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I TUIS PAPER IS The Official Journal -OF TIIE CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS. Subscription: $1.50 Per Annum. INTERESTING REPORT TO THE COMMERCIAL CUB. The following report, which is self explanatory, was presented and adopted at a meeting of the Bay St. Louis Com mercial Club: Bay St. Louis, June Ist, 1905. B. F. Market, Esq., President'Com mercial Club, City: Dear Sir! Your committee on Agriculture and Industry, as per instructions, have met, and the following are the fruits of their labor: Have written to nine firms and individuals regarding the freight through Jordan river with the inclosed results. Have also communicated with firms in Pittsburg, Pa., Columbus, Ohio, Terre Haute, Ind., Louisville, Ky., and Cleveland, Ohio, regarding the rates of express on vegetables. Will report on same next meeting. Also find enclosed our remarks on truck farming. Respectfully, J. W. Vairin, chairman. E T. Hill, O. E. Morgan. Remarks of the Agricultural and Industrial Committee on Truck Farming. Bay St. Lonis, June Ist, 1905 The soil and climate of our near country is ideal for truck farming. Situated on the extreme southern coast of Mississippi, the warm breezes from the Gulf of Mexico are quite a factor in forwarding early vegetation. The soil is light and sandy, very easily worked and retains fertilizers much longer than would be supposed. The writer, from personal observation, has watched the effects of the old style of cow penning, and for several years afterwards the fertility is noticeable. It responds very readily to fertilizing, and all early vege tables can be raised to perfection. Last year the Farmers’ Union shipped twenty-one cars and several hundred barrels and packages of assorted vege tables, bringing gross to our people over eleven thousand dollars. There arc so many kinds of early truck that could be grown profitably that I con sider this business in its infancy; in fact, ‘‘the child” has hardly begun to crawl. It is a known fact that radishes raised on the Coast are unexcelled. Tne writer last season on three-quarters of an acre of land raised and shipped nearly ninety barrels of radishes, and part of same plot was afterwards planted in cu cumbers; both crops were marketed and returns were in before the 15th of June. Radishes were planted during January with a handsome profit. The same land afterwards could have been 'Very easily planted in sweet potatoes or any other late crop, enough fertilizer remaining in the soil to assure success, making three crops off of the same land in one year. The above is one of many instances that could be qnoted. Cucumbers, beets, irish potatoes, snap beans, onions, cabbages, cauliflower, radishes, lettuce, and, in fact, as before stated, all early vegetables can be raised and shipped profitably. A truck farmer should be a man of judgment and act in a business manner. When the shipping season opens, he should be in touch with all the markets and know the requirements of each, to be able to place his goods to the best advantage. When using “commercial fertilizer", he should know the propor tion of chemicals most needed for the vegetable abont to be planted and make his formula accordingly. His work should not be haphazardous; he should use judgment in the selection of seed, the time of planting and the land to be planted. After the shipping season is over the same land can be planted in melons, corn, sweet potatoes—crops that will find a ready sale here “at home”, mak ing two crops in one season, with little, if any, additional fertilizer. A cane crop would also be a profitable one, providing the farmers could sell their cane either in bulk or have some local cannery to render it into syrup and buy it of them by the gallon. I also find an opening for the canning of okra, beans, tomatoes, etc.; also for the pickling of cucumbers. The fig industry being already launched and paying the owners of orchards so hand somely, any remarks on the subject would be superfluous. Any information on the above subject will be given with pleasure at any time by our committee to parties contem plating truck farming or to those inter ested in such matters. Thanking the gentlemen present for their attention, Yours for prosperity, J. W. VAIRIX, Chairman Agricultural and Industrial Committee. Gov. Vardaman has negotiated a loan of SIOO,OOO under authority given him by the last legislature. The State treasurer thinks that