Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
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500, ,000,0 900: year. Based upon in
terstate colamerce commission statis-
tics. President Brown says the wa
ges paid under the new scale will be
$1,227, ,233,000 annually. This Is COM
pared with $1,072 1886, 900 paid out in
1907, the record year for railway busi-
ness.
That the antitrust" law Of Mis-
sissippi is constitutional was the de-
cision by the supreme court Of the
United States in affirming the decree
of the Mississippi supreme court that
the Retail Lumber Dealers associa-
tion of that state is a combination In
restraint Of trade. The state supreme
court has already affirmed a decision
holding the association to be in re-
straint of trade. The lumbermen al
legged that the law was unconstitu-
tional in that 1t took property with
out due process of law
President Taft has returned to
Washington bringing to a close his
middle west trip Of a week, which In
cluded visits to Buffalo, Pittsburg.
Cincinnati and st. Louis. The prest-
dent, who was accompanied by his
military aid, Captain A. w. Butt, AS
sistant Secretary Wagner and his Sc
cret service guards, had been travel
ing for 20 hours When Washington
was reached.
The United States supreme court
has affirmed a decree of custer of the
supreme court of Tennessee against
the Standard Oil Company, of Ken
lucky, which had been found guilty
in the Tennessee courts of engaging
in a combination in restraint Of trade
in violation Of the state antitrust
laws.
The demand of the administration
for two new battleships will be grant
ed, the senate committee on naval
affairs having practically decided to
accept the provision of the house
committee on this subject.
Washington.-The supreme court of
the United States, in a case from the
Kentucky courts, decided that state
law requiring banks to be assessed
for county taxes is constitutional.
CRIMES Detective J. H. Rear
AND don, of Pittsburg, was
CASUALTIES shot through the heart
and Detective James Bevin, Of Pitts
burg, shot in the leg, while at least
three alleged strikers of the Ameri-
can Sheet and Tin Plate Company
were shot, at Steubenvine, Ohio The
fight was the result Of the long strike
at the tin plate plant.
Charles A. McCrary, Lee Perkins
Roberts and ]. Ed Burlington, three
members of Macon's fire department,
were dashed to death in twinkle
of an eye, three other f1remen were
severely injured and the new $4,000
motor fire engine, recently purchased
by the city, was wrecked in an acct
Fifth streets, when a swerve of six
inches threw the big machine on the
castings of an intake basin and the
curb stone and thence into three large
telephone poles.
George Bachelor, 20 years Of age,
son Of John Bachelor, living near
Ellerslie, Harris county, committed
suicide by shooting himself with a
pistol Young Bachelor had a diff
Guilty with another young man, and
fearing arrest by an ofacer, it Is be-
lieved by his parents, he decided to
end his life. John Bachelor, father
of the young man, is a prominent
citizen
Just a few minutes before he was
to leave his home at Adairsville, Ca,
DR.. Martin eagle, a prominent ply
sician of that place, was crushed to
death between giant platform and a
box car on the north side of Wall
street, almost directly under the
Broad street bridge in Atlanta, Fri
day afternoon, shortly before s o.
clock.
Peter Kennedy, a farmer residing
twenty miles south of Spartanburg,
S. c., near the Union county line, was
shot and killed by his brother, Da-
vid Kennedy. The tragedy is said to
be the result of a dispute over the
location of a land line dividing their
farms. No arrests have been report
ed.
Lee Crawford, host at a dance, at
Wasson, Miss, it is said, was shot
and killed by Gene Waldrop, because
he danced too often with Waldrop's
betrothed Crawford was a wealthy
and well known planter Scores who
attended the dance which was held
in Crawford's large house, witnessed
the tragedy.
Mrs. Allie Parker, of Greenviie, S.
c., was instantly killed by lightning,
and a six-month's-o infant in her
arms thrown to the floor, being fatal
ly burned about the face. The wo-
man was at her door watching a fire
nearby when the bolt struck her.
The big fertilizer plant of Baugh
& Sons Company has been destroyed
by fire, throwing $1,000 men out Of
work and causing damage of approx
imately 100000. The fire originated
in the mixing room OF the plant.
Ulysses G. Walker, who wrecked
the South Cleveland Banking Compa-
ny, in Cleveland, Ohio, has been con-
victed of prejury for answering to
false statements as to the banks as
sets.
A report has been received that
the Thibetans at Hasa have revolt
ed and massacred the thousand CHI
nese comprising the garrison.