The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-03-18
A million-dollar cotton mill is to

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be erected at Corinth, Miss, and an
electric line built to the Tennessee
river.
According to the present inten-
tions OF Theodore Roosevelt, his en-
tire family, with the exception of
Mrs. Longsworth and Theodore. Jr.,
will spend most Of the time in Italy,
while Mr.. Roosevelt is away.
Governor Hay of Washington has
expressed verbal approval of the To-
cal option bill, which has been pass
ed by the legislature. and will sign,
it. Every incorporated city, under
the act, is separate unit and coun-
ty districts in each county form a
district unis.
The establishment of state labor
colonies for the custody and refor-
nation of vagrants, habitual drunk
ards and tramps was advocated at a
hearing on proposed bill before
the Senate Fiance Committee by a
delegation representing charitable
interests in New York City.
The sentence Of five years in the
pcnitentiary against Louis Decker,
former member of the House of
Delegates in st. Louis, has been af-
firmed by the State Supreme Court.
Decker was convicted of bribery at
Springfield, Mo-, whittier he took a
change of venue from st. Louis
The Department of Agriculture
estimated that the quantity of wheat
in farmers hands March 1 was
about 21.6 per cent, equivalent to
1862 900 bushels of last years
crop, and corn 1913 per cent, equal
ing 1,047,763 900 bushels of last
years crop.
Three hundred thousand erstwhile
Ottoman subjects now living in the
United States have petitioncd Kais-
i'm Bey, Turkish ambassador to the
Tinted States, to urge that Munii
Bcy, Turkish consul in New York
city, be deposed for conduct which
is termed by them "grafting.''
Because he twisted the tail of a
mule, negro youth named Black.
man is in jail at Tallulah, La, un-
der a charge of manslaughter. An
aged negro was riding the mule
when it. tail was twisted. He was
thrown from th2 rearing animal, sus
tanning injuries from which he died.
The committee appointed by Gov
ernor Haskell to investigate the
charge Of cruelty to prisoners in
the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing,
Kan, has made its report. 1t sus-
tained in substance the charges orig
inally brought by Miss Kate Bar
nard, state commissioner of charities
and corrections for Oklahoma.
the Missouri legislature is one
the Missouri legislature were one
which belongs in the freak class. 1t
came from Representative Roach of
Jasper, and will bring comfort to
newly-weds. The measure makes it
misdemeanor to throw rice upon
any railroad car, depot platform or
upon any person upon any such car
or platform.
Hea1tb-roken because his dream of
having an intercontinental railroad
open to commerce the fertile val
leys of Central America and South
America had never materialized.
Hinton Howan Helper, former Uni
ted States Consul General at Beunos
Aires, committed suicide at Wash
ington. His wife and children live
in Chicago.
Henry Hendricks of East Alton.
ILL.,, is tine proud father of the
twenty-1irst child born to himself
and his wife. He is a farmer and
makes money by tilling the soil.
Seventeen of his children are liv-
ing and all are strong and healthy.
All OF the twenty-one babies were
born in the same room in the farm
house.
Failing in his effort to make his
good friend, William Hayward of
Nebraska, secretary of the Republi-
can National Committee. vice chair