Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-06-29
Greenwood. The Young Mems busi-
ness club h growing rapidly.

hoss ciup - growing fhpioV tNr
Biloxi.-H. H. Roof Of this city has
heen made general manager for large
shtpbuilding interests in Pascagoula.
Hattiesburg. The local marine
corps recruiting station was closed by
Sergt L. B. Grant. who had been In
charge
MERIDIAN. L. Stewart Of Energy
is the only white man that has been
arraigned in this section on charges
Of failing to register.
Jackson.-W. W. Magee. one OF
Jackson's oldest and most popular po-
tieemen. was shot and seriously
! wounded by an assassin.
Biloxi.-Biloxi housewives are up In
arms on account of an advance in the
price of ice and declare there will be
much suffering among children of the
poor.
Toccopola. a mass meeting of
the citizens of Pontotoc a company
of home guards for the town was
formed and about sixty men were en-
rolled.
Pascagoula. l.. N. Dantzler-
lumber company has begun the work
of constructing large shipyard to
build ships for its own use at Moss
Point.
Crystal Springs. -Marshai G. H.
Terry rounded up a game of 20 craps
shooters that have been operating in
the heart of the city during the ship
ping season.
Biloxi.-Officer Zudie Hightower
was arrested by Chief of Police R. M.
Randolph on a charge of disorderly
conduct, brought by Gus Mugnier, .
Biloxi blacksmith
Biloxi-Biloxi's mayor and board OF
aldermen have decided not to enforce
the ordinances as to the amount of
water which may be turned on gordens
in Biloxi and that there need not be
any limit to the amount used while
the drouth continues.
Brookhaven.-There may be some
boil weevil in Lincoln county, but IL
there are they have concealed them
selves so we'll that no one can find
them. Not single farmer coming
into Brookhaven this season has re
ported having 'seen-a lweeviL
Columbus-The annual conference
of the Epworth League of the North
Mississippi conference of the Method
list Episcopal church, South, will be
held i'm Columbus instead of Stark.
Vile, as had originally been Planned.
The conference will convene July 8.
Leakesville. was recently be.
gun on the Greene county link of the
Natchez and Mobile highway, There
are two crews at work. one in the
lower part of the county near the
George county line, and the other just
south of Leakesville. atress the Chick.
asawha river. 'Nt%
d.
Yazoo City,-Beginning June Is, at
Satartia, the Yazoo Commercial club,
Young Mems Business club aud bureau
of farm extension work of Yazoo coun-
ty will open their big farm machinery
demonstration and canning campaign.
to last about ten days and will tour
every section of this county.
ssess
Crenshaw.- Trotter Smith.
19-year-old Mississippi college student
and full Pledged member of Uncle
Sans Mississippi artillery corps, has ]
shown that he is patriotic young
American in more ways than one. Be-
sides going to war as volunteer I'M
der age. he placed with the Bank OF
Crenshaw an. application for q $10p
Liberty loan bond.
Clarksdale. --Suffering from frac.
ture OF the skull, H. Pheaders OF this
city. who was injured at Lula, was
taken to Memphis and placed in tho
Baptist Memorial hospital. Pheaders
was drilling well at Lula when a
heavy timber fell from the derrick
and dropping so feet, struck the man,
rendering him unconscious. Hospital
attendants stated that Pheadsrs might
recover.
Crystal Springs.-John Taylor,
farmer, so, living near here, probably
has the honor Of furnishing more boys
for service in the army of Uncle Sam
than any other man in the United
States. Mr.. Taylor has 70 children. II
of whom are boys. . On registration
day seven of these boys came into the
registrars office and registered for
service and are now waiting further
action from the government before go
ing into service. k.ltt
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