The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-31
MISSISSIPPI
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Ira n spring Over
the State - - -


lay delegates were in attendance upon
the annual meeting OF the Episcopal
| diocesan council at St. Andrews
| church.
AshIand.-The United States civil
service has called an examination for
Benton county, Feb. s, to be held at
Holly Springs TO fill the position OF ru.
raj carrier at Hickory Flat and Lamar.
Greenwood.-J. B. Carpenter, 13
years old, saved two small girls from
/ being run over by passenger train at
a crossing near here. The girls were
| playing ON the track, and did not
hear or see the approaching train.
| Carpenter saw the girls peril and
| sprang on the track, knocking one of
| them out of the way of the engine, and
| pulling the other off Neither child
was injured but were badly frightened.
Misunderstanding to an audience
which included a large number of ne
groes. Cliff Williams, federal labor d.
rector for Mississippi and several 9th
er states, declared while here that un-
ltSS luG tAOuuS III ntSIOCS W the NUT III
is stopped and a large number of the
negroes already in the north return
south, industrial clashes are sure to
follow He warned the negroes to heed
the counsels Of the better informed
members of their own race and to re-
main in the south.
Blue Mountain-Work is progressing
steadily on the nothern extension of
the Gulf, Mobile Ohio railroad from
Middleton TO Jackson, Tenn, according
to a local railroad man, who states that
the track has been laid a distance of
% miles above Middleton, more than
half the distance to Jackson; that the
excavation on the deep cut at the point
where the steel ends is going on rapid
ly and successfully and that train SER
vice from Mobile to Jackson will likely
be on during this summer.
Jackson. - Clerk Jack Thompson, OF
the United States district court for the
Southern District of Mississippi has
been officially notified by Judge Don
A. Pardee, presiding over the United
States circuit court of appeals, of the
designation of a special judge to pre-
side in certain cases in which Judge
Holmes is disqualified. Judge Robert
t. Erwin, of the southern district of
Alabama, has been designated by
Judge Pardee to sit at Jackson during
the May term, 1919, when the involved
cases will be called. Judge Holmes
certified his Disqualification, owing to
IL,
litigation
Drew. - Lieut.. Paul G. Ratliffe, OF
the Royal Flying Corps, returned to his
home here. Lieut. Ratliffe has been in
service with the British forces on the
Italian front since Feb. s, 1918. He
enlisted in Canada, June %, 1917, and
was transferred to the British flying
forces. He was sent to the Italian
front, where he saw varying service on
the Piave river and other sectors. He
was photographer and reconnaissance
flyer. He photographed a number of |
Austrian airdromes.
On April "a, 1918, the plane in which |
he was flying was disabled. and he was |
forced TO land on Austrian occupied |
territory, near Assigio. He was taken |
prisoner and confined in the British |
officers camp at Salzerbad, Austria
The armistice, signed Nov. 4, 1918, by |
the allies with Austria, released the
prisoners of war on Nov. 6, 1918. Lieut.
Ratliffe returned to England by way
Of Paris
Jackson. - Over 80 per cent of the
physicians of Mississippi reported 2S,-
ESQ cases of influenza during Deem
Der, according to a statement issued by
the vital statistics bureau of the state
board of health. DR.. r. w. Hall, chief
Of the bureau, estimates conservative
ly that there were $4,000 cases of the
nalady in Mississippi during that
month.
OF the $3.50 cases of influenza re-
ported during December. 1880 were
among white people, while $1,000 cases
we're among the colored population.
During that period 1887 cases of pneu.
nonia were reported, an increase of
SIG over the same month of the pre-.
Iious year. 1t is estimated that deaths
iue to influenza during November to-
allied something over 1000. For Octo-
Der deaths from this disease numbered
III. with 353 deaths attributed to
superinduced by influenza.
Many physicians have died from the
lisease, and good locations can be OBJ
aimed by doctors who write to the
,oard OF health here.
Greenwood. The organization of
he Employed Boys Brotherhood was
erfected here. The club meets twice
week. One evening is devoted to
thletics and the other to Bible study
nd games.
Corinth. = j. z. Mitchell, we'll
nown farmer residing a few miles
rom here, committed suicide near his
ONE. He was 55 years old He left
is home about twelve o'clock and was
ound hanging by rope to tree.
His mind had been unbalanced for
ONE time, and it is understood that