The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-03-12


Marshal Joe Surrstt. made the bigges
moonshine catch that has taken plac.
: in Alcorn county in some time wher
they captured a still and arrested one
man. a brother of the man on whose
: property the still was said to have
been found.
Hattieshurg.-A home building as
ISOLATION was formed here. capitalized
at sfne coo. for the primary purpose OF
bulldog more homes here, or aiding
people to build their own homes. II
is very difficult matter to secure a
house in which to live in this city
and the dearth of such buildings is
working to the city's injury. 1t Is
to meet this demand that the Hat
t'esburg Homestead company has been
formed
Decentralization has made a step
| in advance and one may expect to
see the town outstride its neighbors
in the way of improvements. At the
meeting of the mayor and board of
aldermen a resolution was passed call
ing for the placement of a white way
on Jackston street from the passenger
station to Central avenue and from
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Senatobia.-The board of super
visors took the first stems toward Great
ing the Strayhorn creek drainage dis
trict. Strayhorn traverses the west
ern portion of the county emptying
| into Coldwater river. With the COM
nletion of this drainage there are only
two more creeks in the county without
drainage canals
| Jacksonville Clarion-L ed ger. the
oldest newspaper in Mississippi estab-
lished in 1897. changed hands when
| Col S. Fl. Henry, proprietor and edi-
| tor. transferred a majority of the stock
to R. M. and T. NJ. Hederman of this
city. Col. Henry will remain with
the paper in the capacity of editor.
Natchez.-The second cotton mill of
the Natchez Manufacturing company
is expected to be put in operation here
shortly. The machinery and boilers
are ready, but the mill has been held
up on account of inability to secure
delivery of fire brick When opened
the new mill will employ about ESQ
persons.
Ellisville.-Without expense to Jones
county, T. w. Yates. vice president
of the Commercial Bank & Trust COM
pany of Laurel, Miss, has employed
Lawrence Moss as demonstration
agent for the county, the office having
been discontinued by the board of
supervisors.
,al.
Of the town of Kilmichael was sold at
the regular meeting of the city alder
men. The Bank of Kilmichael was the
successful bidder. the bonds selling
for par and premium of $3.50.
New A1bany.-County Agent w c.
Minis shipped three cars of hogs to
Memphis. Two of the above cars were
shipped on the farmers cooperative
pan and one for individuals Agent
Minis averages three cars per week.
Meridian-The Iauderdale County
Baptist Young Peoples union will con-
vene at, Kewaneef Sunday, March %. |
The meeting was postponed because |
of an epidemic of influenza at Ke- |
vance and in that neighborhood.
Crystal Springs.-City property has |
reached the high water mark here and |
is being advertised for sale at the |
highest price per front foot ever
known in the history of the town.
Greenwood.--A victim of severe |
she'll shock, and fearing that he might |
harm his friends, Clarence Atwood !
a returned great war veteran.
is confined in the county jail here at
his own request.
Yazoo City.-A. joyce. living at the
eastern edge of YaZoo City, suffered
serious and exceedingly painful in
iuries when he was attacked in his
pasture by a Jersey bull, of which he
is the owner.
Blue Mountain-Dr. J. E Buchanan.
the prominent Blue Mountain Baptist
minister. because of serious illness.
has had TO resign his pastorate al Cal
houn City, vardaman and Mantee,
Miss
Lambert-Dr. H. d. Glass. who has
retired from the practice of medicine. !
has sold his interest in the Lambert
hospital to DR. W. p Mcnavid ard
DR.. Louis verdel Of Memphis, Tenn.
New Albanv.-The New Albany
schools have adopted the United States
government course in first aid work.
Bybalia.-After having been sus-
pended for four weeks the Byhalia high
school resumed work
.
Belzoni-The supervisors at a meet
ng were petitioned bv over 200 people
living within the proposed consolidat-
ID school district to ord er an election
D see whether or not the people were
favorable to the floating of $4,000
or the erection OF a handsome gram
mar school building in Belzoni
Belzoni-At the meeting OF the SUI
,ervisors of Humphreys county. J. F.
,rdges of Inverness was elected as
.fnn:y road co.a lssioner The
ounty never had cemrr .ssioner and
he roads have been unsatisfactory.
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