The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-02-12
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS

Mississippi A. & NJ. basketball team
won the first game OF the series with
Alabama. So to 2S, by taking a big
lead in the early part of the game a.
Agricultural College.
Andrew Johnsey, one of the best cit.
liens Of Bonneville, committed sui.
eide. Temporary insanity was prob,
ably assigned, as his home relations
were most happy and his business al
fairs straight.
The prevailing opinion among the
farmers OF Clinton is that the cotton
acreage will be diminished this year
at least 25 per cent. Corn, oats, cane
and hay will be the main crops, while
some are going to plant a little wheat
n potatoes.
Flames were discovered bursting ND
through the parlor floor of the Elk3'
Gu at Vicksburg. The firemen re
sponded promptly and by means Of the
prompt appliance Of chemicals the fire
was soon extinguished, with only 2
slight damage.
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Mrs. NJ. E. Fall, mother of Mrs. j. f.
suber, died at the family residence in
Crystal Springs. Funeral services
were conducted from the residence,
after which the remains were taken
to Pin Bluff, Ark, where she was laid
to rest in the family lot.
The Clay County Fair Association
met at the Merchants Association
rooms. West Point. The meeting wa
called to order by President Semmel-
man. 1t was shown that the a~ssocia-
ton closed It's first year free from
debt, Notwithstanding the fact there
yet remains unpaid stock amounting
to about $3.50.
The plant Of the Hattiesburg Wood
Reduction company, one of the most
promising corporations in South Mis-
sissippi, will be closed, and when it is
reopened, at a date to be decided on
later. a large quantity of new and i'm
proved machinery will have been in
stalled. The shutdown is to take place
to enable the management to install
some much needed machines.
There was an informal meeting OF
the Business League, Greenwood, OF
some Of the principal parties interest
ed in the proposed grain elevator to
be erected here. The object of the
meeting was to consult with J. Cooper
Strattan, representing an elevator con
/ ctrt1ptinn nnp1 n II nf (Fhtpn. ~ ra1otfr~A
to the kind and size of elevator that
would probably be required and the
cost Of construction.
At the meeting of the board of SUI
pervisors the board accepted the bid of
the Provident Savings Bank and Trust
company of Cincinnati for par and
1925 to float the additional s140, 900
out Of the $300,000 five per cent county
road bonds to arrange for further con-
struction of Warren county roads.
Additional n%ovaculite roads will be
built in the county and the state road
to Big Black and to the big bridge
over that stream will be constructed.
The first $1G0, 900 of the road bonds
was issued some time ago.
Evidences of so-called hard times"
and "shortness of cash" were not
shown in Hattiesburg drsing the re.
cent %taxpaying period, according to the
books of the city assessor and cashier.
On the contrary, Hattiesburg property
owners, both real and personal. con
tributed something like a couple of
thousand more dollars to the Golfers
of the municipality than they did up
to the night of February l, 1913. IL
round numbers, $4,000 was taken in
by City Assessor Rawls and Cashier
Estes on 1914 taxes, up to 9 o'clock
Monday night. This is larger by
about $4,000 than last years figures
for the same period.
Until the Mississippi supreme court
acts upon the case appealed to it from
Harrison county regarding the unas-
sessed timber lands which the states
revenue department is ~endeavoring to
have assessed, no steps to recover the
taxes alleged to be due on thousands
of acres of cut-over Forrest county
lands will be taken by the county au-
thorities here. This fact became known
and hundreds Of Forrest county land
owners who were in conference with
representatives of the revenue office
will give a sigh Of relief as a result.
There Is something like $500, 900
claimed by the state from Forrest
county land owners on timber said to
be unassessed on the county's books
RECAIIED