The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-26

III JdChSOu, anu Tue TeSOluIlOLS uuOpleu
were in line with the platform of the
commoner. The delegates named t
attend the national Democratic conven-
tion at Denver were instructed to cast
their votes as a unit for the Nebraskan.
Senator A. j. McLaurin, S~enator-elect
John Sharp Williams, Gov. E. F. Noel,
ex-Gov. James X. Vardaman, ex-Gov.
Robert Lowry and ex-Gov. A. H. Lon
gino were named as delegates-at-large
to the national convention.
Col. Sam Montgomery of Greenville,
for several years a prominent figure in
the Mississippi national guard, and
who was an officer in the United States
army during the Spanish American
war, has suggested that the students of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege of Mississippi take in hand the
matter of erecting a monument on the
campus of the college to the late Gen.
Stephen d. Lee. Gen. Lee was the
first president of the college, and
started this great institution on its road
to success.
1t is quite a novel situation that con-
fronts State Treasurer Edwards, and
that is a large amount of money, in
coin and specie packages, which, while
the property of the state, he is unable
to identify as to locality or county from
which sent. Mr.. Edwards states that
there is considerable that he has re-
ceived that has no mark whatever by
which it can be traced, and he is unable
to give proper credit.
The summer school at the University
of Mississippi opened under the most
tiattering auspices. Chancellor Kin
cannon made the address of welcome,
in which he outlined forcibly the pur-
poses of the school, offered all the
privileges of the university to the stu
d~ent-teachers and others interested in
regular university work, and urged all
to cooperate for the greatest good.
The Mississippi division of the Farm
ers' Educational and Cooperative Union
has entered into a satisfactory arrange
ment with one of the largest concerns
engaged in the manufacture of cotton
fabrics. for the delivery of sufficient
low-grade cotton to furnish more bag
ging than the Mississippi farmers can
use. The material will be on delivery
in ample time t O cover the 1908 crop.
Many citizens of Tishomingo county
are out in a petition to Gov. Noel to
grant a pardon to a convict from that
county by the name of Marion Nagles,
who is serving a term in the p~eniten-
tiary for manslaughter. One of the
grounds upon which clemency is be-
sought for Nagles is that he is a relig-
ious fanatic, and has been mentally UNI
sound, though he is now considered
harmless.
The town of Goodman, in Holmes
county, has been added to the list of
those in the state who are actively
working for the establishment of an
agricultural high school, as authorized
by an act passed at the recent session of
the legislature. The citizens are said
to be very enthusiastic over the idea.
Miss Ina Applewhite, who enjoys the
distinction of being the only feminine
attache Of the military department of
the state government, was in charge of
the adjutant generals department dur
ing the absence of Gen. Fridge in
Washington.
c. C. Miller, one of the most promi-
nent attorneys in Mississippi, was
found dead in bed at Meridian, having
passed away quietly from heart failure.
The commission of the James creek
drainage system has let the contract for
engineering the same. This canal will,
when completed, redeem over $4,000
acres in one of the finest bodies of land
in the prairie belt. The land is all
open, and is now in cultivation, but as
surance from overflow will increase it's
value from $50 to 500 per acre. The
canal will be completed before Feb. l..
Pursuant to a decree of court the
Natchez Light and Traction company,
consisting Of the electric street railway,
electric light and gas plants, was sold
for $4,000 above the liabilities of the
company. The property is assessed at
$125,0 600 on a SO per cent. valuation.
Lightning struck the sawmill of the
Ellis Lumber company, eighteen miles
from Hattiesburg, and set the plant on
fire, resulting in it's destruction. The
loss is about $4,000. Five hundred
men were employed at the mill.
New Bethany" the Cumberland
Presbyterian church situated nine
miles northeast of Nettleton, was de-
stroyed by fire. 1t is supposed that
some one applied the torch.
Tom King, Jr., almost instantly
killed Joseph Wherry at Durant. The
trouble was precipitated over the loan
of a dollar. Wherry was a man about
SO years of age and is survived by a
wife and five children. King is a sim
gle man about 25 years old. King es-
capped and is still at large.
The union tent meeting held at New
Albany by Rev. w. w. Orr closed
with 1872 conversions. During the two
weeks services the tent was filed and