The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-08
NEGROES JAILED
 ON MURDER CHARGE
One of Them Said to Have
 Turned States Evidence
GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD
Reports From Southern Mississippi State That Lumber Business Has Again Stagnated and That
 Many Plants Are Idle.

Jackson, Miss February 7.-(spe- cial) 1.-Two negroes, Ed Preston and Walter billiard, have been arrested and are in jail charged with the murder of Clint Herrin, carpenter at the state hospital for the insane, who was shot while guarding the hog pens of the institution Friday night, and who died at the sa4atorium 12 hours after the shooting.
 One of these negroes has load of shot in his foot, the same size sh ot No. f. that were used by the men who were on guard at the pens, and it is stated that he has turned states evidence and given the whole thing away.
 billiard is a butcher who worked for the asylum several years and knew all about the habits of the watchmen and the arrangements for keeping the hogs He Is usually around delivering meat every morning, but this morning he did not appear.
 The hounds from the state farm in Rankin county arrived on the scene last night about 1 o'clock and took the 1 trail around over Pearl river swamp, but lost it in the suburbs of Jackson, where It is supposed the hog thieves had their wagons in waiting for the fresh pork.
 MT. Herrin fingered along till near the middle of the day, about 12 hours after he was shot, and died. He was shot in the center of the stomach, and the surgeons stated at the outset that l,f He was on the inside of the hog pen, in stopping position, when shot.
 Governor Noel has offered reward of $150 for each of the murderers, and is doing everything possible to find out the truth of the matter. He has made a personal inspection of the scene, familiarizing himself with the situa- tion in every particular.
 The railroad commission has received the following quarterly reports for the quarter ending December 31, last:
 Yazoo and Mississippi Valley-Total operating revenues, $3.253, ,039.2S last year, $2,Se4,S01.11. Total operating ex- penses and taxes, $2.207,51S24; last year, $2145, ,O63.64.
 Net operating revenue, $1,045, ,521.04; last year, s749,7s7.47.
 The Illinois Central-Total operating revenue, $9.7ss ,242.9S; last year, s9,421,- S65.7O
 Total operating expenses and taxes, $2,S41, ,962.22; last year, $2,299,S26.10. Net operating revenue, $1,S579So.76; last year, s1,0SS, ,939.6o. American Express Company-Total receipts in Mississippi, $5S917.97; last year, s65,0Os.O2.
 Total expenses in Mississippi, $51,- 222.O5; last year, $61,757.60.
 Secretary Yerger of the board of trustees of the penitentiary has just paid into the state treasury the sum of $32,O00 on account of the sale of 642 bales of cotton from the Sunhower convict farm to Newberger & Co. The secretary also reports the sale of 400 tons of cotton seed to the Ad- vance Gin company at Wick sburg, at $21 per ton. This Is the same price that was paid for another lot of seed few weeks since. and is believed to be the best price that has been re- ceived for seed this season.
 Seed are now beginning to get scarce and the oil mills will be closing down in avery few more days. Reports from the southern part of the state are to the effect that the lumber and timber business has stag mated again, and that mills are closing down, or running on short time be- cause they cannot get timber f1oated down the streams, there being no wa ter, and because of low prices of the products, but when the secretary of lumber concerns in one day 1t is very good evidence that something is do- ing in that line, or else that these in- terests expect times to improve very decidedly in the near future. The fol- lowing were filed for record today: | Home Lumber company, Gulfport, apital, $30,000; incorporators, G. c. Budd, D. T. Russell, W. J. Miles and Charles B. Haydon.
 The Yellow Pine Humber company Jackson; capital. $30,000; incorporators A. F. Wortman, R. P. Vincent and c. A. Schuman.
 w. c. Bell Lumber Co.,, Columbus; capital, $20,000 incorporators, w. c. Bell, o. P. Bell and c. M. Flynn. 1 McLain- King company, at Bassfield; capital, s30.0OO; incorporators. D. N Mclean, A. J. King and A. F. Carra- way.
 1 tcher-Lowenberg (Inc.), Kos ciusko; capital, $10,000; incorporators, 1 J. w. Fletcher and Louis Lowenberg. The last named concern is not a lum- | Der manufacturing plant.