Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-02-15

patriotic reasons, the student body OF
Mississippi Heights academy has Civ.
en- up the publication of a regular year
book for this session. sfOl III
Z s-fif0NiHNh 49,. Af -
Columbus--Lowndes county women
took another step towards effective
war work when. they organized local
unit of the Mississippi division of the
woman's auxiliary of the National
Council of Defense, Vel l''de
emu aFt ae5 sres snuila f.. la
Greenyille.-The Greenville Savings
Bank and Trust company has pnrchas
ed the second issue or the Arcoia con-
solidated school bonds, amounting to
$4,000, which, we're authorized by the
Washington county board Of super
visors. anNu Io
Magnolia, The local chapter of the
Red Cross Society plans to send box
every month to Headquarters during
calIy every woman in town is deyot-
ing a part of her time to sewing or
knitting for the soldier boys. p '''i" +
IN Ia aaHss g4,ss''-stii a. ,toh ad
Meridian,-Mis Hattie Davis of Rio
this county, daughter of the late Phil
Davis, was probably fatally burned
when her clothing caught fire In the
yard. The young woman's screams at.
tracted her mother who finally ex-
tinguished the fire with buckets Of
water.
.8A ltf Nno'H s,..st 7dil ,.aoai
/, Blue. Mountain, = Perrin Holmes
Lowrey. dean OF, the department of
English in Blue Mountain college, had
his right hand painfully burned while
fighting a fire, which, for a while,
menaced one of the biggest, dormi-
tories of the college and other build
ings OF the campus. ~ "
Greenwood. The death of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Killingsworth Attlessey, after
a long illness from Bright's disease in
her eighty-fifth year, is mourned here.
Shenwas probably the oldest resident
of Leflore county. She was born at
Lebanon, Tenn, March 20, 1888. She
was the mother of twelve children.
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4 Crystal Springs.--There will be no
more forty nine tent shows in Crys-
tai Springs. Alderman Avery has sue
ceeded in having written on the law
books of the town that mo tent shows
where women hold forth for the pur-
pose of dancing with, the patrons Of
such show for or without an admis-
sion fee" can operate in town f9l
Natchez-In response to the request
of the Natchez Chamber of Commerce,
Capt. A. A. Poland, United States en-
gineer and w. ]. Roy, secretary of
the Mississippi River Improvement as
sociation, arrived here for the purpose
OF inspecting the Natchez harbor in
connection with the proposed estab-
lishment of joint river and rail termi-
nails. Adequate facilities we're found
and a report will be made to the gov
ernmentHi 2" ft'aau AA
a.l sttts t,sts,s tsiN.lHAs
Blue Mountain.-Miss Bowden Hud-
son, superintendent of the local high
school, has inspired her students, to
invest. their savings in war savings
certificates and thrift Stamps, one of
here little boys, only IL years old,
having already bought nearly $500
worth with the\ money he made HIM
self. Others have made big purchases,
and Miss Hudson means to push the
matter until every one of her students
has bought at least one thrift stamp
for the cause, of democracy
lAnikRn stlpi tl..t -tss.asj W
Meridian The board of supervisors
adopted a new method of county road
work, abolishing the old system .oi
having the work done under superyl
sion of two convict managers and by
contract. The new system provides
for a salaried road manager in each
of the five supervisors districts. Each
manager will be provided with all nee
essary road machinery and teams and
such convict labor is as available. BY
the new system the supervisors dc
/ not expect to make any considerable
! financial saving, but believe there will
be great Improvement in the roads
vicksburg. Among the important
| campaigns to be inaugurated through
,out the eastern portion Of Louisiana
and West Mississippi, Is drive fol
a larger food and feedstuffs acreage
The campaign, will be launched on
broad scale in this section. A pub
lie meeting will be held in this cit,
February %, which will, be ATTENDED
| BY government agricultural agents
representatives from the A. g M. col
iege and planters and farmers Of thi'
| section and Eastern Louisiana Plans
for a. speaking tour will be outlined
and perfected at the meeting: ate
which the drive will begin in full force
i 4d fsif3 Nv 4 -Trr-Ti-T - Nt''N
j 4. :, a4s.s knows the Signs. s. ~
l. Edith My brother says, that you
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