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BY ZACK STEEN One person is in custody following a Friday night deadly shooting in Alcorn County. Sheriﬀ Ben Caldwell said Gynell Windham, a 77-yearold white female from Prentiss County, was killed in the shooting which happened around 7 p.m. The incident occurred in the

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Russell and Julia Smith helped change downtown Corinth’s dining landscape when they opened smith. four years ago.

City center is place to be for quality cuisine

President Clayton Stanley. “People who live and work downtown need places to eat for convenience. Restaurants have also helped turn downtown into a destination for people who live and visit here.” More than 17 dining establishments now call the heart of the city home, including restaurants, bars, coﬀee shops and a bakery, and there’s a few restaurant owners serving

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patrons inside historic renovated buildings. Russell Smith grew up in the Corinth restaurant business and learned how to cook in the kitchens of Russell’s Beef House and Cross City Grill, both restaurants owned by Smith’s family. It was the young Smith and his wife Julia though who helped change downtown’s dining landscape when they opened smith. four years ago. “We wanted to do something different in Corinth, and we wanted to do it downtown. We wanted to offer a different type of dining ... fine dining done casually to be exact,” said Smith. “We looked at every piece of property that came on the market ... and finally we found the perfect spot and, man, if these walls could talk.” It was December 1874 when Please see DOWNTOWN | 5A

middle of MS Highway 356 near Hopewell Baptist Church less than one mille from the Rienzi town limits. “When law enforcement arrived on the scene, they were able to take a person into custody,” said Caldwell. “No charges have been filed as the investigation continues.” Caldwell said the shooting victim died on the scene.

Fatal wreck remains under investigation BY ZACK STEEN

(Editor’s note: Downtown Corinth — Where Old Meets New is a multi-part series on the revitalization of downtown Corinth. Stories will appear each Sunday through mid-June exclusively in the Daily Corinthian print edition.) s downtown Corinth revitalization booms, local cuisine options near the city center continue to grow. Finding a place to grab lunch downtown has never been an issue dating back to the beginning of Cross City in the 1850s. But only in the last 15 years, has downtown Corinth’s dining selection grown to include some of the city’s best choices. “I think one of the most important elements of a successful and thriving downtown are restaurants,” said The Alliance

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A Iuka woman was killed Friday in a three vehicle wreck near a busy Corinth intersection. Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones said Christy Taylor, 49, of Iuka, suffered fatal injuries during the 5 p.m. wreck at U.S. Highway 72 and Cass Street. Officials took several eyewitness reports at the scene. Corinth Police Sgt. Chad Harville said the three vehicle wreck happened when a black Chevrolet Avalanche truck driven by Jerry Spencer, 61 of Corinth, sideswiped a Dodge Challenger driven by Lamar McCory, 26, of Corinth, in the east bound lane of U.S. 72 near Cass Street. The impact knocked the Avalanche into west bound traffic colliding head-on with a Chrysler Sebring convertible driven by John Taylor, 54, of Iuka. Christy Taylor, who was pronounced dead on the scene, was a passenger in the convertible. Harville said according eyewitness reports, speed was a factor in the wreck. He said reports indicated that prior to

the accident Spencer was traveling at a high rate of speed and changed lanes to avoid a vehicle exiting the parking lot of Popeyes restaurant. John Taylor was transported from the scene in critical condition via Air Evac to North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupleo. Spencer and a 14-year-old passenger in the truck were both taken by Magnolia EMS to Magnolia Regional Health Center. McCory was not injured. The accident shutdown U.S. 72 in both directions. Harville said traﬃc was diverted via side streets for more than one hour. Hundreds of people gathered in the five fast food restaurants parking lots surrounding the intersection to watch the horrific scene unfold. In addition to Corinth Police, Corinth first responders, Magnolia EMS, Corinth Fire Department and Alcorn County Coroner Jay Jones responded. “An investigation and accident reconstruction should be completed next week by the Mississippi Highway Patrol,” added Harville.

Living Free Ministries continues to change lives BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth story in a multi-part series spotlighting Living Free Ministries’ Addiction Recovery Month.) Thirteen years ago this week, Living Free Ministries was born. Founder Tommy Wilson was searching for a new way to help his addict brother find a way out. Tommy knew first hand the struggles that his little brother was facing because he experienced the same dark fate just six years earlier. “I was going everywhere. I was

going to diﬀerent churches and programs. I was dying inside with the need to find something to help him,” said Tommy. “Then I visited Teen Challenge Drug Rehab in Savannah, Tenn., and I found my answer. I continued to go for three months, and soon God used me to doing something similar in Corinth.” Tommy’s wife, Marea, wanted no part of it. “I was scared,” she said. “I was scared that getting Tommy back into that type of environment might lead him back. It was really the fear of the unknown.”

The ministry’s first meetings saw less than 10 people attend in search of help from drug and alcohol related demons. “We really didn’t have a clue what we were doing. We just knew that Christ could change people’s lives,” said Tommy. Marea said at some point she feel in love with Living Free and the group’s dedication to help people with life controlling issues. “I wanted to support Tommy, so I was going to every meeting in the beginning even though I

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The show included tours of the historic Verandah-Curlee House. Staff photos by Zack Steen

Retired teacher and museum educator Doug Fleury was at the ninth annual Corinth Home & Garden Show on Saturday.

‘Butterfly guy’ highlights home and garden show BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com

The “butterfly guy” fluttered into Corinth on Saturday. Retired teacher and museum educator Doug Fleury was at the ninth annual Corinth Home and Garden Show showing oﬀ a collection of butterflies and plants butterflies love. “I was able to bring a local resident monarch butterfly to the show,” said Fleury before presenting a talk on the biological and environmental needs of butterflies and their caterpillar. “She is beautiful and a resident of Rienzi.” Fleury entertained a group of about 50 locals on the grounds of the

“I was able to bring a local resident monarch butterfly to the show.” Doug Fleury historic Verandah-Curlee House. He showed some how to replicate environmental conditions that should attract butterflies. He also shared several native and nursery plants that are attractive to the flying insects through their nectar and foliage. A native of Massachusetts, Fleury has ties to the Corinth area. In 1978,

he worked with Margaret Green Rogers to develop a regional museum centered in Corinth and was involved in establishing tourism promotion eﬀorts. He is currently working with Prentiss County residents to promote tourism through development of the Browning Fossil Park at Frankstown. The annual show to benefit restoration of the Verandah-Curlee House included two days of home tours, a tea party, a “passalong” plant sale and gardening presentations. The gardens at the Randy and Tammi Frazier’s home at the corner of Taylor and East Fourth Street was also open for tours.

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Today in History Today is Sunday, May 21, the 141st day of 2017. There are 224 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 331/2 hours.

