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Vol. 118, No. 188
• Corinth, Mississippi • 18 pages • 1 section
Pastor’s case ends in mistrial BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com
After more than five hours of deliberation, the jury announced it could reach no consensus Friday in the Timothy Daniel Nall sexual battery case. After the jury foreman told Circuit Judge James L. Roberts Jr. that further deliberations would make no difference, Rob-
erts declared a mistrial about 8:15 p.m. The case went to the jury about 2:50 p.m. on Friday. The courtroom was nearly filled with family and friends of both parties, and numerous law enforcement officers were present to keep order. Roberts said the court will tentatively look at scheduling a new trial in the case for Oct. 27.
Nall, 59, continues to be free under the original $15,000 bond. A grand jury returned an indictment against Nall for sexual battery in 2013 for penetration with a finger of a girl who was 6 and 7 years old during the time period of the alleged offenses, which the prosecution said occurred at the County Road 105
home of Thomas and Marcia Mauney, the child’s grandparents. She attended Farmington Baptist Church, where Nall recently resigned as pastor. There was no new testimony presented on Friday as the defense rested its case at the beginning of the day. Both the child and Nall testified during
the trial. In closing arguments, Defense Attorney Phil Hinton said the state’s case had “no corroboration whatsoever” of the now 8-year-old girl’s story and “not one iota of evidence.” Throughout the trial, he said the child’s story was riddled Please see PASTOR | 2
Auditor revises figures in supervisors probe BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
ing on food for prisoners from January 2012 through January 2014 with District 2 totaling the most at $12,945.85. The office found $866.43 of that total was spent by a previous supervisor, lowering the new total to $12,079.42. The other four district figures also changed with totals coming from January of 2012 to date. District 1’s current spending was found to be $5,175.82 after $567.43 was found to have been spent in a previous term, dating from Oct.-Dec. of 2011. The new District 3 total is $5,433.17 after $999.74 was spent in a previous fiscal year. The changed number for District 4 is $3,944.71 after $608.07 was discovered to have been spent by a previous administration. In District 5, the total is $3,848.15. The auditor’s office found $349.47 of the previous total was spent in
Currency collector Larry Mangus shows Junior Ranger Chandler Causey, 9, of Savannah, Tenn., a rare 1861 Confederate note.
The Mississippi Office of the State Auditor released updated figures in its investigation into spending of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors. Initial numbers presented to supervisors July 18 included spending of previous supervisors, according to communications director Brett Kittredge. “The fiscal year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30,” said Kittredge. “Therefore the totals presented at the board meeting, which were for Fiscal Year 2012-2014, included the last three months of the previous supervisor terms.” State Auditor Stacey Pickering presented supervisors with copies of a warrant and affidavit for county purchase clerk Paul Rhodes’ arrest along with a few charts he said show discrepancies in the district’s spending. One report showed spend-
Collector sharing history through Civil War currency
Supervisors consider 2014-15 county budget
Staff photo by Kimberly Shelton
BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com
Paper money collectors, stamp collectors and history buffs are in for a treat as Larry Mangus brings his rare assortment of Confederate notes and stamps to the Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center. According to Mangus, the Confederate government issued 72 different notes from 1861 to 1865 during the Civil War. The notes ranged from 50 cents to $1,000. “They issued $1.7 billion worth of currency, causing inflation to rise to 8,200 percent by 1865,” said President of the Siege and Battlefield Comission Larry Mangus. “This was the main way the Confederacy
raised money to finance the government and the war effort. In addition, the individual Confederate states issued over $65 million in notes. Even cities, counties and individual business owners issued notes.” Of the 72 notes issued, Mangus is only missing six. “These are some of the rarer notes in existence,” he said. “There isn’t a common note among them.” The first four Confederate notes are so elusive that they sell for more than $25,000 each, if they can be found. Only 607 of the first two notes ($1,000 and $500) and 1,606 of the no. 3 ($100) and no. 4 ($50) were issued. Confederate notes were print-
ed by 11 different printers, most of whom were in Richmond, Va. B. Duncan, Hoyer and Ludwig and Keating and Ball were the primary printers. Several issues were also printed in New Orleans and South Carolina. “The main printers in New Orleans were Manouvrier and the Southern Bank Note Company,” said Mangus. “They printed until the fall of New Orleans in 1862. South Carolina notes were printed by Carolina J.T. Paterson and Evans and Cogswell until Columbia was captured by Sherman.” Due to the types of paper used, the quality of notes varied.
BY ZACK STEEN zsteen@dailycorinthian.com
The first of two scheduled Alcorn County Board of Supervisors budget workshops lasted almost three hours Friday morning. The board looked over its fiscal year budget for the 2014-15 year. “It’s give and take,” said Lowell Hinton, board president. “We’ve got to make changes to some requests in order for our overall budget to work.” The board discussed budget request increases from Bob Moore, who provides attorney and legal services for the office, along with increase requests from the county’s two
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public defenders. The budgets of the other organizations, including Corinth-Alcorn Joint Airport, Crossroads Museum, Red Cross, Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter, Corinth Area Arts Council, Corinth Library, Department of Humane Services, SAFE, the Humane Resource Department and the Jacinto Foundation, were also discussed at length. The board will hold its second budget workshop on Monday at 9 a.m., at the supervisors office on Fulton Street. “We’ll be finalizing all requests and talking about the millage rate and general county budgets on Monday,” added Hinton.
Former professional athletes bring message of strength in God BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com
They are big and bad. The pair of former professional athletes visiting West Corinth Baptist Church are also believers. Former NFL player William Green is one of two members of the Strength Team slated to share the word of God this
weekend. Two members will be speaking Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday night at 7 p.m. “They will be able to grab your attention,” said West Corinth pastor Seth Kirkland. Breaking bricks and boards along with bending bars is sure to make the audience sit up and
take notice. “The things they do will definitely capture the attention of kids,” said Kirkland. “It opens the door for them to share the gospel and give folks a chance to be saved.” Mike Hagen started the group of former professional athletes, who are all ministers with the specific gifting of evangelism.
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“The Strength Team remains submitted and flexible to outreach,” said Hagen. “We have seen thousands come to know Jesus.” Green, the 16th pick of the Cleveland Browns in the 2002 NFL Draft, rushed for over 900 yards during his rookie season. He joined the Strength Team following a five-year career in
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the NFL. “Not too many first round draft choices have come to Corinth,” said Kirkland. “Hopefully, William’s resume will attract folks to hear his testimony.” This is no cost to attend any of the services. An offering will be taken each night.
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