Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05
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Water Valley was invaded by the /
knights of PythiaE. A public meeting |
was held in the opera house, presided |
over by the district deputy of the
Eighth district The first speaker Was |
Judge L. T. Biount. Judge Blount, in
y very happy manner, delivered the ad- |
dress of welcome and made n strong de- |
tense of the tenets of the order. This |
address was responded to by Grand Cham |
eellor Sam Montgomery of Greenvills. |
Hon. H. NJ. Quin of jackson, who holds |
the office of grand keeper Of records and |
seals in the order, delivered an eloquent |
and inspiring address, having for his
theme What Pythianism Stands For"
A meeting under the auspices OF the
Farmers Cooperative Denomination
Work Of the United States Government
was held at Greenville. The attendance
of planters and business men was good
and interesting speeches were made by
IT, E. Saveley of Washington, r. S. VIII
son Of Columbus, Miss, and L. H. Mark
ham Of Greenville, on the subject of fall
farming operations and general agricul-
ture.
1t has been the custom in Water Val
ley for the past decade for the old Con-
federats veterans to have public bar
becue annually. This year the Sons Of
the Confederates and the Daughters OF
the Confederacy combined their
strength in order to do honor to the
worthy gray-haircd veterans, and last
week witnessed the happy fruition OF
he Joint labor of love Of these sons and
daughters, in banquet rendered to the
old soldiers by the sons and daughters
at the courthouse.
The farmers institute held at Belzoni
under the auspices of the farmers CO.
operative demonstration work of the
United States department OF agrlcuF
turs was attended by large number OF
interested farmers and business men.
The object of these meetings il to dis
cuss plans for next years crops; to In
duce farmers to plant better varieties
of seed, and especially cotton seed, in
anticipation of the boil wGsvil.
At a meeting of the board Of direc-
tors of the Columbus, Memphis PEN
sacola Railroad Company, it WAS de-
cided to take steps to regain the char
ter of the company, which two years
ago was transferred to H. Z. Reynolds
and other promoters. The latter pro-
posed to build what is now known as
the Aberdeen & Tombigbee Valley rail-
road, the name having been changed aft
er the charter left the hands of the orig
inal grantees.
The negro who has been held in jail
at jackson on suspicion OF being Bob
MierS, the negro, who killed ex-Sherlff
McDougal, of Carroll, has proven be-
yond doubt that he is Jim Tuners,
raised near Brookhaven, Miss. Bob
Miers is still at large. A reward OF ST.
900 is offered for his arrest and identi-
fcation.
At the Farmers Union meeting at
Strong Hope, the speakers OF the day
were Professors FAINT Butler, f. r. Lloyd
and Miss Susie V. Powell. The two
men spoke on the boil weevil and the
Investigation of crops. Miss Powell
spoke on school Improvement.
Prof. S. NJ. Tracy of the A. d NJ. Col
lege at Starkville, talked to the farm
ers of Claiborne county on food crops,
hog raising, etc. Claiborne is becoming
one of the best live stock counties IN
the state.
1t was determined to hold the 1910
convention of the State Sunday School
Association in Meridian April 1921.
The Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
road contemplates the building Of an ex-
tension of its line from Ellisville to
Collins, q distance of about eighteen
miles, passing through very fertile sec
ton of Jones and Covington counties.
The Piney Woods Normal and Indus
trial Institute at Braxton opened its
doors to the public on last Thursday
morning. In every sort OF vehicle, Afoot
and horseback, negroes from every di-
rection began to arrive with the dAw1 OF
day, and by 10 o'clock the campus pre-
scented a picturesque throng in varle-
gated colors such a. is characteristic OK
the Southern negro.
Owing to the high price of -four = num-
Der of farmers in the Wesson community
are going to plant few acres in wheat
this year and try to make their own
-four. They are sure that some energetic
men will put in -four mill if sufficient
wheat is planted
That the cotton crop is very short
around Lexington is shown by the COM
press figures. The receipts this year up
to the present time are 2,s35 bales as
against 1888 bales to this date last year.
These figures would indicate that Lexing-
ton will get but little over 10000 bales,
when 10000 bales are usually received
annually.
Old Holmes added laurelS to her crown
when her manly sons came trrdging to
Lexington last week, bringing their fam
lilies and loads of exhibits that would do
credit to the State Fair at Jackson. As
is widely known, Holmes county took the
lead in the introduction of corn clubs,
and has maintained her place in the
front ever since. She lived up to her
reputation. and the exhibits excited
words of praise from the experts who
como for the occasion. It was supposed
to be Corn Club day, but as the day