The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13

from the Cumberland Telephone ana
Telegraph Company.
John G. Little, fireman and Ralph
Clarke, lineman. were ground to
death by engines at Jackson Tues
day. Little's fate was accidental
while Clarke was pushed under
passenger train by another man who
is being hunted by posse and man
hunting dogs.
The board of trustees of the AL
corn A. & NJ. college this week re-
duced the salaries of the professors
in literary subjects and increased the
salaries of the teachers on manual
training. This action will bring
about a revolution IN negro educa-
ton in Mississippi
Editor 0. F. Lawrence, of the Gre
NADIA Seminal, had the misfortune to
lose his helpmate. Mrs Lawrence
was all that combines to make a
faithful and Christian woman, and
Brother Lawrence has the coincidence
of all his brother editors in the state
in his sad bereavement
A stock company has been organ
lied at Hattiesburg for the publica-
| ton of an afternoon paper. Mr.. +.
R. Birdsall, editor and publisher of
the Yazoo City Sentinel will be man
ager and editor of the new daily, and
| from his past experience the paper
will be a decided. success. :
An automobile line will be started
between Clarksdale and Friars Point
| in the near future. In connection
with this, a steamboat line will be
operated from Memphis to Friars
| Point to work with the automobile
line This will give Clarksdale direct
| river connection with Memphis.
The Mississippi Industrial Exposi-
ton Co. has sent out its second pre-
| liminary premium lists of the Mis-
sissippi State Fair which will be held
at Jackson on November S to 10.
This list will be followed by others
as they are added to and listed. For
| full particulars address Hon. H. E.
Blakeslee.
The women folk Of Yazoo City
have been thrown into a panic by the
action of the game warden of that
county who threatens to arrest every
woman who wears feathers and
plumes ON her sky piece. The law
| is very clear on this point, and it is
| really a misdemeanor for any woman
| in the state to adorn herself with
feathers.
The reports of the civil service ex-
aiming boards show that by far the
larger number of applicants who pass
post office examinations are blacks,
and the papers of the state are COM
planning about the lack of interes,
taken by young white men in this
service. 1t is claimed that this serv-
ice will become thoroughly African
lied in little while
The Six Counties Medical Society,
! including the medicoes of Coahoma,
Yazoo, Lef1ore, Sunhower, Bolivar
and Washington counties, met at
Clarksdale on Wednesday of last
week Besides prominent physicians
of these counties, many other doc
tors of outside counties and states
attended and read important papers,
and led in the discussions
The postal authorities recognizing
the liability of postmasters to make
mistakes in getting letters in the
wrong boxes, have fixed a penalty OF
$500 on persons taking mail out OF
the office other than their own and
not returning it at once. This law
also includes newspapers. The ex-
cuse that it is the postmaster's fault
"cuts no ice" If you have been get
ting other peoples mail you had bet
ter take warning, or you may get
yourself into trouble.-Greenwood
Commonwealth