Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-03

! tion of the fact that General w. W.
Brandon, of Tuscaloosa, acted ss
grand marshal in place of Colonel V.
H. McKelroy, who was suddenly
stricken i'll. More than 500 knights
were in the parade, which extnnde1
six blocks.
Mrs. l.. G. Nations died at her home
at Blue Springs, Ca, after an illness
of some time. She was &C years of
age. She is survived hy a husband
and the following children: w. T.,
George and J. H. Nations, of Gordon
county; Mrs. Ida McCauley, of Armu-
chez; Mrs. ]. A. Owens, of Dalton,
and Mrs R. B. Adams, of Ranger. Mrs.
Nations is survived by forty grand
children and seven great-grandchil-
dren.
Contracts for locomotives. rolling
stock, steel rails and fittings. inv0lv-
ing a total expenditure of &~+J 900,
have been let within the past few
weeks by the Southern Railway Com
pany, according to announcement
made, thus carrying out the state
ments as to orders to be given con-
tanned in President Finley's announce
ment of March II.
1t was learned at the department
of justice that an investigation is tc
be made of the workings of the lu1n-
Der trust for the purpose of ascer-
tanning If any violations of the Sher-
man antitrust law are being mado.
This is a part of the plan Of Attorney
General Wickersham to inquire into
Gus sections of the country to gather
the high cost of living. Several in
spectors have been detailed in vari-
evidence.
Coal in Chicago which supplies the
factories and other large commercial
interests of the city is to advance 81
a ton in price on account of the min
ers' strike Soft coal is now being
mined and Chicago and all of the
other manufacturing interests in the
state are dependent on coal from
North Carolina, Oklahoma and Indi-
ana for their fuel supply
The honorary degree of doctor OF
laws has been conferred upon Com
mander Robert E. Peary by the Uni
versity of Edinburgh. Sir Ludovfc
Grant, who presided at the ceremony,
introduced the explorer, saying in
conclusion: This is the man who
h. Ovninrofinrc hoe
tributed to the extension and enrich
ment of semitic knowledge"
ThG sixty-seventh annual session of
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
Georgia, together with the annual con-
vention and the annual meeting of the
Rebekah state assembly, met here
Tuesday for a three-day convention.
The usual attendance at the annual
conventions and the sessions of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows is more
than 1000
The election of DR.. William Cren.
shaw, of Atlanta and College Park, rs
the new president of Cox college waa
formally announced at the closing ex-
CRUISES vi IHC OtIu dlluudl COulll-t-CS-
ment. The announcement came as a
close to one of the most brilliant cGm
mencements that the institution has
ever known
The exodus of Jewish families from
Kiev has begun. The total depart
ures from that city is placed at 800
prescribed families belonging to ex-
clusively the poorest classes. The
expulsion is attended with narrowing
sights, it is reported.
Official dispatches received at the
state department at Washington, D.
c., from both Lima, Peru, and Quito
Ecuador, indicate that warlike prepa-
rations between Peru and Ecua dor are
being rapidly pushed forward and that
a conflict seems inevitable.
That James NJ. Lynch has been re-
elected to the presidency of the In
ternational Typographical Union is
indicted by reports received at the
headquarters in indianapolis, accord
ing to a statement given out.
An attempt to wreck a passenger
train on the Southern railroad was
made near Asheville, N. c., by the
driving of bolt into a switch frog.
Train crews discovered it in time to
avert an accident.
Judge H. H. Perry, of Gainesville,
made the opening speech for his CAM
paign for governor in Taft Hall, in
Atlanta, indorsing the principles Of
1906.
A bill for the reconversion by the
Mexican government of its consolida-
ted foreign per cent loan of S22 ,700,-
600 pounds sterling has been passed
by the national chamber of deputies.
The Council of the Royal Society
of London has elected Theodore
Roosevelt a life member. The first
American to be SO honored was Ben
jamin Franklin.
Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal was the
guest of the New York press club,
at a recent dinner at the metropolis.
GRIMES Divers have begun
AND an investigation of
CASUALTIES. the sinking of the
floating dry dock Dewey, which was
towed to the Philippines from. the At
lantic coast. One report circulated at
Manila is that her valves were opened
maliclously while she was preparing
to receive a vessel. 1t is believed,
however. that raising her from the 20
feet of water where she went down
viii be easy. The naval investigation
into the cause, begun Immediately, is
expected to develop sensations. 1t IS
said that it can be raised again in a
few weeks.