the receipts will be enough to meet the expenditures; at any rate, the bottom will not be reached for several months. The Governor dis agrees, hence the loan. Mississippi Bank and Trust Company will furnish the money at five per cent. CAHT 0 211 A. . Bears the Kind You Have Always Bought Bis :r I HEAT’S HARVEST OF LIFE DURING THE WEEK IN THE NATION AT LARGE. PROSTRA CITT. DEAD. TION'S. Chicago 6 40 New York 35 187 Boston 2 18 Philadelphia 2 31 Toledo 1 20 Des Moines 1 12 Cincinnati 3 4 Baltimore 1 1 Pittsburg 9 16 Detroit 1 4 Cleveland I 5 Lincoln, Neb 1 4 Other cities 5 32 Totals 55 330 WILL EXPEND sioo,ooo. Crescent City Jockey Club Will Im prove Plant. The Crescent City Jockey Club (Fair Grounds) at New Orleans, in making preparations for the next winter meet ing, will expend more than SIOO,OOO on the improvement of their plant. Anew grand stand will be erected, a duplicate of the handsome grand stand at Hot Springs, Ark., new driveways for autos and carriages are to be constructed, the grounds of the club house will be hand somely decorated with shrubbery and 403 additional stalls are being built, in creasing the stable room to 1,200 stalls. L. & N. Has Largest Docks in World. In order to take care of its export lumber and grain business out of Pen sacola, the Louisville & Nashville has built three immense wharves and eleva tors directly oyer the water of the bay, which afford a splendid landing for ships. Two of these wharves are the largest in the world, one extending out into the water 1940 feet, and the other 2065 feet. They are equipped with everything modern, therefore ships can load and unload their cargoes very rap idly. In fact, the docks can accommo date fourteen steamers at once. The Tarragona street wharf is 7,950 feet long and varies in width from 130 to 140 feet. Upon this wharf is located {a warehouse 815 feet long and 50 feet wide. The Commandaucia street wharf is 2065 feet long and 110 feet* wide. Its warehouse is two stories high and 1200 feet long by 50 feet wide. On the other side of this wharf are elevated tracks and platforms, which make it possible to load and unload from railroad cars. The grain elevator will hold 500,000 bushels and is connected with the docks by a conveyor system system which can handle 30,000 bushels an hour. The Value of Advertising. The following timely comments on ad vertising is clipped from the Yazoo sen tinel: Judicious and liberal advertising has had more to do than any other fac tor in the achieving of groat success in ; the commercial world. Shrewd men have discovered this, and when you are attracted by a page ad in the periodical you pick up, you may be assured that the space which has de manded your attention, was paid for with a price, that without consideration i would seem to you fabulous. But the ! price could well be paid. At the same hour throughout other homes, the ad vertisement is receiving the same atten- I tion, and a array of customers have been reached in altogether the best manner possible. A manufacturer or a merchant may have for sale a commodity ever so meri , torious, but if no one is familiar with the fact, he is noUiable to make many sales. The man who has something to sell can ill afford to keep tne matter a secret. He must flaunt the fact where all can see, and the number of customers he re ceives will be proportioned to the num ber of persons who have been notifid. It is not only in the mercantile world, but in all lines. The actor, no matter how talented he may be, without a good : press agent in this day and age, is not ; apt to draw very big houses. It has been I truly said of some that if William Shak speare were to write immortal poems, they would not be read by the present generation if they were not well adver tised. ' Any advertising must be persistent, i We remember a big medicine fii’m that advertised very extensively some years ago through the columns of the country press. The druggists in consequence sold more remedies made by this firm than those manufactured by all others combined. The remedies were merito rious and the people knew of their exist ence. A few years ago, due to the death of the shrewd manager, the advertise ments of this firm ceased to appear in print. At the same time the drug scores began to have less demand for the goods and their place was taken by other re medies that have been given better pub licity. Advertising is the necessary lubrica tion that makes the wheels of commerce “go round.” K. I. Morris, well