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VOLUME 4—NUMBER 161
GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FRIRDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 5, 1920
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AMERICANS AHEAD
IN USE OIL FUEL
For Ships—Today For Shipping There
Is No Doubt Oil Is Cheaper Fuel
Than Coal.
Associated Press
LONDON, M ar. 5—"Americans are
a long way ahead of us in the use of
oil for ships," said J. H. Williams, an
expert on marine engineering at a re
cent meeting of the Institute of Mar
ine Engineers. "There is hardly an
American ship coming over today that
is not burning oil," he proceeded,
"Today for shipping there is not the
slightest doubt that oil is a cheaper
fuel than coal. There are many
ports today where oil is half the price
of coal. In South America oil is dis
placing the coal very rapidly. Oil can
be obtained out East in practically
every big port. Wherever coal is
dear, oil will displace it. We are bar
barians if we used coal today. As
scientific men, we should use oil which
is coming into its own and has a tre
mendous future.
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SYNOPSIS LEFLORE BOARD OF
PROCEEDINGS.
The Leflore Board of Supervisors
adjourned Tuesday afternoon to meet
again on March 15. The following
business was transacted at this ses
sion of the Board:
Mrs. Carrie McConnico was grant
ed a re-loan of $1200 for a term of
three years at 6 per cent interest.
The Board ordered the bonds be
issued for $45,000 for the construe
tion of the Ben L. Jones Agricultural
School, after canvassing the returns j
of the recent election.
A warrant was ordered issued to
the Wilson Banking Co., for $500, up
on the interest sinking fund for pay
ment of interest coupons, maturing
April 1st on the Hospital Bonds.
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The Board ordered the application
of J. L. Haley, Jr., for two loans in
the sums of $1,250 and $1,500, be con- j
tinued.
Steel furniture for the county sup
erintendent of education's office, was
awarded to the , Lawrence Printing
Co., for $247.94.
The salary for the Chancery Clerk
and his deputies and the Circuit Clerk
and his deputies were allowed. j
A typewriter for the office of the
superintendent of education was or
dered purchased from the Underwood
Typewriter Co., for $112.50.
An election was ordered held on
March 27th for the purpose of voting
$30,000 in bonds, for the erection and
Consolidated School 1
equipment of a
in the Sidon District.
The petition of W. L. Craig, asking
the I
of
for a public road to commence on
Humphreys Highway at the farm
G. V. Flowers and run in an easterly '
the public Carroll County
direction to
H. Y. Fraiser
road, was considered,
and W. G. Poindexter were appointed i
as a committee to view' the proposed
road and report the same at the next
meeting of the Board.
The petition of W. O. Pepper for a
public road in Section 33, Township!
22, Range 2, was also considered. H.
Y. Fraiser and C. E. Wright were ap
pointed to investigate same and re
port at the next meeting. i
The Board approved the report of ;
the management of the King's Daugh
ters Hospital and extended congratu-1
lations to the management for the
splendid condition of the hospital.
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A loan w'arrant for $100,000 at 6
per cent was sold to the Greenwood j
Bank & Trust Co.
Bids were ordered received on the
first Monday in March, 1920, for 175,
000 tons gravel to be used on the
public roads. Bids will also be re
ceived on the first Monday in March
for 40,000 feet of lumber for the con- j
struction of the county bridges and 1
for four drags for use on the roads, i
The Board ordered that the sheriff
be allowed to tender the use of the j
Board of Supervisors room at the j
court house to the internal revenue
collector for a local agent from his j
department, providing that his occu- '
pancy does not interfere with the
meetings of this body.
The Board ordered that the reject
ment of the account of the election
commissioners be set aside and the
account totaling $9.00 be allowed.
Accounts Allowed.
The following accounts were al
lowed:
G'wood E L & W P., lights ....$ 87.48
R M Hight, spec, deputy.
G S Pate, C C, costs .
W S Vardaman, C C costs .... 986.00
29.50
46.00
167.50
A y C Cox, convey pris .
O J Turner, convey pris
Wilson Fur. Co. sup.
W B Dickins, service .
F. P. Pleasants .
G'wood Enterprise, print. .
C L Bonner, reward pris.
G S F«W, expenses.
A R Bew, expenses .
B. L. Young excess tax.....
W C Taylor ..
6.35
67.00
5.00
6.00
20.00
100.00
6.13
11.20
2.50
10.00
Dr. J W Dulaney, sal. Co. Phy. 75.00
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TOURISTS SEASON
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Expected By France To Have Effect
of Ameliorating Condition of French j
Exchange On America.
