Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-03-30
LATE NEWS
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Happenings Over
| Commonwealth
as Cleaned from
Various Places

Brookhaven.-The Lincoln county
jail, up until Saturday, has been empty
for six weeks.
Utica.-Hon. Thomas Masterson
Griffin, an old and honored resident of
the county is dead, aged 81 years.
Eaurel.-H. w. Bell, former city en-
gineer has been awarded $400, 200
contract for building good roads in
Acadia parish, Louisiana.
Brookhaven. e. Lamb and as
sistants OF Shreveport, La, represent
ing the Gulf Refining company, are in
Lincoln county prospecting for oil.
Biloxi-Miss Bessie Brougher, state
nurse for the Mississippi Anti-Tuber-
culosis committee, is organizing a tu-
berculosis association in Harrison
county.
Greenwood.-Miss Adeiine Kantor
laid the first brick In the erection of
the handsome new building being put
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her name.
INSTRUMENTATION has begun its
annual spring cleaning up, as a part
of the state cleanup campaign, which
arouses much interest In Mississippi
every year.
Tylertown.-The first shipment of
vegetables from the Tylertown Truck
ers' Association was made from here
by B. Anderson and consisted mostly
Of radishes.
Yazoo City-The Yazoo Commercial
club Of this city is organizing a CO.
operative cattle association for the
purpose of advancing the live stock in.
dustry in this county.
Crystal Springs. Wallace
of the Crystal Springs Manufacturing
company, is still complaining of the
scarcity Of labor. He has on his pay
roll more than 300 names.
Toccopola.-A a recent meeting of
the Pontotoc county boys pig club six
ty Duroc Jersey pigs were distributed
to new members of the club and plans
made for another successful year for
the club.
Yazoo City.-The order of the East
ern Star was organized at the Masonic
temple. The members of the Benton
lodge were present, and Mrs. Mary
Stigler. of Lexington. assisted in the
organization.
Jackson.-A conference of all busi-
ness interests has been called to meet
in this city March 28 to consider a
fight against a revision upward OF Mis-
sissippis intrastate class and com
modify rates.
Natchez.-Over five hundred dele
gates are expected here for the state
convention of the Eastern Star. which
will be held April 20. - and %. Ma
tional officers of the east and west
will be In attendance.
Hattiesburg.-Because of illness,
Mrs. j. B. Lawrence, president of the
mothers congress and parent teach
ers' association. announces that tn
state meeting to be held in this city
on April has been indefinitely post
poned.
Columbus.-A factory is to be es-
tatAished In Columbus at once. The
new plant will be bleaching process
to prepare cotton to be manufactured
into smokeless powder, celluloid, mer-
cerixed silk and other commercial
products.
Brookhaven.-The campaign inaug.
urated by the Methodists of this city
for the purpose of raising the sum OF
$4,000 to complete their new church
building, has closed. Total collections
for the week amounted to the sum Of
S11. .110.O0
Crystal Springs.-The mayor and
board of aldermen are determined to
take over the water and light plant,
to be operated under municipal super
vision. instead OF under the lease sys-
tenn. as has been done for the last
three years.
Biloxi.-W. w. Robson, an inmate
of the Beauvoir Soldiers Home. has
an old dueling pistol which is proba-
bly, the oldest pistol In the United
States. The pistol was brought to
North Carolina from England about
100 years before the revolutionary war.
Clinton.--As proof Of the progress
OF stock raising In Kinds county, p.
.. Ratliff, who has a farm near Ray
n'ond, shipped carload of steers to
New Orleans, recently. and realized
thrse-fourths Of cent more per pound
than any previous record on the sale
e bssf cattle.
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