Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-10-03
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
EssxxNS CONDENSED NxxAxY
Happenings Over
| Commonwealth
as Cleaned from
| Various Places

farmer, a gathering was held at the
county courthouse. to take some action
by which they may protect themselves
from what they consider to be cotton
seed profiteers.
Jackson Miss Mabel L.. Stire. sec
retary-manager of the Mississippi
State fair, accompanied by Mrs. King.
assistant secretary, are prepared to
leave on an extended tour OF fairs and
expositions in different parts Of the
south. ss
Natchez.-A meeting Of all the moth
ers, wives and sisters of men who we're
in military service from Natchez and
Adams county has been called for the
purpose of organizing local branch
of the War Mothers of America.
Jackson--Mississipp has been asked
to subscribe $59,940 to the Red Gross
membership. drive from November End
to 11th, inclusive, and local organiza-
tions for the campaign are now being
perfected throughout the state.
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ez.--Organization of the yari-
Gus county and parish units of the
Scenic Highway association is being
pushed by Theodore V. Wensel, of
Natchez. president of the southern d.
vision of. the association r. 4a. !
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n.-Pursuant to call Of Rt
Rev. William Mercer Green as direct
or general OF the Sewanee endowment
fund campaign in Mississippi, two
meetings Of much interest were held
in jackson.
Greenwood .-=A deal wag consummat-
ed here whereby the city Of Greenwood
purchased six lots of the school build
ing. The city expects within the next
year or two to enlarge the Greenwood
schools ~ q =. a~.s ass 4
Jackson. Relative to recent publi-
cations about so-called ''fairv prices
for cotton seed. for the farmers, Attor-
ney General Collins states that the
cotton seed trust just will not down.
Blue Mountain.-U the auspices
of the. Iippahs Swine Rreeders assocL
alton, plans are low under way look
ing to the holding Of big county
wide exhibit of thoroughbred swine
jackson. The s1eriffs elect of Mis-
sissippi, scheduled to sneet here, Sep
tember "a. have decided TO assemble
with the state association OF sheriffs
which comes TO. Jackson October Sans
jackson, Miss. DR.. c. ID. Mitchell
head of the statewide commission fcI
the study and handling OF mental by
giene, has called a conference of well
known medical men and laymen-
Blue Mountain .-Tippah PresbyteFi
ans, hitherto numerically small. as q
result of their Countrywide revival
this summer. have added $50 new
members to their congregations.
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Jackson Sittings of the Mssissipn
supreme court win be held the sec
ond and fourth. Mondays of eacl
month after the conYening of the tri
bunal in October. SIS s.
Meridian. The movement for a liv,
stock sales day by the board OF frad'
and regular auction days for horses
and mules by dealers hefe~is creatfHl
wide interest.
Hattiesburg Chancery court for tn,
fall term convened in this city will
ii-Chancellor w. Denny presiding. Th'
I tnckei is UNUSUALLY iarge. 4
Nachez The city council of Match
ez is confronted By the horns of bo
vine dilemma for which apparently
can find no solution,
Blue Mountain. Seven solid cars o
cattle have just been shipped to st
Louis from Cotton Plant, six mils
south of this place. - =
| Meridian-The six weeks civil tern
| OF circuit court convened here with
docket OF over 200 cases facing Jndg
r. w. Heidelberg.
Oakland The Yalobusha Agriculi
ural high schodi opened at Oaltian
filled to its capacity. and 25 or 80 o.
i the waiting list
Hattieshurg. The troublenla Ts
tum big mmber plant has been sci
/ tied and about 500 men have gon
back to work. ...'~t',sns 4. sea
s>sss s1st
.Hazlehurst. County Agent A. :
Flowers has shipped in the past fu,
weeks several cars OF cattle and hogs