The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-07-15
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

lure, IdSL week. at LuSiT nome near
Walls, shot and killed their own faith
er and dangerously wounded Aubrey
Gardner, of Tunica, a young man who
was in a posse that had gone to ar
rest the Harris negroes. They were
hid in a c%ornfield, and as Sheriff Ow-
ems Of Tunica- county and his posse
passed down the road, having in their
keeping the father of the Harris ne
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
ly.
Acknowledgement 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
State boundary dispute, involving oys-
ter reefs and islands in the MISSISSIPPI
pi sound valued at several million dol
lars. The transcript is sent in the
lOIm VI ImO UulhI fOAuLlCS, IAO OI
containing 1,141 pages, and the Sec
ond 1,048 pages, making a total OF
3,1S9 pages of printed matter, includ-
ing the numerous maps of the dis
puted territory ehich were filed and
made a part of the record. The vol7
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
will 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 u
cal rate charged between points Gil
the Gulf & Ship Island road is Is cents
per 100, and he regards this as entire
ly too high.
Probably the most vasIaO1e collec-
ton of historic papers owned oy pri-
vate individual are those in the pos
session of S. r. Berry, of Yazoo City,
who has in his possession some docu-
which relate to the early days
of the American republic. Among the
papers is a commission signed by Gov.
David Holmes and dated January 10,
1926; a note from a merchant at
Vicksburg, dated November %, 1864,
offering so cents a pound for cotton
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
of the Mississippi House of
Representatives, held in Jackson in
1926.
Work has begun on the electric rail-
way that will at present connect BIZ
loxi and Pass Christian and will event
1ally connect Mobile and New Or
leans. The company that is building
his line is capitalized at 81, 900, 900,
with Capt. Joseph T. Jones the pres
dent. The power house will be locat-
ed at BiloX and will cost $500, 900.
The machinery for this plant and the
stock for the road has been or
Tered and the contract let for the cree.
ion of the building.
In the case of Will Diggs VS.. the
State, the Supreme Court held that a
convict does not have to pay
| contractor for clothing furnished.
Will Diggs was convicted of some mis-
lemeanor and was screened to the
,ounty farm. He worked part of the
ime out and paid the balance in
money. h contractor tried to hold
him, claiming that he owed him SIS
Or clothing furnished. The court
that it is incumbent on the con-
to furnish clothing.
The soil and typographical survey
maps of the Oakley, Rankin and Sun.
convict farms, which have been
n course of preparation for the past
everal months, were filed with the
'rison Board of Control last week.
he maps were prepared by a civil
ngineer employed by the Prison.
of Control. and are elaborate
fairs, the map otyno. big farm in
unfiower county being eight feet
quare, ard Shows all of the fields, the
arietIes of soil, etc.
-
Prof. H. L. Whitfield, State superin.
endent of education. spent several
avs attending the summer normal at
'tarkville and reports that a large
lumber of teachers are in attendance
t he normal. together with the insti.
ute conductors who have been named
y the Department of Education. and
hey are receiving instruction from
he authors of the textbooks recently
dopted for use in the public schools
I the State. the authors pointing out
best methods Of study to be pur-
ued. The Starkville Normal is &C.
splendid results.