Saturday July 26,
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Daily Corinthian Vol. 118, No. 176
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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • 1 section
$500,000 bond set in murder case BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Charged with murder, Amartrie Moss is being held with bond set at $500,000 following his first appearance in Corinth Municipal Court for arraignment Friday morning. Seventeen-year-old Moss is charged as an adult in the shooting
death of Anthony Beene, 19. Municipal Judge John Ross Jr. appointed Clay Nails to serve as counsel for Moss. A preliminary hearing may be held on Monday. Nails said the bond is excessive and he will seek a reduction. Police say the Wednesday night shooting on Johns Street stemmed
from an encounter between Moss, a Pierce Street resident, and Beene, a resident of County Road 511 in Baldwyn. Beene apparently stepped out of a vehicle and Moss called to him. After Beene approached, Moss shot him multiple times. Beene was a recent Baldwyn High School graduate. The motive was
unclear, but police said it appears there had been some friction between the two young men. A search for Moss followed the 7:14 p.m. shooting, but he turned himself in about 2:50 a.m. the following morning. The police department charged him with murder Thursday afternoon.
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Collections drop on monthly taxes
Wrecking Wurlitzer
BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
Tax collections took a minor dip in the latest month while holding onto slight growth for the fiscal year. The trend across the state in the mid-July deposits was close to flat, and that held true for the city, with $472,590.83 going into the city coffers
from sales tax. That is down about $8,000, or 1.8 percent, compared to the same month a year ago, ending a run of seven consecutive months of growth. The statewide sales tax total for the month was up 1.4 percent. Please see TAXES | 3
Mrs. Mississippi urges state organ donation Staff photo by Zack Steen
Crews from Century Construction of Tupelo began the deconstruction process of the rusted water tower at the former site of Wurlitzer in Corinth’s industrial park.
Factory demolition paves way for future progress BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The dismantling of the Wurlitzer building in the Corinth industrial park on Fulton Drive began earlier this week. The crew from Century Construction of Tupelo got to work Thursday morning knocking down brick walls around the 100,000-square-foot industrial building. On Friday, they re-
moved the old water tower from the skyline behind the building. The deconstruction of the roof and frame of the structure is set to begin today. Crews said the entire building should be down by early next week when ground cleanup work will begin. City officials hope the removal of the industrial building will improve the marketability of the site.
Known for organs, electronic pianos and jukeboxes, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company entered into an agreement with Corinth in 1955 to come to the city. The agreement included a bond issue and the city improving the land and constructing a factory. The property has been an industrial site since 1950. Most recently, the building was occupied by FCA.
BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Raising awareness for a cause near and dear to her heart, Mrs. Mississippi Dawn Kennum Gaines of Olive Branch is coming to Corinth in hopes of casting a spotlight on the need for Mississippians to register as organ and tissue donors. On Tuesday, July 29 at 1:30 p.m., Gaines plans to make a special guest appearance at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, located at 2759 S. Harper Rd. “My father-in-law and I will be coming to Corinth to put the correct information
Gaines into the hands of the public,” said Gaines. “I’ve realized that Please see DONATION | 3
“We sometimes have receptions, but we don’t usually have weddings.” Museum Director Brandy Steen
Couple ties the knot aboard depot caboose BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
A Tennessee couple recently tied the knot at the caboose on the grounds of the depot museum. Pam Sizemore, née Bryant, married Randy Sizemore at the depot on July 3. She said they are both train fans, and she wanted a pretty place for the ceremony. “I loved it,” said Sizemore, an employee of Adamsville Elementary School. “The people were really nice there, and the weather was awesome. I would do it again.” Museum Director Brandy Steen was surprised when the couple arrived with a pastor, Scott Bridges, to get married. “We sometimes have receptions, but we don’t usually
have weddings,” she said. The pastor stood on the steps of the caboose as the two recited the wedding vows. “I was really excited that somebody thought of the depot for a wedding,” said Steen. The Sizemores live in Crump, and Randy works at a lumber sawmill. Some of his family came from Illinois for the occasion. Some of the visitors took home souvenirs from the Crossroads Museum. “I had been there once before when they had the Slugburger Festival there,” said Sizemore. “I had never been inside the museum.” But on future July 3s, there’s a good chance the happy couple might be found there, revisiting the caboose.
Photo by Brandy Steen
Randy and Pam Sizemore recite their wedding vows at the caboose on the grounds of the Crossroads Museum. See related photo on Page 3.
Index Stocks........8 Classified......14 Comics........ 7 State........ 5
Weather........9 Obituaries........ 6 Opinion........4 Sports...... 12
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