Laurel Leader (Newspaper) - July 1, 1916, Laurel, Mississippi r - MISS. FUTURE GREAT POPULATION VOL. NO. 25.1 LAUREN 1,1916 ASSOCIATED PRESS if DRIVE TEU TROOPS BACK 1 LEADERS PREPARE FOR WAR WITH UNITED S T A TES ft f r r i - + i i r MEXICAN TROOPS ARE OCCUPYING STRATEGIC POSITIONS ON BORDER SAYS PERSHING First Photo 1J A V * r I X I ' L - y Carranza's Reply to American Demands Has Not Been Adjourns Until Wilson To Go Before Si ' ' f 1. San July 1.-(Associated reports from General Pershing from the headquarters of commanders along the Rid Grande and western lines reflected preparations by Mexican commanders for a break with the United * ' ' ' H H No actual friction was 1- h fa r i. MAY GO BEFORE CONGRESS July 1.-Unless Js reply arrives today and is as defiant as private advices from Mexico City it is considered that Avill wait Wednesday be the situation before 1 1 yesterday indicated that the reply would The Mexican V. I SITUATION AT A STANDSTILL July 1.--Developments in the Mexican situation were at a Standstill today while the United impatiently awaited i reply to last Sunday's Special Agent Rogers in Mexico City nothing concerning the Congress has arranged to adjourn over the Fourth of July until reported that was American property seized by local authorities in the various Mexican MEXICO DEFIANT Mexico July 1.-The office Friday issued a in reply to Secretary recent note in which the correctness of assertions in the from Washington were The Attack X declares that the United States no right to maintain its armed forces on Mexican Si Here is the first photo showing the return of one of the survivors He is the figure in the center with the photo of the battle of Carrizal to the American was brought to the American border by a Army special army Fund Groundless ' government's position United States bodies in - Emphatically reiterating the denying to the denies energetically Mexican government bandits who had ted depredations in the United and defies to - iduce proof of the The memorandum contains 35 not in the form p direct reply to the Washington note it is considered equivalent to answer to that surprise that the been The grand jury in session ville this week made a thorough investigation the sixteenth section fund of Jones county and the attack which had been made upon Stone as counsel for the county in several suits to recover the sixteenth grand fury's report is a complete vindication of Judge Deavours and his work as attorney in the sixteenth The complete report of. the grand jury To Honorable Raul Grand empanelled the June term of Court beg leave to report that we have been in have examined 78 witnesses and returned 19 We examined the books on of sections and of which was practically the beginning j the criminal law of the accumulation of this So 1910 and 1911 the board of supervisors that time decided to test loyally 1 the title to the of several of the and to this counsel agreeing to give one third of the proceeds be for the | thank our We desire to thank our District It. S. and our County Prosecuting T. Webber i Wilson their assistance and thank all the County Officers for their able assistance and especially do desire to of the several sections ever interest they may have had in L 1 the timber and that the matter was In litigation and when in litigation a compromise was made between the parties and the board of supervisors whereby and an L b i 1 neys fee of was netting to the county the sum of We have investigated this feature of the matter to ascertain if there is any crime connected with it and it is our finding that WAS Whether was a gal contract or whether or not this fee recovered by 6f the officers given us in of the respective districts in charge to examine and Ave we do not and in them all correctly kept and the of the county accounted should at the tone and the contents 0'-:$ Carranza since it that the United States has constitutional only one but many dis- and even overbearing for the Santa Ysabel placed on the so-called irascible disposition general manager oi and Generar Funston are ac of Glenn Springs memorandum asserts H is that United arrested General the which prompted this act was purpose of aiding the government M 1^ife:%it0d L i r v P. a 1S| pote concludes by declaring mn m- raids along the at of- ot It as we are We examined the county convict farm and find that the prisoners are treated and the farm in most excellent We also examined the county home and find the inmates entirely satisfied with their We have examined the Court House and Jail and find each most admirably and find that the jail is in perfect sanitary order and as comfortable as n r The county convicts are at present in the other district in the other end of the we inquired their condition and understand that they are properly cared for no complaint whatever has been made the We have examined all the buildings the Jaw requires to have escapes and it is our belief that all such buildings are amply provided with exits tp prevent any loss of We are glad to report that the indicts by us are for minor none of a serious and we desire to compliment the citizenship of this district upon their splendid observances and we believe that there is a most wholesome sentiment throughout the district fpv the of all We given considerable tion to the alleged discrepancies in the Sixteenth School Fund and we have witnesses before us in order that we might get a correct understanding of the real status of thie fund and we beg the the facts mm this find any Sixteenth Fund in county treasury to the September storm of after that storm fact it is not our duty to nor are we concerned with feature of the In reference to the records of the Section Fund we find in the main they are correct and in separately kept but not sufficiently so to afford an easy and complete understanding of the