Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-02-02
Our Special Service

supervisor OF rural ScnOOlS, mace an
address here in the interest of con-
solidated school.
Biloxi-Mrs. w. d. Westfall, 40
years old, wife of Prof. Westfall, in
structor of mathematics at the Univer-
sity of Missouri at Columbia, Mo-, died
in Biloxi of heart trouble.
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Biloxi.-Fifty-nine cattle dipping
watts have been constructed in Harri-
son, Jackson and Hancock counties
during the last two or three months
according to members of the board of
Of supervisors.
Sanford.-A farm loan association
was organized here with twenty-five
charter members. The following Off
GERS were elected: j. l.. Sanford, presi-
dent; r. l.. Kemp. vice president; F.
w. Mills, secretary and treasurer.
Clinton.-Mrs. J. T. Calhoun, county
home demonstrator, was here and or
ganized the tomato club and poultry
club with Miss Tieser Johnston, presi-
dent; Miss Elizabeth Stovall, vice
president, andl Miss Margaret Lati-
mer, secretary-treasurer
Belzoni.-The board of mayor and
aldermen have passed an ordinance
asking the citizens to vote upon the
question of whether or not they will
vote bond issue of $1,000 for the
erection of a building for negro school
pupils.
Bolton.-There were IL ,407 bales of
cotton ginned in Kinds county from
the crop of 1906 prior to January 16,
1917, as compared with 1929 bales
ginned to January 16, 1916, according
to the report of D. A. McNeill, special
agent census bureau.
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Macon.-Suit for $154,6S4 alleged
due as commission for the sale of 16,-
900 acres of land to Montgomery Bros,
of Moline, ILL.,, has been fled here by
c. M. Meeker against the purchasers,
and J. F. Ames, former owner. The
land sold for $32O,OoO.
Biloxi.-Five hundred tourists at
tended the meeting of the Biloxi tour
list club in the city park. Biloxi now
has more than 1000 tourists and scores
are coming to the city each day while
there are hundreds of tourists at va
rious other gulf coast towns.
Laurel.-Lost for "a hours in the
swamps, without food except couple
Of ham sandwiches, and cold, drizzly
rain falling, was the experience which
befell r. d. Macarthur, prominent
contractor of Meridian. and his young
son.
Biloxi.--Data regarding the amount
of tonnage of vessels operating out of
Biloxi In 1915 is being gathered here
by representatives Of the bureau of
census, department of commerce, at
Washington. Biloxi's feet of vessels
consist OF 400 to 500 vessels of all
kinds.
Greenwood.-The Greenwood cotton
receipts at the congresses up to Jan.
25, 1917, are as follows: Since Sept. 1,
1916, 02,474; same date last year, o.
700; week ending Jan. 25, 1917, 656;
same date last year. S69; stock on
hand now, 2S,221; same date last year,
27,S62; increase of receipts over same
date last year, 9,774.
Vicksburg.-Amid the blowing of
whistles the three torpedo boat de-
stroyers Sterrett, Monaghan and Lam
ston steamed into the Yazoo canal. The
destroyers will remain here until Feb.
s, when they will return to New Or
leans. The object of the visit here of
the war vessels is to stimulate enlist
ment in the United States navy.
Notwithstanding to information
brought to this city by U. s. Deputy
Marshal J. D. Money. who was one of
thirty passengers aboard a train over
the Alabama & Mississippi railroad
Sunday, the lives Of those In the train
were endangered when it was backed
on an embankment at Moss Point and
prevented from falling by a water pipe
which caught the rear end of the car.
Biloxi.-Sarah Coins, IA years old,
held of band OF United States reye-
nue. officers with revolver and shot
gun for more than two hours, in a
fruitless attempt to save her father
from arrest. The arrest Of the girl
marks the taking into custody of every
member of the Coins family save her
mother and one brother, somewhere
out vest ut puts an end to the
moonshiniEg which has been going on
| in Greene county for years." said "
J. A. Tuce4, United States deputy In.
tsrnal revenue collector.