The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The county tax collections will be
kept rather busy during the current
month, as all privilege licenses must
be settled before May 81. This applies
TO privileges of all forms, state, county,
city and levee board. The state treas
ury will probably receive a half mill
lion dollars in privilege tax payments
when the collectors make their June
settlements with the state.
The two companies of the Mississippi
National Guard who were detailed to
help in the rescue and emergency work
at Purvis, did creditable work. The
men were on duty a fortnight, and ac-
cording to the official figures the cost
of the expedition will be in the neigh
borhood of 81, 500, including rations and
per diem, and this out of an
fund of only S., 900 to the credit of the
National Guard.
Suit has been brought at Clarksdale
by F. G. Bobo restraining the levee
board from taking any action whatever
under what is known as the depository
law, passed by the recent legislature.
The complainant assails the constitu-
.tionality of this law.
John Joseph, a negro who murdered
Branch Archer, a white planter, at
Port Gibson, was run down and killed
in a swamp near the mouth of Bayou
Pierre. Joseph refused to surrender
and was shot TO death by three members
of a posse which had stuck to his trail.
Col. S. S. Bulls, of Olean, n. Y,
purchased the Vicksburg Street Rail-
way and Lighting Company under a
court decree for $50, 600.
Water Valley has just completed a
new $4,000 public school building,
which will e a 1000 children.
1t is announced that the Aberdeen
and Tombigbee railroad will be built
from Okolona, Miss, to Pickensville,
Ala, viz Aberdeen and Columbus.
Service will begin Jan. l, 1909.
The grand jury of Coahoma county
returned i65 indictments, these being
largely against those engaged in the
Illicit retailing of whisky, poker play
ers and crap shooters.
The principal railway lines operating
in Mississippi are reducing their forces
OF employees in the freight departments
owing to the decrease of traffic.
Citizens of Newton and Scott coun-
ties have organized a bi-county fair as
ISOLATION, the object being to hold a fair
for the two counties.
The states convict farm in Sunlower
county has in cultivation about $500
acres, one-third of which is in corn.
gardens, potato patches, sorghum, etc.
Mrs. Louis Wright, residing near
Shuqualak, died of cocaine poisoning,
supposed to have been used by a dent
ist in filling her teeth.
Mayor j. d. Donald of Hattiesburg
made out afidavits against Charles
Pool, city marshal, and A. T. Powers.
councilman, charging them with viola
ton OF their official oaths because they
were members of the Business Mems
Athletic Club, which was recently
broken up as a blind tiger.
A basket dinner and picnic was given
at Newton in honor of the old soldiers.
the annual meeting of the Patrons
camp, Confederate Veterans, being
held there. About 200 veterans and
1000 people were present.
The Mississippi Home Insurance CON-
pany, OF Vicksburg, the largest proper
ty insurance in the state, has gone to
the wall. The liabilities of the COM
pany are about 5000, 900 and the assets
are small. The failure OF the company
is stated by its officers to be due to
heavy losses, which in recent months
have amounted to about $500, 900.
The Tallahatchie Drainage commits
sion has completed negotiations for q
loan of $4,000 with which to carry on
the work OF making the necessary
surveys