known in Brook haven, is suing the Central for SIO,OOO for injuries received on May 16. While ridiug on a freight train it gave a sud den lurch which threw him to the floor, knocking him senseless. The declara- Ition alleges that he received permanent injuries. BAD NEGRO CHARACTER MURDERS YOUNG NEGRO. Last Friday Night Near Brown’s Vine- Yard—Was Robbing Victim at Time of Murder —Deputy Sheriff Makes Arrest Next Day, Assisted by Sher iff’s Son—A Good Capture. Last Friday night between 9:33 and 10 o’clock, at the Gordon Turpentine Distillery, four miles from Bay St. Louis and about one mile above Brown’s Vineyard, Jim Smith shot and killed Isaac Howard, both colored. The circumstances in the case are that Smith entered the cabin of Howard while he and several of the other distillery hands were asleep, for the purpose of robbery, the employes having been paid that afternoon. All went well for the time being, when Howard was awa kened. Smith shot at him, the ball striking his victim in the breast, and death ensued immediately. Smith made good his escape, taking with him about S3O 00 in cash, which he had secured as booty. Sheriff Saucier was apprised of the occurrence early the following morning and was informed that Smith had taken shplter in a deserted house by the road side, one mile south of the place of oc currence and known as the old Nixon home, and that he was in hiding at the place. Sheriff Saucier at once dispatched his efficient deputy, A. J. Carver, ac companied by his (the sheriff’s) son, Turner Saucier, a fearless lad, who rep resents a man in physical stature and courage more than he does an overgrown boy, and on bicycles the pair of depu ties set out for their man. The house was reached in twenty minutes, and had two openings, a door in front Jnd one in the rear. There was no way to reach the man without the deputies endan gering their lives, but so determined was Deputy Carver to apprehend his prospective prisoner, and, daunted by nothing, he walked up to the side of the house where there were no openings and piling up a lot of straw and brush he set fire to it. The flames spread rapidly, and the negro, realizing that further resistance was useless, surrendered. He threw up both hands and walked out of the building. Deputy Sheriff Carver then took away his revolver, handcuffed him and walked him to this city, where he was safely lodged in the county jail and the charge of murder preferred against him- Jim Smith is a young negro, about twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, low-sized, and it is said that this is the fifth man ho has killed—one white and three other negroes besides this one. In one county in Georgia or Alabama a reward of $500.00 is standing for his capture. The victim, like Smith, is a stranger here. His remains were buried Satur day near the scene of the murder. While the funeral was in progress the deputies and their prisoner were in sight of the procession on their way to jail, when Mr. Carver remonstrated with the priso ner and asked him if he didn’t feel any remorse at what ho had done. But ap parantly ho felt no sorrow nor pangs of conscience; for he only laughed and grinned in reply. Deputy Carver deserves lots of credit in making this arrest, for he cleverly apprehended a bad nigger, who had no regard for human life whatever. FROM PICAYUNE. Picayune, Miss., July. 20. —An uni dentified negro,mistaken for Ollie Evans, who attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Smith, wife of a farmer living near Pop larville, has been chased by a large crowd, led by Town Marshal Thornhill, and run dow r n and captured in a corn field one and a half miles from here. The negro rode into Picayune on the “blind baggage,” of south-bound train No. 3. When he saw the brass buttons of Marshal Thornhill he leaped from the moving train and broke for the wmods. The officer, with willing men behind him, immediately gave chase. It devel oped that the negro is not the man want ed for the assault on Mrs. Smith. He was arrainged before Mayor Tate for stealing his way into the corporation and fined ss.ot) and costs. Tne manager of a park at Scranton i has been convicted of violation of the ! revenue law in selling “carbonatedale”, j His defense was that he did not sell the i beverage—being dispensed by a man to whom he let the privilege—and that the ' liquor would not intoxicate, containing only two per cent of alcohol. The magistrate ruled that being an “ale” which, defined