Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-22
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
! for Hasty Perusal.

Long Beach.--Long Beach has
shipped so far this season $50 cars Of
vegetables with an approximate value
of 100000.
Vicksburg.-Judge Percy Bell Of
Greenville delivered the Elks flag day
address to large audience from the
Elk clubhouse porch.
Jackson Mayor Walter A. Scott
has announced that Jackson will have
big patriotic celebration at the state
militia camp here July 4.
Meridian.-The directors of the
board of trade elected o. L. Mckay
president, l.. D. Caldwell vice presi-
dent and Linwood Griffith treasurer.
Corinth.-Chief of Police J. @. Dan
lei confiscated 800 pints of whisky at
the Illinois Central freight station that
had been shipped to Corinth from j
St Louis concern.
Macon.-Twenty members of the
Red Cross society met at, the court
house and formed an auxiliary of the
Columbus chapter, which. is headquar-
ters for several societies. $3.50
Crystal Springs-The new Baptist
church which is being built here is
beginning to assume handsome propor-
tions and will be ready for occupancy
h-,
Laurel.-Dr. w. s. Crawford, for
merly resident of this city, but now
connected with the East Mississippi
insane asylum at Meridian, has enlist
ed in the medical reserve corps.
Jackson. - Mississippi leads the
south in recruiting hospital appren-
tees for the U. S. navy, total of So
being reached. The call for the allot
ments of the various states ended
June Is. aet-
Hazlehurst.-The Confederate mon
ument erected on court square here
at a cost Of $4,000 in memory of the
dead and living Confederate soldiers
Of Copiah county, will be unveiled on
July 4th.
Natchez-One of the largest real
estate transfers made in this county
recently was the sale OF Somerset
plantation owned by Miss Mary F.
Chaplin, Of New Orleans, to F. C. Chat
fin for $4,000. na
on.-Headquarters for the Mis-
sissippi division of women of the Ma
tional council of defense will be at
she l. l. and c.. Columbus, where the
registration OF the women of the state
will be directed
Observation-Disclosures has been re-
ceived at the Mississippi anti-saloon
league headquarters that 5000 bottles
of whisky have been cached in and
around Jackson in the last few weeks
before July /, when the state will be
bone dry"
Yazoo City.-Beginning June Is, at
Satartia, the Yazoo Commercial club,
Young Mems Business club and bureau
of farm extension work of Yazoo coun-
ty will open their big farm machinery
demonstration and canning campaign,
to last about ten days and will tour
every section of this county.
Belzoni.-The Belzoni auxiliary of
the Washington county chapter of the
Red Cross was organized at this place
with thirty members. w. S. Knots
was elected chairman; ]. C. Hutson,
vice chairman, and ]. R. Manser, sec
rotary of the business mems assccia.
| ton, was elected secretary and treas.
urer.
Memphis.-At the annual tri-statC
convention OF the pharmacists the fol
| lowing officers were elected: Tennes.
see-Harry Mayer of Memphis, presi
dent; John G.. Ingles of South Pitts
burg, first vice president; H.. C. Ma
son of Smithfield, second vice presi
| dent; T. Jack Shannon of Sharon, re
elected, secretary; Jerome Sanls oil
Nashville, reelected, treasurer. Mis-
| sissippi-John Beard of McComb City
| president; l.. G. Brown Of RcsedaIe
first vice president; w. ]. Cox Of
Batesville, second vice president: Miss
Flora Scarborough of Laurel, re-elect
ed, secretary and treasurer; Gus Ken
dali of Meridian. w. M, Gillespie o.
Charleston and R. e. Ousely Of Kos
ciusko. executive committee. Arkan
sas-Dr. jesse Hodges Of Little Rock
president; DR.. w. c., Hogan of Atkins
first Evre president; ]. 3, Paris o
Paragould, second vice president: Mis-
Mary Fein, reelected. secretary ant
treasurer; Bruce Greeson of Conway
chairman Of the state executive corr
mistss. fsEs.lnfs aI
IL Laurel.-Rights of way for the 1
miles of the Alabama and ssissipr
railroad necessary to connect the eft
Of Laurel with Pascagoula on the gul