Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1914-01-16
MISSISSIPPI
STATE BRIEFS

quilted at Vicksburg.
There is every indication of large
attendance at the good roads conven-
tion to be held at the court house in
| Greenwood.
Thomas Barber was knocked down
and robbed by two unknown white
men in front of the home of his ia
ther, J. W. Barber, in Meridian.
| Contrary to expectations, very lit.
tie excitement exists over the failure
| of the Commercial Bank & Trust Co.,
which closed its doors at Brookhaven.
| c. E. Thomas, Walden, Miss, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy last
Wednesday, with the clerk of the U.
S. Court. Liabilities, s2,359.06; assets,
| $7O45O0.
The board of supervisors in session
at Hattiesburg have just let the con.
tract for the building of three steel
bridges in this county to be completed
by September 6.
At Clarksdale Secretary Rufus
Jones of the Progressive Club called
special meeting of his directors and
| rendered his resignation as secretary.
| to take effect Feb. 1.
| On Wednesday afternoon at 8
o'clock Mr.. Whitfield King of Grena.
da and Miss Flournoy Bell of Ponto-
toe were married at the home of the
brides parents in Pontotoc
| w. III. Rowan, state health officer.
] is inspecting at the university this
/ week and was at chapel exercises, at
which time he delivered very inter
esting and instructive address.
/ The leasing bill under preparation
Ry the Mississippi oyster commission
will not be presented in the legisla-
tdre until next mohth, is the an.
nouncement made at Gulfport
/ The Brookhaven Lumber Company
Of Hattiesburg announce that in the
! near future they will build mill to
cut 1000 acres of timber they own in
thel over part of this county.
The receipts of cotton in Greenviile
since Sept. aggregate $3.50 bales.
against 44,676 bales for the same pc
riod OF last season, showing an in.
crease to date of 21,114 bales.
S. E. Travis of Hattiesburg has been
appointed, general counsel of the Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad Company to
succeed Judge JEFF Truly. The ap-
pointment became effective January
!. 1914. but has Just been made pub
lie.
The Carruth Brothers Lumber Com
pany at Coral, Miss, is in the hands
of receiver. 1t is generally believed
that after few days, in which reor-
ganization of the business will be per-
fected, the plant will resume opera
tionS.
An Injunction has been filed against
the city of Grenada by B. c. Duncan,
through his attorney, ]. L. Barnard.
to prevent it from issuing the bonds
voted at an election last spring for
the purpose of paving Depot street
and the public square.
At Brookhaven the grand jury i'm
paneled Monday adjourned until the
26th of January, Wednesday evening,
having no further business to attend
to. No investigation of the affairs Of
the defunct Commercial Bank and
Trust Company was made
At McComb City, while the home of
w. W. Mulkey was burning, his step
son, Corban Scott, age Is, who was
trying to get out piano. happened to
an accident in which he had one leg
badly broken. He was carried to the
McComb City Sanitarium.
The people from all parts of the
county have been in Lexington in the
past few days, and becoming very
much wrought up against the PROPOSE
tion for the creation of new county
by taking away from Holmes most Of
its delta territory, the most valuable
lands.
At Pass Christian President Wood
'ow Wilson stood on the veranda of
his cottage at sunset, and, acting on
the request of little, brown-haired
schoolgirl, released a white dove
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back to strength. The bird fluttered
for moment, then paused on large
oak, as if preparing for long flight,
and soon was lost In the evening shad
ows.
The most important business trans
acted at the regular monthly meeting
Of the Leflore County board Of super
visors was the adoption Of the route
for the Humphreys Highway. Chief
Engineer H. H. Lotter, who Is on the
ground making the survey of the most
practical route for the government
highway. had his recommendation
adopted. The route will lie eastward
ly from Greenwood along the Carroll
ton road to Bouey Lane. and then ex-
tend to the Carroll.Leflore county line.