The Jones County news., 1913-10-16
State and General News~
~Reduced to PARAGRAPHS
News Interest Taken From Telegraph Dispatches and New. Papers

last week Officially LOST His vote
and.presence we're badly wanted by his
party in Washington, bat he had gone
home, and seems to have hld out, as
he could not be reached by WIRE A
Congressman had bettsr stick to his
post ot duty and trust to his constitu-
ents to look after his political fences.
The people are getting very wide a
wake, and when they elect a man to a
public office they want him to attend
closely to his duties
Senator John Sharp Williams has
been offered 81, 600 to deliver a series
OF lectures. The people are getting
tired of their high officers ueglecting
their duties b make money outside and
they are marking all such for slaugh-
ter when election day rolls around.
But If our senior Senator does accept
we hope for the honor of his State he
will not travel around in the same
tent with vaudeville troupe, like w
j. Bryan did.
The highest inland building on the
American continent is the new Cham
Der of Commerce building at Clncin-
natl. The tower portion of this build
ing consists OF thiriy-eight stories,
four of which are below street level.
The total height from sub basement
hoor to top of tower is 535 feet, while
the height above street level is 4g5
feet.
New York fears the election OF a
uegro alderman in that city, owing 10
a split in the white vote. The LIQUOR
element that controls the ward. 5
supporting the negro. Since that CITY
threw il hotels and restaurants open
to negroes, it deserves being drenched
on dose Of Black Draught.
llllisvile is not the only place for
big damage suits against corpora
tions. At Kinds court railroad was
sued for $50, 900 because spark from
a train set a trash-p pile on fire that
burned a house, and another sues
for S25, 600 because a railroad niger
on motorcycle rode him down.
A Meridian firm last week shipped
twenty cars Of yellow vans to can
merry at Nashville, Tenn, making a
total of 250 cars shipped from that
city this season. There is great |
demand in the W est for Southern
sweet potatoes.
Penitenuary statistics as made up
to date, show til Vt there were on the |
rolls at the Mississippi penitentiary
aExa p@gL Il ,gaQ -s..Isaai..i
About i40' OF those are white men.
90 negro women, and 2 white women.
The onion crop in America is i'm
perilled by eel worm imported into
this country. II looks as If insect
pests are going to drive our farmers
out OF business. We had better begin
to protect the birds.
Tick eradication has done much for
the South, aud added 1920, 600, 600 To
land values. The time is coming
when South Mississippi will be free
from ticks and thousands OF blooded
cattle will be seen.
A Shreveport La sign painter was
locked in box car Tor eight DAYS
without food or water, and when
found was senseless. On recovering
he gave narrowing story of what
he had suffered.
Congressman Mcclellan saws Con-
gress will appropriate $50, 900, 600 to
levie the Mississippi river. 1t seems
that this money could be better used
building public highways.
The Supervisors of Forrest county
have pleged their aid TO the great
highway to be built from Corinth to
Gulfport. This road will pass direct
ly through Elisyille and Laurel.
At the reunion of Confederate
Veterans of the State at Greenwood |
Th lrsdav, Col. w, A. Montgomery
was enthusiastically elected Comman-
der General OF the Mississippi forces.
p. Harrison visited Gulfport last
week. He expressed the opinion that |
the new currency bill, which would |
be great thing for the country, |
would be law by Dec.
Three old Spanish ship sunk near
Gulfport in ITO, the U. s. engineer
says, could be easily raised Their |
can be plainly seen, although |
covered with mud
Fifteen persons we're injured more
or less seriously when New Orleans
and Northwestern passenger train |
left the track near Winnsboro, LIE.
A monument to the men and women
Of the Confederacy was unveiled at the
Miss, reunion. Col. w. /
A. Montgomery was elected Comman-
der General.
Green Knight, wealthy planter
near Macon, Ca, was shot and
wounded by his son. He
was after the boy with knife.
Mrs. Dudley Weber, wife of the
BatoniRouge Judge recently convicted
Of forgery and enbezzlement, was
Z ranted divorce.
Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, Jr., sued
The ambassador TO Germany for allie
sating her husbands affections.