The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-20

News


"A flavor of nan was attached to
the case of the Laurel cotton mills
against A. J. Smith, before the supreme
court. The case grew out of a court
ship and a betrothal, Smith, the APP
pellee, being a resident of Enterprise,
where he was an employee OF the Stone
wall cotton mills, while his best girl
was an employee of the Laurel cotton
mills. He was in the habit of making
frequent trips to Hattiesburg in follow
ing up the course of true love, and on
one of the occasions, when the young
man vas not dreaming of such an cpl
side in his n of enjoying himself
he was arrested on a charge of enticing
away labor. In vain he protested and
he was locked up in the county prison.
He was subsequently, released and
brought civil action against the Laurel
cotton mills for damages and was
awarded $3.50. In passing on the case
Chief Justice Whitfield remarked that
the supreme court would not be a
party to any interference with the
natural and regular course of true love,
and the case would be affirmed.
Homer Bowman, Is years old, shot
his father, Willis Bowman, twice with
a rifle, following a severe thrashing
the elder Bowman had given the boy
while in a drunken condition. Bow
man went into the kitchen at his home
e a Brookhaven, where his wife was
preparing breakfast, threw all the
breakfast and practically everything
else out of the window, seized a pillow
line and whipped his boy numerically.
AS soon as he let the boy go the young
ster grabbed a 22-caliber rifle and shot
his father twice, one ball going through
his lung and the other penetrating
near the ear.
At a meeting held at Jackson at
tended by representatives OF every cot
ton mill in the State it was unanimous
ly agreed that it was absolutely neces-
sary to curtail production by the run
ming of the mills not more than four
days per week. 1t vas stated that the
cotton goods market is in a most de-
plorable condition, there being practi-
cally no demand, wen at prices which
make for the mills a loss in operation.
Orders have been issued for contrac-
tors on the New Orleans and Great
Northern to be in readiness for a re-
sumption of work on the line between
Jackson and Monticello. 1t is stated
that President Goodyear is planning to
have trains running between Jackson
and New Orleans by June l.
Because of a series of warehouse
fires four negroes, Dave Poe, Tim Ran
som and the jenkins brothers, were
taken from a deputy sheriff near Van
Cleave and lynched. The negroes con
fessed that they had set fire to a num-
Der of warehouses.
The trustees of the University OF
Mississippi have accepted the PROPOSE
ton to transfer to the university and
its medical department the care and
control of the State Charity Hospital at
Vicksburg. This enhances the value
of the university property to the ex-
tent of $3.50, 900.
A number of young students of
Chamberlain-Hunt academy, a prepar-
atory school at Port Gibson, conducted
by the Presbyterian synod of this
State, went ION strike" and left the
academy on account of alleged par
TALLY on the part of the principal.
The Mississippi Pine Association
held its annual meeting at Hattiesburg.
with a large attendance. The general
state of trade was discussed, after
which officers were elected.
1t is estimated that the %appropria-
tons thus far made by the legislature
have reached the snug sum of Sc, $780,
600, and that before final adjournment
the amount will be considerably in ex-
cess of the appropriations made two
years ago.
The annual convention of the Missis-
sippi Teachers association will be held
at Jackson on April 80 and May / and
2, at which about 1900 educators are
expected.
Flood water backed up in the Little
Sunfower river from the rising Missis-
sippi put the south end of the Silver
City railroad out of business.
The bill seeking to impose a privilege
tax on pistol toters, requiring each
man who carries a gun to take out a
license to do so, was ~unfavorably re-
ported.
A. S. McHarg, a government agri-
cultural lecturer, delivered an address
to a large crowd of farmer citizens at
Oxford.
The board of p~enitentiary trustees
have reinstated in their positions the
employees who were ousted at the reor-
ganization on Jan. 20.
Gov. Noel sent to the legislature a
lengthy special message urging the en-
actment of a passenger rate law, fixing
the maximum rate at 2 and 81 cents,