The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-28

Lewis Dennis, who killed Circuit Clerk
John White, in Raymond several years
since, and who was tried in Kinds county
and sentenced to hang, after his case
was reversed by the supreme court and
remanded for new trial and by q change
of venue tried in Madison county a
eight years in the ~penitentiary, pleaded
guilty to granddaughter and was SEN
fenced by Judge Potter to two years in
the p~enitentiary. The case is a noted
one, and has been pending for seven
years.
Hon. j. B. Yellowly, supervisor of the
censu for the Eighth district of Missis-
sippi, is having a busy time arranging
for the preliminaries for the m
ton, which he is to be prepared to be-
gin with on April IS next. While the
people were rather slow at first in the
matter of applying for positions as emu
merators, there is no lack of them now,
the list including women as well as
men, and, as a rule, they include per
sons who seem well qualified for the
duty.
Finding it impossible to give employ
ment exclusively to white enumerators,
because of the lack of applications, the
census supervisors in Mississippi are now
enrolling negro enumerators. It is the
intention of the supervisors, however, to
employ the negroes, insofar as possible,
in districts populated by their own race.
George Burdette, a young white man,
was robbed at Vicksburg by two I'M
known white men. They afterwards tied
Burdette to the railroad track and left
him to be run over by the incoming pas
senger train. Burdette screamed for
help for an hour, and finally attracted
a negro passing, who pulled him off of
the track just before the train dashed by.
s. j. Dickey, s3 years old, died at Olive
Branch. He was one of the wealthiest
and most prominent men of DeSoto coun-
ty. His country home was the scene of
many business transactions, men far
and near seeking financial aid, and his
upright dealings with them always com.
manded their respect and friendship.
The trial of w. S. Muslin, wealthy
%liveryman of Columbus, charged with the
murder of ]. w. Smith, lasted just two
hours, Mr.. Muslin being acquitted by
the jury on a peremptory charge by
Judge Buckley. He was indicted on
testimony furnished by Henry Belts, the
negro who actually killed Smith. In his
confession before the grand jury Belts
swore that Muslin agreed to pay him
500 to kill Smith. Mississippi statutes
make nc provisions for accessories in
cases of this kind.
The Citizens Bank of Scobey was
placed in liquidation by Earl Brewer, Of
Clarksdale, and the doors closed. There
was considerable excitement in town
when the fact of the closure became
known, and depositors gathered around
the bank clamoring for their money.
They were soon quieted by Mr.. Brewer,
who gave his personal pledge that every
stakeholder and every depositor would
be paid in full, dollar for dollar, the
amount of their stock and their deposits.
One of the largest and most intelligent
audiences that ever gathered in West
Point assembled in the courthouse to
hear DR.. S. A. Knapp, of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington.
Farmers and business men from every
part of East Mississippi were here, show.
ing by their presence the great interest
in agricultural subjects that means SO
much for the life and general uplift Of
the state.
One hundred and eighty-three dollars
is the result of a little extra energy on
the part of an enterprising farmer living
near West on ~three-quarters of an acre
planted in turnips. He has already sold
sixty-ive buggy-loads of turnips and
salad in the home market, netting him
$14O cash. He estimates that he will
get twenty loads more that will net him
$43, making a total of $3.50. This is
equal to 1914 per acre.
A sensation was caused in Meridian
when it was learned the late grand jury
had returned indictments against the
Eagle Cotton Oil Company, the Missis.
sippi Cotton Oil Company, the Southern
Oil and Fertilizer factory, four of the
biggest corporations in the city. The
specific charge contained in the indict-
ment follows: "Did unIawfully adulter-
ate cotton seed meal with hulls and
other substances without noting said
adulteration on each sack or recepta.
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With the bestowal of sixteen crosses
of honor, a patriotic address by Prof.
Charles Mason, of the Bolivar public
schools, songs and the U. D.. G. ritual, the
natal day of Gen. R. E. Lee, "the great
est commander developed on the South
ern side" and the equal of any on the
Northern side, was celebrated at Boil
var.
Gov. Noel commissioned William Lee,
of Mendenhall to act as sheriff of Simp-
son county, vice E. D. Hubbard, the
popular young sheriff who fell a victim
to the negro assassin's bullet. The ap-
p~ointee was chief deputy in the sherif's
office at Mendenhall, and it was COM
inundated to the governor that his last
wish oyprosSod uoh that Too rooosvo