Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-04-25
MISSISSIPPI
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Corinth.-J. ]. Surratt, OF Coriuth
has been appointed United States dep.
uty marshal by Bruce ]. Alexander. OF
Bonneville, recently appointed United
States marshal. Mr. Surratt succeeds
L. v. Carpenter, who has been hold.
ing this office for the past few years
Blue Mountain.-Capt. William L
Finger, U. S. field artillery, A. e. F.,
France, son of M. L. Finger, of this
county, has arrived at home, having re-
ceiyed his honorable discharge from
military service. Capt. Finger. who is
Cecil Rhodes scholar from Missis-
sippi to Oxford university, England,
plans to resume his work In that great
institution In the autumn.
Greenwood.-The presbytery of Cen.
tarl Mississippi opened here at the
Presbyterian church with the initial
sermon delivered by Rev. ]. E. McJun.
kin, Of Forrest, Miss, retiring moder.
ator. DR.. w. H. Frazer, of Jackson,
was elected moderator and Rev. r. e.
Hough, Of Jackson, clerk Rev. w. H.
Frazer, president of the Bellhaven col.
lege, delivered the sermon. The WIS.,
itors were given motor trip over the
city and county.
Blue Mountain - Miss Virginia
Hines, of Ripley. Miss, member Of
the 1919 graduating class of Blue
Mountain college, has just won the
Minnie Burford Self medal for superior
scholarship In literary Interpretation.
This medal is offered annually by p.
NJ B. Self. of Marks, Miss, in memory
of his mother. former student of
Blue Mountain college, and is always
awarded to q member Of the senior
class.
Yazoo City.--The Yazoo county ex-
ecutive committee, allied with the COM
munity welfare workers OF the state
have completed plans for q big rally
10 be held here on April 29-30 to pro-
vide positions for the returning SOL
diers. The principal speaker will be
Senator John Sharp Williams.
Another prominent speaker for the
event is DR.. J. A. Christian, of Ok
ford, Miss, who was one year in the
Y. M. C. A. work in France and much
Of the time on the firing line with
American soldiers.
New York.--Units OF the Thirty
ninth Division. formerly nationa
guards of Louisiana, Mississippi and
Arkansas, composed the greater part
pf the 2,319 troops arriving here on
board the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.
the first ship Of German tonnage
turned over to the associated powers
nnder the armistice terms, to arrive
In America.
They returned in charge of Brig
Gen. Ira A. Haynes, commanding the
Sixty-fourth Field Artillery Brigade
whose headquarters, IL officers and
"a men. returned. assigned to Camp
Beauregard.
Oxford.-The North Mississippi
FourtCounty Medical association, com.
posed of Benton, Marshall. Lafayette
and Yalobusha counties, has been Or
ganized in this city with the following
officers: President, DR.. w. w. Mathis,
Orwood; vice-president, Dr. G. w. Sis.
Ter, Water Valley; general secretary,
DR.. !. B. Scale, Holly Springs. with the
following county secretaries: Lafay.
cite county, DR.. q. s. Bramlett; Ben.
ton County. DR.. Frank Ferrell; Yalo-
busha county. DR.. o. G. Coleman.
The association will meet every
three months and Oxford, Coffeeville,
Water Valley and Holly Springs were
selected as permanent meeting places.
The next meeting will be held at
Coffeeville.
Greenville.-The Washington County
Highway Commission awarded con
tracts for the construction Of So miles
Of concrete public roads in the county
to cost an aggregate Of $7O3, 900.
There were six bids persented, big
contractors being here from many sec
tions., The bids were remarkably
close, the lowest being but few
thousand dollars in the aggregate be-
low the highest.
Work is to begin within 20 days.
The roa De fo ho curfocod havo aIraadv
been graded and tho contractors can
begin their work as soon as they can
get the machinery. material and labor
on the ground.
This is only the beginning OF Wash
ington County concrete road construc-
tion, as.the voters have authorized the
issuance Of bonds that will give the
county $1,350,00o more to expend on
roads as soon as the work can be let