The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-06-26
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/ Mississippi II
Clarksdale.-Circuit court is max
ing a desperate effort to conclude its
labors for the term and sidestep the
no wave which is so painfully in evi.
dence.
Itta Bena.-Itta Bena is showing a
steady growth, as shown by the mum
Der of new residences In course of
erection. The streets will soon be in
good condition.
Belmont.-Hon. H. H. Brooks of Ma
con, candidate for Congress. present
ed his claims to the voters of Bel
mont. He pleaded earnestly for the
Jeffersonian doctrine of rotation in
office.
McComb City.-A carload of toma-
toes leaves here almost every day for
northern markets, some of them COM
ing in from the White rail-
road, but most of them are loaded
here.
Holly Springs.-O. D. Hall, a'promi-
nent citizen, dropped dead here. He
had been somewhat i~ndisposed for
three or four days from the effects
OF overhead, but was supposed to have
beer about recovered.
misunderstanding Charles Nixon
of the fifth district brought "Dr." Nan.
cy Brumfield, a well-known Osyka ne
gress, here to begin a sentence as a
result of her being convicted of carry.
ing a concealed weapon
Greenville.-The t~wenty-sixth an
nual commencement of st. Rose de
Lima's Academy in this city was held
in the Grand Opera House before a
fair and very appreciative audience.
The program was an excellent one.
Jacksonville information reached
here from Canton, the home of Rep.
resentative holland NJ. Reed of Madi.
son County, that he had formally an
nounced his retirement from the cam
paign for chancery judge of the Fifth
District.
Meridian.-A mammoth stock farm
il to be established heal Meridian,
and the company to conduct the same
will be organized as the Mississippi
Alabama Live Stock Association. Two
carloads of fine horses and cattle were
received already.
Laurel.-R. W. Myers, employed as
blacksmith for A. II. Freeman, pro
cured license and attempted to marry
a girl of this city. Before he could
carry out his purpose he was arrested
on a charge of bigamy or an attempt
to commit bigamy.
Clarksdale.-The negro captured at
Marks and held on suspicion that he
was Bob Myers, wanted in Carroll
County for the murder of Sheriff A. j.
McDougall, has been positively identi,
fled by Governor Earl Brewer, a broth
er-in-law of the murdered man.
Tunica.-A meeting was held here
to protest agaist the organization of
the proposed YaZoo-Coldwater Drain.
age District Association. Those op.
posing the project claim that the tax
of SIS per acre for 20 years, with other
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is practically con~fscatory, and would
seriously cripple the planters of
Tunica County. as we'll as those of the
other two counties affected.
University of Mississippi.-The nigh
school conference, which has just
closed at the university, has been one
of the most interesting and instruc.
tive meets for high school principals
and teachers ever held in the state.
This has been the expression of every
principal and teacher present. Those
who attended the conference predict
that this meeting is but a f%orerunner
of a future meeting that will be Of
more direct value to the high school
men and women of the state than the
State Teachers Association. 1t has
served to bring the teachers into a
face-to-face discussion of high school
principles, those that are of value and
can be used in every high school in
this or any other state.
Clarksdale.-Upwards of 100 repre-.
sentative citizens of Coahoma County
met here in the court house for the
purpose of going into a permanent or
ganiEation and making a fight to carry
this county for Lieutenant Governor
Bilbo and espouse the principles for
which he is fighting. Hon. d. A.
Scott, who was elected permanent