The Jones County news., 1920-11-18


Tax levy
First district ................28 .28 mills
Second district ..............28 mills
Third district .......... .32 mills
Fourth district ..............26 .26 mills
Fifth district ................27 mills
Memphis.-An order for $4,000, 600
feet of southern hardwood lumber, in.
cluding practically all grades one and
two inches In thickness, for shipment
to overseas markets, has been placed
by European syndicate with Mem
phis firm. The first 100 cars, involving
approximately 100000 feet of hard
wood lumber, will go forward immedi
ately. The balance will be shipped as
fill the order.
Jackson.-S. L. Smith, administra-
tor of the Julius RosenwaId fund for
the vocational education of negroes.
who was recently in the city on a
tour of Inspection of the work being
done in the state, made the state
ment that Mississippi is showing bee
ter results for the amount expended
than any of the other IA southern
states that benefit by the fund.
Columbus-The city council of Co.
MmbusT has lowered the tax levy from
"a mills to 20 mills, and in the lower
rate OF taxation ampie provision is
made for the running of the various
city departments and for extensive i'm
provements in many of the govern
mental departments.
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Coldwater-Patrum Yeazey, IS
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. p
veazeT, was run, down and seriously
injured by a car driven by young
woman, ON the school grounds. The
lad was running after ball and fell
directly in front of the car.
sGreenvine-The big cotton gin or
the plantation of DR.. W.'rd& Eathuly
at Winterville, IL miles avove Green
vile, was burned Loss $4,000; irft
eurafce $4,000.
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Clarksdale Armistice day celehra.
tions in this city were unusually mild
with but few deviatlons from the reg
ular weekday trend of commercial ac-
tivity.
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Crystal springs-s. A. Gano of
New Orleans closed an important real
estate deal here with J. P. Erwin
whereby 4fr.. Gano purchased the
gravel mine just north of town for
consideration of $1,000 cash and fur
ther cd@yfderation ofafive cents per
cubic.foot for allethe gravel that the
hit will NINE -
= Natchez,--Armistic day celebra-
ton at Natchez included memorial
exercises at Confederate Memorial
park in honor OF Adams county SOL
1iers. who died in the great war.
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Starkyfile.-There is no disposition
on JU6 part VI tuc ldIluclS 10 ~PCil LhSsN
cotton. Many who have ginned a
bale or two, which was their whole
crop have hauled it home from the
gin and will let it remain under shell
ter unti1 the price advances.
r Natchez-The bank of St. Josep,
st. Joseph, La, was robbed of approx
imately $2,000sin silver. Entrance to
the vault of the bank was gained
through a hole in the brick work
which had been dug out with picks
aud crowbars.
Waynesboro.-W A. Bodie, acting
! poktmaster here since Aug. /, com
(. NJ 5tted suicide at the. home of his
nephew, l.. D. Whigham, pistol be-
ing used, shooting himself through
the heart. 1t is supposed he took this
Course on account OF work.
clarksdais.- Red Gross workers
were busy here getting the Fourth
Red Cross Roll Call. which is national
IN its scope, under way, and which
has for it spurpose the increase OF the
membership and renewals Of old mem.
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