The Bolivar County Democrat., 1917-02-17
MISSISSIPPI
Happenings You
Are Interested In

The Poplar Springs school house
has burned.
Claude f. Hill was elected state SEN
ator from Forrest and Perry counties
without opposition.
The city of Ellisville has launched
a movement for paving the business
streets of the town.
Arrangements are being made for a
district meeting Of Odd Fellow lodges
in Columbus, Feb. 10.
The Biloxi Yacht club has increased
its membership to 166 since the re-
organization of the club.
Authorities Of Woodville are MAX
ing a determined effort to stop the
unlawful sale of liquor.
Edgar Ware, 10 years old, had his
right foot cut off by a southbourd
freight at Crystal Springs.
An Aberdeen country club has been
organized with sufficient subscribed
members to insure its success.
The Old Dixie fiddling contest,
which will be held at the Starkville
courthouse ON the 22d, will be unique
| affair.
A continuous highway from Michi-
gan to the Gulf of Mexico is being prof.
ected by the Meridian highway asso-
citation.
Organization of the Southern hay
growers association was completed at
Meridian, whereby over 400 members
will cooperate
Burglars entered the store of L. G.
Spencer at McCarley and blew open
| the safe, securing $40 in cash and
valuable papers.
The bond issue OF $4,000 to pur-
chase terminal property for the Meri.
dian and Bigbee railroad carried by a
vote of 33S to 90.
|
| Judge George Anderson was elected
|
only about 175 votes being polled in
the entire county Of Warren.
| Ruleville has started Spring clean
ing" and the improvement in the ap-
pearance of the streets, alleys and va
cant lots is very pronounced.
The smokestack of Carrollton's light
and water plant was blown down and
put the people Of Carrollton out of wa
ter and lights for several days.
| H. H. Cross Of Denver, Col, noted
painter of Indian pictures and life
long friend of Col. William F. Cody,
is the guest of Back Bay friends.
|
After lingering near death for sew
eral days from injuries received when
she was struck by train, Mrs. r. l..
Farmer, of Newton, aged 40, is dead
The board of supervisors of Copiah
| county sold $500 additional road
| bonds to be used in the further con-
struction of public roads in district 5.
General Samual Wragg Ferguson,
one of the few surviving brigadier gen
erals of the Confederate army, passed
away at Jackson hospital in his 82d
year.
Arrangements are being made at Co.
lumbus for big ceremonial of the
Dramatic Order knights of Khorassan
the latter part of this month or early
in March.
Contractors of Memphis, Tenn, were
awarded the contract for the improve
me1t of the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college road leading from Stark
vile to the institution.
The Cumberland national farm loan
association has been formed with a
membership of 109 from the counties
of Webster, Oktibbeha, Clay, Calhoun,
Chickasaw and Choctaw.
Declaring that he had been living in
hell for the past five years, Emery
Hester aged Is, shot and instantly
killed his stepmother at Laurel, say
ing he aimed and fired deliberately.
James Washington, a negro, has
confessed, according to Adams county
authorities, that he fired the shots
that killed j. R. Gibson, wealthy plant
er of the Ellersville section of this
county, January II last.
An action in libel was filed in the
U. s. court at Biloxi by the sailors of
the Swedish vessel Windsor Park, now
in port at Gulfport, against the vessel
and her master, whereby the crew
seeks to recover two years wages.
On account of the recent assassina-
tion of j. R. Gibson, wealthy planter
of the county, and also to prevent the
escape of prisoners, G. F. Longmire,
county convict manager at Natchez,
has secured three bloodhounds for the
use of the county.
While two brothers. Denval and
Cecil Wilson, ages 10 and 13 years,
of Eucutta, were out rabbit hunting
the gun in the hands of Cecil was
accidentally discharged, tearing the
.on of his brothers head off