The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-06-18

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DEADLY DUEL AT MEANWHILE,
Gov. Noel Rushes Troops to Scene to
Prevent Further Bloodshed.

again MONDAY, ana after q pitched bat
tie on the main street, the casualties
were:
The dead: DIR. A. M. Newman, char
Gerry clerk and leader of his clan; Silas
Reynolds, Greenville, Miss, allied with
Prichards. Fatally wounded: Herbert
Applewhite, lawyer, allied with the
Prichards; Lenox Newman, son of the
doctor. Slightly wounded: Ernest
Newman, son of the doctor, broken leg;
- Boyd, allied with the Prichards,
shot in head.
DR.. Newman, who always went heav-
lily armed, was driving in his buggy
down the main street, and as he passed
the Butler building, a shot was fired at
him from the second story window. He
jumped out of his buggy, and got out Of
range under a shed. AS he reached the
place he was met by Applewhite and
Reynolds, who opened fire on him, which
he returned. Dr.. Newman's sons came
to his rescue, and Boyd and some others
Joined Reynolds and Applewhite, and a
regular pitched battle with Winchesters
and revolvers was fought out to a finish.
When the smoke had cleared away, it
had participated in the fight was wound
ed. DR.. Newman had evidently been
killed by Applewhite, while himself sue
cumbing to the half a dozen wounds
which showed on his body.
Ever since the killing of Cornelius
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last, and the acquittal of DR.. Newman,
the trouble has been expected to break
out again, for both factions had large fol
lowings. composed of intimate friends
and relatives, and bad blood has been
existing for a long time. Applewhite, who
was fatally wounded, was badly wound
| ed by a stray bullet during the Newman
Prichard shooting, and since then he has
cast his lot with the Prichards. On sew.
eral occasions lately DR.. Newman has or
dered him out of the chancery clerks of.
fee.
The trouble dates back to the white
cap prosecutions in Franklin county, and
two neighboring counties. Negro settlers
had been whitecapped out of the coun-
ties, but it happened in Franklin county
that a number of negroes had been run
off of government homesteads, and this
gave the federal government jurisdiction.
Judge Niles, District Attorney Lee and
the State officials co-operated in the in
vestigations, indictments being found
against 200 of the citizens of Franklin
county. DIR. Newman was regarded as
one of the leaders of the movement. 1t
was recognized by Judge Niles that
many of the men had been forced into
the movement, and after a number of
consultations, he agreed that if they
would all plead guilty he would fine
them $25 each and suspend sentence dur.
ing good behavior. DR.. Newman, Emmett
McNIanus, Columbus Lester and James
Gill were the only ones in the lot who
paid their fines.
From that time on bad blood existed
between the Newmans and the Prichards,
the former holding the latter responsible
in some way for the action of the federal
government.
The elimination of a long series of
petty quarrels and disputes came on the
'fternoon of April 81 last, when DR..
Newman and Cornelius Prichard started
shooting at each other, almost in front
of the courthouse, the doctors sons and
several of the Prichards participating,
and several being wounded. Cornelius
Prichard was killed. Soon after this
the sheriff of the county was indicted by
the grand jury for allowing DR.. Newman
too many liberties when he was supposed
20 be in prison. On May Is DR.. Newman
was acquitted, after a trial lasting four
days. His acquittal ranked in the
of his enemies.
Only the prompt arrival of the militia
averted a bloody war, as feeling is in
tense.
The latest new railroad project that
has been taken in hand in the State
IS the Shaw and Southwestern Railway.
The plan of the promoters is to build a
line of road southwest from Shaw, in
Bolivar county, which is on the main
line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley,
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line of the Delta Southern, which is a
connecting line with the Southern Rail-
way, tapping it at Elizabeth.
Almost every county in the State is
beginning to realize the extent of at
least one feature of the damages caused
by the recent rains, and this calls for
immediate expenditure of funds to make
amends. The various boards of super.
visors have let numerous contracts for
replacing bridges along the creeks and
branches where they were washed away
or seriously damaged.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the North Mississippi conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, held
it's annual meeting in Greenwood. About
100 delegates from all parts of the State
were in attendance.
Keen interest is now being manifested
throughout the state in the campaign
being waged at Biloxi to secure the
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