Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-05-06
LEAKEsvILLf GREENE COUNTY MISS, FRIDAY MAY s. 1904

The encampment of the Mississippi
National Guard, which is to be held
some time this summer, in August, on
the coast, is to be one Of the best that
has ever been held by the National
Guard of this state. There will be
regular army officers in attendance,
and it will be conducted similar to
such affairs in the regular army. There
are to he sham battles, skirmishes
with the "enemy" and other mimic
forms Of warfare. The field movements
are to be elaborate.
Director Dunbar Rowland, of the
department of archives and history,
has awarded contract for the hang
ing of portraits in the Hall of Fame,
and work will be commenced within
the next week. There is wall space in
the Hall of Fame for about thirty oil
portraits, and the remainder will be
placed on easels around the room.
Twenty easels have been ordered for
this purpose.
There was a general breaking up of
gambling paraphernalia at the City
Hall last week. There were all kinds
of gambling things. Strong
blue-coated minions of the law took
axes and broke up the tables and
wheels, piled them in heap in the
Jail yard, saturated with coal oil and
set on fire, being reduced to ashes in a
very short time.
The city authorities have received
eight bids for the $25, 700 Fire Depart
ment bonds to be issued by the city.
The bonds were sold to Fuller, Pear
son & Snyder, of Cleveland, Ohio,
who offered a premium of 81, 1875. The
money derived from the sale of these
bonds is to be used in establishing
paid fire department in Jackson.
The Mississippi Railroad Commits
sion has received plans for the new de-
pot to be erected at Indianola, and no
tice from the Illinois Central and the
Jackson and Kansas City rail
roads, that they have in effect rate
of Is cents on native corn and hay
shipped between points in Mississippi
on their lines.
Adjutant General Arthur Fridge has
issued two important orders to the
National Guard. One of these is di-
rected to secure the return of all
and property belonging to
the government, now in the possession
of ex-officers. The second is to pro-
vide for re-enlistment of commands
where the enlistment term has expired.
Architects are now at work on the
plans for two handsome Office build
lngs which are to be erected in Jack
son, one by the Merchant s Bank and
one by the Capitol National 1t is ex-
pected that both contracts will be let
some time during the coming month.
Both buildings are to be five stories
high.
Major Hemingway takes another
step in the direction of sup
pressing and stamping out the blind
tiger pests by issuing notices to the
persons whe rent places to the tigers,
that he will enforce the law rigorous
ly hereafter, which makes it a mis-
demeanor to rent to such characters.
In response to query recently sent
put regarding the experience of other
towns in the state with municipal own
ership. Mayor Rhodes of West Point,
states that the city owns both the
electrict light and waterworks plants
and both concerns are paying.
L. H. Mcbride has brought suit
against the Alabama and Vicksburg
Railroad for $4,000 for injuries his
wife claims to have sustained while
driving over one of the crossings of
the railroad
Lots 5, 6 and Z, adjoining the prop
erty of the state, on which is to be
erected the new Deaf and Dumb In
stitute, were purchased for $4,000
from FL. d. Erwin, the owner.
The Jim Crow Street Car Law went
into effect on the thirtieth and all the
street railway companies in the state
are making preparations to put it in
to effect.
Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Helena, Ark-In the Circuit Court
here, sentences Of FIVE and twenty-one
years, respectively, were passed upon
Tom and Granville, White, who on
Feb. i murdered Isiah Brown, an old
man. The charge was that of murder
in the first degree, but this was reduc-
ed to the second degree by the trial
jury.
Trust Company in Funds.
Baltimore, Mr.-The Vera Cruz and
Pacific Railroad, which was principal
Iy owned by the Maryland Trust Com
pany, has been purchased by the Mex
lean government for over $4,000,000
The trust company will now be able to
pay its debts and leave surplus for
the stockholders.