He also peddled jewelry across the county until he reached Friars Point.
Some of them have lodged the same complaint that the white voters of Friars Point are making.
Friars Point, in northwest Mississippi, is the first municipality to consider greater white representation.
Friars Point had at least one white member on the board until new municipal officials took office Monday and the council became all black.
But it was apparent today that in Friars Point, the incident follows years of strained relations between the police and some young residents.
Friars Point, population 1,480, is 150 years old this year.
It was a rival of Friars Point, five miles up the Mississippi River.
He was born in Friars Point, Miss., in the delta.
They'd gone south and taken military control of a small town named Friars Point, Mississippi.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Friars Point, Mississippi, in 1895.