Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-01-30
LEAKEsvILLE MISS FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 1920
Brief News of Mississippi

orphan children of her country.
Drew--At a very largely attended
mass meeting of the business and pro-
fessional men of this town a business
league was organized
Hattiesburg. home economic
convention of Mississippi agents is
making fine progress in carrying out
their program.
Meridian.-The general merchandise
stores OF George Thomas and ]. E.
Gilbert. in widely separated parts of
the city, were burglarized.
Senatobia.-The mayor and board of
aldermen received bids for the con-
struction Of the sewerage system for
the town.
Aberdeen.-The John Sharp Will
liams Society and the Alpha Society
elected officers to serve the remainder
of the year.
Benoit-Benoit is still on the map
and gaining in prominence daily. This
Is proven by shipment of car each
of fine sheep and hogs by C3D. Ter
rell to the northern markets.
Coffeeville.- Mr.. George r. Powell,
of London, Eng, who is at present
Mississippi field secretary for near
east relief, visited here in order to or
ganize Coffeeville for this work.
Aberdeen.-Rev. ]. M. Walker, o.
Lexington, KY, has accepted the call
of the First Baptist church and will
begin his ministry in this city the
first Of April.
Corinth. The two first men ap-
preached in the drive for the Boy
Scouts gave $50 each and did it so
cheerfully that the task of raising the
desired amount did not seem near so
great
Ruleville.-Authority has been re-
ceiyed from the state officers of the
American Legion to organize Post No.
so at Ruleville. Application for char
ter has been sent In with more than
the required number of applications.
Corfnth-D. A. Springer. doing bust
ness under the name OF the West Cor.
inth Grocery company, had the safe at
his store blown Sunday night. The
store was entered from the rear by the
use Of crowbar on the back door. The
safe was then bored into and explosive
Of powerful character poured In and
touched off.
Observation-Disclosures have been is.
sued for the forty-first reunion Of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
bodies of Mississippi, Valley Of Merid
ian, to be held Feb. 9, 10, II and 18th
at the Scottish Rite Cathedral here
Degrees from the fourth to the thirty
second will be conferred on a large
class made up of Masons from various
parts Of the state.
Ellisville.-Rev. w. B. Jones, presid
ing elder of the Hattiesburg district
of the Methodist church, held the first
quarterly conference for this pastoral
charge Sunday afternoon, preaching in
the morning and at night. The confer
ence fixed the salary of the pastor
Rev. H. J. Moore, at s1,360 and appor
toned the amount among the churches
Meridian.-The Mississippi-Alabams
fair association has acquired four and
three-quarters acres In the enclosed
grounds from Cliff Williams. and the
entire property is now vested in the
association. Several buildings will be
erected for the next exhibition and
plans made to place exhibition frame
buildings with brick, so as to make
the institution a permanent factor In
the steady growth of this section. fol
the exploitation Of agriculture and live
stock.
Jackson. - Representative Warren
tutes for liquor now being offered or
the market. or which the ingenuity o.
mankind may bring forth In the fu
ture. He has framed very radica
measure on the subject, which makes
1t unlawful for any person, firm or cor
poration to sell any patent medicine
or anything else of like nature for bev
erage purposes, or to have in their pos
session fomulas for the manufacture o.
substitutes for liquors.
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Jackson.--Amid cheers and laugh
ter and after only 10 minutes Of de
bate, the lower house Of the Mississir
pi legislature rejected the fedora
amendment providing suffrage FOL
women. Throughout the brief debate
there were continuous calls for tn
previous questions and determine
tion among the mebers to shut off tn,
discussion. The question was brough
up or concurrent resolution offeret
by Mr.. Winter. of Grenada, providing
that the amendment ''be rejected al
an unwarranted, unnecessary and dan
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