The Southern herald., 1919-05-02
MISSISSIPPI
aGLEANINGS

manding officer OF the 5. A. /. o. unle
Richton. six-year-old son Of ]
N Runnels, WHOLLY on farm neaI
here, was burned to death in barn.
Tie supposition is that the youth was
playing with matches while in. the
barn, setting fire to the building.
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= Crowder.-Fire of unknown origin /
destroyed the stave sheds Of the 70
coma Cooperage company Of this place.
Approximate loss between $4,000
and $4,000. It is not known wheth'
er or not insurance will cover the loss.
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Natchez.-An active movement has
been startedhere to secure weather
bureau for Natchez and also an en-.
largemeH of the postoffice building.
The business of the postoffice has in
creased to such an extent that the
present quarters are cramped and in
adequate. Fl, -
Jackson.-Grand Chancellor Ed
ward Yerger of the Knights Of Pyth'
las IN the supreme domain of Missis-
sippi has received an official notice to
ahe effect that Charles s.. Davis Of
Denver, Col, supreme chancellor,
plans a visit to the Mississippi domain
some time about the middle of May
Jackson.-The meeting of the Ninth
District of the Mississippi Federation
of ,Women's Clubs, held in Jackson,
was one Of the best, and in some
s-ways, the very best ever held, and the
club women present were inspired by
the talks and by the club reports, to
greater and better things. The con-
vention was caliod to order at Car
,negie Library with the president,
IGrs. j. H Fox, in the chair
= > -Mississippians are play
ing and are destined 20 play promi
nent parts in the campaign to raise
an endowment fund of 100000 fol
the University OF the South, the name
Of Senator John Sharp Williams ap
pearing on the literature and station
err of the campaign headquarters al
one. of seven noted men composing
the advisory committee Former Sen
ator Leroy Percy heads the commit
tee in Mississippi, with DR.. Dunba
Rowland, director of the department
of archives and history, and B. Z
Cameron, Jr., attorney OF Meridian
as the other committee members.
Coldwater-The Arkabutla consol
dated school was closed after yer
successful term. This school has tw
hundred pupils and eight teachers
and is said to be the largest consol
: kated school in the state. 1t has qua
flied to receive government aid unde
the smith-Hughes act, and is one
three schools in this part of the stat
10, benefit by this appropriation.
PHI. Easom, who is now engage
in boys club work with headquartel
at Jackson, has been chosen princip
Of the school for the next term, whi
Prof Lewis, who has been in char
for the past year, will return to tai
charge of Progress Consolidat,
sschool in Perry county.
sas@s
Jackson.-A sad and pathetic ia
It was that befell Riley Nogle, ag
80 years, recently discharged soldi
Of the United States, who served
country and his country's allies in t
reduction Of St. Mihiel, the campai
in the Argonne, at Verdun a
= throughout the Champagps count
This young man had gone throu
months of campaigning as a sis
eorps operative, his knowledge a
z axperience of electric wiring havi
thoroughly equipped him for Il
branch of the service. After getti
u ibfs discharge a few weeks ago, I
= xate Nogle came to Jackson, a
through the federal employment S
vice was engaged as a lineman
K the. Jackson Light & Traction &C
many. He was at work in some |
. repair on North Mill street, and
some way his person came in cont
with a live wire, The resultant sh'
~ was not instantly fatal; in fact, No
was aware of what had happened
him, remarking to one of his ass
ates nearby "Well, I've got mine"
as he spoke calmly thrust his HI
toward the pocket of his overall trt
ers ead making his pliers sec'
shortly afterward he became unt
scious, and by the time physici
a rybo had been hastily summo
reached his side he was found to