Abe Yates, aged 35 years, a prominent young man in Seminary, died Saturday night after several months of illness.

One of the oldest citizens in South Mississippi, J. Stephen McManus, aged 82 years, died Friday at his home in Monroe, Franklin county.

J. W. Tolar, a farmer in Marion county, has grown a new variety of grass originated in Georgia and has been classified by the federal department of agriculture as West Indian brown grass. It is claimed for the new grass that it makes excellent stock feed, even better than oats, and that the seed is so good for chickens as German millet.

R. A. Simmons, a thrifty young Jasper county farmer living not far from Montrose, has two acres in corn from which he expects to gather 200 bushels.

Boch Sanders was convicted of murder in the first degree Saturday, in the circuit court at Meridian and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sanders killed a negro named Gene Davis.

Ike Arledge of Bay Springs was pulling a calf with a rope, when it broke and he fell against a wire fence and was cut in over thirty places.

Warden Neyland of the state penitentiary says that the wheat crop harvested this year on the Parchman state convict farm averaged 27 bushels per acre, and was of fine quailty. The total yield will be about 1,500 bushels.

John Neal, a Hinde county farmer living near Clinton, claims to have discovered a remedy for the boll weevil, but so far he has absolutely refused to divulge the secret to any one. Efforts havn't been made to organize a stock company to manufacture the stuff, but Mr. Neal stubbornly declines to take stock. If Farmer Neal has a good thing, the United States government will give him $50,000 for the secret.

Mrs. C. F. Hull, woman physician at the State Insane Asylum, has tendered her resignation.

G. W. Loftin is a farmer of Jones County, who lives six miles west from Laurel. During the electrical storm on Friday,September 9, he was struck by lightning and will not soon forget his experience.

About midnight Saturday, the residence of Edward Grayson on Tenth avenue, Meridian, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Grayson was at his barber shop at the hour the alarm was turned in and no one was in the house, his family being in the country on a visit Loss about $3,500.

The Woman's Home Mission Society met in regular session on Monday afternoon, September 12, at the home of Mrs. J. C. Clark.

Miss Bettie Sue Chambliss has returned from her visit to New York.

Miss Katherine Perkins is visiting with friends in Hattiesburg.

Miss Velam Newman of Meridian is tbe guest of Misa Eunice Stratton.

Mrs. P. H. Sanders returned Friday from her summer outing spent at Monteagle, Tenn.

Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Gardiner and Mrs. G. E. Beers are in New York.

Mrs. Emmett Spann of Turnerville, Miss., is the guest of Mrs. E. J. McCormick.

Miss Nora Duffieh of Mobile is the guest of Miss Ivy J. Davis. Before returning to her home, Miss Duffie will visit in Starkville.

Mr.and Mrs.Lincoln Hayes are happy over the arrival of a pretty baby girl at their home this week.

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rogers are at home again, after several months absence visiting in the West.

Mrs. J. H. Abney and children of Pachuta are in the city the guests of her mother, Mrs. M. A. Carter.

Mrs. G. A. Thomas' mother, while walking, one day this week, fell over a slight embankment, breaking her collar bone.

Miss Junie C. Whitaker of Meridian was with Laurel relatives this week.

Mrs. R. C. Rather and daughter returned Monday from a visit to Jackson.

Mrs. J. P. Thornton and daughter, Mary Evelyn, were recent visitors to Meridian.

Misses Claric and Elizabeth Chase have returned from a visit to Columbia, S. C.

Mrs. G. B. Landrum has Mrs. W. J. Dyess and daughters, Dorothy and Marguerite, of Meridian as guests.

After a prolonged visit to Chicago, Mrs. Will Warrick and daughter, Margaret, are at home in Laurel.

Mrs. Robert Tatham and children arrived home Sunday, after spending the summer with relatives at White Lake, Mich.

Miss Alice Halsell graciously entertained the "42" Club, Saturday afternoon. The prize winners were Misses Ruby Mulloy and Robin Van Hofe. Mrs. F. G. Robertson left Thursday evening for Wesson, where she will visit before returning to her home, Water Valley.

Mr. L. M. Varlie has taken over the New Laurel Hotel and will in the future have full control and management, a fact which will be pleasing to the traveling public and all former patrons of the well-known hotel.

Misses Adeline and Lucile Deavours entertained a number of young friends at their home. Friday evening.

Mrs. E. C. Couger, who had been the guest of Mrs. V. C. Langiey for the past week, returned yesterday to her home in New Orleans.

Mrs. C. J. Carr of Slidell, La., is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Norah Carr.

After several weeks spent at Battle Creek, Michigan, Mr. B. F. Ferrill returned home Saturday. Mr. Ferrill on Tuesday of this week went to New Orleans for treatment in one of the noted infirmaries of that city.

Mr. Tom N. Clark returned Friday from an extensive trip through the states of the Great Northwest, including Oregon and Washington, and says he saw no place which looked so good to him as dear old Laurel.

PETITION FOR PARDON. State of Mississippi, Jones County. Laurel, Miss., Sept. 22, 1910. To His Excellency E. F. Noel, Governor of the State of Mississippi: The undersigned citizens of Jones county, Mississippi, respectfully petition your excellency to grant a pardon to, Barney Ford, colored, who was convicted of arson at the November term of the Circuit Court of said county, and sentenced to the State Penitentiary for a term of five years, and assign the followig reasons why a pardon should be granted him: 1.The testimony adduced by the State to prove his guilt is of a doubtful character. 2. The reputation of the State's witnesses, or at least some of them, for truth and veracity is bad; and this fact coupled with the fact that all said witnesses, at the time of the trial, were mad with the defendant, throws much doubt and suspicion around their testimony. 3. Because we do not believe, knowing the facts and circumstance of this case as we do, that Barney Ford is guilty of the crime for which he was convicted. And for other reasons, Respectfulley submitted Barney Ford.