The Bolivar County Democrat., 1923-02-03


hot the supreme court has
.he decision of Circuit Judge
81 potter. holding that State
20 Commissioner, Thomas M.
r.s NOT tax collector with
4, meaning of Section 125 OF
Il constitution, and therefore
,,hioct to removal by Governor
.,u fcr alleged anbezzlement-
rssiouer Henry in the absence
.,sr or further proceedings-w1ll
,,uo 70 hold his office until Jan
,qs4 It is understood that the
- eo,rt decided on the purely
,,,l ground that the insurance
rlssioner is not a tax collector,
M the matter of embezzlement
NOT considered from any angle.
A. meantime, the case wherein
Revenue Agent Stokes V. Rob
Is suing Commissioner Henry
pne $4,000, is pending before
,prlor Stricken, and will prob
II decided at the next term Of
hancery court, which convenes in
dty in April. This case has
linz to do with the Russell sus-
Ion proceeding. 1t was instituted
months ago after Commissioner
n had paid to State Revenue
Robertson approximately $751;
nd at a later date between $13,-
Nl0OO; the revenue agent hav-
eheked him short some $4,000.
the Russell quo warranto pro-
flgs against Commissioner Henry
instituted, that official paid an
Ebnal s6,141.66 into the state
~, through the revenue agent,
ihe stated in a letter to that
u be had collected from the
hg company of his deputy. The
payments paid into the state
HF through the state revenue
b the insurance commissioner
perhaps in excess of $4,000.
khaps Kinds County he's a greater
h pike mileage than any county
bsissippi 1t containe 443 miles
agnificent highways, which lead
every city, town and village and
b front of Is magnificent con
Eted schools and 8 county
ts as well as the agricultural
high school at Raymond, said
sthe best equipped and managed
lFon of the kind in the United
4 Kinds county has over 800
miles of magnificent agricul.
and, finely adapted for cattle
y dalrying, and poultry breed
The board of supervisors of
county, of which Hon. Lamar
" is president, is being highly
for keeping the highway in
oadltlon the year round. Kinds
has IA banks with an aggre-
apltal Of 99,5OO, a surplus of
Y, with deposits aggregating
ullZ22. The people of the
and country are working hand
for the upbuilding Of their
towns and communities and
sns supported in this laudable
'er by a devoted press.
q the outstanding political and
events Of recent date was the
auon Of Attorney General
Aooerson, and the appointment
'slnor Russell of Judge Clayton
'tr. 1t is announced that At
general Robertson resigned to
'ne position of assistant coun-
ae National Fire Underwriters
s'oa In New York City, and
spss quote the salary to be
prlncely one, stating that
'VVV a year. Judge Potter, the
y oi Attorney General Rober-
! iormerly state senator from
'Oua'y, and served for several
supreme court Judge of Mis-
'ouse Potter was of coun-
''a'e revenue Agent Stokes
snson in his suit against the
ppl IRE insurance companies,
trust combine, in which
sasncellor Stricken penalized
psnies in the sum of sS,0OO,-
luee. o0'' "i'eu
ihames, prison trustee
'uulnern district of Missis-
s'ng supported by a number
rapers and commended by
uen Tor his proposition to
sugar and syrup refinery
Il. .I,lsslssippi, to be operated
.aoor, and to be owned by
south Mississippi lands are
i. s'Uuuce better sugar cane
N 'Aose OF Louisiana. While
any syrup refineries in
!, slssippi' a. they do not pro-
, .gsSaeement = of the death at
N . !. Meridian Of Hon. Hillary
~ @e well-known keeper Of
AZ seal Of the knights of
s,dss. w. prominent in other fra
xths caused much sadness