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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
ATTORNEY KILLED;
KENTUCKY TRAGEDY
JUDGE SAM X. BAIRD 10 SHOT
DEAD BY CLIENTS
HUSBAND.
DISPUTE OVER FEATHER BED
r. L. Prewitt, Of sheIbyVlIIe, KY. IL
Said to Have Slain Attorney 40
eompanyIng Wife to Prewltt
Home.

Shelbyville, Ky.-"Wholly unjusti.
fable" was. The coroner's iury's ver.
dict in the shaving of Judge Sam K
Baird, attorney, by r. l.. Prewitt, re-
tired flour miller, in the Prewltt
home here.
Judge Baird, AZ years old, acting
commonwealth attorney, was shot to
death when he, with Mrs. Prewitt,
who had been separated from her
husband, went to the palatial Prewitt
residence to claim her personal ef-
fects on the eve of sale of the house.
1t was all because of a feather
bed that the Shelbyville lawyer is
dead and Prewitt is in the Louisville
Jail, safe from possible violence, and
with charge of murder hanging over
his head.
An argument arose between the two
men over removal of the feather bed.
Prewitt procured pistol Five shots
rang out. When the smoke lifted
Judge Baird was dead with a bullet
in his heart.
Two versions of the shooting have
been given by Mrs. Prewitt, who over.
heard the quarrel, but lid not see the
shots fired. In her :irst statement
she is quoted as saying:
my God, she shot him for nothing.
He shot him five times while he was
walking down the stairs with his
hands in his overcoat pockets"
In a second statement made to the
county attorney and recorded by o
stenographer, Mrs. Prowitt told OF
hearing the men arguing in an up.
stairs room. Then Judge Baird
started down the steps and she heard
her husband say:
II won't allow any man to dictate
to me what to do with my own
things"
Judge Baird replied, according to
Mrs. Prewitt:
I'm knock h out OF you IL you
don't get out az my way"
Then she hear the shots, she said.
and Judge Baird ran back up the
steps and into room across from
the one in which she was in, shout
ing to her, "Close your door,"
Her husband did not follow tho
wounded attorney up the stairs. Mrs
Prewitt ssid, and when she went into
the room Judge Baird had entered
she found him lifeless on the floor.
Prewitt after the shooting, unloaded
wis weapon, reloaded'it. carried 1t up
stairs, placed it on a mantel, thel,
returned downstairs. Ordering away
the truck driver who had been sum
moned by Judge Baird and Mrs. Prev,
lit to haul the household goods, Prev
lit, according to testimony at the in.
quest, said to him:
"You can take that truck away
I've killed the - and settled the
difficulty"
A few minutes later Prewitt left
the house and walked down the street,
telling several persons he met on the
way that he had shot the attorney
because he was breaking up his
home"
Further on he met a policeman on
his way to the Prewitt home and he
was taken into custody County
Judge Ballard Lalf an hour later OF
dered him taken to Louisville.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
Two Dead; Many Hurt.

Traverse, Mich.--Two persons per-
ished. several were injured, firemen
and spectators were overcome by
smoke, and score OF persons had
narrow escapes from ueath when fire
did $4,000 damage to the Wilhelm
block.
Miss LeonA Way, % was killed
when she fell from the fifth story Of
the burning building to the sidewalk
while her rescne was being attempted
by firemen. Mrs. Pst-y-k Dockery, "a,
was overcome by smoke and died on
she way to hospital
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13

