The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-14
MERIDIAN, MISS.

l Meridian. Miss, March 14.-(SpecialD
 Judge R. W. Heidelbers of this circuit court district. who is now holding a 1 special term of court in Wayne county, I has as yet given no intimation as to whether he will call a special term here to try Henry Lloyd and Will l Eckles, negroes. charged with the mur- l der of James A. Tyrel and Henry w. l Davis, the first-namel a prominent | suburban merchant and the other night watchmaf at a local lumber company plant, on the night of February 28. al- , though strong pressure has been brought to bear on him to do so. a | number of county nd city officials as well as many citizens having joined in making the request in order that there shall be no delay in dealiy le- gally with the accused. one of whom Is said to have made confession im- pllcating the other. according to the officers. The negroes are still being feid in the Kinds county jail at Jack son, where they were sent for safe Keeping immediately after their ar rest. The regular term of the crim- inal court of this county will not be held until August. and nearly all citi- zens who have been heard to express themselves are of the opinion special ] term or court should be held to dis- pose of the cases against the two ne- groes, as their alleged crimes were pre- nedltated and -bloodedly executed No trace of the burglars who enterel the store of W. W. Moore and the Southern railway ticket office at Rus sell Thursday night have been found by the authorities, although a sys-
 tematsc, hunt has been carried on by
 sheriff Martin and Chief of Police Mo- nette since the robbery, as it is be -A lieved that the robbers came to Me- ici&n from Russell. which is only about seven miles north Il is thought considerable merchandise was secured Ircm the Moore store, but what if anything was secured from the ticket office has not been ascertained.
 The police department on instruc tions from Mayor John M Babney. has put the han on target rifle shootsne an the city. The practice. according to complaints of citizens. had become so prevalent thst it was dangerous to
 walk on the streets in some sections of the city. The shooting of these
 rifles which carry leaden bullets has
 been donc mainly by small boys The |epoliee have been instructed to se,za
 every rifle fired in the city limits in
 the future and .old such weapons untf1
 the parents of the guilty youngster
 snail satisfy the authorities that there
 shali be no repetition of the offense.
 Aithough there appears to be no
 chance of there being anything like
 professional baseball in this ci;v or
 state during the fast-approaching sas.
 son, the chances are good that Me
 riolan Mtli have fast citv league. 'lt IS stated that there is some splendid
 maternal here and the formation Of a
 city irague with possibly six clubs is
 peihS talked. As the season advances
 .oWare the warmer months. teams. are
 being organ zed at the high school and
 Merid'ai' eellege. and the back lots are
 oesinnlng to be enlivened with dia- niond practice among the smaller loy
 CTS Of the national game ,t
 E Clark, young white man. stran
 ger in Meridian, was held to the grand lury at preliminary hearing today
 oe'ore Justice Clay on bond of $500 Mn sach Q, two cases charging attempt to qeiraud. Tried on a charge of beins tramp. the young man was acquit. ted' II IS alleged he attempted to pur- chase Jewelry at two different stores. offering checks on local banks signed
 With the name of Thompson. but when pressed for references took back the checks and tore them up. His arres. followed. He is said to be wanted in Laurel for ur otfense similar to that aiiege't to have been committed here clark wns rcpresented by counsel and readily made bond.
 county Superintendent of Education 1 J. A. Riddell announced today that the | county tchoois. both white and black. 1 VII. close foe the torfn. March sl. Ill iS also rnnsutced that all teachers'I VIII receive their back pay in the next lew days. Many of them have gone without thcir money for mes hs be- cause the state school fund .ias not l! psen available State 6uperintendentl hef'd says the appropriation Is new nearly ready for distribution.
 Russia is said to have fho grsatess tim- eer resources of any ceuntrs in the. world