Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-08-20

fell IN this section last week.
Biloxi-Dr David ]. Yates, expert
swimmer and life saver, travelling
under the auspices of the American
Red Cross, last week gave demon
strations in life saving, using both
land and water methods.
Jackson.-The state improvement
bond commission hoped to sell $3.50. 900
| in bonds from the public improvement
issue of $5,OO00O0, but failed to re-
'ceiye satisfactory bids and the projecr
was temporarily .shelved
| Coffeville. ex-service men OF
the world war met and formed tenn
porary organization of the American
Legion, electing ]. P, Stone, comman-
der; H. Fl. Boswell. secretary and
named the local pest "McShannon-
| Schwistz." in memory of three local
boys who were killed in France,
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| Crystal Springs. Scoutmaster
Priestly of Vicksburg, in charge Of
the Vicksburg Patrol OF Boy Scouts,
arrived at the Chautauqua grounds in
automobiles and pitched their camps
on the banks of the beautiful Lake
Chautauqua. The patrol is $50 strong
and is made up of fine set of boys.
They will be in camp about ten days.
Water valley.-A summary OF the
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by Miss Lillian B. Doris, home eco
Monies agent of Yalobusha county.
has been submitted. Miss Doris is
| planning to hold five fairs in Yalo-
busha county. also TO send five girls
to- the st tie short course at the A.
1& NJ. College and to send ten to the
state fair.
! Brookhaven,-Th cotton crop in
I this section is deteriorating rapidly,
! owing to frequent rains. Farmers
report very destructive raids being
made by the boil weevil. Where six
to eight bales have BEEN expected
from eight to twelve and fifteen
acres it is reported that only half
that many bales can now be hoped
for.
Jackson The Jackson board of
trade has turned its activities to the
development Of Kinds county and
plans are under way to make 1t the
South's banner dairy county, as well
Jas encouraging the raising of truck
4 crops and the growing of fruit. A
secretary to devote his entire time to
encouraging immigration, will be add.
ed to the staff of the board of trade.
.sas
| Canton.-After a lapse Of 81 years
since the church was first organized,
present members Of Concord Presby.
teriau Church have rededicated ths
edifice of their forefathers and recoa-
secratei themselves to service. The
/ dedication services were conducted by
! Ref C. w. Grafton, son of one OF
! the charter members of the old church
Repairs and Improvements to the
/ building. made recently, cost 1880. !.
/
] McCooL--One of the first settlers,
Thomas ]. Boswell, of this town. died
recently at the advanced age of GA.
McColl at the time Mr.. Boswell ar
i rived was nothing but a piece of
woods. By dint Of industry and per-
! severance he went to work and with
aid soon had several dwellings con-
structed and invited Others to come
and settle. Now the pretty town is
/ Of fto k,,-
C. railroad M
Fernwood. 60 per cent increase
in the appropriation for common
schools, SO. 6.766512, made by the last
Legislature will substantially augment
the funds available for public educa-
ton in this county this year. Pike
4 county and the five separate school
4 districts will receive from the state
s46,204 this year as compared with
$25,974 under the former distribution,
an Increase for the whole county of
$2O.230. s.
Natchez-Two new derricks have
been added to the equipment of the
plant of the National Box Company;
the dry kiln capacity Of the factory
has been increased; additional rail-
road tracks are being laid and 1t is
announced that the pay roll Of the
/ enterprise is larger than at any time
since its establishment. The box
factory IS now bringing in its logs
by rail---it has its OWN log trains
and crews operating lin Louisiana.
Fernwood Results OF the health
slogan contests recently held in this
county under the auspices of the state
board OF health and county health DE-
partment have been announced and
awards made. First prize was won by
| H. H. Garland. Summit. with the slo-
gan. Files. kill babies; kin flies first"
! Socov,d nri1a waa -qnfured bv f. 10.