Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-03-19
Mississippi Events
Gathered from All Corners of the
State and Told in Briefest Form


Greenville.-An accident to the troll
ley lines of the Delta Light & Trac-
tion company left the street cars
standing on the tracks helpless. With
the streets in East End thickly
settled residence section Of the city,
torn up on account of street paving
and day Of rain, Automobiles were
out of commission, and those coming
to the business districts had TO walk.
University-A surprise to all was
sprung at chapel exercises when each
member Of the 1919 football team was
presented with beautiful gold foot
ball. These beautiful emblems bore
the inscription, "Ole Miss. 1919" and
large red and blue M" They were
the awards to the team by the faculty
committee on athletics. The awards
were delivered by Coach Sullivan.
Ripley.-D. T. Braddock, one Of the
leading merchants of this county, who
now operates general stores at Falk-
ner, Blue Mountain and Brownfield,
has bought one of the best store
buildings in Ripley and expects to
open business here by summer. He
will also move here and make this
his home.
Blue Mountain.-Miss Erin Higgen-
botham, who graduated from Blue
Mountain college with honors in the
class of 1915, has just been engaged
by one of the leading lyceun bureaus
OF the country and will begin her
initial tour of the southern circhit
during the present month
Greenville-The Greenville Lodge,
No 14S, B. p. O, Elks, known as the
''Cotton Pickers," have donated $4,000
to the Kings Daughters Memorial
Hospital In the campaign for $3.50, ,0c0
now on. Half the amount has been
subscribed, the entire delta section
being interested. ~ Tffs
Meridian Mary Johnson, can
ming specialist for Mississippi. with
headquarters at the A. & M. college.
Is here assisting Miss Ida Robertson
e. .oytiining the canning Nluh york
for the girls OF the county for the
year Miss Robertson is county dem
onstration agent
sAsss
Natchez.-The river terminal ques-
tion here has been made live issue
and a committee has been appointed
q by the Natehez chamber of commerce
to visit other terminals and make a
report on their findings.
Belzoni-Several citizens of Mounds
addition to Belzoni have petitioned
the mayor and board OF aldermen to
extend the corporate lines of the city
to take in the addition, as they want
electric lights and water.
Amory-A brick hotel, to cost from
1925, 900 to $150,0cO, is to be built here
!, at the present location of the Com
+ mereial hotel by James & Toney of
+ New Albany, who have just bought
the old structure.
Hattiesburg. - n 9 preachers
School" is in session this week at
+ the First Baptist church in this city,
and there are between thirty and forty
ministers from differen parts of South
Mississippi present. "a
ie.tf pA gp.c+tvts
Hattiesburg. - Final arrangements
weye made by the Methodist Hospital
commission for the raising of the $500,
600 fund for the erection of the pro
posed hospital in this city at meet
ing held here.
v ;pUniyersity THE Ole Miss, Post No
80 OF the American Legion, at, its
regular monthly meeting was \ ad
\ dressed by. ,Jadges D, M. Kimhrough
], ,whoossw service overseas With the
Y. NJ. G. A. ,
Charleston.--J, byeH Clarke of Jack
son, Miss. sanitary engineer with the
state. hoard Of health, has Just com
rleted comprehensive survey of ma
Iapsrleeenditions sip> GAsrlsstenn
Green*illel- The s.uresnvills Cham
comm cree has iaaugurateds a
! REORGANIZATION movement to substitute
= sceo--oSperation ca FOR rivalry among the
communities OF this section. r
: = Ecru.-The ,Ecrruu hotel, which has
-been fU!osed, Tor the past rwo years
will be opanetiE t0the public in few
days. MT -M---Wingo, banker, has
'iis secnredothe propeFtyroy soa0
,fsfr fieo+ o.,s.os sFsstfh *.1og fuuoi
ua IIvioksburg Thomas J. Roddy, who
as one OF the census senum
eratorsi inuNickshurg. has been ap
'sipointed inspeetor for the enumeration
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'ttpI 50IRF 7. .ssfts ~. s9un sgis
rs 1Aberdeen.nI IDr.. gILpnW9 Beauchaml
Ishwas allowed asniistriai on the ieharg'
Of having murdered Frank Trash las
May Th6 Jury y's8E9od sixT toesik ant
sswM discaarssd ~ TX
<GssenEo G. Isnes was elected