Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-10-09
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" o@S"nOh was suut anu hlileu Ny W.
A. Sorsby. clerk in the Clinton post
once. Fitzgerald had been TO Clinton
two days checking up that office, of
which Mrs. Cabiness is the postmistress
Sorsby had been running the office
Fitzgerald checked him up short sew
eral hundred dollars and had started
back TO his home in Jackson. While
on ais way to the train and on the de-
Footsteps, carrying grip in each hand,
Sorsby appeared suddenly before him,
stuck pistol to his side and fired be-
fore his victim could raise his hand or
utter . protest He had been in the
service thirty years.
The cotton boil weeyil has already
appeared in five counties in Mississippi
Adams, Wilkinson, Jefferson, Amite
and Claiborne. 81 predict that the
weevil will reach Warren county next
year" said r, S. Wilson. Mr.. Wilson
10 the state agent for the farmers CO..
operative demonstration work, under
the auspices Of the national agricul-
held in vicksburg on the 18th of Octo-
Der, when m effort will be made to
arouse the planters OF this section to
the gravity of the situation rs to the
approach of the weevil, and to take
Mpme steps that will minimize the Ca
lataity.
The Lauderdale County Farmers
InSon passed resolutions calling upon
eetaon growers to place their cotton in
WmeaAouses and draw only 40 per cent
G3 t@ market value for the purpose of
p@Q9@R merchants. The members
Hgrsed to use cotton bagging and urged
each lodge of the union to require all
@embers to sign a pledge this fall to
liant from five to ten acres of corn for
och pillow, decreasing the cotton and
Seegcly increasing the corn acreage for
1S09. Resolutions were also passed
oerdemning the operations OF night
riders. "s
The stockholders of the proposed
Mississippi River Western railroad met
IN Meridian and organized by the
adoption Of charter, the election of
efacers and board of directors. The
meeting was very largely attended by
citizens from the various counties
through which the road will pass, and
enthusiasm in the proposition was very
pronounced. The capital stock is to be
%, DOC, 900, and the president and secre-
t&ry have power to issue 81 100000
per cent bonds as soon as needed.
An unusual potato crop was raised
by w. L. Hay, OF Leland. He planted
three and half acres in Irish pota-
toes, using % bushels of seed, worth
OIL per bushel. He sold the crop from
the three and half acres for 1926. He
gave the small potatoes for the plant
ing and gardening. He sold his crop
for about 81 bushel, and now has a
fine crop of late corn, which he planted
where he had raised the potatoes.
How to provide accommodations for
the students who have applied for adj
mission is the problem that confronts
President 81. L. Whitfield, of the In
dustrial Institute and College. Over
LOCO applications for admission have
been received. Owing to the failure of
the legislature to provide adequate
means OF support, and limited dormi-
tory facilities, not exceeding 500 stu
dents can be accommodated.
In battle with q monkey wrench and
. sledge hammer, Lon Davenport killed
Jack Robinson at Greenville. Robin
son struck Davenport with monkey
wrench. Davenport picked up sledge
6Ammer and killed Robinson with one
Slow.
Dr.. James Lewis of Mckinney. Tex,
las been selected to fill the veterinarian
place ut the A. & M. college recently
made vacant by the withdrawal of Dr.
J. c. Roberts. Dr. Lewis is graduate
Of the Texas A. & NJ. college, Chicago
Veterinary college and Ames Iowa
Veterinary college, Mich.
The Farmers union of Forrest coun-
~ will build warehouse at Hatties-
burg, the company being capitalized a.
elO, 200. II. w. Bradshaw, state lee
tufer Of the union, has succeeded in
getting total of over CSC, 900 invested
n tAe warehouse business in various
T1aces.
The entire business section of Arcola
vas burned to the ground, entailing q
lass Of CSC, 600 or more, on which there
&as emily small amount of insurance.
oply three stores escaped and fifteen
were destroyed, together with their
sOntents.
Officers Of the Hattiesburg Traction
company have perfected arrangements
for the financing Of the enterprise, in
volving the placing of $3.50, 900 of bonds,
and work on the plant will commence
Dec l.
A contribution of $50 to the Stephen
u. Lee monument has been received
feom President Theodore Roosevelt by
Chsirman w. T. Rigby of the Vicks-
burg military park commission.
The annual chrysanthemum show OF
the Hazlehurst Floral club takes place
ut the State Fair at jackson Oct. $3.50,
and 1t Hazlehurst Nov. 1916.
The building committee of the A. &
N. college awarded the contract for a
new dormitory to w. I. Christopher OF
Gedsden, Ala, for s62, 64S.
Lac Mac EACIMG HnRVU nAY