Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-08-20
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Much interest is manifested in Oxford
and University circles over the election
of DIR. T. P. Bailey to the superintend-
ency of the Memphis city schools. DR..
Bailey has served the university for six
years as dean of the department of edu-
cation, and in that important position
has supervised the high schools of Mis-
sissippi, which are affiliated with the
university. Personally and professional
ly, he is very popular with the school
authorities of Mississippi, and, owing to
his broad culture and scholarship, as
well as his efficiency as high school SUI
pervisor, it is freely predicted that he
will soon place the Memphis city schools
in the very forefront of Southern educa-
tional systems. There is considerable
speculation as to DIR. Bailey's successor
in the university.
The proposed new schedule of local
rates on cotton, as compiled by Commits
sioner F. NJ. Lee, of the railroad commits
sion, is arousing considerable antagon-
ism around Clarksdale, in that the sched-
ule, if put into practical action, will
initiate materially against Clarksdale
as a shipping point. Clarksdale is one
of the States leaders as cotton mar
ket, and such discrimination as that i'm
piled in the proposed new basis will
iniure not only Clarksdale, but Green
wood, Grenada, Jackson, Meridian and
all other inland shipping points through
out the State.
John Mcdaniel, a negro, was convicted
of killing H. B. Braey, a white man,
and was sentenced by Judge ROane to
be hanged at New Albany September 10.
The negro's testimony convicted him,
saying that he, while acting as brake
man on the St. Louis & San Francisco
eastbound freight, in February last,
made the man crawl down the side of
the car to jump off, and that he shot
down the side of the car where the man
was, but did not aim to kill him. The
jury was out only thirty minutes.
A man giving his name as Dan Lewis,
and claiming to represent the Prudential
Life Insurance Company, with head
quarters at Jackson, was arrested /:
Brookhaven on the charge of trying to
pass a draft. He had been trying to
pass drafts drawn on a man i'll Jackson
at various places, and succeeded at COT
feeville. In the meantime the bank at
that place had been notified and when
he presented a draft the cashier tele-
phoned the Coffeeville bank to know if
they still held the charge against him,
and they Immediately ordered his arrest.
, Tom Watkins and Walter Casey, two
prisoners under sentence of death, made
their escape from the county Jail at
Cleveland. The men were convicted at
the May term of court, and sentenced to
hang on the 14th and 18th of June, re-
spectively. An appeal was taken in
each case, and they were waiting the
action of the Supreme Court.
Chas. A. Hays, one of Webster coun.
tvs most progressive and successful
farmers, who resides about two miles
north of Europa, placed on exhibition
a number of stalks of corn showing a
most remarkable yield. One of these
stalks contained five well-matured ears
and an additional nubbin, while another
stalk and its five suckers" all growing
from one seed, had eight matured ears
and a nubbin.
The postoffce at Carrollton was robbed
last week of stamps and small change
to the amount of about 81. The small
iron bars at the stamp window were
pried apart and the thief ran his arm
/ through the opening and got the entire
contents of the stamp drawer.
A very interesting farmers institute
was held at Nettleton, conducted by
D. A. Saunders, of Starkville, and A. L.
French, of North Carolina. The meet
ing had been we'll advertised, and many
farmers were in attendance.
Cornelius Chisolm, of Union, who had
been in jail at Newton to await the &C
ton of the grand jury in regard to the
killing OF, the McDonalds, at Union, has
been released, the grand jury failing to
find bill of indictment against him.
The engineering work of the Talla'
hatchie drainage district is being ra9idly
pushed forward by the drainage engineer,
who, at the September meeting of the
commission, will submit for approval
the report on the survey of the main
canal drains in the Coldwater-Talla'
hatchie river basin.
The 10-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franz Burchfeld, who live about two
miles east of lockwood, was drowned
while in swimming with number OF
young companions near the home of his
parents.
About 1000 people attended the open
ing ceremonies of the Confederate reun-
ion in Louisville. The entire program
was carried through without a flaw, and
the event is said to be the most sue
cessful in the history of Louisville.
Ed Hinson, living in the eastern por'
ton of Meridian, received notice that a
band of twenty had organized into a
Christian society" and would take him
out and whip him if he had not moved
by Tuesday night. Officers in the neigh
borhood are on the lookout and quiet
prevails.
The sharpshooters are doing much
10 rnorra To the cotton crnnS in the HOl.