The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1919-01-09
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fact that it is impossible to carry out
! the law OF weights and measures with
Solt. some successful way of obtaining
SEidence of violations to secure proper
k,ros ecution, the Meridian trades coun
ell has asked the city council to create
the office of inspector OF weights and
measures and gas and electric meters.
The attention of the city council Is
called to section 5067 of the state code
Of 1906 and other sections pertaining
weights and measures and the
I request made that some means be de-
vsed to carry out the intent and pur
pose Of the law and secure for Merid,
ian the enforcement of the law that it
Should have. The letter has been plac-
ed on file of the city council.
S# Jackson, Miss.-With snow covering
9 the ground to a depth of one foot, the
Il thermometer registered eight degrees
above zero, the coolest this winter. The
snowfall here was the most severe
since S19S.
MI Impetus to the sheep raising move
Hhe formation of lamb clubs in five
counties by District Demonstration
u agent Carl M. Rose and State Club
u Agent C. A Cobb. These counties will
N 1e helped to start clubs: Warren, Clai-
u borne, Adams, jefferson, Wilkinson.
Rose is enthusiastic over the sheep
raising possibilities of the state, and
,lr d1y bat han
and business men in the counties to
te visited will support the movement
w. r. Ritch, agent for the Yazoo
county, organized the first lamb club
in the state there Is months ago,
d and has had remarkable success. Two
thousand dollars worth of lambs are
being placed in the hands of the boys
and girls of the county this year. The
method followed is similar to that
used for pig and baby beef clubs.
Bankers and business men lend the
youngsters money to buy their lambs,
and are paid out OF the sale of wool
and mutton. First years proceeds u.s.
ually pay for the lambs and leave
4 good stock on hand.
Jackson.-Early in the spring of 1919
sSle Bureau of Public Health Service
,of the United States will launch an ed
ucational campaign on sex hygiene in
mississippi.
Lieutenant c. A. Adele, of the United
State army, medical department, is IN
scharge of this work in Mississippi and
lis cooperating with the state board OF
health. Lieut.. Abele has designated
the boys division of the state Young
Mems Christian association as the
proper organization to present this
(. subject to the schools in Mississippi,
which have one hundred and twenty
five pupils and over. Three hundred
and nine schools in the state are in
b cluded in this class.
"A A picked staff Of experts will pre-
lsent this subject in the schools with
81 sstereopticon views, charts, lectures
II etc. The "Hi-Yi" club will have full
81 charge of the campaign in the schools
y having this well-known organization.
"a Mr.. Herbert j.. Crate, boys work
Il secretary for the Y. M. c. A in Mis-
n sissippi, has the general direction OF
8 the work assisted by Mr.. B. F. Brown
n in Northern Mississippi and Mr.. B. L.
Burford in southern Mississippi.
II is expected that DR.. Winfield Scott
Hall. of Chicago we'll known in Missis-
4 ssippi as one of the leading lecturers
ION sex hygiene in the country VIII
speak on the subject in MISSISSIPPI
sduring the campaign.
In letter of recent date from Wash
Jington, Dr. C. C. Pierce, assistant sur
lgeon general, expresses his hearty ap-
lpreciation of the cooperation or the
state committee of the Young Mems
christian association in Mississippi IN
the proposed plan Of presenting an
appeal for physical fitness to the hlgh
school boys of Mississippi
In this connection it may be said
that the state Young Mems Christian
association had already contemplated
and was making plans to launch a cam
naign of this kind, but upon receiving
motice that the government purposed
doing the same thing the state commit
tea Immediately placed themselves AZ
Il the disposition Of the public health
Officials.
Rainfall in Mississippi for the year
1918 showed a total Of 54 inches, this
sbeing the average recorded at the prin-
.cipal observation stations. The pre-
cipitation varied somewhat, according
TO locality, the variation In some IN
stances amounting to six inches ana
was heaviest in the delta and along the
gulf coast.
In a commonwealth with different
:soil formation a total of "a inches OF
rainfall within a year would render
farming operations well nigh impossl-
BILE. In Mississippi, however, the
moisture is quickly absorbed by the
Hsand-claY In fact. when the avernge