The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-15
DETECTIVE MOVES
 4 NEGRO FAMILY Mississippi Coroner Adver-
 tises His Finds FARMERS HAVE ICE Canton Ice Factory Offers Farmers Place to Keep Their Fresh Meat. Madison County Announces
 Fair Premiums

Jackson, Miss, February 14.-tSpecialJ Detective W. J. Ligon has returned from the eastern part of Rankin county. right down in the heart of the piney woods where he went on very unusual mission-not as detective. but as the agent for a real estate dealer here who had undertaken to see to the removal of family of negroes.
 Frank Extom, negro came to Jackson five or six weeks ago to make his home. He had a story to the effect that he had been living on the farm of J. G. Patrick, Is miles east of Brandon. and he had left his wife and nine or ten children there. He had an idea that MT. Patrick, who is one of the most prosperous farmers in the county, would not permit him to move his family and household goods. He did not exactly charge peonage against the farmer, but he intimated as much, and MT. Ligon went after his goods and chat teIs. He reports that he was never treat ed better in his life than he was by the Patricks, all of whom he found most ex- cellent men and citizens, and that there was no objection to the removal of the negro family.
 'These negroes" says MT. Ligon, were about the best fixed of any Lever saw. They had 100 pounds of nicely cured meat three or four barrels of molasses, corn, hay and other stuff, and to cap the climax there were nine great big, fat feather beds in the cabin, everything being clean and neat
 I-xr tom had purchased a farm from MT. Patrick and had failed on his payments. | That was about all there was to it. G. Quin, coroner and ranger or Pike county, is perhaps the only officer of that character in the state of Mississippi who uses the newspapers to let the pub lie know when he has an accumulation of cstrayed live stock. He prints a descrip- tion of the animal, tells the probable value, by whim taken up, where they may be seen and when and where they will be offered for sale to the highest bidder If not claimed by the owner.
 The Canton ice factory makes a very generous offer to the farmers of it's ter
  of their fresh meat. The porker, after being killed, is hauled to the ice plant and placed in compartment where the temperature is 30 degrees, and where 1t will cool in 24 hours. It is then to be taken out, cut up and salted. and placed in another room, where the temperature is about 60 degrees, and where 1t will be permitted to remain till the salt has been taken up. Regardless Of the weather, the farmer may thus save his meat, running no chance whatever of sec ing it spoil on his hands. The ice factory will charge half cent per pound for the use of its rooms.
 The board of supervisors of Madison county announce the following special remiums, same to be awarded during their county fair next October: Best horse colt, under 24 months of age, S20; second best, s15; third best, sl0. Similar sums are offered for best mule colts. Lib- eral premiums are also offered for first. second and third best cows, hogs and chickens-all to be Madison county raised.
 Sheriff Harding. Chancery Clerk Down. ing and Circuit Clerk Fondren met yes- terday as required by law and drew tho jurors for the approaching term of cir cult court. The names of hundreds of qualified electors are placed in the jury box by the board of supervisors, and two weeks before court convenes sufficient number are drawn out to run the court The next term here Is for eight weeks, and civil business only will be attempted. There are about 25O cases on the dock ct, and that will keep the court busy the entire term. 1t is expected.
 The members of St. Andrews Episcopal church will meet tomorrow week, Feb ruary 20, for the purpose of discussing the proposition to dispose of their church property located on Capitol street and very valuable. St. Andrews is hand some and costly edifce, but the inside has never been completed The vestry is of the opinion it would be to the, interest of the congregation to sell this church and build in a more retired district of the city