The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-02-12

ne united states circuit court VI dp
peals at New Orleans in the case Of
Stokes VS.. Robertson, state revenue
agent, against Jordan River Lumber
company, wherein the. revenue agent
sued the lumber company for cutting
timber on sixteenth section lands In
county Mississippi, and
lands in said county taken in lieu of
sixteenth sections, and belonging to
county. The district court de-
cided the case against the revenue
agent; an appeal was taken to the
circuit court of appeals, and there
the case was reversed; the court hold
ing that the state is not merely
nominal party, and that its interest
in the litigation is such that the fed
eral court did not get jurisdiction of
the cause on the petition to remove
Natchez.-Following the announce
ment of the Natchez city council that
it would not oppose Sunday moving
pictures in the event that the theaters
are operated more than one Plock
from any church, formal statement |
has been issued by ministers OF the T
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal churches of the city which
says in part: There must be a limit
somewhere to open violation OF the
law and this bold action of the alder
men is certainly the limit. AS cltl-
zens we appeal to the city fathers to
reconsider this matter and give Sc
rous and sober thought to all that
is involved"
Greenwood.-E. Gallon. an aviator
and ex-member of the British flying
corps, was convicted in the circuit
court here of manufacturing 1ntoxl-
eating liquors. His sentence has not
yet been imposed by the Judge Gal
| lion with two negroes were arrested
| in Leflore county in August near
Berclair, when the sheriff and dep
| uties raided a cabin and captured an
Illicit still with capacity of IS gal
Ions. Gallon was armed and resist
| ed arrest, but was overpowered.
| Crystal Springs-The advocates OF
| the plan to create and enlarge the
municipal separate school district as
certaining that the cost of transport
ing the children to the school in town
would impose too great AN expense
upon the taxpayers Of the town, pro-
pose now to extend the present separ
rate municipal school district only
so far as to include children who can
attend the school in town without
having to be transported by auto or
wagon.
i Blue, Mountain.-Agnes Palmer,
aged about six, adopted daughter 81
the late DR.. o. P. Palmer OF this
place, whose family now resides in
New Albany, was crushed by truck
her stomach and head being badly
mangled by the machine. The little
girl and another child were playing
on the street, and it is understood
that Agnes was run over while trying
to rise from the ground where she had
fallen at play.
Mantee.-At meeting of stock
holders, directors as follows were
elected: T. J. Springer A. ]. Wo-
mack, c. B. Pepper, w. A. Scott, J..
H. Salmon, w. T. George, H. w.
George. They reelected the same Of
ficers as were given the care of the
bank at its opening on Oct. l. 1907.
A M. Marley is president, J. E. Lo-
gan, vice-president, H. w. George,
cashier.
| Yazoo City.-County Chairman Miss
C. F. Kellogg of the European relief
fund has turned over to the treasurer
of this county, Chas. Estes, the sum
of $635.1O, which will be forwarded
for the relief OF the starving chill
dren of Eastern and Central. Europe.
All, reports have not come In as yet,
| but 1t is not expected that this sum
will be very much larger.
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| Meridian.-One of the most impor
tant deals consummated in Meridian
in some time has just been closed with
the purchase by j. w. Sanders from
C. wand Mrs. L. S. Cochran Of the
five-story Cochran office and store
| building on the corner of Twenty-third
avenue and Eighth street. The con-
sideration is given as $4,000.
|
| Jackson.-The Mississippi state
land office is still being kept open,
since the death Of Land Commissioner
M. A. Brown, by his son, Frank Brown,
fwho was deputy and assistant land
commissioner. r. d. Moore of Liber-
ty. Miss, who was appointed land
commissioner by the governor has
not yet qualified.
Marks-Entering one of the smaller
safes at the Riverside Bank, robbers
| recently secured $3.50 in Liberty bonds
and war savings stamps which had
been, entrusted with the bank by GUS
TONERS for safekeeping. The combina-
ton ON the safe was knocked of
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Starkville.--A shocking tragedy oc-
cured recently in the Bethelin commu-
nifty, a hamlet in the southeastern
mart Of Winston county, in which the
six.year-old son Of DR.. and Mrs. SUIT
tie was so horribly burned that death
ensued in short time.
Yazoo City.-According TO figures
given out from the offices OF Sheriff
J. III. Regan and City Clerk E. G.
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