Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-22
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added to those already existing, ant
such little differences as were existing
few months ago have been adjusted
and the entire membership is in har
mony and working together for the
common welfare. The union is taking
the keenest interest in the enforcement
and carrying out of the statutes en-
acted by the legislature during its ses
sion this year, especially those affect
ing the agricultural high school act
the county department of agriculture
law, the live stock sanitary board en-
actment, the feed inspection law, ani
the acts regulating the handling anc
putting up of cotton by public ginner
and its transportation by the common
carriers.
The grand lodge, Knights of Pythias
held a two days session at Vicksburg
with 224 delegates representing 20.
lodges. The financial condition anc
growth of the order in membership i.
the most gratifying in its history. The
number of members in Mississippi i.
10,102. Representatives of the trus
tees of the widows and orphans fund
reported 10,475. 10 on hand and recon-
mended that the grand lodge make in
vestments of the income in securities to
become due and payable in 1911, and al
that time building operations will be
gin. The trustees estimate there will
then be 10000 on hand.
A statement just issued by the state
auditor shows the expenses of the last
legislature to have been $95, 489. SO,
every item of appropriation, the low
est Of which is S25 fees for the supreme
court clerk in civil cases, and the high.
est is 81, 900, 600 for the common school
fund for the two years. The sum total
OF all the appropriations reported to
the auditor was Sc, 523, 71O.91.
Hon. Walter Clark, president of the
Mississippi division OF the Southern
Cotton association, has been named as
the National Good Roads association,
which convenes in Chicago June Is,
and in Denver early in July. He has
also been named as one of the states
representatives at the international
congress OF good roads, to be held in
Paris October next.
Chairman H. E. Blakeslee, of the
Mississippi livestock sanitary board,
expresses much qualification over the
passage by congress of the agricultural
appropriation bill carrying a good al
lowance for the bureau of animal hus-
bandry. "The passage of this bill will
render it possible for us to commence
our campaign for the eradication of the
cattle tick by the first of july" says
Chairman Blakeslee.
Rev. John B. Andrews has just closed
a very successful revival meeting at
Greenville. More than 100 professions
and reclamations resulted from the
meeting, the membership of all the
churches being increased as a result of
his earnest preaching.
Planters in the Jackson section are
generally replanting their cotton, of
which 80 per cent. had been planted
when the recent rains came. Up to
that time the growing plant could not
have been in better condition.
Columbus has q merchants associa-
ton, which was formed to push the
business interests of the city.
The first annual convention of the
Mississippi Travellers to be held at Me-
ridian june 26-27, promises to be one of
the largest and most important gather
ings ever assembled in the state.
While the acreage as a whole has
been decreased, probably 10 per cent,
around Hollandale, there has been an
increase of at least Is per cent in the
corn, hay and alfalfa crops.
Lieutenant-Gov Manship acted
rs the states executive during the abb
sence of Governor Noel, who attended
the conference of governors at Wash
ington.
The members of the Baptist faith in
the state are looking forward with in
terest to the general state convention
which assemblies at Meridian July s.
Members of Ratliff's battery of the
celebrated Withers' artillery will hold
their annual reunion at jackson on
June 3, the birthday of Jefferson Davis.
Two men were instantly killed and
lumber mill partially wrecked when o
boiler exploded at the plant of the w.
G. Wood Lumber company at Collins.
The Lincoln county board of super
visors is advertising for bids for the
loan of $4,000 to meet current ex-
penses. Six per cent will be paid and
the money borrowed at the June meet
ing.
The erection of cotton warehouses or
arrangements therefor by the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union.
while not so general as was the case
year or SO ago, is still being heard of,
and there will be several new organiza-
tions and warehouses ready for holding
surplus cotton by next fall.