Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-08-12

have been Intellectual. Fully 60 Der
cent Of the taxable property in the
county was represented at this meet.
ing.
Sturgis.-J. P. Smith, a Detroit de-.
tectiVe 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, alias
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.
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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
192O.21 session.
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Crystal Springs.-Street Commits
sioner G. H. Terry placed a 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.
Observation-Disclosures 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 thet
started on the Haskings-Neal planta.
ton 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 a model plant.
Greenwood 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.
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Meridian.-Dr. R. ]. Wilson, of Oba.
1iah, well known throughout the coun.
ty, has been named county health Of.
licer, succeeding DR.. w. A. Carpenter,
resigned.
Greenwood Annie Stigler Of
Lexington and Mr.. w. P. Lewis Of
were united in marriage at
he home Of the brides parents in Lex
ngton.
Blue Mountain.-Mrs. Maggie New.
nan Hall, wife Of James Hall OF Tip
,ah county, died at her home in the
Dumas community at the age OF 70.
Indianola. Barnett reported
sreat damage to his cotton crop from
|. worm trimming off all bolls and
limbs and puncturing the bolls.
Hazlehurst.-A. ]. Flowers, county
gent of Copiah, has rendered his res
gnation to the board of supervisors
o take effect September 1.
Louisville of the Oldest Cit
zens. M. H. Galway, who resided
Iorth OF town, died at his home. He
ad reached the age Of 70.
Toccopola.-L. Ketchum and Miss
Tanard Lancaster, of Delay, were mar.
led at the home of Rev. w. l. Hargis,
ear the university.
Meridian.-A large number of Nerd.
IN people attended the Masonic picnic
t Toomusba
Scooba.-A series OF revival services
egan at the Presbyterian church here.
Pontotoc.-Mrs. Elsie Hill, Is, was
hot and killed by the discharge Of
istol in her own hands. 1t is gen.
rally believed that the shooting was
urely accidental.
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Tishomingo.-Sheriff N. L. Phillips,
ccompanied by Deputies johnson and
[cRae, w. M. Glasgow, marshal OF
lis place, Justice of the Peace McRae
nd Bailiff Goddard, destroyed large
ill. 1t was located six miles south
est of town.
Charleston.-H. E. Tansil, sheriff.
nd F. Fly, deputy, made raid on an
licit still operated by a negro, seven
lies south of Charleston, on Lake
-itchell. The officers had to wade
alter TO get to the still, where they
'und a SO-gallon capacity outfit with
gallons Of mash.
Amory.-Dr. N. B. Spratt died at his
ome here from cancer. He had been
,nfined to his room for several years.
Brookhaven.-B. A. Comstock, aged
J died at the Brookhaven hospital
ter an operation performed.