Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1905 — From Far and Near. [ARTICLE]

From Far and Near.

Near Sumner, Miss., Smith Murphy, one of the richest planters in the Mississippi delta, was killed by Jerry Robinson, also n wealthy planter. The murder, it is said, is the result of an old tend. According to the report of J. G. Cotchett, secretary of the bureau which managed nil conventirtlis mid congresses ut the world’s fair, 220,000 persons attended the 345 national mid international gatherings held in St. Louis as a result of the exposition.