Associated Press
PARIS, March 5—The forthcoming!
tourists season is expected by France
to have considerable
ameliorating the unfavorable
tion of French exchange on Ameri-j
ca. Nevertheless the questions of
providing transportation and hotel ac
commodations here are causing some
misgivings and hotel keepers gener-j
ally are bewailing the limited means
of bringing visitors to France,
Dal Piaz, director of the Transat- j
lantic Company, has expressed his op- :
inion that the number of Americans
desiring to visit France in the com- j
ing season will far surpass the trans
portation facilities, but that this will j
be relieved by the putting into ser- !
vice of passenger vessels now under |
construction principally in England j
effect toward
condi
bfore the French hotels have been or
ganized to receive the expected influx
of foreign visitors.
The warning the Amercians "are
terribly exacting" as regards com
fort in hotels and as to their manage
ment is given by Victor Cambon, an ;
engineer who knows America well. He ;
says:
It is not only the rich who desire
refinement in hotels but all Ameri
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cans."
Mr. Cambon asserts that, outside of
Paris and resorts like Vichy, Nice and
Deauville, it is impossible to find five ;
good hotels in all France even if towns!
like Lyons, Marseilles, and Rouen are;
included.
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"Americans," he adds, "do not want
luxury; all they ask is perfect clean-!
liness, no greasy smells, comfort and !
hygiene. Where can you find that ;
among us ? Nowhere is there very j
much of it but everyhewere there is j
one thing, our cooking. That is cer- j
tainly much but, frankly, it is not j
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Recruiting Officer
Coming To Greenwood
Corporal Williams of the Fifth Div
>s*on, now on recruiting duty, will bej
in Greenwood for a few days about j
March 12 for a few' days. Corporal j
Williams will be glad to talk with any
one wanting information of any kind,
Special assignments are now offer
You can select your division and
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camp from the First to the Seventh
Division. Choose your branch of in
fa"try ,signal corps, engineer corps,
The
field artillery or medical corps,
enlistment is for one year for those
artillery,
selecting field
corps, three years for all others .
These offers will terminate March
or engine
15th,
See Corporal and talk
1920.
this over with him.
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degrees above zero last night when
the city was caught in the grip of an
exceedingly cold wave, which seems
f Q have been general throughout the
COU ntry. The highest temperature
recorded yesterday w'as 54 degrees
Thermometer Drops
To 22 Above Zero |
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The thermometer swooped down 22
and the drop of 32 degrees during ye^
terday-and last night was keenly felt,
The weather bureau promises rising
temperatures for tomorrow and fair
weather.
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The Yazoo City High School girls'
and boys* basket ball teams, who met
the local teams here this afternoon,
w j]i [jg entertained with a dance to
night at the high school,
0 f indianola,
on business yesterday,
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Messrs. S. D. Neill and W. R. Ear
were in Greenwood
R M Hight, salary ....
old Lad. Home Ass'n
25.00
7.50
King's Daughters Hospital 100.00
Means Johnston sal att'y
Dr. L F Barrier, sal C H 0. 100.00
W D Cooley, board, inmat. C H 45.00
G A Sperry .school sup.
Minter City Oil Wks., fuel .... 10.08
Miss. Print. Co., sta. & books 59.80
L S Rogers, supt. ed. sal.154.00
Mary Smith, janitress .
Lonzo Gill, janitor .
Clyde Isenberg, janitor .
W S Vardaman, expenses .
Hend. & Baird Hdwe. Co. sup.
Lawrence Print. Co. sup.
W S Vardaman, food pris . 123.60
2.40
166.66
29.29
9.00
65.00
35.00
112.63
20.74
43.15
Wade Hdwe. Co., sup.
Daily Commonwealth, print.
J E Kitts, labor .
L N Chandler, sup.
Dr. L F Barrier, expenses ....
Mclrtyra Drug Co., .
Undrwood Type. Co., sup.
Cumb. Tel. & Tel. Co., phones 30.05
BCetts Fil. Station, gas,
C N Tucker, arrest prisoner......l0O.OO
50.00
49.50
9.00
5.00
5.80
220.00
5.00
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HOLLAND AGAIN
MAKES REFUSAXI:
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render The Former Kaiser To
Allies For Trial.
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j Government for the second time, today
j refused to deliver the former GermartJ
i Emperor to the Allies for trial. v!
Ther note addressed to the British.*!,
Premier, however, gives promise of f
the Dutch government to take all nec-fci
essary measures to minimize the lib-1
erty of Wilhelm and to prevent him\
from endangering the world's peace.
