The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-02-20
MISSISSIPPI
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE


fenced to serve two years in the peni.
tentiary for forgery.
Johnny Mack, negro boy, IS, was
sentenced to serve four years on
charge of robbery.
Charles Roberts and Joseph Brad.
ley, both white, were sentenced to
serve four years each for the theft Of
an automobile.
Willie Winston, a negro, was sen
tdnced to serve five years on charge
of burglary.
For the theft of mule, Percy Wood.
ard, negro, was sentenced to serve
two years.
Hamilton Brunson, negro, admitting
he was a deserter from Camp Fun
ston, pleaded guilty to robbing the
railroad supply company, and was sem
fenced to five years.
Meridian. = Secretary W. H. Brav.
ers, of the Mississippi Dental Associa-
ton, has announced that DR.. w. G.
Dennis, of Jackson, vice-president OF
the association, has been named to
succeed DR.. NJ. B. Varnado, resigned.
DR.. Varnado moved out of the state.
DR.. Drawers also announces that the
state meeting will be held In Clarks'
dale, April 15, 16 and II.
Hilrie M. Quin, district governor,
announced the program for the 1919
\ tr;n
Rotary clubs, to be held in Alexa1-
dria, La, Feb II and IS. o. H. Crock.
EFT, president of the Alexandria club,
delivered the address of welcome, and
the response was by Sam W. Mason,
past governor of the Shreveport club.
The criminal grand jury after exam.
ining 122 witnesses and returning 80
true bills of indictment, adjourned.
Belzoni. = It seems as II the litiga-
tions between Humphreys and Yazoo
counties will not cease. The board Of
supervisors of Yazoo county, 1t is
charged, removed everything movable
from the county farm, which was orig
inally in Yazoo county, but now in the
new county OF Humphreys, and took
the articles into Yazoo county. 1t is
further alleged they on the first day
of January leased the farm for one
year to T. J. Huddleston, negro When
Huddleston was requested by the
Humphreys county authorities to get
off the farm, he refused to do so, say
ing the attorneys of Yazoo told him
to stay on. Possession being nine
points Of the law, it looks very likely
that he will remain on the farm until
the expiration Of the lease, and Hum
phreys will have nowhere to work
her convicts, as the laws Of Missis-
sippi prohibit leasing of the prison
ers.
The board of supervisors OF Hum.
phreys county at its last meeting
asked that in case Huddleston re-
fused to vacate the premises that suit
be brought, and SO the courts will
again be regaled with some more OF
the Yazoo-Humphreys county fight.
Vicksburg. BY agreement OF
counsel for state and defense in the
case Of Cameron Cade, at Rayville,
La, for the murder of Lieut.. Fred G
Reichert, of Evansville, Ind, last
month, on the eve of the date set for
the wedding of the lieutenant and
Miss Mabel Langford, of Rayville, the
defendant was permitted to withdraw
his plea of not guilty, enter plea OF
guilty, and was sentenced to life
term in the penitentiary Cade was
placed upon a train by Sheriff Cooper
and taken to Baton Reuge.
Scooba. Carriers of rural route
mail have been having a bad time en-.
deavoring to make 1t around their
routes in one day on account OF the
condition of the roads. Routes ono
and two are both long, being over 20
miles each, and as no part of the lat
ter is graveled and extremely hilly, SO
Carrie George Kimbrough, especially,
has been having hard time.
New Albany.-In accordance with
the program of the United States de-
partment of agriculture and the proc
lamation OF Gov. Bilbo the farmers of
Union county met in this city Feb. Is
TO hear discussed the topics to be pre-
sented on Safe and Sane Farming
Day, a movement primarily in the In
terest of reduction of cotton acreage
and an increase in food production.
Columbus. - While the United
States department Of agriculture and
the governors Of several states have
urged southern growers of cotton to
reduce their acreage for the coming
season, no concerted action with this
end In view has as yet been taken by
the farmers of Lowndes county. The