The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-02-18
RECEIVERS ARE NAMED.
Under 100000 Bond for Faithful Per
Torrance of Duty.

| Scott ana o.. h. Taylor as receiver
FOR the several fire insurance com
panies being sued under the state
antitrust law. requiring them 10 give
a Joint bond in the sum of $l0o.o0t
for the faithful performance OF theil
duties and has suggested To them tina
they need not expect any allowaac;
for attorney fees, their commissions
being ample compensation. as all be
ing lawyers they could attend to the
legal problems against which they
may be steered.
The insurance companies were
given the right to give bonds for the
funds and other property in their
hands and that are covered by the
revenue agents original writ OF garn-
isSment. The amOQnt of the bond
could not be fixed at this time. but
il will have to cover the face value
of the accounts, and the companies
will have TO account for the actual
value of their accounts.
POntotoc.-Plans and specifications
hoh ct ioCl DttH OlIiDiCtc anu INC
board of supervisors of Pontotoc
county have set aside the sum of
$225, 600 OF the county highway fund
to meet a like sum from the national
highway fund set apart by the state
highway commission to complete the
Bankhead Highway cross PontOtoc
county from the Lee county line to
the Lafayette county line neal Toe
copola. This highway has been
graded across the county, maps and
p~rofiles with estimates made and APP
proved by the national engineers az
Washington, D.. c.. to make it a con-
crete road from the Alabama state
line across Itawamba, Lee and Pom
totoc counties, "a distance of IS miles.
Crystal SpringS.-The committee |
of the Methodist church having the
matter in charge is now offering for
sale the memorial windows that will
so in the new Methodist church and
most Of the windows have been tafen
by members of the church whose for
N"Ao NSlE HiliOIS tit lCul1ueIS vi the /
church here. The young ladies of the
Sunday school have purchased one of
the windows at the entrance INTO the
church which will be dedicated to the
mothers and the young men Of the
Sunday school have purchased the
other window at the entrance, which
will be dedicated to the fathers of
the church who have passed away.
Starkville.- Nineteen years ago Ok
tibbeha county issued $25, 900 worth
of bonds for the purpose Of erecting a
the bonds of the denomi-
nation of $500. bearing interest at the
of 512 per cent per annum The
bonds are due and payable on the !
first of April, and as there is only
$1,000 in the treasury, the board has
II necessary 10 call a special
70 determine whether or not
The people are willing to have issued
he balance Of $4,000 still due. The
will be held on March s.
West Point. E. Evans of near
Point shipped 10 Robert Conan
# Gulfport, Miss, one of the best I
Jersey cows seen in this county for !
time. This COW from i
inc blood. Her name is Sensational 5
'lollie Stein and the price was $500.
LAST year MI. Evans sold to a party
It Jackson, Miss, 20 registered Jer-
ey cows for $4,000. This gentleman
vas n of the early advocates OF
Iairies and diversified farming and
S a result he is reaping his reward.
Meridian.-The trial of Claude and
'aul Houston, fOrty-year-old twin
rOthers, charged with the murder OF
V. II. Parker, a former Justice of the
eace of the Collinsville community
this county, has been set for trial
I the circuit court. A special We
ire OF 100 men has been ordered
~returnable from which to Sc
.ct a jury. A severance of the trials
t the brothers has been granted by
Judge Fatheree and Claude Houston
i'll be tried first.
Canton--An intensive diversified.
on campaign to cover the entire
)unty will be staged in Madison coun-
under the auspices of thu Cham
er of Commerce. Several good To-
Il speakers will form teams to cover
Re county, and the meetings will be
I'D in every community.
Canton.-Shippers of Canton in a
here unanimously voted to
ter the fight with various CONNER
al organizations of the state to OBJ
in fair freight class rates at the
caring set before the Mississippi
ilroad commission in Jackson on :
arch Is.
ScoOba.--A marriage that was quite
surprise to their friends occurred