The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1902-06-28
STATE NEWS.


= days stored his booty.
d A large portion Of the town of
. Carrollton, was devasted by fire
last week, and the loss was heavy.
# Decoration Day was observed
}, last week in many Mississippi
! towns
, This seasons average for the
State is one third more than last
year.
The first instance of man being
! sent to Jail for refusing to answer
! questions pronounced by county
/ grand jury that has occurred in
] this state for number of years ls
, reported from Clarksdale.
Thus far all the oil boring ex-
| periments in Mississippi have
/. proven signal fail Tres.
State Supe lnteudent Whitfield
has commenced his summer cam
paign for the extension of the
school term in the yarious counties.
There are now about fifteen coun-
ties in the state thai slevy SPECIAL
school taxes in addition to the
amount received from the school |
fund, and the superintendent Is
trying to introduce The local1taxa
ton system in tic otter white
counties. He has issued circular
letters to the county superintsn-
dents advising them them that he
will cooperate with them In q
movement of this kind.
The Mobile, Jackson 4 Kansas
City railroad is having some
trouble getting laborers to build
their extension north of Laurel.
The contractors have been trying
to get convict labor.
Gov. Longino has appointed
Hon. w. p. S. Ventress as Chan
cellor of the Fourth District to
succeed Chancellor Martin, who I
resigned, said resignation to take
place August LIST. The governors
appointment seems to give gene y
raj satisfaction, not only in the !
Fourth district, but throughout !
the entire state.
The Yazoo City Rifles, Capt. ,
Edward H. Luke. commanding,
will be mustered in the National I
Guard Service.
At meeting OF the stockhoid-
ers Of the Bank OF Enterprise last
week dividend of s per cent was
declared. The net erniDgs Of the
bank was l6 per cent.
Blountvills, in Lawrence county
will have . bank.
Mississippi has furnished q gov 8
srnor for the state Of Oregon in ::
he person Of George E. Chamber s
ain, who was born In the, city of =
Matches in 1859. h. moved to =
he state Of Oregon in the year
1919 and since that time has risen
cry prominently before the pub.
ic Of that state.
The Columbus Elks are making 4
.reat preparations TO give q big i
'arbecue on the 9TH of July. Hon 4
Iohn M. Allen and K. o. Sykes 4
will be the orators Of the.day. i
Meridian has q. minister who is
ich enough to build q $4,000 resi-
ence. 4
Hon. J. M. Boone, .of Corinth,
81 been appointed the successor 4
I the late Hon. Jud Russell as i
tate council for the Mobile &
)hio railroad.
Some one with malicious intent .
st fire to q bridge on the Little j
abroad near McRaven station RI
'st week, to wreck a passenger
ain. As soon as the engineer
iscovered that the bridge was on
re be applied the air brakes but
mid not stop the train. 1t pass
over in safety, however, and II
hen the bridge was examined it II
as found that the iron supporters
ere red hot.
Auditor Cole, who is also insu-
nee commissioner, is endeavor-
g to better the insurance condl-
Ons in this state for both the in
Irers and injured. He believes
at a cheaper rate Of insurance
II result from a Mobilization oil