The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-03-07

ferson Davis Highwsy association held
in Memphis last week.
$500
Holly Springs-The mills Of the
North Mississippi Cotton Oil company
were destroyed by fire The entire
plant, with the exception OF the tanks.
burned TO tho ground. The loss Is
about s150.0OO. partly covered by in
urance.
Shaw-One thousand carloads OF
gravel were purchased by the commits
sioners of the Shaw separate road dig
trict for the graveling Of all roads Ont
of Shaw. These hard surface roads
will join the Washington county hard
surfaced roads on the south and viii
also join roads on the north Of shaw
5000
Meridian.-A telegram from Chair
man ]. VI, McBeath. of the state high
wa commission. who went to Washing
ton in the interest Of that portion of
the postal bill affecting good roads.
nounced that the bill passed and car.
ried with it an appropriation OF $500.
900 for Mississippi roads. to supple
ment local funds.
observation-disclosures BOatwright. ne
gro deserter. was convicted of the mur-
der of Constable ". B. Culpepper.
whom Boatwright shot when the Off
Ger attempted to arrest him. April
Is is the day set for the execution Of
the sentence. The same day has been
set by the supreme court for the death
of John T. Brady. convicted of the
murder of his f~ather-in-law.
Blue Mountain. - The uncertainty
about the fate of Sergt. Grady w. Jack
son. 116th infantry, e. A. F.. France
Of this place. has just been cleared W
by a letter to Sect. Jackson's mother
from his chaplain. who participated II
his funeral exercises in France, ant
who sent Mrs. Jackson a picture o.
her son, clipped from a newspaper ant
found on the person of the dead
soldier boy.
observation-disclosures elected at the
meeting of the Masonic grand lodge IL
his city were: l. A. Benoit. Natchea
grand master; e. D. Faucet. Newton
grand enior warden; J. II. Johnson
Alderman. grand junior warden; I. NJ
Moody, Meridian. grand treasurer
Frederick Gordon Speed, Vicksburg
Houston, grand lecturer: ]. c. BAH
Montague. grand chaplain; Julius Ia
retzky. %Shuqulak. grand tyler.
Biloxi.-A jury in the United States
district court here CAV Mrs. Emma
McCarroll Lindsey a verdict for $6.5Qg
in the so-called anthrax case Mrs
Lindsey instituted suit against a mer
cantile company following the death Of
her husband some time ago. She alE
legged that he was a victim of anthrax
and that he was i%noculated with the
germ through a shaving brush pur
chased from the defendant company
Attorneys for the defense have filed .
motion for Il new trial
Jackson.-A list of more than Zoe
men of Mississippi, more or less d.
rectly interested in and connected
with the good roads and better roads
propaganda. has been compiled. who
are earnestly urged and requested t.
consider themselves delegates 10 the
great highway convention to be heLj
at Mineral Wells, Texas. the middle Of
April. 1919. In order 10 duly impress
these selected delegates with he 5m
portance and significance of this Era
convention. Gov. Eilbo has prepared 5
letter Of notification. which vII
mailed to each appointee. in which ae
says
The Texas legislature ON Feb -
passed a Joint resolution inviting Uz
to be present and 10 appoint 100 dele
gates from Mississippi. and Gov. Hob
personally extends an invitation
81 important is good roads work at
time 4 so -far-reaching in the de
velopment of the south that am anx
that Mississippi be represented
by a large delegation 1 take pleas
ure in appointing you as one of tb
delegates and trust you viii find
convenient 10 attend. There is no funa
to defray the expenses Of delegates.
but I take it that your patriotism ana
interest in good roads viii enable yea
to bear the expense
Gov. Bilbo will attend the conven~
ton if possible, as viii no doubt the
members of the state highway commi--
sion and Engineer Kramer. who viii
head the list of appointed delegates.
Winona-The Montgomery County
Growers association named
March 3 as eostoE acreage reduction
day.
University.-James ". Bell, prOfes-
of economics and dean of school Of
commerce and administration, return
TO the University from Italy. Being
unable 10 enlist in the army, he en-
in the Y. ". c. a. for overseas
service in 1913. He sailed in July and
was sent to Italy and was assigned
the seth Italian army operating On
Asiago Plateau. He was with the
corps during the great invasion
last fall and went with the army into
Austrian territory. He reports that
the victory was the most complete
won by any army.
1890
Clinton-Athletics in Mississippi
College has assumed q normal state 50
tar as enthusiasm IS concerned. Ev
erybody is feeling good over the pros