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64th YEAR
MACON, MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1913.
NUMBER 18
Circuit Court.
The February term 1913 of the Noxu
bee County Circuit Court convened
Monday, with Judge T. B. Carroll on
the bench and Hons. H. H. Brooks, Jr.,
District Attorney,' D F. Allgood, Coun
ty Attorney and Houston Wood, Court
Stenographer in attendance. Mr. E. C.
Jamison of Brooksville was trade fore
man of grand jury.
H$gs Carroll's charge to the grand
'urt Was not a long one but was marked
t j c'e&rne8, earnestness and simplicity,
The duty of the grind jury, the va
rious lava they were specially to see
enforced were enumerated. The grand
jury was specially charged to invest!
gate the expenditure of public money?,
the observance of the new labor law
The ffrahd krv bfousrht in five indict
ments in the first half hour, and thirty
five during the first day. It has been
a very busy and expeditious body, and
it is said a very thorough and conscien
tlotts grand jury. It will probably ad
journ MondaV. About 65 true bills
have been turned in to date, ;
A writer in the Commercial-Appeal
has the following to say of Judge Car
roll and his court in Noxubee:
) This is Judge Carroll's eighth term
R' of court held in r.hii rnhtitv and hp is
greatly respected and admired here,
and his conduct of his court meets with
the cordial approbation of the people.
Under the present administration of
the circuit court the certain enforce
ment of the law has been the most
striking feature. There has been noth
ing spectacular about the administra
tion of the law and no sensational se
verity in the punishments awarded.
But in a very quiet and dignified way
the law has been enforced without fa
voritism or outside influence and the re
sult has been greatly in favor of law
and good order. ' -
At the August, 1912, term not a sin
gle indictment for felonv was found
and with one or two exceptions in ev
r ery criminal case on the docket and
every indictment niceiy to De iouna at
a negro will be the
if iuc (mchciiii term
"l defendant.
The court and law officers nave the
cordial co-operation of the people in
, this course and no county in the state
, ' can show a better record for law- and
. ,ower tban woxubee. ... e, '
E C. Jamison, foreman
B. C. Watkins J. T, Douglass
E. M Hummer Nelson Stevens
J. L. Robbins T. R Wilkerson
W. W. Daniel W. a Deale
R. T. McDavid M. A. Pagan
R. M. Pruit E. I Aycock '
T. Bethany C P. Peters
V. Vernon T. O. Dugan
LeRoy Williams R. K. Cade
W. J. Barnhill
JURY NO. 1.
J. E. Aust
E. L. Card
J. B. White
R. M. Campbell
J. L. Mauldin
L. H. Stowers
JURY KO.
L. H. Porter
J. M. Lockley
W. N. Havnes
R. E. Boykin
W. B. Cade
J. B. Bell
Jim Garner, charged
Jim Johnson
R. R. Cotten
G. N. Simmons
G. G. Glover
W. H Holman
S. M. Cockrell
2
L, M. Adams
R. L, Thomas
B: V. Triplett
M. O'Byrne
.1. F. M. Allen
H. C. Presley
with grand lar-
R. T. McDavid, t 0. Guy and L. M.
Adams recovered from R. N. Stewart
the sum of S2S7.78.
Mrs. Danella Glenn recovered from
R, J. Cade, on default, the sum of
$531.72 with 10 per cent interest
The case of Nelson Knox for selling
liquor was nol prosed on payment of
cost
The case of Tom Hammack for sell
ing liquor, nol prosed.
After hearing argument for con tin u
ance of ease of Major Smitt, charged
with murder, the court over ruled same.
E. H. Smyth vs. Leo Tindall-the
plea heretofore filed having been with
drawn, and no defense made, it was or'
dered that the plaintiff, E. H. Smyth
recover of the defendant, Leo Tindall,
the sum of $260 with interest from
date. n
John McKeown was tried on charge
of petit larceny and jury rendered ver
dict of "not guilty " The court ordered
case against his wife, Kate McKeown,
nol prosed.
The jury rendered verdict of rtot
guilty in case of State vs. Jim Thomp
son, charged with selling liquor.
Isiah Cotton, a state witness in the
case of State vs. Sam White, being ab
sent when case was called, was fined
$10 and attachment issued for him.
Alex Bush, charged with assault and
battery, was fined $25 and cost.
Emma Shumaker, charged with sell
ing liquor, was found not guilty by jury.
Major Smith was found guilty of
murder in first degree and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, hard labor.
The State vs. Silas Tolbert. coming
upon appeal from justice court, after
bearing evidence, the court sustained
said motion as to the cost of the Justice
of the Peace and reject and dismiss the
same as to all other costs. He was
entenced by the court, to pay a fine of
$25 and 45 days in jail. It appearing
he had served 90 days, he was ordered
credited with same. It was further
ordered by court that the sureties on
his appeal bond, Benj. F. Taylor, Solo
mon Tolbert and : Alf Tolbert, Sr., are
responsible for his appeal bond.
