The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-01-29
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E. A. Stephenson, of the jackson Board
of Trade, the prospects are for a busy
spring and summer season during 1909,
in the way Of features and gatherings
which will demand the ~hospitable atten.
tion of that organization. The list of
events include the meeting of the State
Retail Hardware Dealers Association in
April, the convention of the Mississippi
Medical Association at the same time, or
rather during the same month, the con-
vention of the United Commercial Trav-
elers in May, and that of the Mississippi
Travellers in June. In addition to these
affairs, the directors are going to make
every effort to secure the State encamp-
ment in July, a plum which three or four
| other cities are also making efforts to Sc
cure.
Inc juries in the cases of Ben Love,
charged with murder, and Gus Morgan,
charged with manslaughter, returned
into circuit court-the first with a ver-
dict of not guilty, and the second re-
| porting inability to agree, whereupOn
both were discharged. In discharging the
Love jury Judge Buckley took occasion
to comment pointedly upon the result of
the seven murder and manslaughter cases
he had tried in his court this past term,
all of which resulted in acquitals. He
said that the juries had failed to stand
by the court, and that they had lent
their sanction to holn.cides in Lauderdale
county.
Col. William Howard White. for so
many years the well known and efficient
agent of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company at Pickens, died ut Goodman,
after a lingering illness. Col. White
was in the employ of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company and the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
for twenty-five years, and was regarded
as one of the best men in the %company's
service and universally popular with the
railroad people with whom he lived.
Gov. Noel has renewed the $500 re-
ward which was outstanding for the ar
rest and conviction of Bob Myers, the
negro who, on October IS, 1907, shot
and killed Sheriff w. c. McDougald, of
Carroll county. The main purpose of
the renewal was for the purpose Of
changing the conditions of the reward
so as to make it payable on arrest, in
stead of arrest and conviction, as be-
fore. Besides this $500, there is another
$500 offered by relatives of the dead
sheriff, making a total price of $1,000
on Myers head.
Commencing Monday week, February
1, DIR. Mayer will continue his lectures
in North Mississippi, commencing at
Holly Springs Monday, February ]; Ok
ford, Tuesday, February 2; Batesville,
Wednesday, February 3; Senatobia,
Thursday, February 4; fernando, Fri
day, February 5. While it is not so an
nounced, it is presumed that after leav-
ing fernando, DIR. Mayer will work his
way down through the delta, and this
will require at least a fortnight more of
his time.
Members of the bar of Laurel are urg-
ing Circuit Judge r. L. Billiard to hold
a special term of the circuit court at an
early date. The docket is heavy, and
there are now some se%venty-ive criminal
cases ready for trial, including two mur-
der cases in which the accused are held
in jail, not having yet been indicted.
A south-bound freight train on the
Illinois Central railroad was wrecked
two miles from West, caused by spread
ing rails, and sixteen cars were tele-
scoped. None of the trainmen was i'll
jured, but mules, horses and cattle val
ued at S. 5000 were killed.
Hon. Ben II. Holder, president of the
Mississippi Travellers, which organization
taken up, among other things, the
betterment of the hotel anu tavern serv-
ice in the State, states that the circular
letter to the hotel men sent out a few
weeks ago, calling attention to certain
little details that need looking after in
order to promote the comfort, safety
and convenience of the travelling men, is
having good effect.
Col. W. A. Montgomery of the peni-
trustees has made another sue
cessful safe of State cotton. The sale
was consummated at Sunfower farm, |
where $40 bales were sold at Q 5-S cents |
per pound, and a lot of Is bales at 9 "a
cents. This was at the estimated aver
age of $50 per bale, or about $4S, 900 for
the lot, and is remunerative if not rec
ord figures.
For selling whisky in violation of the
prohibition laws, a Correro, of the
Mississippi Italian Supply Company, of
Greenville, was fined $500 and sentenced
to 100 days in Jail, on two counts, in JUS
tice of the peace court.