The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-07

Gathered from AlCor-
ners Of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

AsuIdu0.-AL moe1Qg call00 6y
the home demonstration agent, Miss
Anise Browning. 25 interested women
gathered and after reviewing the diff
ferent phases of the work decided to
band themselves together to solve the
many problems they are meeting as
housekeepers. A home demonstration
club was organized, with Miss Lucille
Ferren as president and Mrs. L. l.
| Winborn as secretary.
Byhalia.-Prof II. V. Harris and
his wife, who have held positions with
the Byhalia high school as principal
and teacher of the eighth and ninth
| grades, respectively, have asked the
/ board of trustees to release them, so
that they might accept similar posi-
| lions with the school at Isola, Hum
! phreys county.
Ripley-The board Of trustees Of
the Tippah County Agricultural High
School has named Prof. j. C. Trus-
| sell OF Olive Branch principal of the
| school in this county. His wife is also
to be a member of the faculty.
Meridian.-The fifteenth annual con
vention of the Mississippi State Bar
Association opened at the city hall
auditorium in Meridian with a large
| number of lawyers present from all
parts of the state.
Oxford.-Chief Deputy U. s. Marshal
c. E. Sisk. accompanied by Sheriff ].
C.. Hartsfield and Deputy B. K. Col
Inns, raided large still twenty miles.
southeast of Oxford, located near
Paris.
Wesson-Monday was a day of con-
tinual rain. While all this is going on
the farmers and business men are idle,
yet satisfied that no harm has yet
been done In this immediate vicinity.
Northumberland court judges and
chancellors of Mississippi met here
for the purpose of perfecting uniform
rules OF practice and procedure in the
courts over which they preside.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. services for
the Confederate dead. under the aus
pieces of Winnie Davis and Col H. NJ.
Street chapters, U. D. c., were held at
the courthouse.
Ellisville.-A revival meeting began
in the Baptist church here Sunday.
Natchez.-The new Hill City Can
ming Company will be in operation
about, the 1st.
Iuka-Reports from practically all
the farmers in >Tishomingo show that
they are far behind with their crops.
Very little cotton and corn has been
planted here.
Greenwood.-Miss NJ. E. Spence, who
has been manager of the Postal Tele>
graph Company here for the past two
years. has been transferred to Deca-
tur, Ala.
acknowledgements are being
made by the stockholders to rebuild
the damt recently washed away at
Waukomis lake and again stock it with
fine fish.
Merigold.-The third annual conven-
ton of colored Sunday school workers
opened here under favorable auspices.
Delegates from eleven counties were
present.
Albany-Judge A. ]. Mcintyre, of
Bonneville, Miss, closed a three-day
session of the Union county chancery
court
Blue Mountain.-Blue Mountain Col
lege will increase the annual salaries
of it's teachers for the coming session
because of the high cost of living
Greenwood-A check for SOL was |
sent to w. S. Parks, of New Albany, |
Miss, for relief of the tornado suffer |
ers of Ingomar and vicinity.
Crystal Springs-At a meeting of |
the board of trustees of the Crystal |
Springs high school teachers. were |
elected for the ensuing school term.
Agricultural College-The Arkan-
sag Club, composed of young men from |
the state of Arkansas. enjoyed an elab-
crate banquet here.
Macon-Prof. C. U. Moore of Ma
rion. Ala, has been elected superin
tendent of the city schools for the sea-
son of 1920-21.
Macon.-For the first time since his
election Iudge t. p Guyton, chancel-
lor for this district, convened court in
Macon.
Senatobia.-Circuit court here spent
the day in receiving pleas from those
charged with moonshining.
Starkville.-The hog industry has
been one of Importance in this Sec
tion for several weeks. shipments hav.
ing gone to ST. Louis and other places.
The advance in the hog market stimu-
lated farmers and others to dispose OF
what surplus they had on hand and
a good price for same.
Jackson.-Mrs. o. NJ. Spickard, reg
istrar and assistant secretary for the
board of penitentiary trustees. in her
monthly report on population shows
that there was net reduction below
the March statement of six convicts-
Jacksonville Mississippi legisla-
ture having provided funds for max,