Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-18
Mississippi
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General Manager j. w. Hudson, Secre
tary Charles F. Scofeld, Chief Engineer
Cyrus Plummer, William Cornell, director
agent, and Mr.. Finegan, of the proposed
Mississippi River Western Railroad from
Meridian to Natchez, are enthusiastic
over the prospects of the new road. Work
on the road is expected to start about
July l at four or five different points at
the same time.
Preparations are completed for the
University of Mississippi Summer School
and Normal, which will open June Is.
| A great number of teachers from all
parts of the state will be in attendance
and the different courses have been ar
ranged with special reference to their re-
quirements.
A vine that has grown both Irish po-
| tatoes and tomatoes on it was exhibited
in Meridian by J. S. Henson, farmer.
The potatoes, which grow on the roots,
as all potatoes do, were well developed.
The tomatoes, which grow in clusters
on the top, are about the size of small
marbles, and if given time it looks as
if they might grow to an average size.
The promoters of the Aberdeen and
Tombigbee Valley Railroad have come
forward with another request for an eX-
tension of time, and declare that they
are in a position to begin work within
thirty days, and push it rapidly forward
to completion.
Keen interest is now being manifested
throughout the state in the campaign
being waged at Biloxi to secure the
adoption of the commission form of gov
which the city is now operating. The
matter will be decided at a special cleo
tion to be held on June "a.
c. H. Guy, rs years old, Confederate
veteran and resident of Grenada, fell
headlong down an elevator shaft to his
! death in the store of the Barnes & Miller
Hardware Company, at Memphis.
The clerks association waited on the
merchants of Meridian and secured the
consent of each one to suspend business
on Monday, July 5, as the Fourth of
July comes on Sunday. The clerks as
ISOLATION will formulate program to be
celebrated on the holiday.
Constantine Feilere, a Greek boy about
IS years old, was found in fruit stand
at Meridian unconscious and the cash
drawer of the stand robbed. The boy
was nodding on duty in the early morn
ing and was struck over the head with
an iron pipe by an unknown assailant.
The chief case of general Importance
disposed of in the Circuit Court of Lin
coin county was that of Mrs. Sarah v.
Hilton " the Woodmen of the World.
Plaintiffs husband, who was killed IN
1908 by Bud Nations in this county,
held insurance in the W. @. w. for ST.
900. Payment was refused because of
clause in the policy which provides
that it shall become null and void If
the insured shall come to his death while
in the act of violating the law of the
State, or in attempting to violate the
same, it being alleged that the deceased
had forfeited his policy under this clause.
On the evidence of the killing submitted
to the jury, verdict was returned for
the w. o. w.
Members of the Mississippi delegation
in Congress have been asked to frame
and secure the passage of a bill as
quickly as possible to remedy the dis
covery recently made that the harbor of
Pascagoula is not legal port of entry.
The Federal government is now spend
ing an appropriation of $1,05O,000 on
the Pascagoula harbor, with the view
of securing a depth of nineteen feet in
the river anchorage basis and depth
of twenty-five feet through the pass,
and none of this work will be suspended
on account of the recent discovery.
United States Senator George Cham
berlain, of Oregon, was rendered pub
lie reception at Natchez. Senator
Chamberlain is a native of Natchez, and
among the guests were many of his old
schOolmates.
On July the third district levee
board will award contracts for 100000
yards of levee work. Plans are on file
in the office of Captain Clark Smith at
Vicksburg.
W. B. Scurr, a civil war veteran of
Grenada county, died at his home after
short illness. He was a member of the
Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment during
the civil war, and conducted himself
always as a brave soldier.
A fire was discovered in one of the
jury rooms on the second floor of the
Lincoln county court house. Though
well under way when the alarm was
turned in, Brookhaven's volunteer fire
department soon had the flames under
control and prevented the spread to the
rest of the building. Lincoln county
has lost two court houses by fire within
the last 27 years.
The union revival services which have
been in progress at Bonneville for three
weeks closed with about 40 accessions
to the churches Rev. w. NJ. Mcintosh
sustained his reputation as a revivalist,
md with the assistance of the local clergy
and laymen a great spiritual work was
done.
An sold folders contest" was held at
Hattiesburg under the auspices of the