The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-12-26
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

by j. Charles Carson, OF Natchez, OF
the death of his grandson, Benjamin
Case Carson, who was killed in action
In France, Nov. 9.
Columbus-A department Of com
mercial law has been established at
the Mississippi Industrial Institute and
College and T. w. Lewis, Jr, en-
ployed as instructor
|
Jackson-Twenty-e boys agri-
cultural community clubs were formed
in South Mississippi during the month
Of November, according to an an
nouncement by ]. E. Ruff, district de-
monstration agent.
Winona-Farmers of this county,
through the demonstration marketing
department, under the direction OF }.
S. McKewen. last week shipped to
market three mixed cars of cattle and
hogs, two cars of hogs and two cars
of lespedeza hay
Louisville, Ky-R. NJ. Carrier, OF
the Carrier Lumber and Manufactur-
ing Co., Sardis, Miss, formerly OF
Louisville, was elected president of
the American Hardwood Manufactur-
ers' Association, at the closing session
of that organization here.
Jackson-Mississipp will spend
every dollar of her federal appropria-
ton for vocational work, under the
| Smith-Hughes act, this year, accord
ing to Prof F. J. Hubbard, director OF
| the state vocational education board.
This sum will be $42,971O2.
Jackson-An out-of-debt campaign
has been launched by the Presbyte-
! rians of Mississippi to raise $4,000
to finish paying for certain property
purchased for the use of the five
schools controlled by the denomina-
ton. The campaign will extend to
Feb. 10.
Baldwyn-While a vault was being
prepared for the interment of Mrs. j.
S. Howerton, at Friendship, five miles
east of Baldwin, a message was re-
ceived requesting that the vault be
| made large enough for two, as her
daughter, Mrs. Luther Roper, had just
died at her home at Parchman, Miss.
The mother and daughter were buried
in one grave.
Jackson-Of 21,892 grove trees and
! 202,37S nursery trees inspected in Mis-
sissippi during the month of Novem-
Der by Is inspectors of the state plant
board not a single tree was found to
be infected with citrus canker, ac-
cording to a report by Prof. H. w.
Harmed, of A. and M. College, secre-
tary, submitted to P P. Garner, COM
missioner of agriculture and chairman
OF the board.
Natchez-At the annual election OF
officers of Andrew Jackson Lodge No.
! 2. F. and A. NJ, Of Natchez, the fol
lowing were named to serve for the
coming year: Worshipful master S.
S. Black; senior warden, D. F. Nc
| Carly; junior warden, H. P Foster;
| secretary, w. G. Benbrook; treasurer,
w. B. Abbott; senior deacon, A. B.
Westmoreland; junior deacon, A. b.
Bernstein; custodian, Lamar Lam
bert.
|
New Albany-Friends of Rege Par
ish, of Ingomar, Miss, are congratu-
lating him upon his safe return home
from the front and eagerly listening
| to his accounts of the war in France.
Private Parish was wounded in the
fighting about Chateau Thierry and
spent several months in the hospitals
! in France and at Atlanta, Ga. He was
wounded by shell fire and is crippled
In the hips. He declares that he knows
he has at least one Hun to his credit.
| sssss
West Point-Two lieutenants and
two privates were killed near Payne
| Field last week, when an airplane sud
denly dropped from the sky, striking
another machine. The dead: Lieut..
Alvin w. Splane, Oil City, Pa, Lieut..
Fred Synnestvert, Pittsburgh, Pa;
Private Fred p James, Litchfield, H.;
Private Guy C. Wells, Reynoldsville,
Ill. The two lieutenants, who were
instructors, were flying from Bowen
| Field, a mile from Payne Field, and
In an inexplainable manner one of the
machines, which was about 100 feet
above the other, went out of control,
falling directly on the other. The
four men were dead when help ar
rived, and the machines destroyed by
fire.
Columbus - A posse, including
Lieuts McClain, Neff, Knickerbocker
and Wilburn, intelligent officers at
Payne Field, and Policeman Will
Wood, of this city, raided still in
Monroe county. about 10 miles north
EAST of Caledonia, ard in addition to
the usual equipment necessary to the
operation Of such an establishment,
found about $50 gallons of mash. No
one was at the still when it was
raided, Airplanes from Payne Field