Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-04-16
Notes Of Interest
From HI Parts
Of Mississippi

the United States celebrated its two
hundred and twenty-first anniversary.
Crystal Springs = The predicted
freeze to the coast" did not ma
terialize. much to the delight of the
vegetable growers of this section.
Aberdeen.-The Wislart Realty
Company sold 1870 acres of Monroe
County land today to d. w. Hollbrook
and P. T. Graves for $S5.000.
Crystal Springs Mondey was the
last day given by the mayor and board
Of aldermen to parties in which to set,
tie delinquent municipal taxes.
Mize.-At special election in Mize
election district for the issuance OF
bonds for working roads, the bond is
sue carried by vote of S5 to 20.
Brooksville.-A negro was blown to
bits and Lutte Minor, road builder, was
severely injured when dynamite they
were using exploded Unexpectedly.
Srystal Springs. Marshal Terry was
peremptorily ordered by tho mayor ano
board of aldermen to order the closing
of all places of business on Sunday.
Meridian.--The board OF supervisors
have sold $500 of Suquelena consoli-
dated schoolhouse bonds.
Jackson.-It is officially announced
that the annual meeting of the
Mississippi State Bar Association will
be held in Meridian April % and 20.
! Hattiesburg.-Two children were
killed while at play under sand bank
on the Taliahala Lumber Camp Rail.
road at Runnellstown, about IL miles
from Hattiesburg.
Jacksonville Jefferson Davis High,
way Association of the states OF
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
with fair representation from each OF
the states. was convened.
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Blue Mountain-One OF the best con-
signraents of fancy swine ever shipped
from Blue Mountain was dispatched
from here by Sam L. Goodwin, the pork
err going to the Memphis stockyards.
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Greenyille, The GreenviIi Chamber
OF Commerce after puttinGNon cam
paign fer new members ara Increasing
the membership from 375 to 900 has
elected new board of directors.
$500
nx.fk 49,
Building and Loan Association has
been organized here with a capitaliza.
tion of $25.000 and has been duly
chartered and is ready for business.
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Meridian.-The Baraca Class of the
First Baptist Church here has made a
donation of $50 to the fund being raised
for rebuilding the Methodist Church at
Marion. destroyed by cyclone last De-
cember.
Oxford.-Lafayette County super
visors, by unanimous vote decided to
spend 100000 in improving the roads
Of the county from county line to
county line, north and south and east
and west.
Hattiesburg.- to the fact that
Hattiesburg has $4,000 sweet pota-
to dry plant the farmers are going to
plant lot of sweet potatoes, and they
claim that there is no ovher county
where potatoes grow better.
Agricultural College-The Missis.
sippi A. & M. College is one of the
five schools selected, from the 5S COL
leges In the southeastern department
under the War Department to be chos-
en- for a rigid inspection this year
Clinton.-Owing to the inefficiency
Of the machinery installed for lifting
the water out of the new we'll on the
Mississippi College campas, the water
supply has failed and the college has
been forced to buy water from the city
supply.
Meridan.-President o. L. Mckay
and Secretary Jones Bozeman of the
Meridian Board of Trade have pre-
sented the Matty Hersee Charity Hos.
pital, building, land and equipment
to the city Of Meridian, on behalf OF
the organization they represent.
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Lexington.-At q join. meeting OF
the board of trustees Of city schools
and the board of alderman. Superin
tendent r. M. Good was reelected at
large increase in salary. The board
realizing the great increase in living
expenses raised all the salaries oil
teachers in all departments The min
imum was made $1,000 FOR a term OF
nine months.
Jackson.--Mlss Edith X. O. Clark,
director in charge of the Y, w. C. A.
recruiting campaign in Mississippi, has
received report from Miss Anna
Astroth. state organizer for the H-Y
clubs, to the effect that the twice do
ferred general conference OF girls
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