The Tupelo journal., 1908-04-10

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zens of the town of Pontotoc, held q,
Pontotoc, which meeting was attended
by Acknowledgement Fletcher and Mr..
Kincannon, formerly of the railroad
commission, all negotiations looking to
a compromise of the celebrated Ponto-
toe depot case were declared off, and
the case will now take its course through
the supreme u of the United States,
where it is nov pending. AT q former
meeting some time ago it was thought
that everything had been agreed upon,
and that a compromise decree would
be entered, but the decree when drawn
failed to satisfy all parties.
The State live stock sanitary board
will hold a meeting at Holly Springs on
April ii. The members desire to have
parties from all the northern tier OF
counties meet with them for conference
on that date. A representative of the
United States department of agricul-
ture will be present. Cattle raising in
North Mississippi has suffered on ac-
count of ticks, and some sections of the
country have quarantined against it for
that reason, and steps will be taken at
this meeting to arrange matters so that
the quarantine line will be extended
further south.
The trustees of the Industrial Insti-
tute and College at Columbus reduced
the salary of President Whitfield from
1880 to $500 a year. The salaries of
all heads of departments were reduced
to the figures in effect Oct. l, 1907,
when they were increased. This was
necessary in order to comply with the
action of the legislature which made
the appropriation for fnaintaing i'm
provements contingent upon the reduc-
ton.
The delta portion OF Mississippi will
have an experimental crop to determine
whether or not Japanese rice can be
grown there at a profit, DR.. l. A. Knapp
OF the bureau of plant industry at
Washington having agreed to co-ope-
rate with Prof. Fox, who is in charge
OF the experiment station in Washing
ton county, and to provide the neces-
sary funds to make the experiment.
You have killed my all, now come
and kill me and my three daughters"
shrieked Mrs. Percy NJ. Houston in the
courtroom at Tunica when J. T. Lowe,
the slayer of her husband, was brought
face to face with the dead mans family
at the preliminary hearing. Lowe was
released IN bond in the sum of SIC, 600
to appear before the grand jury in
September.
The iron safe of D. Ritchey & Son
general merchants, doing business at
Bethel, was blown open and 81, 500
stolen. 1t is said that the owners
drew their money out of the banks last
fall and kept it buried until recently,
when a new safe was purchased and the
money placed therein.
Mrs. Charles MeLendon of Tillatoba
says that il her SON, Norman McLen-
don, who left home about Dec. l, only
realized the depths of q mothers love
he would write or come home at once.
A bill has passed congress reimburs-
ing Copiah county for the costs of
fighting the Pearl river bridge case
against the Federal government five or
six years Ago..
Representative Byrd introduced a
bill in congress appropriating $751; 900
for the erection of an annex to the
Federal court building at Meridian.
Chief Justice Whitfield OF the State
supreme court is very sick at Jackson
and unable to attend court.
Bret Knox found 81 900 in gold while
digging a ditch on his farm in Pontotoc
county. The vessel also contained some
currency and Confederate bills.
One of the most successful revivals
ever held in Winona has just closed.
Rev. w. S. Lagrone of Winona assisted
the pastor, Rev. o. w. Bradley.
The Baptist association will hold a
layman's rally at Ashland the fourth
Sundawsn April, with services all day
and dinner on the grounds.
According to a report just made by
Postmaster Hyde, the business OF the
Meridian postofice in 1897 amounted to
$780, 900, against s57 900 in 1907.
Twenty-six convicts were received at
the ~penitentiary during the month of
March, five of whom are life-termers,
for murder.
A new bank will be opened at Stark
vile about May / under the name of
the Merchants and Farmers Bank, with
paid in stock of S25, 900.
A new Masonic lodge ehas just been
instituted at Winona.
Indications are that the supreme
court of Mississippi will not finish its
work and reach final adjournment until
the early part of July. The volume of
litigation has been increasing at a re-
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