The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-07-16
Magnolia State
Happenings
Brief Nea0s Notes
Gathered from HI
Sections of theStote
NEW PRICES ON BOOKS.
Mississippi Department of Education
Prepares List Of Prices for
Year 1920-21

Jackson.-For the information OF all
concerned, county and separate school
and high school leaders and superin
tendents, as we'll as the school pa,
irons, the state department OF edoca-
fion has prepared a summarized list
OF the textbooks adopted at the recent
meeting of the state textbook commits
sion. with the net prices at which
each book will be sold by the contract
ing firms. AS stated by Superintend-
ent Bond, it is an unavoidable fact
that practically all books will be high
or during the ensuing five years than
has been the case hitherto, a situation
entirely beyond the control Of The
school authorities.
The list Of books and prices is as
follows.
Arithmetics-No change.
Agriculture Burkett. Stevens &
Hill Crevised), CHM & Co, S1.08; One
Hundred Lessons in Agriculture, Row
Peterson Co, so cents.
Civil Government-Lapp' Gives,
Bobbs-M Merrill Co, s1.O5.
ography-Brigham &, McFarlane,
book 1. $116; book ,, $3.50; American
Book company
History Beginners. No change.
United States History-Mace Pc
trie. Rand. McNaIly, SIPS.
Mississippi History c. FAINT,
s13O.
Language and Grammar McFadden
& Ferguson, book 1, 90 cents; book 2,
rs cents; book 3, IS cents. Rand, dc
Nally e Co.
Physiology-K Keep Well Stories by
DR. Jones. Lippincott & Co., ga cents
Healthy Living, Winston, book L, 80
cents: book 2, $1.20. Charles E. Mer-
rill & Co.
Readers Primer and readers through
eighth grade. Childs World, 50 cents
and IS cents. B. F. Johnson company
Spellors-No change.
Webster's Dictionary-The shorter
course. 81 cents. American Book com
pany
Writing Books-Graves' Muscular
Writing, 8 cents and II cents. w. S.
Benson company.
Spelling Blanks-No change.
CIarksdale-T. B. Birdsong of this
place is organizing a company If so
men to Immediately join state guard
organization.
Jackson.-After an extended confer
ence it is stated that the Mississippi
Improvement bond commission Will
soon offer another block of $3.50, 600
from the five million dollar bond issue.
-
Calhoun Considerable anxiety |
is manifested among the farmers of
this section over the appearance and |
depredations on the young corn crop |
by a small worm, which is totally ruin
ing the corn of some farmers.
Blue Mountain - Tippah~ Sunday /
school normal. which is held for the
general good of all of the Baptist Sun
day schools of the county, will open
on Monday. July %. and will run to
Friday, July 20.
Natchez.-A raise in property valu-
atoms in the city of Natchez of 33 1-3
per cent is announced by the Natchez
city council The tax rate is already
up to the limit of 20 mills.
Jacksonville Mississippi board of
optometry examiners. which was Gre
ated by an act of the legislature of
1920, net at the capitol for the first
time, with all members on hand. Dr.
Carl R. V. seutter of Jackson is the
chairman.
Indianola.-Ta Assessor D. r. Lind
sey filed the personal assessment roll
for Sunflower county with the board
Of supervisors, subject to the boards
at the August meeting. The
roll shows an increase over the 1919
roll of $2,16S,6 coo.
Vicksburg.-County Assessor J. w.
Tucker has completed the totals in his
assessment rolls submitted
10 the board of supervisors of Warren
The total personal valuation.
as filed by Assessor Tucker for this
year, is 1851 $50, an increase of s793,-
l40 over the total tnurned in last year.
Sardis.-On account of all bids for
concrete bridges and
grading the 35-miIe stretch of federal
aid road running north and south
through this county being above the
AVAILABLE money, the commissioners of
he central road district of Pamela ;
county ordered the job readvertised ;
md set July 80 as the date to receive
bids.
Iuka-H. s. Massey, who recently
completed four brick storehouses here, Z
las now under construction five more a
lew brick buildings on an adjoining q
OF With the completion of these it '
viii make total of 10 new buildings =
O be erected in Iuka during the past o
2 months. d
Iuka.-The Baptists of Iuka held
evival meeting at the Baptist church
lere conducted by the Rev. L. Bracie =
of Clinton. Miss
"
Water Valley7There are reports
rom the various sections that there q,
) worm. called by some the army 81
-orm. that is destroying the young S
orn crop in this (Yalobusha) county, r