The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20

| HAZLEIIL RST. MisS.-HomeComing
day, an annual event Of the First Bap-
| fist church here, is set for Sunday.
| Dec. 5, when a roll call will be had
| Of all members and stock taken of the
| religious success OF the church as a
| whole and OF each member as an indi-
vidual. Musical programs have been
provided for, and special features are on
the program.
HAZLEHURST, Miss up to the last
| cotton report by the government for
| Copiah county there had been only 1895
bales ginned as compared with 1887
| the same date last year With the
| price away down about half the cost Of
production and the small Yield the
farmers Will not realize over one third
the money they did last year in Copiah
county.
HAZLEHURST. Miss.-Superintend-
cnt Of Education Martin has announced
the poStponemcnt Of this months
Teachers association meeting, as there
is no money in the treasury to pay
teachers with. lie hesitates TO put the
teachers to the expense of coming to
Hazlchurst and stay all day and not
draw their pay envelope.
JACKSON, Miss--A $500 reward has
has been offered by Gov. Lee NJ. Rus
sell for the conviction of the party or
parties who set fire to a negro cabin
on the Burger place in Gazoo county,
where four negroes were burned to
death after they had been murdered.
NEWPORT, Ark. Rev. G. Bridenthal,
pastor of the Central Christian church
OF this city for the past two years, has
resigned his pastorate and accepted
that of church near st. Louis his
resignation to take effect December 1.
PADUCAH, Ey.-Erection of new
country clubhouse at cost of $4,000
by men $ club of Paducah, was an
nounced today by representatives of
the. club Plans for the project are well
in hand. and construction OF the clubA
house will begin within the next two
weeks. The site chosen Is on the banks
of the Tennessee river, about four miles
from the city and within easy access
by automobile. Fifty acres of property
have been purchased
SPRINGFIELD, Tenn.--Local TOBACCO
buyers have BEEN riding for the pAst
two weeks. 1t appears they are cover
ing the, county more Tor the purpose fot
inspecting the crop than with the Idea
OF buying But few orders have been
placed locally. and the small buying that
is being done is for speculative pur-
poses.
WALNUT RIDGE. Ark. The funeral
services of Bob Phillips and John Hall. |
two Lawrence county boys. who were
NIlSu oNeiSthS uuTlng tne war, were |
neid at the Lane cemetery by Rev. w. |
}. Faust and Rev. e. H. Kirkpatrick |
both of whom delivered wonderful SER
mons.
JACKSON. Miss,--In the city cleo |
ton here the present city administration |
was almost unanimously elected May |
or Walter Scott and Commissioners A. |
+, Hawkins and r. NJ. Taylor poIled |
about Two thirds vote over the oppo- |
shion.
NEWBERN, Tenn.-~A reception was
rendered Rev. |. NJ. King, newly APP |
pointed pastor of the Newbern Meth |
odist church circuit, who arrived here |
with his family from Adamsville. Tenn,
to take charge of his new field of
work.
CONVICTION, Tenn.-The beard of
mayor and aldermen of the corpora ton
pt CoVington have authorized City At
torney ", NJ Simonton and City En-
queer w. @. Daniel to draw uD 2 con-
Lgact with John Thompson ,Ir., Of
NRSnVille for the paving Of Main and
Maple streets and Liberty avenue, the
ape OF street 10 be rock asphalt.
HOMIE. Ark.-The residence of James
laggers, located at Midway. a suburb
u this city. was destroyed by fire. The
oss was $1,000
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-The ST. Louis
'"deral Reserve bank board of dircc-
ofs at q meeting in st. Louis an
'roHed a site here for permanent
'ome for the Little Rock branch of the
ARK; The approval win be forwarded
o ashlhgton for ratification by the
edera! reserve board.
IRRELEVANT, Tenn.--Th Gin plant
II BiAmley 4 Mckinney at Atwood,