The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-03-08
MISSISSIPPI aa
! NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
cogornor Inngino sprung II SUR
an the Legislature Tuesday
oraing when he approved the
i urinary election bill. His
..apc to the Legislature the
M before. was acted on uufa-
,sbly aud there was nothing
Y, q do but to veto or approve
h;II and trust to the courts To
whether It is legal Or not. sis'
The senate passed the house re;
Iation expressing sympathy for
R0ers. .gll. 1apud
Ihc bin appropria,ing 100000
= tie completion and furnishing
M new capitel was amended
as TO strike out scvonty-fvcI
o,rsand for furnishing. 81
The house defeated the resolu-d
Il 4, pay the city Of Greenyille
! expenses incurred in entertain-
: the National Guard encamp-
,snt. which was never held.
The senate anti-truSt bill was
sscd by the house unanimously
The Colo insurance commits /
oner, was passed hyfthe house.
Tho feature of the day wns the |
I Nloption Of the McAllister reso-
lion suggesting the alignment Of
Bouthern and Eastern Democracy
unanimous vote and with great
nthusiasm.
All suggestions Of opposition
ere hooted down and the resolu-
8 on went through with thunder /
applause.
y Mi. Owen offered to give q
parting shot for Mr.. Bryan" but
as yelled down and not permit
8 ID to speak.
q Bendlam broke loose and there
as widest excitement and APP
aIause for German, letter FROM
Il hom to Mr.. McAlister the au-
4 or of the resolution was read.
81 0alo
II Attorney General McClurg an-
ounces the appointment of w.
Easterling of jackson, to the
Susition of assistant attorney ge-
5pral, created at this session of
be Legislature.
. Mr.. Eastcrling is q young iawy-1
of ability, at present member
II the law firm of Watkins & Eas-
Erling, and the selection will bel
|enerally commended by the bar, \
Ee is a young man of perhaps
years of age. lie was
form in Rankin county and receive
II his collegiate education at
CIinton College, graduating from 4
here in 1892. lie went to Texas |
hd was admitted to the bar fort
kgerai years in Waco. f.i,oit six
ears ago he returned to Missis- !.
Bppi and located in Jackson.
bic appointment is made by the
lttorncy general with the appro- ,
|al Of the chief justice of the SUI I
preme Court. se sa
Quite a number Of new manu-
|acturing enterprises have been
|nunched in various parts ef Mis-
'issippi during the past thirty
Bays. The most notable enter \
brises Of the past week were q sy-
|up factory at Lexington and an
Bill mill aud fertilizer plant at
Brookhavcn, The Lexington conf
BERN is SAID to be the first of the
kind established in the State, and
lho promoters promise to furnish |
farmers with sorghum seed free OF
charge providing they will pro-
mise to plant certain acreage in
cane. ~ /, stci
A curious story comes from
Zones county of a fight between
two negroes in a lumber camp, I
and which caused the unwarrant-
ed charge Of murder to be pre-
ferred against one of the partici-
pants. Murphy and Ed Reed be-
came involved IN Il quarrel, stre-.
nuous language passed, and both
negroes seized axes and started /
each other. Spectators saw Reed
fall to the ground as Murphy
threw his axe, and the conclusion
was at once jumped at that. Che
blow from the axe had caused
death. Murphy was hurried off
70 jail on the charge of murder, |
but reputable physicians testified |
At the preliminary trial that the
axe had not struck Reed, but that
ne died from apoplexy produced
"Vuotiess Dy Iflgnb OfeAclJeAieht''
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From N. o. Picayune.
The name most conspicuously |
mentioned for congress in the new
sixth district is that Of Hon. Z. j. |
Bowers, of Hancock, Mr.. Bow
ers has been a busy member of the |
legislature, being punctual at roll.
call yigilant, able and influential |
lie has not as yet so far as is
known here, stated whether or
not he intends to allow thc use of
llls pane in this connection, but
hIs friends throughout the body
q the district are treating his cam
tlldacy as certainty; in fact, word