Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-08-13

MtTiuldu.--A large NUMBER or Merl0-
ian people attended the Masonic picnic
at Toomusba.
Toccopola.-L. Ketchum and Miss
Manard Lancaster, of Delay, were mar
ried at the home of Rev. w. /. Hargis.
near the university.
Hazlehurst-A. ]. Flowers. county
agent OF Copiah, has rendered his res
! ignation to the board of supervisors
to take effect September 1.
Louisville.-One of the oldest cit
| izenS, M. H. Galway, who resided
north of town, died at his home. He
had reached the age of 70.
Blu~ Mountain. Mrs. Maggie New
man Hall, wife of James Hall of Tip
pah county. died at her home in the
Dumas community at the age of 70.
NATURALIZATION Barnett reported
great damage to his cotton crop from
worm trimming off all bolls and
limbs and puncturing the bolls.
Grcenwood.-Mis Annie Stigler Of
Lexington and Mr.. w. P. Lewis Of
Greenwood were united in marriage at
the hcme OF the brides parents in Lex
ington.
reenwood.-Emmet S. Sutton, man
ager of the w. b. Watkins plantation,
five miles southeast of Greenwood
brought the first open boil of cotton
this season to Greenwood
Meridian.--Dr R. ]. Wilson, of Oba-
diah, well known throughout the coun-
tv. has been named county health Of
ficer, succeeding DR.. W. A. Carpenter,
resigned.
Leland. The anthrax outbreak thst
started on the Haskings-Neal planta-
tion near Burdette is under control
AS soon as the disease was dicovered
the work of vaccinating the stock was
started.
Crystal Springs.-Parties who plant
Mathiston--J NJ Mccain & Son,
who recently had their big cotton gin
and lumber manufacturing Plant de-
stroyed by fire, are msking arrange
ments to build model plant.
oldwater--Coldwate ran SWAY
with Holly Springs in two games of
baseball The score Of the first game
was, Coldwacer 10 runs, 10 hits, one
error; Holly Springs. one run, five
hits, six errors.
Crystal Springs Commits
sioner G. H. Terry placed a large force
of laborers ct work on the streets of
the town making relentless warfare
on the weeds in the bitches and along
the curbs and sidewalks.
Scooba.-A series of revival services
began at the Presbyterian church here.
Pontotoc.-Mrs. Elsie Hill, IS, was
shot and killed by the discharge OF
pistol in her own hands. 1t is gen.
orally believed that the shooting was
purely accidental.
Tishomingo Sheriff N L. Phillips,
accompanied by Deputies sohnson and
McRae, w. M. Glasgow, marshal of
this place, Justice Of the Peace McRae
and Bailiff Goddard, destroyed large
still. 1t was located six miles south
west of town.
Charleston.-H. E. Tansil. sheriff,
and F. Fly, deputy. made raid on an
Illicit still operated by negro, seven
miles south of Charleston, on Lake
Mitchell The officers had to wade
water to get to the still, where they
found SO-gallon capacity outfit with
so gallons of mash.
Amory.--Dr. N. B. Spratt died at his
home here from cancer He had been
confined to his room for several years.
BrooFhaven.-B. A. Comstock. aged
56, died at the Brookhaven hospital
after an operation performed.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. w. T. Lowrey.
president of Blue Mountain college.
has agreed to purchase canned prod
ucts from the Old Chapel Canning
club. which is one of the most active
clubs in the county. The canned
goods will be used in the dormitories
of Blue Mountain College during the
1920-21 session.
Sturgis.-J. p. Smith, a Detroit de-
tective investigating the Detroit-New
York trunk murder mystery, said
there remained no doubt as to the
identity Of the body and that it was
that of Mrs. Katherine Jackson, alias
Katherine Leroy. Instructions to inter
the body at New York were telegraph
ed to that city, according to announce
ment made here by l.. A. Fondren,
her brother.
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