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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

BRIDE FOUND MURDERED
NEGRO KILLS MRS. ]. C. WILLIAMS
AT HOUSTON.
She Was Beaten to Death, Body Thrown
in Pit-Deceased Was Bride
Two Months.

Houston.-Murdered, her body draggeA
through her home and thrown in pit,
Mrs. John Clifton Williams, wife of the
deputy chancery clerk or Chickasaw
county, met horrible death here.
The motive for the murder was per-
haps robbery, as a large solitaire dia-
mond ring and other jewelry was re-
moved from the body.
Mrs. Williams, who was married to
Mr.. Williams two and one-half months
ago, was at home preparing dinner when
the murderer attacked her in the living
room of the house, choked her and beat
her with some blunt instrument, sup
posed to be the fire poker, as it was
broken when found. She had fallen
near the fire and her left hand was Sc
vcrely burned.
The murderer took a solitaire diamond
ring and the diamonds from a brooch.
He then took her through the house and
out the kitchen door and threw her in
an old pit under the kitchen, and then
closed the door to the pit. He then
pulled down all the shades in the house
and closed all the doors. When Mr. Will
Jams came home to dinner the house
was dark, and, not finding Mrs. Williams
after going over tbs entire house, called
over the telephone to Mrs. Farr, mother
of the murdered girl, and not finding
her there, went into the room and found
trace of blood, which he followed to
the pit.
Two negro women, Anna Evans and
Dora Rucker, whose admission that they
heard the screams of Mrs. John Clifford
Williams as she was being killed, caused
the lynehing of a negro named Andrew
Williams. The women claim to have
seen him drag the body of Mrs. Williams
out of the back door of her home, down
the steps and place it in an old pit be-
meath the kitchen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
sLEPT-cosT 5 LIVES.
Negro Watchman Alleged to Have Been
DereIict When Boat Sinking.

Yazoo City-The tragedy which
snuffed out the lives of two white men
and three negroes at the mouth of
Tchula Lake is directly traceable to
the criminal carelessness of a negro
watchman, who went to sleep on duty
and allowed the steamer Monarch, upon
which the victims were sleeping, to sink.
The boat was tied up at Dunbarton,
on Tchula Lake. The boat sprung a
leak some time during the night, but
the negro Waterman went to sleep on
duty and failed to warn the crew and
passengers until it was too late.
Capt. Richardson, Mr.. Bratton and his
wife and Miss Cummings and Louie
Gary were passengers on the boat. OF
these all escaped but Mr.. Gary, who was
drowned. The engineer, Mr.. Stigall, and
three negroes were found dead in the en-
gine room.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
WILL ATTEND REUNION.
Many Mississippi Veterans VIII Go to
Gettysburg.

JACKSON. - Thirty-eight Confederate
veterans in Mississippi who took part in
the great battle of Gettysburg during
che Civil War have written to Adjt.-
Gen. Arthur Fridge of the Mississippi
National Guard that they will attend the
big celebration at Gettysburg July IA,
to be participated in by both Union and
Confederate soldiers.
In addition to these veterans the Sec
ond regiment of the Mississippi National
Guard will send its chaplain, Maj. De
B. Waddell, who fought in the battle of
Gettysburg, and who is now an Episco-
pal minister in Meridian. He is the
only Confederate veteran now a MEM
Der of the National Guard in this state.
The Third regiment will send some poor
and worthy veteran, while members of
the governors staff will contribute to a
fund to send some other veteran who
would like to go and lacks the means
TO pay his expenses.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
ALLIES APPROACH GALLIPOLl
Gen. Savoff Takes Five Villages ir
Movement Against Constantinopie
Greeks Make Naval Attack.

Berlin.-A special dispatch received
from Sofia by the German war
office officially announced that
the Bugarians on the Peninsula of
Gallipoli, having captured Bulair, are
now advancing on the town of CALI
poll with fair prospect of taking that.
According to military experts here,
the city of Gallipoli is the key to the
entire peninsula situation; and should
the Bulgarians take the place, 1t prob
ably would mean the downfall of all
the Turkish Notifications on the Oar
danelles and the Sea of Marmora.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
CHIEF JUSTICE DIssENTs.
Disagrees With Associates m Lamb-Fish
Case.

