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Daily Corinthian Vol. 116, No. 211

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• Corinth, Mississippi • 16 pages • One section

Missing K-9 search dog found BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

FARMINGTON — Zinny is home again. A tracking German shepherd used by the Alcorn County Emergency Management Agency, the dog herself became the focus of a rescue mission for owner Tate

Lancaster. After a story about the situation appeared in the newspaper on Thursday, he received a number of tips that led him to the dog at a Farmington residence that afternoon. “The community really reached out and opened up,” said the relieved owner. “I still can’t

believe she’s back at home, safe and sound.” The dog, wearing a collar, was apparently stolen from the area of her residence on County Road 107 last Saturday. Some phone tips led to a specific area where Lancaster and Zinny were reunited.

“The people that took her put a new collar on her and had her hid in an 8-foot fence,” he said. “I believe that they were going to keep her for themselves or sell her.” Since coming back home, Zinny has been to the vet, where she got a good report, got some shots and had a chip implanted. Lan-

Truck driver avoids collision

caster, who works with EMA’s K-9 team, also plans to get a GPS collar for the 3-year-old pup. “I’m not letting her out of my sight anymore,” he said. During the family’s search for Zinny, a number of people they talked to reported having dogs stolen recently.

Bald eagle shooter gets probation, $1,000 fine BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Morrow’s vehicle, but clipped its rear end and left the road on the right side. It then plowed over a roadside embankment and came to a stop when the truck hit a drainage ditch on the side of the highway.

ABERDEEN — The man accused of shooting a young bald eagle in Tishomingo County last year pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge and was sentenced Friday morning. On the charge of shooting a bald eagle, U.S. Magistrate Judge David A. Sanders sentenced William “Bill” Branum of Iuka to one year of probation with the condition that he not hunt for a period of one year or accompany other hunters, according to court records. He is also prohibited from obtaining a hunting license for a period of one year and must surrender any current license. Branum must also pay $1,000 restitution to the Jackson Zoo, which attempted to rehabilitate the bird, and must forfeit his modified 16-gauge Ranger shotgun that was used in the shooting of the bird. In addition to the plea agreement, the court accepted the government’s motion to dismiss count two of the indictment, dealing with the unlawful taking of migratory birds. Cooper Chavis, special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, recently told the Daily Corinthian that the bird died on Jan. 3 of this year.

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Staff photo by Bobby J. Smith

The truck driver was able to stand on his own while exiting the vehicle. He was taken via ambulance to Magnolia Regional Health Center.

18-wheeler jumps embankment, lands in ditch BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Two people were hospitalized Friday morning as the result of a two-vehicle accident near Biggersville involving an 18-wheeler. The accident happened shortly after 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of Country Road

512 and U.S. 45 just north of Biggersville. A white Chevrolet HRR driven by 52-year-old Kimberly Morrow of Corinth tried to cross Highway 45 in the path of a 2009 International ProStar commercial truck that was heading south in the right lane.

The truck — which was pulling an unloaded flat-bed trailer — was driven by Jeremy W. Williams, 32, of Hamilton, Ala. “Apparently, she pulled in the path of the semi,” said Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper Ray Hall. The semi swerved to miss

Local Sons of Confederate Veterans camp honors two ‘real grandsons’ BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth’s Colonel William P. Rogers Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp recently had the honor to welcome the camp’s second and third recipient of the “Real Grandson” medal. The camp’s first recipient of the newly designated medal — also the state’s first “Real Grandson” — was Corinth’s Robert Christy Morgan, who was honored by the camp in July. Arthur C. Dalton Jr. and Leroy Wesley Worsham recently became the camp’s second and third Real Grandsons. Dalton’s grandfather was Pvt. Soloman Alonzo Dalton of Company C, 26th Mississippi Infantry. He joined the Confederate forces at Iuka on Aug. 24, 1861. “The 26th Mississippi fought in many major battles of the war, including Fort Donelson in 1862; Jackson, Mississippi, in 1863; the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864,” said Camp Commander Larry Mangus. Pvt. Dalton was captured at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, when the city fell to Union troops under General U.S.

Grant after a nearly year-long siege. He was sent to the infamous prison at Point Lookout, Md. After signing an Oath of Allegiance, Dalton was released on June 1, 1865. He then returned to his home in Tishomingo County. The soldier’s grandson, Arthur Dalton, is a lifelong resident of Alcorn County. He worked for the Alcorn County Electric Power Association and has been a member of the Colonel Rogers SCV Camp since 1993. Leroy Wesley Worsham, 94, is a veteran of the Second World War. He is the grandson of Pvt. Luther Wesley Worsham of the 2nd Richmond Howitzers, Capt. L.F. Jones’ Company, Cutshaw’s Artillery Battalion. Pvt. Worsham enlisted on April 29, 1864, at Barboursville, Va. He fought in the bloody Overland Campaign of Gen. U.S. Grant against Gen. Robert E. Lee during 1864. The 2nd Richmond Howitzers fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Va. “General Grant lost over 60,000 men in these battles Please see SCV | 2

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Camp Commander Larry Mangus congratulates Real Grandson Leroy Worsham.

Index Stocks........7 Classified......14 Comics...... 13 Wisdom...... 12

Weather........5 Obituaries........ 3 Opinion........4 Sports...... 10

On this day in history 150 years ago During the engagement at Britton’s Lane, Tenn., Gen. Frank Armstrong decides to turn his raiding cavalry back to Mississippi, but runs into a Federal infantry column south of Jackson. The bloody fight is a Union victory and claims over 500 casualties.


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