Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-05-02
MISSISSIPPI EDITORS !
X GET RATES TO MEET
PRESs ASSOCIATION coNvENEs
AT HATTlEs5URo MAY 20.
Special Prizes Offered for Best and
Neatest Makeup - Prominent
Newspaper Men Slated
fr for Addresses.

Newton.--Now that it is known that
the various railroads of the state will
contract with the newspapers for adj
yertising sufficient to cover the coS
of transportation between their re-
.spective homes and Hattiesburg and
return, the indications are that the
meeting of the State Press Associa-
1ion In Hatties burg, May 20-21, prom
ises to be the best attended OF any
meeting In years. The secretary of
the association took the matter up
with Director General Hines. who gave
the railroad passenger agents permis
sion to do this, and it. means that
good many Of the editors will be there
who otherwise would not.
The secretary is advised arrange
lments have been made by the Hatties-
burg committee with the Saenger
Amusement Co. OF New Orleans to
make motion pictures of the conven-
tion and editors. The Mergenthaler
Linotype Co. has also stimulated In
terest by offering three prizes, viz:
First prize, $50; second prize, $50, and
third prize, $40, for the best and neat
lest weekly or semi-weekly newspaper
in the state using their machines. Daily
papers will not be allowed to contest.
and no special editions of the weekly
papers prepared especially for the
contest, will be allowed. The contest
ants will select two OF the best issues
published between Jan. and April
is. 1919. and the JUDI es viii be ap-
pointed by the president of the Press
Association to decide the matter.
Special rates have been made for
the meeting by the hotels of Hatties-
burg.
As iryitpt;or vas extended to e..s-
President Taft to address the body,
but on account of full calendar for
the month of May he was unable to
accept the invitation.
University of Mississippi-Of the
It'll physicians in Mississippi, 45O of
them were either in active military
service as officers or had made an ac-
tive effort to get in the service. DR..
w. S. Leathers, dean OF the medical
department and president of the State
Medical Association stated that he is
reliably informed that 1864 Mississip-
pi physicians received commissions,
81 others applied for commissions, 80
OF whom failed to qualify and on q
no action was taken. There were 30
others who we're recommended FOR
commissions. IS of whom refused and
II remained unsigned at the time of
the armistice One hundred and twen-
ty-one have been discharged, leaving
.:43 still in the service"
RipIey.-A telegram was received
here by relatives bringing the news of
the death of Hon. John R. Cothran,
which occurred at his home in San
Diego. Cal Mr.. Cothran formerly re-
sided in Ripley, and at the time his
health began to fail him he had served
several years as clerk and master of
the chancery court, position which he
resigned TO go west. He represented
Lauderdale County one term in the
lower house Of the General Assembly.
Laurel.-Details as to the extent of
the storm which swept over the east
ern portion of Jones county last week
reached Laurel. and they show that
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty, young crops and livestock have
been destroyed No loss Of life is re-
ported, but severa; persons were pain
fully injured.
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University.-Thcs staff of the Missis-
sippian, the weekly publication for the
session of 1920, has been elected.
Byron England of West Point, was
elected editor-in-chief M. b. Emmich,
of vicksburg, will be news editor. w.
w. Hull. of Meridian will look after
the business management of the paper.
Natchez.--The possibility of form
er German submarine visiting Natchez
has aroused much interest. Announce
Lent was made some time ago that a
U-boat would come up the Mississippi
river from New Orleans and stop at
the principal points along the river,
Natchez.-Over $1,000 has been
raised here by popular subscription
to aid the Natchez Hospital. The hos
pital Is state charity institution, but
the appropriations received have been
entirely inadequate. The money sub I.
scribed will be used for laboratory and
other equipment
Hattiesburg. The Hattiesburg Dis.
frict Conference. Of which Rev. w. b
Jones is president. will meet in Petal
cA Nav g.