The Tupelo journal., 1908-08-14
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United States agricultural department
in North Mississippi is we'll in hand.
and much interest is being created in
the %endeavors to clear that section from
quarantine restrictions as soon as pos
sible. The work in Marshall and Ben
ton counties is progressing we'll, and
soon as forces are available similar
work will be undertakeni in DeSoto and
Tate counties. Had the board the re-
sources sufficient to put a full corps of
workers in a dozen or more counties at
the same time it is estimated that
within two years the entire state would
be successfully covered, and the quar-
antine lines brought down to the gulf
coast, almost.
Chancellor Robbins held a special
session Of chancery court at Pontotoc
for the hearing of the injunction sued
out by the citizens of West Pontotoc
against the NJ, J. and K. c. railroad
company in an effort to hold the depot
in that part of town. The case had
been fought through every state court
and at last through the supreme court
Of the United States, and everybody
thought the case had been finally set
tied. and the railroad company was
preparing to carry out the orders of the
court when Judge Roane issued a tenn
porary restraining order. The chan
cellor dismiss ed the bill and dissolved
the injunction. The railroad company
can o proceed to carry u the orders
of the court.
George Toombs, colored, after hav-
ing been three times respited, was
hanged at Waynesboro, in the presence
of upward of 1000 people. The scat.
fold had been boxed in so as not to re-
veal the doomed man in his death
struggles, and it having reached the
sheriff's ears that a few in the crowd
with morbid curiosity had threatened to
tear down the walls and see the negro
in the throes of death, the sheriff as
cended the platform of the scaffold and
in a cool, dispassionnte talk said that he
regretted that any such spirit was rife
in the crowd, and warned the gathering
that if such IN attempt was made it
would be at their peril.
That Lincoln county soil will grow
almost anything has been shown in
large yields of grain, tomatoes, pota-
toes, watermelons, pumpkins, onions,
ETC., but it remained for Pink Smith of
the Union Hall neighborhood to pro-
duce the latest in the shape of a large
mangle beet weighing III pounds and
measuring % inches in length. This
species of beet grows easily and luxu-
riantly and furnishes fine feed for cat
tie, horses and hogs.
The railroad commission refused the
application of the Western Union Tel
egraph company to be allowed to close
q number of offices in the state on the
ground that business conditions do not
justify the expenses attendant. This
petition was filed at the July meeting
and was held over for consideration,
since which time a number of protests
have been sent to the commission from
different points. This prompted the
commission to refuse permission to
close any of the offices.
According to the report of Treasurer
Hood of the Mississippi levee commits
sion there is in the treasury the sum of
1872. 509.45. A large amount of levee
work will be done during the next few
months, which will not only require all
of the funds now on hand but will also
require a considerable sum of the re-
ceipts to be derived from the tax col
lections of the coming fall and winter.
Judge Lex Brame of jackson, uncle
Of Lex Brame, Jr., who mysteriously
disappeared in Vicksburg Aug. 8, will
take legal steps to secure the life insur-
ance of Lex Brame, Jr. This step is
taken upon the conviction hat the
young lawyer was murdered and his
body successfully disposed Of, the as
sumption being placed upon the mate
rial circumstances which have develop
ed during the intervening period since
the disappearance. The insurance
amounts to S2l 900.
President George r. Hightower Of
the Farmers Union, addressed an audi
ence of at least 1900 at a picnic at
Bellfontaine. The address of Mr..
Hightower was able, thorough and con-
sentative, and a superb presentation of
the objects and aims of the great order
in this state of which he is the head.
The section around H~ermanville ex-
perienced the worst rain storm last
week in its history. 1t is believed by
many that the damage to crops will
amount to quite SO per cent. Anumber
of bridges were washed away and much
of the low land flooded.
Sheriff Miller of Washington county
finds that there are only three parties
in the county holding federal liquor
licenses who, under the state laws, are
not entitled to such license. Under
the law the possession of a federal rev.
enue license in a dry county is prima
facie evidence that the possessor of the
license is conducting a 'blind tiger"
At a meeting of the levee board at
Clarksdale a motion to requiring all de.
p%ositories holding levee funds to q