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

Grenada-Teachers have been elect
ed in the Grenada city schools for the
1919 session.
vifksburg.-The eighteenth session
of the grand lodge, l. o. o. F. of Mis-
sissippi was held at Vicksburg.
Meridian.--A number Of arrests
were made here for alleged failure t.
register or failure to fill out ques'
tionnaires.
Clarksdale.-A specially construct
ed bank, six by ten feet was opened
here for the sale of war savings and
thrift stamps.
| Clarksdale. fifty-third annual
session of the Mississippi Press asso-
citation will convene in Jackson on
May 81, % and %.
ernwood.-Judge Hammer, speak
or of the American Red Cross, ad-
dressed citizens of Fernwood and vi
entity at the Methodist church.
Greenville.--Seguine Allen Arnold,
who died In France from cerebral
| hemorrhage, is the first Greenville
boy to lose his life cover there"
! Crystal Springs.-The Methodist
Sunday school have unfurled servic,
flag for the Is boys of the church anil
Sunday school who are in service.
Beauvoir.-W F. Riddle, rs, died t
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-1919 and L. G. 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.
Guifport-Frank Jannack, alleged
former soldier in the German army.
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
pillow up their patches. Many hun
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 GO
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-
elent 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
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, if
| necessary to make up the countys
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.
Jacksonville Mississippi State
Medical association has elected the
following officers and adjourned to
meet year hence in Hattiesburg:
DR.. w. S. feathers, University, presi
dent; DR.. Ira G. Scale, Holly Springs;
DR.. w. G. Gill, Newton. and Or. w. D.
McCalip, Yazoo City, vice presidents;
DR.. t. M Dye, Clarksdaie. secretary;
DR.. ]. NJ Buchanan, Meridian. treas
urer DR.. b. s. Guyton, University;
DR.. j. c. McNair, Fayette; DR.. d. J.
Williams. Gulfport, councillors.
| Meridian.-The Meridian Home Tel
| ephone company was sold at public