Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-04

school at Kossuth closed Friday.
Biloxi.-The she'll road along the
beach from Biloxi to Gulfport has been
completed.
Hattiesburg- rs women OF
Hattiesburg organized local chapter
OF the Red Cross Society.
Biloxi.-Prof c. e. Ives was elected
principal Of the Virgins high school
for the ensuing school year.
Biloxi.-The First National bank of
Biloxi has distributed 1900 packages of
garden seed to Biloxi residents.
West Point.-Clay county board of
supervisors has closed contract on
lease for free ferry at Barton landing
over the Tombigbee river.
Observation-Disclosures IN Mississip.
pi' the first capture has been made Of
an alien suspect by the Mississippi
troops under the federal service.
Scooba-In addition to the spoke
factory which is rapidly going up here,
another large hardwood mill is being
built about seven miles from town.
Greenwood.-The convention of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy
of the state of Mississippi assembled
in Greenwood Tuesday for four day
session.
Clarksdale planters are exert
ing every influence to get their seed
In the ground that there may be no
further delay in getting the new crops
under way.
Calhoun City.-A proud mother trav-
eled all the way from Calhoun City to
Memphis to see her two fine boys don
a naval uniform and answer their coun-
try's call for men.
Meridian.-Fifty prominent sawmill
men OF this section met here and adopt
ed resolutions calling on the Interstate
commerce commission to render relief
with reference to car shortage.
LaureL-The little town of Cohay,
north of Laurel, where the Eastman
Gardiner logging camp Is located, has
given eight young men to the United
| States navy. through the Laurel re.
crulting office.
Biloxi.-A large subscription is being
raised in this city and Gulfport to pur-
chase fertilizer and seed for Harrison
county farmers, who met with a num-
Der OF serious setbac1s during severe
storms last year.
Laurel-Walter McDavitt, Claude
Lawless and Harrison Bryant, three
young white men. have been lodged
in the county Jail charged with stab
bing and seriously wounding Rufus
Altman, OF Sumrall.
Columbus.-Thea anniversary Of the
! famous. Paul Revere was celebrated
here with fully 1000 people, including
students of the industrial institute
and college, demonstrating their pa
triotism at rousing meeting.
| Hattiesburg. Major j. G. Welborn,
U. s. army, is in Hattiesburg to desig-
nate selected young men for training
in the officers reserve corps, which
| is the first the government is taking
In the raising of the new army.
Gulfport.-J. R. Kelly, grand chancel.
lor knights OF Pythias of Mississippi,
has pretermitted the 1917 session OF
the grand lodge. after comforting and
receiving the unanimous Endorsement
of all the grand lodge officers.
Crystal Springs was brok-
en- here for the New Baptist church.
Mr.. Easley of Magnolia is superintend-
ing the building, and when finished
will be one OF the most attractive and
comfortable churches in Mississippi.
Laurel.-Grand Master o. U. Addi-
son OF the Mississippi Odd Fellows
states that the grand lodge meeting.
which was scheduled to meet in Vicks-
burg in May of this year, would prob
ably be called Off on account of the
war.
Yazoo City.-While other counties of
Mississippi may have shown greater
shipments OF cattle during the last
year, 1t is doubtful If there is county
in the state that will equal Yazoo in
the importation of pure-bred cattle, es-
pecialiy of the beef breeds.
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| Neutrality-suspicious. Masonic lodges
have received official notice from
Grand Secretary Frederick Gordon
Speed, announcing that the date for
the annual school of instruction OF the
district deputy grand lecturers. to be
held at Meridian. has been changed
from the 18th. 18th and 18th Of May to
tho 22d, 2ad and Gath Of May.
Natchez-S W. Barksdale, well.