The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-04-03


district in the coming primary.
Columbus.-The convention Of the
Mississippi State Medical association
will meet here April IA, Is and 16. An
elaborate program has been arranged.
Meridian.-At a banquet and recep,
ton of the railroad Y. NJ. c. A. here,
Co. R. V. Taylor, president of the Mo-
bile & Ohio railroad, was the principal
speaker.
Oxford.-A voluntary petition III
bankruptcy was filed with the clerk
of the United States district court by
r. J. Reagan, Winona, Miss. Liabili
ties s557.S0; assets none.
Coldwater.-Farm work is going for
ward with a rush throughout this sec
ton, and farmers declare they never
experienced a more favorable season
in which to do early farming.
Seminary.-There is considerable ex-
citement here over the prospects for
oil. Half a dozen or more experts have
been here in the past ten or fifteen
days and all are of one opinion that
Jackson.-Otis Dixon, a youth of
Is, fell a victim to the roller skate
craze, when, while doing a fast clip
along the sidewalk on Griffith street,
he tripped and fell in such position az
to fracture a leg.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cotton re-
ceipts show a total of III, 260 bales.
Not much is left of the present season,
n the receipts may not go to 120,'
000, as was at one time predicted, but
they will not fall far short of that.
Tylertown. - After being trailed
twice by ~bloodhounds John Duncan
was arrested on the charge Of at
tempted murder OF his brother, Gar
land c. Duncan, deputy United States
marshal, and the latter's wife at Their
home, southeast of here.
Fulton.-News has Just reached here
that Walter Anthony, who lives In Til
den, eight miles south of Fulton, com
mitted suicide by shooting the top of
his head off with a shotgun. He was
about 40 years of e and is survived
by a wife and six children.
McComb City.-The new pipe organ
for the First Baptist church has ar
rived and is now being installed, the
work being under the supervision Of
Mr.. Love of Meridian. The work Is ex.
.pected to be completed in about ten
days.
Sardis.-With the purpose Of antic-
ipating n damage that might be
wrought by the boil weevil, which has
already begun to invade this section
of the state, two enterprising farmers
of this place have just returned from
the north and west with some very
fine cattle.
Natchez.-All OF the property OF the
Mississippi Cotton Oil company and
the Adams Ginning and Manufactur
ing company in Adams county has
been purchased by the Union Seed and
Fertilizer company. a New Jersey cor
poration. The purchase price is said
to have been over 100000.
Clarksdale.--Through the press
Judge W. A. Alcorn, Jr, Of the circuit
court has given formal notice that he
will convene a special term of that
srfIf,,aI ~ I-r;or. Do;,S nu;t -
for the purpose of trying Dave Wash
ington and James Thomas, the two ne
groes concerned in the killing of Dep
MY Sheriff Mullen at Friars Point {
few days ago.
Indianola.-Joe Munson, who was
convicted at a special term of cour
here, held last July by Judge Monroe
McClurg, of murder of c. Q. Weeks a
Reubin, Sunflower county, and WHIT
fled to his former home in Holme,
county and was captured by AlleI
Wallace and Prof. +. A. Tanner, wa,
hanged here inside the county Jail b.
Sheriff r. c. Garnett.
Columbus.-The Mobile & Ohio Rail
road company is making preparation.
TO devote two city blocks. which the,
own just opposite the local passenge
station, TO farm demonstration worl
and a children's play ground.
Columbus.-Hon. Joseph H. Stevens
aged &c, one of the city's Oldest nativ,
sl., I;-l -. IT, l o--.t
Market street. The funeral was hell
from the Christian church and was at
tended by hundreds of sorrowins
friends