The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-06
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cises were conducted by Rev. Carroll
Warner at the Lynch school and by
Rev. z. J. Caswel1 at the George
school. In the afternoon the school
children and citizens Of the Town, with
arms full OF beautiful flowers and
wreathes, gathered at the confederate
monument on Russell Square Rev
Carroll Warner announced that the
crowd would go to the cemetery, where
tie services would continue. There
Rev Casweu offered a prayer as the
children scattered the flowers on all
the soldiers graves.
Walthau.-The case of the state
against Jack Norwood, Will Ratcliff
and Eugene Crick, charged with the
murder of hiIey Clay and his wife, was
called here for investigation before
Justices R l. Middleton, S. B. Hood
and Joseph Brooks. The state intro
duced the dying declarations of the
woman and some evidence to bring
these declarations within the purview
OF the law, and rested the case. The
defendants offered no evidence.
Blue MOuntain-Corn is selling on
the local markets in this section for 81
a bashel While many of the farmers
OF this county have plenty Of corn III
their own bins for the year, others will
have to replenish their supply for the
summer One farmer in Benton has
advertised that he viii sell corn FROM
his surplus for thirty days at one
dollar a bushel Mixed corn has been
selling during last week for rs cents
wholesale.
Jackson.-Relief work is well under
way at Braxton, Is miles south, where
a tornado resulted in the death of at
least 10 persons, injury Of more than
80 others, and extensive damage TO
property Physicians and nurses from
Jackson are aiding in caring for the
injured and efforts are being made to
clear away the debris of wrecked
buildings, where it was believed other
dead might be discovered.
GIoster-B. B. Hall of Youngstown,
Ohio, manager of the Holer-Hal Com
pany, has arrived and will begin work
at once getting 300 acres of land in
shape to plant pecan trees. This COM
pany expects to put in 1000 acres OF
pecans here within the next few years
The growers in this section report an
excellent prospect for a good yield this
year.
Guntown.-The Rev. ]. Howard
Brooks, former pastor of the Methodist
church at OkoIona, passed through
here en- route to Washington, ID. G.
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OkoIona to accept an appointment as
chaplain in the United States navy.
He will be stationed for a while at a
submarine base on the Atlantic.
Jackson.-F. J. