The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-11
THIRD TRIAL SET FOR MURDER CASE YazoO City Man Will Come to
 Trial In Jackson PHARMACISTS EXAMINED ort of Over 100 Applicants About Two Thirds Pass and VIII Revelve
 Licenses-Suffraget
 VIII Convene.
PHARMACISTS EXAMINED


 Judge Potter has set next Tuesday April 13, as the date for the trial of J. M. Murphey of Yazoo City, who is charged with murder, and which comes to Jackson on change of venue. A special venire Of 10 names was drawn from the jury boxes by Judge Potter in open court, imme- diately after the adjournment of the Sorsby case, and the sheriff was ordered to summon them to show up here next Monday. While this case is little known in Jackson and it is not thought there will be any trouble in getting a Jury, 1t has become famous in Yazoo county through having been tried twice and as often reversed by the supreme court.
 The state board of pharmacists have completed their examinations and the grading of the papers submitted and re- turned to their homes. There were 1O2 applicants for license to practice phar- macy in the state and of these B were passed as competent to roll pills for the communities in which they happen to live, viz E. A. Richardson. Holly Springs; C. w Melton, Shaw; H. B. McGill Green vile; J. A McNeill. Ellisville, Earl Wylle, Ecrue; L. c. Paden. Iuka; s. J. Gaddy, Bond; c. W. Fountain, Coylawn; C. E. Jones, Bolton; B. H. Dickson, Jackson; Delma Goode, Myrtle; w. H. Fortenber- ", Columbia; T. L. Greaves, Meridian; E. E. Hegland, Atlanta, Ga- c. s. 6te- vens, Ruleville; R. A. Fadeley, Vicks- burg; R. ". Keizer, Canton; c. D. Mer- Till, Greenwood; D. V. Stanley, Fort r o01,. E. R. Wiggins, Natchez; E. L. Gaudet. Covington, La.; c. H. Butler, Natchez; Charles Blanchard, vicksburg; c. H. Ter rell Hermanville; D. c. Pitts. Herman vile; J. M. Ellen, Montrose; R. s. Hill, Hickory Charles Ketts, Vicksburg; J. r. Carter, Scooba; J. D. Lynch, Wen; c. M. Reames. Senatobia; T. L. Mangum, luka; L. c. Callahan, Columbus; John T. Me Laid. Cleveland; A. D. Gully, Fayette; II. Eastland, Forest
 The Mississippi Womans Suffrage as- sociation is holdings it's annual conven- ton at the state capitol, but the attend ance fig rather small, as ell such meetings have always been in Mississippi Mrs. Nellie Nugent Somerville of Greenville, one of the leading spirits of the desperate cause in this state, is president. The Misses Gordon of New Orleans are among the most distinguished visitors.
 At the meeting of the board of trustees of the penitentiary, Trustee Montgomery filed report stating that he had visited all of the state farms as required by law and found them in fiourishing condition, the convicts being well cared for and as happy as the circumstances would per nit Farming operations are well ad- vanced over the 13,000 acres of oultivable lands, upon which the convicts produced 5400 bales of cotton, 10000 bushels of corn, 1000 bushels of peas and potatoes and molasses In the greatest abundance.
 But Colonel Montgomery is not exactly satisfied with the fare that Is served to the prisoners. He does not state that they should have pie for supper, but he does say: Some complain of not having good enough rations, and l think myself that we should instruct the superintendent to have flour bread given to those who want 1t at least once a day; that they be given coffee with sugar in 1t twice day, and rnola sses the same. An abundance of cornbread and bacon and cowpeas Is now give them. The state makes money by the thousands out of these prisoners, and will not complain at our feeding them we'll"
 During this meeting the trustees pur- chased 1900 pairs of shoes and 1000 pairs
 For some time after the city of Jackson established its crematory and began to of socks, the orders going to Jackson dealers and resident drummers.
 burn all the refuse that is collected by the sanitary carts, it sold the ashes to one of the fertilizer factories at $5 per ton. Later the factory reduced it's price to s3 per ton, and in course of time stopped taking the ashes at all.
 Being convinced that these ashes com posed very largely of animal matter. are valuable, Mayor Crowder had the man. ager of the plant take samples from each of 20 sacks at random, one day recently, and had the combined sample passed on by Prof. W. B'. Hand, state chemist at the Agricultural and Mechanical college. This analysis shows moisture 1ss phosphorio acid 1.1o, nitrogen .s9. potash 1.10. and Is, of course, a fine fertilizer, well worth moro than the fertilizer factories have been paying for it.
 During the time the ashes were sold, even at B per ton, the crematory came near paying the expenses of its operation, and whether it pays or not, it is one of the best and most satisfactory invest ments the city of Jackson has ever made. It consumes thousands of cart and wagon loads of trash and ecoree of