The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-04-16

state cotton which was bought by
Boyce & Co. of Memphis would be
loaded on the Huso and sent to Eng.
land.
The Hon. Marion w. Reilly Of Match
ez, candidate for governor, spoke to a
large and enthusiastic audience at the
public school building in Eupora Fri
day night.
Lee H. Riggan, a fireman on the Mo.
bile & Ohio railroad, was killed at
Meridian Friday morning when he was
caught between the coal platform and
the tank of the engine and rolled &c
feet.
DR. |. w. Cooper. president Of Whit
worth college, Brookhaven, has ar
ranged for a special "Whitworth Col
lege" train to the California exposi-
ton. He expects TO take about 125
people with him.
Miss Jewell Gaines, a school girl of
Cold water. has achieved a splendid
success as a member of the Girls Can
ming club. Her canned tomatoes when
placed on the market her soon estab-
lished a reputation and her entire out
put has already been sold at attractive
prices.
The truck grower of Crystal Springs
shipped a car load of turnips and rad
ishes to Chicago Friday. The toma-
toes have about all been transplanted
to the field and from the looks of the
plants some very fine vegetables will
be shipped in June.
The ]. z. George Chapter, i. D. c.,
and the Woman's club dedicated the
Confederate Memorial building in
Greenwood. Addresses were delivered
by Mrs. ]. H. Price. president Of the
Mississippi Federation Of Women's
clubs, and Mrs. Lille Scales S~laugn1er.
president of the Mississippi division.
U. d. C.
Fire believed to nave been caused
by crossed electric light wires totally
destroyed the furniture store of Levy
& WEIGH Co. at Port Gibson early
/, Saturday morning. The entire stock
was lost, as were a large number of
t collins and undertakers' supplies own
I ed by the same firm. The loss will
aggregate $4,000.
\ The board of supervisors of Copiah
county at its meeting Saturday sold
$780, 900 in bonds of district No. 5 to
the Hibernia Bank & Trust Co. OF New
Orleans. The proceeds from the sale
will be used for crawling the public
, roads in district No. 3, this county.
The premium on the bonds our to
S3,S42.
" Fire Saturday morning destroyed
e three buildings in the business district
Of Wesson, with most of contents. The
loss is about $4,000, partly covered by
insurance. The blaze originated from
an unknown source in the grocery
1t store OF A. NJ. Magee, This was a two
story frame building. The Wesson En-
+. terprise, next door, then burned. Cur
Is rants barber shop, adjoining. alst
e. went up in smoke.
e' McComb's new city hall, which ha:
been under course of erection by the
Burke Construction Company Of Hat
e sburg, is about completed, and viii
of be turned over to the city by the con
IN tractors within the course Of the mex
&c two weeks. The building will have, il
~ addition TO the various departments
N a large auditorium on the second floo
hv which will accommodate four hundrel
people.
The damage suit OF $4,000 asains
N W. F. Swan of Biloxi for runnin
over the little daughter OF DR.. Rosco
White several months ago with his al
tomobile, Is being tried in the circu
court at Gulfport before Judge !
Weatherford of the thirteenth distri'
in the place of Judge Neville who Wa
,or consulted about the case before /
- became Judge and was therefore di
,vv. qualified.
ga Five years sentence in the Attain
ne. peritentiary and a $500 fine was Il
LED verdict returned against NJ. W. Cozal
secretary and treasure OF the fish
n,iYgo Tie and Stone Co, the alles'
wildcat organization, oy the fedoi
tue court at Aberdeen. Cozart is charg'
d by the government authorities vi
as the fraudulent use of the mails. 7
Vi Jury in returning their verdict
zap guilty" against Cozart found ].
Edwards, G. T. Edwards and A.
Robinson also guilty, but asked II
climency be shown them by the cou
The three men were sentenced
VIZ Judge H. c. Niles to serve a senten
tne of three months in the Monroe cour
is ,o;I a,d tn nav a fine of $500. 1t