Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-22

OF en- the school the first Wednesday
in October
Hon. John Y. hurry, Jr, former
manager of the Ripley branch of fish,
oringo Savings Institution, which in
st-tution failed in December, 19O7,who
was indicted by the grand jury on
the charge of receiving money for de.
posit after the bank had become in.
solvent, was acquitted in the court at
Ripley.
United States Deputy Marshal Lyon
served an injunction on the state or
ganiza,ion of the Council of Calanthe,
an association of negroes, restraining
them from holdig meetings, collecting
dues and paying out funds or transact
ing any lodge business. whatever. The
writ was sued cut by the supreme
council of the order and the colored
Knights of Pythias.
Jesse Scott, the white man who was
convicted and sentenced by the circuit
court of Sunflower county to pay the
death penalty for the murder of an
other white man, w. L. Embrey, near
Cleveland, Miss, in May of last year,
has become hopelessly insane.
The Sherman normal, arranged by
Union, Lee, POntotoc and Tlppah coun-
ties, began with about 100 teachers in
attendance. Miss Susie V. Powell gave
interesting and instructive talks on
school improvement work and school
hygiene and sanitation.
Prof. R. B. Waldrop, superintendent
of education, announces that the
Chickasaw and Webster county nor
NAL viii be held at Woodland in Au-
gust. The normal will be under the
management of Prof Waldrop, and
Prof Shaw, superintendent of Web
ster county
1t appears that the people of Wayne
and Clarke counties are going to have
joint fair and exposition during Oc-
tOber, which is to be held at Shubuta,
Clarke county.
The university normal closed with
appropriate exercises. This has been
the best and most numerousl yattend-
ed normal ever held at the University
of Mississippi. These summer normals
are becoming more and more popular
and are attracting a better grade of
teachers each year.
In the seventy-third year of his life
Rev. G. w. Potter died at Nettleton
Rev. Mr.. Potter spent most of his life
as a Baptist minister and teaching
school over the northern part of the
state.
An interesting normal for Chickasaw
and Webster counties will be held in
Woodland An exceptionally strong
faculty has been selected, and mate
rial for a "model school" secured.
The farme~3 Of ChoCtaw CO. y are
very blue over t e crop situation. It
has rained nearly every day for three
weeks and crops are getting awfully
grassy.
The Democratic congress 'ona1 ex-
ecutive commi tee of the Fourth con-
gressional dis riot of Mississippi has
ordered primary to be held August
25th.
A farmer by the name CT Kutts, who
lives a few miles from Acke~nan, had
on exhibition SQUASH of his raising
which weighed thirtv-nine pounds.
At an enthusiastic meeting neld at
Guide it was decided to cOmr-e nce the
preliminary surve~ of the Tutwiler,
Guide and Yazoo City railroad at once.
The East Tennessee .and Mississippi
Orchard Company Of New Alhcn-, is
now making large shipments of peach
es, and last week shipped 1000 crates
of the Belle of Georgia and the Ell
berta.
State Auditor Smith reports that
the banks of the state are not com
plying as promptly as usual with the
request sent out two weeks ago for
statement of their conditions at the
close of business June so, for the IT.
formation of the comptroller of the
currency.