The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-02-25

barrels OF corn and could have disposed
of that much more.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Missis-
sippi selected Gulfport for its meeting
next year, and elected the following Of
fcers: Walter NJ. Conner, Hattiesburg,
grand master; John S. Brooks, Robin
sonville, senior grand warden; j.. Rice
Williams, Houston, junior grand war
den; Benz. v. White, Meridian, grand
treasurer; Fred Speed, Vicksburg, grand
secretary; Joseph j. Brooks, Dennison,
grand chaplain; julius Yarepzsky, Shu-
qulak, grand tyler.
DIR. o. NJ. Norton says that il the
at county fairs and the state fair be-
comes a law it will kill the Delta Fair
Association. DR.. Norton says that the
exhibit Of horsefesh at these annual
gatherings and the attractions offered
by the handsome purses hung up keep
alive interest in the fair on the part of
many regular attendants, who are not
especially drawn to the agricultural ex-
hibits.
James DOVE, d SUCCESSFUL DuSiuesS IudN
at Woodland, has returned from an ex-
tended trip through the West, including
East and West Oklahoma and Arkansas
and a general trip through Texas, and
states that Mississippi is good enough
for him. He went West to look for a
good location to enter the mercantile
business.
The Monroe County Teachers's Associ.
alton met at Aberdeen. Prof. j.. H..
Woodward, president of the association,
introduced Miss Susie Y. Powell, state
organizer Of school improvement ~associa-
tions, jackson, Miss, and Prof. Fl. Rose,
superintendent of the high school at
1azoo City, Miss, who addressed the
association OF the general improvement
of schools.
Rev. j. S. Stockton died at his home
near Belmont. He had been stricken
for several weeks with paralysis and
other complications. Brother Stockton
had held the position of moderator of the
Tombigbee Missionary Baptist Associa-
ton in Mississippi for several years. He
was a great Mason, and as an orator
and revivalist he had few equals.
William A. Sorsby must face the die
tum OF the court and jury which tried
him and serve a life sentence in the
State penitentiary for the murder of
Charles Fitzgerald, which is the effect
OF the decision in his case by the Su-
prcme Court, which was handed down
this morning by Hon. J. S.. Sexton. spe-
ciai justice, appointed to sit in the case
in place of Justice Mayes, who excused
himself owing to close social relations
with the late Inspector Fitzgerald.
The Oktibbeha County Farmer Boys
Corn Club met in Starkville and were ad-
dressed by Professor Morgan of the A.
and M. College and Dr.. TAFT Butler, ed
itor of the Gazette. W. II. Miller distrib-
uted to each member of the club suf-
ficient seed corn of the Mosby variety to
plant one-half an acre.
The soliciting committee from the
Meridian Board of Trade nave raised tho
81 1000 which is to be given in prizes by
the Board of Trade to farmers of Laud-
erdale and adjoining counties to promote
the raising of f~eedstuffs.
For House, Barn and Roof Paints,
Single Stains. Wagon and Implement
Paints, Wall Papers, Rubber Roofing,
write to Farrell Calhoun Paint & Syall
Paper Co., Wholesale and Retail, 46-4s
S. Second ST., Memphis, Tenn.
Samples sent ON request.
The local chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, are making elaborate
plans to mack the coming annual gather
ing of their order, which meets in Column
bus in the early part of May. the best
and most pretentious the association has
ever had.
Rev. Kenneth Alexander Jones, for s!
years an active Methodist minister, died
at Sumner. Rev. Jones had just passed
his 18th year. He became a licensed
Methodist minister in September, 1856,
and continued actively in the ministry
until he was retired on the superannu-
ated list at the last conference, held at
Okolona, in December, 1909.
Capt. Ephraim G. Peyton, United
States Army graduate of West Point, n.
Y, academy, formerly a popular Colum-
bus boy, has just been promoted to a
majorship in the Philippine couts.
Alfred Vidal Davis, ST., formerly a
very wealthy man, committed suicide
mile south of ~Cannonsburg, Adams
county, by shooting himself in the left
breast with a shotgun. He removed the
shoe from his left foot, seated himself in
q chair, placed the muzzle of the gun un-
der his vest and pulled the trigger with
his toes.
Burglars entered the store of w. NJ.
Mortimer at McCorley, . town on the
Southern just east of Carrollton, blew
/ open the iron safe with dynamite and
rot some $500 in money and jewelrys