The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-01-12
MISSISSIPPI
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

B. A. Short. dairyman at Merid-
ian, was killed when an automobile
struck him.
Greenwood's fire fighting forces
have been mobilized into a complete
uotor-driven department.
Johnny Wilson, a Meridian boy, lost
his life on tho British steamship In
verness, sunk By a submarine.
Milton Ferrill, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. T. Ferrill OF Laurel, died at Camp
Beauregard. near Alexandria, La.
All labor difficulties at the smer.
gency naval station at Gulfport have
been settled and work has been re.
sumed.
w. G. McNair and w. H. Watkins
Of Jackson have purchased the DR..
Mitchell plantation, containing $4,000
acres, located near Hazlehurst.
Laurel Is to have two lightless
nights week, according to the an
nouncement of B. A. Schneider. men,
ber of the local fuel administration
At the suggestion OF the president
of the Como Woman's club Miss
Catharine Caruthers, a French or
phan, was adopted at the last meet
ing of the club.
Yazoo county is gaining new citi-
Gems every day as the quality of the
land, the splendid climate and other
conditions have become heralded in
other sections.
AS result of a heavy wind and
rain storm which passed over Vicks-
burg, rs telephones were rendered
useless, a number of trees and fences
were blown down.
Edgar G. Harris, Jones county di.
rector for the national war savings
committee, announces that Jones
county's quota OF war savings and
thrift stamps il $547,00o.
8. F. Jones OF Greenwood, one OF
the largest and most successful plant
ers in Mississippi, has bought the
Itta Bena plantation of 1920 acres.
The consideration was $345,000.
With a large number of relatives at
her home, near Van Vleet, Mrs. Susan
Williams celebrated her eighty-second
birthday. She has seen soldiers go to
four wars and remembers well the
men going to the Mexican war in 1848
Although cloaked in the deepest
mystery, authorities of Yalobusha
county are making an investigation
whose mutilated body was found In a
forest near Pine Valley village.
Rev. W. A. Hewitt Of Dallas, Tex,
recently called to the First Baptist
Church in Jackson, has assumed his
duties. Mr. Hewitt is native of
Mississippi, going from Columbus to
Texas.
January term Of the Oktibbeha Cir
cult Court has been pretermitted by
Judge Thomas B. Carroll on account
Of very few cases to occupy the at
tention Of the court. Court will con-
vene on the third Monday In May.
Private Fred O'Neil of the 13Sth
headquarters company, and Private
James Gillespie of the 151st infantry,
at Camp Shelby, will be tried In the
civil courts at Meridian for highway
robbery, the military authorities not
desiring to interfere.
The Washington County Medical
society held its first quarterly meet
ing for the year 1918 with large at
tendance. Officers were elected as
follows: DR.. Baldwin of Lamont.
president; DR.. T.sB. Lewis of Green
Vile, vice-presidept. and DR.. J. ]. Fer
guson of Greenville, secretary.
At a meetinf of the Natchez coun.
Gil an ordinance was passed exempt
ing the National Box company from
taxes for period of ten years and an
authorization for the conveyance of
the dead of the city to the box fac
tory to the land where the factory site
is located.
Col. Jouett Henry, former COM
mander of the Third Kentucky regi.
ment, now stationed at Camp Shelby,
who was ordered relieved of military
duties because he had reached the
age limit, has succeeded in getting
the war department to reconsider it's
action, and he will continue in the ser.
vice as a major.
Preparations are being made by |
Bishop Theodore d. Bratton Of the |
Episcopal diocese of Mississippi and |
the people of the parish church of St. |
Jackson, for the holding OF |
the 95th annual council of the clergy |
and lay delegates of the diocese In
the church on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, Jan. 22-24, both in
elusive.
Tate county is proud Of the roster
Of commissioned officers 1t has sent
to the war, and believes it has the
largest list of any county in the state.
The board of supervisors OF Copiah