The progress-itemizer., 1920-08-13

sentative meetings ever held in Harri.
son county assembled at the court
house as a big committee to request
the board of supervisors to appropriate
$4,000 to continue the drainage an
sanitary campaign which was begun
and which has been so successfully
carried on for the past two years. Sew
eral efforts have been made to get
this appropriation but heretofore they
have been Intellectual. Fully 60 per
cent of the taxable property in the
county was represented at this meet
ing.
Sturgis.-J. p Smith. a Detroit de
tective investigating the Detroit-New
York trunk murder mystery, SAID
there remained no doubt as to the
identity of the body and that it was
that of Mrs. Katherine Jackson, alias
Katherine Leroy. Instructions to inter
the body at New York were telegraph
ed to that city. according to announce
pent made here by L. A. Fondren
her brother.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. w. T. Lowrey
/ president Cf Blue Mountain college
has agreed to purchase canned prod
ucts from the Old Chapel Canning
| club. which is one of the most active
| clubs in the county. The canned
goods will be used in the dormitories
of Blue Mountain College during the
| 1920-?1 session.
CRYSTAL Springs.-Street Commits
sioner G. II. Terry placed large force
of laborers at work on the streets OF
the town making relentless warfare
on the weeds in the bitches and along
the curbs and sidewalks.
| Coldwater-Co Coldwater ran away
with Holly Springs in two games OF
baseball The score of the first game
was. Coldwater 10 runs. 10 hits, one
error: Holly Springs. one run, five
! hits. six errors.
Leland.-The anthrax outbreak thpt
| started on the Haskings- Neal planta-
! ton near Burdette is under control.
AS soon as the disease was dicoYered
| the work of vaccinating the stock was
| started
Crystal Springs.-Parties who plant
Mathiston-J NJ. Mccain & Son,
who recently had their big cotton gin
and lumber manufacturing plant de-
stroy ed by fire, are making arrange
ments to build a model plant.
! Greenwood-Em S. Sutton, man
ager of the w B. Watkins plantation,
five miles southeast of Greenwood,
brought the first open boil of cotton
this season to Greenwood.
| Meridian.-Dr. r. j. Wilson, OF Oba-
| diah, well known throughout the coun-
tv. has been named county health Of
ficer succeeding DR.. w. A. Carpenter,
resigned.
Grcenwood.-Mis Annie Stigler of
Lexington and Mr.. w. P. Lewis of
Greenwood were united in marriage at
the home of the brides parents in Lex
ington.
|
Rlue Mountain.-Mrs. Maggie New
man Hall wife of James Hall OF Tip
pah cGhnty died at her home in TIE
s;s;; ssnnsa;' ..!.a ssi4A lA!l.l,s +
eatjdamage to his cotton crop from
worm trimming off all bolls ani
limbs and puncturing the bolls.
Hazlehurst-A. ]. Flowers, county
agent of Copiah, has rendered his res
ignati0n to the board of supervisors
to take effect September /.
Loulsville.-One of the Oldest cit
izens, NJ H. Galway, who resided
north Of town. died at his home. He
had reached the age of 70.
Toccopola- Ketchum and Miss
Manard Lancaster. of Delay. were mar
ried at the home of Rev. w. l. Hargis,
near the university.
Meridian.-A large number of Merid
ian people attended the Masonic picnic
at Toomusba
Scooba-A series of revival services
began at the Presbyterian church here.
Pontotoc.-Mrs. Elsie Hill, IS. was
shot and killed by the discharge of
pistol in her own hands. 1t is gen
orally believed that the shooting was
purely accidental.
Tishomingo.-S n. L. Phillips,
accompanied by Deputies johnson and
McRae W NJ. Glasgow, marshal OF
this place. Justice of the Peace McRae
and Baiiff Goddard, destroyed large
still. 1t was located six miles south
west of town
Charleston-H f Tansil, sheriff,
and F. Fly, deputy, made raid on an
illicit still operated by negro, seven
miles south of Charleston, on Lake
Mitchell The officers had to wade
water to get to the still, where they
found a 3O-gallon capacity outfit with
80 gallons of mash,
Amory DR.. y. B. Spratt died at his
home here from cancer. He had been
confined to his room for several years,
DrcolybavaD p A Com OStock aged