On this date In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River. In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. In 1892, the opera “Pagliacci,” by Ruggero Leoncavallo, premiered in Milan, Italy. In 1917, the Great Atlanta Fire broke out, burning 300 acres, destroying nearly 2,000 buildings and displacing some 10,000 residents. Actor Raymond Burr (“Perry Mason”) was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. In 1924, in a case that drew much notoriety, 14-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a “thrill killing” carried out by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb (Bobby’s cousin). In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland. In 1941, a German Uboat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship’s passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats. In 1945, actors Humphrey Bogart, 45, and Lauren Bacall, 20, were married at Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio (it was his fourth marriage, her first, and would last until Bogart’s death in 1957). In 1955, Chuck Berry recorded his first single, “Maybellene,” for Chess Records in Chicago. In 1972, Michelangelo’s Pieta, on display at the Vatican, was damaged by a hammer-wielding man who shouted he was Jesus Christ. In 1982, during the Falklands War, British amphibious forces landed on the beach at San Carlos Bay.

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Pickwick drowning victim identified The victim of a Friday afternoon drowning at Pickwick has been identified as an 18-year-old Memphis man. Hardin County Fire Chief

Melvin Martin said LaDarrian Holmes, 18, of Memphis drowned Friday afternoon while swimming. Martin said Friday Holmes and

friends were swimming in water 10-15 feet deep outside the barriers in the water signaling deeper depths around “The Circle”. The fire chief said Holmes’

body was recovered not long after the drowning was reported just before 2 p.m. Friday. This is the third drowning of the year at Pickwick.

BHS senior earns college degree before diploma BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

Abby Pitts is getting good at graduating. When Pitts walked across the stage to receive her diploma at Booneville High School, she did it with a college degree already in hand. The BHS valedictorian graduated first from Northeast Mississippi Community College, earning her associate’s degree before she received her high school diploma. Her accomplishments come through a dual enrollment program that oﬀers students at Booneville the opportunity to earn college credit at Northeast while in high school. Pitts is the first Blue Devil to actually complete a college degree while still in high school. For the dedicated scholar the journey has been worth it. Pitts is headed to the University of Mississippi this fall to begin studies in pre-med and prepharmacy with the lofty goal of obtaining degrees in both pharmacy and medicine. She has 16 years of school and residency in her future to make it to her dream of becoming a surgical oncologist and helping those with cancer. While the road ahead is long, Pitts is ready for it. “It will all be worth it in the end,” she said. As the daughter and granddaughter of breast cancer survivors, Pitts has been heav-

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Abby Pitts looks over graduation attire for Booneville High School and Northeast Mississippi Community College. The BHS valedictorian graduated from high school last weekafter already graduating with an associates degree from NEMCC. ily involved in Relay for Life for many years and her personal experiences both in her family

and meeting others touched by cancer inspired a passion for battling the disease.

She was 13 when she decided what she wanted to do with her life. “I realized that was what I wanted to do. I wanted to make a diﬀerence,” she said. Pitts started taking dual enrollment classes as a sophomore and by the spring semester of her junior year she saw it would be possible to earn her degree. Her classmates have been supportive but surprised by her achievement and the attention it has brought. “I think they didn’t really expect it to be as big as it was. I don’t think they really expected me to go to the point that I did,” she said. The student said she couldn’t have done it without the support of her family and of the teachers at both schools who have helped accommodate her challenging schedule and encouraged and supported her along the way. Not only a gifted student, Pitts is also an athlete and believer in community service. Among her numerous accomplishments are earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest individual achievement in scouting, and the Lindy Callahan Award given to the state’s top scholar athletes. Pitts is excited about the future and knows her early start on her college career will let her start a step ahead as she enters a long course of study to pursue her dreams. “It just helps a lot,” she said.

Elks Lodge presents scholarship Elks Lodge 2573 presented the Kenny Wayne Coleman scholarship for $1,000 to Madelyn Grace Essary. Essary is graduating from Corinth High School and attending Northeast Mississippi Community College in the fall. Presenting the scholarship are (from left) Bob Lipford-Trustee, Essary, Rusty StephensExaulted Ruler, and Tommy Fooshee-Trustee.

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Legislature must fund road repairs Republicans in the Mississippi Legislature are so determined to avoid raising taxes for highway maintenance that they’re willing to give up some of their cherished authority. The easy and obvious solution to the highway funding problem — brought on by higher construction costs and declining revenue due to more fuel-efficient vehicles — is to raise the state gasoline tax. Mississippi has taxed fuel sales at 18.4 cents per gallon for the past 30 years, and the money the tax brings in today isn’t keeping up with the state’s highway needs. Of course, nobody likes higher taxes. But leaving things as they are will lead to a slowly deteriorating highway network, one which the state invested billions to build. As groups such as the Mississippi Economic Council have noted, this would harm the state economy — which can hardly be the goal of legislative leaders. It may be that Republicans in the Legislature have signed one of those documents in which they promise never to vote for a tax increase. Perhaps that’s why House Speaker Philip Gunn and other lawmakers released a list of proposals last week to pay for improved highways and bridges that includes everything but a higher fuel tax. The most comical idea is to allow cities and counties to hold referendums to see which voters would raise fuel taxes in their areas. Municipal officials are among those rolling their eyes at that one. For several years a number of cities have asked Republican lawmakers for permission to increase the sales tax in their town to pay for specific projects, such as street paving. The cities have been willing to hold a referendum to get voter approval, but the anti-tax legislative majority is relentlessly opposed. The only local-option taxes it has been willing to consider are those on hotels and restaurants to fund tourism-promotion efforts. Fair enough. But now they want to let each city or county vote on fuel taxes? This is so ridiculous that it seems like an idea intentionally set up to fail. Why would any set of voters in one city or county approve a fuel tax increase when they know very well that voters a few miles away might reject it? Where’s the fairness in that? There are all sorts of highway funding ideas. Gov. Phil Bryant thinks a state lottery might help, even though it will prey on those who can least afford to gamble away their money. The House wanted to put revenue from online sales taxes into highways, but Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves killed the plan during this year’s legislative session. The House also wants the state to borrow $50 million to help cities and counties with bridge replacement costs. This is too much bending and twisting. If lawmakers continue like that, they’ll wind up looking like Gumby toys. Over the past 30 years, Mississippi spent a lot of money to build an excellent system of roads — a system, it should be noted, that extends to every single county in the state. This investment has maintenance costs, and the people of the state ought to share the expense fairly. At the same time, the Legislature ought to do its job and make a tax decision instead of pawning it off on the public. The Greenwood Commonwealth

It’s time to embrace the robots We have seen the enemy, and it is the robot. A wave of fear over automation is driving dire predictions about robots rendering swaths of Americans unemployable and has created a vogue for outlandishly stupid policy proposals. A popular idea in Silicon Valley is for a so-called universal basic income — the government would write everyone a monthly check — to cushion the unemployment eﬀect of automation (never mind that such a policy would itself have an unemployment eﬀect). Bill Gates wants to tax robots, which makes about as much sense as taxing personal computers back in 1991. The rising tide of hysteria about our technological future has to count as one of the most pernicious features of the current intellectual climate. The only way to raise our standard of living is to increase productivity, which is impossible without innovation. This process always destroys some jobs but, by raising wages and cutting prices, makes it possible for new jobs to spring up in their place. This, in a nutshell, is the story of the American economy, as Robert Atkinson

