The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-23
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

Flora.--An election will be held in
this district of Madison county for the
purpose of seeing if the taxpayers are
willing to gravel public road short
distance west OF Flora And il will
be the first time in the history OF the
voters from this precinct that the
election will be held with women as
officers. The chairman, Sid Powell,
has named the following women to
hold this election, with the men as
sisting: Mrs r. b. Crisler Mrs c.
B. Graves, Mrs. E. p. Childress, and
Messrs. w. L. Ross, Hal J. Jones and
E. COllum. The vote polled at this
election viii not be heavy, as the
farmers are very busy gathering and
marketing their crops, and as usual
the high prices now prevailing will
keep them very busy until they have
finished
Observation-Disclosures of association Of
the new Magnolia Life Insurance COM
panY have been filed with the secre-
tary OF state. The capital stock is
fixed at $500, 900, divided into 10000
shares Of $40 par value each. These
shares are not to be sold at less than
s25 per share, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning a sufficient working surplus
TO the capital stock. The corporation
LIS permitted to begin business when
$50. 900 of the capital and $4,000 of
the surplus shall be fully paid in. The
domicile is to be at or near the city of
Jackson.
nent real estate man of this city, has
received from w. F. M. Smith, member
OF the federal loan board at Washing
ton, notice of his appointment, at the
request Of T. F. Davis, head of the
farm loan bank at New Orleans, to the
post of appraiser for this district. Mr.
Campbell has accepted the appoint
ment with the understanding that his
work be limited to this territory. HaV-
ing formerly served as appraiser for
the state he is thoroughly conVersant
with the work
Meridian Day, Nov II,
is to be celebrated in this city by
Hamasa Temple with Shrine cere-
mOnial. The plans are well under way.
One of the number of distinguished
guests who will be here for the occa-
sion Will be Past Imperial Poten1ate
Elias J. Jacoby, of Indianapolis, who
was Manassas guest the day the arm
fstice was signed. While the class that
took the Shrine here was a large one,
numbering about 100, it is stated the
one to be put over the hot sands on
armistice day will be much larger.
probably reaching as high as $50
or 800.
West Point-Cotton buyers in this
and adjacent cities have gone wild
over the purchase of cotton and cotton
seed A neighbOring town was report
ed as paying two cents per pound for
cotton over the Memphis market On
account of the wide publication given
mauy bales of HE fleecy staple were
carried from this county there. Now
come the West Point buyers, wide
awake and hustling, paying top prices
and sending buyers into other coun-
ties, buying all the cotton they can
get.
Indianola. - Circuit court opened
here with Judge S. F. Davis presiding.
who delivered a long charge to the
grand jury, making special mention Of
the Sunday law statute and that bear
ing on whisky peddling and making.
He asked the jury to make diligent in
quiry as to the disbursement Of pubic
funds. Twenty composed the grand
Jury. with J. c. Daily as foreman. Tho
court viii continue four weeks, begin
or
Hazlehurst-COpiah county is fur
nishing dozens of expert truck grow
ers to other counties who are to enter
the vegetable business another year.
Emmett Marchetti and ]. c. Miller
have been employed in eastern Mis-
sissippi to manage truckers associa- |
tions there and to sell vegetables after I!
they are grown Now comes along |
Claiborne county and takes five farm |
ers in a bunch to help the beginners
there to grow and market truck crops. |
Marks.-All Quitman county gins are !
running and cotton picking is in full |
swing. p. NJ B. Self OF Marks, who |
IS a large plantation owner in this |
county. has shipped one carload from |
his Posey Mound plantation at Essex, |
and another from Marks, while A. n. /
Love shipped a carload from his plan |
tatioR at Darling. One hundred and |
fifty bales were contained in the three |
consignments, which went to Clarks- |
dale and Memphis.
Meridian.-Richard Johnson. negro. |
20, arrested in connection with the
robbery of the Alabama railway com
pany' supply store here several days
ago, and who the officers state has
made a full confession, appears to be
the only one connected with the affair
Yazoo City.-The Yazoo City bust
ness men are getting busy for the big
get-together tour Of the country.
Twenty-eight cars have been pledged
for the five days tour. and each viii
be filled with representatives from the
different business firms.
Crystal Springs.-The protracted
at the Methodist church.
which has been in progress under the
Of Rev Mr. Mcintosh. is
drawing ususually large crowds. Many
aeeeSsiOus tn the church are hein0 |