The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-05-20
NEWS NUGGETS
OF MISSISSIPPI

been as much building and improving
going on in this town as is in evidence
at this time.
Columbus Juanita Gardner
was crowned May queen here in the
first big May Day festival celebrated
in the city schools.
West Point--Chief of Police w. B.
Cromwell is gratified at the Roadway
that is being made here in enforcing
the new traffic laws
Agricultural College.-Drane Lester
of the University of Mississippi won.
the twenty-fourth annual state inter
collegiate contest held here.
Crystal Springs.-Considerab diff
ficulty was experienced here by ship
pers in failing to get sufficient cars
to move the vegetables that were
brought in.
Observation-Disclosures heavy rainfall
resulted in practically all lowlands in
this immediate section being flooded.
Considerable damage has been done to
some crops.
Crystal Springs. sidewalk
building and other improvements re-
Quiring the use of cement came to an
abrupt close when it was discovered
that there was no more cement in
town.
Crystal Springs.-Dr. J. M. Dampeer,
chairman of the city street committee,
has given instructions to G. N. Terry,
street commissioner, to inaugurate a
cleanup campaign Of the streets OF
the town.
Amory.-At meeting of the school
board here j. o. Donaldson was elect
ed to succeed Superintendent Joseph
E. Gibson, who has resigned to be-
come superintendent OF schools at
McComb City.
Deoatur-The short course Of in
struction for club girls under the SUI
pervision of Miss Mary Knight, home
demonstration agent in Newton coun-
!y, is now in progress at Decatur, with
gratifying success.
Water yalley.-Just east of this
city United States Marshal Whitehead
with two or three other parties from.
Oxford and City Marshal c. T. Doyli
of this city captured q 60-gallon stjl
and with it negro.
! mt -. -
.. irive for Charleston went over the top
! ahead of schedule time with a cesti-
j lied check OF $S5075 contributed by
more than 1000 of Charleston's be9ev-
,lent citizens. The quota for ChaA es-
ton was $3.50.
Durant-Mai Wood, owner of the
hotel in this city, is making extensive
improvements and additions to this
hostelry. He is going to make 1t
tour-story building and extend the
building to the rear of the lot, which
win about double its capacity.
s.sns
| Amory-The address to the grauu-
ating class was delivered here by SUI
perintendent A. G. Gainey of Senate
bia 1t was pronounced by many as
,ne OF the most eloquent and interest
ing speeches ever heard here at COM
nencement.
Tupelo.-The continual rains cur
tailed the cotton acreage in this sec
ton, but the creameries are feeling
J he effect, for the farmers must have
lash and the dairy COW will furnish 1t.
J There have been a great number OF
II the patronage of the creamery has
! resulted.
Jackson.-That the widely circu-
ated rumors that thousands of head
IT cattle throughout Mississippi have
persisted during the past few months
from starvation or disease caused by
inferior feeds have really little or no
: foundation in fact is the conviction of
many of the farm demonstration and
extension workers, whose business 1t
ID to keep tab on such conditions.
Merldldn--J. NJ. Mcbeatn OF Merla-
Ian, chairman OF the state highway
commission. has announced that 20
army escort wagons have been sent
here by the government for distribu-
ton in this district for good roads
work, and that they can be had on
, application to him. He has also re-
ceived large assortment of harness
and other equipment for distribution.
,
New Albany.[In response TO the
: call of County Economics Agent Mrs.
, H. B. Wiseman the farmers of Union
county, with the idea of swat the roos-
7 ter in their minds, deposited car
load of roosters in New Albany. c. L.
McBrayer. president OF the Union
County Poultry Breeders Association.
consigned this cooperative shipment