The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-04-23

Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told IN Briefest Form

| student body OF the State Universit
Of Mississippi Wednesday Afternoon
Following the initial move made b
the junior law class and their pr(
fessor, Dean L. ]. Farley, and late
Joined by the entire junior class, VIII
| appeared on the campus and In tn
classrooms wearing overalls, member
Of the faculty and the entire studen
body at mass meeting went on req
ord by pledging themselves to wea
denim overal.s or clothes more thai
one year old on every school da.
! during the remainder of the session
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to information
from the state department OF educa
ton, the shortage Of school principal
and superintendents in Mississippi, i
growing acute. Practically no youn,
| men are entering the teaching pro
| fessiOn. They see that after the frs
seven or eight years of teaching thu
men Of ability reach the summit o
their earning power. However, thu
law Of supply and demand will soor
enable principals and superintendent:
to demand and obtain salaries com
mensurate with the Importance of theil
work.
Meridien.-Secretary James BOZe
man of the board of trade and w. A
Lverly, state representative Of the
Mississippi Valley Highway have re
turned from Tupelo, where they wen,
for a conference with the officers OF
the highway at that and other places
of the route for the purpose of fixing
the itinerary over the route for the
visit of President c. B. Nicholson OF
st. Louis, and Secretary H. c. White
Of Alton, III.
Jackson.-County conferences In ten
cities and towns in Mississippi, at
which religious problems will be dis,
cussed, will be held beginning April
81 and extending over a period of one
week Questions vital to the spiritual
life of every community in the state
will be taken up and the world wide
task of the sangelical Protestant
churches will be outlined.
Blue Mountain.-Tippah County has
just been organized for the forthcom-
ing Salvation Army campaign in May,
the perfecting of the organization. hav-
ing been done by Charles A. Wagner of
Greenwood, Miss. zone manager of
this portion of Mississippi. Tippah
has been allotted $500 as its official
quota.
Ecru--The mayor and board Of al
dermen called a special meeting to de-
termiae in what way they should raise
s11 600 for the purpose Of erecting
dormitory and other such buildings as
would he necessary for the Agricul-
tural High School that has been locat.
ed at this place.
Vicksb urg-Everything in connec-
ton with the state convention of the
Baptist Woman's Missionary Union
Society is moving with clocklike pre-
cision. More than $50 delegates from
all parts Of the state are in atten-
dance
Natchez-A Masonic lodge will be
constituted at Mermanville on April
20 by j. Shelby Marshall, acting
Masonic grand master of Mississippi.
Senatob a.-Work on the sewerage
system for Senatobia was begun by
the contractor. The work will be COM
pleted before the end Of the year.
Greenville.-The Mississippi Com
mercial Travellers will meet in annual
convention in Greenville this year, on
June a. The association is SOC strong
and at least 400 are expected to at
tend the meeting here.
Meridian.-At a meeting OF the city
hibiting bicycles and automobiles hav-
ing signal horns or whistles with the
same tone Of such devices on the fire
department trucks.
Shannon-Prof. j. ]. Weaver, who
has served as principle Of the Shan
non High School for the last four
years, has accepted similar position
1T Forest, Miss, at a splendid increase |
n salary.
New Albany-Nfrs. Minnie Fisher |
member of the National |
Equal Suffrage Speakers Bureau. will |
speak twice in New Albany, afternoon !
Ind evening Of April 81.
Greenwood.-A conference Of the |
county superintendent Of education |
If the delta counties and the high |
school principals was held in Green
wood.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. R. A. Kim
who has been Baptist pastor
lere for four or five years. and who
ecently accepted another position ur
Ter the state mission board of Missis-
ippi. will go into his new field of ac-
ivity after the first Of June.
Blue Mountain.-The big barn be-
,nging to Will Hill OF this place, which
obtained large quantities of hay, corl
nd other feedstuffs, and which housed
many head of horses and cattle as
yell as number Of vehicles, has been
otally destroyed by fire.
aynesboro.-The regular term Of
hancery court convened here with
hancellor w. N Denny Jr., presid-
1g. The docket is larger than for a
lumber of years. being due largely to