The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-08-12

Southport. One Of the most repre-
sentative meetings ever held in Harri-
son county assembled at the court
house as a big committee to request
the board Of supervisors to appropriate
$4,000 to continue the drainage an
sanitary campaign which was begun
and which has been so successfully
carried on for the past two years. Sew
eral efforts have been made to get
this appropriation but heretofore they
have been Intellectual. Fully go per
cent Of the taxable property In the
county was represented at this meet.
.ing.
Sturgis.--J. p. Smith, Detroit de.
tectiye investigating the Detroit-New
York trunk murder mystery, said
there remained no doubt as to the
identity Of the body and that 1t was
that of Mrs. Katherine Jackson. aliae
Katherine Leroy. Instructions to inter
the body at New York were telegraph.
ed to that city, according to announce.
ment made here by L. A. Fondren,
her brother.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. w. T. Lowrey.
president of Blue Mountain college,
has agreed to purchase canned prod.
ucts from the Old Chapel Canning
club, which is one of the most active
clubs in the county. The canned
goods will be used in the dormitories
of Blue Mountain College during the
1920-21 session.
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Crystal Springs.-Street Commits
sioner G. H. Terry placed large force
of laborers at work on the Streets OF
the town making relentless warfare
on the weeds in the bitches and along
the curbs and sidewalks.
Coldwater Coldwater ran away
with Holly Springs in two games OF
baseball. The score of the first game
was, Coldwater 10 runs, 10 hits, one
error; Holly Springs, one run, five
hits, six errors.
Leland The anthrax outbreak that
started on the Haskings-Neal planta-
tion near Burdette is under control
AS soon as the disease was dicovered
the work of vaccinating the stock was
started.
Crystal Springs.-Parties who plant
Mathiston.-J. M. Mccain & Son
who recently had their big cotton gin
and lumber manufacturing plant de
stroyed by fire, are making arrange
ments to build model plant.
reenwood.-Emmet s. Sutton, man.
ager Of the W. B. Watkins plantation,
five miles southeast Of Greenwood,
brought the first open boil Of cotton
this season to Greenwood.
Meridian.-Dr. r. ]. Wilson, OF Oba,
diah, well known throughout the coun.
ty, has been named county health of.
ficer, succeeding DR.. w. A. Carpenter,
resigned.
Greenwood. Miss Annie Stigler OF
Lexington and Mr.. W. P. Lewis OF
Greenwood were united in marriage at
the home Of the brides parents In Lex.
ingtQA.
Blue Mountain Mrs. Maggie New.
man Hall, wife of James Hall OF Tip
pah county, died at her home in the
Dumas community at the age Of 10.
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Indianola. Barnett reported
great damage to his cotton crop from
a worm trimming off all bolls and
limbs and puncturing the bolls.
Hazlehurst.-A J. Flowers, county |
agent Of Copiah, has rendered his res
ignation to the board of supervisors
to take effect September 1.
Louisville. One of the oldest cit
izens, M. H. Galway, who resided
north Of town, died at his home. he
had reached the age Of 10.
Toccopola. Ketchum and Miss
Manard Lancaster, of Delay, were mar
ried at the home Of Rev. W. l. Hargis,
near the university.
Meridian.--A large number Of Nerd
ian people attended the Masonic picnic
at Toomusba.
Scooba. series of revival services
began at the Presbyterian church here.
Pontotpc.Mrs, Elsie Hill. IS. was
shet and killed by the discharge OF a
pistol In her own hands. 1t is gen.
orally believed that the shooting was
purely accidental.
Tishomingo. o.-Sheriff N. L. Phillips,
accompanied by Deputies Johnson and
MeRae, w. M. Glasgow, marshal OF
this place, Justice Of the Peace McRae
and Bailiff Goddard, destroyed large
still. 1t was located six miles south
west Of town.
Charleston. H. e. Tansil, sheriff.
and f. Fly deputy, made Q raid on an
illicit still operated by negro, seven
miles south Of Charleston on Lake