The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-08-13

sanitary campaign which was begun
and which has been so successfully
carried on for the past two years. Sew
eral efforts have been made to ge
this appropriation but heretofore they
have been Intellectual Fully 60 PEI
cent of the taxable property in the
county was represented at this meet
ing.
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
I Katherine Leroy. Instructions to inter
/ the body at New York were telegraph.
/ ed to that city, according to announce
gent made here by L. A. Fondren
/ her brother
Blue Mountain.-Dr w. II. Lowrey
president CT 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 viii be used in the dormitories
Of Blue Mountain College during the
192O-21 session.
Crystal Springs -Street Commits
sioner G. n. Terry placed large force
of laborers at work on the streets Of
the town making relentless warfare
on the weeds in the bitches and along
the curbs and sidewalks.
Observation-Disclosures ran away
with Holly Springs in two games OF
baseball The score of the first game
was, Coldwater 10 runs, 10 hits, one
error: Holly Springs, one run, five
hits, six errors
Leland.-The anthrax outbreak that
started on the Haskings-NeaI planta-
ton 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 making arrange
ments to build a model plant
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. J. Wilson. of Oba-
diah. well known throughout the ooun-
ty. has been named county health Of
acer, succeeding DR.. W. A Carpenter,
resigned.
Greenwood Miss Annie Stigler OF
Lexington and Mr.. w. P. Lewis of
Greenwood were united in marriage at |
he home of the brides parents in Lex
ngton.
Blue Mountain.-Nrs. Maggie New |
man Hall, wife Of James Hall of Tip
Dah county, diedA at her home in the |
Dumas community at the age of 20. /
Indianola-NElton Barnett reported |
great damage to his cotton crop from
worm trimming off all bolls and |
limbs and puncturing the bolls.
AdZieHuTSI--A- j. IOWeTS. county
gent of Copiah, has rendered his res
gnation to the board of supervisors
o take effect September 1.
Lou1sville.-One of the oldest cit
zens, NJ. H. Galway, who resided
orth of town, died at his home. He
ad reached the age Of 20.
r-no.o,,ofo Iro+obvr, ard HEiea
Tanard Lancaster. of Delay, were mar
led at the home of Rev. w. 1. Hargis,
ear the university.
Meridian.-A large number of Nerd
IN people attended the Masonic picnic
t Toomusba.
Scooba.-A series of revival services
egan at the Presbyterian church here
Pontotoc-Mrs. Elsie Hill, IS, was
not and killed by the discharge of E
stol in her own hands. 1t is gen. I
ally believed that the shooting was c
lrely accidental Z
Tishomingo.-Sh n. l. Phillips, :
by Deputies Johnson and :
cRae W NJ. Glasgow. marshal OF =
lis place, Justice of the Peace McRae /
I'd Bal if Goddard. destroyed large I
i'll 1t was located six miles south
est of town.
Charleston.-H. E. Tansil. sheriff,
Id F. Fly, deputy, made raid on an /
icit still operated by a negro. seven
lies south of Charleston, on Lake
itchell. The officers had to wade c
alter to get to the STILL where they q
und 30-gallon capacity outfit with =
gallons of mash.
n. B. Spratt died at his Il
me here from cancer. He had been o
MINED to his room for several years. I
A. Comstock, aged "
died at the Brookhaven hospital o