The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-17

have been ordered Tor the protection
Of the buildings 1t Camp Shelby.
Natchex-TAe commencement exer.
cises OF jefferson Military college were
held here last week. There were Is
graduates.
Grenada.-Walter Dubard OF this
city has returned from France. He
was among the first volunteers to be
sent over. ses ~ - 80.
Fernwood-Thec class Of 1918 OF the
Ternwood high school win hold com.
mencement exercises at the school au-
ditorium May Is.
Magnolia.-Sam Wolfe, scoutmaster.
reports that the Magnolia Boy Scouts
sold $50. $50 OF Liberty loan bonds dur
ing the recent campaign.
Meridian-A large attendance IL ex.
pected May q to g At tho thirteenth
annual convention Of the Mississippi
Retail Merchants association In Leu
rel.
New Albany.-Commenc exer-
cises Of the Grenada public school
will take place Friday. May 80
Twelve girls and eight boys will grad
uate.
Meridian.-E. Blanchard has been
appointed by the good roads comm =
sion Of district as successor to John
r. Pfnkston. who rendered his resig-
nation.
Fernwood.-Dr R. B. Austin. who
for several years has served the Fern.
wood & Gulf Railroad company as SUI
geon, recently enlisted in the United
States army.
Hazlehurst.-At a meeting Of the
board of control OF the Hazlehurs"
high school nearly all teachers who
taught in the school the past session
were reelected.
Biloxi-At a regular meeting of the
city council DR.. w. Williams was elect
ed a member of the school board of
trustees, succeeding L. r. Bowan.
whose time expired.
Jacksonville girls dormitory ard
the chapel of the French Camp acad-
envy, a Presbyterian school i'm Choc-
taw county, were completely destroye:.
by fire of unknown origin.
Jackson.-Two white convicts, Ma.
jor Rogers and John Quimby, were
given meritorious discharges by Gov.
Bilbo at the recommendation Of the
trustees of the penitentiary.
MERIDIAN County Superintendent
of Education T. c. Lockard has report.
ed to the board of supervisors and 9TH
ers concerned that there are 27,968
school children in Lauderdale county.
Clarksdale-The grand command
cry, Knights Templar of Mississippi.
in annual session here, passed a resO-
luton indorsing the administration Of
President Wilson and the war policies
OF the government
Columbus.-Noah ID. Sanders, ~,
one OF the noted fiddlers of the south
and winner Of several contests, died
here as a result of injuries received
when run over by locomotive or q
local luInDeT COMPANY.
Collins-The trustees OF the Col.
Inns graded school elected the 1915
1919 faculty with Prof. A. E. Miller
principal All teachers elected have
accepted the positions offered, each -
ceiving a raise of salary.
Natchez-JOseph Licata of this city
Is in receipt of letter which bears
the news that his son, Francis, is =
prisoner In Saxony, Germany. Fran
els was in the army and has been re-
ported missing for some time.
Jackson.-Every one of Mississippi's |
81 progressive counties are complete
~ organized for the second Red Cross |
which begins May 20, &C.
cording to a statement issued from the |
state headquarters by H. NJ. r. Smith, |
campaign manager for Mississippi.
Ripley-A service flag was present. |
I'd Tippah county by the local w. C.
r. u. Thomas E. Pegram was master |
,f ceremonies. The service flag con. |
aimed the names of the boys who are |
county, there being more than 1SJ |
stars on the flag. IN the center Of the |
big flag were four gold stars in honor |
II the four soldier boys of this county |
Who have already given their lives to |
he service.
Magnolia.-The first session Of the |
Pike county agricultural high school.
scheduled to begin next Septemer,
will probably be conducted without ar
building, as a second |
attempt OF the board OF trustees to lie. |
he contract for its construction was
,arren Of results.
Macon.-Mrs. Sarah Wlndham holds |
he record of being the oldest Liberty |
,ond purchaser in Noxubee county.
md possibly in Mississippi. Mrs.
Nindham is SO years old. has use If
every faculty and purchased $1,000 of
he third Liberty loan bonds.
Jacksonville Mississippi railroad |
commission granted the application Of
he Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail-
Dad company to eliminate main line