Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-05-07

the assembage.
A sensation has developed in the
circuit court at Nicksburg Attorneys
for the defendant in the suit of Mrs.
Maggie Hosie vs.. the YaZoo K Aissis-
sippi Valley Railroad Company moved
TO quash the jury and enter mlstrlai.
The attorneys charged that they had
seen two sons of the plaintiff taking
dinner with two Of the jurors, for which
dinner the two sons paid. Judge Bush
lectured the jurors and the young Ho-
sic boys severely, and the $4,000 SUIT
was entered as a mistriat.
The new railroad from Water Valley
to some point on the Mobile q ONO
is now a certainty. At a meeting Mt
Water Valley 500 representative busl-
ness men and ladies We're present The
amounts subscribed along the route were
tabulated. and it was found that $1O7,-
600 was in hand. The promoters only
asked for 100000 This road opens
up a fine timber section, and some OF
the best agricultural lands in the world,
With the announcement that the Scot
fish Rite Masons of Mississippi are to
build 100000 Scottish cathedral In
Meridian comes the announcement from
the Stnoewal Club, OF Meridian, that
they will begin the construction at an
early date of magnificent clubhouse,
Marshall county Is to have far.
The North Mississippi Fair Association
has purchased a tract of forty acres OF
land. and this will be converted into
up-to-date fair grounds. The opening
date of the fair has been set for Octo-
Der /.
Whitecapism in Coahoma county Is
the latest and most sensational deYei'
opment in that section of the delta, the
existence of an organized band OF white
oappers at New Africa, a negro settle
ment about eighteen miles south Of
CIarksdale. having come to the knowl-
edoe of the officials at this term OF
court
Decoration Day was appropriately,
| but quite simply, observed at Columbus.
For The first time in the history of the
observance. there was no address. The
program at the cemetery consisted only
Of songs and Il prayer,
| Rev. T. D. Brown, secretary OF the
mississippi Oratoricai Association, has
officially advised Canton that the state
intercollegiate oratorical contest would
be held at Canton May II.
The executive committee of the Mis-
si.siDpi Intercollegiate Oratorical Asso
citation has decided to hold the annual
contest at Greenwood, on May IA.
County Superintendent OF Education
ilIorton has organized a corn club il
Marshall county. The boys of the
county are taking an interest, and many
contests are planned.
With fully 1900 educators in attend
ance, representing every county in the
commonwealth, the annual convention
Of the Mississippi Teachers Association
net at Natchez.
Clement 4. Evans, of Atlanta, com
mander-in-chief Of the United Confeder
ate Veterans, has accepted an invitation
to present to the United States govern
ment the monument to Gen. Stephen d
Lee. at Vicksburg, on June II.
J. w. Boatwright, state lecturer fol
the Farmers Union, addressed severa
hundred farmers at Newton. Mr.. Boat
wright spoke for an hour, giving prae
teal and interesting address.
Lefore Lodge No. 46, X. Of P, o
Greenwood, has sent the following in
vitation to the representatives to th'
forthcoming session of the grand Lodge
at Meridian, asking that the 1910 ses
sion of that order be held in Greenwood
and the two local representatives will
use every legitimate means to ge
the grand lodge to come here next year
Columbus was visited by a cloudburs
last week. For ten minutes it seemed
as if the clouds had parted and allowed
a perfect deluge to flood everything
Hail as large as acorns literally covere'
the streets during the flow, In ffteel
minutes it ceased, but bitches, gutter
land everything were overfowed. a dark
ness preceded the cloudburst.
A terrific rain and hailstorm occurre
at Greenville, accompanied by high win
and vivid electrical display. Hail stone
fully as large as pigeon eggs in tn
,pace of about fifteen minutes lay o.
the ground an inch deep. No damag
except to vegetation.
The officers of the Marshall count
Sunday school convention have issued
call for an institute to be held in Holl
Springs Sunday, May 30. 1t is propose
to have q general rally of all the Sun
dav school workers of the county j
! Holly Springs at that time, insofar a
this may be practical BILE.
mothers combined. He has used praC
teal arguments which could not b
refuted. He persisted in selling hi
whisky to little boys-even to it'll
girls. He persisted in keeping his S;