Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-03-30

tne general store Oh H. .. brumIleld.
Grenada.-Group one of the Missis-
sippi bankers association was held in
Grenada.
Clarksdale.-Dr. John S. Brooks.
aged about So, died from stroke of
paralysis.
Pascagoula.-The Gulf refining COM
pany is the latest oil company to en-
ter the Pascagoula field.
Lumberton.-Bishop Bratton, of the
Episcopal diocese of Mississippi, made
his annual to st. Adams Mission.
Biloxi.-Mrs. w. s. Mcintyre of BIZ
loxi has been appointed grand mana
ger of the Woodmen Circle of Missis-
sippi.
Laurel.-Maj. w. c. O'Ferrall has
started movement for the erection OF
large armory and convention hall in
Laurel.
Pickens.-I. w. Eager was re-elect-
ed principal of the high school and
Miss Jordan was reelected as first
assistant.
Jackson.-Lieut.- Col. j. ]. Horn
brook, U. S. A., Is in Jackson arranging
to muster out the First Mississippi
regiment.
Jacksonville Mississippi League Of
Motion Picture Exhibitors will hold
rs annual session in this city March
aS and 20.
Toccopola.-R d. Sargent, a highly
esteemed Confederate veteran OF this
county. is dead after short attack of
pneumonia.
Carthage.-A case OF smallpox Is
reported by the county health officer
on the place OF j. L. Ellis, five miles
east of here.
McNeill.-A dipping vat in Pearl
River county, five miles southeast of
Carriere, and near the Johnnie Davis
place. was dynamited.
Coldwater.-Some important addi-
tions have recently been made by
stockmen tf this section in the way Of
improved breeding stock.
Meridian.-The $4,000 bond issue
for the Jackson highway was carried
by big majority in the southeast
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Aberdeen.-The Aberdeen produce
company has shipped its first load Of
sweet potatoes. They brought $1.00
per bushel to the Monroe county farm
ers.
McNair.-Patrons of McNair. Six
Mile, Woodlawn and Ionic Martin
chools met here to discuss ways and
means Of establishing q consolidated
school.
West Point.-Roy Rippy, aged 20,
cashier at the Illinois Central Railroad
depot, is in dangerous condition as
a result Of having cut his throat with
a razor.
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Columbus.-Coiumbus Is preparing
to do the handsome thing by the
state teachers association, which
meets in annual session in this city
May 8 to s.
Oxford.--A Sabbath school confer
ence was held at the First Presbyte-
rian church here and all denomina-
tions were in attendance at the meet
ings. which were full Of interest and
enthusiasm.
Kossuth.-The Agricultural high
school at Kossuth will close Monday.
April 80. One of the best years in
the history of this institution will
close with the commencement exer-
cises of 1861.
Jackson.--A general order appoint.
ing the official star for the Confeder-
ate reunion at Washington next June.
and urging Mississippi to increase the
tax providing for pensions for veter-
ans. has been issued.
Columbus.-H. l.. McClesky OF Hat
tiesburg. secretary OF the Mississippi
teachers association, is using every
effort to have 5000 names enrolled
by the time the organization holds its
annual meeting in Columbus In May.
Jackson.-E- s. Stewart. OF Rankin
county. brought to the city a bald
eagle captured by his son near the
mouth Of the Funna-Geisha creek just
after it had finished a meal of three
small pigs. 1t measures little more
than four feet from tip to tip.
Calhoun.-R. C. Bryant of this city
has just purchased 13 head OF pure
bred Holstein dairy cows from d. ".
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