The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-20
MERIDIAN, MISS.

I Meridian, Miss, January 19.--( Special )- had been leased by the Mssissippi- Ala bama Fair Association has been pur-
 chased outright by the association With l the purchase of this land comes sn- nouncement from the management that l extensive improvements are to be made
 the fair this year.
 l State Fair Price Commissioner T. ]. Locke of Columbus has accepted the sug- gesticn of Mayor John Nj. Dabney that an advisory committee from the Board of Trade and Trades Council be appointed ] to meet with tie city fair price commit l tee, and he has written to these organi- l zatioEs asking that they name a commit | tee. The fair price committee for Meri- | dian will organize and start work this week.
 Circuit Clerk Roy Rush is making ar- engagements fo- the criminal term of the circuit court which is to be convened here by Judge R. w. Heidelberg. Mon- day. February 2. A number of murder and manslaughter cases are expected to be tried during Che term as well as num- Der for lesser crimes. while the grand jury will be called on to investigate seb- eral hurglaries and the killing of a promi- nene Meridian lady by the driver of an automobile. the latter being mystery that has baffled the authorities since commission of the crime.
 Dr. William D. Johnson of Georgia and Dr. NJ. W. Thornton of Boston, negro edu- cational leaders, addressed negro mass meeting here yesterday in the interest of the negro boys and girls of Meridian.
 J. A. Riddeil county superintendent of erucaticn, has named the following com mittee to arrange a programme and rules governing the field meet of the county schools to be held at the end of the term: F. T. sstrang. W. L. Clayton, B. r. Mum, R. l. Jolly, J. C. Giles, Miss Nellie Bar nett, Miss Mona Cross, Miss Ada Holley and Mrs T. J. Mcdonald. The commit tee is % report al the next meeting of the County Teachers Association, Janu- ary 6.
 A Special term or the cndUcefy court of Lauderdale county was convened here today by Chancellor c. c. Tam of flick orv The term is to clear the docket of ca ses that could not be reached at the recent regular term.
 The commencement exercises of the 1919 mjd-vear senior class of High school will be held in the city hall auditorium Friday evening The class roll includes Miss Jose phine Amanda Baker Miss Charlotte Helene Brill. Miss Molie Elmira Ellison, Miss Hanah Louise Graham Miss Jean cite Meiner and Miss Mary Elizabeth Walker The clsss has been pointed out as being the most brilliant in the history of the school each member making an average of 90 Or above.
 Rev C. F. Dearman. for the past sev- eral years pastor of the Firty-first Ave- nue Paptist Church here, has accepted a call to he pastor of the Baptist church at Delai, La.
 Members Of the T. C. Carter. Jr., post of the American Legion held meeting in the local Elks' home tonight. There were a large number of present and ex- service men present Interesting addresse1 were delivered rgarding the future work of the Legion and considerable en- thusiasnn was aroused. A number of new members were enrolled during the meet ing It is the intention of the organiza- tion to have every service man enrolled who lives in Meridian and Lauderdale county.