The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-09-12
MISSISSIPPI
Happenings You
Are Interested In

dated schools Of the model county
have opened.
Harder The Mississippi Rura
Industrial Educational Association
closed after two days o1 interesting
work.
Greenville. = The city council Is ar
ranging now to secure plans for the
construction Of a city hall to cost
$4,000.
Vicksburg. - The mayor and alder
men OF vicksburg are figuring on the
question of paving fifty city blocks
this year
Greenwood. = The building activity
considering the high cost of labor and
material.
Clinton.-The Clinton Consolidated
High School opened under the most
aospicious prospects ever before wit
Witnessed.
Philadelphia. C. Bottoms. coun.
by shipping a carload of hogs from
Philadelphia
Ecru.-The army worms have struck
this community by the millions, and
are literally eating all the leaves off
the bottom land cotton.
New Albany-The New Albany
white schools opened with $50 in at
tendance, which is sixty greater than
on opening day one year ago.
Philadelphia - Ivy PEBBLES, county
superintendent of education, has re-
signed from his office in order that he
may attend the University of Missis
sippi this session.
Indianola. Land In Sunflower
county continues to sell at unheard of
prices. Recently Mrs. Beard sold her
Schawbolosky farm near Holly Ridge
for $212.50 per acre.
Agricultural College. - More appli-
cations for entrance into A. and M.
College have been received this fall
than ever before according to Reg
istrar j. c. Herbert
New Albany. - w. C. Minis, county
agent. shipped the second car of hogs
this week. 1t is understood that week
ly shipments OF cattle and hogs will
be made during the next nine months.
Ecru.-The Ecru Echo, a weekly
that was owned and pub
lished by It. NJ. Wingo at this place,
has been sold to Henry Caldwell of
New Albany, and will be used there.
Philadelphia. = A petition was SUBJ
mitted to the board of supervisors ct
their regular meeting asking for the
creation of a new drainage district,
and the petition was favorably acted
upon.
Senatobia. = Miss Dora Woods and
closed the most successful short
course campaign among the club men
and women of the county held for
rome time.
West Point. - Supervisors of dis.
.rict five sold $4,000 road bonds at
he regular meeting of the board Of
for the improvement of
Clay county's rapidly growing good
roads district
Hattiesburg. = Applications for
rooms are coming by the dozens every
lay to the Mississippi Woman's Col
ege, and President Johnson says that
LII the rooms, including the two new
will soon be taken.
Senatobia-Mrs. Marjorie McGhee,
Held secretary of the tuberculosis
OF the state. was in Sena-
obia perfecting arrangements for a
among the schools of the
Cross stamps.
Columbus Through the daily |
,ress an erroneous statement has gone
,ut relative to the opening date Of the
Industrial Institute and
The college will open Sept. |
g. and not on the 18th. as has been
published in some of the daily papers. |
Jackson.-Amongo other agencies ex- |
,ected to gather in conference in Mis- |
;issippi this fall will be the MISSISSIPPI |
VI Public Health Service, formed Of
county and municipal health officers, |
heads of schools and col |
eyes and. of course. members of the
tate board of health.
Vicksburg. - Complete organization
4 the southern division of the Missis-
ippi River Scenic Highway Associa-
ion was effected at a very enthusiast
ic convention, attended by seventy
delegates from the various towns
long both sides of the Mississippi /
liver from Memphis to New Orleans,
-opisiana-
Columbus. = Just recognition came
o the county agents work in this
ounty when the board of supervisors
ranted an advance OF 5000 annually
n the salary of p. l.. Wells. govern
lent agent of Lowndes county.
Blue Mountain With every desk
AIKEN and every available place occn-
led in all OF its dormitories. Missis-
ippi Heights Academy at this place