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Associated Press
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION, j
j Notice is hereby given to the qual-'
j ified electors residing in Sidon Con- j
solidatad School District comprised of!
the following described territory to- !
wit:
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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 27* 28* 29* 30* 31 32 33 34 all in 1
Township ' 18,'Range'l East,' and— I
All of Sections 345fi7SQTn'
and that part of Sections'15, 16,'and'
17, lying within Leflore County, all in !
Township 17 Range 1 East, and_
All of «fert-in-n« 1 9 94 Q+ !
part of section "lying East of Yazoo i
River and that part of Section 11 l V - j
ing within Leflore County, all in i
Township 17 Rance 1 West and— i
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1 lying south and east of the Yazoo Riv
er, all in Township 18, Range 1, !
West.
All of the above described lands, ly- |
ing and being situated in Leflore !
County, Mississippi, that in pursuance
to an order of the Board of Supervis
ors of Leflore County, entered at the
regular March term, 1920, an electron
will be held at Sidon, in said DistrliCt,
on th 27th day of March, 1920, for 'the
purpose of voting on the proposition
of whether or not the Sidon Con» Mi
dated School District shall issue the
bonds of said District in the Sum of !
Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) onj
the serial payment plan, with six peri
cent interest thereon from the date i of i
issue, interest payable semi-annua lly,|
and the principal payable in Twe aty j
years, on said serial payment plan as i
described in the order of the Board of
Supervisors of Leflore County, Ä? Mis
sissippi, said order described as afe re
said being rendered at the regv tec**
March session of said Board and i **r
orded in Minute Book 9 page 358 toi
the minutes of said Board, to prov iüe
funds for the purpose of purchas mg
grounds, erecting and constructinj ç a
School building for white children at
Sidon in said District and for the i pur
pose of equiping the same.
The Polling place for said eleci .Üon
will be held in the building now at '«u
pied by the Sanders Drug Store., in
Sidon in said District.
Witness our signatures, this the 6Ü»
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Election Commissioner?/. \
day of March, 1920.
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Judge Douglass E. Beams, of Green
ville, candidate for Circuit Judge of
this District afc the March. 16th si»ec
ial election, was mingling with the
Greenwood voters yesterday and to
day.
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NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Open High Low Close C ose j
Prey ;
May - - 35.90;35.95|35.52 35.82j35.62
July - - j33.12j33.15|32.73 32.93132.90
30.50 30.50 30.12 30.2 ' 30.30
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New York Spots 40.90—25 up.
! NEW ORLEANS COTTON M A RK ET j
Open High Low Close C ose !
Prev j
May - - 36 20136 52 36 16!36 40136.34 ! l
j u jy . . 33 40 33 60 33 '>1 33 40j33 43 ■
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON LETTER.
(From J. F. Clark & Co.,
by Abe Silver.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., March 5— j
' The large decline in Liverpool today
of nearly 70 points in futures and
spots prices forty down, was preferen
taall y explained on the ground of ad
vance in the sterling rate which thi.L
1 QOrn * n R was Quoted to 3.65 but there
is hardl y a Q aestion that the general
policy of price adjustment to former
normals and weakened technical con
ditions owin ^ to straddle liquidatlon
331(1 otber covering, find expression in
! the reactionary action. New York
i «*■ the big advance in sterling and
j others exchange rat3S a surprise. Was
i ^called that foremost international
i banks be ^ an bu y ing London bllls in
large amounts last week. Some re
port that movement foreshadows ex
I tensive gold exports from London to
I this country but in well informed cir
I des this is doubted as latest advices
from London report tighter money
and point stronger to an early advance
th ediscount rates of the bank of
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England.
The advance in sterling rates could
be due to the limit economy announc
ed by the British government and the
discriminatory attitude of the
more
banks. The advance therefore may not
mean an increase of greater propor
tion in Liverpool import demand. The
dry goods report says cotton goods
and yarns quiet with small conces
sions made in prices.
President Wannamaker of the Am
erican Cotton association issues a
j statement urging members to ho d for
i *>0 cents at least unti t e annua con
vention of the association on April U
_will have selected a minimum price,
Our spot quotations were revised
yesterday, low Middling 75 down,
grades below 50 down, grades above
low middling unchanged. While bul
lish in respect to contract relation,
it shows that the untenderable supply
is still depreciating in value.
The weather map shows general
rams in Alabama and Atlantics but
fair th rest of the belt, no rain, freez
ing except Southern Texas and coast
sections. Indications are for generally
fair weather, continued cold but in
creasing cloudiness, warmer and prob
I abJy rain over the Western states by
Sunday. Rising temperature general
i Jy. ;
I Bullish comparison of mill takings
j 6» expected for this afternoon.
