Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-07-05
MISSISSIPPI
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS II
OF THE STATE

GRAFTON or labor adjourned after TWO
days session. Gulfport was selected
as the meeting place of the 1919 ses-
sion. II. H. Weir of Meridian was
elected president, and Joseph w. Johns
of Meridian was reelected secretary;
treasurer. The five vice presidents
named were: Charles W. Frank of Pas.
cagoula, V. Canizaro of Vicksburg. CT
H. Moorehead Of Gulfport r. G. White
of Hattiesburg, and A. H. Rush OF
Jackson. Rev. J. Fl. Mallyard OF Ne
ridian was elected chaplain.
Jackson.-Citizens of Jackson, who
have tried the government recipe for.
making potato-cornmeal mullins say
they are delicious and the farm extern
sion workers are doing all they can to
encourage their general use by the
bousekeepers of the state. For one
dozen mullins use two tablespoons fat.
one tablespoon sugar, one egg well
beaten, one cup milk, one cup mashed
potatoes. one cup cornmeal, four tea
spoons baking powder. one teaspoon
salt. Mix in order given; bake forty
minutes in hot oven.
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Aberdeen. Earl F.. Stewart.
who is in charge of all flying at Payne
Field, at West Point. visited Aberdeen
and gave the public everything that he
had in the way of stunts. When first
spied he was nearly out of sight behind
cloud he then looped the loop three
times and disappeared behind the
clouds. When he came out he was
doing that wonderful nose spin. BY
the time he landed at the Aberdeen
golf links there was a large crowd
Jackson.--At q meeting of the gen.
erai board OF trustees OF the several
state colleges H. E. King of Okolona
was elected secretary of the univer-
sity, and ID. l.. Ross, for several years
secretary OF that institution, was eleet-
cd secretary OF the /. l. & C. at %
lumbus.. P. d. Whitney of Natche1
was elected secretary of Alcorn college
and ]. L. McCaskill proctor of the |.
c. & c.
Jackson.-Fred w. Davis, commits
sioner of agriculture of Texas, writes
P. P. Garner, commissioner of Missis-
sippi urging that he and his forces
begin at once the agitation OF oe
mand Tor smaller acreage of cotton
next year. The acreage this year is
said to have been increased, the de-
mand for production having begun
too late.
Gulfport.-Rear Admiral Alfred Rey-
nolds of the Gulfport naval training
station was seriously injured as the
result of the overturning of an auto
mobile. Attending physicians said in
addition to severe bruises and possible
internal injuries, several ribs were
fractured.
Vicksburg = The steamer Coppee
left for Grand Lake, Ark, with machin
cry to be used for river revetment
work which began at points north of
this city on July 1. Levee work is
now in progress at number of points
in the third Mississippi river district.
Brookhaven.-Coun Demonstration
Henry Leggett has received returns
from the cooperative shipment of wool
made by the Lincoln county farmers
several weeks ago The net results of
the shipment of 1860 pounds, after
paying all expenses, was sS4064.
Biloxi-The Seashore divinity school
conducted under the auspices OF the
Methodist conferences of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, convened
for it's tenth annual session in the tab
ernacle OF the Seashore camp ground
Brookhaven. Honoring Mrs. Lee
Wilson. the Red Cross chapter met at
the Red Cross Fairgrounds and ad-
dresses were made in acknowledge
ment OF Mrs. Wilson's services as
chairman OF the sewing department
Hazlehurst.- Seven cars Of Irish
potatoes have been shipped from here
within the past week. and the prices
have been satisfactory. This county
has by far the largest yield of Irish
potatoes In its history.
Jacksonville telegraph brings iu-
formation of the first soldier from
Jackson killed in the war, Robert c.
Nail. He was a son of J. H. Nail OF
Duttonville, suburb OF Jackson.
Magnolia. G. A. Hum
| mer, specialist in the culture and man.
| agsment Of the honey bee, gave DEM
onstrations at the home of John 8.
Roberts and George A. Claussen.
Camp Shelby.-Men recently assign
ed to the ranks Of the 151st Infantry
were privileged to be the first to uss
the new Enfield rifle at Camp Shelby