both in law and in the marts as a malt liquor, brought it within the prohibition of the statutes, which forbid the selling or giving away of the liquor by the defendant or of his allow ing or permitting it to' be done by an other on his premises. The defendant was fined Sou and costs. - j The Chicago teamsters’ strike has ended in a complete surrender of the strikers, after being out one hundred and five days. General Lowry, commanding the Mississippi Confederate Veterans, has named August 24 and 25 as the dates for reunion, which will be held in t Jackson, BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY. JULY 22, 1905. ANOTHER “BLIND TIGER” CAPTURED AND JAILED. Joseph Graves, of Pearllngton, Charg ed, Tried and Convicted of Selling Liquor Without License—Sentenced 30 Days to County Jail and $25 Fine by Judge C. W. Fountain. Deputy Sheriff Albert J. Carver re turned last night from Pearlington and Logtownwith a prisoner, Joseph Graves, colored, of Pearlington, charged, tried and convicted yesterday before Hon. C. W. Fountain’s court, of Beat One, at Logtown, for selling liquor and intoxi cating drinks without a license. He was fined $25 00 and costs and sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail; amount of costs, $12.20. In default of payment of fine the sentence in jail, after 30 days shall have been served, will remain in force until fine and costs be paid. Joseph Graves is about 60 years of age, a brother of Ed Graves, of Bay St. Louis, and was plying his illicit sales in a very quiet way from his private resi dence, but not sufficiently quiet to hide from the sheriff of Hancock county, hence the capture of the “tiger”. Deputy Sheriff Albert J. Carver is as determined as the sheriff, and when he left here yesterday morning, it was a foregone conclusion that he would re turn with the game bagged. After disposing of this case, Judge Fountain tried, and convicted John Gal loway, of the same locality, charged with soliciting trade for illegal liquor selling. Galloway was a witness in the Graves case, and in consideration of the splendid and truthful testimony he gave Judge Fountain fined him only $2.50 and costs of court. Like Othello, he found his occupation gone, and it was well now that he make a clean breast of it all. Willie Wallace and James Dunmore, two negro lads convicted at the last ses sion of the Hancock County Circuit Court for attempt at rape, found guilty and sentenced to serve the State for life, having appealed to a higher court in vain, will leave the Hancock County jail within the next few days, or as soon as the State Warden will have arrived for them. The Supreme Court on Monday last handed down a decision confirming that of the lower court. The youthful darkies received the intelligence with deep concern, and the mothers of each said they didn’t know what is “Gwine to become ob dey deah chile, bless dey soul!” Tneir one request from the sheriff is, that he permit Mr. Butler to take their picture before they leave on their long journey, to which modest re quest Mr. Saucier has acceded. BILOXI ITEMS. From Biloxi Herald. The Biloxi Electric Railway & Power Company broke all previous records last Sunday when it collected 7368 fares. The business of the company has stead ily increased from the day the first car was run over its track. Nathan Jackson, an industrious negro, has grown some of the finest cotton ever seen in this section on his place near Biloxi without fertilizer or cultivation. On some of the stalks there are 70 to 75 perfect bolls. Next year he expects to plant an acre. Pat Kennedy has contracted with Mr. Blakemore, of New Orleans, for the sinking of an artesian well for his hotel opposite the depot. Mr. Blakemore, with his well-boring machinery, will be here this week and work will begin at once. Dr. J. J. Lemon has sold his property at the corner of Howard avenue and Main street to Magnolia Lodge No. 120 A. F. and A. M. of this city, the con sideration being in the neighborhood of §SOOO. The property has a frontage of about sixty feet on Howard avenue by a depth of about one hundred feet on Main street and is one of the most de sirable locutions in the city. The Ma sonic lodge will shortly erect a hand some temple on the site, plans for which have already been submitted. Biloxi is becoming more and more an automobile town, and tne local horses will simply have to get used to the puff wagons, for they are here to stay. Two years ago a road machine was