The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-04-16
Magnolia State
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|, Jackson.-Miss Edith X. o. Clarl
director in charge of the Y. w. C.
recruiting campaign in Mississippi ha
received report from Miss Ann
Astroth, state organizer for the H,
clubs. to the effect that the twice dc
ferred general conference OF girls
high school clubs will finally be held
The meeting is scheduled for Meridian
April Is, II and Is.
Lexington.-At q joint meeting o
the board Of trustees Of city schools
and the board OF alderman, Superin
tendent r. M. Good was reelected a
large increase in salary. The board
realizing the great increase in living
expenses raised all the salaries o.
teachers in all departments. The min
imum was made 81 900 Cor a term OF
| nine months.
Clinton.-Owing to the inefficiency
OF the machinery installed for lifting
the water out of the new well on the
Mississippi College campus, the water
supply has failed and the college has
been forced to buy water from the city
supply.
Agricultural College-The Missis-
| sippi A & NJ. College is one of the
five schools selected from the So col
| leges in the southeastern department
| under the War Department to be chos.
| en- for a rigid inspection this year.
| Hattiesburg-Owing to the fact that
| Hattiesburg has a $4,000 sweet pota-
| to dry plant, the farmers are going to
plant lot OF sweet potatoes, and they
claim that there Is no other county
where potatoes grow better.
Oxford.-Lafayette County super
visors, by unanimous vote decided to
spend 100000 in improving the roads
Of the county from county line to
county line, north and south and east
and west.
Meridian-The Baraca Glass of the
First Baptist Church here has made
donation of $50 to the fund being raised
FOR rebuilding the Methodist Church at
Marion, destroyed by cyclone last De
cember.
Marks The Quitman County
Building and Loan Association has
been organized here with a capitaliza
ton Of $4,000 and has been duly
chartered and is ready fer business.
Greenville.-The Greenville Chamber
of Commerce after putting on a cam
paign for new members aTi increasing
the membership from 375 to 900 has
elected a new board OF directors
Blue Mountain-One OF the best con-
signments of fancy swine ever shipped
from Blue Mountain was dispatched
from here by Sam l.. Goodwin, the pork
ers going to the Memphis stockyards.
Jacksonville jefferson Davis High.
way Association of the states OF
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
with a fair representation from each OF
the states, was convened.
Hattiesburg.-Two children were
killed while at play under sand bank |
on the Tallahala Lumber Camp Rail |
road at Runnellstown, ABOUT II miles |
from Hattiesburg.
Jackson.-It is officially announced |
that the annual meeting OF the |
Mississippi State Bar Association will |
be held in Meridian April % and 90.
Meridian.-The board o; supervisors
have sold $500 OF Suquelena console
dated schoolhouse bonds.
Srystal Springs.-Marshal Terry was
ordered by the mayor and
board of aldermen to order the closing
Of all places Of business on Sunday.
Brooksville.-A negro was blown to
bits and Lutte Minor, road builder, was
severely injured when dynamite they
were using exploded Unexpectedly.
Mize-At a special election in Mize
election district for the issuance OF
bonds for working roads, the bond is
sue carried by . vote CT s. to 20.
Crystal Springs.-Monday was the
last day given by the mayor and board
Of aldermen to parties in which to set
lie delinquent municipal taxes.
Aberdeen.-The Wisl art Realty
Company sold 1910 acres OF Monroe
County land today to D. w. Hollbrook
md P. T. Graves for $4,000.
Crystal Springs. = The predicted
freeze to the coast" did not ma
erialize, much to the delight of the
vegetable growers Of this section.
Biloxi.-Biloxi, second oldest city in
he United States. celebrated its two
hundred and twenty-first anniversary.
Industrial College-Miss Mittie Fug-
or, home demonstration agent In
Wilkinson County. is striving for
family organization" by taking the
Whole family-father, mother, sisters
nd brothers-into q club. She had 40 ;
antilles in her county so organized. 4
Cleveland.-The annual field meet of |
he public schools OF Bolivar county,
which was to have been neld in Cleve
and on April 8 and 8. has been post
oned by action of the executive COM