Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-06-13
MISSISSIPPI
Happenings You
Are Interested In

awakening for nearly three and hall
months, Frank Spencer aged s, son
of Jarvis Spencer. farmer living four
miles north OF Blue Mountain, Is be
ginning to shake off his protracted
trance, and seems to be on the road
to recovery.
Hazlehurst.-Ellison Robertson, 90
years OF age. charged with. killing
three tenants on his plantation--Jas.
Boutwell, and sons Luther and Lon.
nie-was remanded to Jail without
bond at the preliminary trial Mrs
Robertson, charged as accessory to the
killing, was released under $4,000
bail.
Gulfport.--Grading has started oh
the large Dantzler min at Cedar Lake
north of this city and the work is in
charge OF Chas. T. Brown OF this city.
Lumber turned out at this mill will
be shipped by water down the bayou
and Biloxi river and will be loaded
on ships in the Gulfport harbor.
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Jackson.--H. M. X. Smith, campaign
manager for the Mississippi Memo
rial association. is In North Mississip.
pi, holding series of meetings In the
interest of the Memorial campaign.
which will be for $5O0,000, and will
be held the week of June 26-July s.
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Maridfan MCpnotb oh -
of the state highway commission, has
received notification from the govern.
,n-ent that they have turned over eight
passenger automobiles for use of the
officials OF the highway commission.
Meridian.-The $4,000 good roads
bond issue recently voted by District
s viii not be sold this month as the
commission is endeayoring to learn
how much supplemental government
bonds they can secure. ~ w
,a Columhus-The Baptist woman's
Missionary union of 'the Fourth dis
trict OF Mississippi will hold its an
nual meeting at Lsa@isyille, Thurs
day and Friday, Juue IL and 13.
Magnolia Miss Gladys Huff, coun-,
ty home economies agent, will conduct,
short course for club girls and wom-
en- OF Pike county at the Agricultural
high school from June 9 to IA.
Starkville MRS r. L. Carpenter,
superintendent of the Womans Mis-
sionary Union of Columbus q Baptist
Association, has called meeting to be
held at Louisville June 1918. e'.-s'.
A q es1N - y sall 49, -
Meridian.-A fifty-foot break in the
dam of the lower grounds big water
reservoir of Meridian dumped millions
of gallons of-.water into Sowashes
creek, inundating low lands. a3
~ xaeip. ess ss.a ~ s4i
Natchez.-At the opening meeting
Of the Adams county board of super
visors good roads bonds of the county
for 100000 were sold at par and
premium of $525.00.
Greenwood. blocks Of
paving will be completed in Green
wood within the next few months, the
cost of which approximately will
amount to 100000
= Greenwood.-Newt Carter, an AGED
citizen of Greenwood, wha had resid-
Cd here for many years.9was run oyer
and instantly killed by "a tr&abt
taaia !; ~.
Green wood The board Of trustees
af the. North Greenwood school jnet
secently And Te-eiected~the SAM fac
s,ss Tor the 1stg1e2O MSm.
Hasoo city.-Ths My 1exB. spen-
cer, newly chosen pastor ~ The Bap-
list church in stliis eity, has arrived
and fentered upon his duties.
Yazoo CityfThe. graduating exer-
cises of the .4Asool thigh school were
held, vhesf thirtesh graduates receiv-
cd Diplomas.
Senatobia. a.-The board Of superyis-
ors have e0h atvc tssues pig asshSol
bonds. ss
Jackson.-One hundred teachers
are neededs for schools ins Mississippi
y once. according to a statement Is
sped here by w. F. Bond, state super
tendent Of public instruction. Super
intendent Rond4 attributes the short
age of teachers to the fact that scores
havei aeft the profAssion during the
pastsyear on account OF the small sal
aribS ~
fsss
Yhxooi CITY, w. R. fRitch. county
Agent, continues to receive reports Of
The success Of co-operatite wool sales
throughout the sheep growing section
III Tennessee and Isl predicting that
The sale in Yazoo City on June 13 and
"A viii provsintereatin& Il big b4r-