The hummer. (Houston, Miss.) 1914-19??, 1915-04-09

~dn Terry, "a years Of age. fen into
Bear Greek, near sontag. and was
crowned His body was recovered BY
a searching party.
The cornerstone Of the new city hall
at Meridian was laid by Grand Master
Jesse M. Brooks and other Grand Ma
sonic lodge officers.
Chancery court. which was to have
convened at Quitman the second Mon
day in April. has ben pretermitted &c
the third Monday In April, the 18th
Contracts for the erection Of the new
high school IN Greenville have been
awarded 70 a Birmingham concern,
who we're lowest b ers, withes price
Of $4,000.
The dats Of Gov Brewers speaking
in insBatesville mas been changed from
April u to April IT. The governor
had ACCEPTED an invitation to speak q
Mendenhall April 10.
The yarn mills Of Yazoo City re-
eeived q large order from one OF the
warning nations. Shipment win be
made via Gulfport. The mill has been
running on full time for several
months, and the outlook is that every
yard Of yarn viii be sold before Il
leaves the spindle.
The most disastrous hail storm that
has struck Hattiesburg in years swept
q wide area Of Forrest and adjoining
counties, tearing tho roofs from build
ings, breaking out window panes and
damaging early crops hundreds Of dol.
lars. Reports reaching Hattiesburg
tell Of the disaster caused by the hail
stones, and local hardware companies
have been filling orders for glass
roofing and the like.
FOrtYrfiye thousand dollars good
coin was turned loose in Meridian
when checks for this amount, 80 pei
cent due creditors and depositors OF
the defhnct Union Bank & Trust com.
pany, were distributed by attorneys
for Receivers J. A. Mccain and ". G..
Moore. The remainder Of the amount
due depositors and creditors OF the
bank $4,000, win be paid on or be
fore November 20.
At Pearihavsn, Lincoln county,. "a
houses were more or less damaged by
a tornado, about a dozen being torn
off Of their stills and totally demolished
Just north Of the Central Lumber com
pany a residence owned by Capt. Nor
ton and W. H. Seavey was completely
destroyed, and, although occupied, no
one was seriously hurt. The tops Of
four box cars we're also blown off. At
the gravel pit east Of Brookhaven sew
eral houses were also blown down.
Rats gnaWing a match are believed
to have started a fire in Pontotoc that
destroyed six business establishments,
causing $4,000 loss. The flames orig.
mated in Carr Bros store, destroying
that building, the Southern Express
eompany's office, N. NJ. Wheelers gro
Gerry, r. B. Carr & Co.'S and 4. C. Hen
dersOn's general meHf' andise stores
and the Campbell garage l. H. Dam
iel a travelling salesman Of New Or
leans, and Ike Bell, an express wagon
driver, were painfully injured when a
wall Of the Carr building fell on the
building Of the Southern Express com
pany, demolishing the structure. The
two men were in the express offices
At the time
Gov. Brewer has issued paFdons to
Gus Bradley, serving fifteen years.
from Tate county for shooting a negro
woman, and VIII Clayton. Of P0ntotoc.
convicted IN September 1913. On a
charge Of murder and sent up for life.
George ". wilkes, proprietor Of the
Biloxi Daily Herald and Guifport Daily
Herald, died IN Biloxi, after an illness
Of seven weeks. Mr.. Wilkes death
was dae to complication Of ailments
from which he had suffered for some
time. He was born on Jan. II, 1856.
IA Princeton, Ind emigrating 60 the
south in 1877.
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