almost a curiosity on the streets, and across the bridge one stampeded men and animals* Now they are quite plentiful. Wednes day morning two fine machines for local parties arrived from the Winton fac tory. They are both tourinar cars of JO horse power and are said to be capable of a speed of 50 or 60 miles an hour. One belongs to W. K. M. Dukate and will be operated by Henry 7 H. Treloar, who learned the art at New Orleans and ran a fine car for President Hellwege of the Bank of Orleans, at New Orleans, The other belongs to Julius Lope?, who will operate it himself on hia return from Cuba, w r hioh is expected in ten days. Roth are handsome and power ful vehicles. Governor Higgins ot New York, sent a special message to the Legislature re commending an investigation of fife in? surance companies in that State. The Legislature appointed a joint committee and appropriated $50,000 to defray its expenses. Mrs, A. Gragnon aqd family have rented the Lorch property in Carroll ; avenue for tho summer, GULF COAST ELECTRIC ROAD IS ENJOINED. Mississippi Supreme Court Has Is sued Order, and Chancellor Wood Will Try the Case—Spirited Fight Is in Prospect- Captain Jones and His Friends Want an Early Trial. The Mississippi Supreme Court has granted a temporary injunction restrain ing the Gulf Coast Traction Company from constructing an electric inter urban railway between Biloxi and Gulf port. The restraining order w r as applied for by Messrs. Green and Green, attorneys, of Jackson, acting for Gen, T. Marshall Miller, of New Orleans, who represents several New Orleans citizens who have homes on the Mississippi coast and will appear as plaintiffs in the litigation to follow. The order is made returnable before Chancellor Wood, of the gulf coast district, but thus far no date for hearing has been set. This is the beginning of what will prove one of the most notable pieces of litigation in the history of civil juris prudence in Mississippi. For nearly six months a lively controversy has been in progress over the proposed construc tion of an electric railway between Gulf port and Biloxi, the opposition being based chiefly on the ground that the town council of Pass Christian granted authority to the traction company to use the famous beach driveway, which is a splendid shell road lined w'ith beau tiful live oaks. A spirited fight was made before Governor Vardaman to prevent the ap proval of the charter for the Gulf Coast Traction Company, but the governor re fused to take a hand in the fight, hold ing that he had no optional power in the matter, but would be compelled to approve the charter if presented in proper legal form. The first draft of the charter was not satisfactory to the governor, but after amendments and re visions were made it was approved. The litigation just instituted does not come in the nature of a surprise to Capt. J. T. Jonss, the millionaire pro moter of the road, and his associates, many of the latter being prominent gulf coast citizens. All arrangements have been made for the construction of the line, however, the materials necessary for its construction delivered, and the work was actually under way when the temporary injunction was issued. The legal proceedings mean that the work must be abandoned until the case is disposed of, whicn will be several months hence, and very much longer in case the litigants decide to carry it to the United States Supreme Court, as they will doubtless do. It is significant that Gen. T. Marshall Miller, who will be the foremost legal figure in the fight, waited until the Mississippi Supreme Court was about to adjourn before applying for the re straining writ, realizing that it would thus be impossible to have the case dis posed of prior to the adjournment of the State tribunal for the summer. The defendants will demand an im mediate hearing of the injunction, and It will probably take place before the Chancellor next week. A demurrer will be filed, and on the issues therein raised the battle will be fought. Capt. J. T. Jones and his associates will be repre sented by Judge J. H. Neville, Con gressman E. J. Bowers and some of the foremost lawyers in the State. The pe tition for the injunction as filed with the Supreme Court sets up numerous objections in law and equity to the con struction of the road, and the case will be of a complicated nature, this also serving to delay the disposal of the litigation. The Biloxi Daily Herald says that ac cording to Hon. W. A. White, one of