The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-10-30
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pyram-The Emile Chrisman house
located -four miles out of Byram. was
totally destroyed by fire. The origin
Vi the blaze is unknown.
charlottesville Woman's Mission.
ery conference of the Winona District
we. IN annual session here, with Mrs.
n. M Bryan presiding and Mrs. C. A.
Neal as secretary. About a dozen del.
egates were enrolled.
hosclusko.-George F. Mitchell. an
Ola and highly esteemed citizen of At.
tala county, died after a short illness
AT MS home in the northern part of
the county. Mr.. Mitchell was a con.
federate soldier and saw hard service
from 1861 to 1865. At the time of his
ueath ne was in his seventy-ninth year
lie was an uncle of the city marshal,
w. v. Davis of Kosciusko, r. P. Little
ton, Mrs. w. F. Adams, and the father
oil j. w. Mitchell Of the county,
Columbus.-At an enthusiastic meet.
ing of farmers held in this city at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
the movement looking to the planting
OF iarge acreages of wheat in this
county the present season was given a
splendid impetus. The planters pres
ent pledged a substantial acreage IL
wheat, as well as other grain crops,
n a resolution vas passed request.
ing the Board of County Supervisors tc
take the necessary steps to secure o
county demonstration, as it seems that
the services of such an official is abso,
lutely necessary if a general policy OF
diversification is to be pursued.
Bay St. Louis.-James Blanchard,
son OF Max Blanchard, formerly Of
New Orleans, was accidentally shot
and killed by Stanley Beck, a
barber and well known young resident
of this city, while out hunting. Beck
had killed a bird and was jumping a
fence to secure his game when he fell.
The gun discharged and Blanchard,
who was visiting his cousin in the
woods, fell the victim of the accidental
discharge. He died a few moments
later. His body was brought to the
home Of his parents. Beck at once
surrendered to Sheriff Whitfield and
was allowed to return to his home.
Starkville. - Judge K%imbrough has
dispatched work of the circuit court
with alacrity the past week. Several
cases have been disposed of and many
will be tried In January. Henry Seals,
n of the negroes who was implicated
In the wanton murder of Will Taylor
the colored porter of the NJ. & o
Railroad. was found guilty and will
have to pay the penalty Of hanging
Peter Bolin, the other negro. is now
on trial. and no doubt will meet the
same fate. Attorneys w. E. Ward. Joe
S. Rice and John Perkins represented
the defendants. District Attorney M
A. Saunders, assisted by Hon. B. F
Bell. looked after the interests of the
state.
Aberdeen.-Maysho Miller, an Is
year-old negro, was lynched near here
after confessing a brutal assault on {
young lady. He entered the room ant
struck the lady with his fist SQUARED,
in the face, knocking her to the floor
and as she fell she struck her head OF
q table. After she had fallen she be
gan calling for help and the mai
caught her by the throat and began t.
strangle her. Just at this time he
brother was heard coming and the mai
made his escape through a window.
posse of men with b~loodhounds caugh
the q on an adjoining plantation
and after he had confessed strunl
him up.
Booneville.-fhe trial Of Andrew
McAnnally charged with murder TO
the killing of Bailey Cole in this coun
ty, in December, 1913. as result Of
personal difficulty, in which Mean
nally shot Cole through the head wit
a breech : loading shotgun at clos
range. has created widespread intel
est throughout the county. McAnna
ly left the county, and under a fict'
tious name was caught in March O
this year in Mobile. Ala. The jury re
tr-.ed a verdict of mot guilty" an
no such demonstration has ever bee
witnessed perhaps In Prentiss count
over the result of a trial. the centra
figures being his little wife and youn
child and the mother and father.
Forest.-A fatal motor car acciden
occurred one mile south Of Harpervillt
q hamlet in Scott county. ten miles
the north of here, in which Lime
Freeny was killed and his brother
Charles Freeny, deputy United State
marshal, and two elderly ladies b
the name of Gibson were badly injured
nho ;c3rrioo m Charles Freeny ma