Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
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In the presence of a large gathering
of Masons and others the cornerstone
of the Harry T. Howard Hospital, II
the grounds of the state Masonic Wild |
ows' and Orphans Home. was laid at
Meridian with interesting and impress
sive ceremonies. The address was de- /
livered in a mastery way by Most |
Worshipful Grand Master Walter Nc.
Conner while the stone was laid hy
Grand Master Harry T. Howard, who
donated the hospital, and for whom 1t
is named.
To meet the demand for boarding
facilities for girls, the board of trus.
tees of the Madison County Agricultu. |
raj High School has decided to build
a dormitory for them. There will ~
a teachers normal. lasting four weeks,
in July and August. 1t will be held
under the auspices of the school, and
accommodations for a hundred teach
ers will be afforded.
AS the season progresses the injury
to the tomato crop by the freeze on
April "a becomes more apparent, and
it is now evident that the damage was
greater than at first estimated to be.
To the inexperienced many fields loci
well, look as they ordinarily dc in the
middle of April. but a close eXamina'
ton shows that most fields will yield
but few tomatoes.
The Walden Dredging and Drainage
Company has adopted plans by which
all necessary money will be raised and
a canal survey made to begin at once
through Hays creek valley. II pres
ent plans are perfected a lareg body
of submerged land, which is yer, val
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put into state of cultivation.
James Foster of Copiah county has
just celebrated his ninety-third BIRTH
day by giving a great efast, which was
attended by his children, grand-chii
dren and great-grandchildre and
many of his relatives and friends
numbering between IS and 100.
This is tn first year since the civil
war that any farmer in Sunflower
county has ventured to plant wheat
and its growth and maturity has been
watched with much interest. 1t is now
harvest time. and as far as learned
success has crowned the project
The A. and NJ. College commandment;
Col. Goodaie, announced the following
appointments for the ensuing term:
S. R. Varnado lieutenant colonel: W.
H. Buckley, S. R. Simmons and w. B.
McMurtry, majors.
The most successful session In the
history of Grenada College closed last
week This statement applies whether
reference is made tO finances, enro"|
ment in college departments, 81 to
general character of work done.
Congressman Ben. G. Humphreys Of
the Second Mississippi Congressional
District, is critically in at Memphis
infirmary. Congressman Humphreys
was forced to leave Washington sew.
eral weeks ago on account of ,cTl
GUS complication of diseases.
The twenty-fifth annual session at
the Mississippi Industrial Institute and
College was brought to a close Monday
at noon when the diplomas and Cel
tiicates of proficiency were awarded.
The baccalaurate address was deliv
cred by DR.. w. o. Thompson, president
Ohio State University.
After four days of one of the hard
est fought legal battles in the history
of Tallahatchie county, the jury in the
case of the state against c. w. Osborn
charged with arson, returned a verdict
of guilty, and Osborn was sentenced tc
the penitentiary for term of eight
years. Osborn was convicted for com
pIicity in the burning of his store al
stock of merchandise.
Meadville, the historic county seat
Of Franklin county, ard one Of the an
cient towns in Southwest Mississippi
which has had an exceedingly unfort
innate and deplorable recent past, and
has been known for years Past as a
town without a church, has at last
gotten out of the primitive rUt, and
now boasts two church buildings:
The Brookhaven Camp CT tie Wood
men OF the World is now the largest II
the state, the membership being 535
105 new members having been enrolled
since the first Of January. The total
amount of insurance carried by the
membership is S793,0C0.
Two hundred employees, men, women
and children, were thrown out Of work
by the closing down of the Meridian
cotton mills for an indefinite period
Mill officials declare that they have
Deen running at a loss for some time,
and are compelled to shut down until
the price of raw material is such as
will justify resumption of operations.
As a result of a broken switch, a
southbound freight train on the Mobile
& Ohio railroad was wrecked near
Scooba, and two members of the crew
were killed-John Campbell, engineer,
Jackson; Jesse Davis, brakeman, Of
Houston.