The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-03-06

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Vance his 1,700-acre plantation, lying
on Coldwater river, west of town. the
consideration being about $40 per acre.
All live stock and farm implements
went with It.
Cnion.-Fire broke out in the Union
Telephone Exchange building and
quickly spread to others adjoining. de-
stroying -four store buildings covering
almost a whole block. The origin or
the fire is unknown at the time. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Meridian.-With ~thirty-two convlc-
lions and four acquittals, the convic-
lions entailing monetary fines OF W.
$50, 740 days on the county roads, W.
100 in bond f~orfeitures, forty three
years and three life sentences in the
p~enitentiary. the criminal term OF
court came to an end here.
Coldwater.-The San Jose scale has
made its first appearance on peach
trees in this section, n unless
promptly checked it will prove a seri-
Gus drawback to the fruit industry.
R. J. Mcpherson, who WINS a large
orchard near here, reports that mum
bers of his trees have died since bear
ing the last crop.
Hattiesburg.-For being carried by
McLaurin, the station to which he
claims to have paid his railroad fare,
- g. ~. -or,ltapt inann ynpianpp
suffering and sickness occasioned
thereby, d. A. Andersons, who gives
his age as 3S years, is suing the Gull
& Ship Island railroad for 10000 dam
ages.
Jackson.-E. B. Poole, aged so years,
nag of a local fertilizer plant, was
found dead in the northeastern sub
urbs of Jackson with an empty shot
gun at his side. Poole went on a hunt.
ing trip in Pearl river swamp and
failed to return home and a search was
instituted. Death vas evidently due
To an accident.
Gulfport.-District Attorney E. j..
Ford has been selected by Chancellor
Stevens to make a thorough investiga-
ton into the Burnside divorce case,
which recently attracted widespread
interest because of its sensational
features and the loopholes in the Mis-
sissippi law which threatened to make
GUlfport a second Reno.
Louisville.-That good tobacco can
be raised in Winston county is evil
denced by a quantity of 1,200 pounds
sold last week by j. w. Ross to a com
pany in Clarksville, Tenn. he receiy'
ing $3.50 per hundredweight. He cut
the above number of pounds off OF an
acre. The tobacco was dried in his
barn, and the firm that purchased il
say it was the best they have handled
this season.
Greenwood.-All bids on the build
ing of the Humphreys highway, sub
mitted at the last meeting of the boar'
o. SUD A SOS. have been rejected b.
the department at Washington, and tn
board will have to re-adyertise 70
bids. The amount appropriated 10
the highway is not sufficient to cove
the cost of its construction with tn
materials upon which the bids receive
we're based.
Merigold.-ln the act of shakin
hands to settle a long standing DISPUTE
l.. H.. Pratt, 30 years old, plantatio
manager, and Mack Williams, 40 year
old. owner of an adjoining plantation
whipped out revolvers Simultaneous
and fought a pistol duel. Williams r
ceived wounds from the effect of whic
he died at a Memphis hospital. Pratt
now IN Jail at Cleveland, Miss, til
COMFY seat. Trouble has been bre'
ing for some time between the tn
men, II is stated.
Tunfca-A posse of citizens searche
a Y. & M V. passenger train at IL
depot here on hearing that the neg
hoodoo doctor who melted the Robi
s~onville race riot was aboard. He ~,
not found.
Coldwater.-A live 'poesum sent
here by John Henderson, a count
merchant. was rejected by the post
authorities, who declared the post
regulations forbid the carrying OF II
animals by parcels post. The anlnli
which was destined for a Memph
dealer was finally aprf nv pxDrp2s,