The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-03-19
Brief News Of Mississippi

Greenwood.-C. J. Jones was elected
ealted ruler Of the Elks' Lodge No
S54 OF Greenwood.
+ yicksburg .-Thomas J. Rcddy. WIN
officiated as one OF the census enum
pointed inspector for the enumeration
In the city.
Aberdeen.-Dr. l. w. Beaueham<
was allowed a mistrial on the charge
of having murdered Frank Trash last
May. The jury stood six to six and
| was discharged.
Ecru.-The Eeru hotel. which has
| been closed for the past two years
will &c opened TO the public in few
| days. Mr.. T. NJ. Wingo, banker, has
secured the property
reenville.-The Greenville cham
Der of commerce has lnaugurated
| reorganization movement to substitute
| cooperation for rivalry among the
communities of this section.
Sardis.-Bonds to the amount Of
! $62 900 were sold at a recent meeting
of the board of mayor and aldermen
for the purpose of installing a mod
ern sewerage system in Sardis.
| Charleston.-J. Lyell Clarke of Jack
son, Miss, sanitary engineer with the
state board of health. has Just COM
pleted a comprehensive survey of ma
larial conditions in Charleston.
University.-Th Ole Miss Post No.
80 of the American Legion, at its
regular monthly meeting was adj
dressed by Judge d. NJ. Kimbrough.
who saw service overseas with the
Y. NJ. c. A.
Hattiesburg. - Final arrangements
were made by the Methodist Hospital
commission for the raising of the $780,
600 fund for the erection of the pro-
posed hospital in this city at meet
ing held here.
Amory-A brick hotel, to cost from
1925, 900 to $4,000, is to be built here
at the present location of the Com
nrercial hotel by James & Toney OF
New Albany. who have just bought
the old structure.
Hattiesbur - T e Preachers
School, is in session this week at
the First Baptist church in this city,
and there are between thirty and forty /
ministers from differen parts of South I
Mississippi present.
ni-Several citizens of Mounds |
I
the mayor and board of aldermen to
extend the corporate lines of the city I
to take in the addition, as they want t
electric lights and water.
Natchez.=The river terminal ques-
ton here has been made live issue +
and committee has been appointed |
by the Natchez chamber Of commerce
to visit other terminals and make a
report on their findings.
Meridian-Miss Mary Johnson can
ming specialist for Mississippi, with
headquarters at the A & NJ. college,
is here assisting Miss Ida Robertson
in outlining the canning club work
for the girls of the county for the
year Miss Robertson is county dem
onstration agent.
Greenville-The Greenville Lodge,
No. 14S, B. P o. Elks, known as the
Cotton Pickers," have donated $4,000
to the Kings Daughters Memorial
Hospital in the campaign for $4,000
now on Half the amount has been
the entire delta section
being interested.
Blue Mountain.-Mis Erin Higgen-
botham, who graduated from Blue {
Mountain college with honors in the
class of 1915, has just been engaged !
by one of the leading lyceum bureaus
Of the country and will begin her I
initial tour of the southern circuit
during the present month. Il
RipIey.--D. t. Braddock, one OF the
leading merchants of this county, who
now operates general stores at F'alk- |
ner Blue Mountain and Brownfield.
has bought one Of the best store s
buildings in Ripley and expects to {
open business here by summer. He ]
Will also move here and make this {
lis home.
O1lN0fSlly--A surprise 10 ali was
sprung at chapel exercises when each
member of the 1919 football team was 6
presented with beautiful gold foot c
,all. These beautiful embiems bore ?
he inscription, "Ole Miss. 1872 and
! large red and blue IN" They were |
he awards to the team by the faculty {
committee on athletics. The awards {
we're delivered by Coach Sullivan. c
Greenville-An accident to the troll
ey lines of the Delta Light & Trac- S
ion company left the street cars @
tanding on the tracks helpless With +
he streets in East End, thfckly O
ettfed residence section of the city,
orn up on account of street paving b
nd a day of rain, Automobiles were {
ut Of commission. and those coming d
o the business districts had TO walk t
University-Mrs F. A. Erred, state
agent on the home DEM p
nstration force from A and NJ col 4
ege, visited Lafayette county to as