The cases of the State vs. Will Little.
Fred Dunn and W. A. White were; con.
T Jarnes Taylbfai found aniltv of
murder in nrst degree and was aen
tenced to the penitentiary for life at
hard lab jr.
In case of J. M. Winfield vs. I. J.
Wilkins, Jr., the court ordered and ad
judged that the said report of the arbi
trators be approved and that the plain
tiff, J. M. Winfield do have and recover
of the defendant, T. J, Wilkins, Jr.,
for sum of S28U.
Court overruled motion to continue
case of State vs. Joe Greer, charged
with murder.
Jack Chamberlin, charged with grand
larceny, entered plea of guilty of tres
passing and was fined $25 and sixty
days in lail.
The case against Ed Bell, Jr., charged
with assauls and battery, with intent to
kill and murder was continued until
next term of court.
A ! VTTM1 1
ceny, entered plea oi guuty. win De
sentenced later.
The following cases were continued:
Wilburn Gray, selling liquor; Sam
White, petit larceny; John Holmes,
selling liquor; Lewis Clay, appealed.
Joe Greer, charged with murder, en
tered plea of not guilty and was re
manded to custody of sheriff, pending
trial.
) Major Smith and James Taylor, both
"i charged'' with murder, entered plea of
ft not guilty and were remanded to jail.
Dent G. Tutt vs. Uity or Macon, dis
missed at cost of plaintiff.
In the case of A. C. Fant vs. T. L.
Brown, the jury not agreeing at tne
' . a i 1 ..in .i.iM. ma.
DOUr OI adjournment iu ju-jr ,""
ti locked up for the night. On Tuesday
; morning they returned into court, their
verdict as follows, to-wit: "We, the
jury, find for plaintiff in the sum of
$37.50." Thereupon the court ordered
that plaintiff, A.. C Fant. do have and
recover f defendant, T. L. Brown, the
sum of $37 50 and all costs in this be
half, for which let execution issue if
necessary. 1 -
. Jim Garner withdrew plea of guilty
to grand larceny and entered plea of
guilty to petit larceny and was sen
tenced to pay fine of $250 and six
months in jail.
In the case of Danella Garner and J.
W. Wilkins, adm'r estate of Georgia
Brooks vs. United Reformers of Amer
ica, Furope, Asia andAfrics.it was
ordered that the plaintiff recover of
the defendant the sum of $342 30 at 6
per cent per annum and all coats in this
behalf extended.
The Imperial Cotton Oil Co., recov
ered from the Adams Gin & Lumber
Co, tomposed of S. W. Adams, L'G,
Gny. L. H. Stowers, G. G. Pagan, L.
M. Adams, the sum of $1273 72, which
Included 10 per cent interest on note
wed on Mid 10 per cent ir
Weevil Not Eradicated.
"Washington, Jan. 18. In a talk
with Kepresentative Itansdell to
day, Bradford Knapp, chief of the
farm demonstration division of the
Department of Agriculture, sound
ed a note of warning to the cotton
planters not only of Louisiana,
but of Mississippi and adjoining
areas in Arkansas and Texas.
What he desired the planters in
Louisiana in particular to remem
ber is that the boll weevil has not
been eradicated, even from the
sections of the cotton belt where
none of the insects were found
last season.
His injunction to all is to plant
on the assumption that the pest
will reappear during the coming
season, because the winter has
been mild. In a good many spots
in the belt last season, the infesta
tion was great enough to make it
certain that during the mild win
ter the pest has multiplied, so
that unless the planters take pains
with their crop, conditions will be
lamentable.
In particular he hopes they will
put in at least half their acreage
with short staple quick-maturing
seed. He has heard that many of
the farmers are contemplating put
ting in only long staple, and that
does not appeal to him. . In that
view, Mr. Eansdell agrees with
Mr. Knapp. The Senator-elect,
even before he had the talk, had
come to the conclusion that it was
the thing to do. Neither Mr.
Eansdell nor Mr. Knapp believes
it will be wise, this year, to put
all the eggs in one basket. -
By taking the precautions sug
gested, Messrs. Eansdell and
Knapp believe the '-evil, the mild
winter has done in the way of -giving
the weevil an extension of ten
ure will be minimized, if not whol
ly oeutialisodi
Another Corn Club Boy.
In the Farmer City (111.) Jour
nal appears the following letter
from Ivan Houser, now of Macon,
but formerly of Farmer City, de
scribing his visit to the National
Corn Show. I van is the son of Pr:
Houser who recently bought h
Wade place.
Macon. Mtat.. Jin. SI I?'
Bon. W. B. McKfcito. K C
Waahtnctoa. D. C.
Dear Sir: I just got home from
my very much appreciated trip.
I never had as fine a tyip and do
not think I will ever have one
again where I could learn as much
aud see as much as the trip you
gave us. I learnt very much
while at the Agriculture building.