Jacksonville first dissenting opinion
which has been handled by the Missis-
sippi supreme court developed when Chief
Justice Smith announced dissent from
the conclusions of his brethren in the
case of Writ Adams, revenue agent, YER
sus Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, from
the chancery court OF Talianatchie coun-
ty. The case had been previously de-
cided by the court in favor of the ap-
pellee, involving an exception taken by
the lumber company to the extension
of the municipal limits of Charleston,
which, it was contended, was for the
purpose of including the industrial con-
Germ within the municipal taxation linn
its. Subsequently a suggestion OF error
was fled by the appellant, which was
overruled, in an opinion handed down by
Justice Reed. To this decision by his
associates the chief justice demurred.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
MENINGITIS KILLS STUDENT
Second Fatal Case Causes Wentworth
Military Academy Officials to
Close College Temporarily

Lexington, Mo.-Cadet G. M.
Lytle, 19 years old, the Wentworth
Military academy student who was
stricken with meningitis last Satur-
day, is dead. This is the second case
of meningitis in the military school
within the last two weeks, both prov
ing fatal.
At the appearance of the second
case the school authorities temporari-
ly dismissed school. Students living
nearby returned to their homes, but
those living at a distance remained in
Lexington to await the reopening OF
the school about Feb. II.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Free From Measles.

Jackson.-It is most remarkable that
during the month of November no deaths
were reported to the Mississippi State
Board of Health from measles or scarlet
fever. As a rule both diseases flourish
Immediately after the opening of the
school year. While during the same
period "a deaths were produced by diph-
liberia, 21 being white children. This
disease caused only 1.5 per cent of all
the deaths. Yet among the whites it
produced 3.3 per cent of the deaths,
while only .03 per cent of the negro
deaths were from this cause, making
the white death rate from this cause
eleven times that of the negro.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
BRITISH RULER IS GUARDED
King George lnspects New BattIeship
With Numerous Scotland Yard
Detectives Near.

Portsmouth, England.-KingG George,
closely guarded against suffragettes,
came here by special train from
London to inspect the new cruiser
New Zealand, which is the gift to
the British navy of the New Zealand
ers. His majesty went over every
part of the ship and complimented
her warmly.
Aboard the special train were nu-
merous Scotland Yard detectives. All
persons were barred from the station
platforms passed by the kings train.
Extraordinary precautions were
taken because of the threat by Mrs.
"Gen." Drummond to seek personal
interview with the king.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Jackson.-Suits to recover unpaid
subscriptions will be filed by the receiv-
ers of the defunct National Warehouse
Company against from 1900 to 1000
Mississippi farmers who subscribed for
shares in the concern, and made only
partial payments thereon.
On some of these claims it will of
soures be impossible for the receivers
to collect judgments after they are OBJ
tanned, but all solvent stockholders who
have not paid up their subscriptions in
full viii be expected to come across.
Owing to the large number of persons
snvolved, and the fact that the vast ma
iority of them are small farmers, these
suits will necessarily arouse storm of
protest throughout the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
FRENCH OFFICIAL IS SLAIN
WOMAN NURSE ATTENDING HIM
ALSO KILLED.
Auto Bandit Suspected OF Assassina-
tion-crime Believed to Be Warn
ing to Halt Desperate Hunt.

Paris.-Eduordo Peltfer, high Of
ficial of the French department of JUS
tice, was murdered in his residence
here.
A woman nurse who was attending
him was also killed.
The double murder is believed to
have been committed by an uncap-
snred accomplice of the gang of auto
mobile bandits whose trial is now go
ing on here.
1t is supposed that the crime was in
tended as an act of vengeance and
warning.
Peltier was formerly chief of the
bureau of pardons at the ministry of
justice, but had been in i'll health for
some time He was man of consid-
cradle wealth.
He was found stTangled in a chair
in his library The nurses body lay
in another room, where she had from
all appearance been hacked to pieces
with an ak.
An Investigation by the police of
the young woman's past has given
rise to the theory that she and the
murderer were associated with the
demon chauffeur" Bonnot, and his
gang. 1t is thought she admitted tna
murderer to the house and he, after
strangling Pelitier, made an end of
the sole witness. About $1,000 was
stolen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
To Dedicate School.

