Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-08-09

H Corinth.- Corinth has located an
laviation landing field for Park and
Payne Field aviators.
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II Yazoo City.-Yazoo county farmers
pave pledged themselves to raise 1000.
ecres of wheat the coming season.
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I Toccopola. Twelve young white
men of Pontotoc county entrained for
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, to enter the
Gaining camp.
Hattiesburg-Street care fare on
IN lines in Hattiesburg were raised
fom cents to cents. Twenty tick
lets are sold for $1.25.
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vicks burg Beginning August 1, the
ontire state of Mississippi went on
oduced sugar ration. Only two pounds
|Der person for the month of August
tll be allowed.
IA Greenwood.--A big real estate deal
vas closed In Leflore county when
Capt. Walter Pillow sold 800 acres
i've miles northeast of Greenwood, to
larah L. Loggins for $4,000.
III Clarksdale. first bale OF cot
on to be reported In the state this
year was received from C. L. Nunnery,
manager Of the Sunflower plantation,
hear Merigold. Bale weighs $50 lbs.
aAberdeen.-Paul S. Cakes, daredevil
6bipster of Payne Field, and Lieut..
Pickup stopped at Aberdeen to see
ome friends before leaving for Wash
ngton. Lieut. Pickup accompanied
0akes as far as Corinth, returning to
NE field with the ship.
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Meridian.-The United States EN-
Dloyment service here has requested
department of justice officials to inves-
Xigate what is believed to be German
propaganda that has disorganized two
large parties ready tf leave to engage
b government work at Nashville.
Water Valley.-Eugene Walters, al
eged moonshiner. wag shot and killed
md Deputy Sheriff Sam Hyde was
Founded in battle near here between
Walters and force Of deputies. or
Hered to raid an Illicit distillery said
h have been operated by Walters.
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M Tchula.-On Albino plantation, sew
len miles north of Tchula, a Ford car,
driven by young Buck Hale, plunged
from bridge which spans an inlet
to Tchula Lake, 20 feet to the bottom.
IMr Hale was found by the rescuers
lying beneath the upturned car. He
Mad been instantly killed.
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n Senatobia-A mass meeting of the
Ititizens of Tate county was held here
10 perfect the labor organization in
Ilhe county and devise means for the
|Nheat-growing campaign. H. M. Cot
|Ikrell of Memphis, and G. T. Aimes, of
he experiment station at Holly
|prings, made interesting talks.
lM Toccopola. a.-The Toccopola w. o. w.
lamp No 212, unveiled a monument
||fo Sovereign Alvis T. Shirley, at the
NThaxton cemetery. Young Shirley was
Idrafted early last fall and contracted
IA severe case of measles and pneumo-
mia, from which he died soon after
Reaching the camp at Little Rock.
Columbus.-Tom Krouse, engineer OF
the Columbus Ice Works, was killed
here while he was repairing bearing
pn an engine. A negro fireman, un-
aware that Mr.. Krouse was about tho
engine, turned on the steam and tho
body of the unfortunate man was
hurled back and forth across the big
lflywheel. Before the engine could be
stopped life was extinct.
Jackson.-Inspectors OF the Missis-
kippi branch of the bureau of animal
Industry are engaged in retesting cat
lie shipped into this state for ticks
md tuberculosis, according to DR.. ].
4h Barger, inspector In charge. Mis-
4 3issippi farmers and dairymen are TAX
ing no chances of getting ticky or tu-
4 <Bercular cattle from out-oftown sell
|Ihe state is lending its cooperation in
>Being that the cattle shipped into
mississippi are all sound and healthy
H Greenwood.-W. L. Anthony, United
states federal deputy, took F. NJ.
Reorg, of Clarksdale, German alien.
- Oxford to be interned until after
ne war A Clarksdale committee 10
Md to have asked Georg to assist in
te war savings campaign by invest
kg in stamps. At the bottom of a
ocular which was handed him was a
Eatement which read: "Isuy stamps
ID help win the war" That's the
Rson ! won't buy stamps" said
borg. my sympathies are with Ger
any" He was promptly arrested