Complex sentence: He was also a publisher of the "Yazoo Herald", a newspaper in Yazoo City, Mississippi and the Belzoni "Item"; president of the Farmers' Union in Mississippi; and belonged to the fraternal organization Woodmen of the World.
Split into simpler sentences: He was also a publisher of the "Yazoo Herald", a newspaper in Yazoo City, Mississippi and the Belzoni "Item". He served as president of the Farmers' Union in Mississippi; and belonged to the fraternal organization Woodmen of the World.