Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-27
Wississippi
Mews

l. ; LIS seeretery 81 Dne state board OF
! pharmaceutical examiners has adj
dressed the following open letter to the
druggists OF Mississippi. s,a~
"1ndianola, Miss, March 16.-The
regular spring examination for appli-
!caRts 10 practice pharmacy In Missis-
sippi will be held at Jackson on the hrst
Tuesday in April. This 10 to give
nstice. that il you have any person or.
persons in your employ who are unreg-
istered, and who are compromising
physicians prescriptions, you, as well
rs these employees, are violating the !
laws OF the State, and 1t Is your duty
as good citizen to see that they attend
the examination on tha above date and
register. -
ut is the intention Of this board, at
ter the spring examination, to address
letters to every circuit Judge and every
district attorney throughout the State,
at the converting of each county court,
as well as to prominent citizens of, the
various counties who can be of assist
ance to the board and the officials, In
| structing that close investigation Be
| made, and all violators of the law be
| prosecuted.
THE members constituting this board
are all under oath that they will do ,
their duty to the people of the State,
and they will know no favorites in the
performance of this duty, but will use
every endeavor to put an end to the in
discriminate practice OF pharmacy by
unregistered parties in Mississippi
This is an important matter, and
one that deserves your hearty co-opera-i ;
| ton with the board.
IL. 81. WILKINSON, -JR., Sec'y. -
Pleading gui ty to manslaughter,a
Mrs. Nancy Odom was fined 500, a.
compromise verdict, ending d case that
has been of interest in Mississippi for
years. Mrs. Odom was charged with =
killing her brother, John Rich. The
| family involved in the case is one OF
the most prominent in Perry county,
and the fatal quarrel grew out of a dis
pute over the ownership of the heredi-
tary estate. Mrs. -Odom claimed the
| right to use a. creek. Her brother,>
| John Rich, forbade her to do so. They
met at the branch Mrs. Odom saws
her brother attacked. her with a blud-
| geon. She brought 70 tn shotgun
which she had paced near at hand and
| fired, killing her brother.
In o large number of counties new.
warehouses promoted by members. of
the Farmers Union will lie built during
the year, and the organization will be
in better shape during the autumn to
hold the bulk of the cotton, crop than
heretofore. The S250,0OO advance
money on cotton in storage negotiated
by President Hightower has been dis
bursed among the members, thus en-
aiding them to go ahead with their
preparation.
Ten or more guests in the Harrington
hotel at Mish, Gov ngton county, had
narrow escape from death when the
building was destroyed by fire. The
guests were asleep, and before they
awakened the fire had gained such
Roadway that it was impossible to get
out by way of the stairs Rescue was
finally accomplished through windows.
Portions of the roof had fallen in be-
fore some of the people in the building
were awakened. ..t
The railroad commission has ordered
the Illinois Central to so arrange its
schedule of train No. "a, north from
Grenada, as to connect at Holly Springs
with the train on the Frisco from Mem
phis to Birmingham.
The superintendent institute of the
two Mississippi Methodist conferences
will be held at Durant May II to II.
Prof. Powers, State superintendent.
of education, announces that the sum-
mer normals this year will be held at
Starkville, ,Bro0kha ven, Hattiesburg
and Oxford, The work heretofore car
ried on at the Columbus and Starkville
normals will be combined and all the
work will be done at the A and NJ. col
lege. This normal will commence on
June 10. The Brookhaven normal will
be opened during the latter part of
June. This normal, and also the ses-
sion at Hattiesburg, will be devoted TO
general work, while the university nor
NAL will be devoted to higher work.
County boards OF examiners through
out the State are getting ready for the
semtannual examinations of appli-
cants for teachers licenses. The ex-
aminations for white teachers will be-
held at the various county seats on
April and 4, and April IL and Is, and
for coiored teachers on April 10 and IL,
and April "A and rs, two days being
devoted to each examination. -.
The Mississippi Retail Hardware As
citation, composed OF over 200 dealers. =
will hold its annual convention at
Greenwood May ii and Il
capt. +. Z. Leech, who was perhaps
the Oldest native-born citizen of
Lowndes county, died at Columbus. ::
Capt. Leech was born about seven
miles from Columbus so years ago, and
practically all his life was spent within
the borders of Lowndes county.
The Hattiesburg plant. OF tho ]. J.. +,
Newman Lumber Company. suffered
q loss by IRE to the extent Of $500, 600.
The main saw mill, the largest, in South
Mississippi, was entirely destroyed.
Tho locomotive sheds and about sS, 500.
600 feetct lumber were alao daalraRe6
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