Yep, I think she liked the "homebrew" and rumor also had it that she was a "madam". Isn't it great what we all find out....... Kathy Hall --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Ken Jackson <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Ken Jackson <kjchowboy@bellsouth.net> Subject: [PTREE] VARNER HOME AGAIN VISITED BY OFFICERS To: palmertree@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 10:16 PM Courtesy of Peggy: Feb. 26, 1932 The Winona Times Winona, MS VARNER HOME AGAIN VISITED BY OFFICERS Sheriff R.M. Smith, accompanied by Deputy Tom Thompson and Marshall Joe Glenn, paid another unexpected visit to the Varner home, south of Winona, Sunday night. The officers entered the home and upon making a search found sufficient intoxicating beverage to make an arrest. It will be remembered that Mrs. (Ma) Varner was arrested by the same officers some 2 weeks ago and upon standing trial was fined $100.00 and costs and given 60 days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended, however, pending her good behavior. It was understood that she would have to serve the sentence automatically without further trial if caught in disobedience of the law again. Possibly this fact was uppermost in her mind when the officers surprised her Sunday night. The officers report that everyone in the home was as docile lambs upon discovering that the law had again invaded the erstwhile, placid waters of good-fellowship. Probably this atmosphere would have prevailed had not Ma Varner developed an acute desire to quench her rapidly developed thirst. So great was the thirst that she requested that Sheriff Smith allow her to go to the back porch and secure water. Being the gentleman that he is, the sheriff could not refuse to grant so simple a request. He assigned Marshall Glenn to accompany the lady to that place where liquid refreshments could be had in the milder form. Upon arriving on the back porch and  satisfying her craving for refreshments by drinking deeply and fully of the Nectar of the Gods, Ma made an additional request upon the officer who chaperoned her. Being the gentleman he is, he acquiesced. Upon being satisfied that his prisoner was, at least temporarily, beyond the point of attempting an escape and being the gentleman that he is, he turned his attention to searching for more of the intoxicating beverage that has been responsible for the major part of the trouble at the homestead. Only momentarily was his prisoner out of his vision, but the time was sufficient, the occasion propitious and the inclination urgent. Yes, the prisoner, propelled by the strongest sense of self-preservation and the very slightest desire to spend any time as the guest of the county, departed to parts unknown. She was enveloped by the shades of night before the officers was hardly aware of the fact that the spot she had occupied had become vacant. Aided by a dense wooded section adjacent to the homestead, she made her escape good. Diligent search by the officers failed to reveal her whereabouts.  She has not been located yet and it is safe to assume that she has departed from the county for a protracted visit. ------------------------------- Visit the Palmertree Family History website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are we talking about Ma Varner? Or Ma Barker?! LOL -------------- Original message from Kathy Hall <bodie0718@yahoo.com>: -------------- Yep, I think she liked the "homebrew" and rumor also had it that she was a > "madam". > Isn't it great what we all find out....... > > > Kathy Hall > > --- On Thu, 4/2/09, Ken Jackson wrote: > > > From: Ken Jackson > Subject: [PTREE] VARNER HOME AGAIN VISITED BY OFFICERS > To: palmertree@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 10:16 PM > > > Courtesy of Peggy: > > > Feb. 26, 1932 > The Winona Times > Winona, MS > > > VARNER HOME AGAIN VISITED BY OFFICERS > > Sheriff R.M. Smith, accompanied by Deputy Tom Thompson and Marshall Joe > Glenn, paid another unexpected visit to the Varner home, south of Winona, > Sunday night. The officers entered the home and upon making a search found > sufficient intoxicating beverage to make an arrest. > > It will be remembered that Mrs. (Ma) Varner was arrested by the same > officers some 2 weeks ago and upon standing trial was fined $100.00 and > costs and given 60 days in jail. The jail sentence was suspended, however, > pending her good behavior. It was understood that she would have to serve > the sentence automatically without further trial if caught in disobedience > of the law again. > > Possibly this fact was uppermost in her mind when the officers surprised her > Sunday night. The officers report that everyone in the home was as docile > lambs upon discovering that the law had again invaded the erstwhile, placid > waters of good-fellowship. Probably this atmosphere would have prevailed had > not Ma Varner developed an acute desire to quench her rapidly developed > thirst. > > So great was the thirst that she requested that Sheriff Smith allow her to > go to the back porch and secure water. Being the gentleman that he is, the > sheriff could not refuse to grant so simple a request. He assigned Marshall > Glenn to accompany the lady to that place where liquid refreshments could be > had in the milder form. Upon arriving on the back porch and satisfying her > craving for refreshments by drinking deeply and fully of the Nectar of the > Gods, Ma made an additional request upon the officer who chaperoned her. > Being the gentleman he is, he acquiesced. > > Upon being satisfied that his prisoner was, at least temporarily, beyond the > point of attempting an escape and being the gentleman that he is, he turned > his attention to searching for more of the intoxicating beverage that has > been responsible for the major part of the trouble at the homestead. Only > momentarily was his prisoner out of his vision, but the time was sufficient, > the occasion propitious and the inclination urgent. > > Yes, the prisoner, propelled by the strongest sense of self-preservation and > the very slightest desire to spend any time as the guest of the county, > departed to parts unknown. She was enveloped by the shades of night before > the officers was hardly aware of the fact that the spot she had occupied had > become vacant. > > Aided by a dense wooded section adjacent to the homestead, she made her > escape good. Diligent search by the officers failed to reveal her > whereabouts. She has not been located yet and it is safe to assume that she > has departed from the county for a protracted visit. > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > Visit the Palmertree Family History website at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~palmrtre/index.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALMERTREE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message