total value OF Ile cultivated crops,
not harvested but "hogged" off, was
1888, 900. The combined value OF
the harvested and unharvested crops
for the year was $196,113,OOO, com
pared with $359,744,OOO for 1919,
showing loss of $16S,631, 900, or ass
per cent. in the face Of about the
same production for each year, all
crops considered.
The total harvested acreage for 1920
amounted to S,O5O,OO0 acres, against
100000 in 1919, or an increase OF
$4,000 acres IN 1920. The unharvested
crops show $4,000 acres, compared
with 1,139, 0OO, 900 in 1919, or loss OF
$4,000 acres. The total area devoted
to both harvested and unharvested
crops in 1920 amounted to S,S69, 900
acres, compared with 9,135,000 in 1919.
showing 266,000 acres less to all crops
In 1920 than, in 1919. That loss, how
ever, is shown largely in cowpeas and
velvet beans, due largely to an made
Quate seed supply. AS those crops are
intertilled generally with corn, the
loss does not affect the actual acreage
cultivated.
state is much less than indicated by
the figures shown above on account
Of Implications caused by intertilled OF
succession crops Seventy-five per
cent of the oats land produced sec.
ond crop, such as corn, sweet potatoes,
cowpeas, soy beans, hay, etc.; so per
cent Of the soy bean crop, 80 per cent
Of the cowpeas crop and 100 per cent
of the velvet bean crop are intertiled
with corn. The figures for those crops
show Implications amounting to 1,132,-
900 acres in the cultivated area of the
state, leaving the actual area devoted
to crops reported on in 1920 as 1881,
900 acres. 1.-THE foregoing figures do
not include acreage and values Of
fruits and vegetables.)
Very few peanutssare grown in Mis-
sissippi, the state ranking next to low
est of the southern states in the acre
age to that crop. Eighty per cent OF
the small acreage planted 10 'hogged"
off.
Velvet beans are grown largely in
the open range counties Of the south
ern section, where each farm is fenced
On that account very few are har,
vested, the farm stock grazing them
off during the winter. There are no
mills within the state for manufacture.
ing them into feeds, nor are any ship
ped from the state.
Cowpeas are grown in oil counties
for grain, hay or soil Improvement
Relatively few peas are harvested in
the delta counties. Nowhere is the
full yieldNharvested The commercial
belt extends from the northeast to the
southwest corner, and is IS miles in
width.
Soy beans are not grown generally
over the state, but are found to some
extent in all counties. The heaviest
Rcreages are found in Yazoo, Holmes.
Prentiss. Lee and Chickasaw counties,
but relatively few are harvested.
The pecan crop was a near-failure
due to the heavy crop of last year apd
the spring and summer rains which
washed off the blooms or caused
"scab."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
Millionaire Merchant kiIIed-

Los Angeles Raymond C. Thorne,
millionaire merchant of Chicago, was
killed here in an automobile accident.
His body was found under an over
turned automobile in the west p7rC Of
the city. He was the son OF w. o.
Thorne, former acting president Of
Montgomery Ward & Co., of Chicago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
pATRoMa - aEFoRE evLLETs

Mobile, Ala.-PatRons Of cafe were
put to flight here when Marvin Fer
nandez, angered because of beating
administered to his brother, opened
fire on four men seated at a table in
The place. He emptied a revolver Of
five shots, but all the men escaped in
jury, the bullets being found embed
ded in the walls and furniture In the
place.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
Statue to Admiral Dewey.

Manila. The Dewey Memorial COM
mittee decided upon the erection Of
a statue to cost 100000 as monu-
ment to Admiral Dewey, on tho shore
Of Manila Bay. The United States
government will be asked to appro.
pirate half the funds and the Philip
pine legislature the other half.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
TWO SHOT IN BATTLE.
Garage Man and Officer Probably "a.
tally Wounded in Encounter with
Auto Thieves.

McAlester, OKLA. A. Wilson, a
garage man, and w. W. Reese, ex.dep.
uty sheriff, both Of Calvin, Okla, west
Of here. were probably fatally wound
ed IN q gun fight with two alleged
automobile thieves at the Calvin-Stuart
bridge, over the Canadian river Both
men were shot through the head, &C
eording TO q repor. to the sheriff
1ere-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
eRocERY LIE loss $4,000.
Movie Grocery Company IN Little Rock
Has Two Fires.

Little Rock, Ark.-The Movie Gro
cary Company here, in two fires at It's
Plant, suffered a $4,000 loss.
The first fire was put out without
nsuCh damage, shortly after 2 o'clock.
Before wagons returned to the fire
stations, however a second alarm
came in and the second fire de-
stroyed the plant, including six big
trucks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
MISSING Since 1ss1.

Fond Du Lac. Wis.-Lee C. Purcell,
who claimed to be the missing Willie
Dickinson, kidnapped at Common-
wealth, Wis., in 1881, hanged himself
In tho county Jail here ~ tying a
necktie about his neck and attaching
1t to bar in the grating of the cell
door.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
Baby Burned to Death.

Shreveport, La While she was
standing in front Of an open firepiace
the clothes Of little Hazel Louise Nc
Coy, baby daughter Of H. p Mccoy.
of Bossier La, were ignited, causing
deaht soon afterWard.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
Company Announces waco cut.

Lawrence, Mass.AThe American
Woolen company announced wage
reduction of 224s per. cent to take ef-
feet Jan. IL. General business condi
hons we're assigned as the reason.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
ROBBERS GET $50, 200.
Loot Pawnshop In South Halstead
Street Chicago.

