Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-09-27
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Laurel-Col C. r. Shannon received
card stating that his law partner,
Capt. A. B. Schauber, had arrived
safely in France.
Minter City.-Mrs. Samuel Hart
Rogers, 7S, one of the pioneer citizens
Of Leflore county, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. F. P. Pleasants.
Jackson-Dr. c. B. Mitchell, son of
DR. c. d. Mitchell, superintendent of
the State Insane hospital, who has
been college physician at A. and M,
has enlisted in the medical reserve.
Lula.-One of the largest land deals
consummated in Coahoma county was
& the sale OF Shireman Bros plantation
Y near Rich. The place contained 1,200
acres and was purchased by Messrs.
Cox and Ellison for 100000.
& Durant.-Robert Lee, soldier,
whose home is in Arkansas, in At
tempting to jump off of train No. 3, the
lust pdooOu6Cl spdooln6 hVi o. iCAi obi
Nj fering dangerous cut on his head He
& 10 at one of the local hotels under the
care of physicians.
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Horn Lake,-Miss Timney Balm. who
was principal of the Horn Lake con-
solidated school last session, has been
appointed director of schools for De.
Soto county in the national War Saw
lngs stamp campaign during the scho
lastic year of 1888
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s# New Albany.-A guarantee has been
made, through President Hall, of the
~ Bank of New Albany, to Lieut.. Law
renee, OF Payne Field, West Point, of
subscription for so copies of the
Payne Field Zooms provided the paper
is delivered here via the air.
M Philadelphia.-Inf has been
4 received of the death of Charles Hoye.
z nephew of Mrs. G. w. Mars, who died
" in France in the service of his country
II from wounds received in battle. This
N brave young soldier enlisted with Can
adian forces last winter as sharp
shooter.
Natchez-The Ideal bakery, Match.
ex, has been ordered closed for week
by County Food Administrator T. V.
Wensel, for failure to use sufficient
amount of substitutes in bread The
bakery has also been required to pay
$50 to the Natchez chapter of the Red
Cross
Magnolia. L. Guy, the young
soldier from Crystal Springs, men,
toned in the dispatches as having
been severely wounded in battle in
France, is the youngest son of ]. Mon.
roe Guy, and was born and reared in
Magnolia. He was among the first to
land in France.
Vicksburg.-At a meeting of repre-
sentative farmers, ginners and seed
crushers here a resolution seeking to
! remedy cottonseed congestion was
N adopted, resulting in Federal Food Ad-
Il ministrator p M. Harding issuing an
order to all county administrators that
no cotton be ginned in Mississippi for
10 days, beginning at midnight, Sept.
10. The action is considered neces-
Bary to conserve human and animal
products contained in cotton seed
Yazoo City-B. Anderson brought to
ttown from his delta plantation several
tstalks of sugar cane selected at ran
dom from an acre patch that measured
full Is feet from the root to the tip Of
the seed tuft.
This is the finest field of cane ever
hoted on delta soil, and is of the Gu
ban variety, and will net the grower
everal barrels of sorghum and about
/ 10 pounds of brown sugar to the bar.
| el. Anderson will save the seed to
70 distributed among his neighboT
hrmers for next years planting.
4 Camp Shelby Statistical report OF
par ending August 81, Army Young
EMS Christian Association:
btimated attendance at build
fngs .2,9S5, 33t
1 tendance on lectures ....... IA, ,460
/ tendance ON educational class
bS .................... .S9,97s
Imber of books used (library) .35, ,9at
rticipants in athletic games. .414,7S(
III ectators at athletic games. 742,S4l
enhance religious services. $50, ,84l
"a endance on Bible classes. .15,47s
iptures distributed 6,52t
sonal interviews ........... .9,24s
tstiau decisions .............2 .2,23(
rolls signed ...............3,9 Z, ,90s
lndance on entertainments. .250. .591
ndance motto pictures. 1896 ,26(
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