Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-21
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
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Happenings Over
Commonw ealth
as Cleaned from
Various Places

here of the death in Del Rio, Tex, OF
Hugh R. Enochs. The deceased was
in military service, having entered the
army last June. Death was caused by
influenza-pneumonia.
Agricultural College. DR. Brad
ford Knapp, chief of the extension
work of the south, has just issued
through the extension department of
the Mississippi A. and M. College, a
call to the farmers of this state to
hold down their cotton acreages and
increase the production of food crops
New Albany.-In accordance with
the program of the United States de,
partment of agriculture and the proc
lamation Of Gov Bilbo, the farmers OF
Union county met in this city Feb. Is
to hear discussed the topics to be pre-
scented on Safe and Sane Farming
Day, a movement primarily in the in
terest OF reduction Of cotton acreage
and an increase in food production.
Columbus. - While the United
States department of agriculture and
the governors of several states have
urged southern growers of cotton to
reduce their acreage for the coming
season, no concerted action with this
end in view has as yet been taken by
the farmers of Lowndes county. This
matter is being freely discussed, and
different views are expressed.
Scooba. Carriers of rural route
mail have been having bad time en-.
deavoring to make it around theiI
routes in one day on account OF the
condition of the roads. Routes one
and two are both long, being over 20
miles each, and as no part Of the lat
ter is graveled and extremely billy, SO
Carrie George Kimbrough, especially,
has been having hard time.
Agricultural College. - mississippi
must grow five million acres of corn
in 1919" says C. A. Cobb, assistant d.
rector of extension Of the Mississippi
A. and M. College, and the United
States government, who holds that
this Is the answer to the questions
arising in the minds Of the farmers
when they are told to cut the cotton
acreage. ~
vicksburg. BY agreement Of
counsel for state and defense in the
case of Cameron Cade, at Rsyville,
La. for the murder of Lieut.. Fred G
Reichert, of Evansville, Ind, last
month, on the eve Of the date set for
the wedding of the lieutenant and
Miss Mabel Langford, of Rayville, the
defendant was permitted to withdraw
his plea of not guilty, enter a plea OF
guilty, and was sentenced to life
term in the penitentiary Cade was
placed upon train by Sheriff Cooper
and taken to Baton Rouge.
Meridian. = Seven persons pleading
guilty to crimes have been sentenced
in circuit court here. Lamar Thomp-
son, 17-year-old white boy, was sen.
fenced to serve two years in the peni-
teutldTy IOT IOTSSry.
Johnny Mack, a negro boy, Is, was
sentenced to serve four years on q
charge of robbery.
Charles Roberts and Joseph Brad
icy, both white, were sentenced to
serve four years each for the theft Of
an automobile.
Willie Winston, negro, was sen
fenced to serve five years on charge
of burglary.
For the theft of a mule, Percy Wood
ard, negro, was sentenced to serve
two years.
Hamilton Brunson, negro, admitting
he was deserter from Camp Fun
ston, pleaded guilty to robbiug the
railroad supply company, and was SEN
fenced to five years.
Meridian. - Secretary w. H. BRAY.
ers, Of the Mississippi Dental Associa-
ton, has announced that DR.. w. G
Dennis, OF Jackson, vice-president OF
the association, has been named to
succeed DR.. M. b. varpado, resigned.
DR.. varnado moved out of the state.
DIR. Drawers also announces that the
state meeting will be held in Clarks-
dale, April Is, 16 and II.
Hflrie M. Quin. district governor.
announced the program for the 1919
conference of the Fourteenth district
Rotary clubs, to be held in Alexa1 l.
dria, La, Feb. IT and Is. o. III. Crock
EFT, president of the Alexandria club,
delivered the address of welcome, and
the response was by Sam w Mason.
past governor of the Shreveport club
The criminal grand jury after exam.
lining 122 witnesses and returning 80
true bills of indictment, adjourned.
Yaxoo City. = To the town of Ben
tonia, in this county has come the
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