Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-12-17
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&hs $4,000 damage suIt OF G. W.
Covington and wife against the Illinois
Central Railroad Company was settled
by compromise for $1l 900 IN the Copiah
county circuit court. Mr.. Coyington
and family were out driving in their ar-
tomobi!e. and in crossing the railroad
tracks were struek BY an snGaA The
result WAS that both Mr.. and Mrs. Cow
ington spent three months In the Tulane
Hospital in New Orleans Mr. Coving-
ton 10 . cripple for life and his wife has
not yet been able to walk, although she
may recover entirely In tins.
CengressmAn Dickson Of tbs Sixth Nis-
As~ppi ahtSisa las written letter -
the papers Of his b&iGwSek in which 10
tsts tAs fasmsp thAt As val Faaiss
tAsn every POsAhls assistanss in bulk
ing up o @AIkst aAA creating q demand
fer their cane syrsp-ths best in she
way es mslasAs that "a to Ae bad in tAis
section Of the oSuatry, and wAish seems
to AAd its natural element In the couA-
ties to tAs Houthwsst-kasss Row In
tested with the boil wssvl.
~ an appreciation Of tie SERVES Of
che Late Bishop Charles B, Galloway to
humanity, aAd In recognition Of hrs
friendship fer the sslorsd people, the
Mississippi eenfersnes Of ths Csiered
Methodist Episcopal Church. IN session
ct Greenwood, levied = special per capita
Asss&snent upon its membership TO raise
. goodly sum Of money, which viii be
! applied On the fuad to erect . monument
to the memory Of the gallant Mislis-
d1Dia1.
O0AGrssA@Aa B. q. Humphreys 10 In
Lexington trying to induce tAs board al
supervisors sf Holmes county 10 inauga-
rate o new system Of road werkiAg. AZ
present he 10 trying to persuade them
| to appropriate . small amount far tbs
purpose Of hAvixg built q snail stretch
Of sADdslAy read as a sample 50 demon
strats to the people Of this county the
feasibility Of this plan, aAd to convince
them that gsod roads are badly needed.
J. Z. B<aaton, q prominent planter Of
Washingten county, has finished picking
| . 1sla Of cotton which has made o most
remarkable yield. This deld comprises
| Ave and ens-fourth acres and the total
/ yield Of cotton is over 1880 pounds.
enough for two standard weight bales
per acre. At prevailing prices for cotton
and seed each acre Of this land, which
! was planted in the SimpkinS variety of
cotton, will yield hin = gross return of
about SITS
| Sheriff J. o. Baugh Of CoahomA eoun-
| ty raised several points Of questionable
! ch2sastez is the New World" district
in search Of blind tiger whisky, and
found quite 4 quantity Of beer and
| whisky. The negroes were ArraiFucd
before Justies J. B. Killsbrew and were
Aned $40 sash and wsrs given . severe
I reprinAnd.
The report of County Health Officer
/ W. w. Hamilton of LAudsrdals county
sAews that psi!assa is rxsva.enA ian the
county 10 a. a.arrniss sxtGRA. The rs
port shows thSt during the ssAt oiSh.vcn
months ending December there have
been . total Of IS cases Of the new dis
ease. OF this number 81 have proven
fatal, . lave recovered and - are now
| under treatment.
Tia people Of HAyrisoY eSunsy, Of
! whksA Gultpsrt IL the county .eat, are
awAksx.ng to the possibilities Of their
county AID propose to DO mere thas
SuFn sAArseal, grew tTusk and have its
esrHty seat q great port. 4 eEs has
hssn taken from jackson county, which
carried Of tie greater part Of the pre-
nixEA at the recent State Pair, both
Ent and ss~oad premiums. The Gem
nsreial Ualsn Of GuifpsEt has put en-
tcet a movement fSc the organization Of
a county fair association.
Dr.. 4. J. Brown killed two hogs thxt
weighed in the aggregate es2 pounds.
Another citizen of Iuka Killed two that
weighed eco pounds, and VIII Also
bxesta, a farmer iiviag ter miies east
o: Iuks, killed eighteen Aoss from ons
pan ana brought six Of them 70 Iuka for
sale. Thsy weighed 1871 pounds aAd
| netted him the sum Of $3.50.
| AL Indications point tS q rsAuetiea
Of tAs csttsa crop Of Newton county By
ahaut oAe-AAH. Reliable statistics shsv
that aAsGt $500 bales Of GOTTEN have
besa g4nAsa in the county TO date, with
izdi@ ticHs that the @sp will net ex-
coed 10000 bales. Last year the crop
WAS aAeut 9c, 600 bales, wAkls oAly enc
A2x "a MACH aseAGN vas raised aAis year
ea On iAsrssSs Of acreage svw last year.
Cssuit Judge Robert L. BullAxd las
sEdsrsd @ special term Of ss0rt Of JsHer-
son Davis county to begin Monday, Dec.
~, and continue enc week. The regular
tern Of court will DO thu tive weeks pre-
cc4iAg rhs special term, but the regular
spring tern was net held AaA it was
recessary TO have more tine Several
mur&sr cases are to be tried tAh term.
Tupslo has witnessed o successful
sIaaningup Of Illicit whisky retailing.
With 70 eases before the mayor, Is pleas
| Of guilty were entered and two eorvie-
tieRs resulted en- trials. Fines were i'm
posed aggregating a total Of 81 $50 for
the city and 5000 to the county, with
time on the streets in the NEST agra
waited eases.
The Clarksdale and Six Counties Med
zeal Association held itA semi-annual
meeting at Clarksdale. A noat inter
eSeinR session was AeA and the assscia-
tioa was much pieased with the progress
it las made during the year.