The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-05-21
BRIEF HAPPENINGS IN
THE STATE THIS WEEK
sHRINERs HOLD MEETING AT
JACKSON.-FORMER MAYOR
AND EDITOR SUICIDES.-ODD
FELLOWS MEET AT CAPITAL.
TEACHERS RESIGN POST.

The annual meeting of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows of the
state are in session. at Jackson this
week. Grand Sire JOS. D. Oliver, of
Toronto, Canada, is presiding over
the convention.
Local representatives of life insur-
ance companies from practically all
cities and towns of Mississippi are in
session at Jackson. Experienced
agents from New York and other
headquarter offices are present.
Governor Russell has issued the
proclamation designating the week
beginning May 22nd, as "Fire Pre-
vention Week" and urges all citizens
to observe that period. 1t is sugges-
ted that civic and patriotic organiza-
tions help observe the week.
Following an announcement OF
the school trustees to the teachers of
Hattiesburg that next years rate of
pay would be 10 per cent lower than
this year, every public school teacher
in Hattiesburg refused to sign and
resigned their positions Immediately.
Colonel Frank Townsend, 63, the
mayor of Ackerman, and known all
over the South as an editor and law
yer, was found dead in his home on
Wednesday with his throat cut Col.
Townsend had been in i'll health for
sometime and his family attributed
his act to melancholia resulting from
his physical condition. I
1t has been announced at Jackson
that some of the insurance compan-
les that have entered Mississippi
since the withdrawal of the old line
companies on account of the damage
suit by the state revenue agent, have
increased their rates over 10 per
cent over the rates made by the Mis-
sissippi Inspection and Advisory
and Rating Company at Vicksburg.
L. S. McGraw was shot and in
stantly killed at Mt. Horab church
near Seminary, this week by L. v.
Smith. The shooting followed a
fist fight after meeting of church
committee at which Smith resigned
as member and McGraw was elected
to fill the vacancy. Smith, and an
accomplice was taken to the Collins
Jail and held without bail.
Eva Green, the 14-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy Green, ia
dead as the result of self-inflicted
bullet wounds. Reprimanded by her
parents last Sunday evening for her
late return from church services, the
young girl depressed and respondent
took a pistol from the mantlepiece
in her home and sent bullet crash
ing into her side, complications set
in and she died within a few hours.
ssNo one loves me but God, and am
going to Him." she IS said to have
stated shortly after the shooting.
Her mother is grief stricken over the
unfortunate affair.
Subpoenas from the office of the
United States District Court have
been issued by the clerk at Jackson
for the members of what is known as
the committee of nine, representiny
the various commercial organizations
of the state to appear before Federal
Judge Edwin Holmes in Jackson on
May oath, to answer the bill of COM
plant filed by the Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., seeking an
injunction to restrain an alleged in
reference with the increased rates
authorized by the railroad commits
sion. The members are H. K. Wilson
of Hazlehurst, H. V. Stockstill, of
Bay St. Louis; H. H. Johnson, of
Lexington; o. F. Lawrence, of Gren-
ada; G. Wood .McGehee, of Monticel-
10; w. Jones, of Meridian, III. V.
Wall, of Brookhaven; Wylie Sanders
of Kosciusko, Robert Douthat of va
zoo City and Judge j. Morgan Ste
vens of Jackson.