Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-18
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The friends of John S. Smylie will be
glad to know that of class of 106 who
stood the examination to enter West
Point Military Academy, he was among
the twenty-siX who passed and was en-
tered a student of that institution. He
was the only Mississippian who quai-
fed. John s. is the youngest son OF j.
c. Smylie, native of Copiah county,
but for several years a resident OF Hat
tiesburg, and grandson of the late Rev.
Angus McCallum, pioneer minisser OF
the Presbyterian church in South Mis-
siasippi, where he has large family
connection John comes from good old
Southern blood and has III him the maxi
ing of loyal defender of his country.
A meeting of the faculty of the Mis-
sissippi Medical Association was held at
Meridian and it was unanimously de-
cided to build Il magnificent new college
with hospital attached. The new build
ings will be constructed at cost of be-
tween $4,000 and 5000, and will be
ready for occupancy by the opening of
the next session. The new eolle-e will
be modern in every particular, occupy
ing the site OF the present college.
Never in the history of the circuit
court of Tunica county has the docket
been so small as this term. Since whisky
has gone out, the homicides among the
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degree that there are few murder cases
these days in court, there being only
three on tbs docket. Heretofore the
usual number ranged from twenty to
twenty-seven.
The newly appointed Yazoo-Missis-
sippi levee board met at Clarksdale for
the purpose of organizing, electing ".
NJ Carruthers president. Thomas H.
Rice of Tallahatchie county was elected
secretary and treasurer, and c. /. Lo-
max of Greenwood, attorney. Major 7.
G. Dabney was reelected chief engineeE
and w. L. Head his assistant.
F. S. White, agricultural agent for the
Frisco system, was III Nettleton with his
car Monday, March a. He lectured at
10 am. and pm, in the knights of
Pythias hall The farmers appreciate
Mr.. Whites visits, and he was greeted
by the largest crowd this trip than ever
before
There never has been as much plow-
ing done up to this time before in the
history of Oktibbeha county. Prof. W.
/. Hutchinson, director of the a. and NJ.
College experiment station, says his
plows were running all winter, with
very short in.ermission. The farmers
of the county generally are well up with
their work, and corn planting has al
ready begun.
Anticipating the enactment of the su-
preme court commissioner bill into law,
it is stated that quite a number of law
yers of the state are out with their
lightning rods and hopeful that the APP
pointive current. may be detected their
way The bill lacks several steps as yet
before it can be classified among the
laws of 1910, but there is no doubt of
its ultimate approval by the governor
The managers of the cottOnsesd oil
mills are getting ready for the shutdown
for the season at jackson. There are
four of these mills, and all are of
high capacity, and have handled and
crushed between them about AZ, 900 tons
of seed, which is rather below the record
tons.
Twenty people were injured in a col
lision at Philip, eighteen miles above
Greenwood, on the Yazoo and Missis-
5ippi Valley railroad, when the passen-
ger train ran into 4 supply train. A
J tiagman that had been sent back to flag
The passenger was called in, and the
passenger train crashed into the supply
rain without warning
ID. G. McLaurin of Hattiesbure, who
runs dTay, seems to give his attention
TO delivering beer and whisky to the
Illicit dispensers of same. justice Davis
takes the position that such IS not
egitilnate occupation, and lined j i, ne
limit of the law. The case was appealed
o the higher courts for final adjudica-
ton
The gloom cast over the community
by the closing down of the Mississippi
mills at Wesson indefinitely has not d.
minished. Gov. Noel has promised 20
recommend to the legislature to pass a
! special act as quickly as possible au-
! thorizing the Wesson mayor ana board
of aldermen to use $500 of the city's
| funds for the relief of the distressed
women and children there.
| AT the February meeting of the board
Of supervisors, an appropriation OF 49,
| 600 was made, the money to be used
| in building Confederate monument on
the court house square at Hattiesburg
A committee of u. d. C.'s met like
| committee of Boys in Gray and Sc
lected the spot on which the monument
will stand. The contract has been let
and work is now in progress.
There is Joint movement on foot of
he A. NJ. College authorities, the
Starkville municipal board and the
'ounty board of supervisors, private
subscription to enable a model, up-to-
late chink road and concrete walks from
he court house in Starkville to the A.
/ NJ. c. chapel.
At the annual stockholders meeting of
| he Winona Cotton Mills the manage
nent reported a good years business,
md showed that the mill had earned a
rood dividend for the past year.
Use of Concrete in China.
Concrete houses and walls rein
forced with bamboo have been built |