Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-07-26
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

/ Greenwood. B. Delvania. ma
tive Of Alsace-Lorraine, died on the
lhouse boat here.
Jackson backbone of a four
weeks drouth was broken by q goodly
ohower of rain.
| Greenwood. Lois Jewell OF
Nevada. Mo-. has accepted the position
Iof city editor with the Daily Common
2wealth in this city.
Corinth. -Corinth has been organiz-
ID FOR another War Savings drive and
~ men went out looking UP those who
1kiled to subscribe before.
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Corinth. The Hodges planning mill.
located at Bonneville, was destroyed
|tygfire, the loss being over $4,000.
The fire originated in the boiler room,
nd ragged for several hours.
|'z< z<Toccopola.-Al arrangements have
i1sen made for an enthusiastic meeting
N the corn, pig and baby beef clubs Of
ontotoc county at the new court
ouse this week, when the club school
III be held
Neridian.-Leo Wellhouse has been
named as county food administrator
succeeding Deputy United States Mar
ehal Jasper Boykin, whose duties did
not permit him to give the office the
Mention demanded.
Yazoo City.-At special meeting OF
the council the Yazoo City street car
line, that was abandoned about three
months ago. on account of the expense
% operating exceeding the income,
vas sold for $4,000.
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II scooba.--Boy Scouts here held an
Enthusiastic meeting, when Rev. J. :.
s.Abuos was elected scout master IN
place Of Prof. A. L. Stevens, who re-
Nsigned the position which he has so
hRcceptably filled when he entered the
army
Il Corinth-Dr. Charles VI. Taylor, Of
*this city, died at the Baptist Memorial
4 Hospital in Memphis, following an ILL
fness of severa months. DR.. Taylor was
born in Rienzi, on Dec. 8, 1866. He
was the Oldest doctor IN Corinth both
In years and in practice.
Jackson Rapidly following Call No.
794, new call has come from Provost
Marshal Crowder, No. S67. for 1000
white men of Mississippi to entrain
the latter part of this month for mil
tiary service. The entrainment be-
gins July "a, and continues through
the 26. The men go to Camp Green.
leaf, Lytle, Ga.
Vicksburg enlarged with embez
sling $4,000 from the United States
postal department within period OF
three months. during which he was
postmaster at Longwood, Miss, w. N
King is held in the Warren county jail
to await action by the federal grand
Jury, having failed to furnish bond,
which was fixed at $2,500 by United
States Commissioner H. H. Short af-
ter a preliminary hearing.
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Biloxi.-John M. McCarty, member
Of Troop M, 7th Cavalry, United States
regular army, was arrested in this city
where he Is being held awaiting an In
vestigation into his absence from his
company. The man, who claims he
was allowed to leave his regiment at
Ell Paso, Tex. on account of an illness,
could not show satisfactory papers as
a result Of which officials have taken
the matter up through the proper
channel.
Yazoo City.-That the greatest con-
fidence is imposed in Yazoo banking
institutions and the men in charge IS
shown by the immense amount OF
money deposited in these institutions.
as shown by their recent reports to the
national bank examiner
The individual deposits in these
three banks, which are pretty evenly
divided, are $1.S94, 1880. The savings
deposits of Yazoo City and Yazoo
county people are in round figures
$501. .342.37.
Yazoo City and county citizens have
invested in Liberty Loan bonds, which
sum is in the keeping of the local
banks, to the amount of $20,525.67. In
addition to these figures there are ap-
proximately 100000 in Yazoo City in,
vested in War Thrift Stamps and
f790,002 in the whole county.
This shows that there are invested
m saving securities in city and county
the grand total of 1881. .S69.04. These
figures added to the individual depos-
fits in local banking institutions, shows
that Yszoo people are the owners of
more than two and . quarter million
salf~rs.