the attorneys for the Traction Company, the import of the injunction restraining the company has been somewhat exag gerated in the above report which was sent out from Jackson, The company is only restrained from constructing its lines along the property of A. L. Thornton at Soria City, a nar row strip of only a few hundred feet. The work along the rest of the line will be rushed to completion and this stretch, which cannot be tunneled under or bridged over, will be left until the decision of the court, sometime in the early part of next year, dissolves the in junction. The trolley people maintain that Mr. Thornton wanted exorbitant concessions from the company before allowing the road a rigUt-of-way over his property, The line will pass his property over the public road when once the court has passed on the injunction case. The Elks of Yaxoo City have just com pleted their new building, a two-story brick structure, costing SJO.Ooo. The Va*oo Sentinel, with its characteristic enterprise, presents a cut of the build ing in its current issue, AnnQuneefpent is made that the maga zine founded by Frank Leslie in 1875 apd known as Leslie’s Monthly, hns changed its name to the American Monthly Magazine. CABTOTIZA* Sear* tka j* A# Kind You Have Always Bought CAPT. JONES, OF GULFPORT, TO THE COMMERCIAL CLUB. June Ist, 1905. B. F. Market, Esq., President Commercial Club, Bay St. Louis, Miss Dear Sir: Your letter of the 18th ult. received. I appreciate what you say as to the transportation committee of the Com mercial Club of your town, and note that you take quite a different view of the benefits to be derived from the building of an electric line from Biloxi to Pass Chnstian than some of our friends at the Pass do. We feel confi dent that a trolley line along the coast will be of almost inestimable value to the people along the coast as well as in the towns, and believe that when the line is once laid and in operation through Pass Christian, the people would protest much harder if we at tempted to take it up, than they do now r in attempting to prevent us from build ing it. As you know, it is foolishness and folly to talk of our intending or wanting to cut any of the beautiful trees in Pass Christian, or any place along the coast that can possibly be avoided, and we see no necessity of cut ting a single good tree at the Pass. We are doing everything we can to prose cute the work as rapidly as possible. Everything will be new and up to date and the very latest and best improved. We do not intend that any other road shall be superior in point of machinery, rail, power, buildings, or otherwise, to that of the Gulfport & Mississippi Coast Traction Cos We shall endeavor to fur nish electric lights to the towns along the coast, including Biloxi, Gulfport, Pass Christian, as well as the residences between. How much further the road may be extended, or how much further we may extend the wires for the purpose of furnishing electric lights, I will not state in this letter, but we are living in an improved age. We are here for business and the interest of the greatest number of people, and endeavor to hold malice towards none. We laugh at the schoolboys when they act foolish and feel that they do not hurt us, but we sympathize with their friends, for they are making fools of themselves. We thank you for your kind expres sion, and may in the near future inter view your people in regard to the exten sion of this enterprise. Yours very truly, J. T. JONES. * June 2nd, 1905. Capt. J. T. Jones, Gulfport, Miss. Dear Sir: Your favor of the 4st inst. is before me. I received it too late for presenta tion to the Commercial Club, at their meeting last night, but in reply permit me to say: I will present it to the meet ing of the Executive Committee, which will meet within the next ten days. In benalf of the Commercial Club permit me to thank you and to say that we trust you will see your way clear to extend your electric road into and through Bay St. Louis. Permit me to assure you of the hearty co-operation of our club in matters that will accrue to the benefit of the Bay. Thanking you in the name of the club, and trusting that we will have the pleasure of entertaining you in the near future, believe me, Very truly yours, B. F Market, Pres. OSIXJL. Boars the /I Kind u Have Alwayr Cougtit Louisville & Xashville 11. R. Schedule. In Effect June 3, 1904. SOUTH BOUND. No. I—Fast Mail, daily fi:sl pTrrT. No. 3—Fast Mail, daily 5:3!