Dr. Domingo, from Mexico, gave
us a talk that was very interest
ing. It was on the selection and
breeding up of seed corn. The
printing building where the bulle
tins are printed is a most interest
ing building. I believe the farm
ers should us more of these to
help them with their farming, es
pecially those on the different ma
terials the ground needs. This
land should produce more boshels
to the acre, and I believe as soon
as these boys yon have had o
Washington farm the land it will
produce more cbrn. Tbr farms
are too large and more cou!4 be
made from smaller farms.
The congressional library is on
of the most interesting btlding3
in Washington. Those thousands
of books are in very good ose.
All the time I was Washington
I Was learning something about
the country and was seeing things
that weie very interesting. I had
almost decided to live1 in town aud
fake., some position:'' now that I
have been to Washington and
heard Dr, Domingo, D. II. Benson,
Secretary "Wilson and many other
men tell 'of. their experience in
town and country, I am going to
live on a farm. A farm is the on
ly freet,rah tplacft there is and
that is wnasWei'yove uxm-n
'I thank you very much for send
ing a car from Washington to De
catur for us. We appreciated it
very much, because we did not
have to change any time on our
road. Yours truly,
Ivan Houser.
We deli
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Dean Somerville Resigns.
Dr. T. H. Somerville, dean of
the law department of the Univer
sity of Mississippi, handed in his
resignation to Chancellor Kincan
non last Monday, effective at the
close of the present scholastic
year. Dr. Somerville has been in the
University sixteen years and has
been a power for good in the insti
tution, surpassed by no member of
the faculty. He was made dean of
the law school on the retirement of
Gov. G. G. Shands some six years
ago, and is one oi the best Known
lawyers of the state.
He has had a strong influence
over the young men wno nave
read law under him, and at, all
times has been admired and re
spected, not only for his legal
ability, but because of his exem-
plarv character as a man anu a
citizen. He has been intimately
connected with the business and
religious life of Oxford during all
the years of his residence there,
and his many friends regret ex
ceedingly to see him retire from
the faculty of the university. He
leaves the institution with the re
spect and full confidence of every
man connected with it or with
him in his work.
TTfl will dftvhtft his time to his
urgent private business affairs and
will continue to reside in Oxford.
It is not easv to see how Mr.
Taft could avoid being diawn into
the Eoosevelt style of personal
campaigning, yet he was expected
to avoid it at any cost in deference
to the high pnblvc estimate of the
commission he bears. There is a
certain "divinity doth hedge''
presidents as well as kings, and
when you eliminate, that, and
bring a president down to the
common level of the campaign
place-seekera, you really lodge him
on a lower round -f the ladder
than his competitors who have no
great official dignity to sustain.
And so thought tens of thousands
of high minded Republicans who
refused to participate in the re
cent primaries, leaving the bal
ance of power and deciding weight
in the hands of the hoodlums and
noisy element. Aberdeen ISxam-,
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III li imitQ yu t0 visit their store at IB
I I our earest opportunity, to in- 111111111
I I Spect an( tT7 on e stvs new 11
I I models received in the lilH
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Corn. Oats, Meal,
Bran, Chops and Shorts
We have just closed trade with our grain people for
75,000 bushels of grain to be delivered from January to
August. We feel that we have bought right and all
we ask is opportunity to prove to you that we can
save you money on your grain purchases. Our facili
ties for handling this commodity as well as many others
is unequaled, as our warehouses are located on our own
private spur track. '
J. H. WILLIAMS.
3!E2
The Art of Forgetting.
As time goes on and we go on
with it more rapidly than we
like it. becomes necessary to cling
tenaciously to the remembrance of
a few things and forget a great
many others. The mind the av
erage mind has not room enough
to hold all that has been learned,
observed, experienced in the
course of a lifetime. It must let
many things go, to make space for
the rest. And the first things to
forget are the failures, the disap
pointments, the crumbling of our
idols upon their feet of clay, the
hard knocks dealt us in the jos
tling concourse of the broad high
way. Notice, Dairymen.
The rules and regulations of the
State Board of Health mu3t be com
plied with within the next two weeks
and permits applied for. These per
mits must be secured from the County
Health Officer and application for same
must be made on or before March 1st.
I consider the sanitary privy one of
the most important requirements and
no permit will be issued umil thesu are
constructed, so do not wait until the
last minute. Have your premises in
the condition required by law and there
will be no friction or trouble.
J, M. STANLEY,
granty Health Office
Potatoes
and Onions
Buist's Selected Prize Stock
Irish Cobbler Potatoes,
Grown in Maine
Onion Sets and
Carder; Seed
AT
HENRY M. JONES
Dog Loit
One female setter, black and white,
tan under jaw and tan fpot over each
eye. Has nervous trouble when stand
ing still has nervous jerk in shoulders.
Liberal reward for recovery or any in
formation. R. M. Coleman,
Prairie Point, Miss.
Surveying Don on Short Notice.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of
surveying arid civil engineering on short
notice. The making of maps of farms,
towns or town property a specialty,
also leveling for tile drains, etc , don
promptly. S. If. Thomas.
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