Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-01-23
LEAKEsvILLE. MISS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3D. 1920
Brief News Of Mississippi

year.
Booneville.-The new year finds the
First Baptist church in prosperous
condition.
Ripley.-The winter term of the
Tippah county circuit court convened
here, with Hon. C. Lee Crum, Judge,
presiding.
Crystal springs-The building com
mittee of the new Methodist church
met and decided to forego further
building until early spring.
|
Tupelo-The sessions of the upper
Mississippi conference are excellently
attended. The bishops morning talks
are interesting and well received.
| Vicksburg.-A increase of mem
bership from 70 to 14O for the year
1919 was reported at the annual meet
ing of the Vicksburg board of trade.
| Tupelo-At a meeting of the Lee
county teachers association, motion
to indorse compulsory school at
tendance law was unanimously carried.
| Corinth.-Pastors of the Tishomingo
Baptist association held a meeting
here at the First Baptist church to or
ganize a permanent pastors confer
ence.
| Blue Mountain-Blue Mountain en-.
joys the unique distinction of being
the most elevated town in Mississippi,
its altitude being nearly 1000 feet
above sea level.
| Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain
Camp 174, Woodmen of the World,
which is one of the largest units Of
the order in this section of Mississippi,
has. elected officers.
Hattiesburg.-The locating commits.
sion of the Mississippi conference OF
the Methodist church has purchased
the South Mississippi Infirmary from
DR.. w. w. Crawford.
,Meridian.-The Meridian board Of
trade and cotton exchange announces
that the Matty Hersee Charity hos
pital here will be bought outright,
freed OF all debt and decided to the
municipality.
Natchez.-The Natchez chamber Of
commerce received notification from
the interstate commerce commission
that final hearing In the Natchez-
Louisiana commodity cases will be
held in New Orleans beginning Feb
ruary 9.
Natchez.-Much interest is being
manifested in the section of Franklin
county adjoining Adam in the move
ment to establish a new county to be
composed OF parts of Franklin, Wilkin-
son and Amite, with Gloster as the
county seat.
Blue Mountain-Mrs. E. S. Ellzey Of
this place has made her escape from
the East Mississippi Insane Hospital
at Meridian, according to a telegram
sent from that institution to Sheriff
Frank Rogers of this county
Crystal Springs.-Julia Evans Killed
a hog that dressed 401 pounds The
hog reduced IS pounds of lard, which
In these times of the high cost of liv'
ing makes it worth while to have e
hog or two in the backyard. A greai
many farmers have saved their own
meat this season. A&f8
Como.-The first appointment In
advance conferences" for the every
member canvass of the rural churches
in the Sardis district M. f. church.
south. to aid in securing funds for local
church work, was conducted in the
pastors study of the First Methodist
church at Sardis for the Sardis circuit
Indianola.-The realty and person.
atty assessment rolls of Sunflower
county for last year charged the then
Sheriff Watson with a valuation OF
$20,063, 500, and his settlement with
the supervisors showed that he had
collected over SO per cent of that
amount. s a3n
Vicksburg. AT a very enthusiastic
meeting OF the Vicksburg- Warren
county memorial association, it was
unanimously resolved to raise a fund
of $4,000 for the purpose of erecting
memorial to the memory OF the sol
diers who served In the world war and
those who lost their lives in the -sery.
ice of their country. 4
Greenville.-Sheriff and Tax Collec-
tor George B. Alexander of Washing
ton county was the first of the retiring
Bheriffs In the state to make his final
settlement with the state auditor OF
public accounts at Jackson. Mr.. Alex.
ander collected in the month Of De-