Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-15

Belzoni.-The Rev. w. A. Sullivan.
the new pastor at the Baptist church
at this place. preached his initial SER
mon here.
Clinton.-with DR.. ]. w. Provine as
director, the Clinton normal has
opened with the largest enrolment for
many years.
Toccopola.- The Pontotoc Cotton Oil
company has opened up milk station
at its warehouse in West Pontotoc for
the benefit of the farmers of the
county.
Natchez. - Spanish-American war
veterans are organizing to tender their
services to the United States for the
present war In any capacity that they
may be useful.
Jaekscn.-Jackson city schools will
hold summer session of six weeks
FOR tia students who did not finish
their grades during the session be-
cause Of measles.
Columbus.-A chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross society was organized
at meeting held here, and includes
citizens of Lowndes, Monroe. Clay, Ok
tibbeha and Noxubee counties.
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Fernwood.--C. f. Walker superin-
tendent of the Enochs farms, attended
the "blue ribbon sale of Herefords at
Kansas City, Mo-, and purchased one
show COW, vernet Princess XIII, for
$3.50.
Coldwater.-Corn fields were beaten
down, cotton stands DESTROYED. win
dows broken, fruit stripped from trees
and garden and truck patches seri-
ously damaged by heavy hail and
windstorm.
New Augusta.-The board of super
visors of Perry county. held regular
session considering claims for cattle
killed or injured in dipping. All claims
were allowed on proof by the parties
claiming loss.
Gulfport.-The registration card of
Giles Homer Carloyitz, an electrical
engineering student at the Auburn,
Ala, Polytechnic institute, was the
first presented at the Gulfport regis
tration station.
| Woodville.-srwenty-two motor cars
and one hundred people from Wood
vile acted as an escort for the young
men of Wilkinson county who joined
the Dixie machine gun company now
organizing at Natchez.
Fayette.-The handsome flag pur-
chased by popular subscription was
raised In Confederate park with ap-
propriate ceremony. The Boy Scouts
raised the flag, the ceremony being at
tended by large crowd.
Columbus. Columbus first White
Way was turned on amid cheers from
a throng of people who had assembled
in the business district to see the
lighted way as 1t blazed forth in all Of
its brilliance and splendor.
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Meridian.-Dr. w. D. Franklin, ar
rested on federal indictment at the
last term of federal court here, was
surrendered by his bondsmen and re-
committed to Jail by United States
Commissioner J. A. Gulley.
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Greenville.-The Greenville Cham
ber of Commerce is now thoroughly
organized for another years work,
with j. NJ. Robertshaw president; /;
Lyme Startling. vice-president; R. l..
Pritchard. secretary (for the third con-
secutive term), and s. L. Moyse,
treasurer.
Clarksdale.-Carrying death and de-
struction In its wake, a tornado struck
Greengrove. wealthy farming section
of this county, leaving one negro dead,
a number injured, and one white
man, Robert Watkins. injured. The
tornado was followed by heavy hail
storm, which did great damage to the
growing crops.
i Gulfport.-William Mehl. the land
scape architect at the Mississippi Gen.
tennial Exposition, died here. William
Mehl was of German birth, but a nat
uralized citizen Of the country with a
magnificent home at Clayton. near St.
Louis. In addition, he owned $4,000
acres of farming land, part Of 1t un-
der cultivation, near Columbia, this
state.
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misunderstanding to the ruling
Of Attorney General Collins, the Mis-
sissippi state penitentiary board can
not sell limestone for fertilizer to
farmers in other states. His ruling
came when the demand of the Missis-
sippi farmers did not take the output
and Alabama farmers, one wanting
eight carloads, tried to purchase the
product