The Jones County news., 1910-08-25
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Mrs. }. N. Elliott, living FIVE miles
east Of Cuntwn, died very suddenly
OF heart trouble she had dressed pre-
naratory % visiting her scr, Godiei
who lives near her IleF husband hal
lett her In the house when he statted
10 get tie buggy and horse. On his
return to tie house he called for her
to come 70 the buggy. Re had no re-
spouse from her, end upon entering
the room he found her on the door
dead She was 20 years Of age.
The reports Of the telephone com
panies operating in Mississippi COW
ering operations for the June quarter,
1910, all tend to show excess Of reve-
nue.. The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company reports total re-
ceipts for the three months of $685.
330.5G, against an operating expense
account of s24S,942.76, giving net
revenue of 37.3S7.S0. which is slight
ly lower than the net revenue for the
same period of 1909.
Natchez. - BY agreement among
Sheriff Clarke, County Attorney
Shields and the eleven men charged
with violating the prohibition law the
FIVE who sold whisky ana the six who
sold beer will pay $50 and costs for
the later offense and 800 and costs
for the former In addition each one
will give bond for 5000 to observe
the prohibition law for one year and
inform the sheriff of any violation.
The beginning of a well-organized
cattle tick in Warren county is now
well under way, since the arrival of
DR.. G. w. Famous, government expert,
and his arrangement for carrying on
this important work.
Louis Hoffman, aged sc, head of the
Hoffman Hardware Company, Vlcks.
burg, and rated as worth 100000 was
married at Cincinnati to Miss Gather
inc Falkenheimer, aged 80, of st. Lou
is, Mo, where Hoffman and her father
were business partners before the civil
war.
C. A. Robbins, formerly of Adams
county, but who has been living in the
West for the past year, has returned
for the purpose of securing options on
$4,000 acres of farm lands for settlers
from the Western and Middle States.
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The first new bale of cotton for the
season OF 1901 reached Meridian
and was auctioned off before the
board of trade The bale weighed 42S
pounds and was sold after spirited
bidding for IS cents per pound.
At a county cemetery ten miles
north of Yazoo City, Polk Evers, 70
years old, Confederate veteran, at
the funeral of his own daughter,
stabbed and perhaps fatally wounded
Allen Pigg. To make the affray more
deplorable, if possible, Evers and Pigg
are brothers-in-law, Mrs. Evers being
Pigg's sister.
Secretary F. o. Conant of the
Brookhaven Board of Trade forwarded
by express to the Ohio Valley Exposi-
tion at Cincinnati, Ohio, Lincoln coun-
ty's exhibit of agricultural products.
Among the exhibits were wheat, corn,
oats, big Irish potatoes as well as
large sweet ones, alfalfa, clover, su-
gar cane. rye, sorghum, peanuts, sew
eral fine varieties of canned fruits
and vegetables.
The most important Masonic meet
ings in the history of the local lodge
have been taking place during the
past three days, and the hotels have
been overcrowded with visiting breth-
ren from all parts of the state. Che
grand master for the stae of Missis-
sippi, w. NJ. Conner, of Hattiesbur&,
has been in constant attendance, aA
has also A. H. Hicks, the grand lect-\
urer of the state.
Gov. Noel win pay his visit to Ha.l
tiesburg for the purpose of deliver
ing an address there. He is quite sat
isfed that he will be unable to make
the Neshoba fair on the 18th, as he
hoped as he has other enpagements