The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-04-30
Brief News of
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Crenshaw.-A Civic League ha,
been organized here. The women viii
cooperate with the board of aldermen
in cleaning and identifying the town
Jackson.-After suspension Of the
rules and precedents, the State Denta
Association elected officers and dis
posed OF the most important bushes.
OF general nature.
Meridian.-The Mississippi Crane
Chapter of the Eastern Star concluded
its sessions In this city, selecting Ha,
tiesburg as the next place OF meeting
and electing officers.
Jackson.-The first meeting of the
enlarged Mississippi state highway
commission was convened in the high
way department with seven OF the
eight members on hand.
Gulfport-Considera activity still
prevails in the local harbor with a
number of steamer and sailing vessels
in port to take on cargoes of lumber
for various foreign ports.
Ashland.-An interesting meeting
was held at the Ashland high school
when the Girls Home Demonstration
Club was organized. There were 81
girls present at this organization.
Jackson. = The Mississippi State
Dental Association opened the forty
fifth annual meeting in the Kinds
county courtroom. DR.. c. B. Baker of
Amory. president, called the members
to order.
Observation-Disclosures W. Cause. for
merly district manager, second dis
trict, for the Anti-Saloon League, with
headquarters at Tupelo, is now state
field manager. with headquarters In
this city.
Agricultural College.-Hundreds OF
the students OF A. and NJ College have
enrolled in courses Of mission study
the supervision of Secretary B. F.
Rodgers.
Jacksonville flood waters which
for weeks have spread out over the
Pearl river lowlands and swamps and
at times exceeded the flood stage, are
now receding as steadily as they rose
a fortnight ago.
Byhalia.-At the request of the
Association, the board
OF mayor and aldermen set aside last
week as a cleanup week for the town
of Byhalia. As a result the town pre-
sents a much more pleasing appear
ance.
Shelby.-The annual session of the
Rural Industrial Educa-
tional Association will be held in Bel
zoni on April 1890. This work is to
show the negroes their duty, develop
the rural communities and assist the
negroes of the rural districts along
moral and industrial lines.
Greenville.-Fire was discovered in
the kitchen and storeroom of Hotel
Cowan. There were $50 guests In the
house. There was great excitement
and fire escapes were used by many.
The house was emptied without acct
dent and the fire was soon under con-
troll of the fire department.
Jackson.-As stated by Secretary F.
NJ. West of the Mississippi State Bar
IF ex-United States Senator James
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois before the
when it convenes in Me-
'idian April 28-29 will be: 1.-The Yes |
,erdays and Tomorrows of Interna-
ional Peace Treaties for America"
Kosciusko.-The, United States civil |
service commission has announced an |
sxamina ton to be held at Canton, |
Miss, on May 10, 1920, for the posi- |
ion of postmaster at this place.
Olive Branch.-Miss Bette Bowen
1ason, of this town. has been noti-
led that she won third prize in the
United States army school essay con-
est.
JackSon.-Announcem has just
'een made at the Mississippi depart
nent of education that S. J. Greer,
or the past two years assistant state
supervisor of vocational education,
nder Director F. J. Hubbard, has re-
1SneU 10 accept Il more UuuSIdLlSo |
nd, incidentally, a more responsible
osition under the federal govern
1ent.
Lexington.-County Farm Demon
tratfon Agent d. d. Gibson, in COM
any with Prof. L. A. HIGGINS, left
or Nashville, Tenn, to purchase 80
ure-bred Jersey heifers for the Jer-
ey Heifer Club of Holmes county.
his, club is composed of ambitious
oys and girls, who are financed by
he Bank of Lexington and the Bank
Goodman.
Water Valley.-The Parent-Teacher
association celebrated library day
nd more than one hundred and fifty
olumes were added to the library as
ell as SIS, which will be used in pur-
hasing literature for this library.
Greenwood.-An unidentified negro
,bber was shot and instantly killed
ear Ruby by ]. NJ. Grissorn, after the
egro had fired at him, the bullet
-riking him in the right arm The
IN of the negro'S head was blown off