The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-02-11
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS

lndianola.-At a mass meeting OF
about 200 citizens of this vicinity. held
After an Investigation the tools. TO-
oppose the Burrows bill in the state
legislature to divide Sunflower county
into two judicial districts, except same
be submitted to q vote Of the people
Of the whole county.
Rosedale.-The relief boat sent by
the town Of Rosedale to Pendieton.
Ark. has returned. bringing about so
refugees, the capacity of the boat.
and Capt. w. A. Shelby. who wal In
charge Of the expedition, says there
are between 1000 and 1900 persons
In that territory who are homeless
and destitute and that without aid
there will be great suffering.
Observation-Disclosures holland, who,
II 10 claimed. shot and killed his son
at Barlow, 20 miles west Of here. re.
Gently, in his preliminary trial at
Barlow, was remanded to jail without
the benefit of bail. holland. 1t is
claimed, killed his son about some
family trouble, and escaped to Mag
nolia, where he spent one night. From
there he came here and gave himself
Up to the authorities.
D~ecatur.-A daring attempt Of jail
breaking occurred here recently when
a confederate on the outside sawed
n Of the bars in two. and handed a
sledge hammer and a crowbar to some
prisoners inside. The prisoners were
working at the bars when the noise
was heard by the sheriff and deputy.
After IN investigation the tolls. to-
gether with an old Barlow knife and
some old case knives, which had been
made into saws, were discovered.
Starkville.-Rev. T. H. McDill, pas
tor Of the Presbyterian Church in New
Albany. is in possession Of the oldest
bale Of cotton in the South. for which
| ne holds vouchers for it's age and his
tory. This cotton was raised in Clay
county, Mississippi, and was cultivated
and gathered by slave labor before
the Civil War. After a process of liti-
cation, it was held for a number Of
years by a bank in West Point. Pas
tor McDill paid at the rate of $40 per
pound for this cotton, and now values
It at $50 a pound.
Sunflower.-M. D. Frasier OF this
place died from pistol wounds he re
ceived here. Though his spinal col
umn was severed by a bullet. Frasier
| fingered between life ana death for
two weeks. Frasier is alleged to have
been shot in the back by w. M. Wood
Of Sunflower on Jan. "a. He was rush
ed to Memphis aboard a special train
Wood is the husband of a railroad
agent at Sunflower, with whom it is
! alleged that Frasier had a difficulty
some charges. The dead maj
was a planter.
Wcksburg.-"It's a hard death strug
gle, but I still believe there is a chance
to win," said Major J. R. Slattery, en-
gineer in charge of third district en-
cheering department, in talking OF
TIE levee conditions in his district,
Major Slattery did not have time to
10 to his meals. but sat at the long
distance phone or prepared maps for
temporary use and Issued orders
throughout the entire day. Wind and
the cold untoward change in the
weather conditions was a bad sign
and considerable wave wash was re-
ported, but nothing resulted in seri.
GUS damage. With the water almost
tapping up against the tops of some OF
these levees, they cannot stand much
wind. Trains are running in twenty
inches of water at some of the places
north of Vicksburg, nea Kelso and
Valley Park. and 16 inches south Of
the city, the Yazoo & Mississippi Val
ley railroad is still making a hard
fight and train service will be main
tanned as long as possible, 1t is stat
ed by the railroad officials.
Laurel.-Three of the most impor'
tant conventions to be held in Missis-
sippi this year will convene in Laurel
during the month of May, according
to an announcement issued by F. 5.
Senton, secretary Of the Laurel Com
mercial Club. who has Just concluded
arrangements by which none Of the
conventions will conflict with the 9th
ors. The conventions and their dates
are as follows: Mississippi Bar AS
scciation. May 2. 3 and 4; Grand
Lodge, Knights Of Pythias, May 10
and II; Mississippi Bankers Asso-
citation. May 20 and "a. The Missis
sippi Bar Associations annual meet
ing is usually attended by more than
800 members Of the legal fraternity.
and 1t is expected that the attend
ance will be even larger than usual
this year. The Grand Lodge, Knights