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-^GREENWOOD COTTON RECEIPTS,
.160,064
.133,197
.......110,093
.137,556;
. 586
. 1,685 j
. 29,425 j
. 46,056 ;
1918-19 receipts
1917-18 receipts .
Since Sept. 1, 1919, .
Same date last year
Week ending March 4,
Same week last year ....
Stock on hand now .
Same date last year .
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STORM TO REACH
ATLANTIC TODAY
Northern
Snows As
Far South As
Alabama, With Low Tempera
tures Is Prediction.
Associated Press
j WASHINGTON, Mar. 5—A march
! blizzard which overspreads the Mid
j die West yesterday, will reach the At
! l an ric coast tonight, the Weather Bu
■ reau predicted. The strength of the
I Blizza-rd is disseminated in part, it
1 is said. Snow as far south as North
ern and unusual
, over en ti re south, is the forecast,
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Miss Mary Shiel
Arrives Vicksburg
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erintendent of nurses at the Charity
Hospital is in the city preparatory to
taking up her duties as public health
nurse for the city.
of the Civic League m conjunction
with the Red Cross Chapter has been
contemplating for sometime, the en
gagement of a health nurse, and num
erous efforts along those lines have
been made without results until the
present time
Miss Shiel comes direct from the
Kin * s Daughters hospital at Green
wood where she has been serving as
superintendent for some time, and is
thoroughly equipped for the work in
hand, having been in the public health
department of New York City previous
to her coming to Vicksburg some
years ago.
The new nurse will sepnd a few' days
Vicksburg Post, March 2nd.
Miss Mary Shiel. for some time sup
It will be recalled that the ladies
in getting thoroughly acquainted with
local conditions, calling on the physi
cians of the city and conferring with
them in connection with her new du
ties and as soon as her equipment ar
rives w'ill be ready for duty.
Mrs. M. H. Bell, president of the
Civic League, and herself a trained
nurse of wide experience, will assist
Miss Shiel in getting acquainted with
school teachers and others w r ho
may offer her assistance and co-oper
ation and the two ladies will shortly
make a visit to all of our schools to
get er.
our
The coming of Miss Shiel will also
be expected to furnish valuable assis
tance to Dr. Myers, city and county
health officers, and she will doubtless
prove of inestimable assistance to the
Home Service section of the Red Cross
i n caring for those who are ill or in
need of assistance in health matters.
Of Miss Shiel's ability, but little
nee d be said, for she made a splendid
record while serving with Dr. B. B.
Martin at the hospital some years ago
Popular with our citizens and thor
oughly capable ,there is every reason
to expect very pleasing results from
her administration. For the present
s he will make her home with the
Brooke family on south Cherry street,
; and may feel sure of a hearty welcome
from evenyone in the community.
Mr Elihue Shute, one of the mem -1
Mr ' , » , , , I
hers 0 f the fire department,
j ure d Wednesday night, when the de
partment answered a call in Baptist
town. In some manner he was struck;
hy one of the trucks as it was start-;
fn g] his foot was hurt. His shoe was
j torn completely off. He was able to
j hg out yesterday and the injury is not
; thought to be a serious one.
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ANSWERED NOTE
Reply To French and British On Ad
riatic Question Was Cabled
Last Night.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON,
ent Wilson's rejoinder to the last note
of the French and British premiers on
the Adriatic question, was placed on
the cables last night. The State De
partment declined to make public the
March 5— Présid
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NOTE DELIVERED TODAY.
LONDON, Mar. 5—President Wil
son's note in reply to the latest com- ,
munication from the Allied premiers
on th Adriatic question, reached the
American Embassy today,
delivered to Earl Cruzon, foreign sec
It was j
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Decide To Abandon
Siberian Expedition
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HONOLULU, March 5
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with the American policy, according i
to a Tokio dispatch to Shimpo, a Ja
panese language newspaper.
The first detachment of Japanese
in
troops will leave Vladavostock on
March 20th, simultaneously with the
departure of the last Czecho-Slovak !
troops, the message stated. The Sov
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iet Government's peace offer to Japan,
according to the cablegram, asks the
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recognition of Lenine's Defacto Gov
ernment and the resumption
diplomatic relations. A promise to end ;
simultaneously with the Al- :
of full
terrorism,
lied acceptance of the offer and to
recognize Japan's rights in Siberia.
