The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-09-24

nOIle pressed. This case mas Deen on
the docket for some time and is said
to have grown out of the miscarriage
and delay to a registered package
which was later found unopened.
West Point.-The board OF trustees
Of the Carnegie Library of West Point
have met and decided upon September
"A as the date for the formal opening
Of the library. Miss Heard, the eff
cient librarian, has been working hard
and has already added about a thou
sand volumes to the library. A com
mittee has been appointed to canvass
the city and collect books and maya
zines from all who will give them.
Water Valley.-The Yalobusha Coun.
ty Rifles, composed Of Is young men.
has been organized with headquarters
at Water Valley. This company, un-
der the leadership Of ]. X. Fulson.
captain; C. o. Anderson, first lieuten-
ant, and J L Roark, second lieuten.
ant, promises to furnish the Missis-
sippi National Guard one of the best
companies within the state, and all
arrangements have been completed foJ
the formal mastering in.
Meridian.-Judge H. G. Niles, before
federal court adjourned, issued a de-
cree making perpetual an injunction
issued in vacation to prevent the city
Of Meridian and the county of Lauder
dale, Jackson and Hints counties from
collecting back taxes on cotton alleged
to have been in the hands Of Hanna
Frederichs G. CO.. Newberger & Levy
and Minoprio G Co., on February /.
from 1909 to 1914, inclusive. This, II
is believed, ends litigation against
these concerns by State Revenue
Agent Johnson. The amount of tax.
able values alleged to be due by these
firms was over $4,000, 600.
Meridian.-An Indignation meeting
has been held here by travelling men.
at which the issuance of an uncondi-
tional pardon to C. R. Smith by Gov.
Brewer was unequivocally condemned.
The travelling men also made plans to
aid in every way possible to prevent
Smith securing his liberty from the
Mississippi Insane Asylum under ha-
beas corpus proceedings, which will
be heard here before Judge Venable.
C-~stl r,L- ta N r,Ao11.xr n1opor 30
Lowndes county, was serving a life
sentence in the pen for the murder OF
z. A.. Laurent, a Nashville travelling
man. Travelling men at the meeting
ance in opposing the habeas corpus.
Yazoo City.-Before he could carry
out a threat to kill his wife, several
members of his family and himself,
Garnet Nolan, "a, a prominent plan;e"
residing 20 miles south Of this place.
was shot and instantly killed by his
sister-in-law, Mrs. r. d. Strong. Mem
bers of the Nolan family, who wit
messed the shooting, told the authori-
ties that Mrs. Strong probably had
saved the lives of several persons. No
Ian entered the bedroom of his wife.
who was i'll, and threatened to kill
Mrs. Nolan and as many more persons
In the room as he could, declaring that
he would take his own life with the
last cartridge remaining In his revolv.
er, witnesses told the authorities. He
was standing within a few feet of Mrs.
Nolan's bed and was aiming the weap-
on at her, 1t vas said, when Mrs.
Strong, who had obtained a small re-
volver from a bureau, placed 1t against
the back of his head and fired fou,
bullets into his brain.
Hattiesburg.-After killing his wife,
Annie, 81, with a shotgun, and almost
severing the heads of his two young
daughters, Monroe M. Lee, 35, a farm
er residing near here, placed the mug
zle of the gun in his mouth and blew
the top of his head off. A c~oroner's
jury returned a verdict that while
mentally deranged Lee killed his wife
and children and then took his own
life. The children, aged six and four
years, apparently had been killed
while they slept. Their threats were
cut with a pocket knife. Mrs. Lee
evidently had struggled with her hus-
band, the authorities said, as one hand
was severed at the wrist by the load
OF shot which took effect in her breast.
Lee apparently killed himself by firing
the gun with his toe, as his body wa
found with one shoe removed.
Rienzi.-News has been received
here Of the killing OF Bill Isibel by his
tFrnthar Sherman Tho hrnthorc t;rod