Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-03

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the Yellow Creek Mining company in
Bell county, Kentucky, by Governor
Morrow.
Former Senator Lorimer of Illinois
is in a Chicago hospital being treated
for his eyes. Physicians say it will be
several weeks before the result will
be known.
Louisville, KY, dealers in western
Kentucky coal report that the mine
price has dropped 50 from the price
of 50 and $40 ton.
Basett Niles, federal prohibition en-
forcement officer, and three others
have been indicted on a murder
charge by the Travis county, Texas,
grand jury in connection with the
shooting, several months ago, of man
named Peeler Clayton.
Claiming she came to the United
States from France on a promise of
marriage, Mile. Marie Porquet, pref
ty little French girl, has filed suit
for 100000 against James Henri de
Rothschild, in New York City. Roths-
child is said to be a son of Baron de
Rothschild of the famous family OF in
ternational bankers.
Five companies of the 1920 infantry
Of the Texas National Guard detrained
at Dennison, Texas, and took charge
of the railroad shop district.
The auditorium for use at the Mon
treat North Carolina) summer confer
ences of the Southern Presbyterian
church has been dedicated with rep
resentatives present from every South
ern state.
Charges that Prohibition Commission
er Roy A. Haynes and his officers were
exerting illegal administrative meas
ures under cover of the Volstead act
and were depressing the proper distri-
button of medicinal whisky and alcohol
were contained in resolutions adopted
by the distillers of the country in con-
vention at Louisville, KY, with an ap-
peal to the president, the secretary OF
the treasury and the commissioner OF
internal revenue to see that the federal
prohibition commissioner conduct his of
flee in conformity with accepted stand
ards of we'll regulated and responsible
public administration.
The Consolidated Gas company re-
Gently boosted its annual dividend rate
from 7 to per cent in declaring a
quarterly dividend of 50 share.
First Lieut.. R. H. Strekhouse and
Second Lieut.. Taylor E. Monroe were
instantly killed at Rantoul, ILL.,, when
their airpIane fell 500 feet.
During a shooting ARRAY in Merid-
ian, Miss, Mrs. Cora Harvey, 30, was
shot in the ankle by either her hus-
band, Walter Harvey, or Claude Well
man, with whom Harvey appeared to
have been having some words. But
one shot was fired. Wellman disap'
peared and Harvey refused to make
any statement, as does, Mrs Harvey,
who was rushed to a hospital. Her in
juries are not considered serious.
The city Of San Francisco has
brand new liquor store with Uncle
Sam as proprietor. S. F. Rutter, pro
hibition director for California, has
obtained permission from the United
States district court to sell what he
declares to be strictly first class, bot
tied in bond imported liquor at So q
gallon.
David Belasco was severely injured
in New York the other day by fall
ing from a stage into the orchestra
pit.
Jersey City junk dealer bought
the bankrupt Nassau and New York
Traction company, valued in 1910 at
$1,650.O 900, for $4,000.
1.-THE Wayfarer," Biblical play, is
showing at Seattle, Wash, for the sec
ond season. The play, 1t is hoped,
will prove to be tho passion play OF
America.
A well dressed man jumped from q
ferry boat in the Hudson river at New
York the other afternoon. He had
sent newspaper reporters an invita-,
ton to be present. He requested that
his body be incinerated and the ashes
sent to fertiIize the lawn Of the bro
ker with whom he had lost his life-
time savings.
One miner was wounded and about q
dozen others narrowly escaped serious
injury at Bryson Mountain, Tenn, when
party Of alleged strike sympathizers
fired fusillado Of shots at them as
the miners were en- route to work.
Mildred Brewer, 1s years Of age, was
cleared Of the charge Of numbering A.
Ports McKeithen at Montgomery, Ala,
but win be held as the ward OF the
state until she reaches maturity.
New York retail coal dealers pre-
dict that coal, this winter, viii go 70
s25 a ton unless there Is a speedy ed
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