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MAY SELL WEST
INDIES TOU.S.
May Be Done As Means of Balancing
Great Britain's Debt
To America .
federal grand jury has presented to ;
Judge Hamilton a resolution asking;
that the use of the Red flag as an
emblem in public should be absolutely j
prohibited on this island. The jury
requested that the authorities take,
steps to prevent the carrying of the j
flag in possessions or its display in
It declared that the I
Associated Press
LONDON, Mar. 5—It is expected
the proposal to sell the British West
Indies to the United States as a,
means of helping balance the war debt
of Great Britain, will be discussed in !
the House of Commons by Premier
Lloyd George, probably Monday.
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Use Of The Red Flag
Prohibited As Emblem
Associated Press
Mar. 5—The
SAN JUAN, P. R.,
public places.
Red Flag w r as "universally recognized
as the emblem of anarchy always em
ployed to incite disorders' and that
it w'as being freely used here.
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NORTHAMPTON, Eng., March 5—
Labor has selected Miss Margaret
Bondfield to oppose Charles A. Me-;
ç urt j y> liberal member of Parliament
£ rom Northampton and Parliamentary
secre tary to the Ministry of Food, in
th next e i ect i on .
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mogt capa bi e
moV ement.
and ^ as helped to organize the Wom
an , g Ço-operative movement,
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TEMPERATURE—Highest, 54 de
grees; lowest; 22 degrees; précipita
tion 0.0; river gauge 25.1; fall in 24
hours 0.5.
j Miss Annie Long Stephen
to Local Observer.
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Miss Maggie," as she is generally
reported to be one of the
in the Labor
women
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! cold Friday; Saturday fair and some
what warmer.
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MARSHALL IS ON
TRIAL FOR MURDER
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Taken To Aberdeen To Face Charges
Of Killing Four Members Of the
Miller Family.
Associated Press
ABERDEEN. MISS..
Charles Marshall, charged
murder of Miller, a farmer, and three
members of the Milk
farm house near Amory on January
loth last, was brought here this morn
ing under a guard of state troops for
trial. Marshall has been
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the
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held
Jackson for safe keeping since his
rest.
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About 20 witnesi
moned by the defense
of venue, which is expected to be tak
en up immediately after Marshall's
arraignment today.
FATHER AND BROTHER 1N
;es have been sum
to testify in
support of their motion for a change
DICTED.
ABERDEEN,
Miss., March 5—J.
E. Marshall, father, and Lelix Mar
shall, a brother of Charles Marshall.
were arraigned today with the latter.
charged jointly with
and asault to kill in connection with
murder,
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the murder of Robert Miller and the
members of the Miller
family, who were killed and their bod
ies burned in a fire which destroyed
the Miller home near Amory, on the
night of January 15th last.
The fact that indictments had been
returned in addition to that of Charl
°f*>er three
es Marshall was not generally known
until the three men were called for
arraignment.
Troops stood guard about the court
The
hearing
change
house during today's proceedings
of a defense motion for
of venue ,is expected to oc
cupy practically all of the day.
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PUT PROPOSALS
BEFORE WILSON
Dmocratic Senators Hope For Solu
tion Which Will Prevent Anoth
er Deadlock.
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The De
mocratic Senators today sought to lay
before Pesident Wilson the latest pro
posals discussed as a possible c<»m
for Article Ten of the peace
that
promise
! treaty in the hope
might be found to save
from another deadlock,
reconsideration of the Republican Re
servations proceeded in the Senate.
a solution
the
treaty
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Census Report Shows That Population
Is Much Larger Than In 1910
When Enumeration Was made
Associated Press
WASHINGTON. Mar. 5—Popula
tion announcements of 1920 issued by
the Census Bureau today, included
Lexington, Ky., 41,536 an increase of
6,435 over 1910.
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To Defeat Hight
Cost of Dying
BLACKBURN
Eng., March 5—
Steps have been taken by local car
riage proprietors to defeat the "high
I cost of dying." In addition to con
' lucting interments, the carriagemen
have combined to supply coffins.
Charges by undertakers, they claim,
:.re about 100 per cent too high.
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PLANS OPENING
OF NEGOTIATIONS
; Working Conditions Of Railway Em
ployees Will Be Discussed Early
Next Week.
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WASHINGTON, March 5
Prelim
inary arrangements are being made
by representatives of the railroad em
ployees and executives for the open
ing of negotiations
working conditions .here early next
week. The railroad executives are ex
pected to select their representatives
on th conference committee at a meet
ing in New York today. The employ
ees have already chosen their repre
sentation.
wages and
on