Mississippi was already widely considered as the worst state for mental health availability and support for its residents. Now, it’s likely to get worse due to substantial cuts in the Mississippi Department of Mental Health due to state budget woes. Already, Mississippi is facing a lawsuit filed last year by the U.S. Justice Department alleging the state relies too much on psychiatric hospitals and other institutions, as opposed to community care. Under federal law and court decisions, states are supposed to help people live at home and not in institutions. The state budget cuts start at the top, and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health plans to eliminate 650 positions, some through layoﬀs, over the next year because of state budget cuts that begin July 1. Two local agencies directly impacted include Communicare and the North Mississippi Regional Center in Oxford. Communicare has been at level funding in recent years despite Oxford being one of the fastest growth cities in the South. NMRC will be eliminating evaluations and therapeutic services to infants and children under 3 years old due to the budget cuts. It’s troubling that as our community grows, increasing the need for mental health services, our resources are either frozen or dwindling. For the future, we will need to find solutions. The Oxford Eagle

it taketh away. Atkinson and Wu note that occupations associated with railroads — engineers, conductors, etc. — increased 600 percent in the 1850s. They kept growing until the 1920s, when the advent of cars and trucks began to erode the railroad market; the trajectory in railway jobs has been downward ever since. The number of telephone operators and data-entry clerks has declined by about 50 percent since 2000, although we don’t lack for communication or ready information. This sort of occupational churn is inevitable when an economy is becoming more productive, and indeed, the average American worker — equipped with once-unimaginable technological tools — now produces in an hour what his predecessor 100 years ago produced in a day. The key finding in the Atkinson and Wu study is that, despite the alarm about automation, the American labor market in recent decades has had its lowest rate of occupational churn since 1850. Instead of being overrun by robots, the American economy is

lagging in terms of a technological change. Tellingly, productivity growth has increased at just a 1.2 percent annual rate from 2008 to 2015, a sharp drop from the 2.8 percent annual rate from 1947 to 1973. Atkinson and Wu believe that another wave of technology is coming, but perhaps not for decades. “Rather than too much innovation or productivity,” Atkinson and Wu write, “the biggest risk is that economies will not be able to raise productivity fast enough to adequately raise per-capita incomes, especially in an era where nations face growing elderly populations.” We can argue about the best ways to train higherskilled workers or to cushion the blow to workers of economic change, but technophobia is a formula for stagnation. If we survived the advent of cars, the telephone and electric lighting -- truly revolutionary changes around the turn of the 20th century -- surely we can endure whatever transformative innovations that will, once again, make our economy and workers more productive than ever. Don’t fear the robot.

Reach for hope in the darkness BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Columnist

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and John Wu describe in a new study for the Information Technology & Innovation Rich Foundation. Lowry It’s not a tale of stasis but National of gales of Review technological change constantly making the economic landscape anew. It’s hard to see, as examples of past occupational shifts cited by Atkinson and Wu make clear, how anyone would want it any other way. Do we really want to recover the tens of thousands of pinsetter jobs that used to be filled by boys and young men at bowling alleys prior to the adoption of the automatic pinsetting machine in the 1940s? Or return to 1950, when there were more than 100,000 elevator operators, an occupation that essentially disappeared after the widespread adoption of self-service elevators? Or rekindle the glory days of motion-picture projectionists, who numbered more than 30,000 in 1940 and now, in the age of multiplexes, fewer than 5,000? What technology giveth,

The only way to get out of the darkness is to follow the light. Sometimes it’s just a very faint light. Often you have to be in the darkness long enough to refocus your eyes so that you can look for a glimmer of light to follow out of the darkness. Darkness is never enjoyable. Often it’s a long valley that seems hopeless and inescapable. There are diﬀerent forms of darkness such as poverty, failing health, family diﬃculties, work dissatisfaction, discord in your relationships, failures of all kinds and the list goes on. You may have been there or you may be there now. You may not see any way out and may have given up to just try to survive the darkness of your life and existence. The worst feeling of all is the feeling of hopelessness. Hopelessness is when we see no way out or no chance of things getting better. We

go to the doctor with hopes of medical treatment. We go to work in hopes of financially caring for our selves and the people we love. Sometimes we seek other kinds of help in hopes that an addiction or other life altering habit might be solved so that we might be freed to be at peace with life. I read this a long time ago and claim it every day in diﬀerent ways. Walk in the light while you have the light before darkness overtakes you. Throughout life I’ve learned if I walked in the light that I had then I usually would receive more light. When I was a kid we had a light bulb in the ceiling of most every room. There would be a long string attached to the little silver chain that would pull the switch and turn on the light. Throughout my childhood I often would go into a dark bedroom at night and search for that dan-

gling string. Finding that string was a relief because it turned on the light. A room with light was much easier to navigate than a dark room. Often we look for the dangling string for a long time to turn on the light. Sometimes we eventually find it and sometimes people never do. Some people live in desperation of trying to find the dangling string while others simply gave up a long time ago. I tried for years to break through in publishing a book. I was about ready to give up when one morning I was reading the daily newspaper and read one sentence in that newspaper that turned on the light. I now have twelve books and have helped numerous others. Following that one sentence of light gave way to more light that enabled me to see the way to numerous other endeavors and projects. Following that light

showed me the way that I needed at that time. There is something to this old saying that is true, “Let us not grow weary in doing good. We will reap a harvest if we don’t quit.” Another truth that I have heard is, “Believe in the light while you have the light so that you may become children of light.” I don’t know what you are dealing with today but don’t quit. It’s easier said than done, I know. However, maybe, if you hang in there and keep your head up and your hand stretching out in front of you, then just maybe, you will feel the string dangling in the darkness. Glenn Mollette is a syndicated columnist and author of eleven books. He is read in all fifty states. Enjoy books by Glenn Mollette Contact him at GMollette@ aol.com. Like his facebook page at www.facebook. com/glennmollette

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Investigator named Top Cop Josh Campbell from the Oﬃce of the State Auditor (OSA) was a recipient of the “Top Cop” award. A resident of Belden, Campbell first joined the Oﬃce of State Auditor, County Division in 2011 after graduating from Ole Miss. He later transferred to the Investigations Division and graduated from MLEOTA. Special Agent Campbell was assigned, among other cases, to a three-person

team investigating public corruption in north Mississippi. The team identified over 600 potential criminal actions against one public oﬃcial, and they received 259 indictments for this investigation alone. “Special Agent Campbell’s leadership skills combined with his work ethic and attention to detail earn him the title of ‘Top Cop’,” said State Auditor Stacey Pickering.

