Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-02
Mississippi Events
Gathered from All Corners.of the
State and Told in Briefest Form

Newton With 500 registered dele
gates and more than 1000 visitors from
all parts of the state, the seventh an
nual convention of Mississippi Bap-
tist Sunday schools and the B, Y. p.
U. closed as one of the greatest con-
ventions ever held in the South. At
tendance was three times as great as
at the state Baptist convention. and
In view of DR.. HI. A. Porter of Atlanta,
one of the leading divines in the
South, and other prominent workers,
the meeting has not been surpassed by
any other religious event in the South
ern states.
Vicksburg.-Twenty honorary offi-
GERS of the Mississippi-Louisiana Fair
Association will be elected by the
board of directors to represent the
out-of-town subscribers to the capital
stock of the association The matter
of appointing or electing the honorary
officers was determined on a recon-
mendation by D. B. Field, chairman of
the committee on bylaws and consti-
tuition.
Blue Mountain.-That the school
children of every public school in the
state should undergo careful scien'
tific physical examination has just been
vividly illustrated in the result of the
inspection made this week by DR.. Ian
ming Hudson Of this place of the teeth
of the students of a nearby consoh-
dated high school.
Jacksonville first blood split in en-
forcing the federal prohibition law in
running down, arresting and putting
out of business moonshine whisky op-
orators in Mississippi was reported to
State Commissioner w. Calvin Wells
at headquarters in Jackson. This oc-
Cured at Prentiss, jefferson Davis
county.
Water valley-The county agent 0f
Yalobusha county, A. G. Hamilton, has
recently secured storage house for
the purpose of sssrfng the farwers'
products until shipping day, and
whereby the product will be cared for
and shipped to best advantage, getting
highest market prices.
Ecru.-Ecru is rapidly becoming a
market place for produce. Buyers are
paying as high as 33 cents per pound
for hens, and other products are equal
In price. One day last week they
! bought 81 200 worth of chickens and
eggs.
Indianola.-When Postmaster r. l..
Raugh walked into the postoffice here
he found that the office iron safe had
been blown open and its entire con-
tents carried away some time after
midnight
Natchez.-Constructi of the plant
of the Bluff City Canning Company is
under way here. The plant will en-
ploy about 80 persons. Operations
this season will be confined to toma-
toes, beans and okra.
Columbus. and letters
coming to the office Of Fair Price Com
missioner Thomas J. Locke from all
sections of the state commend that
official for his action in issuing the
margin of profit order.
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Yazoo City.-Shipments of hogs
from Yazoo county in the past few
days have amounted to a total of ap-
proximately $4,000. Nearly two cars
Of hogs were shipped from Bensonia
last Saturday
vaiden-C. J. Bonner, county agent
for Carroll county, shipped from this
place a cooperative car of hogs. Not
withstanding the fact that feedstuff
is scarce, the hogs were in fairly good
form.
Brookhaven.-The Columbian Wood
men have rented the old armory and
carpenters and electricians are con-
verting it into clubrooms, library and
reading rooms for social club.
Meridian.-The Lauderdale County
Bar Association has appointed com
mittees in preparation for the annual
meeting of the State Bar Association
in Meridian April 2S and 20.
| Lula.-An investigation Of crop con-
ditions and outlook reveals that con-
ditions are not altogether satisfactory.
The planters are about three weeks be-
! hind with their work.
Greenwood S. r.. Keeler of
Greenwood, has accepted the chair
manship of the Salvation Army Home
Service campaign for the Greenwood
New Albany zone.
Fernwood--Under the new salary
bill which has passed both branches
OF the legislature, Pike county officers
! will receive substantial raises.