Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-07-15
Brief News Of Mississippi

/ Jackson.-After more than four
months from the date of adjournment
Of the legislature, which was on April
3, SECRETARY of State Power has re-
ceived from the contracting printers
the first specimen copy of the volume
Of acts of 1920. 1t is bulky volume,
comprising TAO pages, Of which 700
are straight reading matter, and the
remainder devoted to index. The book
carries $50 chapters, Of which S29
are general laws, including appropria-
ton and revenue bills, a little more
than 300 local and private relief acts
and some three dozen concurrent and
Joint resolutions of sundry kinds.
Yazoo City.-Mississip and her
United States federal Judge, Edwin r.
Holmes of Yazoo City, have been sig
nally honored by the selection Of Judge
Holmes to so to New York to hold
court in the United States District of
New York. This court is presided
over by Federal Judge Larned Hand
and the docket has become so con-
gested that 1t became necessary for
Judge Hand to call for assistance to
help clear the docket.
New Albany.-At an election held In
the Ingomar school district of Union
county the proposition of the board
Of supervisors to issue $4,000 in
bonds for the erection and equipment
Of a modern schoolhouse building was
passed by vote of 81 to 30. The
former schoolhouse was destroyed In
the severe cyclone which struck In
gonna April 20.
Charleston.-Superintendent Of ed.
ucation John w. McCulloch has just
accomplished one of his most highly
cherished aims in his consolidation
of six small schools surrounding Cas-
ella into the Cascilla consolidated
high school. The six schools forming
the consolidation are Cascilla, Stone
field, Harris, Young's Creek, Paul and
Walnut Ridge.
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Amory. The Memphis-Aberdee
passenger train ran over and killed
Cal Coca and Jessie Walden at Becker,
three miles south Of Amory. The men
had been loading lumber all day and
had purchased tickets to Aberdeen and
were waiting for the train. 1t is pre-
sumed they lay down and went to
sleep on the railroad track.
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Blue Mountain.-Blue Mountain Col
lege has had to run up its rates for
the coming session because of the
large increase in the cost of operating
the institution. The literary tuition
has been placed at one hundred dol
lars, and the tuition for the extra
courses in the fine arts has also been
raised
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Grenada.-A summer school, which
Includes the public school teachers
rom the counties of Grenada, Yalo-
ousha, Webster, Montgomery, Carroll
Leflore, Calhoun and Sunflower, is
holding session of six weeks at the
nigh school building at Grenada.
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Holly Springs-The board of super
Visors of Marshall county appropri-
lted $4,000 to be used for procuring
4 health officer and trained nurse to
light contagious disease in this county
IN the condition that the United States
government put up like amount.
Jackson.-Lapsed government in
,urance may be reinstated up to Jan
Iary l, 1921, according to the terms of
IN official order just issued by the
bureau of war risk insurance at Wash
ngton, copy Of which was received |
lere.
Batesville.-J. A. Daniel, a promi.
lent druggist here, died in Mem
)his hospital, following an operation
or appendicitis.
Carthage. -Much complaint is com
ng from over the county on account
If the destructive work of corn worms.
Biloxi-George Russell, 1893 years
Id, of Biloxi, was drowned during the
second day Of the twenty-first annual
'egatta given under the auspices of
he Biloxi yacht club.
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Clarksdale. = Several Clarksdalians
prominent in local and state Christian
1ndeavor societies attended the ALL
south convention Of Endeavorers in
New Orleans.
Biloxi.-George Grayson, IL years Of
lge, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Gray.
ION, Of this city, dove from a local
,ier into shallow water and broke his
leck.
GulfpOrt.-The election In Beat 2 d
county decided by. three to
me that 100000 in bonds be sold to
inish road work in the beat.
New Albany.-A program in coop
,rative extension work in agriculture
md home economics is being held at
he courthouse here.