Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-08-10

the re-opening OF the Natchez cotton
mills are expected to be arranged
within few days.
Canton.-Miss Gerandlne Luckett.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. @. Luck.
EFT, died at the family residence as
result of paralysis.
Meridian.-The county school board
set September IL for the opening OF
the white schools and October / for
the colored schools.
Biloxi.-Dr. H. N. Lawrence, q Bi.
loxi veterinarian, received his com.
mission as second lieutenant in the
veterinary reserve corps.
Biloxi-The residence OF Mrs. T. H.
Hubble was set on fire after burglars
had robbed her home of about $50
worth of trinkets and other articles.
Raymond.-John Eldridge DeCell
died here at the family home. He was
Ga years of age. and member Of an
old and prominent family OF South
Mississippi.
Wesson.-John Boyd left for New
York to sail for France to join the
American Ambulance Field Corps He
will have charge of the ambulance
auto trucks.
Hattiesburg and. conces-
sions will not be permitted within the
limits of Camp Shelby, according to a
bulletin received by Major Weller,
quartermaster.
Biloxi.-Harry Hattlestad. Biloxi
young man, surprised his friends by
going to New Orleans and having an
operation performed for hernia so that
he may get into the navy.
Hattiesburg. rg.-Charles w. Kagle and
Frank Davis. who has been held in
the local county jail, charged with de-
sertion. we're returned to their regi
ment at Fort Oglethorpe.
Monticello.--Three persons were In
jured in an automobile accident near
this place, when the cars of A. L. Gar
rett, business man of this place. and
w. M. Bass, a farmer, collided head on.
Ritoxt.--aCSorge Bruce Corteiyou, Jr.,
general manager of the Gulf Cities
Gas company. has enlisted as private
In company A, Seventh regiment of the
United States railway engineers n
New York city.
Biloxi Mississippi coast packing
companies are making preparations to
open the shrimp season soon, and a
fleet of several hundred schooners
will be sent out into the gulf to search
the waters foS shrimp.
vicksburg The highest structure
in Mississippi, so it is announced, will
be the new reinforced concrete smoke
stack at the Yazoo & Mississippi VAL
ley railroad shops in Vicksburg. 1t
is to be 17S feet high.
Hattiesburg.-The city commission.
ers will offer for sale city bonds in
the sum of $4,000 on Aug. %. unless
20 per cent of the local voters should
petition for special election to place
the matter before tht people.
| Biloxi-The cooperative shrimp and
oyster plant of the Biloxi branch Of
the International Longshoremen's as
sociation, which has been under con-
struction since June 1, will be COM
pleted and ready for operation by
August 15.
| Meridian--The city council has pass
ed a new ordinance covering the pur-
chase of junk, made necessary because
of the numerous depredations to se-
cure brass The new law prohibits the
purchase by junk dealers of cotton,
iron and brass from minors.
MISUNDERSTANDING that ferry rates
between Louisiana and Mississippi at
this point are too high and that many
motorists are prevented from cross
ing the river, the Natchez chamber of
commerce has again taken up cam
paign to secure the desired reduction.
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Clinton-The Mississippi College
battery company of the First Missis-
sippi Artillery mobilized here to
remain in home quarters two weeks.
1t is under command of Capt.
F. G. Anderson and is housed in the
| Mississippi College dormitories.
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Jacksonville Daughters of the
American Revolution, through the ini-
tiation OF their historian, Mrs Dunbar
Rowland, have organized an interest
ing class in French among the men,
bers of the First Mississippi regiment,
which will be taught as long as the
regiment remains in the state.