The Southern herald., 1922-08-11
Mississippi
EVEN is
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

consisting OF 1,7OO flint instruments,
has Deen made by A. B. Presley OF
Coldwater. He has been engaged in
this work for a number of years and
has accumulated a varied assortment
Of arrow heads, spear heads, knives
and pointed implements for piercing
skins. These latter were used instead
Of needles in making clothing. These
various relics of a former race are
numerous on the farms surrounding
Coldwater, and many specimens of ex-
cellent workmanship have been dis
covered. Several fields in this vicin-
ity are strewn with chips OF flint
where the old Indian arrow head max
ers piled their trade.
W. H. Hagler, who had been con-
fined in Jail at Meridian ror about
two years, and who, Sat the second
trial Of the case about six months
ago, was convicted and sentenced to
two years in the state penitentiary
for automobile theft, has been given
full pardon by Gov. Russell. A pc
titiNn in behalf OF Hagler said that his
long period in jail awaiting trial and
and later awaiting action on an ap.
peal to the supreme court was be.
Iieved to have been punishment
enough for the crime. The man
from whom the automobile was stol-
en- is said to have signed the petit.
tion for pardon.
The sale Of the Alabama & Missis-
'sippi Railroad, which has been in
receivership in the federal court at Bi-
loxi for more than a year, to ]. w.
Backstrom OF LeaksvilIe, Miss, and
H. c. Turner OF Mobile, has been an
nounced. The price paid was $142,365
and neither buyer would state what
disposition would be made of the road.
Special Commissioner H. D. Money Of
Biloxi made the sale. When Mr.. Wells
completes his report the local court
will confirm the sale and Receiver R.
v. Taylor Of Mobile will retire.
Earl Keeton, indicted upon a charge
of criminal assault, was found guilty
at Laurel, but the jury was unable to
decide upon the punishment. Fayette
Holifield and Will Davis, each of
whom was found guilty previously of
the same offense, for making a crimi-
nal assault upon Mrs. Emma Mayatt,
a pretty young widow of Newton
County, on the evening of July s, were
then brought into court and Judge
Robert S. Hall sentenced them for the
remainder OF their natural lives at
hard labor in the penitentiary at
jackson.
P. S. Cain and w. J. Weaver en-.
gagged In a street duel across one "of
Greenwood's busiest streets and as a
result Cain is seriously wounded and
may die. Weaver was not hurt. The
residences of the two face each other
across the street and each man stood
In his own doorway and carried on
their warfare. Cain used a rifle with
-38-caliber bullets, and Weaver used a
pump gun with buckshot. Only one
shot struck Mr.. Cain, who was shot
in the abdomen, the missile perfo-
rating his intestines in four places.
The gins Of Coldwater are being
overhauled and put In first-class con.
, dftion r6F handling the cotton crop,
which will begin to move in about 30
days. A large amount of new ma
chinery is being installed at both gin
plants. The gins will burn wood this
season, because of the shortage OF
coal due to the coal strike. Farmers
of this vicinity are now engaged in
hauling wood to the gins, which will
be well supplied with fuel before the
ginning season opens.
W. S. Sanders, age 76, was married
to Mrs. Mary Harwell, age 72, this
week at the Soldiers Home. The
bride and groom are both inmates of
the Beauvoir home. This makes the
seventh time Mrs. Harwell has been
married. All her other husbands are
dead. This is the second time San
ders has been married. The brides
former home was Sunflower Corn-
ty, Miss, and the groom's former
home was Pontotoc County, Miss.
R. M. Goodgame, aged SO, passed
away suddenly near Laurel while au-
tomobiling with his family. Seem.
1nglT in good health, his deatN was
great shock to his family and friends.
Mrs. H. V. Baker, arrested about
two weeks ago on a charge OF shoot
ing G. W. Began, postal clerk of Me-
ridisn, has been released.
Mrs. Rembert Johnson has been
awarded the prize of IS offered by the
Womans Club Of Durant for having
the best kept lawn