Laurel Daily Argus, The (Newspaper) - March 21, 1912, Laurel, Mississippi VOL. 130. THB Established 1900 CHE 1911 1911. MISS. MARCH 81. 1912. THE DAILY ARGUS COVERS LAUREL AND JONES COUNTY LIKE THE ARGUS ADVERTISERS JONES TURNS LIGHT PLANT PURCHASED BY 1NTERURBAN Final Transfer Follows Ratification ot Sale By the Voters of the Mr. S. M. general mana- ger of the Laurel Light and Railway will today pay to the of Ellisville the sum of this being the consideration agreed upon as the purchase oi the pal light plant at thai place Immediately on receipt ol the of- returns from the election helc m Ellisville Jones wired York members of the company relative to the ment the purchase pi and immediately received to carry out the terms ot the Mr Jones over to prepared to make the and the actual cash is now m the hands of the treasurer of that town and the plant is the properly of the Laurel Light and Com- The plant will leased to the city of months from or until such time as the electric way is in the way company will assume charge furnish light and electric eur- lent to patrons at the same rate now being charged such service in While no information has thus far been out by com- it is believed that worlf on the construction of the road will begin within the next those who e besl to a guess do not lo aay that the load will be m operation long beloie the ot tin m Ihe mill tlic city ot Much speculation is being ed as lo the probable toule the car between the two hut little seems to be known than the surmise that the load follow the old from villo to I be From to the car line can lie built on either side of the N. 0 X E. and it is said that Ihe company will be sition ot Ihe Ic donate the of Tt is be- that be on as is no- Tact that the building oi the lini will be a mendons lo leal stale values in our sale this neck we are Embroideries at a Mercantile Co Crabs and Oysters Fish oi All Kinds Fresh Every Phone 502 A. SAIK Hack FREE DELIVERY OPEN DAY AND NIGHT MUR 101 YET AH The contract for new building of the Davidson Dry Goods soon to be erected at the corner of Fifth and Central was not awarded Several local contractors went lo Hattiesburg yesterday afternoon in the hope of landing the but it was decided to take all Bids under consideration and to defer final action for a few The contract wil certainly be let within the next lew and it is probable that active construction will begin early m This Was the Amount Secured by M. O. March 21 it has not been to get exact information on the subject it is sa j the amount taken by the robbers who held up the Mobile and Ohio passenger train seven miles south ot here Tuesday night will be about Where the robbers boarded the ti am is not known Engineer and Fireman Kaufman first learned of their presence when two of the men crawled the engine dei s with ers drawn and com- manded that the train be brought to a stop at a point In the meantime the other bers of the had gamed en- trance to the car and after subduing Express Messenger set the explosive which touched off when the came to a stop The contents of the safe were quickly signal of the man who seemed to be m charge of the took to the woods without ing to rifle the mail or molest sengers Mi B. H a prominent Gulfport is the city Gets Five Years and Two in Circuit Court In circuit court yesterday Jet saps was to flw for assault with to ki who was indicted jan the same count with him was adjudged not S. Johnson plead guilty to grand larceny and was given two years Johnson was indicted in the federal court lor taking a registered latter from a mail car while it was ing in the K. C. yards The casa was dismissed in the federal court and Johnson accepted tence as The robbery ocurred last Tom Konna plead to grand larceny and was given two years Tha offense consisted in stealing a Mattie Cole was found guilty ol unlawful rotating but tence has not been pronounced Mary McElroy was convicted ol selling liquor without license and sentence has not yet been At press hour Wiley Smith is o i trial tor retailing and the case will go to the jury This is the first case of a white man for this charge that has come up this term of court so March 21- ol people from Ihe by towns spent the looking ovar the rums caused by the fire of Saturday night and 1> Sunday morning which ed a pait of the business portion ot the The as at first will amount to about with but about Everything was badly upset the removal of the stock from the various stores that weie for a time threatened by the but people are going about work m manner and bj the emi of the it is believed that business will again be in a normal condition One or two negroes up be- fore Mayor tins morning with stealing goods they had been 1rom I ho burning as well as the buildings thai wne 01 threatened the flames One gro was given a sentence oi on the road and lor the part he played He stolon about ten pounds of Tne Publishing Com- has made an with the Biloxi ald to do its work and issue their paper until the plant can be re- placed WONT RETURN COMPLIMENT Refuses to Resolution in March and possibly the last searing of the state of Mississippi has been delivered by Senator ci In answer lo a query lo whether be had the adopted by the senate by way ol reply to answer to a prior resolution of the Mississippi Senator Percy am today in of It contains nothing n w It is simply shall neither have the tion spread upon the of the United Stales senate nor notne il in any Mr Ciall was a day visitor to M LECHER IS TO THE At the high school auditorium on April 5, Dr. E. W f Hoenshel will deliver his very in- the Shamrock He tells of world renowned ol Blarney Castle and the ot the beautiful lakes ol of the swat geological tho Giant's and of the interesting ways of the Irish at Dr. Hoenshel is a man of rare He is most ip his selection and in his description of those peculiar tacts which BO strikingly disclose tho leading of a foreign and Us people Ho possesses to an un- usual the faculty of pamU rp No one miss opportunity of h GoW o tlj thai t S Auction Sale Takes OH March 36. a high class addition to tin oily of will he opened to the public on March 26, when fifty choice building lots wtl be offered for sale at auction Tins property is located on what is familiarly known as which is the highest tude in the It Is understood that the street oar line will extend to and that extensive plans are being made for the of that growing section Ifte Those who are best to estimate the future growth of the city predict that Laurel will be a city tyi not less Ihan population the ncAt five hence those who in- vest in real estate now get ol the Increase m values HICKS MERCANTILE COMPANY announce their Millinery For Friday and Saturday March 22 and 23. A most beautiful showing of Pattern Hats and Artistic Millinery The buying public are seldom forded such a rare opportunity to supply their wants in this Our House is full of Attractive Merchandise in Every Hicks Mercantile Co. The explosion No 2 of the Bois Coal yesterday It is llii men m the disaster occurred and have thus far been were working inj the mam and ill the Government the mine inspector ing the work of j Air is being m tho hope It in Hie distant j still The covered Mai the i M With shoot ing negm in miles of il on bond I lo appear at tho lei m ill COUP I convened for the sixth I his A motion for a n in Ihe of the state vs. who was convicted lei in ol court oi assault willi intent lo kill is being The oi tile vs il- cashier of the Hank of will come fdi 11 1.TO-NIGHT.... BIJOU THEATRE M MATINEE or In 3 Reels of 1< i
