The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-08

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the Mississippi Lumber company Ut
Quitman has received within the past
three d'ye orders n~ggreEating lO) car
loads Of hardwood lumber This lHm.
her ia to b. shipped from their hard
wood plant al trand0li Station,
FLOYD Marshall of Cleveland, a young
man about Is years old, was run over
and horribly maneled by a northhound
freight train On the Nazoo 4 MisstH-
sippi Valley railroad. The boy was
riding ON the outgoing train when he
lost his footing and fell under the cars.
A wholesale jail delivery was pre-
vented at Meridian, Six white men
had planned to make their escape,
though two OF the number claim that
they were not in any way implicated
in the plans. The tip Of the intended
escape was given Deputy Young by
some one on the outside.
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which has been blocked out by PreS1-
dent A, {. CrOwder of the Mississippi
Life Underwriters association. for the
social end Of the annual meeting to be
held in Jackson, men Of considerable
note, both In the political and official
life Of the state, are set down Tor
speeches.
At a meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Planters Bank OF Leland, 1t was
decided to liquidate, and all funds due
depositors were placed In the Bank or
Leland. This move was brought about
by the uncertainty Of the future, and
its president. j. ". Thompson, wanting
to be relieved Of the responsibility as
well as to be in a position to give more
attention to his personal affairs.
The attorney-general's department at
Jackson is engaged in a double barrel
Investigation, the taking Of dispositions
in the cotton seed trust suit having
been resumed, while at the same time
Assistant Attorney General E~thridSe
returned to the formality Of taking
evidence in the pending suits on the
bonds of penitentiary officers, to re-
cover the shortages due to the alleged
specuIations OF Lawrence, Yerger, for
mer secretary.
Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall Hebron,
wife of d. N. Hebron. distinguished
for her literary attainments and non
orary life president Of the Mississippi
Federation Of Women's clubs, which
recently held its annual convention In
VicksburK, passed peacefully away at
her suburban home, Sky Farm. She
was surrounded by her family and
friends. Mrs. Hebron was the daughter
of the late Hon. Thos. A. and Mrs. LIE
titia Marshall.
DR.. S. F. Love, charged with the
killing of J. S. Carmichael, station
agent for the Delta Southern Railway
at Morgan City, was given a prelim'
mary hearing before Justice Fl. W
Cooley In Greenwood. They convinced
Justice Cooley that the defendant act
ed In self.defense, and he promptly re
leased him from custody. The prose
cution was represented by County At
torney Kimbrough and Attorney Car
michael, brother Of the deceased
while Hill G. Witty conducted DR.
Loves defense.
AS the result Of a horrible mistake
DR.. Charles c. Meek, a prominent
young physician, Is dead at his home
six miles south Of Columbus, taking q
tremendous dose of ChlOroform from {
bottle supposed to have contained
elixir Of bromide. He had been SUI
fering from a severe headache durint
the early morning and had been inhal
!. ing the chloroform as a remedy. III
decided to take a dose Of the bromide
and the two bottles being OF the SAM
size, the chloroform was taken instea'
of the bromide.
An unusual aspect assume by tn
, farm labor problem In Mississippi
: the steady migration Of negroes iron
:, the delta back to the hills. The move
: ment has started within the past weel
and threatens to assume proportion
=. somewhat alarming to the delta PLAN
. ers, who, for the past three years, haV
, had an abundant labor supply. wi
to good crops and the high price @
cotton. No labor agent influence ha
been used, but hill farmers state tina
they can get all the farm labor the
want from the delta, and fill up a
4 the empty cabins, If they choose to Ell