The new $4,000 agricultural high
school building at Brooklyn in Forrest
county was dedicated next last Friday
BY State Superintendent of Education
J. N. Powers.
From Brooklyn Superintendent Pow
ers went to Poplarville, where on Sat
urday the girls dormitory of the Pearl
River county agricultural high school
was dedicated. The agricultural high
school properties in this county are
valued at $4,000.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
KILLS WEALTHY MANS WIFE
Hot Springs Politician Fires Three
Shots Into Body and Then In
flicts Wounds Upon Himself.

Hot Springs, Ark.-Mrs. w. D.
Wellborn, a wife of wealthy real
estate man of Miami, Fla, was shot
and killed at her residence here by
Benjamin Woolman, prominent in po-
litical circles.
He fired three bullets into her body
and then inflicted two serious wounds
on himself Physicians believe he will
recover. He is being guarded at his
home by deputy sheriffs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
italy Plans suItan,s Escape.

Rome.-When the Italian cruisers
Pisa and San Marco were ordered to
the Bosporus, it was unofficially said
their commanders were ordered not
only to give assistance to Italian sub
jects in Constantinople, but we're told
to offer the Italian vessels as refuge
for the sultan, Mohammed V, if the
Ottoman ruler deemed lit advisable ts
quit the capital
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
HEROISM MAY PROVE FATAL
Arkansas Mother Protects Children
in Runaway, But Is Hurt
She May Die.

Altus. Ark.-Mrs. r. S. Nc
Cormick's heroism in saving her
three small children from injury prob
ably will result in her death. Mrs.
Mccormick is in critical candition
from injuries received in a runaway.
Both of her lower limbs are broken,
one arm is broken and she is inter
nally injured
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Two cunboats to Honduras.

Washington.-On request of the
state department the gunboat Annap-
oils was ordered to sail Immediately
to Amapalo, Honduras, to protect AM
erican property there in the event OF
disorders arising out of the assassinar
ton of the president of Salvador the
neighboring republic.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Aiken. S. C.-After only few
minutes deIiberation, the jury which
is to decide whether or not Freocrick
o. Beach, wealthy New Yorker. as
saulted his wife here on Feb. 26 last,
reported to Judge Spain that they hac
arrived at verdict of mot guilty
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Canal Toll Vote Waits.

Washington. After a brief session
the senate committee on interoceanic
canals decided to take no action on
the Root amendment for repeal Of the
free passage provision of the Panama
canal act until after Senator Root had
been heard in its support.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Inspecting Militia.

Jackson.-Lieut. B. N. Mcclellan,
army officer on duty with the Missis-
eippi National Guard, is now making
the regular official inspection, which j.
TO continue through the remainder Of
February, all Of March, and up TO and
including April 10.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
vicksburg Asks Protection

Neutrality-suspicious. Congressman T.
G. Catehings of Mississippi is in Wash
ington in the interest of an amendment
to the rivers and harbors bill now pend
sng In the senate, providing for the pro-
lection Of the Vicksburg harbor from
sayings Of the Yazoo canal banks, which
seriously threaten the destruction OF the
compress and the railroad transfer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Drainage District Confirmed.

Tunica a-Chancellor Denton has passed
favorably upon the formation of the
ColdwaterYazoo Delta Drainage District,
embracing all lands in Tunica county
east of the Y. & NJ. v. railroad, por-
tion of the delta section of DeSoto, Pa
nola and Quitman counties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Poplarville.-The regular spring term
of the chancery court for Pearl River
county convened here Monday with Chan
cellor Robert E. Sheehy of Mendenhal
on the bench. The heaviest docket in
years is to be disposed of during this
term and several important cases viii
be tried.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Poplarville-Ths Pearl River County
Teachers Association met here with over
fifty members from all parts Of the coun-
ty in attendance. The most enjoyable
and most interesting event of the meet
ing was the address on sThe Child" by
Miss Faust Of the State Normal College
at Hattiesburg.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Must Send Transfer Train.

