State News Items From Mississippi Cities
Hazlehurst hosts an ice war while Tylertown ships tomatoes and Greenville plans a $100,000 hotel. Magnolia expects tomato shipments over forty cars. The Woodville Republican notes a long anniversary and claims to be Mississippi’s oldest paper. Jackson bids open for 5,000 tons of coal to run the Statehouse. McComb’s Methodist church relocates by moving bodily. Pike county schools chief Dr. Chas H Otken addressed Summit’s graduation. Copiah judge candidate R B Mayes urged to replace Supreme Court Justice Truly. McComb City Cotton Mills will ship 100 bales to China on June 10 valued at 5250. Copiah grand jury found crime on the decrease after 9 days and 132 witnesses with 22 indictments. An Episcopalian college fund receives 5000 from a Jackson donor. Ex sheriff R P Miller of Indianola leases Stafford Wells hotel near Winona. An electric car line is planned from Winona to the wells. Yazoo City man Fountain B Craig commits suicide at Gulfport leaving a family. Greenwood homes of Capt W A Gillespie and Dr Burkhalter burn in a heavy loss. A defective flue started the fire. Confederate reunion news from Louisville, Ky on the 14th-16th inst. McComb writer criticizes college yell by girls as unbecoming. Alberta La letter thanks our paper for payment. Texas and Missouri residents vow to curb gun use. Paul Prichard’s stable offers reliable turnout horses. Editors face stay out of politics, per Georgia editorial summaries. The Jackson Evening News notes editors should avoid office-hunting and lead public discussion.
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R. B. Mayes
Copiah
Jef Truly
State Supreme Court
Truly
McComb City
Magnolia Case Goes to Supreme Court Request
The Mississippi Magnolia Case proceeds to the U S Supreme Court after the state railroad commission ordered Illinois Central to halt fast trains at Magnolia Pike County. The railroad refused, injunctions followed, and the federal circuits ruled the commission lacked authority. Attorney General Williams Flow ers and Jackson lawyers petition the U S Supreme Court, forwarded to Judge Pardee in Atlanta.
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Magnolia
State of
Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
Railroad Commission of Mississippi
Illinois Central Railroad
Pike County
State Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
Southern District of Mississippi
New Orleans
Railroad Commission
Williams
Flowers
Messrs. Green & Greens
Jackson
Court of Appeals
Pardee
Atlanta
Jackson Ularion-Ledger
Excursion Rates for Confederate Reunion Published
Central Railroad offers excursion tickets to the Confederate Reunion in Louisville for 18.45 from Brookhaven and nearby stations, in proportion. Tickets go on sale June 10 to 18. Contact Ticket Agent Harry Mills for further information.
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Ilineie Central Railroad
Louisville
Brookhaved
Harry Mills
Mississippi Cotton Outlook and University of Mississippi Reinstatement
President Walter Clark of the State Cotton Association cites a 20.5 percent Mississippi crop reduction, ahead of other states, with yields possibly reaching ten cents. The eight Mississippi students recently expelled at the University of Mississippi have been reinstated and will graduate per the faculty decision.
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Walter Clark
State Cotton Association
Missinnippi
University of Ississippi
Greenwood wholesalers petition rail commission on grain rates
The Greenwood Mississippi wholesale produce merchants filed a petition with the State Railroad Commission. They urge lowering grain rates from Greenville to Greenwood from seven cents per 100 pounds to two and a half cents per 100 pounds, arguing distances and cross routes support the change. They cite a Supreme Court decision affirming the lower Vicksburg to Jackson rate and seek alignment with that precedent.
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Greenwood
State Railroad Commission
Miss
Vicksburg
Jackson
Supreme Court of the State of
Mississippi
Greenville
St. Louis
Ohio River
The Boy in Patches and a Slick-Looking Lad
An exchange asks about the boy in patches then says he works sixteen hours on the farm hopping clods. He will return to town to run banks and stores and become lawyers and preachers. Meanwhile the slickly groomed lad is warned as the real danger, the one likely to vanish suddenly.
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Country Exchange
Whitworth Trustees Elect Noted Board Officers
Whitworth's Board of Trustees is composed of I Enochs as president, B F Jones as vice-president, and M L Burton as secretary and treasurer. The group is praised for sterling character, moral and financial integrity, and energetic, business-like leadership in all undertakings.
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Whitworth
Massachusetts Governor Douglass Abandons Re election Bid
Governor W L Douglass of Massachusetts declares he will not seek another term next fall. He cites distaste for politics and a need to devote more time to private business as the world's largest individual shoe manufacturer. He notes he was elected on a Democratic ticket while the rest were defeated.
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W. L. Douglass
Massachusetts
Douglass
Hea
Wesley Captured in Meridian After Bond Jump
Will Wesley a Black man charged with a McComb murder two years ago fled before the last term of court and forfeited bond. Sheriff Lee tracked him to Meridian last week and he is now jailed in the county. This marks the second escape and he may remain imprisoned until court liberation. Magnolia Gazette.
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Will Wesley
McComb
Meridian
Lee
Wesley
Magnolia Gazette
Clark Howell to Run for Georgia Governor Race
Clark Howell editor of The Atlanta Constitution announces his bid for Georgia governor. The seasoned journalist urges voters to weigh his editorial leadership against the value of his newspaper service and fact-finding tenure.
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Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Booth
Notable Local Murders Hint in Louisville Miss Case
A fragmentary report from Louisville Mississippi indicates a man identified as a suspect in a violent incident, with mentions of an attempted assault and a woman's involvement. Details are sparse, but authorities are pursuing the case.
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J. C. Cosnahan
St. Marco
Brookhaven, Miss
Monticello
Pearl River Railway
Brinson
Brookhaven
Fire and Life Insurance
East Union Lumber & Mfg
Pearl River
Meneys
Bousd
Hazlehurst
Tylertown
Woodville Republican
McComb’s Methodist Church
Chas. H. Otken
Summit
Episcopals
R. P. Miller
Indianola
Stafford Wells Hotel
Winona
Wells
Fountain B. Craig
Yazoo City
Gulfport
Fountain Barksdale
Yazoo
W. A. Gillespie
Dr. Burkhalter
Thomas Spight
Walthall
Ut Oh
Alberta
Paca
Texas
Missouri
Paul’ Prichard
Eeeteaueateen
Macon
Telegraph
Imnes
The
News
Jackson Evening News
Blsek Woo
Loueville, Miss
Apse & Whith
Rouw
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