Chicago. Loot, estimated to be
worth $4,000, was, obtained by five
robbers who raided large pawn
shop in South Halstead Street. Seven
clerks were forced by the threats OF
half dozen pistols to a rear room
and held there by two Of the robbers,
while the others scoUped the contents
Of the safe and showcases into suit
cases. The robbers escaped in an an
tomcbile.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13

Fire Destroys Elevator Plant.
San Francisco. The plant Of the
Otis Elevator company here was de.
stroyed by fire, loss 100000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-01-13
MISSISSIPPI
MSTATE NEWS
Value Of Mississippi Crops as Per
Cent Less Than That Of 1919
NJ Harvest.

fro. The aggregate value
principal crops Of Missis.
ted in 1920 was s1SS,26
ing to estimates prepared
ted States bureau Of crop
and issued by J. A. Ra'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-27
BLACK SATEEN Shirts sl

Mems high grade Black Sateen Shirts; very
wearing quality; all sizes IA to II;
regular price ST. 80; Dollar Sale at .......'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-27
GOOD NEWS
FOR AUTOISTS

Eleventh avenue from Grant street
TO CLARK road viii I'm have mes
coating Of reinforced concrete is the
good news that greeted Gary as VII
as out Of town motorists today
The work Of installing catch basins
along the thoroughfara was started
yesterday. Mr.. j.. Ileiny who was
awarded the contract at an approve
mate figure Of S1i6.oeo hopes to RUSH
the job al providing possible weather
delays expects its completion 10y early
summer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-27

Size l6x20 walnut FRAMED Pictures
and l4x24 Walnut Framed Pictures;
come in beautiful scenery such as
landscapes. etc. Dollar Ct
Day Special. each ..........%
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-27
MEMS PURE THREAD SILK HOSE

Mems pure thread silk Hose; double heel
and toe; black. navy and cordovan; reg
uar price, 75c; CT
Dollar Sale, 2 pair for ..........~A
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-27

right now. Then write
ua about your condition,
addressing Chief Medi-
cal Advisor, 848 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta,
G. eorgia. Wen send
you n O die a. counsel
free.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
JIMMY DEAN BACK IN PUEBLO
SEEKS BOUTS With BANTAMS

thru
West the Pacific where he several battles with
good results Dean wown Pueblo fania His last
this October 2 1920 when he fought Mike Pagano at
the W. o. W. smoker. The fight q
Dean is the with Mike
'I think
declared the
terday afternoon.
and attempting match with his former protg Baca
n the DIS
Pueblo fight with
Steel Works boxing card for sometime owing the that he has
the unable
his before the boxing board at the Colorado Fuel and Iron
club.
fought eight At
claimed the decision but the arbitration result
ed draw decision.
challenge weights the
of The Pueblo Ciefan sports A
Jimmy Pueblo
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL BASEBALL
LEAGUE BEGINS SECOND SEASON
Organized to Promote Physical and Recreational ac-
tivity Among Commercial Circles Operates
First Season at Expense Of $3.50

Champaign promote physical
CONNER
al Baseball League of Champaign perhaps the only league of its kind
country this begins its second with baseball clubs
representing walks in the
Industrial have been established throughout the
ing but
the here which operating strictly m
profit and boast of the Of the league
lumber kinds work,
originally organized 1920 and played full cost of $3.50
Champaign the work that had accomplished through The
sport
furnish for those whose did them
about a baseball field.
Employers great pro-
Of employees
when the 1920 appeared the List of entries than the
This composed of five beside the and
Duties of the have been arranged the fol-
lowing plan
A players dealings
transfers eligibility
grounds has full
the league for athletic Under his the league has
and the
athletic park The to school children for athletic
they might have.
of finance this despite the fact that
the operated during 1920 at only $3.50 The
of finance required because of the athletic
taking the fact that the will not
of During the will be played
the leagues park excepting Sundays and the only fund possible
will be through contributions from spectators This
the end of the will divided
the the winning team taking the big end Of the whatever
it might be-
left to commissioner for final adjudication
The problem organization Of this sort of its
and for that another assigned 10 the task
directing the mnpirng staff
Each of the the league organization
Each has representative whose that of
wne the big and under the
Only de residents the Twin Cities urana and Champaign
eligible TO play
jurisdiction
kd leagues for boys Champaign urbana under
These leagues have from eight
best players from the Gid leagues later
the Commercial ague teams Two who played the
have signed contracts for 1921 with professional league
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
e great was began and submerged