Jackson.-Because of numerous delays
in the operations of trains over 20 miles
of its track, between Louisville and New
Albany, the New Orleans, Mobile and
Chicago railroad has. been ordered by
the Mississippi Railroad Commission to
send transfer trains to scenes of wrecks
or derailments that delay traffic more
than two hours.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Maj. c. E. Sessions, aged 5S years,
one of the largest planters of the Mis-
sissippi Delta, died at Memphis from
sudden attack of appendicitis. Maj.
Sessions was a member of Gov. Brew
er's staff, as major in the Mississippi
National Guard.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Wilson Shakes His Guards.

Princeton, N. J.-President-elec
Wilson walked, unaccompanied by Sc
cret service men, from his home to
thePrinceton university library, to
work there upon his inaugural adj
dress. 4 guess / can walk the streets
Of Princeton alone. he said. smiling
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Death at Walden.

vaiden.-W. c. Billingsly, aged rs
years, died at his country home four
miles northwest of Walden. Mr.. Bill
lingsly owned large farming interest
in the second district of Carroll county.
He was school teacher of olden time
and one of the best and most popular
citizens of this vicinity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Supplies Purchased.

Jackson.-Many Thousands of dollars
worth of supplies were bought for the
convict farms of the state by the mem
bers of the board of trustees of ths
Mississippi state penitentiary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Initiative in Minnesota.

st. Paul, Minn.-By a vote of 110
to Z. the initiative and referendum bill
passed the house here. Ten per cent
of the voters may initiate any constir
tutional amendment
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Another Suit Hatching.

Jackson.-Attorney General Ross Col.
Inns states that he has under advise
ment the matter of fling suit to force
the Illinois Central to yield control of
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley lines,
but has not yet reached decision in the
matter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Shriners Celebrate.

Jackson.-Particpiants in the Shriner
events are expressing qualification at
the success and the smooth and fric-
tionless manner in which Imperial Poten-
tate Cunningham was received and en-
tertained while in the capital city Of
Mississippi.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14

Census Shows 100000 Motor Boats
New York Returns from census
recently taken by motor boat inter-
ests show more than 100000 motor
craft are used in this country and
Canada.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
New Survey Boat.

Gulfport finishing touches are
being given the new $4,000 survey boat
Dauphin, built in Gulfport by T. M.
Favre for the United States government
to be used in the waters Of Mobile bay
and that vicinity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
Get $50 Verdict.

Hattiesburg, The suit Of Robert T.
Smith against the Mississippi Central
railroad, wherein plaintiff sued the rail-
road for $500 for not stopping at
flag station for him, came to an end
when the plaintiff was awarded $50.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
View Mil in Operation.

Lake Coma new mill, saving ex-
port stuff, has commenced work. This is
the third mill of this kind that has been
put in operation here in the last three
yaasa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-14
ATTACK OF COUGHING SEXES
ROCKEFELLER WHEN HE AT
TEMPTS TO TESTIFY.
HEARING ENDS IN IL MINUTES
Congressman Pujo Declares 1t Would
Have Been Dangerous and ,nhu-
man for Him to Have Pro-
ceeded with Examination.

Brunswick, Ga-Twelve minutes af-
ter he had been under interrogation
by Attorney Untermyer, for the money
trust committee, at Jekyl Island, VIII
liam Rockefeller, the Standard Oil
magnate, developed symptoms of
throat spasm and the investigation i'm
mediately was terminated.
Apparently the millionaire was
stricken speechless. Attorney Inter
myer refused to continue his ques-
tioning.
When Mr.. Rockefeller showed signs
of collapsing DIR. Chappelle inter
vened. ''Mr. Rockefeller may die
right here"
Shook With Palsey.
Meanwhile the Standard Oil mag
nate shook with palsey. His voice
died to a mere nothing He seemed
to be strangling.
Mr.. Rockefeller's condition is SIM
ply pitiable,' said Representative Pu-
jo. HE not only shakes like a leaf
all over his body, but after the first
question he began to cough cOnvul-
sively, and it was evident that he was
laboring under great excitement, and
that he was on the verge of collapse.
He had to whisper slowly, and had
to speak into the ear Of the stenOg-
rapher who sat near him. This he
did with the greatest difficulty, shak-
ing like a leaf all the while
"Such a thing as an examination
would have been impossible. As soon
as ID. esxppelle interviewed and re-
quested that the hearing stop, Mr..
Untermyer and / felt that it would
be dangerous and inhuman TO pro.
ceed. therefore ordered the suspen
sion of the examination"
Newspaper Men Barred.
Chairman Pujo decided to bar all
newspaper men from the meeting on
Dr. Chappelle's pleas. Rockefeller
sent word personally he wanted the
hearing to be public, but Chappelle
and Pujo overruled him.
81 want the press to be shown every
possible courtesy" was the million
aires order.
Instead of showing trepidation and
nervousness over his impending or-s
deal, Rockefeller was in excellent spir-
it's. He walked briskly from his San
Souci apartments to the Jekyl club
for breakfast with his wife, her sister
and Mrs. D. H. McAlpin of New
York, one of his daughters. He re-
NAMED up until after midnight wait
ing to meet them.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-10-17
Another Friightful
Engine Accident
Another Accident Similar to the
One at Beach Occurred Near
Golden Valley in Mercer Coun-
tV.

