The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1920-12-18

or's proclamation was sustained, and
the Oxford authorities appealed. Pend
ing the appeal corrected announce
ment from the census bureau gave the
city more than the required 1000 in
habitants. The court reversed the case
and dismissed it.
The governor approved charters Of
new corporations as follows:
A. B. Williams Lumber Company;
capital stock, 100000; domicile, Nc
Comb Pike County, Miss; incorpora-
/ tors, A. B Williams, M. ]. Guess, E.
B. Williams; postoffice, McComb.
| Amendment to Biloxi Fl. hermen's
Packing Company, increasing capital
from $25, 900 to $4,000.
| Amendment to Firm Lumber Com.
pany, increasing capital stock from
800 900 to 100000.
Widows and Orphans Home; DOM.
cile Brookhaven, Miss; capital, $1,000;
to operate home and farm for col.
ored widows and orphans; incorpora'
tors. Martha A. Sykes, Sallie Smith
and others; postoffice, Brookhaven
Corinth Lodge No. 1035, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks; no cap
ital stock: incorporators, o. H. Bill,
w. l.. McPeters, ]. w. Rankin and
others.
Meridian.-W. A. Lyerly, Cliff Will
liams. j. NJ McBeath, DR.. r. ]. Bate
man and General Secretary c. w.
Hayward of the Meridian Board OF
Trade and Cotton Exchange left for
Mobile, where they joined party OF
better highway boosters in trip
over the proposed Meridian-Mobile
highway. The program called for
speakings. at the various towns be-
tween Mobile and Meridian and con.
sumed three days. the final meeting
being held at Cuitmc1 Wednesday
, Considerable interest has been arous
, ed in the early building OF this road
which Is to be part Of the Mississ sip
, pi Valley Highway. starting from St
Paul, MINI.
Jackson.-Adjt. Gen. Scales receiv.
r ed notice that Maj. Stewart e. Eltag,
senior officer on duty at the Stark
Vile a. and NJ. college, has been de-
tailed by the commanding general of
the Fourth corps area to inspect
Company F. Mississippi national
guard. at Houston. Monroe county,
Dec is, for the purpose OF extending
federal recognition, Gen. Scales re-
ceived advice from pittsboro, Calhoun
county. and Sturgis. Oktib5eha coun-
ty, that movements have been to per-
feet national guard organizations and
he expects to organize companies at
several points.
Greenvlle-George w. Ray, citizen
Of Cleveland, Bolivar county. died
here by shooting himself accidentally,
under unusual circumstances. Mr..
Ray was beekeeper and had con-
siderable amount of honey on hand
Thieves had been stealing the honey.
Mr.. Ray so placed a gun that when
the door to his honey storage house
was opened the gun would fire. and,
forgetting his own trap set FOR 9TH
ers. he carelessly opened the door
The gun fired and the load entered
! his abdomen.
I Blue Mountain-Benton teachers
are complying with the request OF the
state board of health Of Mis- is ippt
asking that the stud ents IN the pub
lie schools of the state be e'ghe1
and measured. These little people OF
Benton are being tahlulated as to
weight and measureme7 IS. and wh"n
the work is comp! ted the data thus
gathered will be placed in the hands
of the health department Of Missis-
sippi.
| Jackson.-Under orders of U. $.
District Attorney Alexander, federal
agents raided several drug stores In
Jackson and confiscated stccks OF
patent remed 'es purporting 10 be in
vigorators The raid was made un-
der the food and drugs act on the
ground that the so-called remedies
were not what they purported to be
and were fraudulent compounds.
Jackson.-A meeting OF county
agents of South Mississippi counties
is being planned by the state and
federal agricultural heads hero to ar
range a cropping system for 1871. I
The meeting will be held at Hatties.
burg probably during the second week
in January.
Ba1dwyn.v-Mrs. Columbia White
died at her home after an illness of
one week. She was 45 years of age.
Crystal Springs.-A movement Is on
foot to combine the Crystal Springs
high school with the Pilgrims Rest
md Mount Pleasant schools into one
large consolidated school district,
with the schoolhouse located on the
Newton property at the east end OF
Marion avenue.
Greenville-Mr p. Il. Simmons.
who has been manager Of the Cum
herland Telephone company, az
Clark dale for some years, assumed
the duties o. district manager OF thu
telephone company here.