The Jones County news., 1920-09-16

HONOR FOR CAPT. BROWN
Named Lieut.. Colonel and 6ide-de-
Camp to Gen. Vanee-Notes from
state capltzl.

city has been named lieutenant colonel
and aided a-camp on the personal staff
OF Lieut. Gen. Calvin B Vance. com
mander for the reunion Of Confederate
veterans 10 be held at Houston Texas
October and S. other Mississip-
plans named in the list OF staff m M
bers are:
Mrs. Lillian Hudson Vance OF Bates
vile, Mrs Edward F. McGehee Of
Swan Lake and Mrs. A. Kimbgough Of
Greenwood. matrons OF honor; Mrs.
Virginia owen Lamb of Batesville,
chaperon Of honor; MS. Hampien Os-
borne cf Meridian leader 81 choirs;
Don ~ Doekory OF fernando adlu-
iant general and chief oi staff, hamp-
den Osborne Of Meridian assistant ad-
juian. general and chief az staff Gen.
ral Henry odf Brandon, colonel and
commissary general; Gen. S. II Reln-
Pat Henry ol Brandon enIonsl and
assistant judge advocate; Rev. DEB.
Waddell OF Meridian, lieutenant colo
mel and assistant ehaplain-general;
Capt r D. Howell Of purant lieu
tenant colone' and aide de.camp; Hon.
j. T. Harrison 81 Columbus heuten-
ant colonel and aide-de-camp; q j..
Weinsinger OF nlddsyiiie lieutenant
colonel and aide-de-camp.
Not in several years has interest in
dairying throughout South Mississippi
been quite as keen as at present ac-
cording to II. c. Ferguson dairy spe-
eialist OF the extension staff stationed
IN Jackson. Counties now engaged in
dairy campaigns to further encourage
the industry are. according to Mr.. Fer+
guson, these: Kinds, Jones, jefferson,
Claiborne. Lowndes. Simpson, Lincoln,
Clark, Jasper, Copiah and Walthall.
The board Of trustees of the peni-
tentiary issued its regular monthly re-
view of crop conditions, declaring that
all hope of a normal yield on any OF
the sarms had been abandoned because
OF the unfavorable season.
The Kinds county board of super.
visors Is expected to authorize a bond
issue Of million dollars for highway
improvement.
The ginners Of the state, upward OF
$50 strong, organized here with the
election Of the following officers Ern-
est Mann, Madison, president; DR.. c.
c. Moore, lttabena vice-president; G.
NJ. Brown, of Vicksburg, secretary.
September 21 has been definitely
fixed as the date for the automobile
tour ofsEIinds and Rankin farmers to
the dairy centers Of Lincoln and Co.
piah counties.
The next annual convention Of the
Mississippi State Teachers associa-
tion will he held at Meridian on May
4, g. G ana "a, Tais was the decision
arrived at by the executive committees
Of the association in session at the
office Of W. i. Bond, state sunerin-
tendent Of education
Leo G. Koestler. q, yicksburg, was
reelected president of the Mississippi
Association Of the Baking Industry. at
the annual meeting here Other Of
ficers Of the association elected were
I Harold Martin, Guliport, vice-presi-
4 dent; Miss Eleanor Mae Heron OF
vicksburg, secretary, and Z. j. Klein,
Of Creenviile, treasurer.
The railroad commission adjourned
after a short session without taking ac-
ticn on the question Of raising intra
state rates.
J. Ed Ruff. u. S. demonstration
agent for the southern diyi OF tn.
state. returned from trip to Copiah
county, where he reports the compile
tion OF 100 sweet potato houses I'll IRON
50Q to 2.000-bushel capacity. undsr the
direction Of A. ]. Flowers. The report
OF the statist'cian Of this department
is not yet completed, but Mr.. Rufl es
timates that this years crop will com,
between II 100000 and 1900, GOO bush
els a material increase over the crol
+, OF last year
Captures OF IL maonshine stills il
Mississippi We're reported through tn
office OF NlSj. w. Calvin Wells, fedora
prohibition director by E. c. Chapman
acting federal prohibition agent il
I GntIACs OiA% vi NANoN SUNS was lahtl
six miles cast Of jackson in Ranki
county by Agents Boyd and Loyelace.
The governor issued a proclamatio
calling a special election for Sept. ?
TO fill he vacancy in the legislator
caused by the resignation OF Hon. Wi
liam Hemingway.
Tupelo. There will be five con
manity poultry shows in Les Count
preliminary to the county fair. Tn
following are the date Guatowi
SEPT. 2s; Saltiilo Sept. g; Tupel,
Sept. 25; shannon, Sept. %: Planter
vile. Sept 2S. Tha idea is to con
pete for prizes in the local communii
and then give a chance 10 select Il
best birds for the big Lee County TAI
Jackson.-Gov. Russell delivered q
address at the opening of the Fir
Consolidated School in the county
Lafayette Springs.