Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-07-08
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The summer school and training
course of the Maben High Schoolf
opened with fairly good attendance
of teachers from Webster and Oktib. /
beha counties A feature of the school
to which everybody is invited is a Sc,
ries of lectures on psychology, while I
the general public as we'll as t1e
school will be entertained by lect .
ures from eX-GoV Vardaman, Presi |
dent Whitfield Of the l. I. and c.. /
State Superintendent Of Education :. /
N. Powers, Congressman r. T. 5issol +
and other prominent men Of the state /
The school will contain eight weeks.
Corinth and Alcorn counties claim /
to be able to produce in Mr.. r. P. |
Walker the champion cabbage raiser
OF the state. Walker has a cabbage |
which measures eighteen inches acrosa
the head and weighs 25 pounds. Mr. /
Walker has marketed, from his small |
garden in the most fashionable resi-
dence section of COrinth, 225 c2bbages
and has kept a record of each cab. |
b2Se, 100 Of which averaged eight to
twelve pounds, 100 twelve to twenty
pounds, and twenty-five from twenty
tc twenty-five pounds.
NJ. R. Cocker, after nearly two years
illness, died at his residence near
Potts Camp. He was 10 years old, and
higaly esteemed citizen. He was an
eX-Confederate soldier, belonging to
Company D, 43d Georgfa regiment. and
was wounded at the battle of Bakers
Greek, Miss. and although entitled
to q discharge on account Of the Sc
we're wound he served the Confederat,
cause until the war was ended.
Miss Hazel Hogan, a bright voune
lady, daughter Of Mrs. J. B. HOGAN OF
Starkville, happened to a painful, seri
Gus and unusual accident An A. A
College pennant was hanging in ne1
room fastened to the wall with an ord
mary dress pin. Miss Hazel jerkej
the pennant and the pin flew fore
most through the bali of her eve. She
was taken to an expert oculist Of en-
lumbus and he pronounced the sight
entirely gone and removed the eyehau
AT BraXton 2 white man and linn
Braddie, a negro, engaged in dis
pute over a debt Of $3.50 that sho ne
gro claimed the white man owed. The
negro disputed the mans word. re-
sulting in a fist fight. Other negroes
took Part The white men became en-.
RACED and took Jim Braddia and
whipped his. Not being satisfied as In
the whipping given the negro, q mob
was raised, the negro having made 5is
escape, and pursued him under taa
cover Of night In their pursuit two
men lying in ambush, supposed TO Be
negroes, shot into the mob, Instantly
killing Luther Buckley.
Portrait tablets of Col Woodso
(Union) and Col Higgins CConfoderate)
have arrived, and viii be placed in the
Nicksburg National Park at once
These are two Of a number Of tablets
Of this kind. and they will make veryl
ornamental additions to the already
large collection of imposing memorials
in the park
Congressman Ben Humphreys of the
Third Mississippi district, has gone to
Minnesota for his health. The con.
gresham is far from well. but homes
to recover his strength entirely bv
early fall, when he will return 10 Mis-
sissippi to make some speeches in the
delta, reciting his work in congress
and asking the people for reelection.
State Senator Theodore BilbO smoke
at Hickory to an audience Of about
$50 people. He was forced to speak in
open air, as the owners Of the public
hall refused to allow him to use it
The trustees also refused to let him
speak in the schoolhouse.
A good roads picnic will be held
July q. Charles W. Thatcher. the
good roads apostle, viii entertain the
crowd with an address on good roads.
It will be no political affais. ard nc
speeches will Re allowed urich bear
directly or indirectly On politics.
An address by DR.. w. S feathers.
director Of public health and santa.
ton, under +-~ oto+0 h."~1 - '~~~7fI
was one Of tro raotr~os IF the SOS.
sion Of TIE 17fs7'zsio0i Travo7e~s' As.
sociation. The o~~ooiqtfor hos done
much to secure LEGISLATION Ioosi7g to.
ward irprove-r sanitarv c0nSifio7s ~
hotels, railwav stations ard otter rub.
lie places. ard Tr. Letters r,ade val.
liable SUGGESTIONS recording other i'm.
provemeDts along this line
st. johns celebration by the Ma
sonic lodge and the laying of the
cornerstone for the new and hand.
some school building which viii be
erected at a cost Of $4,000, we're in.
pOrtant features Of the barbecue given
at Shelby. After the speaking all par.
took Of a great feast consisting of
barbecued pork, mutton, chicken and
beef, and all other coed things usual
at bis picnics.
Gulfport was selected by the Mis-
sissippi Travellers as the place for
holding their next annual meeting.
There was a spirited contest to Sc
cure the meeting, Gulfport having
been compelled to fight strong dele.
cations from Granville, Natchez and
Hattiesburg.
The convention of the Mississippi
Travellers Association adopted a reso-
luton indorsing the immigration
movement recently inaugurated in this