Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-01-07
Mississippi News
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A leading and highly respected lady of
Wildersville knocking down and whip
ping a young white man, was the sensa-
ton sprung on that little town Friday
afternoon. The heroine of the episode
was approached by young man of
leading family, who, in a state of ntox-
ication placed his hand in an affection
ate manner on the chin of the lady. The
instant he touched her the lady's right
arm got into action, and at one blow the
young man was sprawling on the floor
of the store. The lady did not desist,
but continued raining blow after blow
upon him until she was entirely salts
fed. Dozens of men witnessed the whip
ping and applauded the plucky woman.
The home of Albert Hale, in Jellico,
was totally destroyed by fire, the blaze
originating in a room in which two chill
dren, aged two and four were playing.
Both, it was thought, had been rescued,
when the screams of the youngest were
heard coming from the burning home.
The mother ran in the furnace, found
the infant under a bed, and rescued it,
but at a cost of frightful burns. She
was seriously cut by falling door, all
of her hair was burned off and she was
kaJlx- b,1rpad oh Tho paalr and ahnnl-
ders.
Hon. D. A. Scott, president of the
board of levee commissioners for this
district, and in answer to questions as
to the probable personnel of the board
for the ensuing term, which begins in
March next, said that he had no positive
information on the subject, but that in
solar as he was personally concerned, he
had decided not to be an applicant for
reappointment, and that he had so noti-
fed Gov. Noel.
East Tennessee is soon to have a new
and model city. 1t will be the erstwhile
little hamlet of Erwin, in Unicoi county.
1t was only few years ago when Unicoi
was regarded as one of the poorest coun-
ties in the state. Since the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad has been
built through the county it has trebled
in wealth. and lands formerly worth $50
an acre cannot be bought now for less
than $500 an acre.
The Carroll County Teachers Asso-.
citation held largely attended and sue
cessful session in Huntingdon. The edu-
cational interests of this county are on
the upward trend, having been given re-
newed impetus by the recent visit of
State Superintendent R. L. Jones to a
number of towns in the county where
he held educational meetings and spoke
to the teachers.
Three negroes, Wesley Newsom and
Ben Blevins from Bolivar, and Charley
Goodwine from Copiah, received life SEN
fences during December. This last was
the negro whose stray shot at another
negro on the streets of jackson last
October resulted in the death of Mrs.
Irene Sullivan Harris, for which he was
tried on change of venue to Copiah eoun-
ty.
The drainage conference called by the
senator and representatives in the Legis-
lature from Washington county to con-
slider the question of the drainage of
Black Bayou and an outlet for same, was
held in GreenvIlle There was a large
representation from Sharkey and Wash
ington counties, while Issaquena was
represented by few delegates.
C. T. Christmas, who has been circuit
clerk of Bolivar county for fourteen
years, died at his home in Rosedale, aged
about ga years. He was one of the most
popular men in the county. His war
record was a splendid one, and his old
comrades will especially miss him.
George Mitchell, the negro who killed
Young white man named Walter King,
near Nola, Lawrence county, December
16, was arrested about IS miles east OF
Norfeld As there was some talk OF
lynching the negro if captured, Sheriff
Greer and the sheriff of Lawrence county
have been directed by the governor to
keep the negro in the Lincoln county jail
until further instructions.
While being lowered into Mcpherson
mine at Ducktown, Henry Walker and
William Clauntz met instant dsath.
They were nearly 800 feet below ground
when an iron cross-head above them
broke loose, and, falling, struck both
men on their heads. They were knocked
out of the skip and fell to the bottom
of the shaft into deep pool of water.
As the aftermath of the duel between
Simon Jackson and J. B. Sherman of
Moscow, in which Estes Harris, a II
year old youth, played the role OF the
innocent bystander," and paid the PEN
atty with his life, both of the partici-
pants in the atfray surrendered to county
officials and were released ON bond.
A. S. Colyar, Jr., well known in Chat
tanooga and Nashville and prominently
connected in this state, was taken into
custody at Chattanooga on charge of
passing checks alleged to be bad.
DIR. j. B. Gresham, perhaps the oldest
physician in East Mississippi, died in
West Point after a weeks illness from
pneumonia He was 81 years of age and
had been practitioner in Noxubee and
Clay counties for probably over sixty
years. He was widely known and most
highly respected.
BY appointment Lewis N. Jones takes
charge of the Knoxville station of mine
rescue work, succeeding a. c. Ramsey,
transferred rs assistant in the Pittsburg
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