The Grenada sentinel., 1914-07-31
MISSISSIPPI
STATE BRIEFS

Coldwater.-T floor OF ickory |
Grove church collapsed Just at the |
close Of services and caused a panic .
among the congregation.
Meridian.-The 100 children of the |
Masonic Widows and Orphans home |
enjoyed a picnic given by Hamasa
temple for their benefit at Highland F.
park.
Coumbus.-Commit from the
Chamber Of Commerce have been
busy canvassing the city for sub
scriptions for the support and main
tenance of the organization during the
current year.
Brandon.-Mrs Annie Jack Me
Laurin died here and was buried in
the city cemetery. She was the widow
of the late R. s. McLaurin. district
attorney for 20 years. and brother to
Senator McLaurin.
Biloxi.-Peter Stiggins and the four
members of the schooner Curet. ar
rested here for resisting an officer
| after their seizure of the schooner for
violating the liquor laws Of the state.
were bound over to the grand jury.
Meridian.-Three suits were filed by
Attorneys Ethridge and Ethridge
against S. W. Smith, in which Mrs.
Jennie Pippin, w. Pippin and Mrs.
Paragade Platt, sue for 1000 each
for alleged injuries received in an
automobile accident on the Meridian
and Causeyville road.
Summit-As an outcome of family
troubles existing for some time, Kit
and Dee Hoover. brothers. had an
alteration and consequent fight, at
their home five miles east OF here,
which resulted in the severe cutting
and bruising of Dee Hoover and
wounds about the head for the other
brother, Kit
Vicksburg. In the circuit court be-
fore special Judge R. b. Anderson the
case Of DR.. r. f. Cook, charged with
= manslaughter, was begun after the
empaneling of the jury. The defend
ant was indicted by the grand jury
upon charge of an alleged criminal
operation which resulted in the death
of Miss Rosa Grant, young lady who
resided in the Oak Ridge locality who
died at her home last December The
: l.
: Lahatta, C. ]. BOri. A +. W Ludke
S. P Wilson, Gus Brown, J. T. Nc
! tntyre, Gus Graham, Alex Comes
, ". H. Auter. F. E Chanahan. Jane
. Kennedy and George Petit.
5, Laurel-Unless present indication
y belle the result, the majority Of III
h voters of Jones county will cast thei
p ballots in favor Of a suspension O
s. the tick eradication rules and laws i
a Jones county. That is the opinion c
the best and most level headed pol
ticians of the county. who are /
touch with the situation General
n, these men add an If to their g.
k preston. and state that the resu
is could be changed, or would be if tn
n friends OF the dipping law did an
e. active work. But they are not doin
Il it, and the men opposed to dippin
le have an active and effective organiz
lg ton, while the other side has non
an Many men who believe in dipping W!
not vote at all in the election
" Jackson-Miss Belle Collum. t.
n young -postmistress at Phoenix, W
We was held on an indictment chargf
or misuse Of public funds OF which 81
ne was custodian, was able to furnish Il
required bail and left for her hon
ot near Flora, Realizing the situate
OF and feeling that lighter bail wou
eh be sufficient to guarantee her appea
IS ance in court Commissioner Ricket
at gave an order reducing the bail fro
DC 81, 900 to $500 Bail in this amou
oi, was furnished by Hon. Clay Shark
nu and Thomas W. McAlpin. which W
om acceptable to United States Marsh
III eastman, who was glad to give t.
hu young woman her liberty, and was {
ip cidedly averse to the very idea OF h
being forced to spend even an no
~, unnecessarily within jail walls
49, Jackson.-Much interest in felt
~, ~ to the outcome Of a bill OF iniunlti
10 filed in chancery by parties interest
nj in the property, the object of wAi
,is. is to compel the Carnes-Jones com
G. nation of Memphis. owners of the 5
on which stood the Hotel Norye
l..-+rnrnd i L.. nrn como nine L-a.