The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-14

Corn Club.
A celebration was rendered the Con-
by the local chapter of United hugh-
tiers OF the Confederacy, and Confederate
camp OF veterans of Iuka. The local
chapters furnished large spread for
all veterans and sold dinners TO visitors,
of whom there were about 1000 in at
tendance.
The thirtieth annual session of the
Oktibbeha Baptist Ass ociation held the
association with Ocobla Church, Neshoba
county, six miles east of Philadelphia.
This association represents 30 churches
of East Mississippi, with more than q.
500 members, all churches being repre-
sented by delegates. The attendance
was extremely large. Dinner was served
on the ground each day and the host
went away rejoicing.
For several years past unmistakable
evidences of crude oil beneath the earth
have existed in certain sections of JEFF
ferson county, and 80 plain are these
indications to oil experts who have Wis.,
tied these sections that contract has
been duly signed up, whereby deep Dor.
ing will begin as soon as the necessary
machinery can be installed upon the
premises.
Garner Smith, of Madison county,
planted little patch of three-quarters
of an acre in beets and gathered 500
bushels of beets from it. In June he
planted the same three-quarters of an
acre in corn and has gathered seventy
five bushels of corn, all within eight
months. The gross proceeds of the two
crops from this small piece of land
amount to about $3.50.
The board of Mississippi levee com.
missioners met to receive the report of
the secretary and treasurer for the fiscal
year ended Sept. 80, at Greenville. The
report shows that after deducting for
estimates of levee work done during the
month of September, amounting to $780,
900, the cash on hand amounts to $780,
163.97. Contracts for levee work
amounting to 100000 are yet to be
completed, but the tax collecting session
is at hand and the board will be able
to meet the estimates for work as COM
pleted without borrowing money.
1t is now certainty that Montgomery
county will have an agricultural high
school, and that it will be located at
kilmichael.
The assessment rolls of Marshall coun.
ty show the following valuations: Real
ty, $2,359,179, which is an increase over
last assessment of $270,693; personally,
$1,271,4SS, which is an increase of $780,.
632 in the personal valuation.
In response to request from Sheriff
Prowell, Gov. Noel called out three com
panies of the state national guard to
protect Henry Belts and Reese Belts,
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the killing of J. w. Smith, who was
mysteriously murdered in a swamp in
the southeastern portion of Loundes
county Sept. 16.
j. R. Anderson has just finished gath
ering his corn crop, and the best acre,
measured up by County Superintendent
of Education Claude Bennett, produced
1913 bushels. Had it not been for
wind and rain storm which struck it in
July, when it was in full silk and tassel,
it would have gone up to 16O bushels
per acre.
Two thousand people assembled in
Rosehill, Jasper county, and held an en-
thusiastic meeting in the interest of the
building of the Mississippi Western rail-
way, which is proposed to run from
Meridian to Natchez.
A large meeting of the farmers and
business men of Lincoln county was held
at Brookhaven to discuss methods for
lighting the boil weevil and for crop
diversifcation. Resolutions were adopted
calling on the board of supervisors to
appropriate 5000 to be supplemented b,
$500 from the government to employ two
demonstrators in this county to induce
the farmers to more generally adopt tho
methods of crop diversfcation and COM
batting the boil weevil which the govern.
ment tests have found most effective.
DIR. B. w. Sherrod, president of the
State Colored Anti-Tubereulosis League,
with headquarters in Meridian, is arous-
ing much interest in the fight among his
race for the eradication of the white
plague.
As one of the results of Gov. Noel,s
visit to Washington during the latter
part OF August, representative of the
United States forestry bureau, has been
sent to investigate forest conditions in
mississippi, in cooperation with state
experts.