the great was began and submerged
this issue.
When tho two party platforms were
written In 1915 the war was still on,
and the subject was not mentioned but
when the Republicans came together
for their convention last June the
subject was again brought up. The
Republican platform, when adopted,
contained a plank to the effect that
the treaty. II put in power, would re-
peal the act and would exempt Ameri-
can ships. engaged In coastwisc traf-
fic from paying tolls.
1t is an illuminating commentary
on how platforms are written and how
things are done Mt party conventions
that 7 asked nearly every one Of the
fifty-two members OF the committee on
resolutions of the Republican convcn-
ton just how this plank happened to
appear in tho platform and who In
troduced It or tho fifty-two MEM
bers fully forty werc as surprised as
any outsider was to find the plank in
the platform which they themselves
had drafted. and only four knew any
thing of its origin.
The facts are that tho plank was
drafted by Senator Borah of Idaho.
and put in the platform almost wholly
thru the activities or him and Senator
asmoot of Utah. Senator Jones of
Washington, was also instrumental
In taking this action, Senator
smooth and Senator Borah and SEN
ator Jones had little thought Of our
foreign relations. With them II was
wholly n domestic matter. Not mere
ly domestic matter. but local mat
ter 1t reflected the wish on the part
of shippers OF lumber and other heavy
commodities on the Pacific coast for
an opportunity to send their goods to
the markets of tho Eastern coast
with the smallest possible expense for
freight.
Incidentally. when the bill comes up
for passage IT will encounter a certain
amount of opposition which will be
just as local and sectional in its
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
INDIANS DISPLAY TEAMWORK
and WIN FROM LA JUNTA FIVE
Final Score Of 38 to 26 Almost Equalled in Second
Period by Shopmen-Cross Stars in
Court Work

Displaying altogether
Pueblo Indians
'Y last night 3S Atho
floor work their and
pill thru the hoop the face of the guarding
for the Indians.
Gross, atudnous the proved the
work for the He would
directly thru the
within striking distance the Pueblo
With team of larger his disposal develop
that could successfully with
breckenridge and Mcraw in
1t seemed that the could
PERIOD
he La Junta the
This continued until the visitors within points of the
then Coach Pnde snaed for with the
basket shooting exhibitions
a
period
the Central high school squad.
Mccoy and Talbot guard like
Indians At time did the Shpen
lead Talbot like perfect
Of the otherpasng the ball quickly and truly
Mciraw.
NJ n Porter weknown athletic formerly actively
with Centennial high school
basket ball guards good Mccoy players
unison
The La bakeee
bu after becoming with the the Indians
warmed their work thru with
spus
brilliant defensive
The Indians will ball Colorado
the Pueblo Y NJ c. A. Saturday night with
Junta the junction has been for February
Score and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23

motive az tho advocacy OF tho bill is.
Tho shippers and other business men
of tho Mississippi valisy, who are
compelled TO rely on railroad trans
portation. feel that tho passage of
this act will give Pacific coast ship
pers an unfair advantage over them.
A leading paper OF the Middle West,
Tho Chicago Tribune, has said:
1T is not good Judgment, good d.
plomacy. good economies, or good poll
tics to free American ships from the
Panama canal tolls
This argument is based on the
ground that the exemption would be
unfair to inland cities, agricultural
interests and manufacturers, who
helped to pay. and arc still helping TO
pay for the construction OF the canal" :"
When this Panama tolls bill comes
up in congress the fight will be large
ly one of sectional interest. 1t will
hang chiefly on freight rates and
manufacturing costs. OF course, 1t
will also have an international angle,
for the thing cannot be done in honor
without taking into consideration the
old Hay-Paunccfote treaty. on this
latter point Republican leaders them
selves differ. Elihu Root believes
that we cannot exempt our ships CON
sistent with tho treaty. On the other
hand, ex-senator George Sutherland
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
JESS WILLARD
EXPECTS TO Win
OVER DEMPSEY

Kansas City, Mo-. Jan. 22.-Jess
Willard, former heavyweight cham
pion who is scheduled to meet Jack
Dempsey in New York, March IT, in
n bout to regain the title. left here
tonight for the east where Willard
will complete his training. Willard
was accompanied by Ray Archer his
manager. The former champion has
been training for several months at
his farm, near Lawrence, Kas.
According to Archer they expected
to go to New York City first, after
which they would make "A business
trip toBoston. Late this month, he
said Willard expects to establish
training quarters somewhere in New
York
Willard declared tonight that he
had decided to make his future home
in Hollywood, Cal, where he lived
until several years ago when the
family removed to the farm near
Lawrence. willard said he was plan
ming to sell most Of the property he
now owns in Kansas.
Discussing the coming fight, Will
lard eaid:
IF ! didn't think could win back
the title 1 lost in Toledo l wouldn't
enter the ring again. 1 would rather
let the fight tell the story. 1 shall
have tho best corps of sparring part
ners that money can buy and shall
be ready
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
BUTTNER ACCEPTS
TUSSLE CHALLENGE.

