taxi driver, In connection with the
killing of a negro Saturday night of
fair week. The defendant claimed he
wbi too drunk to know what he was
doing and therefore incapable of
forming an Intent to kill when the
fata! shot wan fired. The case went
to the Jury Saturday atfernoon and
the Jury, about 8 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon, returned a verdict of man
slaughter In the first degree with
punishment fixed at one year. and a
day in ths penitentiary.
Another caae of interest was one
in which Will Robinson, negro, was
charged with having killed another
negro in a saloon here 20 years ago.
Since then the defendant has been
a fugitive and was located and ar
rested In Memphis about three months
ago. All of the state's witnesses in
the meantime had died except one.
A verdict of manslaughter in second
degree was returned by the Jury and
12 months hard labor for the county
was fixed as punishment.
COURT CONVENES WEDNESDAY
The olrouit court will reconvene
Wednesday morning for' the third
w ’ .f the term for the trial of
criminal cases.
WOULD AID FARMER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Senator
Harris, democrat, Georgia, asked
President Coolldge today to use his
Influence to obtain legislation to put
on the tariff free list white arsenic,
the chief ingredient of calcium ar
renic. which is extensively used as
a poison to combat the boll weevil.
Chronic coughs and persistent colds
lead to serious lung trouble. You can
atop them now with Creomulsion, an
emulsified creosote that is pleasant
to take. Creomulsion is a new med
ical discovery with twofold action;
It soo.thes and heals the Inflamed
membranes and kills the germ.