* a. m. No. s—Local Passenger, daily 4:05 p. m. No. 7—Coast Limited, except Sunday.7:l!) a. m No. !*—Coast Local, Mondays 0n1y.,. ..3:51 a. m. No. 11 —Coast I/)cal, dailv, except Sun days and Mondays 8:25 a. m. No. 13—Excursion, Sunday's only 7:20 p. m. No. 1 5-. Excursion, Wednesdays 0n1y..7:25 p. m. No !7—New York Mail, limited, dally .9:38 a. m. NORTH BOUND. No. 2— Fast mall, daily 9;V* pTm No. 4—Fast Mail, daily.. 10.52 a. m No. 6— Fast mail, daily ~.,,,.8:53 a. m. No. B— Coast Limited, except Hun 4:57 p. m. No. 10—Coast Local, daily, ex. Sun 0:51 p. m. No. 12—Excursion, Sundays only 9:38 p. m No. 14— Excursion, Wednesdays 0n1y..9:55 a. m. Nq, Sti— Passenger Limited, dally 9.00 p. m. K. W. GRAHAM Agent. K. M. GRAHAM, Local Agent. The Mutual Life Insurance Cos. of New York. OLDEST AMERICAN. RICHEST OF ALL. Established* February 1, RESOURCES: January 1 IW., SUO. iTS.JTI; SURPLUS, 571,4>7.813. RETURNS TO POLICYHOLDERS IN 62 YEARS: .Hs.7.VU'ij. M. M. JAYNE, Solicitor., Bay St. L juis, Mias. Women insure on the same terms as men. Write for rates and illustration, us the coupon attached: MR. M. M. JAYNE, Solicltor:- Bay St Louis, Miss. Dear Sir: You may Illustrate as follows: ORDINARY INSURANCE. $ Life Policy, pay for S Endowment Policy, pay for years. FIFTY PER CENT. GOLD BOND INSURANCE. Life Policy, Endowment Policy, payor ...years. Name Address 1......... Dat: l'J<6. eA/ V*' ll THE ECHO'S Job Printing Department Is Complete ltd Up-ts-DaS*. POWER EQUIPPED. Fourteenth Year. No. 26. PROMINENT YOUNG LAW YER SENTENCED 1 YEAR. Taken to Rankin Farm. Will Not Reveal His Name, But Is a Well- Educated Man and Well-Connected. Meridian, Miss , July 19. —Six negroes and one white man were convicted here at the last term of the Lauderdale county circuit court, and Sergeant John Dodds, of the Mississippi Penitentiary, arrived at Meridian Wednesday to convey them to the State prison. The white man is H. M. Walters, alias Wm. Page, alias H. F. Howard, and was given one year in the peniten tiary. He will reach the Rankin farm this afternoon and will be left there by Mr. Dodds, who will then convey the other prisoners to the Delta farm. Before leaving Page was interviewed and seemed rather reluctant to talk about his predicament, but said, while he was now giving his name as Page that it was not his real name; that he has never given out his real name as he was a native Mississippian and had a mother and sister for whom he had the greatest regard and therefore did not desire publicity in the matter on their account. He said that he was a lawyer by pro fession, had practiced law in the pan handle of Texas, where he procured his license. He stated that he had worked for a prominent Chicago law firm and had also served as reporter on the Chi cago Herald. Asked as to how he came to pet into his present predicament, he said he at tributed it to the excessive use of mor phine; that he had suffered much from chronic dysentery, which caused him to use the drug; that he didn’t even let his wife know that he was using it until after his arrest. He said, under the circumstances he was hardly account able —that morphine had a tendency to make people do many things that they would not think of doing otherwise, and this was what brought on his trouble, though he only used it when sick. Page refused most positively to give his wife’s maiden name, but said he was married to her in New Orleans about three years ago. He did not want her people to know where he was. Tears came into his eyes as he spoke of the unselfish devotion of his wife. He said she was a nobie woman; that she now had employment at Arundel Springs Hotel, and that Mr. and Mrs, Doncilli, who run the hotel, would care for her until his return. Page expressed hope that the Gover nor might see fit to pardon him before his time was out, and especially in time to save his franchise. He said when he was out he would return to the true lit tle woman who was his wife and en deavor to make her happy the balance of their lives. He expected to locate in New Orleans when released. Page is a really bright fellow. He is an engaging conversationalist and a man who would readily ingratiate him self into the confidence of others. He is well-educated and has refined man ners. STRAYED! MULEY COW. One Jersey Cow, answering to the name of “Lilly.” Color: Cream and white. Harked: One large ring on side, color white within enclosure of mark. Reward will be paid if re= turned to William Qaric or Conrad Sick, Bay St, Louis*