Kid Bnttner. is0 pound wrestler. an
nouuces that he accepts the challenges
issued by Kid ANGEL and Kid Burton
90 a finish wrestling match. Tho only
condition Buttner asks Is that p'o
tusslers make iS5 pounds on the day
of tho match. and that a forfeit bond
bo posted. assuring good faith in the
attempt to make required weight.
Buttner also asks that he be given
fifteen dav. rrior notice TO the set date
ot the match. This period is wanted
Tor conditioning.
\ challenge is also issued for han
dicap match with Ted Crager, by Butt
uor. Crager weighs 100 pounds. while
Buttner tips the scales at 80 pounds,
hut a handicap match is wanted by
the Texas wrestler. Buttner signifies
his intention OF being ready for Craser
amy time at any place under hsndi-
oap conditions.
Answer may be made thru the sport5
department OF this paper.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
ATTACK CALDER BILL

washingto u. C., Jan. %. - The
Calder bill for federal regulation of the
coal industry was attacked by coal
men but indorsed in part by one con-
rressman and a government official
during senate hearings today.
People up in my homo city OF Buf-
faio have to got a Doctors prescrip-
ton before they can buy anthracite
coal" Congressman j. NJ. Meade, Dem
ocrat OF New York. asserted. pleading
for regulation of the industry. Former
Governor .. Curtis. of Maine, informed
the committee no was a coal man
now but don't know what I'll be.
under this bill"
George II. Cushing. mana ginE direc-
tor Of the American Wholesale Coal
association. expressed the opinion that
tho bill would destroy present systems
of merchandising in coal
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23

St Augustine. Fla, Jan. s2.-The
housebost Victoria. with Fresident-elect
Harding and friends aboard left today
for a fishing cruise down the cast
coast Of Florida and at dusk tied up
near Summerhaven, twenty mlleS TO
the eouth.
With his departure the president
elect said goodbye to his cares ana
virtually went into seclusion for two
weeks of rest. He expects to come
ashore at two or three points 10 pay
golf but most of the trip he intends to
keep out of the public eve and forget
the problems that must be solved be
fore March 4.
Mr.. Harding reached st. Augustine
from Marion shortly before noon made
short call at the hotel which VIII
be his home for month after he re-
turns from fishing oil February Z and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
FLASH" MAD|GASS IS
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Oakland. Calf. Jan. appoint
ment OF Edward T. Flash Madigass.
FORMER Notre Dame football star. as
coach at st. Mary's College here, has
met with the approval or large num-
ber OF tho college graduates, who have
wired and mailed congratulations on
the selection.
When the st. Mary's team was de-
feated at football 1910 by the Univer-
sity OF California last sosson tho
graduates requested that the team be
withdrawn from competition.
Madigass was coach last year At
Columbia college Portland. ore. He
was recommended TO ST. Mlry's by
James Richardson, athletic director at
the oregon Agricultural college.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
NATATOR|AL EVENTS
POPULAR IN WEST

San Francisco. Cal. Jan. f7.-Middle
western meets will .be entered this
spring by a team of swimmers and
water polo players representing the
olympic club of San Francisco ac-
cording to present plans.
The team will leave here March n
and compete in events at Salt Lake
city March 70. From Utah the men
will go to Chicago for the Amateur
Union relay championship tourney
and water polo events April 10.
Jack Howell member OF tho team.
will make a trip to Detroit to COM
pe,o in the f0o-yard national breast
stroke championship roce April T.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
HA|NES IS ELECTED
GOLF CLUB LEADER

At meeting of the board OF direc-
tors OF the Pueblo Coli club held early
in the week w. II. Haines was elect
ed president, Walter Dean, vice prsst-
dent; Paul Reitemier. secretary and
J. l.. Tomlinson, treasurer.
Haines has been n member of the
Pueblo Golf club for a period OF three
years and has always figured in any
special activity undertaken locally.
Haines plans many innovations for the
het;erment OF the golf game in mis-
district during the ensuing year.
At an early meeting he will outline
his campaign, designed to bring many
improvements to tho Pueblo club.