The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-02-27

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Gulfport-While playing on the cam.
pus at the Central school, Bessie Rice
aged s, was accidentally hit in the
by a baseball thrown by a bow
She died soon after.
Magee.-Dr. A. e. Kennedy, a prom.
inent physician of this place, was acct
dentally shot while out bird hunting
The entire charge passed through his
left hand, which will probably cause
him to lose it.
Crystal Springs-The barn belong.
ing to c. B. Willard, a mile and a half
south of town, was destroyed by fire
with $4,000 loss. Bloodhounds trailed
the incendiaries foul miles and tb.r
lost the trail.
University-The student body M
the University of Mississippi is max.
ing an earnest effort to induce Chan.
cellor A. A Kincannon to withdraw
his resignation, which was rendered to
the general board Of trustees several
days since, to take effect at the close
Of the present term.
Coldwater.-Sheriff Williams of Tate
county and Sheriff E. F. Nichols Of
DeSoto county passed through this
place with an ven dozen negroes I'M
der arrest. charged with the attempt
ed assassination of s. T. Stewart, a
wealthy land owner and merchant of
near Wakefield In DeSoto county sew.
eral months ago.
Meridian.-Federal Judge II c. Niles
mas allowed the request of w. F. Owen,
receiver Of the New Orleans. Mobile &
Chicago railroad, to issue $500, 900 Ger.
tificates to al for the property Of
the road. The order is similar in char
acter to that issued by Judge Toulmin
Of Mobile, before whom the same APP
plication was made for the Alabama
interests of the road.
Richton.-Will Smith, a negro, in
Jail here for forgery, set fire to the
door of the prison in an effort to burn
his way out. The whole building
caught fire and before the alarm could
be given the negro had been burned
to death. Eugene Carter, a prominent
citizen, broke his arm while fighting
the fire.
Jackson.-Amopg the new euter.
prises in prospect for Mississippi 10
one with its domicile in Jackson, tie
Southern Central Life Insurance com
pany, just organized. According to
the charter, the paid-up capital small
be $4,000 with surplus investment IN
first mortgage on realty of $4,000, Civ
ing a starting operting capital o.
$50, 1000.
Booneville.-The jury returned a yer,
dict in favor of little John Milton
Clarke, against the Mobile and OHIO
railroad in the sum of $40, 900 for an
injury in which he lost both legs as a
result of an effort to cross through a
freight train which was blocking the
public highway in Rienzi, Miss, last
May. This case carries one of the
largest verdicts ever rendered in this
part of the state.
Macon.-On the testimony Of State
Auditor d. l. Thompson, a Noxubee
county jury convisted Parker Adams,
assistant cashier of the defunct Cotton
Exchange Bank at Brooksville on a
charge Of perjury. He was sentenced
to serv five years in the ~penitentiary
The testimony of Auditor Thompson
showed that Adams had made false
statements under oath relative to the
financial condition of the bank.
Jackson.-A telegram from Wash
ington states that President Wilson
sent to the senate for confirmation
the appointment of w. s. Vardamar
as United States marshal for the north