Hebron, Oct. l5.-A frightful
accident occurred near Golden
Valley last Friday, in which
young man, a stranger from Tex
as, lost his life under the wheels
of a traction engine. The outfit
of Jacob Erdman was being NOV
ed and got stuck in the bottom
of a coolie. The engine was un-
coupled from the separator and
started up the hill with the inten-
ton of bringing the separator up
later. When almost at the top
of the hill, the gear pin slipped
out of place, and the huge ma
chine rolled back down the steep
incline, beyond all control, crash
ing into the separator standing at
the bottom. After the first ex-
element was over the body of the
young fireman was discovered,
with one of the monster rear
wheels on top of it. Help was
summoned from Golden Valley.
six miles south. and holes were
dug in front of the wheels and
the machine rolled forward under
horse power. No sound was
heard from the victim of the acci-
dent. who was undoubtedly kill
ed instantly.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-10-17
Corn Show
At Wibaux
Wibaux Will Hold Corn and Po-
tato Show Nov. 1st.-Silver
Cup for Best Bushel of Corn.

The Corn and Potato exhibi-
ton that was announced in the
early part of the summer has
been taken up again. and ar
rangements are being made for
the exhibition. The Northern Pa
cihc be it remembered have made
an offer of two prizes. A $50
silver cup will be given by them
to any farmer that makes an ex-
hibit of the best bushel of corn,
and another prize of $40 in cash
to the farmer who exhibits the
best five bushels of potatoes, of
regular commercial standard.
Publicity has been given to this
offer several times previously,
but it was thought that the fall
of the year would be a better
time, when farmers would be free
from their threshing and would
be better able to give this atten-
ton.
H. E. Murphy has had some
correspondence with MIR. Willard
the N. P. Agent, who has the
handling of the prizes in charge,
and has arranged to make No
vember the LIST. the time for the
exhibition.
Now that the date has been
fixed we would advise the farm
ers to begin the selection of their
corn and potatoes for this oc.
casion, and make the most of this
event. Other additional prizes
could very we'll be arranged fo,
by the merchants of the city, and
out of it all, may come a small
Community Fair.-Wibaux Gaz-
cite.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-10-17
Farmers Can
Make Alcohol
Last Tariff Bill Provided for Maxi
ing DeEatufed Alcohol Out of
Waste, Provided it Was Made
Useless for Beverages.

North Dakota farmers can
made alcohol out of their potatoes
and corn if they wish. A de,
cade since when Congressman
Marshall of Oakes. represented
North Dakota at Washington, he
made considerable political capi-
tai out of an amendment to the
tariff bill, to permit farmers to
convert the waste products of
heir farm into denatured alcohol.
AT the last minute some one slip
ped over little amendm ent,
which surrounded the farmers
with so much red tape they never
made an effort to go into the al
cohol production. In the new
tariff bill. Senator Lane of Ore
gon, got in an amendment sim
plifying alcohol without trouble.
In states like North Dakota
where potatoes are raised in such
enormous quantities, the produc-
ton of alcohol can be made a
profitable source of revenue, es-
pecially in years when the price
is low. 1t is probable that num-
Der of farmers in this state, now
that the Objectionable restrictions
are removed, will put in alcohol
plants. The machinery, the kind
that is imported from Germany,
is very simple. and the cost would
be inconsiderable. The only re-
quirement of the government is
that the alcohol must be denatured
so it cannot be used for bever-
age.