Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-04-30
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sssn TTeSldenC WMCnela, OF Tue lnuuhtrAml
Institute and College, has announced the
orators for the approaching commence
ment exercises at that institution. The
commencement sermon will be delivered
on Sunday, June 6, by DR.. c. .. Gray,
of Atlanta, secretary of the Baptist
home mission board, and the baccslau-
reate address will be delivered the fol-
lowing morning by DR.. j. B. Aawell, ex-
= State superintendent of education in
Louisiana.
II. d. Dyer, who conducted a piano
voting contest in Hattiesburg for q
Rumber Of local merchants, was bound
over to the grand jury to answer n
charge Of operating lottery. The SEQ
ton of the Mississippi code relating to
lotteries reads: IF any person, in order
to raise money for himself or another,
or for any purpose whatsoever, shah
publicly or privately put up a lottery to
be drawn or adventured for, he shall, ON
conviction be imprisoned in the peni-
Tertiary not exceeding five years"
MajOr-General Frederick Dent Grant
viii represent the war department at
the unwilling of the Gen. Stephsn d. Lee
monument in the National Military Park
at Vicksburg ON June II. Secretary of
War ]. 81. Dickinson has ROtiied Park
Chairman W. r. Rigby that he cannot
attend, but has assigned Gen. Grant to
come
The truck farmers around Wesson
have closed out all their cabbage to q
comniSsSOn- house for $1.5e per crate,
{. o. b. Wesson, and efforts are being
made 10 get them to close out their tor
matoes, peas and beans. The truck raised
this season will be worth about SIC, 900,
and so encouraged are some of the farm
era they say they expect to double the
acreage in another year.
1t is authOritatiyely announced that
the Alabama Great Southern, New Or
leans 4 Northeastern, Alabama & Vieks-
burg, VicksburG Shreveport & Pacific,
composing the Queen & Crescent system,
viii be reorganized and put under the
original operators, the Erlanger syndi-
cate of London, England, within the next
few months.
For the purpose of securing q colony
of GermaR-American farmers and recog-
nizing the advantages which will accrue
to the trade of Greenwood plantations
into small tracts with thrifty white set
tiers located on them, n number of Green
wood business men purchased the W. c.
acres, and will divide the same into
small farms.
The twenty-first annual session of the
Mississippi Bankers Association will be
held in Columbus May II and 12.
For several months past prominent re-
ligious workers have bsen endeavorng
to secure funds for the erection of a mod
ern Young Mems Christian Association
building in Columbus. About 5000 to-
ward the erection of y. NJ c. A. build
ing has already been secured, and by
arousing the young men to jealous effort
il is hoped to raise the $4,000 which is
necessary to insure the success of the
undertaking.
The record Of building permits issued
at the city clerks office at Jackson since
the 1st Of January shows total Of
STA, 567.25, representing the investment
that has been made in new buildings
within the corporate limits during the
present year.
About 600 students of the Industrial
Institute and College went to Starktille
to witness the exercises incidental to the
laying of the cornerstone of the new adj
ministration building at the A. and NJ.
College.
During the annual meeting of the
State Teachers Association in Natchez,
Prof. J. E. Walmsey, of Millsaps Col
lege, will take the junior and senior his
tory classes of the college to hatcher
primarily for the purpose of having them
visit the historic places around the city,
but incidentally to see the industrial ex-
hibits and hear some of the able papers
and addresses which will be a part Of
the program carried out by the teachers.
Willis Blackledge, a prominent farmeT
residing q few miles west of Afoselle, is
looking for his daughter, who diBaP
peared. The young lady retired to hs<
room at the usual hour, but when mem
bers of the family went to arouse her
uext morning for breakfast it was dis
covered that she had mysteriously disaP
peared during the night, leaving no note
of explanation.
Henry Sledge, merchant and farmer
of .Moselle, had his arm shot off by q
trap gun in his own store. There had
been several gurglaries and all the mer-
vhants of Moselle set trap guns in their
stores. Mr.. Sledge forgot his trap.
Jake Thompson, negro, was found
Fuilty of running blind tiger at Wig
gins. Mr.. Jones was found guilty Of
allowing the negro TO store the whisky
In his place of business. Both were fined
800 and given 80 days in jail.
In September, 1908, C. Mortimer, OF
Carroll county, was arrested for white
tapping and indicted by the grand pwy
Of Montgomery county at the October
BERN of court. Last week, after hearing
the evidence and arguments by counsel,
The Jury, after less than ten inmates Of
celebrating, returned verdict of not
zuilty.
the PEOPLES FORUM.