“We are fortunate to have him serve in our office as we work to protect Mississippi taxpayers” The Top Cop program recognizes top law enforcement professionals in Mississippi. The annual awards program is sponsored by the Mississippi Center for Police and Sheriffs. Awards are given to officers representing state and metro area law enforcement agencies.

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Suspect: Another teen shot, killed boy BY JEFF AMY Associated Press

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Jimbo Bryant, who along with wife Margie, made the investment and built their son Joshua’s growing pizzeria. In an old warehouse on Cruise Street and about four feet off the historic train tracks sits Pizza Grocery, where downtown dining made the upswing 11 years ago.

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members of the famous Jesse James gang robbed the Tishomingo Savings Institution in downtown Corinth. Later it was home to a printery for close to 90 years, and now the same Fillmore Street building houses smith. But it almost didn’t happen. “The only reason we are here is because alcohol got voted in,” said Smith. Corinth voters gave 70 percent approval in 2013 to bring liquor and wine back to Corinth for the first time in 23 years. “We were in the middle of construction on the day of the vote and could have gone either way. This restaurant could have been oﬃces and apartments depending on how the vote went,” he said. “But thankfully, it went the way we wanted it. I think it’s pretty much changed Corinth on the dining front.” Alcohol by the glass soon attracted Market Square Inc.’s Lanny Griﬃth and Van Hedges (and later Preston Knight) to renovate a building on Cruise Street that had literally fallen down. With visionary chef John Marby, the group opened Vicari Italian Grill and later V Taco with Corinth’s first ever

roof-top dining experience. Market Square’s two restaurants and smith have also created a upscale bar scene downtown. “Our bar is doing really well,” said Smith. “We have music every weekend and trivia on Thursday nights. Just having another option for people to come to downtown is great.” Smith also wants to see more restaurant investment downtown. “I think downtown Corinth could easily support another two to four restaurants ... and we need that to grow and help create a dining destination. It’s my hope that everything that is happening will only attract other investors to downtown,” added Smith. “I’ll tell anybody ... downtown is the place to be.” Also president of the Corinth Area Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, Smith credits the Bryants for jump starting a new wave of downtown dining in the early 2000s. “They kinda took the ball and ran with it with Pizza Grocery. They stayed the course through thick and thin and it worked out good for them,” said Smith. “They paved the way for folks like us and Vicari.” In an old warehouse on Cruise Street and about

four feet oﬀ the historic train tracks sits Pizza Grocery, where downtown dining made the upswing 11 years ago. “We started out as a retail outfitter store, but decided we wanted to develop another business. We tossed around ideas of a ice cream shop or a candy shop, but we all loved pizza, so that was it,” said Jimbo Bryant, who along with wife Margie made the investment and built their son Joshua’s growing pizzeria. The building was constructed in the 1920s for Alcorn Wholesale, and continued to operate as such until the 1980s. The retail store soon closed and concentration moved to the restaurant. Later the family turned the former retail space into a hip, new coﬀee shop and banquet facility. Bryant said while renovating the former warehouse space, the family was trying to create an atmosphere. “We’ve seen it so many times when we go to bigger cities. We always find their downtowns so we can see the real character of an area. A community’s downtown is that entire town’s identity. It’s what gives a community meaning,” he said. “As for downtown Corinth, I think it’s going in the right direction.”

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JACKSON — A Mississippi teenager charged with murder in the death of a 6-year-old told investigators that the boy was actually shot by another of the three teen suspects, according to an investigator’s sworn statement. The Associated Press obtained the sworn statement Friday from a source with knowledge of the case involving the death of Kingston Frazier. The boy was found shot to death at the side of a dead-end road inside his mother’s abandoned car, hours after someone stole the Toyota Camry from a supermarket parking lot. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Rusty Clark said in the sworn statement filed in connection with the case that 17-yearold Dwan Wakefield of Ridgeland told Clark and another investigator 19-year-old Byron McBride of Pickens was at fault. “During this interview, Wakefield implicated Byron McBride as the person who actually stole the vehicle and shot and

killed Frazier,” Clark’s statement said. When asked for further comment, MBI spokesman Warren Strain declined, saying “the court document speaks for itself.” Wakefield, McBride and 17-year-old D’Allen Washington of Ridgeland are being held without bail in Madison County, just north of Jackson, awaiting Monday morning court appearances. It’s unclear if any of the three have lawyers. Though all three are charged with capital murder, only McBride could face the death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty for crimes committed by people younger than 18 in 2005. Madison County Coroner Alex Breeland said Kingston was shot multiple times. District Attorney Michael Guest said authorities are still looking for the gun used to kill Kingston but are confident they have enough evidence against the three teen suspects to proceed without it. “I do not believe that it is anything other than

a crime of opportunity,” Guest said, saying there was no evidence of any deeper plot besides stealing a car that Ebony Archie left running with her child inside. He said he didn’t believe anyone else was involved. Security video shows that after Archie left her car about 1 a.m., another car drove up and a man got out and then drove oﬀ in her Camry. Frazier was in the back seat. Archie’s family members told local news media Friday that she had picked up her son from his grandmother after going out with friends to celebrate her birthday and was going into the Jackson supermarket to buy party supplies to celebrate Kingston’s kindergarten graduation, which was scheduled Friday. “She feels guilty for the fact that she decided to go inside the store and leave the car running when she went inside the store,” David Archie, Ebony Archie’s uncle, told WLBT-TV. The car was found eight hours later, abandoned in a muddy ditch about 15 miles north of Jackson in Gluckstadt.

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City removes last Confederate statue BY JANET MCCONNAUGHEY AND REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — They were among the city’s oldest landmarks, as cemented to the landscape of New Orleans as the Superdome and St. Louis Cathedral: a stone obelisk heralding white supremacy and three statues of Confederate stalwarts. But after decades standing sentinel over this Southern city, the Confederate monuments are gone, amid a controversy that at times harked back to the divisiveness of the Civil War they commemorated. The last of the monuments — a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee defiantly facing north with his arms crossed — was lifted by a crane from its pedestal late Friday. As air was seen between Lee’s statue and the pedestal below it, a cheer went up from the crowd who recorded history with their phones and shook hands with one another in congratulations. Many in the crowd had waited since morning. “I never thought I would see this day!”

“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, ignoring the terror that it actually stood for.” New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu shouted Melanie MorelEnsminger with joy. “But look! It’s happening.” Lee’s was the last of four monuments to Confederate-era figures to be removed under a 2015 City Council vote on a proposal by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. It caps a nearly two-year-long process that has been railed against by those who feel the monuments are a part of Southern heritage and honor the dead. But removal of the monuments has drawn praise from those who saw them as brutal reminders of slavery and symbols of the historic oppression of black people. Landrieu called for the

monuments’ removal in the lingering emotional aftermath of the 2015 massacre of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church. The killer, Dylann Roof, was an avowed racist who brandished Confederate battle flags in photos, recharging the debate about whether Confederate emblems represent racism or an honorable heritage. While Roof’s actions spurred a debate in many parts of the South about whether it was appropriate to fly the Confederate battle emblem — and many places have taken it down — the reaction in New Orleans seemed to go even further, knocking

away at even weightier, heavier parts of history. Landrieu drew blistering criticism from monument supporters and even some political allies. But in explaining his reasoning, the mayor has repeatedly said they do not represent the diversity and future of New Orleans. “These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement, ignoring the terror that it actually stood for,” he said Friday. “After the Civil War, these statues were a part of that terrorism, as much as burning a cross on someone’s lawn. They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city,” he added. It’s not massive like the Superdome or alluring like Bourbon Street, but Lee in his uniform was a familiar landmark for tourists and commuters alike.

