The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1920-11-13

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Superintendent Martin hopes to get
this amount borrowed which Will al
low him to pay the teachers for two
months at the next meeting OF the |
teachers association the latter part OF |.
this month.
ROOSEVELT SENDS THANKS.
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Expresses Appreciation to Jackson
Woman for Help In Campaign. =;
Jackson.-Miss Henrietta Mitchell,
state democratic committeewoman,
received the following telegram from
Franklin D. Roosevelt at Poughkeep-
sic, N. Y: y
please let me send you my person
al thanks for all of your efforts and !
work during the campaign. l fully
realize the handicaps we sought to
overcome and believe In view OF the
fact that new congress will be elect
ed only two years hence. We must
commence at the earliest possible mo-
ment to begin work for the new cam
paign. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"
. .
Water Valley.-Mrs. Lillian Dor is
Thornton, the home economics agent
of Yalobusha county, and Mr.. Pat
ton, the agricultural agent. will put
on special drive in dairying through
out this county, commencing NoveU'
ber Is and closing November 10. This
| is follw-up driye put on last spring,
which resulted in bringing a nice lot
of milk stock into the county and as
we'll several very fine bulls which
were distributed over the county. This
county Is second in the state from the
standpoint Of highly bred stock, and
WHICH is the result of putting on these
drives and keeping the farmers inser-
ested In the improvement Of their live
stock.
Shaw.-The licensing committee OF
the Greenville District North Missis-
sippi Conference, NJ e. Church, South.
composed Of Revs. v. G. Curtis, pre-
siding elder; E. 8. Lewis, w. W..
Young, w. w. Jones and C. A. Worth
ington, met in the Methodist church
at Greenyille and after due examina-
tion granted local preachers licenses
to H. M. Biggers OF Shaw and M. B.
Williams of Rosedale. The men will
attend the annual conference at
Charleston and tender their services
for work as supply pastors.
Magnolia.-The various levies made
BY the board OF supervisors is as fol-
lows: General fund, $50 mills; roads,
3.75 mills; c. H. improvement, ! mill;
county bonds, Q mills; special school
tax, 4 mills; fourth district roads,
mills; second district roads, Mills
fifth district roads, 4.25 mills; Gen.
terville Consolidated School, mills;
Woodrow School, 2 mills; Leggett
School, 2 mills Progress School, 8
| mills; Fernwood School, 8 mills. ~
| COffeeville.-The economic ana
demonstration agents OF Yalobusha
county Mrs. D. H. Thornton and T. w,
Patten announce that they are going
to hold a five days dairy campaign IN
this county beginning Monday Novem-
ber 18th and continuing throughout
the 10Th. They are to have represent
atives from the farm development de-
partment of the l. c. Railroad and
from the dairy extension force at A.
& NJ. College.
Clinton.-"Goat" Hale, star half
back of the Mississippi College foot
ball eleven, will be out OF the game
for the rest Of the season on account
of broken collarbone. An examina.
ton made Immediately after the re-
turn of the team from Birmingham
disclosed Aale's injury. W
Meridian.-Claude and Paul Hous* !
ton, twin brothers, about 40 years OLD,
were lodged in the county Jail here
on a charge Of murder ips Gophectiou !
with the killing Of William Parker
The killing occurred in the Collins. 7
villa community about II miles north |
west of Meridian.
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Walthall. board of supervisors
of this county held sessions and levied
a county, tax Of 21 IA mills which
added 10. the statet,tax .cf - mills.
makes ,the. total tax 80 IA mills. :
. Okolona.-:W. l.. Harmon. charged
with killing { negro in this county and I
then burning. the body In Hammon'a
house, was given not guilty verdict
in circuit court here.
Ashhnd.-All public schools Of
Benton county are now running, with
the exception of two or three. for
which texghers have not yet been Sc
cured. .,.,
Hazelhutet.-Theta tafederal govern
ment has had force. Of four men in
copiah stAdying and investigating
the fields tn any appearance of the
pink boil worm that might be found.
They travelled hundreds of niles and
visited hundreds OF fields nd made
the closest inspection of every nature
to ascertain if there were cotton pests
here that would likely hurt the cotton
crops next year.
Sherman.-Mrs. Edgar Shelton ot
Chssterville. this community, died q
her home.