The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-31
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Meridian.-The Fifth Street Meth
dist church was badly damaged by fire
Of an unknown origin.
! Booneville.-The sheriff's office Is
getting ready to begin the collection OF
taxes for the current year.
Como.-Disaster marks crop reports
from this territory because of the con
tinued rain and hot weather.
Como.-An ice plant is the latest adj
1ition to Como's rapidly expanding in
iustrial and business section.
Blue Mountain.-In spite of the sign
ing of the armistice. Tippah boys are
still enlisting for military service.
Starkville-The dairy club organiza-
lion was organized recently at the A
and NJ. college for the ensuing year.
Starkville.-Final plans have been
completed for the script" dance, which
S to be given at the A and NJ college
IN October 81
Greenwood.-The Greenwood post OF
he American legion. to be known as
post 20. was organized at the chamber
sf commerce.
Scooba.-Much interest is centering
around the new bank of Scooba which
will be known as the Merchants and
Farmers bank.
VT n
lcational association held its first
meeting for the present school year in
he courthouse here.
Ellisville-The Jones county board
# supervisors has fixed the assessment
II property at about two mills increase
,ver that of last year.
Yazoo City.-Good, rich delta land
continues to attract big and little in
restors and there seems to be no indi-
.ation OF the interest tagging
Magnolia-The receiver and credit
,rs of the White cotton mills, South
TcComb, have received an offer of
$4,000 cash for the mills property.
Z,
grand secretary of the grand lodge of
Masons in Mississippi for the last
light years, died at his home in this
:ity.
LOUISVILLE party of citizens in
he county are making preparations to
organize a banking institution here
lnder the name of the Louisville home
,ank
Blue Mountaia-The Chalybeate camp
If the Woodmen of the World. situated
n the upper end of this county, Sun
lay, October 26, will hold double un
reiling.
Jackson-Warren county has ap
,roved the issue of 100000 in bonds
or huiidine good roads by vote OF
,ver 900 affirmative to. eight in the
negative.
Crystal Springs.-The greatest vege
able industry for which this section
S famous throughout the country is
beginning to assume shape for next
seasons OPERATIONS.
Verona-The series of heavy rains
las retarded cotton picking in this sec
ion. The farmers of Verona are hust.
ers and usually keep close up with
gathering the open cotton.
Agricultural ColIege-Two foreign
countries and sixteen states are rep
resented in the 1341 students who
nave enrolled in the Mississippi A.
md NJ College for the session of 1919
go.
Hatt;esburg--Uni Daughters Of
The Confederacy gave a complimentary
reception to tie local Confederate vet
Grams, of whom there are about 100 in
Forrest county, and half of whom were
present.
New Albany-The civic league and
new century club of New Albany have
launched a campaign fer funds with
which to build a cottage on the ground
If the state tuberculosis sanitarium at
Magee.
Natchez.-The Lone Star Trail asso
citation which is promoting a highway
from San Diego, Cal. to Jacksonville
Fla, is actively behind the movement
TO bridge the Mississippi river at
Natchez.
Sardis-At a recent meeting OF the
board of mayor and aldermen it was
ordered that an election be held on
the first Monday in November to allow
the citizens of Sardis to vote on wheth-
or or not a modern and complete sys-
tenn of sewerage should be installed.
Yaxoo Cfty-With but few impor-
tant cases on the docket OF Yazoo coun-
" the October term Of the circuit court
has been continued by Judge Potter
until November 10.
Meridian.-The first live stock sales
day in Meridian was complete sue
cess. with every offering disposed Of
NJ what was considered fair prices.
BIut Mountain.-The large influx of
people into Blue Mountain during the
past few months has stimulated IN
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