The Jones County news., 1920-12-02

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TEAcHERs' PAY PAST DUE.


doesn't look like the "ghost will walk
for some time yet. Taxes are being
paid slowly-slower than ever before,
according to the statement of Sheriff
Williams. All the county officers are
under the salary law now; the fees
collected by them being turned into
the county strong box; and, according
to recent ruling obtained from the
attorney-general by the chancery
clerk. it is unlawful Cor The clerk OF
the board of supervisors to issue a
warrant unless there is money on
hand in that particular fund with
which to pay the warrant.
No warrants have been drawn by
the clerk of the board for more than
q month. The attorney-general also
held that an officer could not retain
his fees and settle with the treasurer
by turning in his SALARY warrant as
cash. Neither can q warrant be is
sued to holder to be used in paying
taxes unless there is money on hand
to pay it. So there is no way around;
the long green" must be actually In
the bag before there's anything doing.
Yazoo City-F'uneral services for
Private Dan Guion were held here un-
der the direction of the Roy Lannon's
Post of the American Legion. N. A.
Mott. Jr., post commander. appointed
an escort to accompany the Semains to
the family burying lot near Benton.
Private Dan Guion volunteered and
went over among the first and was
killed in France while in action.
Tupelo.-A dairy and poultry meet
ing was held at Bissell last week. G.
G. Mingee, county agent, talked on
dairying, and J. X. Morrison, ON poul-
try. Eddie Folger and t. w. Tate CO.
operated in the campaign.
Magnolia.-The members of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of Sum-
NIT gave very interesting and in
structive program in the Baptist
church here before a large and appre-
ciative audience.
Longview Lumber G Manufacturing
company; domiciled at Longview, Ok
tibbeha county. Capital stock, s10,-
000 Incorporators: Mrs. Anna L.
Phalin, Mrs E. L. Anderson, R. H.
Anderson.
arksdale.-Reports from an au-
thentic source indicate that the fire
record of the present year will double
that of last year, ITO runs having
been made to date, against ~ for last
year.
Yazoo City.-The meeting of the va
zoo County Teachers association,
which was to have been held Saturday,
following the Thanksgiving holidays,
was postponed until Saturday, Decep-
ber 4.
Biloxi-United States District
court, with Judge Edwin Holman pre-
siding, and all other court attaches
from throughout the district present,
began one of its most important terms.
eridian.-Secretary Joseph w.
Jones of the Mississippi State Fedora
tion of Labor, issued a formal call
for the convention to meet at Vicks.
burg, January II.
Jackson-In one-sided contest here
Howard College of Birmingham won
the Thanksgiving football match from
Millsaps College OF Jackson by the
score of AZ to O.
Valley Development company; dom
icile, Yazoo City, Miss. Capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators; A. B. Bar
'bour, o. G. Ingram, G.. M. Dunn and
others.
Yazoo City.-An extensive campaign
was put on 6y the churches of Yazoo
City to increase the attendance at
the Sunday schools.
Elliott-August Olson, one of the
best known men of Grenada county,
died at st. Thomas Hospital, Nash
villa, Tenn.
Hazlehurst.-At the council meeting
$4,000 was borrowed to run the city's
current expenses to February /, 1921.
Crystal Springs. s.-Mrs. A. Lotterhos
died at the family residence after an
Illness of several weeks.
Unsatisfactory w Bartlett, of
Laurel, and Miss Elsie Lucille Moody,
were married here.
Tylertown. Henry Jacobs, negro,
while being tried for his life for an
assault on white woman here, last
week, was taken from the courtroom
and lynched by mob. Members Of
the mob, who had been barred from
courtroom during the progress OF the
trial. gained access to the courtroom
by breaking down two doors.
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