The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-01
MISSISSIPPI
GLEANINGS


| Ripley. A Tippah county post OF
The American Legion has been organ
xed.
Skeene. = Much land has changed
hands in this county during the past
| two weeks.
Pickens = The Pickens Cooperative
S.2pers' association shipped car of
cattle and car of hogs.
Coldwater. = The big Arka bulls
drainage ditch has been completed aft,
sr about two years OF steady work.
Greenville. The five weeks term
OF the summer normal here for colored
people has opened with large attend.
ance.
Meridian. = The election for q good
road bond issue of SIS 900, held in Dis
trict 5 resulted In favor of the issue
~ q majority OF forty-two votes
Jackson. - Four more men will like
~ be added TO the force of the city
health department to Aid In the inspec-
don of premises for mosquitoes
Blue Mountain President J. e
Brown of Mississippi Heights Acad
smy has already filled every available
room with students for the September
opening.
Cleveland. = A petition has been cir
culated among the taxpayers on this
side OF the county for the drainage of
Jones Bayou. said to be the longest
bayou in the state.
Quitman. Circuit court which con
vened here the first Monday in Sep
TENDER bids fair TO be one OF the most
sensational and interesting within the
history of the county
Columbus. = Arrangements are be
ing made to hold big community
song fest on the campus of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial institute and college
in this city Sunday. Sept Z
Agricultural College. The A and
NJ. Summer Normal which has just
Just closed here was one OF the most
successful sessions in the history OF
the normal work at the college.
Jackson. II the Mississippi legfs
ture is convened in special session aft
er the August primaries the suggestion |
will be offered that girls be employed |
as pages in the house and senate
Agricultural College The cam |
paign for sweet potato houses in South |
Mississippi, which has just closed. was
marked by highly gratifying success
according to District Agent ]. E. Ruff |
Cleveland. = Chaplain w. B. Hogg |
OF Little Rock, Ark, who was senior |
chaplain of the army of occupation in |
Germany. has just closed a revival |
meeting here which resulted in much /
good
Crystal Springs. = Undoubtedly the |
largest crowd that ever assembled in |
this county gathered at the historic /
Chautauqua grounds to celebrate the !
of Copiah county's serv |
ice men.
Columbus At meeting OF the |
L.owndes county school board which
was held at the courthouse it was de
cided TO consolidate the Oak Ridge ans
at Caledonia.
Batesville = At the special election
held here Tuesday to determine the
issuance Of $4,000 worth of municipal
bonds to sink an artesian well the vo
ters expressed decision in favor OF
the issuance.
Amory. - The Amory schools will
open on Sept l. An early opening has
been planned in order to keep q pos
sihle suspension OF work any time dur
ing the year from throwing the closing
If the year into June.
Yazoo City. - To Yszoo City the
past week or ten days have come q
series OF reports OF an improved cot
.on crop. The reports have grown
more encouraging as the dry. hof
weather continues.
Yazoo City Predictions are now
current among the Sunday school PEG
pie of Yazoc county as to the great
good which will follow the thirty-sec
md annual meeting OF the Yazoo Coun-
y Sunday School association at Ben
on
Brookhaven. - The president OF !
Whitworth' College announces a gift T
II s25, 900 from P. II. Enochs OF Fern
cod, Miss. to the endowment OF the
college. This makes a total OF $50. 0O1
o date toward the $4,000 endow
nent. The friends OF the college ex
,ect to celebrate the eighteenth ami
-ersary of the presidents incumbency
text June by the completion of the en-
Iowment.
Jackson. = Full OF enthusiasm and
optimism over the general crop and :
outlook for the state peniten. q
larry plantations. especially those IL '
he delta, Secretary John J. Conan 2
f the board of penitentiary trustees
eturned from fortnight's stay.