attorney, who
prosecuted the case, every State
officer, several members of Con.
gress and a great number of prom
inent citizens Of various positions
of the State, embracing every vo
cation Of life, farmers, mechanics,
lawyers, journalists, judges, dis.
trict attorneys and merchants.
The counties of Adams, Claiborne,
Jefferson, Pike, Lincoln and Ran.
kin have, through many of their
representative men, heartily joined
in the application for pardon.
Gov. Lowry gave the matter a
most thorough, searching aud
thoughtful investigation and his
conclusion is warmly endorsed.
Had he have decided otherwise
he would have gone counter to an
almost universal public sentiment.
The railroad commission to-day
promulgated a circular inviting in
formation from citizens in writing
Of all instances wherein the sew
eral railroad companies iu this
State disregard the law which re.