The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-08-02

Coldwater-An important stretch or
| road north Of town IL now being grav-
eled. and the work will soon be COM
plsted.
Yazoo City.-The Yazoo City cream
cry Is now taking care of 1900 gal
Ions OF cream q week. churning six to
seven hundred gallons OF milk twice a
week.
Meridian.-An ordinance has been
prepared and is ready for Introduction
in the city council proposing $4,000
bond issue for a municipal ice plant.
Purvis.-Lamar County SelfPreser-
walton and Loyalty league was organ
ICED here as the result OF a visit of
w. l.. Scott, representing the depart,
ment Of labor.
Biloxi-Dr. Sanhope Bayne Jones.
son OF Mrs. George Denegre OF New
Orleans, who is occupying her Biloxi
home on the beach, has been honored
with the British war medal.
Chalybeate-Sanford Il. Mauldin has
been appointed mess sergeant by Cap
tain Julian b. Sanford. commanding
officer of the A. and NJ. college mill
,tary detachment at Starkville.
Carrollton.-Prof. Harley L. VIII
liams, poultry expert from A. and NJ.
college, gave very interesting and
Instructive lecture TO the club girls
and others at the court house in Car
rollton.
Grenada.-A specraI election was
held in Grenada last week TO fill the
offices of marshal and alderman, these
places having been made vacant by
the designations of Marshal A. Ger
ard and r. Horton, who resigned as
alderman.
Wesson.-The tri-county normal
was held at the Copiah-Lincoln Agri-
cultural high school. of this place.
under the direction of Prof. w. |.
Thames. with an overflow attendance
of teachers from the counties of Law
EduCt, l<lHCOln anu tDpldn
Senatobia.-County agent OF home
economics, Miss Louise Allen. assist
the A. and NJ college, held commun-
fly short courses at several places in
the county last week. Food conserva-
ton. canning, drying and preserving
were taught.
Meridian.-Angry posses are I'm pur.
suit of j. N. Horn, who killed his wife
at Hickory, by holding her head I'm
. tub of water, then dragging her
into the back yard, where he held her
head in a muddy pool until she died
The tub OF water was upset by the
12-year-old daughter of Mrs Horn in
an effort to save her mother. Horn
was declared dangerous by expert
alienists, but on an appeal the SUI
preme court ruled against his con.
finement.
Northumberland Court Stenog-
rapher Fred Donnelly, now in France,
has cabled District Attorney Martin
Miller that he has transcribed the
stenographfc record in the John
Brady case and that # is en- route &c |
America.
John Brady was convicted OF the |
murder of his father-in-law, Pink"
Herden, who was knocked on the head |
with an AK in his store in the Liberty |
neighborhood. He was sentenced to |
be hanged Oct. 3, 1917. but appealed |
the case to the supreme court. BE. |
fore his notes were transcribed, Court |
Stenographer Donnelly Joined the |
army and was sent to France.
Memphis.-A lightless night order |
became effective in Memphis July
20. Under the new order, each Mon.
day and Tuesday night of every week
become lightless nights. All lights
produced by the use or consumption
of coal, gas, oil or other fuel for IL.
Illuminating streets, displaying OF ad.
vertising and announcements. or
signs or for external ornamentGtion
of buildings must be turned out. Bona
fide roof gardens and outdoor res.
taurants, and outdoor moving picture
theaters have been exempted under
the order, which applies TO all cities.
towns and villages in the state.
Street Examinations in cities will
be restricted to the hours between
sunset and sunrise and the amount
OF public lighting in any city will be
reduced to that necessary for safety.
In the retail district. show windows
can use lights when necessary, only
between sunrise and sunset. They
must be entirely dark on ligntless
nights.
Jackson.-Wfth ten counties yet to
be heard from, Mississippi has over.
subscribed her quota of $4O.000,0 200 dn
the war savings campaign. her larg.
est war task, by more than a quarter
Of million dollars, according to Zig.
ures given out here by Felix e. Gun.
ter. state director.
Another interesting feature OF the
in addition to the fact that