The Neshoba Democrat., 1920-07-01

MISSISSIPPI, WITH ueduQudTlelS III JAIN
son, now has eight or ten regularly
employed agents who are securing the
state every day in their hunt for wild
cat distilleries, but 1t has been found
these are not enough, and that the
force should be doubled II the best
service is to be rendered and the still $
broken up before they have time to
make any considerable quantity OF
moonshine.
Blue Mountain.-Local housewives
are finding ii possible to supply their
tables with substantial food at con.
siderable reduction of the high cost OF
eating. Butter is available at %
cents q pound, and eggs are selling
at rs cents a dozen, Irish potatoes are
not so prohtbitive in price, and beef
roast ID obtainable at l6 cents q pound
from rural butchers, while good steak
can be had TO ronly 20 cents q pound.
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Jackson. n.-4ons Of the most enjoyable
social functions noted In Jackson CIR
cles for quite long while was re.
ception at the home Of Rev. DR.. Ca
'pers, rector of st. Andrews Protest
ant Episcopal church, In honor OF Rt.
Rev. Rev. and Mrs. William Mercer
Green. Bishop and Mrs. Green are on
the verge of leaving Jackson as their
residence city to make their home In
Meridian.
reenville.-George B. Alexander OF
Greenville was elected president OF
the Mississippi Cotton Seed Crushers'
association at the last meeting of the
ninth annual convention, held in
Memphis. He succeeds e. M. Durham
of Vicksburg. w. G. McNair of Be-
zoni and H. c. Forester Of Meridian
were reelected vice president and Sec
retary-treaSurer respectively.
Blue Mountain.-The advance guard
of the Tippah health unit has already
arrived in the county, is making ar
rangements for permanent quarters
and will at once get down to work
preparing the people for the subse-
quent activities Of the specialists who
will follow up the efforts Of these
pioneers among the. people.
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Beauvoir.-The Confederate veter.
ans at Beauvoir will celebrate July 4
with ice cream and nearbeer. The
Daughters of the Confederacy Of Pitts
burgh, Pa, have sent Supt. Elnathan
Tart a check for $50 to use for the
veterans pleasure. He will spend
the entire check on 40 gallons Of ice
cream.
Blue Mountain-Perrin Holmes Low
rev. head of the school Of English in
Blue Mountain college, has received
a copy of one Of his poems recently set
to music by a noted New York com.
poser and selected by Madame CALI
Curci as one of her songs for the COM
| ing season.
bus.-Extensive improvements
and extensions will be made at the big
plant of the Columbus compress and
warehouse company in this city, and
when the contracts are completed Co
lumbus will have one Of the finest and
best equipped compress plants in the
state.
Columbus.-The members of the
Lowndes County Dairymen's associa-
tion named Lon Freeman as their
president, to succeed c. F. Sherrod,
who was recently elected as temporary
chairman.
Blue Mountain.-Bird lovers In Tip
pah are rejoicing over the return of
the blue bird to the county. A few
| years ago the species was nearly de-
stroyed during a severely cold winter.
| Jacksonville semi-annual meeting
of the state board of health for the ex-
animation of applicants for license to
practice medicine was convened in the
hall of the house of representatives.
llisville.-Extensive preparations
are being made for the Fourth of July
celebration at the Interurban, Park
on Monday, July 5, by the Marvin E.
Stanton Post of the American Legion.
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Macon.-For the past two or three
weeks the farmers of Noxubee county
have been able to work in their crops
with almost no interruption. AS re-
suit the crops are in good shape.
Jackson.-For the first time in the
history of Jackson carload Of home
grown tomatoes has been shipped to
the. northern market.
! Senatobia The drive for raising the
! Methodist church's allotment of 81 200
or the Methodist hospital Of Memphis
| Is under headway.
Blue Mountain Strickland & HaZ
! zard have just installed at this place
] big combined planning establishment
and sawmill.
Blue Mountain.-The board of trus-
! tees of Blue Mountain high school has
] completed the faculty for the coming
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