The Grenada sentinel., 1902-10-18
Mijississip State News

work Of tho Railroad commlssion.
The railroad commission met last
week and passed the following or.
der, finally settling the merger con-
troyersy:
"Whereas, The attorney general
has this day appeared before the
commission and advised that the
Southern Railway Company has ap-
piled to become q domestic corpora
ton and that tho governor has issued
his proclamation accordingly; and,
<'Whereas, The attorney general
advises that, in his opinion, no sub
stantial. basis for the claim that the
Southern and the Mobile & Ohio are
parallel and competing within the
contemplation Of the law therefore,
be it
"Resolved and ordered by the Mis-
sissippi railroad commission, That
the settlement made by the attorney
general of the controversy over the
purchase of the Mobile & Ohio by
the Southern, by requiring the latter
to become a domestic corporation
and subject to the jurisdiction of
this State, be and the same is here
by ratified and approved. And the
commission, being satisfied, after
full consideration, that said rail-
roads are neither parallel or compet-
ing in a local sense, and that there
is now no legal objection to the pur-
chase of the Mobile & Ohio railroad
by the Southern Railway Company,
it is ordered that all further consid-
GRAFTON of this matter by the COM
mission be finally dismissed"
The Mobile & Ohio was cited to
appear the first Tuesday in Novem-
ber to answer petitions for better
union depots at Meridian and Cor
inth. The Yazoo & Mississippi VAL
ley was cited to appear at the same
time to show cause why a depot
should not be erected at Parchman.
The Southern was granted per-
mission to abolish stations at Holly
Ridge and Cato,: Washington coun-
ty, provided no vested rights were
disturbed, and to build a new depot
between these points.
The application of the Western
Union to close the Pearlington Of
flee was granted. The Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley was granted permis-
sion to abolish the ticket Office at
White Apple.
| Mr.. Clark advised that a depot
would be built at Porterville, ON the
Mobile & Ohio, as soon as site
could be secured.
Clumsey Counterfeit.
Will McComb, of Bonneville,
was arrested at Aberdeen last week
on what appears to be clear case OF
raising a two-dollar silver certificate
to a twenty. He is said to have
clipped the large figures 90" from q
Confederate twenty-dollar bill and
pasted them on the genuine at the
four corners, front and back, and
likewise the words twenty dollars
as they appear on the uncurrent bill
over the 'Ftwo dollars' of the genu-
inc. He had sent the bill to a drug
store by a negro boy for change
where the fraud was readily discov.
cred, and his arrest followed. Nc.
Comb claims to have secured the bill
in game Of craps on the train be-
tween Bonneville and Aberdeen. He
was tried by Mayor J. NJ. Acker and
committed in default of 5000 bond
He was also arraigned before United
States Commissioner B. c.. Sims
who required a bond Of $500 for ap
pearance at the federal court. Fail
ing in both cases to make bond h
went to Jail.
Legal Status OF Indians.
Attorney General McClurg re
ceived an inquiry from a justice O.
the peace in Southeast Mississippi
in which the justice wanted t
, know if an Indian could be swor-
, -;4roee ~ +r;od ond convicfoI