Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-05-24
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

1919 session.
vicksburg.-The eighteenth session
OF the grand lodge, /. o. o. F. of Mis-
sissippi was held at Vicksburg.
Meridian.-A number of arrests
were made here for alleged failure to
register or failure to fill out ques-
.ionnaires.
Clarksdale.-A specially construct
ed bank, six by ten feet, was opened
here for the sale of war savings and
thrift stamps.
Clarksdale.-Th fifty-third annual
session of the Mississippi Press asso-
citation will convene in Jackson on
May 81, % and 2S.
Fernwood.-Judge Hammer, speak
er of the American Red Cross, adj
dressed citizens of Fernwood and vi
cinity at the Methodist church.
Greenville.--Seguine Allen Arnold,
who died in France from cerebral
hemorrhage, is the first Greenville
boy to lose his life "over there"
Crystal Springs.-The Methodist
Sunday school have unfurled servic3
| flag for the 13 boys Of the church and
Sunday school who are in service.
Beauvoir.-W F. Riddle, 7S, died Z
the jefferson Davis Soldiers Home.
Mr.. Riddle was a member of Com
pany B, Thirty-fifth Mississippi Regi-
ment.
Poplarville-The trustees of the
Poplarville grammar school have
chosen the teachers for the winter
term Of 191S-1s19 and L. @. Mayfield
was made principal
| Beauvoir.-Capt. A. M. Todd, en-
gineer in charge of the Third Missis-
sippi river district, is making prep
arations for resuming revetment work
at points north of this city.
| Senatobia.-The executive board OF
the Tri.County normal, to be opened
at the county agricultural high school
June 10. has selected the corps OF
teachers for the work.
|
Gulfport.-Frank Jannack, alleged
former soldier in the German armv.
was arrested at Biloxi and brought
here for safekeeping. Jannack was
In the crew of fishing smack.
Crystal Springs.-The low price OF
cabbage here will force the farmers to
plow up their patches. Many hum
dred acres of cabbage will be plowed
under and the ground prepared for
corn.
Jackson.-Felix e. Gunter, director
of the War Savings Stamp campaign
for Mississippi, is confident he is 60
ing to be able to sell the $40.000,000
apportioned to Mississippi by the mid
die of August
Camp Shelby-More than $500 books
have been added to the stock of the
camp library during the last two
weeks. being part of the number re-
ceived from the recent drive through
out the country.
Macon.-The graduating exercises
, of the Macon high school will be hell
Thursday evening. May 20. Professor
]. N. McMillin of the Mississippi nor
NAL college will deliver the comence-
ment addresses.
Biloxi.-Calvin Robinson, "a, OF
woolmarket, Harrison county. now
with the American expeditionary
, forces in France. has been wounded.
according to advices received here by
relatives Robinson was injured when
a hospital in which he was confined
was bombed by German airplane.
Senatobia.-The local draft board
has received orders from Adjutant
General Scales to call registrants who
have been given farm furloughs, il
necessary to make UP the county's
quota. 1t will be necessary for the
local board of Tate county to take
: every white man in class one to fill
the county's quota on May 25.
} Jackson-The Mississippi State
, Medical association has elected the
following officers and adjourned to
! meet year hence in Hattiesburg:
g DR.. w. S. Leathers, University, prest-
0 dent; DR.. Ira G. Scale, Holly Springs;
DR.. w. G. Gill, Newton, and DIR. w, D..
G McCalip, Yazoo City, vice presidents:
DR.. T. M. Dye, Clarksdale, secretary;
] DR.. J. NJ Buchanan. Meridian. treas
: Iurer: DR.. B. s. Guyton. University:
DR.. J. C. McNair. Fayette; DR.. D. J