Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-16
EsvILLE. MISS. FRIDAY, APRIL 1e. 1920

new officers elected.
Natchez.-The store Of the Sligo
Ranch, situated about 20 miles from
Natchez, has been destroyed by fire.
Hattiesburg-D w. F.. Yarbrough,
formerly of Montgomery, Ala, began
his pastorate of the First Baptist
church.
Ripley.-The board of supervisors In
session here have adopted the health
unit work and made an appropriation
for it.
Jackson.-The Mississippi state tax
commission as recently appointed by
Gov Russell, met and organized here
on Thursday.
Coffeeville.-A cooperative ship
ment containing four carloads Of hogs
was made from here by County Agent
A. G. Hamilton.
vicksburg At meeting held by
the vicksburg Local No. 1S5, Inter
national Association OF Fire Fighters,
officers were elected.
Hattiesburg. Secretary Victor Hart,
who has been for two years in charge
Of the Hattiesburg Y. M. G. A., has
resigned, effective Aug. I.
Jacksonville next big gathering in
Jackson following the Jefferson Davis
highway association meet will be the
State Teachers Convention, May 5-S.
Blue Mountain--Blue Mountain now
has another local insurance agency,
this being the third concern of its kind
established during the last several
weeks.
Hattiesburg.-The campaign to
raise funds for the Salvation Army
will begin in this and surrounding
counties May 10 and run to May 20, In
elusive.
Yazoo City.-One hundred and fifty
bushels of peas have been received by
Mr.. J.. S. McKewen. county agent, and
distributed to the farmers of this
county for spring planting.
Meridian.-C. A. Pigford of Meridian.
for many years division superintendent
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad with
headquarters here, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect April Is.
Walthall.-The jail here is un-
occupied and has been empty SO long
that it becomes necessary to examine
the sheriff's jail docket to ascertain
when the last delinquent entered
Gulfport The Mississippi Sunday
school workers, In their annual con-
vention here, held the first session
at the First Methodist church. Dele.
gates are present from all parts of the
state.
Aberdeen Sheriff ]. B. Lewis,
Silas Noah, deputy sheriff and G. w.
Whitehead, prohibition agent, made a
raid in the third district Of Monroe
County and captured two monster
stills.
Jackson and his commissioners, R.
M. Taylor and A. F. Hawkins, are
about to start on a municipal improve
nent campaign for which the money is
already in hand.
| Brookhaven.-The entire plant of the
| Lincoln County Lumber Company, To-
Gated in the northern part Of the city
| and comprising its building, machinery
and a large lot of lumber, was totally
destroyed by fire.
|
Aberdeen.-Dr. j. NJ Walker preach.
ed his first sermon at the First Bap-
tist church Sunday, having accepted
the call OF this church several months
ago. DIR. Walker comes to Aberdeen
from Lexington. Ky.
|
| Agricultural College.-The senior
class of the A. & M. College includes
! 81 young men who have entered as
| candidates for the degree Of bachelor
of science to be awarded at the COM
mencement exercises, watch will be
held on May %. % and "a, and not a
week later, as previously Announced
in the press.
Greenwood Hon o. F. Bledsoe, who
has just returned to Greenwood after
| serving for the past three months az
Leflore county's representative in the
lower house of the Mississippi Legis-
lature, has donated his entire salary
and r,flaaoo mhich amouoted tn &620.
to the Kings Daughters Circle Of
/ Greenwood.
Blue Mountain-Prof. ]. ]. McKin-
stry. superintendent of Blue Mountain
High School, under whose administra-
ton the Institution has had year of
splendid success. has declined re-elec-
tion, and the board of trustees has
secured as superintendent for the COM
ing sascsiou Prof q O. Gullett of