Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-13

UOdlu VI diueIueu, DIT It's regular
monthly weeting, voted the issuance
of $4,000 in municipal bonds or this
issue $4,000 will be to refund an is
sue made in 1920 and due on March
/; $4,000 is also refunding issue, re-
funding like amount issued on April
3. 1900, for school purposes; $1,000
of the proposed issue is for changing
the electric system Of the town from
a direct current system to an alter
mating current system. Under the
laws of 1918 it is necessary to have
an election ON ell of these issues.
Crystal Springs Crystal Springs
will probably have the distinction of
building the first airship to be built in
mississippi. Potter Johnson, a local
mechanic, who has always been inter
ested in machinery and who was among
the first to buy an automobile when
these, vehicles were novel, has become
SO enthused that he has determined at
once to get an airship He has been
making special study and is now
building one Of his own In his wood
shop and foundry here. sNtsft e'
Eupora.-County Agent w. L. Nc
Bride shipped from Eupora $1,000
worth of Lespedeza seed and a solid
carload of hogs. Mr. Mcbride is very
active in the interest of the farmers
OF Webster county, having contracted
for early delivery at different points in
the county in car lots, cotton seed,
shorts. oats, corn and phosphate. This
material will be let out to the farm.
ers at actual cost thus saving quite
a sum of money.
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Jackson--After an almost all-day
hearing in the case of sundry plain.
Ftiffs against the railroad commission
and the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
railroad company, before the railroad
commission, relative to the proposed
change of schedule on the .Yazool &
Mississippi Valley, the commission
held that the orders Of Jan should
be rescinded.
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Gulfport.-A change in the manage.
ment and workings of the Internation-
al Shipbuilding Company of Pasca.
lgoula. which has been in contempla.
tion for some time, has been effected.
and 500 men are laid off. The con-
struction of steel ships will continue
and building of wooden vessels is to
| be abandoned.
lai Ellisyille.-Mrs. Ralph E. Knight. OF
Meridian, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| ]. w Collins. of Ellisville, and we'll
known here. where she was in charge
OF the department of music in the
I Jones county agricultural high school
for three years, was unanimously elect
led president of the Matinee Musical
Club of Meridian.
- Iuka.-D. T. t"Bud') Barnes, mar
shal of Iuka, was shot and instantly
killed. The tragedy occurred on the
main street of the town, just in front
1 OF Bridges lunch room j. S. Spears.
charged with the killing, was placed
in Jail. a ef tfti'ff ritg
1hBrookhaven.-Lincoln county's vote
on the proposed $25,000 bond issue for
Copiah-Lincoln agricultural high school
gave majority of 169 for the meas
j ure Copiah county has already voted
for like bond issue, naa8 ,sl i,
= AEupora.- of Ed,ica.
tion q ". Suggs has issued notice to
the teachers, that the school term of
Webster county will only last five and
half months this wear
VsShelbys--The history department OF
the Shelby high school has been made
vacant by the resignation OF Miss
Olivia Hawerton, of Starkville.
| Oxford IAN enthusiastic and repre
sentative mass meeting Of citizens Of
Oxford was held at the court house
here to take action on the proposed re-
roval of the University OF Mississippi
/ to Jackson.
i Fernwopd An examination Of the
public school children OF this county
for physical defects and maladies was
commenced by DR.. w. D. Beachaki,
county health officer.
Meridian.-County Agent J. d. How.
erton announces sths discovery Uf Sew.
eral cases of hog cholera in, the. north,
FERN section of the county ana. has is.
sued warnings.fiAks 2saJc oIf<
Brookhaven, With the announce
Ement of E.'C Barlow FOR the offfce Of
chief Of police. city politics has begun
to take on new sfff8 e'fss ss's
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University = Officers ofths ole Missy
Post Of the American. Legion have
Teen elected and installed for the.yaax
cl iS]o.
Eupora-The Eupora National Farm