The Bolivar County Democrat., 1919-08-30
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
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Happenings Over
| Commonwealth
as Cleaned from
| Various Places

Jackson. - State Revenue Agent
Stokes V. Robertson has staked out
pretty considerable of a task for HIM
self and for the eminent counsel who
are representing him in the injunc
ton and custer suit which has just
been filed on his relation of alleged
facts, charging that Swift &c Co. and
other packing house corporations are
Imposing an unlawful combination up
on the people of Mississippi.
Jackson. Quits q number Of ru
mors having reached the Mississippi
officials whose duty it is to keep
track of plant diseases, plant pests,
not only in Mississippi but in other
states, from which they might COM
municate to the soil of Mississippi, to
the effect that the pink boil worm is
en- the rampage in a number of Texas
cotton counties.
Lexington. - Clarence II. and James
A. Smith of Illinois have sold their
Lynchfield plantation on Honey Islani
In Holmes county, containing 1850
acres, for $240,00O, to Earl kquen and
w. H. Steele OF Greenwood Miss, and
tteir Warfield plantation adjoining,
containing LOSS acres, for S167 900, to
e. C. Wier and w. d. Windham of
Memphis.
Jackson. - DR.. G. D. Mitchell, pres
ioon q
| Mississippi and experimenting surg
con of the state insane hospital, pur-
suant to a recent meeting held, has
appointed a special committee of pro-
fessional men and Iaymen, together
with heads of women's clubs, to take
the initiative for forming a Mississip-
pi Mental Hygiene Society.
Lexington. The trustees of the
Lexington High School met and fixed
Sept. Is as the date of opening the
school at this place. A splendid corps
of teachers have been selected, and a
large enrolment is expected. The
salaries of all teachers were raised
to begin with this term.
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Crystal Springs. Mayor F. NJ
Eutchison is the busiest man in this
town just at this time. Wien he is
not mayoring or selling goods at his
mercantile interests he is over under
the big shipping shed shipping swee
potatoes to the northern market
which is proving very profitable to his
honor.
Blue Mountain. Tippah County
-terdenominational Sunday Schoo
convention, one of the chief religion.
gatherings of this section, held it:
annual midsummer assembly at Eben
ezer Presbyterian church, just east o
Blue Mountain.
Crystal Springs. - Judge A. D. Slay
perhaps the oldest justice of the peac'
ir point of continuous service in thu
state of Mississippi. was renomi
mated at the first primary election
over his opponent by . handsome
majority.
Yazoo City.-The sheriff's posse ha.
been hot on the trail of five negro con
victs who killed their guard, Jacl
Freeman, young white man, ant
made their escape. Gant's blood
hounds have trailed them, but lost the
trail.
Magnolia - Bids were received this
week at a special meeting of the board
Of supervisors for the purchase Of the
&C untry-wide good roads bond issue
aggregating $300,000
Natchez. The city council OF
Natchez has published for informa
ton tentative plan for a white way
for the city to take in all of the down
town business section.
Lexington. . Circuit court con.
venes here the first Monday in Sep
tember and the docket is unusually
large as we have not had court for
twelve months.
Blue Mountain. = Samuel Allen
Goodwin, mayor of Blue Mountain, and
Prof j. e. Brown, member of the
town council, have both rendered their
designations.
Shannon. Rev. R. I. Collins, pas
tor of the Methodist church here mas
announced a revival service to begin
the first Sunday in September.
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Hattiesburg. Hattiesburg is plan
| ming to celebrate Labor Day, Sept. l..
IN the greatest scale ever attempted
here.
| Hattiesburg. The twenty-fifth an.
sual reunion of the Woodman Camp,
Leaf River No. 2s, was held here.
sesee
| Lexington. The board Of alder
men have given notice that they will
Issue Sc, 1000 additional bonds for an
electric light plant. they have already
voted $4,000 for this purpose. but
find that amount insufficient to put
In 4 first-class plant with duplicate
Gynamos and duplicate engines.
Fernwood There is an increase
st s6S7,4S5 this year over last year,
according to the recapitulation of the
different classes of property listed 10