Trump embraces warm welcome on Saudi tour Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump basked in Saudi Arabia’s lavish royal welcome Saturday as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washington. Trump rewarded his hosts with a $110 billion arms package aimed at bolstering Saudi security and a slew of business agreements. “That was a tremendous day, tremendous investments in the United

States,” Trump said during a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. The visit to the kingdom’s capital kicked oﬀ Trump’s first foreign trip as president, an ambitious, five-stop swing that will take him through the Middle East and into Europe. He is the only American president to make Saudi Arabia — or any Muslim-majority nation — his first overseas trip. Trump arrived in Riyadh besieged by the fall-

out from his firing of FBI Director James Comey and more revelations about the federal investigations into his election campaign’s possible ties to Russia. Escaping Washington for the embrace of the Saudi royal family appeared to give Trump a boost. After an overnight flight, the president was greeted at the airport by King Salman, which was notable given that the monarch did not show up last year to welcome President Barack Obama

on his final visit to Saudi Arabia. Trump descended the steps alongside first lady Melania Trump, who wore a black pantsuit and gold belt, but did not cover her hair in the ultraconservative kingdom, in keeping with the traditions of Western delegations. During a ceremony at the grand Saudi Royal Court, Salman awarded Trump the Collar of Abdulaziz al Saud, the kingdom’s highest civilian honor.

“Our message hasn’t changed, but the methods and the way we go about it has changed. We are always looking at how we can do things better.” It was five years ago when Living Free started serving hundreds of people a Christmas Day meal. “I think we figured out that Living Free wasn’t just about helping people overcome addiction to drugs and alcohol. Living Free was about helping people no matter the problem or issue,” said Marea. Living Free has served more than 156,000 free meals since the ministry was born in May 2004.

“We don’t care if people come to Living Free just to eat,” said Marea. “There is just so much hope at Living Free. We don’t judge ... we welcome people with open arms, and Tommy is the best at making people fee important and valuable.” Tommy added, “I’ve never wanted to just help people get clean. I’ve always wanted to help people get clean and get their life in order, get their family back and find a good job. We’ve had some heartache. We have seen some people die. A lot of our friends are in prison, but for the ones who have

made it out, it’s been worth it.” The Wilsons said Living Free’s future will focus on educating and equipping people. “In the beginning, we were all about helping addicts and getting people help as quickly as possible. Now it’s become more about educating and equipping people and getting them into the best program for their needs,” said Tommy. The Wilsons agree the ministry would not have made it to 2017 without community support. “Corinth and Alcorn County has always

Deaths Brenda Crum

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A service to celebrate the life of Brenda Crum, 76, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Lone Oak Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. Mrs. Crum died May 18, 2017 at her residence in Memphis. She was born on February 24, 1941 to the late J.W. and Viola Hall Bridges. She was a graduate of Corinth High School and State Technical Institute. In her professional career, she was a computer programmer for Malone and Hyde, Fed Ex and International Paper Co. She is survived by her husband, A.C. Crum and son, Ronnie Crum of Memphis; and two brothers, Sam and Tommy Bridges. Bro. George Kyle will oﬃciate. Online condolences: memorialcorinth.com

Genell King

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services for Genell King, 81, is set for 2 p.m. on Sunday at Booneville Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Martin Hill Cemetery. Mrs. King died May 19, 2017 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. Born in Dyersburg, Tenn., on December 9, 1935 to Clyde Lowell Loyd and Mary Velma Serratt, she was a member of Martin Hill Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Chester “Cotton” King of Booneville; three daughters, Cynthia Sparks (Kenny) of New Site, Sharon McCombs (Randy) of New Site and Rhonda Whitley (Jack) of Cherokee, Ala.; three sons, Don King (Dianne) of Booneville, Bob King of Forest City, Ark., and Jason King (Sandy) of Corinth; 17 grandchildren; 31 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers, Clyde Loyd, Gerald Loyd and James Loyd. Jack Whitley and Randy McCombs will oﬃciate and Matthew Pharr will conduct the graveside service. Online condolences: boonevillefuneralhome.net.

Matilda Hooper

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services Matilda Jane Hooper, 52, was held Saturday at the Booneville Funeral Home. Mrs. Hooper died May 12, 2017, at her home in Glen. She was born in Prentiss County on October 18, 1964 to Noble Cleve and Margie Baswell Morgan. She worked as a sewing machine operator. Survivors include two sons, Bradley Hooper (Mallory) of Glen and Todd Hooper (Tracey) of Cairo; two brothers, Rod Morgan (Angel) and Greg Morgan (Cynthia) both of Rienzi; one sister, Cindy Wiginton (Carol Huchenson) of Corinth; grandchildren, Joshua Hooper, Jacob Hooper, Jennifer Hooper, Kayden Villalobos, Kayson Hooper and Christian Prater. She was preceded in death by her parents, Noble and Margie Morgan; brother, Bo Morgan; sisters, Judy Blassingame and Von Wright. Bobby Voyles oﬃciated the service. Online condolences: boonevillefuneralhome.net

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Man subdued on jet heading to Hawaii HONOLULU — A man on a Hawaii-bound flight described as unruly and disheveled was subdued by passengers and a flight attendant who used an airplane drink cart to block him from getting to the front of the jet. He was then immobilized with duct tape in a seat until the plane landed in Honolulu Friday, escorted on the last leg of its journey by two fighter jets. The man on the plane that left from Los Angeles was identified by law enforcement officials as Anil Uskanil, 25, of Turkey. He was taken into custody after the plane landed. Uskanil was also arrested before boarding the flight at Los Angeles International Airport for opening a door that led onto an airfield ramp, according to Los Angeles Airport Police, who identified Uskanil. He had been drinking, but police said he did not meet the criteria for being drunk in public, was given a date to appear in court on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing and allowed to board.

High-income youths more likely to work DURHAM, N.H. — Teenagers from higher-income families are more likely to hold jobs than those from lower-income households, according to University of New Hampshire research that suggests employment itself has become an extracurricular activity. The university’s Carsey School of Public Policy examined the latest numbers from the National Survey of Children’s Health, which collects data on about 95,600 children ages 17 years and younger every four to five years. For the report released Tuesday, data was analyzed on about 35,000 children ages 12 to 18. According to the survey, higher-income youths are twice as likely to be employed as their lower-income peers, a finding that researcher Sarah Leonard said was perhaps surprising since one might expect lower-income youth to have higher employment rates. She

said that could suggest that after-school jobs have become a form of extracurricular activity.

