Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-07-13


sold at trustees sale to Mrs. James G.
Smith.
Gulfport. sum of $50 was real
ICED from the Red Cross festival given
at the Mississippi Centennial grounds
last week.
Yazoo. City.-The county board OF su-
pervisors met and let the contract for
bridge between Yazoo and Madison
counties over Big Black river.
Moselle.- descendants
OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Collins
had their annual reunion at the home
OF Mrs. ]. l.. Shows in Moselle.
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Hatiesburg DIR. Harvey T. Noun
ger. the new county health officer, was
appointed a member of the county ex-
emption board by Governor Bilbo.
Columbus.-A health or sanitary sur
vey of Columbus is being made by DR..
William H. Price. OF Cincinnati. repre-
senting the United States public health
survey.
Magnolia-The $4,000 county bonds
for establishing the county agricultu-
raj high school at .Godbold's Mineral
Wells were sold by the board of super
visors.
Purvis.-The Lamar county educa-
tional board has ordered the Lamar
county public schools to open for a six
months term the first Monday in Sep
tember.
McComb.-Organizati of the Red
Cross auxiliary at large in this city
has been completed with J. B. Afford,
chairman; o. B. Quinn, treasurer; A
]. Evans, secretary.
enwood-Contracts amounting to
over 100000 for road work in Leflore
county were cancelled by the board of
supervisors because of failure on the
part of the firm to make bond.
Rolling Fork. G. Cammack, who
has been the very efficient postmas-
ter here since March /, 1902, has re-
signed his position and left for an au-
tomobile trip to Los Angeles, Cal, his
future home.
Monticello.--A thorough tick eradi.
cation c,gapaign is being waged in this
county .Sygeser she supervision of DR.
Z. H. Aicher, federal supervisor of the
work here The prospects are excel
lent for tick-free county not later
than Dec. /.
Clarksdale.--Henry Theders, Al. who
died at the Baptist hospital in Mem
phis, as result of being struck in
the head by piece of flying machin-
cry while boring an artesian well here
several weeks ago, had been life
long resident of this city.
Natchez.-At meeting Of the city
council a committee from the school
board composed of A. L. Howe and l..
P. Conner submitted "a report giving
estimates of the amount that will be
required to carry on the work of the
schools. Expenditures necessary were
given at $31.795.
Belzoni-One hundred and seventy
eight members is the final result of the
Red Cross campaign waged here for
| the last three weeks. The Belzoni aux
iliary of the Washington county chap
ter lays claim to the youngest mem
ber in the state in the person of James
S. Sumrall, the 4-months-old child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Sumrall.
Brookhaven.-S. E. Moreton, who
has been vice-president and general
manager of tie Homochitto lumber
company, with mills at Bude, will also
fill the same position for the j. j. New
man lumber company, with mills at
Hattiesburg and at Sumrall. He is also
the principal owner OF the Central
lumber company of this city.
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Gulfport..-About twenty-five girls
arrived here from New Orleans to at
tend the first Girls Military Training
camp to be organized in this part of
the country The camp is located at
Senator H. d. Moneys old home near
here, and will be known as Camp
Muskogee on the Gulf of Mexico" 1t
will be open through the months Of
July and August and Miss Susan X.
Gillian will be In charge.
Clarksdale.--Mrs. George P. Ora
| ham "a wears old a resident of this
city. attended moving picture show
few nights ago. which was the first
movie she had ever seen and the first
entertainment Of any kind she had at
tended In so years. Her husband de-
clares that she has not missed show
| since 1t was stated that Mrs. Gra-
ham had not been more than 100 feet
from her home in Is years.