The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-07-24

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Purvis.-There is a slight improve.
ment In the yellow pine lumber mar
ket here. and from the present indi
cations will be normal by fall,
Bolton.-While attempting to cross
the tracks of the Alabama g. Vicksburg
railway here, Or. W. W. Farr was in
stantly killed by the e~astbound pas
senger train.
Columbus.-E. l.. larry, former see
retary of the civic chamber at Yazoo
City. was elected permanent secretary
of the chamber of commerce at a meet
ing of the directors.
Aberdeen.-Thomas w. Baker has
been appointed p~ostofice inspector by
President Wilson. and was notified to
report to the inspector in charge al
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Starkville.-The Daughters OF the
~Confederacy are making a vigorous eff
fort to erect in this city a monument
to perpetuate the memories of the OLD
soldiers and their children.
MISUNDERSTANDING lodge No. 80,
K. Of P, held its public installation Of
the newly elected officers in the school
auditorium. Hon. H. NJ. Quin of Jack
son was present and delivered an in
teresting address on "Pythianism."
McComb City.-The home of Mr..
Earl McCue in West McComb was en-
tirely destroyed by fire. The fire com
pany responded promptly, but the fire
had gained such a headway that it
was impossible to e~Xtinguish it.
Columbus. - Mystery shrouds the
death of Miss Lillian Carpenter. who
was drowned in the Tombigbee river,
near her home at Pickensville, Ala, a
few days ago, and friends and rela-
tives have not yet determined wheth-
er her death was suicidal or acciden-
tai.
Natchez.-Chancellor Cutrer was
here and it was learned he would sign
the petition authorizing the receiver
of the First Natchez bank to accept
the compromise made by James X
Lambert, through a committee OF de
positors, by which Lambert is to suf
fer a complete loss of all moneys and
accounts credited to his name in the
bank when the institution failed lasi
October.
Ripley.-Fifteen days after the in
terment, J. w. Moore was convicted
on the charge of numbering Arthu.
Nesmith and sent to the penitentiar.
for life. An appeal to the supreme
court will be taken. This is one o
the speediest murder trials in tn
history of Tippah county. Moor
himself went on the stand and toll
how the killing occurred. He elaine
self-defense. -
Clinton.-An enthusiastic meetinI
was held, when the Business Men
league entertained the leading bus
ness men OF Jackson and the countr
lying between the two towns. ID
]. w. Provine was called to the chat
and stated that the purpose OF tn
meeting was to devise some mean
of influencing the Jackson County clu
to locate on the gravel road betwee
Jackson and Clinton.
Meridian.-A desperate battle wit
knives took place at a pool room !
West End between Mike McG>fne
and Fletcher Summers, in which tn
! former was slashed in the neck, ca
ting the ~jugular vein, and causin
, great loss of blood. Mccartney va
, carried to the Matty Hersee hospita
where he was attended by Drs. Turn,
and Klein, the vein being sewed u
and a saline solution administers
Despite the operation, he died.
Gulfport.-Two women under poll,
surveillance because officers believe
4 they might be the missing sister
: Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis and Mi
Beatrice Nelms. outwitted the of
GERS watching them during the mig.
and apparently were not in Gulfpol
Officers are of the opinion that The
left some time during the night in
launch, but the man detailed to watt