Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-06
Brief News of Mississippi


Hattiesburg.- Salvation Army
dedicated its new chapel facing the
courthouse square.
Dublin.-,J. f. Robertson of Semina,
ry, Miss, and Mr.. Olivant of Jackson,
Miss, were at the Parchman state
farm, appraising the states property
Meridian-A special term of the
chancery court has adjourned. Much
litigation that was left over from the
regular term was cleared from the
docket.
Hattiesburg three day session Of
the farm agents of South Mississippi
was he'd here and more than half of
the counties in this section of the state
were represented.
Yazoo City-Yazoo county's assess.
ment rolls for 1917-191s give the coun.
ty total of 1929 acres of cult
waited lands, as compared to 4S2,455
acres of wild lands.
Meridian.--The Lauderdale County
Poultry Association has been organ
lied here by the election of John E.
May. president, and County Agent J. d.
Howerton, secretary.
Tupelo-Dr. W. B. Holland of Sal
tillo, county health officer for Lee
county, reports that the health of Lee
county has been unusually good for
the month of January.
Columbus.-Rev ]. w. Rosenbo-
rough, prominent Presbyterian minis
ter, has accepted call to fill Temporal
rily the pulpit of the First Presbyte-
rian church in this city.
Eupora~A land deal aggregating
approximately $4,000 was consum-
mated at this place when prominent
business men purchased 4S0 acres of
Big Black river bottom land just south
of town.
Blue Tippah has two
cases suspected TO be Spanish influ
enza. One of these is Hon. A G An.
derson, editor of the Southern Senti
mel, and candidate for congress from
this district.
Corinth.-Ed Henry, son of Mayor
T. e. Henry, was found dead at the
home Of his father here. He had not
been well for the past few days, but
no one realized that his illness was OF
a serious nature.
Crystal Springs-The home nursing
service Of the American Red Cross for
this county has arranged for a nurs-
ing class to be organized here, and
this class will begin early in Febru-
airy.
Hattiesburg.-T negroes entered
the store of Joe Lamden and holding
pistol in the face of Mrs Lamdsn,
who was attending to the store, pill
fered the cash drawer of money and
checks amounting to nearly 500.
Walthall.-The annual report of
County Agent W. l.. Mcbride, shows
that the shipments of agricultural
products from this county, in the year
1919, aggregated $162 .990.S9. This is
aside from the cotton crop Two car.
loads of hogs were shipped from Eu-
pora last week through his agency
Jacksonville plan to move the Uni
versity of Mississippi from Oxford to
Jackson and combine 1t with other
state institutions of higher learning,
is one of adjustment and does not
seek to deprive Oxford, Columbus or
Starkyille Of school This was the
statement o. DR.. julius c.. Zeller, SEN
ator from Yazoo, at mass meeting at
the court house of citizens interested
in the movement on the part of law
makers to bring the University here.
Elisville.-The Ellisville Woodmen
of the World Lodge No. 20 installed Of
ficers.
Ellisville.-Some of the dirt road,
leading out from Ellisville are almost
lnnpaSSdDe lot VenlcleS.
Dublin.-The Parchman state farm
is worth $3.50 an acre, one of the two
states appraisers declared.
Meridian The annual "big brother"
banquet of the local Rotary Club will
be held Thursday evening, Feb s.
Hazlehurst.-The road commission.
crs of District l of this county will let
the contract for graveling II miles Of
roads in this district.
Shelby.-The district in which Shell
by and Mound Bayou are situated, will
vote on the question of graveling the
roads throughout the district.
Yazoo City-So far as Yazoo Cifv