Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-20
WESLEYAN IS CLOSED.

ference.
WESLEYAN IS CLOSED.
Macon Institution May Suspend for
Term ion Account Of Typhoid.
Wesleyan Female College, at Ma
con, Ca, has been ordered closed
probably for the term, by President
Ainsworth. Several days ago a num-
Der Of the students became sick and
! physicians stated that two I Che girls
had typhoid and three fA sE3Wed
symptoms of having ceuEr&cted Me
disease.
1t is expected that most Of the stu
dents, the majority Of them being
n6p:residents, will leave Tor their
homes at once. There are approx.
mately 300 young ladies at the insti-
tuition, and they come from nearly ev-
cry state in the union.
GENERAL Under the direction of
NEWS Premier Stolypin, gov
NOTES ernment troops have, it
said, begun the expulsion of Jews
from Kief. mo Jew not entitled to
legal residence in the city may re-
main after June A." was the sub
stance of an order given out. In a
few instances delays are being grant
ed, but on the whole the crusade
against the Jews is marked with Sc
verify. More than 700 Jews have
made preparations to abandon most
Of their belongings and leave their
homes with all possible haste.
An unconditional pardon granted by
Governor Glascock to William Rob-
erts, aged %, who was serving a two
year term in the West Virginia state
prison for theft, arrived too late to
secure for him freedom. When his
counsel arrived with the pardon, Rob-
erts was dead of tuberculosis In the
prison hospital.
A. Bruce Kennedy, one of the best
known newspaper men in the South
and for a number of years a night
editor of The Montgomery, Ala. Ad-
vertiser, has accepted the position Of
secretary Of the Business Mems
League, Of Montgomery. This league
is a consolidation Of the various cotn-
nercial boosting organizations OF the
city.
A painting of the famous battle of
Brfce's Cross Roads, fought in Missis-
sippi on June 10, 1864, has been pre-
sented to the Alabama department Of
archives and history. The painting
was sent. to Montgomery by General
n. A. Tyler, of Hickman, Tenn, com
mander of the Forrest cavelry corcs
U. C.V
At Columbus, O., Mark Slater, for.
mer state pensioner, convicted on a
charge OF rendering false vouchers to
the state, was sentenced to four years
IN the state penitentiary and to pay
the costs of the trial. Motion for a
new trial was overruled Twelve 9TH
er indictments are still hanging over
him.
William Pounds, of Heflin, Ala, has
married Mrs. John T. Burgess, who is
legally hts grandmother. Burgess
was Pounds grandfather and was
over 20 years Of age when he married
several years ago, dying shorty after
wards. Mrs. Pounds Is now %. Bur
CESS left a considerable estate.
officers were elected by the South
ern Newspaper Publishers associa.
tion at Mobile, Ala, as follows:
President, Curtis B. Johnson, Sentinel
Knoxville, Tenn; Vice-President, r.
W. Brown, Times, Louisville, KY;
Secretary and Treasurer, Victor Han
son. News, Birmingham, Ala.
Two monuments to the memory and
deeds Of Pulaski and KosciusRo, the
Polish heroes, both of whom fought
and one Of whom died that liberty in
America might five, have been dedi.
Gated at Washington, D. C. The time
Of the dedication was so arranged
that President Taft could attend each.
The Alabama Episcopalian diocesan
convention in session at Mobile, Ala,
voted not to divide the state in two
parts, which would necessitate the
creation Of another bishop. The ex-
pense of the division led to a unani-
nous vote against the proposition.
That Collector Loeb;s vigilant watch
over the customs service at New York
has not relaxed wss egiaent when the
announcement came Of II ADDITIONAL
suspensions as a resdk Of fresh IN
vestigations.
The Southern Baptist Convention at
Baltimore has s1hscailssd tsG1do for
the endowment .fskd 81 fhe Southern
Baptist ThsSl6esca Seminary q
Nashville, WGAh.