The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1915-04-09

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Bear Greek. near Soutas and vas
crowned His body was recovered BY
a searching party
The cornerstone Of the Hew city hall
at Meridian was laid BY Grand Master
Jesse NJ Brooks and other Grand Ma.
sonic lodge officers.
Chancery court, which was 90 have
convened at Quitman the second Mon.
day in April. has ben pre,ermittcd 10
the third Monday In April the 18th.
Contracts for the erection OF the new
high school in GreenvIe have been
awarded 10 Birmiugbam concern.
who were lowest bidders with a price
OF $4,000.
The date % Gov. Brwprs speakIng
in In Batesville has been changed from
April l2 70 April III The governor
had accepted an instatIau 20 speak at
Mendenhan April a.
The yarn mills "a Yazoo City re
ceived large order frcm one Of the
warning nations shipment viii De
made Via Gulfport. The min has been
running on full time lor severa!
months, and the outlook ls that every
yard OF yarn win be sold before II
leaves the spindle
The most disastrous ban storm that
has struck Hattieshurg IN years swept
a wide area OF Forrest and adjoining
counties, tearing tho ro3fs from eulld.
ings, breaking out window panes and
damaging early crops hundreds OF dol
lars. Reports reaching Hattlesburg
tell Of the disaster caused by the hail
stones, and local hardware companies
have been filling orders for glass.
roofing aud the like.
Fortyfiye thousand dollars good
coin was turned loose in Meridian
when checks fer This amornl BE- pci
cent due creditors and dep0sitors "
the defunct union Bank q Trust com.
pany. we're distributed by attorneys
for Receivers ] A. Mccain and " c.
Moore The remainder Of the amount
due deposltors and creditors Of the
bank $4,000, win be paid on or be.
fore November 23
Al Pearlhaven. Lincoln county, "A
honses were more or less damaged by
tornado, about a dozen being torn
off Of their sills and totally demolished
Just north Of the Central Lumber com
pany a residence owned by Capt Nor
ton and W. II. 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 we're 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
companys office, n. ~ Wheelers gro
cery, r. p. Carr g. Co.'s and II G. Hen
dersons genera; merchandise stores
and the Campbell garage. !. II. Dan
iel, travelling salesman Of New or
leans, and Ike Bell. an express wagon
driver. we're painfully injured when a
wall Of the Carr building fell on the
building Of the Southern Express com.
pany, demoIishlng the structure The
two men we're In the express offices
at the time.
Gov Brewer has issued pardons to
Gus Bradley. serving fifteen years
from Tate county for shooting a negro
woman, and.Will Clayton, OF Pontotoo.
convicted in September, 1913, on a
charge Of murder and sent up for life.
George W. Wilkes, proprietor OF the
Biloxi Daily Herald and gulfport Daily
AlFihAAs hifA III HAAHAif hAttt al iAtHFHH
Of seven weeks. Mr Wilkes death
was due to complication Of ailments
from which he had suffered for some
time. He was born on Jan II. 1854,
in Princeton, Ind. emigrating to the
south in 1877.
Whatever effect the cold weather
may have on the fruit crop Of the coun.
try. large pertentage Of that Of Ad.
ans county is safe 10 the opinion Of
well known trucker farmers neal
Natehez.
The 5527 bales Of state cottcn that
will be shipped to Copenhagen, Den.
mark, reached Gullport. and loading on
the Norwegian steamer Huso began.
Stewart Mcintyre Of Jackson viii 20
on the Huso with the cotton and act
az agent Of the board Of prison trus-
tees Cotpenhsgen.
A large amount of tobacco viii be
grown in Adams county this year and