Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-11
MUST SAVE SEED FOR 1918
No More Coming From Europe Until
After the War, Says n. M. Cot
tress, Aericuiturist.

save seed for next year, according tc
H. M. Cottrell, agriculturist of the
chamber of commerce farm bureau.
Mr.. Cottrell wants gardeners to real
ize that the supply of garden seed in
America is practically exhausted, and
that no more seed will be imported
from Europe until the war ends. 1t is
common prudence, therefore. that
those who would eat next year should
save the seed now.
| Every family is urged by Mr.. Cot
trell to save three times as much seed
as 1t will need, to guard against the
possible rayages of mice, mold and
other influences.
In this connection, Miss Bessie R.
Murphy, director of the womans de-
partment of the farm bureau, issued
the following bulletin to members of
community clubs:
II ask every club member to save at
least twice as much seed of every gar
den crop as she will need during tbs
next IL months.
Save few plants of mustard, rad
ish, turnips, English peas and other
corps this month and let them go to
seed. Every month save a few of your
best plants for seed of every crop that
grows that month"
Hattiesburg.-Th Hattsesburg bat
terry, recruited for war service by
Capt. t. NJ Curtis, has reached It's
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service.
Columbus.--Maj L. d. Lawton OF
the U. S. army was in the city recent
ly In the interests of the officers re-
serve corps, and while here secured
eight recruits.
Greenwood.-Rev l.. w. Ross has
accepted call from the Church OF
the Nativity of this city, and will take
UP his active duties here within the
next few weeks.
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Laurel-The Father and Son ban
quet at the Y. M, G. A. was attended
Few Hours in Camps" rendered BY
six young men, was novel feature.
Prentiss.- Bethany Baptist church.
two miles south of Prentiss, establish
ed in 1917, and among the first Bap-
tist churches in the state celebrated
its Tooth anniversary and homecoming
with appropriate exercises.
Clinton.-At a meeting of the board
Of trustees of Mississippi College, DR..
J. w. Provine, president of the col
lege. was ordered to proceed at once
to organize those of the student body
eligible to military service into COM
pany of artillery, and DIR. Provine be-
gan the work as contemplated
Agricultural College.-Another rec
ognition of leadership in vocational
training In education has come to the
Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical
college. in that 1t has been designated
by the state board of vocational edu-
cation as the training school for teach
ers of practical subjects, as provided
for in the Smith-Hughes act just adopt
ed by congress.
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Greenwood.-The location of fed
eral mobilization camp in the hills of
Carroll county on the line of the
Southern railway, about eight miles
from this city. is possibility accord
ing to a message received from Rep
sentative BENJAMIN G. Humphreys.
through whom the Greenwood Busi-
ness league approached the war de-
partment relative to the plan.
Vaiden.-Coleman C.. Tyler recently
Joined the United States marine corps
at Memphis. Tenn, and has since
Dec. 20, 1916, been in training at Port
Royal. S. C. Captain Ross E. Rowell
writes of this young man and former
citizen of Walden, that he is. coming
rapidly to the front through his abil-
ity as rifleman, and that he has
qualified as a marksman in the United
States marine corps.
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sPurvis.-An alligator measuring 2
inches less than 8 feet. long, was
killed by a member of the squad OF
national guardsmen now guarding the
railroad bridge and tank at Okolona,
was brought here and placed on exhi-
bition. While it was known that q
few small alligators inhabited Black
creek. no one has been known to have
seen SO large speciman AZ shown by
j the West Point soldier.
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| Biloxi-Lquor valued at between
$4,000 and $4,000. stored at Bay St.
Louis, was destroyed on order OF Judge
H. C. Niles, of the U. S. district court
for the southern district Of the south
ern division. The liquor destroyed con-
sists OF 10000 to 10000 bottles Of beer
and quantity of whiskey, brandy and
wine, confiscated by United States
revenue agents last summer, after 1t