Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-08-13
Notes of Interest
From AU Parts
of Mississippi

west roint.-Mrs. X. A. Jones died
at the family residence.
Greenville.-Miss Kathryn S. San
ford of Covington, Tenn, and H. r.
Whitten of Hillhouse were united in
marriage.
Blue Mountain.-After remaining in
active many weeks, real estate here is
beginning to resume It's former ac-
tiyity.
Ba.Gwyn.--In the municipal election
held here, Hon H. S. Phillips defeated
his opponent, w. A. Stocks.
Water vallev-John c. Chapman,
an aged Confederate veteran died at
his home after long illness, at the
age of n years.
Meridian.-Farmers report crop
prospects in Alabama the best in
years. Corn is maturing fast and the
cropis abundant.
ed sweet potatoes are shipping them
daily to the out of town merchants
and receiving very satisfactory returns
for the shipments.
o,umbus.-Arthur j. Lussey. of
this city, died In Memphis hospital
following an operation for appendi-
citis.
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Shaw. q. Frazier and Miss Bes-
sic Evers were married at the brides
home in Sunflower county, six miles
east OF this place.
Senatobia.- kinds of crops have
made splendid progress the past week.
The boil weevil has not appeared as
rapidly as was thought a few weeks
ago.
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.
due e>ntain.-~ An old. fashioned
singing school, intended to promote
community singing, began at Dean
TAIN on Aug. 3 and will continue II
days.
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 Mbuntain.-Whi'e in Rome re-
Gently en- her way to Paris, where she
is studying French and literature, Miss
Mary Ruth Whittle of this place hail
the pleasure of presentation to the
Pope.
Crystal Springs. A campaign
launched here by the finance commit
tee of the new $4,000 Methodist
church. now under course of construc-
tion, resulted in net gain of $1.500,
according to report submitted to the
building committee.
Crystal Springs.-On account of the
prohibitive price of mine-run coal,
Superintendent Williams, of the mu-
nicipal power plant, uses slabs pur-
chased from nearby sawmills with a
saving to the plant of about $500 per
month.
Jackson.-The Mississippi Railroad
Commission assembled for the regular
August session, with George R. Ed
wards of McCooI, president VIM B. |
Wilson of Corinth and NJ C. Morgan
of Hattiesburg, district commission
ers.
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.
Blue Mountain.-Because OF the |
great increase in the volume OF traf-
fic over the G., M. & N. Railroad since
its recent Mobile. Ala, to Jackson,
Tenn. the railway has found 1t neces-
sary to lease number of locomotives
for this division from the Illinois Cen
trail, using these engines on passenger
runs. The entire equipment Of the
G.. M. & N, it is understood, is being
taxed to its limit by the unprecedented
amount Of business now being handled
by the line.
Starkville.-As a result OF a mass
meeting Of 200 citizens of Oktibbehs
county, Aug 13 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-
eralls and work the roads Of the coun-
ty. The mass meeting Monday was
called Monday to ret some action on |