Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-09-07
MISSISSIPPI.
Epitome of Interest.
Events That Are
Tr spring Over
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Lights, is being demolished.
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Winona.-Dr. S. G. Tanner, Wi
noha dentist, has been appointed first
lieutenant in the officers dental re-
serve corps.
Corinth.--On Wednesday and Thurs
day. October and 4, the agricultural
clubs of Alcorn county will hold their
their annual rally.
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Riloxi.-Prof James Brodia, Biloxi
agricultural expert, has started
movement in Harrison county to in
terest farmers in DECREASING.
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Boltop.-There has been little hay
cutting in this territory, the long
drought causing the hay yield to be
the shortest ever known here.
Vicksburg.-Col G. P. Howe of
Memphis has arrived in Vicksburg
and taken charge of the Third river
district, relieving Col J. R. SIattery.
West Point.-The West Point peo-
pie are proud of the record their boys
made at Fort Logan Root They sent
six men and all six came back officers.
Hattiesburg -Brigadier General H.
H.. Whitney. who will command the
Sixty-third Artillery brigade, has ar
rived at Camp Shelby from the Pre-
sidio, California.
Greenwood.-The board of trustees
of ethe Greenwood schools employed
Misses Hattie Brown and Mona Quain
as additional teachers in the grammar
and high school grades.
Biloxi.--The gulf coast packing COM
paries face the most serious shortage
OF ,abnr ever tnossn according to
representatives of the shrimp and oy-
ster industry of Biloxi.
Meridian.-The unwritten law came
into Its own again when jury brought
in a verdict OF not guilty for Jack
Clark, charged with killing Luther
Sharp, who, he claimed, wronged his
sister.
Columbus. case of G. D. Hart
ness ct al. VS.. J. Dotherow ct al,
which involves the ownership of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church in
this city, is to be carried to the SUI
preme court.
Meridian.-Departme of justice
agents, together with Deputy United
States Marshal Jasper Boykin, arrest
ed Charles Evans of Newton county
and placed him in jail here on charges
OF anti-draft activity. !,
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Columbus the efforts and
enterprises of members of the Colum-
bus Chapter of the American Red
Cross over a thousand articles of raj.
f.ent have been knitted and made for
the soldiers at the front.
Hattiesburg.- Miss Anna Refine of
Indianapolis has been appointed as
senior public health nurse here by the
Red Cross. according to dispatch re-
ceived by DR.. J. A, Watkins. director
of the health campaign here.
Columbus.-Th is good roads week
on the Tuscaloosa highway, and citi-
zens of the territory which is traverses
are devoting their activities to putting
the thoroughfare in a first-class condi-
tion before the fall rains set In
Lexington The local board for
drafting soldiers reported a list quail
fled for service of the required quota
for this county to the district board,
containing more than dozen more
names than were needed at this time.
Greenville. le.--Oden Givens of vicks
burg. aged II, who had been working
on the government revetment near
Gaines Landing, died at the local hos
pital here as the result of burns re-
ceived while working about derrick
on q barge.
Hattiesburg.-The government has
taken over the construction Of the
road to Camp Shelby, a distance of 10
miIes. Forrest county had spent $11.-
900 on this road and turned oyer to
the government $4,000 ----A by
bond issue for this specific work.
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Senatobia.-Th-de will be no county
fair for Tate county this fall as has
been Tor the past several yaa-s, the
directors OF the fair association having
liquida:ed it q few days ago How
ever Miss Louise Allen. couaty agent
OF home economies, together with tho
business men Of the county, has per
;ectec ,sxyangemsnts- for district fairs
IN .he county. There will be five OF
thess faire. one in each supervisors
distr