The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-19
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS

MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS
Booneville.-The Prentiss county
singing convention held its annual
meeting here May 10 and IA.
Jacksonville Mississippi Bar Asso-
citation has begun an active campaign
against syster lawyers, fe~e-grabbers
and ambulance chasers.
Columbus.-The Columbus Railway,
Light and Power Company has been
sold. The property was purchased by
Memphis and Greenville capitalists.
Union.-Evans Schumacher, Choctaw
Indian, was shot and instantly killed
here BY VII Patrick, . negro, when
he refused to give up his money ct
the demand OF the negro. Sheriff
Mays. with dogs, went in pursuit.
Canton.-Ths city OF Canton has
sold $4,000 Of municipal bonds 8 per
cent, receiving for the issue par and .
premium Of $711. There were In all
about 10 bidders. The bonds were for
school and street improvements.
Derma-J. ]. Hardin, a prominent
farmer living les here, who had his
skull fractured by a falling limb, is
dead from the effects of the injury.
Mr.. Hardin was 66 years old and had
been a member of the Baptist church
for over 40 years. He leaves q wife
and several children.
Laurel.-Major 8. d. Mimms, one
OF the pioneers of Ellisville, and one
Of the best known and most popular
men In this section, almost succeeded
in taking his life by slashing his
throat with a razor following a period
Of dependency and worry over gen
eral business conditions.
Columbus.-The organization Of q
league circuit. including Columbus,
Macon, West Point and Brooksville in
Mississippi and Reform and Vernon
In Alabama, will be considered at a
meeting of baseball enthusiasts to be
held in this city at the chamber of
commerce in the near future. Now
that the rules Of the S. l. A. A. allow
college players to play summer ball,
many Of these are now available and
will be in the line-ups Of several Of
the teams.
Forest.-The boys dormitory at the
Scott County Agricultural High School
was totally destroyed by an early
morning fire on May Is. The blaze
was discovered in the ceiling and wa.
beyond control when discovered. Quite
a number Of the boys lost all their
clothing, trunks, etc. There was about
$500 of furniture and fixtures burned.
besides the loss OF the building, which
was only partially covered by insur
ance.
Aatties burg.JT-Prsctically the entire
town OF Arbo. on the Gulf & Ship
road, IS miles north of here, has been
wiped out by fire. The big plant Of
the Lumber Mineral company was to-
tally destroyed by the fire, which or
iginated in the lumber plant. The
loss to the plant proper and the dry
kiln is placed at $40, 900. The cause
Of the fire is unknown. An appeal
was sent here for assistance from the
local fire department, but It was toe
late to get fire engines to the scene.
Jackson.-Adjt.-G Gen. Scales and his
staff of officers. with the assistance
of Lieut.. r. F. Pickering, of the United
States army, instructor-inspector with
the state militia, have practically com.
all arrangements for stagin.s
the Second Siege OF Vicksburg" on
the historic range of hills overlooking
the Heroic City. With the permission
OF the war department and Of the gov
ernor and commander-in-chie Of the
Mississippi militia. some 500 of the or
ganized troops Of the state guard are
to be used in perfecting THE Crisis"
nlms, which are to be produced.
Tupel0.-The cas- Of State VS.. w.
B. Threlkeld. indicted for murder for
the killing Of Prof. John D. Witt at
Saltillo on March 10, 1916, has been
heard in the circuit court here. The
state introduced testimony in an ef-
fort to show that Prof. Witt had been
killed without provocation by Threl-
keld, following a controversy of a few
minutes at Saitillo, after Threlkeld's
boy had been whipped at school. The
defense pleaded temporary insanity
and that the rash act was committed
while the defendant was laboring I'M.
der a high mental strain.
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