The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-02-20


Mercer Green OF Jackson. Miss, Bish
oo Coadjutor Of the Episcopal churcl
In Mississippi. preached the IL o'clocl
sermon at st. Andrews Episcopal
church here Sunday. Tho pulpit O
the Methodist church was occupied BY
Rev. Mr.. Graves, pastor of the Method
fist church at Hazlehurst
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| Crystal Springs.-A movement Is
on foot here among local and Jack
son capitalists to organize a stock
company for the purpose of buying
from the Remington Camp Grounds AS
ISOLATION the beautiful ChautauQua
Grounds and converting them into a
summer resort and amusement place.
New Albany-The National Farm
Loan Association, located in New Al
bany. did splendid business in the
way Of assisting farmers to purchase
| homes during the year 1919; s45 600
was placed in the hands of farmers
of the county on long time easy pay
ments at low rate Of interest.
Mize.-The Mize Record has
former editor, retiring H. c. Thorn
ton succeeds him. Campbell will prob
ably return to his old vocation OF
Shooting the young idea" Mr.. Thorn
ton is an old newspaperman and q
strong writer.
Meridian.-J. c. Maxey, for the past
several years route agent of the Amer
lean Express Company with headQuar-
ters at Newton, has been appointed
agent of the company here. succeed
ing W. i. Almon, who has been made
agent of the company's business at
Chattanooga.
Crystal Springs.-The Copiah Coun-
ty Baptist Association has Just closed
a session at the Baptist church here.
The purpose of the session was to
organize the different churches in the
for holding monthly meetings
in different places for more efficient
religious work.
Charleston.-The Charleston Steam
Laundry. which was built and equipped
at cost of $25 900, began operation.
Is fire-proof The equipment is said to
be the most modern and sanitary in
the state.
Kosciusko.-The program is an
nounced for the ninth annual meeting |
Of the Woman's Missionary Confer
ence of the Mississippi Conference, |
Methodist Episcopal Church South. to
convene in Jackson, Miss, March 2 to
), 1920.
Blue Mountain-For the first time
n its history Blue Mountain has
Presbyterian church. a special service
having been held here to perfect the
ormal launching of the local congre
cation, with Rev. o. G. Davis as pas
or
Crystal Springs-The Baptist con-
,regation was treated to a beautiful
md substantial surprise Sunday morn
ng. when it was presented with
$50 piano. the gift of the Young Wom-
ms Auxiliary.
Tupelo.-Dr. w. B. Holland, county
ealth officer for Lee county. reports
hat the outlook in this county is mast
lopeful. He reports only about 80
Jew cases of Influenza daily, prac-
ically all mild.
Naco7-Miss Halbert of New Or
cans. Red Cross nurse for the Gulf
is giving course in home
ursing and care Of the sick for the
yomen of Macon and community
Washington.-Further search of the
merican expeditionary force records ,
t the war department has added to
le list of killed in action the name
T Private Chester J. Sewell, of Pom
,toc.
C,arksdale-In spite Of the drastic
ction taken by the city and county F,
cards of health on recommendation 9
ON the Rotary club the spread of I
at Clerksdale continues.
y
University-The officers OF the Her :
laean Chapter of Alpha Phi Epsilon
literary society have just been in
allied for the second semester
Meridian.-County Health Officer
z A. Carpenter announces that there :
decrease in the number of flu
lses in the county. l
Natchez-The term OF chancery Il
,urt which is now in session here is
eing devoted almost exclusively to
vorce cases.
New Albany.-New Albany went I'M .
,r a very rigid quarantine this morn 6
2 rs a result of increased spread =
influenza. o
Neutrality-suspicious. have
zen made by the members of the T..
P. II. of the different Baptist
Iurches of the city to hold an inst1- o
tie fer one week. the latter part OF Il
arch Each church has been assign t
one feature of the work. e
Meridian.--A large delegation Of
items from the Mississippi delta ar
ved in Meridian, majority OF them