The leader., 1905-07-15
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


county negroes, who assasinated Bob
Maston near Tunica on the morning Of
June II and have since eluded cap
ture, last week. at their home near
Walls, shot and killed their own faith
er and dangerously wounded Aubrey
Gardner, Of Tunica, young man who
was in posse that had gone to ar
rest the Harris negroes. They were
hid In corntieId. and as Sheriff Ow-
ems OF Tunica county and his posse
passed down the road. having in their
keeping the father Of the Harris me-
groes and their younger brother,
whom they had arrested as accom-
plices in the Maston murder, the MUIR
derers stepped to the edge of the field
and opened fire at the buggy in which
were Aubrey Gardner and their aged
father One shot dispatched the old
man and the other hit Mr.. Gardner In.
the abdomen, wounding him serious
".
Attorney-G General williams has re
ceived from the clerk of the United
States Supreme Court at Washington
copies of the transcript of record in
the famous Mississippi louisiana
kJJClC bOQu001y u4opuACs AANOAY1AS1 vs.
ter reefs and islands in the Mississip-
pi sound valued at several million dol
lars. The transcript is sent in the
form Of two bulky volumes, the first
containing 1,141 pages, and the sec
ond 1,048 pages. making a total Of
3.189 pages of printed matter, includ-
ing the numerous maps of the dis
pHted territory which were filed and
made part OF the record The vol
umes contain all the evidence offered
at the two sittings held before spe-
cial commissioners to hear testimony
for the States in controversy. The
maps filed will be used when the case
is argued and submitted before the
United States Supreme Court.
Chairman McNair of the Railroad
Commission announces that in the
near future the body will take up the
subject of a thorough revision of local
rates being charged by express com
panies operating in the state. Mr..
McNair is convinced, from complaints
frequently made to the commission,
that some of the rates charged in this
State are excessive and badly in need
of revision. The express companies
win be requested to file schedules
showing all local tariffs applicable in
Mississippi, and when these are re-
ceived and examined the commission
will undertake to make the necessary
corrections. For instance. Chairman
McNair has found that the lowest To-
cal rate charged between points on
the Gulf & Ship Island road is IS cents
per 100, and he regards this as entire
ly too high.
Probably the most yasuaDle collec-
ton of historic papers owned by pri-
Yate individual are those in the pos
session of S. r. Berry, of Yazoo City,
who has in his possession some docu-
ments which relate to the early days
of the American republic Among the
papers is commission signed by Gov.
David Holmes and dated January 10,
1926; note from a merchant at
Vicksburg, dated November %, 1864,
offering 80 cents pound for cotton
that had been sold for 20 cents; a land
grant signed by President Andrew
Jackson to James Gibson dated at
Washington, February 10, 1921, and
bearing the autograph of President
Monroe, and printed copies of the
journal Of the Mississippi House of
Representatives, held in Jackson in
1895.
Work has begun on the electric rail-
way that will at present connect BIZ
lo9i and Pass Christian and will event
ually connect Mobile and New Or
leans The company that is building
this line is capitalized at $1,0O0,000.
with Capt Joseph T. Jones the pres
ident. The power house will be locat-
ed at Biloxi and will cost 5000, 000
The machinery for this plant and the
rolling stock for the road has been or
dered and the contract let for the erec
ton of the building.
IN the case of Will Diggs VS.. the
State. the Supreme Court held that a
county convict does not have to pay
contractor for clothing furnished.
Will Diggs was convicted of some mis-
demeanor and was sc.yenced to the
time out and paid the balance in
moBey. The contractor tried to hold
him, claiming that hG owed him SIS
for clothing furnished. The court
holds that it is incumbent on the con-
tractor to furnish clothing.
The soil and Typographical survey
maps of the Oaklevs Rankin and Sun
flower convict farms, which have been
in course of preparation for the past
several months, were filed with the
Prison Board of Control last week.
The maps were prepared by a civil
engineer employed by the Prison
Board of Control. and are elaborate
affairs, the map of the big farm in
Sunf1ower county being eight feet
square, and shows all Of the fields, the
varieties of soil. etc.
Prof. H. L. Whitfield, State superin-
tendent of education, spent several
days attending the summer normal at
Starkville and reports that a large
number of teachers are in attendance
at the normal, together with the insti-
tute conductors who have been named
by the Department of Education, and
they are receiving instruction from
the authors of the textbooks recently
adopted for use in the public schools
of the State. the authors pointing out
the best methods of study to be pur-
sued. The Starkville Normal is ac-
complishing splendid results.
On July 20 the Confederate Vet
Grams Of Amite county are to have a
grand reunion at Gloster. The orator
on this occasion will be DIR. w. T.
Boiling, Of Memphis, who is one Of
the finest orators in the South. Elk.
| tensive preparations are being made
BY the people of GIoster to give the
veterans a splendid time.