The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-03-18
9e}ississippi
gews

| IHe DOaTu OI LeVee NOIniillSSloHerS VI
the Upper Yazoo-Mississippi Delta dis
trict, will, on April 20, receive bids on
bond sale issue aggregating $325, ,o00
of forty-year bonds, bearing Az per cent.
interest and payable semi-annually, the
proceeds of such sale to be applied to
the refunding of a like amount Of
per cent bonded indebtedness, issued
some time ago. This issue. as the one
call at any time, such being the condi-
tions governing the sale OF the bonds.
| The East Mississippi -Four Counties
Medical Society, composed of Lee, Chick
asaw. Monroe and Itawamba, met i'll
officers, motion was made and carried
to meet next in Aberdeen. the second
| Tuesday in May, and in Amory the Sec
ond Tuesday in June, making the four
towns of Tupelo, Okoona, Aberdeen and
Amory permanent meeting places of the
society.
! "John Rutherford," former wearer
OF the Mississippi penitentiary uniform,
after conviction of burglary, and who
of the expiration thereof, when he was
| pardoned by Gov. Stone, only to break
into prison again u few years later, OH
the same charge, to escape from the
t>;1 s ho l., 70 ;n;1 of
ingham awaiting the orders of the State
| prison authorities.
Ed Harris, an employe of the New.
ton Oil and Manufacturing Company,
met death in rather peculiar manner.
He was in the second story of the build
| ing, showing cotton seed through hole
| to the first floor, and in some unknown
way fell in the hole. His body was
| caught, and the hole not being large
enough for him to 60 through, the seed
covered him up. Before it was discov.
cred he sutfocatcd
The teachers association of Choctaw
| County met at Ackerman in regular
monthly session. The feature of the
| day was the able address delivered by
State Superintendent of Education }, n,
Powers. He was greeted by a large au-
dience and his strong speech was we'll
| received. His remarks We're directed in
behalf of the country high school. There
was already a strong sentiment in this
county in favor of such move, and
the address of Prof. Powers will greatly
strengthen this sentiment.
Mrs. Alice Fairly was given verdict
n the Circuit Court against the Jack
son electric Street railway for $1,000,
the suit being based on the failure of
the employees in charge of a certain
street car to stop for her at regular
stopping corner, where she was accus-
toned to disembarking. Not only did
the conductor fail to stop, but was also
rather impudent, as alleged, when he
was taken to task for the oversight.
The family of w. A. Barker, of Me-
ridian, barely escaped with their lives
from their burning home. When the
fire was discovered the entire roof was
ablaze, and before all the members were
aroused the flames had eaten their way
through the ceiling. Two children, des-
perately sick with pneumonia, were
rolled in the bed clothing and rescued,
the bed clothing being on fire and one
of the boys feet burned before the COW
ering could be taken off.
Gov. Noel signed the commissions for
the following men appointed to office
in the Mississippi National Guard: j.
M. Powers, Franklin, Holmes county,
maj and aide de camp on the COVER
nor's staff; DR.. N. c. Womack, Jackson,
first lieutenant and assistant surgeon;
Robert S. Miller, jackson, captain, COM
manding Company f, Third infantry.
A cotton mill to employ thousand
operatives, will be built at Corinth in
the near future. A charter for the pur-
| pooS NAo d
at $1,000,0O0. The same company
promises an electric line to the Tennes.
see river within eighteen months.
Charlie Crossin, 14-year-old boy,
wearing knee pants, and Miss Minnie
Corley, 30 years old, were married at
Maben. The boys parents, hearing of
the marriage, separated the couple
| within an hour and refused to allow the
| boy to return to his new wife.
| A. d. McClelland, of New Orleans,
president of the Alden Knitting Mills, in
that city, is in Meridian with the pur-
pose of letting the contract for the
branch mill to be located here. The
buildings are estimated to cost SAC, 900.
Chambers having been discovered to
exist among the stock of Mr.. Thomas,
near Walden, State Inspector James
Lewis of Starkville ordered two mules
killed and all the other stock carried