Macon beacon., 1910-02-04
Mississippi News
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Judge j. B. Chrisman, for twenty years
judge of this circuit, died at his home At
Canton, aged 50 years. He was one of
the most prominent men in the State. In
1902 he gained considerable notoriety
by thwarting the efforts of s mob to
rescue gang of whitecappers who were
on trial in his court at Brookhaven. The
mob had overpowered the sheriff and
broken into the com room where the case
was in progress. The venerable Judge
took in the situation at once, and, quick.
ly leaving the bench. met the ruffians
and defied them to take the prisoners at
the bar. They quailed before his stern
eye and courageous manner, and skunk
out of the courtroom.
w. c. Cain, a farmer of Franklin coun.
ty, gives some facts in regard to hog
raising that will be hard to equal any
where. Mr.. Cain states that he killed
hog that tipped the scales at $50 pounds.
He got 12O pounds of lard. which. at the
present price, is $500; 200 pounds OF
sausage, at 1919 cents per pound, $25.
leaving a balance of meat which, at the
present price of dry salt meat. is worth
$50. The total of the above is $74.2O
Mr.. Cain also made the statement that
with only three acres of peanuts and
what peas the hogs could get in the field.
it cost him not over $S in cash to raise
and kill 1000 pounds of pork.
Grenada is very much interested IN
the proposition before the lower house
of congress by Hon. I. I. Sisson to make
survey of Yalobusha river for the
purposes of navigation. Every piece of
information and much data are being
collected to send Mr.. SissOn, so that he
may be fortified against any probable
opposition. Old citizens recall the time
when steamboats, piled the waters of the
river regularly. A steamboat was up as
high as Grenada as late as the SOS that
carried one thousand bales of cotton.
Following some correspondence be-
tween Secretary Runnells of the Bust
ness League and Prof. Thomas l.. Bal
ley, secretary of the Mississippi Inter
collegiate Oratorical Association, the di
rectOrs of the league issued a formal in
vitatiOn to the association to hold their
next meeting in Greenville, the time set
being May 13.
In the trial of John Gaines, at Co.
lumbus, on the charge of selling booze, it
developed that some of the most con-
slant patrons of local blind tigers are
young boys. Three of the principal wit
nesses were boys ii and Is years of age,
and all swore that they frequently threw
in money and bought whisky from unli-
censed vendors.
One of the most important meetings
ever held in Mississippi among the ne
groes will be the midwinter session of
the bishops council of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Feb. Q, in
Vicksburg. 1t is estimated that upward
of 1000 people will be in the city at the
time, because of a number of important
questions to be reviewed by prelates.
A shooting affray occurred at HOE
comb. eleven miles west of Grenada, be-
tween DR.. c. c. Moore and Shel Guy,
brothers-in- law DIR. Moore fired four
shots and Guy nine. Moore was un-
hurt and Guy had the small bone in
his left arm broken. The shooting took
place in Moore's drug store. Both par
ties are prominent.
Quite a great number of the farmers
of Lefiore county have begun the raising
of produce and especially are they be-
coming interested in the breeding of
mules and horses. At present mules
command a very high price in the Delta,
and it is believed that this experiment |
in the breeding of mules will be profit |
able.
By a vote of 694 to 9 the bond issue
of $50, 900 to be given the Mississippi |
River Western railroad by the city az |
)onus to build into Natchez was the re-
suit of Mondays election. The $4,000 |
is not to be paid to the road until they
have completed the same from Meridian
to Natchez and running trains into the
latter city over it's own tracks.
A bold holdup occurred in the northern
portion of Leake county, when William
Wilder, a negro, met Mr.. Lepord, white
man, on the public highway, pulled his
pistol and ordered him to give up his
money, which he very reluctantly did.
T. E. McGhee, who has the seining
privilege at Moon lake, in making an
other haul over the same course where
he caught 9O3 alligator gar, eclipsed this
record just 90, catching a total of 972
gar and $50 pounds of drum and buffalo
at the same time. great many of the
yars were and 9 feet long, and were
so heavy one person could scarcely han
lie one.
Coffeeville was visited by the worst
'onfagration in the history of the city.