YAPHANK, N.Y. — A New York enclave with a history of Nazi affiliation in the 1930s has agreed to change its policies that limited home ownership to people of German descent. The German American Settlement League has settled a discrimination case brought by New York state. The enclave in Yaphank, on eastern Long Island, has agreed to replace its leadership and comply with all state and federal housing laws. An attorney for the group has not responded to email requests for comment. One board member says the community welcomes people of all ethnicities. News accounts recall a groundswell of Nazism in the enclave in the years before the start of World War II. Streets were named after Adolf Hitler and other Nazis. Those names were changed long ago.

ed States and exporting them to Asia sheds light on a growing and lucrative illegal cross-border trade. David Mayorquin and his father, Ramon Torres Mayorquin, are accused of a scheme to buy the illegally harvested animals from poachers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, pay for them under fake names and underestimate their weight and value to inspectors at San Diego’s Otay Mesa border crossing, across from Tijuana, Mexico. From San Diego, they allegedly shipped the product to Asia, including China, where they are delicacies in Chinese dishes, prized for medicinal value and considered an aphrodisiac. Border inspectors have spotted smuggled Mexican sea cucumbers for years, but the charges against the Mayorquins and their family business, Blessings Inc. of Tucson, Arizona, are striking for the multi-ton shipments. Authorities say they sell for $300 to $500 a kilogram in Asia, helping explain the draw for poachers and smugglers.

Firefighters rescue baby birds in drain

Officer acquitted to return to force

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— For once, there’s a turkey giving thanks. WLOS in Asheville reported the Asheville Fire Department was called after some people walking a dog noticed a frantic hen turkey. An investigation found eight baby turkeys, or poults, stuck in a storm drain and calling for their mama. As they attempted their rescue Tuesday, firefighters discovered the storm drain cover was welded in place. They had to call for backup to get equipment to cut the cover off. Once firefighters got into the drain, they found the poults in the middle of the pipe that runs under a road. The firefighters rounded up the babies and reunited them with the hen.

TULSA, Okla. — A white Oklahoma police officer acquitted in an unarmed black man’s shooting death will be back on the force next week, even as jurors who declared her not guilty of manslaughter unanimously agreed she should never return to patrol. Tulsa police Chief Chuck Jordan issued a one-sentence statement Friday in which he said Betty Jo Shelby is reinstated. It comes a day after black community leaders rallied, urging city leaders to block the 43-year-old officer from getting back her job. She had been on unpaid leave since Sept. 22 when she was charged in the death. Some leaders were taken aback by Shelby’s quick reinstatement. “The decision today was obviously a slap in the face, and I think that’s how a lot of the black community feels,” said Anthony Scott, pastor at First Baptist Church North Tulsa. “It’s like pouring salt on a wound.”

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Charges shed light on U.S. border trade SAN DIEGO — Charges against a father-son partnership for allegedly smuggling more than $17 million worth of sea cucumbers to the Unit-

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Mexican man to be deported June 1 GREENWOOD — A Mexican man who has lived in Mississippi the past 20 years won’t get to stay in the United States for another year, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement rejected his request for a stay. The Greenwood Commonwealth reported that Martin Duron-Esparza, 36, was denied the extra time in a May 12 letter signed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Rodney Sharff. Duron-Esparza complained that the ICE official’s decision was too fast. “We think he should have taken some time to consider it,” he said. The letter says an application for a stay was denied two years ago, and “no new issues were presented to support this application. While no one factor is determinative, a review of the factors addressed in your request for a stay of removal shows that the granting of such relief is not warranted.” Duron-Esparza immigrated to Leflore County as a 16-year-old but never obtained documents for permanent residency. He says he received annual work permits for six years to work on irrigation pivots. But these ended last June, without explanation. He said he has been attempting to regularize his immigration status since 2008.

Insurance provider issued cease, desist JACKSON — A company that administers insurance benefits for at least two Mississippi employers has been ordered to stop doing business in the state. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney issued a cease and desist order to WH Administrators of Bethesda, Maryland. Mississippi regulators say they’ve been getting complaints that WH Administrators isn’t paying claims from employees of two different companies and some health care providers. Officials decline to name the companies, but say each is located in central Mississippi. Both are self-insured,

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meaning WH Administrators pays claims for them, but doesn’t actually provide insurance. Typically, a company pays a set amount of money into a trust account each month, and then the administrator uses that money to cover the health care claims of a company’s employees. It’s unclear whether money is missing from those trust accounts. Chaney says his department can’t reach WH Administrators to find out what’s going on, a lack of communication he describes as a “grave concern.” The company has 20 days to request a hearing, or otherwise the order becomes final. If the Insurance Department finds evidence of wrongdoing, it could refer the case for criminal prosecution. Regulators aren’t aware of problems in any other states.

Arrest of fugitive leads to drug bust THIBODAUX, La. — The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office says the arrest of a Mississippi fugitive has led to the seizure of more than $68,000 worth of illegal drugs. Sheriff Craig Webre, in a news release, says 36-year-old James Jones was arrested Wednesday in Galliano on a number of felony drug and weapons charges. Weber says Jones, of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was arrested after receiving a report that he had threatened to harm a woman during a verbal altercation. When he was taken into custody, deputies found three bags on the ground that Jones allegedly threw from a vehicle and a fourth bag inside the car. The bags contained several types of narcotics. Authorities say he also had several warrants in Mississippi for charges including assault on a police officer. Bond was set at $132,200.

Cops charge woman after gun discharges MERIDIAN — Charges have been filed against a woman after her gun discharged inside her purse at the mall. The Meridian Star reported that Merid-

ian Police Sgt. Dareall Thompson says Krystal Hall and another woman fought in the Bonita Lakes Mall on Wednesday at around 9 p.m. He says one of the women used Mace. During the fight, Thompson says a gun in Hall’s purse discharged. Police believe the gun went off in her purse because they were not able to recover any gun casings. The gun was not pulled out or pointed at anyone during the fight. Police charged Hall with shooting in an occupied building. Hall has bonded out of jail.

Man found guilty of first degree arson GULFPORT — A man has been found guilty of setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s home after she asked him to move out. The Sun Herald reported a Harrison County grand jury found 47-yearold Willie Soloman Robinson guilty of first-degree arson Thursday. A judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Assistant District Attorney Robert McCormick says Robinson threatened to burn down the Gulfport home when the woman asked him to move out in 2015. Moments later, she heard his voice outside her window and saw flames at her front and back doors. Police testified Robinson couldn’t be found immediately after the fire, and the woman’s son saw him carrying a gas can when the blaze was extinguished. McCormick says Robinson’s actions and the evidence proved his guilt.

