The Starkville news., 1920-07-16

Carthage.-Much complaint is COM
ing from over the county on account
of the destructive work of corn worms.
Macon.-Prof, j. G. Hardin of Nc.
Cool was married to Miss Lucy Shell
ton by Rev. Oliver Ray of the Meth
odist church.
New Albany.-A program in coop
erative extension work in agriculture
and home economics is being. held at
the courthouse here.
Gulfport- election in Beat 3 of
Harrison county decided by three to
one that 100000 in bonds be sold to
finish road work In the beat.
Biloxi-George Grayson, II years of
age, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Gray.
son, of this city, dove from a local
rier into shallow water and broke his
neck.
Clarksdale. - Several Clarksdalians
prominent in local and state Christian
Endeavor societies attended the All.
South convention of Endeavorers in
New Orleans. ~
Biloxi.-George Russell, 33S~ years
cid, of Biloxi, was drowned during the
second day of the twenty-first annual
regatta given under the auspices of
the Biloxi yacht club.
Meridian.-J. T. Pope of Toomsuba,
prominent lumber man, was instantly
killed in Meridian as a result of COM
ing into contact with a live wire on
one of the principal residence streets
of the city.
Jackson.-Lapsed government in
surance may be reinstated up to Jan
uary /, 1921, according to the terms of
an official order just issued by the
bureau of war risk insurance at Wash
ington, copy of which was received
here.
visors of Marshall county appropri-
ated $1,000 to be used for procuring
health officer and trained nurse to
| fight contagious disease in this county
on the condition that the United States
government put up a like amount.
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Grenada.-A summer school, which
includes the public school teachers
from the counties Of Grenada, Yalo-
busha, Webster, Montgomery, Carroll.
Leflore. Calhoun and Sunflower, Is
holding session of six weeks at the
high school building at Grenada.
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| Blue Mountain.-Blue Mountain Col
| lege has had to run up its rates for
| the coming session because Of the
large increase in the cost Of operating
the institution. The literary tuition
has been placed at one hundred dol
lars, and the tuition for the extra
courses in the fine arts has also been
considerably raised.
Amory. = The phis-Aberdeen
passenger train ran over and killed
Cal Coca and Jessie Walden at Becker,
three miles south of Amory. The men
had been loading lumber all day and
had purchased tickets to Aberdeen and
were waiting for the train. 1t Is pre-
sumed they lay down and went to
sleep on the railroad track.
n.-Superintendent of Ed
ucation John w. McCulloch has just
accomplished one of his most highly
| cherished aims in his consolidation
Of six small schools surrounding Cas-.
ella into the Cascilla consolidated
| high school. The six schools forming
the consolidation are Cascilla, Stone
field, Harris. Young's Creek, Paul and
Walnut Ridge
New Albany.-At an election held in
the Ingomar school district of Union
county the proposition of the board
of supervisors to issue $4,000 in
bonds for the erection and equipment
of modern schoolhouse building was
passed by vote of 67 to 30 The
former schoolhouse was destroyed in
the severe cyclone which struck In
gonna April 90.
Yazoo City-Mississipp and her
United States federal judge, Edwin r.
! Holmes of YaZoo City, have been sig
nally honored by the selection of Judge
Holmes to go to New York to hold
court in the United States District of
New York. This court is presided
over by Federal Judge Larned Hand
and the docket has become so con-
gested that 1t became necessary for
Judge Hand to call for assistance to
help clear the docket.