Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17
Wississippi
Nems

D0euVOir Soi01erS' Home met at E5au-
voir and organized by the election OF
II. @. Shsrkey as president pro tenn. and
L. NJ. Henry secretary. 1t became
necessary 10 elect secretary outside
the membership, and on account of Mr..
Henrys devotion TO the interests of the
Homo from lee inception to the present
time, and his knowledge of the affairs
OF the institution, the board unani-
rnously rendered him the position,
which he accepted, and agreed to serve
without compensation. Mr.. Henry is
Ineligible to serve as director on ac-
ecuns OF the law making all State Of
hcsrs, members of the legislature and
Judges Ineligible as trustees on any of
che ssats institution boards. The Hons
10 now full Of inmAtes-about 10O-and
No more can be accommodated until
additional buildings are provided, work
% which will be pushed rapidly. There
ere new on Ole twenty-three accepted
applications for admission.
Wofkmen have just completed the
erection Of o handsome monument to
the memory of the late j. L. Power, on
she fsmiiy lot in Greenwood cemetery,
jackson. This monument was raised
By she Odd Fellows and newspaper men
Of Mississippi, to commemorate the
life OF, and 70 prove their regard for
the late Col. J. L. Power, for many
years the states "chief citizen"
AZ the time Of Col. Powers death the
Masons expressed desire to erecta
monument 70 the memory of him who
had been for more than thirty years
their beloved grand secretary. The
plAa meeting with favor, after some
time sHsat In getting their plans
worked sut, che Masons erected their
memorial on the family lot in Green
wood, where today it stands. There
having been some misunderstanding
among the various committees of the
MAsons, the Odd Fellows and the news
paper men, they did not unite their
icrses AFs decided to act independently
Of saah ether, and the result is that to-
day there are two handsome monuments
on The lot, both in memory of the man
whose service to his state and to her
people cannot have too many proofs of
appreciation and respect.
10 hes been arranged to hold the an
nuAl meeting Of the Mississippi Audu
bon society as Jackson during the meet
ing Of the Teachers association. The
meeting will be planned especially with
reference to the interest and needs of
teachers In this work. A suitable hall
for she exhibition of stereopticon slides
will be secured, and Prof. Allison will
mako o talk on bird study and the
Audubon work in connection with the
stereopticon exhibition. In addition
70 the illustrated lecture by Prof. ALI
son it Is planned to have brief talks by
several others, including Profs. Sullivan,
Billington, Foster and Rose.
The Mississippi River Mound associa-
ton was formed at Greenville. The
purpose Of the organization is to
awaken interest among those owning
lands along the levee front in the bill
now before congress providing for the
erection OF mounds for the protection of
human life and stock along the banks
Of the Mississippi river between the
government levees and the river during
high water.
Although the Boddie anti-bucketshop
bill, enHc'ed at the recent legislative
session, .ocs not become effective until
June, large number OF persons and
hrns engaged in the operation of
brokerage and commission business,
with wiro facilities for dealing in
futures, have quit business, and others
are preparing to do SO.
The cornerstone of the Old Ladies'
Home was laid at Jackson with i'm
prsssive ceremonies in the presence of
large throng of interested spectators
and fri%AB of the Mississippi Old
Ladies' HOne association.
applicants TO practice pharmacy in the
state were held at jackson by the state
board of pharmaceutical examiners,
with ssventy-6ve applicants, four of
whom being negroes.
Arthur N. Beattie was elected secre-
tary-sressurer of the Yazoo- Mississippi
lsvee board to fill the vacancy caused
By the death Of Percy NJ. Houston.
The board of supervisors of Yazoo
county appropriated $500 to the build
Ing Of she Old Ladies' Home at Jack
son.
PrsllMinaPies are being arranged for
work on the new road between Jackson
and Carthage, to be known as the Pearl
River Valley railroad.
The board Of supervisors of Lefore
county appropriated $4,000 to the Kings
Daughters hospital at Greenwood.
Capt. E. p. Thompson, Confederate
journalist, and one of the most promi-
nent men Of Eastern Mississippi, died
suddenly 81 Aberdeen. Capt. Thomp-
son was born In Mississippi in 1889. He
enlisted at Okolona in the Confederate
army In Msy, 1861, going out with the
Eleventh Mississippi regiment.
Beginning with the year 1901, AMI
including every year since, the Yazco
& Mississippi Valley Railroad company
must pay the city of vicksburg about
eao, 900, as the result of decision 10y
the United States supreme conrt.
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