The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-07-26
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

house boat here.
Jackson.-The backbone OF q four
weeks drouth was broken by = goodly
shower Of rain.
| Greenwood.-Mis Lois Jewell OF
Nevada, Mo-, has accepted the position
OF city editor with the Daily Common
weslt, in this city.
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| Corinth--Corinth has been organiz-
ed for another War Savings drive and
| Is men went out looking up those who
failed to subscribe before.
| Coriath.-The Hodges planning mill,
located at Bonneville, was destroyed
By fire, the loss being over $4,000.
The fire originated in the boiler room.
and ragged for several hours.
! Toccopola-All arrangements have
been made for an enthusiastic meeting
Of the corn. pig and baby beef clubs OF
Pontotoc county at the new court
house this week. when the club school
will be held.
Meridian.-Leo Wellhouse has been
named as county food administrator,
succeeding Deputy United States Mar
shall Jasper Boykin. whose duties did
not permit him TO give the office the
attention demanded.
| YaZoo City.-At special meeting OF
the council the Yazoo City street car
line, that was abandoned about TIRES
months ago, on account of the expense
of operating exceeding the Income,
was sold for $4,000.
Scooba.-Boy Scouts here held an
enthusiastic meeting, when Rev. j. :.
Abney was elected scout master N
place OF Prof. A. L. Stevens, who re.
signed the position which he has so
acceptably filled when he entered tae
army
Corinth-Dr. Charles NJ. Taylor. of
this city, died at the Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Memphis. following an i'll
ness of severa months. DR.. Taylor was
born in Rienzi. on Dec. ,. 1866. lie
was the Oldest doctor i'm Corinth both
In years and in practice.
L
1874, a new call has come from Provost
Marshal Crowder. No. SCI, for 1000
white men OF Mississippi to entrain
the latter part OF this month for mil
tiary service. The entertainment be
gins July -. and continues through
the 26. The men 20 to Camp Green
leaf. Lyle, Ga.
Vicksburg.-Charged with embez
cling $4,000 from the United States
postal department within a period OF
three months, during which he was
postmaster at Longwood, Miss. w. ~
King is held in the Warren county jail
to await action by the federal grand
fury, having failed to furnish bond.
which was fixed at $1,000 by United
States Commissioner II. II. Short ar
ter q preliminary hearing.
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Biloxi.--John VI. McCarty, member
OF Troop NJ, eth Cavalry. United States
regular army, was arrested i'm this city
where he is being held awaiting an In
yestiGation 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 IA
q 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 I'm charge -
shown by the immense amount o!
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 s1.ss4,e19.60. The savings
deposits of Yazoo City and Yaxoo
county people are in round figures
$5O1, 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 APP
proximately 100000 in Yazoo City in
vested I'm War Thrift Stamps and
$79O,002 in the whole county.
This shows that there are invested
In 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 Yazoo people are the owners o'
more than two and a quarter million
dollars
Columbus-A Nomad whose diary
shows that he has Travelled over sew
eral states in the past few years, wal
killed by q Southern Railway train al
Bankston. Ala, east Of Columbus. Hill
name il w. b. Murphy. as revealed b,
papers taken from his person. TIT
body was picked up by the train and
brought to Columbus.
Ellisville.-The second week OF tn
summer normal at the Jones count,
agricultural high school opened en-
courasingly. There were about sew
enty-fivo teachers In attendance.
Senatobia.-Rain over the county
vaaeh fell last week, the first sine
tAo middle Of June. Will insure lat
l - - 1,ssH ehn nnPlv rOpO cr0