The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-07-12


He took them out in the neighborhood
Of Gainesville, Texas, where he was to
sell them to cattle men who would raise
and !atten them for market. 1t seems
that during the drought in that section
the farmers sold all their cattle for
whatever they could get for them, Now
they nave line pastures aud want to
go in the business again One firm in
hnScius&O sold the dealer in question
cattle to the amount of $3.50. Who
would have thought that the great beef
raising State of Texas would buy cat
tie from Mississippi?
In our last ad contest the Judge de-
cided in'favor of the al of the w. B.
Potts Co., and We find that Joe Thomp-
son, Willie Graves, and Sy dnie Will
liams were the lucky guesaers. O. f.
Smythe received thirty votes and, as
this was ahead of any other, he will re-
ceive the stationery. This closes for
the present contest that seems to
have afforded our readers much enter
tainmeht.
The total number of voters now on
the registration books is 2770 whites
anG 37S negroes, ora total of 3.4S. If
from these we deduct the 273 voters
who have died or been transferred, the
net registration is 1915. It is safe to
say, however, that when the election
commissioners take up the list in Octo.
Der the number will be still further re-
duced.
Rattan Jennings, young negro
about town, was lodged in jail recently
for exhibiting deadly weapon. Hen
ry Ford alias Atwood, wanted in this
county for burglary and larceny COM
mitted in the Newland STICKY neigh
borhood about two months ago, was
captured in Carroll county and lodged
in the Kosciusko Jail this week
Miss Lula Edmunds spent few days
in Kosciusko recently, leaving here
Monday to spend q day in West and
thence going on a visit to her fathers
| family at Gloster. Miss Lula occupies
responsible government position at
! Washington and is absent on vacation.
Her many friends mere were glad to see
her.
The Be ard of Directors of the Won.
ans Commission, Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition, have appointed
Miss Loula Armistead County Presi-
dent for Attala county. The ladies
are trying to organize the counties and
even al this late day, make an exhibit
at the great Exposition in Atlanta.
As will be seen by a call elsewhere
the Democratic Executive Committee
Of the county is called to meet in Kos
cinsko next Monday to consider mat
ters relating to tne late Democratic pri-
mary. A full attendance is requested.
Hon. S l. Dodd is taking in the We
tering places Of the north on his Gus
tomary summer vacation.
Mr.. r J Toler and family and Mr..
Ben Toer, of Louisiana, reach
ed town this (Thursday) morning
to spend month or six weeks visiting
relatives in the county.
That cotton is not the only money
crop of this county i, shown Ivy the
way the cattle industry has grown in
the last twelve months. Cattle have
brought our people thousands of dollars
The Rcsebnds now have tlourishine
literary society. They are to discuss
George Elliott at their meeting Friday
night.
There are eleven prisoners in the
county Jail, most of them under SEN
tence and cannot be hired ont. They
arc dead expense to the county.
Mr.. w. c. OIeary, Of Meridian, wa.
in town this week to see his brother
Mr.. J. B. O'Leary,
Mr.. ]. III. Wheat lca.cs this week fo
visit to Tuscaloosa county, Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pelham Mills and Mis-,
Mary Mills attended the Brown-Chap
man marriage in Sails Wednesday.
Hon. John A. Davis attended TIT
Brown-Chapnan marriage at Sails.
Mira. Stiugley went to McCool to Sc,
sick nephew thi week.