Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-31

tioh OF the liquidating board.
The case 10 that Of Amos Woodruff
against the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company, the Delta & Pine
Land Company, the Delta Development
Company and ~ T. Burrows, and the
suit Is brought to subject certain lands
OF these parties to the payment of
100000 of leyee taxes levied 20 Sc.
cure the payment of certain bonds now
IN the hands of Woodruff Woodruff
originally sued for $75O,OO0, but The
court held that part of the bonds ware
barred by the statute of limitations,
and this second suit is brought to re-
cover for that portion of the bon Is
not so barred. There are several ques-
tlons involved, all of them arising out
df the complicated leyee legislation
and the sales for leyee taxes.
The defendants all hold title to the
lands under the old liquidating evee
commissioners, Hemingway & Gibbs,
who sold the lands under a certain
decree putting the affairs of Leyee
Board No. into liquidation and un.
der certain other acts perfscting these
titles passed in 1884 and 1888. BY the
terms of the latter acts the holders
Of the lands were to be given perfect
titles in consideration of paying all
the taxes on the lands-that is to say,
all the legally collecible taxes The
taxes of the No. l leYee board, levied
to secure the bonds held by Woodruff,
have never been paid, and woodruff
seeks to compel their payment under
the acts OF 1884 and 1883 by a bill
praying the court to subject the lands
in controversy to the payment OF
same. or course, the defendants deny
that the taxes are legal charge on
the lands, and rely also upon the
strength of their titles under tax
sales,
The decision of the Supreme Court
in the former Woodruff case, in which
the court holds that part Of the Wood,
ruff bonds are barred by the statute
of limitation, has been taken up to
the United States Supreme Court and
is there pending.
The taxpayers held their commercial
convention in YiCksburg last Wednes-
day, with about 200 delegates present.
The delta representation was especial
ly strong, though twenty-siy counties
We're represented. Col, W. H, Stoyall
was made chairman and Thomas Dick
son secretary. At the close of their
important deliberations on the famous
back tax question a progressive league
was organized and oficered as fol.
lows: President, w, H. Stoyall, Goa
homa; vice-presidents, Edwin McMor.
ris of Meridian, W, f. Parsons of
Brookhaven, N. Goldstein Of Green,
yille A. H. George Of Carrollton, John
Clarke of Tupelo; secretary-treasurer,
Frank H. Andrews of Vicksburg Ex-
ecutiye Committee-Lewis Rothen-
burg Of Meridian, l.. Foote of Canton,
p. C. Casey of Rolling Fork, j. W.
Lambert of Natchez, e. Hampton Of
Columbia j. w. McGrath of Meridian,
8. W. Griffith of Vicksburg Monroe
King of Satartia, S. J. Johnson Of
Jackson
There are many in the State today
few old friends and hundreds Of the
children and grandchildren of friends
of his younger days-who grieye at
the most sad taking hence of that
good citizen Zone of the very few men
who had been left to teach us of the
dignity and beauty Of the old regime)
Mr. Jack Darden, whose death oc-
Cured at his home in Centreyille a
few days ago 1t seems that the aged
gentleman, becoming i'll during the
night, arose and took from the mantel
and swallowed what he thought was
paregoric, but which proved to be
earbollc acid. All that was possible to
medical skill and tender affection was
done for the aged sufferer, but the
shock to his system was too great, and
he expired after a weeks suffering
Peace to his honored ashes.
The Industrial College at Columbus
Will hold its seventeenth annual com.
mencement in the college chapel May
31-June 2, and the faculty and stu
dents expect a great crowd of friends
at the exercises. The programme is as
follows: Annual concert Bach Socie-
ty, Saturday evening, May 81, at s
O'Clock, industrial exhibit, Saturday
afternoon, May 81 2 to o'clock; ser
mon, Sunday morning, June l, at II
o'clock, by Rev. P. G. Sears; Y W.
C. A. sermon, Sunday evening, June 1,
at 8 o'clock, by Rev. P, G, Sears;
graduating exercises, Monday morn
ing. June 2, at 10 o'clock; baccalau.
reate address by Hon, e. F. Noel
Those who know say that We have
never experienced a more intensely
hot May. Our people never mind the
weather" however, as is proved by
the great number of meetings sChed-
uled for May and June, all of which
will be we'll attended.
The dentists met last week in Bi-
loxi and the underwriters meet there
June IL. Judging by the number of
frequency of these meetings in Biloxi
that historic town must have on hand
a large stock of something besides
cooling breezes, to so delight our peo
pie.
The Press Convention which was
held in Greenwood last week, was a
success in every respect, and the peo
pie of Greenwood have substantial
cause for pride in the delightful way
in which their guests were entertained
and the thorough manner in which
each and all were pleased,
The fine new Masonic Temple was
dedicated in Meridian on the 22d inst
with appropriate and imposing cere-
monies. Judge Speed of Vicksburg
made the address Of the occasion.
With the closing days of May the
white.winged messengers from grad