Board still looks for new JSU president JACKSON — Trustees looking for a new president for Jackson State University have been unable to reach a consensus. After hours of closed debate Thursday, College Board President C.D. Smith said trustees are now broadening their search beyond three unidentified finalists they have been considering. Smith says it’s wrong to say the search is being reopened because the board always had the option to consider additional candidates. He said no votes were taken in the closed meeting.

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29.23 -.29 84.59 -.23 148.15+2.79 27.82 -1.11 67.69 -.30 17.35 +.15 24.70 +.40 4.55 +.03 249.88+2.43 136.00+8.25 97.25 +.35 4.56 +.01 113.69 +.78 8.96 -1.28 32.46 -.55 137.84 -.76 12.95 +.54 86.24 +.05 14.09 -.04 3.46 -.49 238.31 -.67 7.84 -1.65 332.37 -.83 4.91 +.10 20.00 +.86 49.88 +.01 7.11 -.55 8.07 +.12 23.35 -.21 74.37 -.87 18.35 -.26 10.48 +.53 8.42 +.16 13.52 -.07 22.86 +.14 78.77+3.06 5.23 +.19 53.06 +.04 16.02 +.18 51.99 -1.69 33.02 +.15 7.00 -.05

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AGRICULTURE FUTURES WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Jul 17 Sep 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 May 18 Jul 18 Sep 18

373 380.50 390.75 400.25 406 410.50 405.75

364.25 372 382 392 398.25 403 399.50

WkHigh WkLow Settle WkChg CATTLE 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

372.50 379.75 390.25 400 405.50 410.25 405

+1.50 +.75 +1.50 +1.75 +.25 ... +.75

Jun 17 Aug 17 Oct 17 Dec 17 Feb 18 Apr 18 Jun 18

125.72 122.42 118.77 118.97 118.92 117.25 109.05

120.57 116.77 113.77 114.20 114.25 113.10 105.87

SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Jul 17 Aug 17 Sep 17 Nov 17 Jan 18 Mar 18 May 18

Jun 17 Jul 17 Aug 17 Oct 17 Dec 17 Feb 18 Apr 18

980.50 980.25 974.75 971.50 978.50 982 985.25

942.75 944.75 943.25 942.25 950 954.25 959.25

953 -10 954.25 -10.50 952.50 -9 951.75 -8 959 -8 962.50 -8.25 966.50 -9

WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Jul 17 Sep 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 May 18 Jul 18 Sep 18

436.75 450 471.25 489 500.50 510 512

420.25 435 456.50 474.50 486.50 493 503.50

79.95 80.22 79.40 67.97 62.37 66.50 69.90

76.42 76.42 76.90 66.55 61.32 65.45 68.95

123.45 121.05 116.67 116.92 117.10 115.42 108.35

-1.72 -.72 -1.45 -1.45 -1.10 -1.35 -.70

79.50 76.42 79.22 67.90 62.00 65.72 69.20

+1.55 -.48 +1.32 +.85 +.40 -.30 -.17

79.45 75.81 73.45 73.00 73.26 73.40 71.43

-2.73 -1.27 -.27 -.27 -.18 -.16 +.07

COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

435.25 448.50 469.75 487.50 499 508.25 519.25

+2.50 +1.75 +3.50 +3.75 +4.25 +6.50 +6.25

Jul 17 Oct 17 Dec 17 Mar 18 May 18 Jul 18 Oct 18

87.18 79.92 75.15 74.26 74.33 74.25 71.88

78.42 74.98 73.15 72.68 72.64 73.18 71.64

Tables show seven most current contracts for each future. Grains traded on Chicago Board of Trade; livestock on Chicago Mercantile Exchange; and cotton on Intercontinental Exchange.

MUTUAL FUNDS Name

Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV

Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl LB Vanguard InsIdxIns LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv LB Vanguard TtInSIdxInv FB Vanguard InsIdxInsPlus LB Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns LB Fidelity Contrafund LG Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl MA American Funds GrfAmrcA m LG Vanguard TtInSIdxInsPlus FB American Funds IncAmrcA m AL Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl CI American Funds CptlIncBldrA m IH Fidelity 500IdxPremium LB Dodge & Cox Stk LV American Funds InvCAmrcA m LB Dodge & Cox IntlStk FB American Funds AmrcnBalA m MA Vanguard TtInSIdxAdmrl FB American Funds WAMtInvsA m LV American Funds CptWldGrIncA m WS PIMCO TtlRetIns CI American Funds FdmtlInvsA m LB Metropolitan West TtlRetBdI CI Dodge & Cox Inc CI Vanguard InTrTEAdmrl MI Franklin Templeton IncA m CA Vanguard PrmCpAdmrl LG DoubleLine TtlRetBdI CI T. Rowe Price GrStk LG Vanguard STInvmGrdAdmrl CS Vanguard InsTtlSMIInPls LB American Funds NwPrspctvA m WS Vanguard WlslyIncAdmrl CA Vanguard TtBMIdxIns CI Vanguard HCAdmrl SH PIMCO IncInstl MU Vanguard TrgtRtr2025Inv TG Vanguard WndsrIIAdmrl LV

199,100 165,531 129,871 113,745 103,049 95,506 91,494 79,724 79,718 79,563 79,133 75,405 75,214 70,299 67,399 65,546 60,556 60,060 58,504 54,445 53,976 53,356 53,034 49,948 49,322 49,309 48,180 45,983 44,579 44,421 39,969 39,806 38,788 38,172 37,471 36,224 36,105 35,139 34,928 33,617

220.45 59.56 217.50 59.54 16.72 217.52 59.57 112.42 70.20 46.66 111.83 22.53 10.78 61.35 83.51 189.57 38.43 43.74 26.11 27.96 42.97 48.68 10.20 59.09 10.66 13.81 14.15 2.35 120.63 10.72 62.21 10.69 53.43 40.65 63.41 10.78 86.06 12.29 17.45 65.69

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt +2.1 +1.8 +2.1 +1.8 +6.1 +2.1 +1.8 +4.9 +1.9 +3.6 +6.0 +1.7 +0.2 +2.7 +2.1 +1.8 +1.8 +7.0 +1.5 +6.0 +1.9 +4.8 0.0 +3.0 +0.2 +0.5 +0.5 +1.7 +3.8 +0.1 +4.8 +0.2 +1.8 +5.5 +1.0 +0.2 +3.9 +0.7 +2.3 +2.4

