The Aberdeen weekly., 1920-06-11
Brief News of
Mis- ssissippi

vi lioWer Agricultural High School me
y and elected teachers for next year.
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II Coulmbus.-With the distinction O
being the first class to be graduated
from the Mississippi State College To-
Women, the new name for the l., I. &
c., 40 young ladies completed theil
college work.
Indianola.-The Redpath Chautau
qua which is now giving a most whole
some entertainment here, its third sea
son, has been presented with a guar
antee contract for next year and ha:
accepted the same.
Natchez-C. p. Seab, demonstration
agent OF Concordia Parish, La, states
that there are more than 10000 acres
OF cultivated lands OF the parish that
are flooded by backwater from the
Red and Black rivers.
Blue Mpuntain-Rev. w. j. Huney.
cut of Stanfield, N. c., has just been
engaged to do pastoral and evangel
ical work this summer among the Pres
byterian churches of this county. ac-
cording to Rev o. G. Davis, pastoral
evangelist.
Jackson.-Principa r. f. L. Suth-
erland of Kinds County Agricultural
High School at Raymond, who is at
tending the sessions OF the state text
book commission, of which he is sec
retary, reports his summer short
course school as well started.
Louise.-Farming and sawmill inter
ests have revived lately. Most OF the
crops have been put in passable shape
though cotton is quite small for this
date No great amount Of good corn
seems to be in evidence. but it is on
the upgrade and is still being planted.
AshIand-Sheriff w. T. Craft and
his first deputy, r. n. Hudspeth, have
been kept busy arranging to collect
taxes imposed upon various and sun
dry enterprises by the legislature at
its recent session. Apparently, the
watchful solons allowed nothing to
escape.
Batesville.-At the special election
citizens wanted to extend the sewer
system and to issue $500 bonds for
this purpose was carried by vote of
65 for and 13 against, only small
portion of the voters taking part in the
election.
Vicksburg.@Dr. Dunbar Rowland of
Jackson, director of archives and his
tory for Mississippi, was the COM
mencement orator at All Saints Col
lege, and the exercises closing the col
lege year came to an end with a de-
lightful talk by Bishop Theodore Du-
Bose Bratton.
Amory.--An interesting revival At
the Baptist Church is being conducted
by the Rev. Holcomb, a prominent
evangelist of Columbia, Miss, assisted
by Bro. Bell as singer. This is attract
ing large crowds day and night. There
have already been quite a number OF
aocessions to the church.
Rosedale.-At an election held in
this city and Beulah Saturday, May
29, for the purpose of authorizing the
issuance of 100000 in bonds for the
purpose OF erecting consolidated |
school building. homes for teachers |
and other purposes, the voters unani- |
mously indorsed the issue and further |
arrangements will be made for the is |
suance of the bonds.
Memphis.-The Cotton States Mer |
chants Association will hold its 1920 |
convention in this city, and will |
be in session three days, Aug. 10, IL |
and IL. Several thousand merchants, |
are expected TO attend, and committees
are expected to attendant committees
are actively at work preparing plans |
for their entertainment. ]. N Brown
OF Olive Branch is vice president for
Mississippi.
misunderstanding to reports
from City Health Officer DR.. l.. ID. Har-
rison, there are about rs cases OF
smallpox in Clarksdale and he is ad-
yising that all residents who have not
already done so be vaccinated at once.
Rules to govern this vaccination have
been adopted by the school Of the city.
So far no deaths have been reported
8uQ ~ IL uOt UCiACfC0 thot ehC SPAASAAAN
will prove particularly serious.
Ashland. - Miss Anise Browning,
home agent for Benton county, strong
ly urges conservation of the berry
crop. From present indications there
will be an enormous crop of blackber-
ries. and Miss Browning urges that as
there is a scarcity of sugar, none OF
these berries should be allowed to go
to waste She points out that the ber-
ries may be put on the market, using
the HI label, If canned in their own
Juice, without using any sugar.
Ripley.-The town OF Ripley voted
on a $4,000 bond issue to gravel the I
streets. The issue carried by about
nine votes.
Myrtle-The Corinth district confer
ence OF the NJ. E. Church, South, in {
annual session at the Methodist s
Church here held q busy session. I
Meridian.-C. C. Miller Of Meridian