By SUE WATSONStaff Writer

The first Social JusticeWeekend, coinciding with theIda B. Wells Barnett BirthdayCelebration, focused entirelyon the world renown activist’scontributions to the CivilRights and Human Rightsmovements.Hilda Williams, assistant

professor of English at RustCollege, provided a sweepingsummary of part of Wells’ au-tobiography, “Crusade forJustice.”Social Justice Weekend’s

main objective was to coverthe primary contributions ofIda B. Wells, who worked forequal opportunity, Williamssaid. Wells’ main contributions

were in launching an interna-tional anti-lynching campaignto encourage people to resistJim Crow laws, she said. Wells’ fight against lynch-

ing was a result of three closefriends in Memphis, Tenn.,being lynched. She alsoworked on behalf of women’s

suffrage, she said. “She spoke to the British

Parliament about lynching inAmerica,” Williams said.“There was no trial; it wasmob rule.”Famed civil rights worker

Frederick Douglass, who was40 years older than Wells, en-couraged Wells to go to theUnited Kingdom. He wasWells’ mentor. And Douglasshad contacts in England.Born in Holly Springs July

1862, Wells attended ShawUniversity, today known asRust College, established in1866, with her mother Eliza-beth Wells. The college pro-vided an elementaryeducation or basic educationin reading and writing for allages, including older adults.Her father, James “Jim”

Wells, grew up in TippahCounty and was sent by hismaster, the owner of a planta-tion, to apprentice as a carpen-ter at age 18. He became amaster carpenter and wouldtake his trade back to the

By SUE WATSONStaff Writer

A Marshall County reporton housing development re-leased May 7 was presented toa group of stakeholders at theMarshall County Industrial De-velopment Authority June 28.Thirty-three people from

the business community,elected officials and the gen-eral public attended the reviewof the report, presented byGary Anderson, housing taskforce chair.The board of supervisors

called the meeting to gathermore input from the commu-nity on how to stimulate stan-dard home construction inorder to broaden the county’s

By SUE WATSONStaff Writer

A 41-year-old man was hos-pitalized shortly after 7:30 p.m.Saturday following a call to the440 block of Fields Road northof Byhalia, according to sheriffKenny Dickerson.A call came into 911 report-

ing the victim was unrespon-sive and severely injured in thehead, as he lay face down inthe roadway, he said. Officersresponding to the scene saw alarge wound in the head areaand lots of blood, according toDicker son. The victim was un-conscious.Deputies investigating the

incident identified and ar-rested a suspect, while the vic-tim was first transported toMethodist Olive Branch thenflown to the Regional OneMedical Center in Memphis,Tenn. Officers arrested a suspect

following a brief investigationby officers. The suspect, Ken-neth Lee Horn, 48, of the 500block of Fields Road, was

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NEWS BRIEFSBlues Alley Music Seriesnext three Thursdays

The Blues Alley MusicSeries, a project of the HollySprings Main Street Cham-ber, will be held on Thurs-day nights – July 19 and 26and August 2. Scheduled to perform

July 19 is Lightnin’ Malcolm,July 26, Young PettyThieves; August 2, OpenMike (must register first).

Byhalia luncheon set forJuly 26 at NorthcentralThe Byhalia Area Cham-

ber Main Street Mem -bership Luncheon will beheld Thursday, July 26. Doors will open at 11

a.m. for networking and vis-iting member business dis-plays. A catfish lunch,catered by Sheriff KennyDickerson’s team, will follow.The program is from 12 p.m.to 1 p.m.Northcentral Electric

Power Association is theluncheon partner and ishosting at its facility locatedat 4600 Northcentral Way,Olive Branch. Keynotespeaker will be Kevin Dod-dridge, general managerand CEO of Northcentral.The luncheon fee with

reservations is BACMSmember, $15; prospectivemember, $20; and without areservation, $25. Memberbusiness displays are $50and include one lunch (mustbe set up by 10:45 a.m.).Reservations or cancel-

lations must be made byMonday, July 23, at noon.For reservations for theluncheon or a displayspace, contact BACMS at662-838-8127 or send textto 662-291-0505.

Sunday storm causesNorthcentral outagesThere were a number of

outages in the NorthcentralElectric Power Associationservice area Sundayevening during heavy thun-derstorms. Michael Bellipanni, direc-

tor of marketing and busi-ness development atNorthcentral, said Northcen-tral lost six circuits Sundayaround 8:15 p.m. due to theunusually heavy lightning. “This basically took out

half of two of our substa-tions, cutting power toroughly 4,600 members,” hesaid. “One of the substa-tions affected was NorthMarshall, which feeds theChickasaw Trail IndustrialPark.“Crews and substation

personnel were dispatched,and both stations were re-stored just before 10 p.m.Our folks worked into thenight on outages affecting aremaining 200 members,three of which were causedby failed overhead trans-formers. All members wererestored just before 3 a.m.”

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Suspectarrestedafterbeating

County gets input on housing report

Photo by Sue WatsonElected officials, business people and other interested citizens participate in the review of the housing committee’s report.

Photo by Sue Watson

SandblastingTim Hunt sandblasts old paint off the awnings in downtown Holly Springs. Hammer Time Construction (Tim Hunt and Ben Moorman,owners) has the contract as the awnings get a facelift.

Activities focus on contributions ofIda B. Wells Barnett

Photo by Sue WatsonHilda Williams displays Ida B. Wells’ autobiography, “Crusade for Justice.”