The Aberdeen weekly., 1919-06-20
MISSISSIPPI
GLEANINGS

town, and those of the northern Sec
tion at Camp Valley Hill. near the
town of the same name. The camps,
which are being held under the aus
pices of the state Y. NJ. c. A, will con-
tinue through June.
Crystal Springs.-The heaviest ship
ments of the tomato season were made
here when As solid car loads of toma-
toes were shipped. There went out
from here in all on that day so car
loads of stuff. As of tomatoes and IL of
mixed stuff so that conservative es-
innate of the days business might be
put at $4,000.
Vicksburg. = The next governor Of
Mississippi will be requested to allow
the State Pharmaceutical Association
to nominate Is men, five from each
supreme court district. for place on
the board of examiners of pharmacists.
and from these 10 men the governor
will be asked to choose five for the
board
Blue Mountain Miss Virginia
Hines of Ripley. generally admitted to
be the banner student of the 1919 SEN
for class OF Blue Mountain College.
has just been elected head OF the de-
partment of English and history in the
Amory high school under the superin-
tendency of Joseph E. Gibson.
Lexington.-The past two weeks
have found the farmers very busy get
ting out of grass which was caused by
the excessive rains of the latter part
of May. Since the first of June they
have about got clear of the grass and
their crops are showing marked de-
grees of progress.
Lexington-Prof. c. C. Doty died at
the Community Hospital here last Sun
day morning following an operation
for appendicitis. He had held the
principalship of the school at Edwards.
Lambert and other places in the state,
and had just closed a very successful
term a few weeks before his death.
Meridian.-An ordinance will be i'm
mediately drawn proposing an in
creased tax levy of one and eleven
twentieth mills for the Meridian sep
arate school district to meet the rec
concentrations of the public school
trustees for proposed increases in
teachers salaries.
Vicksburg. The Bazinsky place
containing 800 acres located about four
miles out on the Novaculite road to-
wards the Big Black bridge was sold
uactar6ay IN Nawoo,ob NIL aodop of
Grace, Issaquena county, who recent
~ sold his delta plantation.
Wesson.-The building committee OF
the Copiah-Lincoln Agricultural High
and specifications of E. NJ. Mccormick.
of Brookhaven, for new brick dormi-
tory The contract for the building
will be let July eth.
Biloxi-A claim has been filed in
the United States District Court at
Biloxi by the Biloxi Artesian Ice Man
ufacturing Co. against the Pascagoula
Street Railway and Power Co. in the
receivership case now pending in the
federal court
Jackson.-A contingent OF from $50
to 400 Mississippi soldiers. composing
part of the 140th Field Artillery, has
just landed at Hoboken from overseas
service.
Clarksdale.-The building commit
tee of the Baptist church met to con-
slider bids for the erection of the new
SEQ 600 church hui1diUg
ackson-Leaders Of the woman's
suffrage movement in Mississippi are
preparing to serve notice on legisla-
tive candidates that they will be ex.
pected to declare their position on the
Susan B. Anthony amendment prior
to the August primaries; that they are
going to wage a fight at the session
of the legislature in January for the
adoption OF the amendment.
Jackson.-Fifty H-Y club youngsters
will represent Mississippi at the sum-
mer training school to be conducted at
Blue Ridge, n. c., the latter part of
this month, parties leaving Jackson
and Memphis June % to meet at Chat
where they will take spe-
cial tourists Pullman and a diner for
the long journey.
Jackson.-With the general state
and bi-county normals in full swing at
Hattiesburg, Meridian, Blue Mountain,
Agricultural College, Meadville, Mar
shall County Agricultural High
schools, with a good attendance of
teachers who are taking advantage of
this opportunity for perfecting them
selves professionally. quite a number
Of the educational leaders are making
the rounds of them.
Blue Mountain.-D B. Jones OF Blue /
a prominent planter and +
timber man, has sold plantation in /
Sunflower county for $50, 400 The |
place. which is along the Sunflower t
river. much of which is under culti- |
vation, contains 282 acres. making an /
average price of $500 an acre
Duncan.-One vote in the election
,or bond issue of S150.000 for good
roads in the Duncan separate road dis
.rict. defeated the proposal much to
- l.