The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1920-08-19
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

meeting of 200 citizens of Oktibbehe
county, Aug. 10 has been set as the
day when all business and farming
will be stopped and when every able
bodied man in the county will don ov
erals and work the roads Of the coun
ty. The mass meeting Monday was
called Monday to get some action or
the roads, which are VIGOROUSLY bad
The board of supervisors was called
in and reported that they were help
less on account of the scarcity of la
Dor, and then the "road day" was de
cided upon.
Blue Mountain.-Because of the
great increase in the volume OF traf
fic over the G.. NJ & n. Railroad since
its recent Mobile, Ala, to Jackson
Tenn. the railway has found it neces
sary to lease a number of locomotives
for this division from the Illinois Cen
trail, using these engines on passenger
runs. The entire equipment OF the
G., NJ. & ~, it is understood, is being
taxed to its limit by the unprecedented
dluOuuI VI Du0!utso INV D-liio h1itiNb
by the line.
Blue Mountain,-While in Rome re-
Gently en- her way to Paris, where she
is studying French and literature Miss
Mary Ruth Whittle of this place had
the pleasure of a presentation to the
Pope.
Jackson, Miss. A. Ramey, agricul-
tural statistician for the United
States bureau of crop estimate, reports
very substantial improvement in the
condition of the Mississippi cotton
crop.
Blue Mountain.-An old-fashione6
singing school, intended to promote
community singing, began at Dean
/ town, on the outskirts of Blue Noun
! tain, on Aug. 9 and will continue II
/ days.
Starkville.-The race for treasurer
! of Oktibbeha county was finished with
| Morris Cohen the winner by plural
/ ity of 20 votes over his nearest oppo-
nent
Senatobia.-All kinds OF crops have
made splendid progress the past week.
The boil weevil has not appeared as
rapidly as was thought few weeks
ago.
Shaw. e. Frazier and Miss Bes-
sic E,vers were married at the brides
home in Sunflower county, six miles
east of this place.
ed sweet potatoes are shipping them
daily to the out of town merchants
and receiving very satisfactory returns
for the shipments.
Meridan.--Farmers report crop
prospects in Alabama the best in
years. Corn is maturing fast and the
crop is abundant.
Water valley.-John G. Chapman,
an aged Confederate veteran, died at
his home after a long illness, at the
age of n years.
Greenville.-Miss Kathryn S. San
ford of Covington Tenn, and H. R.
Written of Hillhouse were united III
marriage.
Blue Mountain.-After remaining in
active many weeks, real estate here is
beginning to resume its former &C.
tivity.
Baldwyn.-In the municipal election
held here, Hon. H. s. Phillips defeated
his opponent, w. A. Stocks.
Greenville-At the regular monthly
meeting of the Washington county
board of supervisors an order was
passed authorizing the purchase of
bloodhounds to be trained and kept
under the charge of the sheriff, to be
used to capture criminals.
Crystal Springs. - A campaign |
launched here by the finance commit
tee of the new $4,000 Methodist |
church, now under course of construc-
ton resulted in net gain of $1,000,
according to a report submitted to the
building committee.
Crystal Springs.-On account of the
prohibitive price of mine-run coal |
Superintendent Williams, of the mu-
nicipalO power plant, uses slabs pur-
chased from nearby sawmills with a |
saving to the plant of about $500 per
month.
Jacksonville Mississippi Railroad
Commission assembled for the regular
August session, with George r. Ed
wards of MeCool, president; VIM. B,
Wilson of Corinth and NJ. c. Morgan
of Hattiesburg, district commission