The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-05-07

cleared from Gulfport April 30 for
Manchester, England, with a cargo oil
5,322 bales OF cotton and $4,000 fee
Of swan timber on her upper deck.
Amateur yeggmen recently wrecked
the safe in the office Of Sturges and
McInnis at Meridian and secured
about $3.50 in stamps. They also ap-
propriated several sacks of flour ant
corn.
Henry johnson, a negro, is being
held in the county Jail at Meridian for
federal officers. The negro is said to
be wanted in Georgia OH a charge of
poEtoffice robbery and officers from
Savannah are expected to come afte'
him.
Hen. W. l.. Evans, present member
of the lower house Of the legislature
from Leake county, died at his home
near Madison, of heart failure. Mr..
Evans was a very prominent man and
was serving his second term as repre-
sentative. He was also a candidate tt
succeed himself.
The Mississippi State Bar Associa.
ton met at Vicksburg May 5. for a
three days session. Among the dis
tinguished men present were the entire
body Of the Mississippi state supreme
court, consisting Of Chief Justice Sgd
ney Smith. Justice Sam Cook and JUS
tice Morgan Stevens, who is to be
sworn in soon.
Nine prisoners serving sentences on
the Pike county convict farm over
powered j. S. Jones, the guard, May /,
took his pistol from him and shot him
in the chest, and then made their es.
cape. There were ten prisoners in the
bunch, but one refused to take advan-
tage of the opportunity to get away
Officers are in pursuit of the othe'
nine.
The shipping season has opened up
for the suinme at this place. Small
shipments IF peas. carrots and turnips
have been made from Crystal Springs.
but the first big shipment was made
April 30, when two solid cars of peas
were shipped by freight and n car
and 100 extra hampers went out by ex
press.
William Bradley, a negro, has been
arrested at Pontotoc and committed
to the county Jail on the charge of
arson. He is accused with having
started the fire that burned a barn
belonging to W. ]. Lyon, living three
a horse and g years supply Of corn
were burned. The negro was arrested
with the aid of b~loodhounds.
Matt TAYLOR, a prominent and highly
esteemed citizen Of Yazoo county, was
found dead In his home at Bentonia
May 3 by a negro servant, with a shot
hole through his head and a pistol by
MS side. Mr.. Taylor was we'll known
and popular and was a candidate fol
for sheriff at the approaching election
He was a son of the late Capt. II. l.
Taylor, wealthy AID prominent either
of this section.
The city of Gulfport served a war
ram on the Gulf & Ship Island railroad
April 30 to appear before the mayor
to answer for alleged violation of ar
ordinance prohibiting the moving Of
high explosives within the city limits
The steamer Lena took on a cargo o.
dynamite at the railroad company!
pier here. The cargo consisted of sew
eral carloads, which were switched
through the city. The fine is 500.
The Mississippi State Teachers as
ISOLATION has completed a session q
Laurel. Over 1000 teachers from al
points Of the state we're present. Col
lege presidents from various Southern
universities were also present and de
livered addresses. One Of the feature
Of the meeting was the pageant stage'
by the Laurel public school children
depicting the development of educs
ton in Mississippi.
Federal revenue AGENTS created
stampede among drug fiends at Me
ridian recently when John F. Whit
and Everett A. Smith were arreste
nv DEPUTY Revenue Collector John {
Childress and United States Deput
Marshal Jasper Boykin. on charges Q
having morphine in their possession
violation of the Harrison anti-narcoti
law. Both were arraigned befor
United States Commissioner j. A. Gu
ley and were sent to Jail in default G
$500 bond.