Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Paris of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UHUSUAL I Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Damage Suit Filed. Danville, 111., April 13.—As a result of the recent stock selling activities of M. O. Lee, of Hoopeston, and M. W. Cozart, both men being promotors of the Tishimingo Tie and Stone Company, the former has been made defendant in a damage suit for $2,500, brought by J. A. Clarke, a business man of Hoopeston, who alleges that he lost money in the concern through illegitimate deposits of real estate mortgages. As soon as Cozart was convicted in the federal court at Aberdeen, Miss., the suit was filed.