Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-10
Mississippi
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Ms y. ana n. ". railroad and the c1tl-
zens OF the town Of Pontotoc, held at
Pontotoc, which meeting was attended
by Attorney-General Fletcher and Mr..
Kincannon, formerly Of the railroad
commission, all negotiations looking to
. compromise of the celebrated Ponto-
toe depot case were declared off, and
the case will now take its course through
the supreme court of the United States,
where it Is now pending. At former
meeting some time ago 1t was thought
that everything had been agreed upon,
and that compromise decree would
be entered, but the decree when drawn
failed to satisfy all parties.
The State live stock sanitary board
will hold meeting at Holly Springs on
April IL. 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
a 800 to 81, 800 year. The salaries OF
all heads of departments were reduced
to the figures in effect Oct. /, 1907,
when they were increased. This was
necessary in order to comply with the
action of the legislature which made
the appropriation for maintaing i'm
provements contingent upon the reduc-
ton.
The delta portion of Mi sissippi will
have an experimental crop to determine
whether or not Japanese rice can be
grown there at profit, DR.. /. 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 on bond in the sum of $4,000
to appear before the grand jury in
September.
The iron safe OF D. Ritchey & Son
general merchants, doing business ut
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 new safe was purchased and the
money placed therein.
Mrs. Charles McLendon of Tillatoba
says that il her son, Norman McLen-
don, who left home about Dec. /, only
realized the depths of 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 appropriatirg $4,000
for the erection of an annex to the
Federal court building at Meridian.
Bret Knox found 1900 in gold while
digging ditch on his farm in Pontotoc
county. The vessel also contained some
currency and Confederate bills.
Chief Justice Whitfield OF the State
supreme court Is very sick at Jackson
and unable to attend court.
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
layman's rally at Ashland the fourth
Sunday in April, with services all day
and dinner on the grounds.
According to report just made by
Postmaster Hyde, the business of the
Meridian postoffice in 1897 amounted to
$4,000, against $57 900 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 1 under the name of
the Merchants and Farmers Bank, with
paid in stock of $25, 900.
A new Masonic lodge has just been
instituted at Winona.
Indications are that the supreme
court of Mississippi will not finish it's
work and reach final adjournment until
the early part of July. The volume of
litigation has been increasing at re-
markable rate in Mississippi during
the past few years.
A concrete observation tower eighty
feet above ground has just been COM
pleted in the National Military park at
Vicksburg. On clear days spires OF
churches in Edwards, eighteen miles
away, may be seen with the naked eye
from the top Of the tower.