The Aberdeen weekly., 1919-01-03

: | board for Southern Mississippi
through Chairman O,Herin, submitte
its final report 10 Adit. Gen. Scale:
and wound up its affairs.
Under the first draft in 1917 thi
board handled the names of 9S.S6
men There were about 5000 youR
men who attained their majority be
tween June 5. 1917, and June 3, 1915
and were registered. Under the las
; draft for men between the ages of
; and Il. 123. 400 were registered, max
ing total OF 22S,323.
The ouestionnaires and registration
cards, duplicates, etc, were placed il
boxes, nailed and sealed. TO be sent L
each local board, IN whose jurisdiction
the registrants reside, or registered
The following counties are in th'
southern district:
Adams, Amite, Claiborne. Clarke. Co
piah, Covington, Forrest. Franklin
George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison
Kinds, Nos. 1 2nd 2; Holmes, Hum
phreys. Issaquena. jackson. Jasper
Jefferson, jefferson Davis, Jones, KEN
per, Lamar, Lauderdale. Nos. l and 2
Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln. Madison
Marion. Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee
Pearl River, Perry, Pike. Rankin, Scott
Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Wal
thall, Warren, Washington Nos. 1 and
/ .; Wayne. Wilkinson and Yazoo, Nos
1 and 3
A meeting of the State Vocational
| Education Board will be held here
early in January. according to Prof. F
Irh Of
tionaI educarlon ---e,-.
Reports on the progress OF yoods
tional work in Mississippi during the
year. and prospects for 1919 will be
heard
The board is composed of Prof W.
F. Bond, state superintendent of edu-
cation, chairman and executive Off
Ger; Prof. J. T. Calhoun. state supervi-
sor of rural schools, secretary; Prof
Bura Hilbun, state supervisor of negro
schools; DR. ID. C. Hull, of Meridian;
and Prof. D. J. Savage, assistant state
superintendent of education. Prof. S.
J Greer is assistant director of the
board.
The annual meeting Of the Cotton
States official advisory marketing
board, of which P. P. Garner. commits
sioner of agriculture for Mississippi, is
a member, will be held in New Orleans
January 13, when officers will be elect
ed for the year, and other important
matters settled.
J. J. Brown, commissioner for Ala
bama, is president of the board, and in
his letter, received by Mr.. Garner, an
nouncing the meeting, says in addi-
ton to the election of officers, plans
for establishing local boards in every
county of the cotton belt to act as
aides to the board, will be perfected.
The board will likewise urge the reduc-
tion of cotton acreage.
Rankin county stands in the fore
front of the progressive counties OF
Mississippi, having shipped, since jan
uary L, 1917, 72 cars Of hogs, corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, and cattle,
according to ]. Ed Ruff, district farm
agent for South Mississippi.
Natchez. - Ernest Moore, a negro, |
who was arrested here on the charge |
of arson, confessed 10 Jailer NJ. P.
Ryan that he had been the cause of |
the last five fires in Natchez. On be- |
ing examined by a jury in lunacy he |
stated that he had set fire to the |
buildings in order to see the fire ap |
paratus turn out At one of the fires |
the negro assisted in bringing out the |
contents of the burning building.
Columbus. = Members of the Twen-
tieth Century Club. one of the leading |
social organizations of Columbus, gave |
a victory BALI at the Gilmer Hotel,
night, at which officers
from Payne Field, near West Point,
were guests of honor.
Ellisvil1e-Judge ]. H Woodham.
while tearing down shed on his
place, was badly hurt by some of the
tim bers falling on him. A deep cash
was cut In his head and his back was
Erenched.
Blue Mountain. - Blue Mountain
low has long-distance telephone con
1ectien with the Cumberland system,
he connecting link of line having
been completed between Blue Noun
ain and New Albany, Miss, where the
ocal wire taps the Cumberland w
e. Major, promoter of the service, has
installed a downtown office and a pay
station in Blue Mountain College, pa
rons of the school now being able to
ak to their daughters from any Cum
oerland station at any time OF the day
,r night.
Blue Mountain. - One of the most
beautiful houses of worship in this.
county has just been erected at a cost
# several thousand dollars by Caaly
,eate Baptist Church.
Columbus. - John A. Moore, who Il
llleged to have killed George Richard
ION, at Macon, Miss, was given a pre-
hearing before Judge Wooc
yockren. in Macon, and was placed !
lnder bond In the sum of $500 &c
wait action of the grand jury. The
defendant did not take the stand, and
he cause of the killing was not de
-eloped.
Blue Mountain. Private Hugh
IA, ,ker Johnson, Of this county. died
n a military hospital at Baltimore