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Vicksburg.-Baby week celebration
was held March at the city library
with public speaking and other exer'
cises
Natchez.-The Natchez Civic I'm.
provement League has been pledged
every assistance possible by the mayor
and board Of aldermen in the cleanesf
town contest.
Yazoo City-Peutions asking that
bonds be issued for the construction
Of good roads will be held in Yazoo,
SunfIower, washington and Kinds
counties, as result Of a meeting held
here recently, at which the Delta High
way Association was formed.
Yazoo City-Arising from his bed,
to which he had been confined for sew
eraI weeks with pneumonia, white
citizen living two miles south of this
city succeeded in extinguishing flames
which had enveIoped his wife before
she was fatally burned. Her wounds
are serious, however, one hand being
badly burned.
Biloxi SamueI s. Smith, postmas-
ter at Elarbee, Harrison county, ar
rested by United States Deputy Mar
shall Money and brought before Unit
ed States Commissioner J. G. Tyler or
this place, on charge of opening and
OBTAINING a letter in the United States
mails, has been boun over to the Au-
gust term of the federal court. He
made q $500 bond.
Duck HiI1.-Fire that broke out In
the two-story brick building occupied
by the Duck Hill Mercantile Company
soon destroyed this as we'll as the ad-
joining building, in which the bank
tile company was about $11 900, partly
covered by insurance. The telephone
exchange, suitated in the upper story
of this building, was destroyed
Natchez.-Captain ;. R. Allen, ac-
cording to reports here, has asked the
government aid be extended to the
waterbound people between Monterey
and the mouth Of the Black river
These people have been under water
longer than any other part OF the flood
ed area and the chances are they will
stay inundated for three weeks or
more longer. They are badly In need
OF food and feed for their stock.
Biloxi-Biloxi and Gulfport will
join in celebration to be held in all
probability the latter part of the
month at Biloxi for the purpose of
showing popular approval and enthu-
siasm in the movement to rebuild the
roads of Harrison county and to es-
tablish the Mississippi Centennial Elk
position at Gulfport. The citizens OF
both cities will gather in the city park
at Biloxi and gulf coast orators will
tell Of the plans of enterprising citi-
zens in fostering the movements that
mean so much for the gulf coast.
Gulfport-The strike of Gulf & Ship
Island Railroad trainmen called when
the employees claimed they were re-
fused wage increases and recogni-
ton of their utilization with the Broth
erhood Of Railway Trainmen, has been
declared off. Announcement to this
effect was made by officials of the
railroad company following confer
ence with committee of conductors.
the latter having been selected by
the strikers to represent them IN ar
bitration councils. A 10-hour day and
wage increases ranging from 10 to 20
per cent were granted to road men,
employees in the yards receiving nc
increase.
Hazlehurst.-The trustees Of the Co
piah-Lincoln agricultural high school
located at Wesson have accepted the
plans and specifications OF Moss Il
HALLS, architects, and will soon begin
the erection of the administration
building which will be two stories high
and basement. and built Of brick. The
building when completed will be mod
ern in every respect, steam heated,
and large enough to accommodate the
fast increasing patronage. 1t will cost
$4,000.