Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-03-26

Water Valley.-The winter theolog-
ical school for preachers is in session
here. .4aa
Tupelo.-Plans are maturing to put
In big curing house for sweet pota-
toes at Tupelo.
Hattiesburg. - Three white men
broke jail here last night and two of
them made good their escape.
Smithburg.--The B. Y. P. U. of Sill
yer Springs Baptist Church has elected
officers for the ensuing six months.
Meridian.-The members of the Me-
ridian Bar Association attended the
funeral of Thomas G.. Fewell in body.
Meridian.-The Meridian Theatrical
Stage Employees Union has been or
ganized here with a charter member
ship of 20.
Blue Mountains. L. Goodwin OF
Blue Mountain shipped another con.
signment of more than 100 select swine
to the Memphis market.
Natchez-While here on his first
visit as bishop coadjutor Rt. Rev. VIM
Mercer Green confirmed class of rs
at Trinity Episcopal church.
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Mer:dian.-A cooperative shipment
of nitrate of soda has been received
here to be. distributed to farmers by
County Agent J. d. Howerton.
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vaiden.-Preston Peary, young
man who lived a few miles east OF this
city, was drowned in the high waters
of Black river while boat riding with
neighbor friends.
Natchez.-One of the few Mormon
| funerals ever held in Natchez took
place here when William A. Jackson,
aged 81 years and Confederate vet
eran, was laid to rest
Jackson.--Rev. John Mcneil OF Bir-
mingham, Ala. who wears the sobri-
quet, the Scotch Spurgeon," opened
his one weeks mission at the First
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Meridian.--A special train will take
the Meridian delegation to Newton on
Thursday March 25, to attend the Mis-.
sissippi Baptist Sunday school and B.
Y. p. U. convention.
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Coffeeville-The weekly shipment
for Yalobusha county, made from Cof-
feeville by County Agent A. Y. Hamii-
ton, consisted OF four cars OF hogs, or
SIT head, and represented 130 shippers.
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| Greenwood.-A meeting of 26 repre-
sentatives of the Yazoo River counties
south and including Leflore county,
was held in Greenwood to consider the
proposed drainage measures affecting
these counties
Jackson.--Lieut. b. w. Maynard, the
Flying parson," who established his
! seat in the hall of fame by winning the
great cross-country flight, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, spent a part OF
Tuesday in this city.
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Directors Association and the Missis-
sippi State Board of Embalmers will
hold their annual convention in Merid-
| ian, the first named June Ia and is
and the embalmers June 16
Jackson.-It is expected by the com
ing midsummer that the community
recreation park, which has been pro
vided for by $4,000 bond issue, au
thorized by the qualified electors at q
special election held in the summer ol
| 1919, will be operating.
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4 Blue Mountain. r. Preliminary to
planting their crops. Tippah farmers
who are becoming more scientific IN
their methods OF tillage, are laying IN
4 liberal supplies of commercial fertil
lizer. much Of which is being secured
for them through County Agent w. T
Pollard.
Greenwood d.-Realizing that Green
woods prosperity and growth Is being
hindered by the failure of the city Z
: provide sufficient housing accommoda
/ tions, the Greenwood Rotary Club ha'
taken up the matter with the Chambel
of Commerce and efforts are being
made to solve the problem.
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Jackson Shipments into Mississip
: pi of lint seed or any form of cottol
Z that might be infected is prohibited
except by special permit by decision
announced at meeting Of the stat
plant board here. the measure beinl
: taken to guard against the introduction
4 Of the pink boil worm, proving SO dis
astrous in Texas and recently dfscov
q cred in Louisiana.
n Amory.-At a recent meeting OF tn
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