The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-12-13

Pontotoc-NewS has been received
here of the death of Private Tom
Pound, who fell on the battlefield OF
France in October.
|
! Washington-Julian E Alexander,
| OF Jackson. was nominated by Presi-
| dent Wilson to be United States dis
| trict attorney for the southern district
| OF Mississippi.
Westinghouse list OF American SOL
| by the war department, includes: At
Camp Rastatt, Corporal Ralph v. Nor.
ris. Florence, Miss.
McComb-The session of the annual
Mississippi Methodist Episcopal con-
ference convened with the largest at
tendance of the session. The weather
was ideal and the homes OF McComb
City were thrown open TO the honored
guests.
Jacksonville Mississippi supreme
court overruled a motion to correct
judgment in the case Of the Y. & NJ. V.
Railroad VS.. T. G. James, and thus sus-
tanned judgment for 100000 damages
against the railroad awarded James
some time ago.
Tupelo.-The many friends through
out the south of Lieut. Thomas c. Car
ter, Jr., will regret to learn that he has
made the supreme sacrifice in helping
make the world safe for humanity. His
relatives were officially informed that
he was killed in action on Oct. 10.
Jackson.-A series of IA meetings in
as many towns Of Mississippi is being
conducted from now to Jan. II in an
effort TO teach negro school teachers
the need for food and feed production.
sa well as for the consideration of prob
lens of reconstruction, according to
announcement here by Prof. Bond,
state superintendent of education.
Columbus.-S. NJ Nash, secretary OF
the Lowndes county exemption board,
received instructions to seal his rec
ords Dec. 10, and missionaries re-
ceived after that date will not be in
cluded in the permanent records of the
office. This does not mean that the
office will close at that time, as no
definite date for its closing has been
fixed
Blue MOuntain-M. A. Reeves, faith
er OF Private Homer Reeves, now with
the United States infantry in France,
who was officially reported as missing
in action since Oct. ), received two
letters from his son since receiving
the telegram from the war department.
both OF the letters being dated later
than Oct 5. indicating an error on the
part of the official notification.
Ripley-The lifeless body of Ira
Short, a white man 80 years old. re-
siding seven miles west OF Walnut
Miss, was found in a creek. The hand
of the slain man thrust above the sur
face of the water caused the finding
of the body. 1t is believed that he
was killed weeks ago. He was shot
with a shotgun. the charge entering
near the mouth and coming out at the
top OF the head.
Meridian Nine-year-old John Kiz-
ziah, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Kiz- |
ziah, sustained serious burns on his |
hands when he extinguished fire that /
was rapidly enveloping his fouryear- |
old sister, Bernice, whose clothing |
caught from an open CRATE. Had 1t /
not been for the heroic action OF the |
brother. his little sister would proba |
bly, have sustained fatal instead OF |
only slight injuries.
Jackson--Mississipp from start to |
finish triumphed in the united war |
work campaign. leading southern |
states and ranking in the first line OF |
the nation.
When the statewide convention was |
held here September 1928, R. H King /
director of the southeastern depart |
ment, who was present, said it was |
fifty per cent better in attendance I
than the conventions of other southern
states, and forecast that ths million
mark would be exceeded when the
totals were announced. His
prophecy came true, for Mississippi
gave S1,000,434
Following are the subscriptions of
the states in the southeastern depart
ment, arranged in the order of the
amount of their subscriptions:
Mississippi, S1,00O.434. or III per
cent; Alabama, 1895, 500, or 1877 per
cent; North Carolina, 1,422, 4S5, or 16s
per cent; Tennessee. s1.925. 900. or
80 per cent; South Carolina, s1,133,
800, or lot per cent; Army and Navy,
$50, 299.
Hatties burg.-Fire OF unknown orr
gin, believed to have caught in the
cross-arm factory Of r. r. Akers, de-
stroyed that plant and also the shuttle
block factory of Price & Norris here.
The total loss is estimated at s65 900,
covered by insurance The
greatest loss was of finished products
ready for shipment. 1t is said many
thousands OF shuttles ready for ship
ment were burned. Three Southern
and two Mississippi Central freight
cars standing on switch at the scene