Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-10-19


inatgurated by a number of patrons
OF the city schools here with petition
to the board of directors requesting
that the noon recess be extended to
one hour In order to allow the chill
dren living in q reasonable distance OF
the school to 60 home for dinner
There was some opposition to the
plan, and the matter was disposed OF
by the board of trustees passing an
order allowing the pupils who could
go home and return in 80 minutes tc
do So The petitioners claim the pan
tries Of the patrons Of the schools are
running over with canned goods, which
are not suitable for lunches.
Clarksdale.-By paying $150.0o0
more than 5000 an acre, for 74S acres
of Coahoma county land, A. ]. Nose
ley, J, H. Smith and w A. Richie o.
this city have demonstrated their con
fidence in the future of the great Mis-
sissippi delta and in Coahoma county
lands in particular. This Is the high
est price ever paid for Coahoma land
and the deal comes as elimination
OF heavy realty activity in this sec
ton during the past several months
Agricultural College.-The crop and
live stock movement is on in Missis
sippi with the farmers cashing in on
the greatest crops they have ever
grown at prices that are breaking all
records, is the report brought in tc
the college by Marketing Specialist
T.. M. Patterson, who has been out
among the county agents In all parts
of Mississippi aiding them in grading
their products and in keeping In touch
with the best markets.
Clarksdale. le.-Evidence secured by
postoffice inspectors caused the ar
rest of w. H. Smith, rural carrier and
substitute clerk in the Clarksdale post
office, on charge Of rlfling the malls.
He was given hearing before U. s,
Commissioner w. G. Landers and
placed under $1,000 bond to await
the action of the federal grand jury.
Failing to make bond, he was con
fined in the county Jail.
Batesyille-Stanley Yarbro shot and
fatally wounded George Kline, saw
filler foi the Chickasaw Cooperage
company, at Crowder Kline died
from the effects OF the shots. Yarbrc
was cut in several places and claims
shst Thine was coming on him with sr
open knife and cut him when he fireo
with the above result.
Natchez.-The tail lights OF automt
biles in Natchez must shine like good
deeds since the passage of the revised
| traffic ordnance; also, there must be
no exceeding the seed limit Of is miles
an hour. These facts we're ascertain
ed when 25 owners of machines were
called into police court and fined for
fracturing the ordinance.
Grenada.-Grenada county shipped
its first carload of sorghum molasses
| The shipment was made to New Or.
leans. Every farmer seems to have
raised some sorghum. Local mer,
chants are advertising to buy 1t, and
number of farmers are arranging to
make cooperative shipment through
the county farm demonstration agent
Greenville.-Ten white men and AZ
negroes, comprising the second incre
ment of district No. of Washington
county's quota to the new national
army, left Greenville. en- route to
Camp Pike. Ark. This is the first
40 per cent of the negro quota to
leave and the second contingent Of
white men.
Hattiesburg-By unanimous vote
the members of the Parents and
Teachers Association Of Hattiesburg
at five separate meetings held in the
FIVE schools OF the city voted to ask
the votors to hold an election to pass
on authorizing special levy for the
schools OF Hattiesburg.
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Blue Mountain--Lowrey Memorial
Baptist church has called DR.. II. A.
Kimbrough. of vicksburg. Miss, 10
be its pastor, to succeed Dr. w. +
Farr. who resigned recently to accept
the pastorate of a Baptist church in
the Mississippi Delta.
Greenwood.--Four white men, rep
resenting the third increment OF Sc
lectmen in Leflore county left FOL
Camp Pike via Memphis. Thirty-nins
on special train for the same camp
Meridian.-Officer here are search
ing for Purvis Taylor. the 4-year-olt
son of C. w. Taylor of Enterprise
who was kidnapped and taken away IL
an automobile.
Jsckson.--A business dirtrict fire II
t...c hoart of the city caused losses
which will run I'D to $4,000 as con