Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-04
GREENSBORO.
Meeting of the Ladies' Missionary Soci. efy-Alabama MeshcdiJt Confere1ea-
 Assignee Sale-Tnleresting Case. [

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 Greensboro, May 2.-(Spaclal Corre- spondence,)-Thi5s section has been Sisi.ei
 by fine rains, which have been of great
 benefit 10 the gardens and field crops
 Crops of all kinds are urasually back
 ward and the stands of planting oi tine
 early cotton are rot good. Hhe dlewbsrry | ord blackberry crops are fine and in few days the dewberry brigade will be , out in full force, and our market will be gluuted with the delicious berry. Why cannd. canning factories for this erop i be established all over our country, which 1 is now almoet entirely neglected? , The Ladies Missionary society of the 1 Alabama Mdlhod'st conference met here | on last Friday, With a fai. atte.aGance,
 and the occasion was ons of pleasure and I fpt crest. to all parties concerned. nnfs 1 soc.ety has raised within the last twelve
 nlonts ever $3000 for '.ile support oI m4s- l ssio..S. Ut las lady miS'sfSnarlSs in On ma, l Brazil, Mexico ard other portions or the 1 world, who are doing a vast amoutIt- Of l good in enllehtelaing l.lGs hsathen and l bringing them to a knowledge of the ] Christian religion. It has several publl- | csbions under the supervision of lady ed- itcrs appointed by the socidty, and at the 1 election of edD.crs during ths present session Mrs w. w. Powers, of Greens 1 Dcro, was chosen oeqs If the number from ] this Git,a.lct. Mrs. Poa%eTS Is lady of l culture and fine literary attainmenlts, and will reflect credit upon the position l for which she has been chosen. The fol- I lc,Wing ladies are officers of the Socle-y, { viz: Mrs. F. c. Dowdell, of Auburn, 1 prs=ld'ept; Mrs. N. T. Lapton, of Auburn, l Vtee-ppesident; Mrs. J. w. Bush, corre- | spctd1ng secrtItary; Mrs. J. w Williams, I ltssording secretary; Mrs. w. T. Ken l dltck, of Montgomery, breasurer. Uhe homes of our citizens were thrown open 1 for the reception of the delegates, who l were eiatelI aimed with that warm and | genial hospitality far which Gre: nsooro l is rloted the world over.
 Mem'cGGal Day was duly celebrated by our clizefps, who suspended all business land turned out en mas'so to do honor to the memory of our confederate dead and to scatter flowers over their graves. Car's. Knight, confederate veteran who did Valiag.1 service for 'slae lost cause" ard ! distinguished timssif on many hard fought balttlafields, introduced with ap propIlate remarks $. w. Chadwicke he orator for the occasion. 1n the selection of MT. Ch2dwiclle as o;n tor there was "ap .oCernal fitness" which struck sym pa thotic chord in the hearts Of his hear CTS and saj isfied every one thalt the la dies of thl9 Memorial association had chosen the right man. He was cle of the first to y!olurseer in the defense of his country, and served to the closs of the war. He knew from experience the cour- age, "a! r.oltlsm and devotion which aoitu- a ted .thci2a who had given their lives to. their country in that fou~ years struggle, and could speak with feeling of the trials ard hard hips they were called upon to
 suffer, which he did in probably lhe most appropriate address ever delivered on an occasio.e of the kind. Although he was only given two or three days notice of his selection, he acqui ted himself hand
 somely and won the plaudits of admir- ing friends
 On last Friday the stock of goods, which wns owned by Beck & Geisler, was cer, and bought by Pollock, of Mobile, who was one of the creditors of the firm. MT. Will Geilsiir is now in charge and will cor.iucJ the business, preguma- bly,, for Pollock, the purchassr
 An Interesting case, involving some nice points of law, came before Judge Christian under a writ Of habeas corpus, oil last Saturdhy. Henry Wilson. a ne- gro, was conv1cI ed at the last term of the circuit court and sertenced to the peni- tentiary on the 18th eff April. On the 22d
 of April the agent of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company with an or der for this prisoner and two others sen- tencsd at the same time, signedl by the pa'esrceint of the board of convict inspect org, with instructions if any one of the prisoners should have to be sent to ihe
 walls, the agent should leave him at the
 Jam in Selma. Henry Wilson was suffer
 ing from asthma, and was therefore con-
 sldlered by the agenk as a fit subject for
 lhe walls. But instead of carrying him
 to Selma he took the other two to Pratt
 mines and left Wilson in the jail in
 Greensboro. After being in jail fcflrteera
 days the convict sued out a wrl of
 habeas corpus before the probate judge.
 through his attorney, Ed. w DeGra fen
 ried, Esq for his discharge upon the ground of unlawful deter, ion in iail. On
 the day after the hhbeas corpus proce ed- lngs Wei7e commenced. but before the case
 was tried, the agent of the state appeared | With an crder from the president of .he bcard for the prisoner 10 be carried to the walls, or Sptegner. Upon the hear iiis of the case Judge Christian refused
 te discharge the prisoner, who on Sum- day was taken 10 the place designa.ed by the president of the convict board. MT DeGrafferwied has appealed the case tor ts1e supreme court, who will be called lIrou h1 decide whathsr fourteen days deter ion in jail after sentence is passed cO1stFtutes an unreasonable delay. and entities the prisoner ito hfs discharge. | The, count, has decided that six days was net an unreasonable delay in carrying the prisonerfr from T'he Jail to he penitertiarv CT haitd labor but that thirty days was. and entitled the prisonerspo his discharge. Now wtat the judges will decide about fourteen days Is an inI eresting question. -