The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-07-06
OVER THE STATE.

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and all Of its properties has been made
to the Louisville, New Orleans and
Texss Railroad.
The town of Ellisyille is without
rudder The board of mayor and al
dermen recently met and resigned
without giving any reasons for such
action.-Hattiesburg Democrat.
Everything pointed to this as being
the most brilliant commencement we
ever had, and the outcome signalizes it
as a triumph pre- eminent in the history
of the A. 4 NJ. College. In spite of
opposition and error the agricultural
school of Mississippi stands before the
people to-day one of the grandest
monuments the government of this
country has erected and sustained
East Mississippi Times.
We regret to state that Mr.. Eddie
Moyse, one of SUBMITS most enter
prisiug, energetic and liberal minded
young business men, left his home here
where he was born and raised, and
where he has made himself universally
popular, last Wednesday eve. lie will
locate at Greenville, where he will go
in business with the Delta Liquor and
Tobacco Co., prominent wholesale
stock company of that thriving city
Summit Sentinel.
The Dispatch has private informa-
ton believed to be reliable that MIR. e.
w. Sleeper. who was for time Super
intendent of the Tombigbee Cotton
Mills aud is now North, has succeeded
by presenting advantages of Columbus
in inducing some northern capitalists
to erect another factory. II is likely that
two well-known aud public-spirited
gentlemen of Columbus win also take
stock in the enterprise ise-Columbus
Dispatch. r4W
Mr.. Marshall J. Welborn resigned
his position as Secretary of the Missis-
sippi Home Insurance Company to
accept tho management of similar
organization in Greenville, Miss. AT
the solicitation of a number Of Green
vile capitalists he win organize local
insurance company, the capital OF
which has been fixed at 100000,
which has been all subscribed, and the
parties are ready to pay 1t up at a
moments notice. The stock was SO
readily taken that the projectors think
of increasing it to $l5O,OOO. A similar
organization was undertaken there
about year ago by Major 7. NJ
Doherty, and $4,000 was subscribed
bu, for some reason or other the pro
icct was for tho time being abandoned
Il is the same capitalists that have in
vlted Mr.. Wclborn to organize and
assume the business Management OF thu
new company.-Commercial Herald.
The many friends Of Rev. I. w. Dye
will be grieved to learn that on Tues
day last his little son Blanton, agc'
ten years, was killed in Oxford by tn
accidental discharge ofa target-rifie II
the hands of a young playmate, Victo
Alexander, aged twelve years. In
d little fellows were in Rogers large
d gallery playing with the fire arms
d. when the boy Victor Alexander in ie
d norance of the fact that the rifle wa
loaded, pointed it toward Blanton Dy
and dischargeding It, hurl bullet int
the little fellows brain. lie died q
most Immediately and his unhapp'
. SLAYER became frantic with grief an
horror. The shooting was purely acc
dental. and the boys were bosor
- friends. The loss to Mr.. and MI
Dye is peculiarly distressing, as the
7 have now lost by violent deaths, wv
y of their young sons, one being kllie
some year or two ago BY the falling
= house. The sympathy Of the who
community is with the bereaved pa
ents. and many friends in our Gil
IS. will be profoundly moved with regrf
Grenada Sentinel.
Especial to Times -Democrat.l
r vicksburg, June 3O.-At its meeiil
Yesterday the County Democratic u
o. ecutive Committee agreed upon Au
26 as the day for holding a conventl'
nm to nominate county officials and re
resentatives in the Legislature. wa
and district meetings were called
Friday and Saturday preceding .
convention respectively. Quite Sc
S sation was made by motion that
candidates for sheriff who were al
members of the committee be remove
is The motion met with great applau'
although not seconded, and was +
'n' lowed by tho resignation of four ca
didates. There was all animated fig
over the proposition that district a
!, ward chairmen should fill vacancies
the committee, which was carried.