Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-01-19
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.
for Hasty Perusal.

Bfloxi-For the first time In years
truck farmers in the vicinity Of Biloxi
have strawberries 2or sale In mid
winter.
Toccopola-The two banks at Pom
totoc have arranged to import one or
more car loads of Cleveland-Wana-
maker cotton seed to be used by the
farmers of the county in planting the
1917 crop.
Hattiesburg.-Malaria caused more
illness during 1916 than all other dis.
eases combined in Forrest county, ac-i
cording to report by DR.. Robert DON
a'd, health officer for Forrest county
anl the city Of Hattiesburg.
Belzoni.-Thirty-seve of Belzoni's
foremost ladies met in the city hall
to hear addresses and articles on wo-
man suffrage. or the number all, with
the exception of one, was heartily in
favor Of votes for women.
Clinton.-At the annual meeting of
tae Clinton Civic League the following
officers were chosen: President, Mrs.
M. Latimer; vice president, Mrs.
Frank Greaves; secretary, Mrs. A. ].
AVIAN; treasurer, Mrs. c. C. Howard
Winona.-J. M. Carpenter OF the A.
& M. college and ]. s. McKewan, the
county farm agent, held demonstra-
tion in terracing on the farm Of
Eugene Foltz. About 100 people were
present, manifasting great interest.
Water valley.-At the preliminary
trial of E G. Zackery, charged with
the murder of Will A. Griston Satur-
day night, Dec. 30, 1916, before ]. 3
Massey, justice of the peace. al ri0s
place, he held the defendant without
tond.'
Aberdeen.-The Methodist preach
ers and laymen of the Aberdeen dis
trict are going to hold very impor-
tant meeting in Okolona Jan. "a and
25. Rev. T. H. Lipscomb, presiding
elder of the district prepared the pro-
gam.
Greenville.-Oscar e. Tut, charged
with the murder of his pretty young
wife here several weeks ago, and who
claimed that his wife shot him in the
mouth and then ended her life, was
found guilty by the jury. Judge Ev
erett sentenced Tut to the state peni-
tentiary for life.
Yazoo City.-The local farm loan
association was organized here at the
court house. The following directors
we're elected to serve: M. Y. Stubble-
field, ]. B. Newman, j. A. Gilruth, C.
S. Coker and Will Miller. DIR. j. C.
Zeller was unanimously elected secre-
tary-treasurer.
Clarksdale-Quite lively scene was
enacted at the assembly rooms of the
Mississippi State Veterinary associa-
ton when the election of officers for
the ensuing year came up, together
with the selection of the city for the
next annual meeting, Meridian finally
being chosen for the 1918 session,
WhACA WAA UC ACduCu Dy LIZ II. NudQ-
wick, of Jackson, Miss, as president
sssss
Purvis.--James Hand, F. H. Jordan
and c. s. Spottswood, of this place,
have concludeda a timber deal whereby
they acquire about four thousand
acres Of virgin timber situated near
Poplarville in Pearl River county. The
purchasers announce their intention
of beginning at once the erection of
two sawmills ON the tract and will cut
the timber into lumber for the mar
kets.
Brookhaven.-The Lincoln county
grand jury deliberations are summed
up In their report in the following
words: I'VE have been in session four
days; have examined 75 witnesses;
have reported II true bills: have ig-
nored s cases; have referred several
cases to justices of the peace and |
have continued two cases" The ex-
cellent condition of the county Grim
inally on as I'VE are glad to report |
that crime is very much on the de-
cerase in the county. We found very
little to do"
Toccopola.-County Farm Agent G. |
M. Holland has recently given out
some interesting figures which show
the rapid progress that is being made
in the livestock industry in Pontotoc
county. The assessment roll shows |
that there were 5,400 cattle in 1915
and $3.50 IN 1916, an increase of 15s.
In 1915 there were 6,S75 hogs in the
county and S,436 in 1916, or an in.
crease of 1861. There we're pure
bred dairy bulls in the county and 8
pure bred beef bulls, as compared to
. pure bred dairy bulls and 20 pure
h..aA hanR hula - xhfe TINA