Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-30
WOODUEN HOLD
VCKSBURG MEET
BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF MIS-
sIsslPPi HOUSEHOLD OF CO.
lumbar WooDMEN HELD.
ROYAL OFFICERS ELECTED
Henry Kahn Of Vicksburg ls Named
AZ Royal consul-Address OF
Welcome Delivered by
Mayor Hayes.

mayor rdICSs
jackson.
At the conclusion of the first days
session of the biennial convention OF .
the Mississippi Household OF Coium' :
bian Woodmen, officers for Royal
Household No. 2 were elected as lot .
lows: Royal consul, Henry Kahn
Vicksburg; royal viceroy, S. Butler OF
Walnut; royal cardinal, J. e. Dalton OF
Cumberland; royal physician, DR.. w,
L. Watkins of North Bend; royal sec
rotary, George M. Knight of OXFORD;
royal banker, O. E. Atkinson OF Kos
ciusko; royal pilot, w. M. Lawrence
of Noxapater; royal herald, ]. s. Peeks
of Lokaforma; royal guardsman, }. H.
Sullivan of Hatley; royal picket, ). H.
Mitchell of Steward; royal counsellor
G. G. Hurst, Oxford.
The first session of the convention
was called to order at the city nan
following the street parade n the
business Of the afternoon was trans
acted. An address of welcome was
delivered by Mayor Hayes, who ten
dered the visitors a most cordial wei
come to the city.
Slayer Pardoned by Brewer.
Granted a pardon of a felony Tor
which he was convicted and sentenced
to the penitentiary, restores his rights
as a citizen, but with the proviso that
he remain in confinement throughout
the remainder of his natural life, IS
the experience of Charles R. Smith OF
Lowndes county. Smith was serving
a life sentence for the killing OF 4. A.
Laurent. a travelling man of Nashville
at the Artesia railroad station, toward
the end of 1905
Owing to the prominence of all the
parties. and the fact that Miss Estelle
Smith. a daughter, was the unfortunate
and unconscious cause OF he tragedy
the case attracted widespread cele
brity.
Accompanying the pardon, Gov
Brewer wrote a sympathetic letter x
Miss Smith, at Artesia, explain1nl
that while technically her father II
liberated from prison surveillance, h
must remain a virtual prisoner OF tn
state of Mississippi in the hospital TO
insanity. The pardon was sent to Mis-
Smith. and not to Smith, who, 1t l
stated, is in no condition OF MIND
realize his position.
Election Middle In Jones.
The Jones county election cornmi
sioners seem to be in the middle OF
bad fix, so far as the arrangement
for holding the election for circuit an
,chancery Judge, in the districts
which 1t is included is concerned. III
Jones county commissioners were e
joined by the late Special Chanceli'
Devan Scarborough from holding 6
election for these judicial officers
Nov. 3, this Injunction being sued o
by parties agreed upon, in order TO g
a test before the courts again. AT u
time, both Chancellor Whitman al
Circuit Judge Arnold, feeling that
candidates for the nomination, Tn
were disqualified from acting In 7
case, Mr.. Scarborough was designat
nv Gov. Brewer as q special chancell
to sit in the case. After hearing.
granted the injunction, and immedis
steps were taken to have the case
yanced on the docket OF the suprel
court. in order that 1t might be oeclo
before vacation set In.
The supreme court, however,
clined to advance the case, and SO
went over to this term. 1t is stu
the docket of the second district cas-
IN and under the procedure of the COZ
I could not be advanced In time 10
i hearing and a decision before elec-
day.
ZONES county is the only one in WI
such a test has been made, and wn'
or the ruling in the case would an
the two judicial districts, the sec
chancery and the twelfth circuit co
rs a whole, is a mooted question: u
determined when 1t is reached
nroner course. If at all. 1t was not
general body of election commiss
ers throughout the state who were
Joined, but just the three indiVldual
Jones county when the proceed
were brought. Since that time
state board has appointed anotnel
of commissioners throughout the u
including the county Of
- -.
The teachers of the Magee p'
school have Joined the buy-a-bale IL
ment. They decided to go In toge
and buy a bale at 10 cents a pouno
If their first months salary.
Observation-Disclosures Fair Opens
The third annual Mississippi
hama fair opened on cheduie tin
Meridian with an attendance ex
ing all expectations. A conserv
Estimate of the number attendii
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