The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-21
Brief News of
Miss ssippi

Grenada.-The schools of Grenada
are suspended again on account OF
scarlet fever.
Greenwood.-Capt. Walter Pillow,
one or the oldest and most widely
known residents Of Leflore county,
died here.
Yazoo City.-Mrs. j. L. Gillespie of
Greenwood was chosen president of
the Mississippi division of the Kings
Daughters.
Senatobia-Work on the 100 miles
OF macadamized roads being construct
ed in Tate county s.s gotten under
full Roadway
Ashland.-The branch experiment
station at Holly Springs is preparing
to put on a cotton and fertilizer exper-
iment in this county
Jacksonville annual convention OF
the Mississippi Medical Association
was brought to a close. Laurel was
chosen as the next place of meeting.
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Aberdeen. - The Aberdeen Com
mandery No. II held a called meeting
for the purpose of comforting the order
OF knighthood upon a class of thirteen.
Philadelphia.-The directors Of the
Neshoba County Fair Association met
at the fair grounds and made most
elaborate plans for the 18th annual
fair.
Jacksonville full supreme court
bench, Chief Justice Sydney Smith
was on hand for the fortnightly sit
ting.
Jacksonville latest self-help and
mutual improvement and practical ex-
pansion organization in Mississippi is
the Mississippi State Horticultural So
ciety.
Newton.-The Citizens Bank, with
q capital stock of $4,000 and $4,000
surplus, which threw open its doors
for business here this week, has jus,
elected officers.
Blue Mountain.-Progress plant |
ers in Tippah county are urging farm |
ers to grow large quantities of corn. |
peas, sorghum, hay and other kinds of |
feedstuff this year.
attiesburg-The old McInnis can
ming factory. which has been unable !
to do big business since the war be-
gan. has been purchased by the Amer
lean Pickle Company.
Pontotoc-The Mississippi Branch.
National League OF Postmasters, has
aid to meet in annual convention at
Jackson, June 8, and 10.
Jackson.-Mother's Day in Jackson
was duly observed in the usual way,
having been preceded by Saturdays
tag sale for the benefit of the Missis-
sippi Old Ladies' Home.
Sebastopol. In less than two
months this place. in the northeastern
part of Leake county, filled up with
stores of different descriptions, and
is the only RAILROAD point in the
county.
Blue Mountain.-After having had
one of the most successful sessions in
its history of sixteen years, Mississip-
pi Heights Academy, delivered certifi-
Gates OF graduation to a group of 26
young men.
Durant.-E. s. Chapman and C. B.
Allen, federal prohibition agents, ar
rived Mere and rounded up seven
distil,eries, in most in
stances getting quantities of moon
shine liquor.
Oxford.-At mass meeting of cit
zens subscription was made to the ,
University of Mississippi Athletic AS
ISOLATION for the purpose of con-
structing standard athletic field at (
he institution.
Brookhaven-An oil and gas COM I
pany has been formed in Lincoln
county with plans made and in opera !
ion for the speedy drilling of well !
G find if the researches and beliefs
of the biologists who made the selec-
ion of the site for drilling are true |
JackSon.-With the presentation of
he play Friendship" founded on the
stony of Damon and Pythias, by Sc !
ected company of Knights of Pythias '
rom Lamar Lodge at the Century I
Theatre, the annual grand lodge in the q
domain of Mississippi came to a close.
Iacksen.-A large number of truck I
growers and general farmers met here {
% adopt measures to diffuse more of | |
he cooperative spirit among the men +
Ind women who are trying to raise d
upon which to feed the peo- {
,le. as well as the grist and feed mills a
md the cotton spindles. v
MISUNDERSTANDING has just COM
,leted a deep well of pure water at a &
Iepth 'of 040 feet and has found a a
low unequaled in this section 1t will Y
DON be pumped into the tank and c
hen carried to the homes for use. b
Blue Mountain-Dr. Alfred Hume.
ice chancellor OF the University of b
and one of the best loved a