+19.2/B +15.4/A NL 10,000 +19.9/B +15.3/A NL 10,000 +19.2/B +15.4/A NL 5,000,000 +19.8/B +15.1/B NL 3,000 +21.0/A +8.6/C NL 3,000 +19.2/B +15.4/A NL200,000,000 +19.9/B +15.3/A NL 5,000,000 +21.6/B +15.3/B NL 2,500 +13.7/A +10.9/A NL 50,000 +23.5/A +16.4/A 5.75 250 +21.2/A +8.7/C NL100,000,000 +12.8/D +10.1/C 5.75 250 +1.5/D +2.2/D NL 10,000 +11.4/C +8.5/A 5.75 250 +19.2/B +15.4/A NL 10,000 +28.3/A +17.5/A NL 2,500 +18.5/C +14.9/B 5.75 250 +31.5/A +11.4/A NL 2,500 +12.6/B +11.4/A 5.75 250 +21.1/A +8.7/C NL 10,000 +17.7/C +14.2/B 5.75 250 +20.1/B +12.1/B 5.75 250 +3.2/B +2.8/B NL 1,000,000 +21.8/A +15.8/A 5.75 250 +1.8/D +3.6/A NL 3,000,000 +4.8/A +3.5/A NL 2,500 +0.6/A +2.9/B NL 50,000 +16.9/A +8.2/A 4.25 1,000 +27.6/A +18.9/A NL 50,000 +2.6 +3.7 NL 100,000 +26.7/A +16.9/A NL 2,500 +2.2/B +2.2/A NL 50,000 +19.9/B +15.3/A NL200,000,000 +21.7/A +13.4/A 5.75 250 +7.4/D +7.5/A NL 50,000 +1.5/D +2.2/D NL 5,000,000 +11.5/D +19.1/B NL 50,000 +9.4 +8.3 NL 1,000,000 +13.6/B +9.8/B NL 1,000 +18.3/B +13.8/B NL 50,000

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MI -Muni National Intermediate, TG -Target Date 2021-2025, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar. Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

High on the Hog holds ribbon cutting The Town of Glen had a ribbon cutting on Saturday, May 13, for its newest business, the High on the Hog restaurant, which specializes in barbecue and ribs. Present for the occasion at 2507 Highway 72 East were Mayor John W. Little; mayor-elect Danny Beavers; Aldermen John Sellers, Ruth Sellers, Frances Null and Shirley Tutor; Clerk Lynn Fielding; owners James and Jennifer Newell and their daughter, Clarabeth, and nephew Jackson.

Eaton achieves membership in Million Dollar Round Table Steven Eaton of Corinth, than 42,000 of the world’s a representative for Modleading life insurance and ern Woodmen of America, financial services profesis one of a small percentsionals from more than 470 age of life insurance agents companies in 71 countries. worldwide to achieve memMDRT members demonbership in the prestigious strate exceptional profesMillion Dollar Round Table sional knowledge, strict ethi(MDRT) this year. cal conduct and outstanding Founded in 1927, MDRT, Eaton client service. MDRT memThe Premier Association of bership is recognized inFinancial Professionals, is a global, ternationally as the standard of independent association of more excellence in the life insurance and

financial services business. The local Modern Woodmen office is located at 710 Cruise St., Ste. 101 in Corinth. Contact Eaton at 662-287-0113 for more information. Founded in 1883, Modern Woodmen of America touches lives and secures futures. The fraternal financial services organization offers financial products and fraternal member benefits to individuals and families throughout the United States.

Farmers nervous on possible NAFTA rewrite BY PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — A sizable majority of rural Americans backed Donald Trump’s presidential bid, drawn to his calls to slash environmental rules, strengthen law enforcement and replace the federal health care law. But many farmers are nervous about another plank in Trump’s agenda: His vow to overhaul U.S. trade policy, including his intent announced Thursday to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. Trump’s message that NAFTA was a job-killing disaster had never resonated much in rural America. NAFTA had widened access to Mexican and Canadian markets, boosting U.S. farm exports and benefiting many farmers. Farm Country went on red alert last month when it looked as if Trump wasn’t even going to pursue a NAFTA rewrite: White House aides had spread the word that the president would simply withdraw from the pact. “Mr. President, America’s corn farmers helped elect you,” Wesley Spurlock of the National Corn Growers Association warned in a statement. “Withdrawing from NAFTA would be disastrous for American agriculture.” Within hours, Trump softened his stance. He wouldn’t actually dump NAFTA, he said. He’d first try to forge a more advantageous deal with Mexico and Canada — a move that formally began Thursday when his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, informed Congress of the administration’s intent to renegotiate NAFTA. As a candidate, Trump defined his “America First” stance as a means to fight unfair foreign competition. He blamed unjust deals for swelling U.S. trade gaps and stealing factory jobs.

“You don’t start off trade negotiations ... by picking fights with your trade partners that are completely unnecessary.” Aaron Lehman Iowa farmer But NAFTA and other deals have been good for American farmers, who stand to lose if Trump ditches the pact or ignites a trade war. The United States has enjoyed a trade surplus in farm products since at least 1967, government data show. Last year, farm exports exceeded imports by $20.5 billion. “You don’t start off trade negotiations ... by picking fights with your trade partners that are completely unnecessary,” says Aaron Lehman, a fifthgeneration Iowa farmer who produces corn, soybeans, oats and hay. Many farmers worry that Trump’s policies will jeopardize their exports just as they face weaker crop and livestock prices. “It comes up pretty quickly in conversation,” says Blake Hurst, a corn and soybean farmer in northwestern Missouri’s Atchison County. That county’s voters backed Trump more than 3-to-1 in the election but now feel “it would be better if the rhetoric (on trade) was a little less strident,” says Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau. Trump’s main argument against NAFTA and other pacts was that they exposed American workers to unequal competition with low-wage workers in countries like Mexico and China. NAFTA did lead some American manufacturers to move factories and jobs to Mexico. But since it took effect in 1994 and eased tariffs, annual farm exports to Mexico have jumped nearly five-fold to about $18 billion. Mexico is the No. 3 market for U.S. agriculture, notably

corn, soybeans and pork. “The trade agreements that we’ve had have been very beneficial,” says Stephen Censky, CEO of the American Soybean Association. “We need to take care not to blow the significant gains that agriculture has won.” The U.S. has run a surplus in farm trade with Mexico for 20 of the 23 years since NAFTA took eﬀect. Still, the surpluses with Mexico became deficits in 2015 and 2016 as global livestock and grain prices plummeted and shrank the value of American exports, notes Joseph Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute. Mexico has begun to seek alternatives to U.S. food because, as its agriculture secretary, Jose Calzada Rovirosa, said in March, Trump’s remarks on trade “have injected uncertainty” into the agri-

culture business. Once word had surfaced that Trump was considering pulling out of NAFTA, Sonny Perdue, two days into his job as the president’s agriculture secretary, hastened to the White House with a map showing areas that would be hurt most by a pullout, overlapped with many that voted for Trump. “I tried to demonstrate to him that in the agricultural market, sometimes words like ‘withdraw’ or ‘terminate’ can have a major impact on markets,” Perdue said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I think the president made a very wise decision for the benefit of many agricultural producers across the country” by choosing to remain in NAFTA. Trump delivered another disappointment for U.S. farm groups in January by fulfilling a pledge to abandon the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which the Obama administration negotiated with 11 Asia-Pacific countries. Trump argued that the pact would cost Americans jobs by pitting them against low-wage Asian labor.

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