The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-07-11
MISSISSIPPI
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

Harrison, announcing that the hous,
has agreed to the senate amendment
appropriating $4,000 for a memoria
arch in Vicksburg National military
Park, concentrating the peace jubi
lee and reunion of the Blue and ths
Gray held in the park in October
1917.
Jackson.-Only 100 white men and
two white women are inmates of the
Mississippi penitentiary at present,
according TO Mrs. o. NJ. Spickard, as
sistant secretary and registrar who
has just completed her biennial re
port. The number of inmates of both
races total 1923 at present, as com.
pared with 1,13S last month
Greenwood.-Walter Moore was Sc
riously injured near Morgan City
when he was caught in trashing ma
chine which he was operating. He
was among the first to enlist from
this county when the European war
developed and served for several
months with the A. Z. F.
Jackson.-Officials OF the state
| highway department and local me-
| chanics express much surprise over
! the completeness of the equipment
| found with each of the big ex-army
trucks allocated to Mississippi for
good road work ard received in Jack
son for distribution
Yazoo City.-As the result of the
bffo NJ S0rna insect ubiJa chic opd har
husband and a party of friends were
on fishing trip near their home at
Lake City two weeks ago, Mrs Wiley
L. Johnson died at the Lintonia SAM
tarium. where she had been taken for
treatment.
Agricultural College. Mrs Della
B. Alley, district home demonstration
agent for the northwest section of the
state, is holding a series of county
short courses for girls and women. OF
three-day sessions, holding one in ev-
cry organized county.
Meridian.-Dave Thomas Kilcrease,
held in the county jail here for the
Pearl River county Miss, authorities
on the charge of wife murder, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor, borrowed from another
prisoner.
Indianola.-The ex-soldiers and ex-
sailors of Sunflower county met at
the courthouse in Indianola and organ
lied the Sunflower county executive
committee of the American Legion,
Post No. for Mississippi.
Jackson. Public health nursing
in Jackson and Kinds county, after |
months OF uncertainty. was placed on
a firm basis, as a result of action talk
en- by the Kinds County Chapter Of |
the American Red Cross.
Biloxi.-A decree has been signed |
by Judge Holmes ordering the sale of |
the Pascagoula Street Railway and
Power Company, which concern has
heen in the hards or receiver for
several months.
Greenville. The board of mayor
and council of the city of Greenville
have ordered an election for July %
to authorize the issuance OF bonds to
The amount of $225,O0O for public i'm
Tupelo.-The inter-county normal,
of six counties-Lee, Mon
zoe, Itawamba, Prentiss. Alcorn and
Tishomingo-will be held in Tupelo,
beginning July IA and closing Au-
Just 10.
Coldwater. - A big motor truck
Imashed through a bridge in Hicka-
lala bottom, and the eight bales of
otton with which it was loaded were
Jumped into big pond of water.
Amory.-The first day of the short
curse for girls and women OF Mon
oe county, which is being held at
Amory, opened with % girls present,
esides a number or women.
Yazoo City.-The number of ewes
ow subscribed for shipment into va
90 county TO stock the plantations
nd farms of the local sheep raisers
as reached about 300
Ripley.-A cooperative shipment of
rish potatoes was shipped from
aulkner, just north OF here, by Coun-
Y Agent w. T. Pollard. The car was
unsigned to Chicago
Brookhaven.-The city board has Z
ecided by unanimous vote to issue {
onds to an amount not to exceed
100000 for a sewerage system for
Greenwood.-O 0. Smith, of Sidon,
as injured at that place when the {
ordson tractor he was driving was a
ruck by the engine of freight train. Il
Natchez - With charter of AZ,
cal post of the American Legion has
zen organized here. 1t was named I,
e Herbert J. Remondet Post, in a
)nor of the only Adams county SOL r.
err who was killed in action during n
e world war n
Jackson.-So great is the skor tage
teachers in Mississippi that the
on better schools has ,pen- 9,