The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-04
TRI-STATE BRIEFS

LAKE CoRMoRANT. Miss.--Negroes
who brutally assaulted Ju See and Ju
Ding. Chinese merchants, here last
night, have not been apprehended, al
! though every agency was being used
and $500 reward offered by j. X,
Yong, on behalf of the Tri-State Mer-
chants association, had been supple
mented by handsome sum made up by
Lake cormorant business men.
JACKSON, Although a vigil
liant search has been kept up for the
many years a citizen OF this city, who
died leaving an estate of $4,000, no
trace of them has been found. II was
thought that he had the deeds, etc, in
lock box in a local bank. but this Is
found not to be the case. A close
friend states that deceased told him
several weeks before his death that he
had decided his property to his brothers
and sisters, as he desired Ii to 60, but
where these deeds are no one knows.
PHILADELPHIA, Miss.-Lester C.
Crosby, l6, Alderman, Miss, met death
in a football game here after he had
failed to heed the premonition of his
mother that she was afraid he was
going to be killed. Young Crosby's neck
was broken in the last quarter Of a
rough game between the elevens OF
inc BHllauelpIlu ana AChtEIidH nIkH
schools, in full view of his father, who
had accompanied the boys here. 1t
was Lester Crosby's first and last foot
ball skirmish.
vICKSBURG, Miss,--W. H. Fitzhugh,
Jr., aged 10 years, son of w. II. Fitz-
hugh, president of the ii. p. Williams
company. wholesale grocers OF Memphis,
st. Louis and Yicksburg, was knocked
down on Cherry street by an automo-
bile driven by George Ward, hard
ware drummer, who represents a Mem
phis firm, and sustained a fractured
skull. 1t is stated his condition Is
serious.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.-Augustus C,
Kennel, SO years old. chairman of the
Republican state committee in Arkan-
sas, died at his home here after a brief
illness He had been active in Re-
publican state politics for the past
eight years, was a delegate to the last
and leader of the Lilly White" fac
ton OF the party in its fight In the
state against the Black and Tan
faction,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark,-Mrs. stella
Guy applied for warrant for the ar
rest of her husband on charge Of wife
abandonment. Her husband is William
Ellison Guy, formerly Baptist minister.
Mrs Guy recently obtained a divorce
from her husband. The complaint al
legged infidellty and gross indignities'
PRESCOTT, Ark U. Brown, owner
of cotton gin here, and Frank Brad
ford, negro driver of Mr., Browns au-
tomobile, were killed at grade cross
Ing here when the Missouri Pacific
fast mail train struck the machine in
which they were riding.
MARTIN, Tenn.-Sam Freeman, 40,
proprietor of cafe and fruit stand
herb, died after no took an overdose
OF morphia, according to reports. Mr.:
Freeman lost his wife last summer and
had been melancholy since.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The state rail-
road and public utilities commission
granted an Increase in gas rates to the
Citizens Gas and Light company OF
jackson. The rate allowed Is $l.SS
gross and Sl,75 net per 1000 cubic feet
of gas The commission also granted
service or ready to- serve charge OF
so cents a month against metered con-
sumers, and also minimum bill of 90
cents per month to be collected in ad-
dition to the service charge.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-Liberty bonds.
savings stamps and certificates of Sc
curities to the value of 100 were
found in strong box which belonged
to Maj, e. C. Camp Maj. Camp died
a few days ago. leaving the bulk OF
his vast estate to his niece and grand |
nephew to the exclusion of his only |
son.