In our opinion the county auditor should be required to keep a true and correct account of these township funds separate and distinct from the funds and each and that we recommend that the board of supervisors fully comply with Section 4697 of the Code 1906 in these and we believe if the board of supervisors will do this a remedy will be found for the proper taking care of this ' We desire to thank your honor for your charge to we have diligently looked into the matters given us in your charge thank you for your courtesy to us and your effort to enforce the criminal law has aided in a great measure to bring for the promptness with which he had our processes We to thank our Mr. Jesse for the faithful discharge of his He had been diligently his post and through his efforts and diligence as bailiff we were enabled to dispatch our business having concluded our labors L we beg to be H. 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CAPTURE FIRST LINE OF TRENCHES Fund For Soldiers Is Growing Few Attend Meeting Only a few people attended the patriotic meeting at the city hall on Friday the object of which was to arrange to raise an emergency fund for the Laurel soldier More than thirty dollars has already been raised and it is expected that considerably will be contributed next when the names of subscribers will be made Contributions for the soldiers may be left at the Leader First Bank or the Commercial Bank and Trust + Supreme Effort to Drive Teutons From French Soil Is French Allies Get Many Towns Held by 1 I + + + + 44 WEATHER Forecast for L Miss. - Partly cloudy and * t * * * VOTE In the .In the city in which a mayor and two city commissioners are Nor can you vote in tho city primary ot any other register both at the court house and city hall July 1.-(Associated weeks of intense bombardment with guns of every firing a million shells at 7:30 o'clock this launched a general offensive against the German lines along a twenty-mile front north of the river The French on the British right co-operated in the Dispatches from the battlefield this afternoon stated that the British had already captured Serre and The Germans are holding and Beaumont The operating to the captured and the ere It is reported that all the Germans on the main first line trenches were The operations at some points reached the second The British are attacking Beaumont There is a violent struggle for possession of The British later captured La The British are fiercely to surround An important German position at may be cut off. Reports show that the British and French at the points of the have broken through more than five miles beyond the first German The British and French are continuing to advance The British captured the German trenches on a mile 1 I many Latest dispatches from headquarters say the fighting is still progressing with further successes for the British who report their casualties On the remainder of the raiding parties penetrated the German defenses at many inflicting losses on the Germans and capita ring some Recent reports said the British had two million fully equipped and j for the supreme effort to break the German The entent allies are on the offensive on practically every field of Results of First Preliminary Tennis Matches On Friday 14,266 BALES IS PREDICT 4 Nearly Thirty-Six Mil lion Acres Planted With the Associated f July 1.-Present ditions indicate a cotton crop of 14,266,000 equivalent 500-1d bales this The department of culture forecast this total ' J r ' L - today .in connection with its announcing the condition of the Cro * + r on June 25 and the timate of this year's Las L r 1*- year's the smallest since 1909 was 11,191,820 bales while two year ago it was 16,134,930' bales gest crop ever In 1913 14,156,486 bales and in 1912 the was 13,703,421 CP In its preliminary estimate of area of cotton in the department places the 35,994,000 That 32,107,000 the revised estimate f acreage in cultivation a year and with 36,832,000 in 1914, aif in 1913, and 34,283,$' in 1912. ' V TKe condition of the 81.1 per M placing the condition a cent a not been entity favota growing It has b to permit of arid too cool for ing the first week fol report the weather w j development and th ported improving 1 vil were reported in- ic bama and in parts hindered cultivation during tW orid week in the } 1J considerable complaint due to cool while boll ported numerous in found in weevil was weather and co tinned during the month checking were reported in the central and southern the The weevil was rep parts ol Texas and The area under v 25, by last and picked pounds in 1915,ibll^w; Virginia Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Oklahoma California 1916 44 1,469-. 2,938 5,516 207 3,468 3,202 1,212 897 136 2,600 25 34;:;, 1, 197 3,400 2,760,v 1,010 10,725 780 2,000-:- 41 + L - 32,107 i the night 7, Unless you have enough your and nation to cast a ballot w election you deserve to be Not necessary for you to have paid your poll to but it is every man's duty so to July 1.-After four violent with liquid the Germans captured positions east of Hill No. which the French recaptured French later recaptured the The Germans ed the around but the the Play in the preliminary tennis matches yesterday resulted in Rogers winning from Fuller 6* to 3 and 6. to 0. In the doubles Green and Gilchrist woji from Williams and Clay 2-6, 8-6 Collins and Fellows won from Gilchrist 7-5,9-1 and 6-3, Today there will be the and Fellows in the winner of this match peasants to decide tho for in oh t. In the doubles and und to Laurel in the ou the There be some good afternoon as this is to to Laurel will be forth to Other States r United S. Condition of the June 25 and the condition on and the tan year 25, v r 4 Virginia N. Carolina Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama 1 4 I t * t L f ' -
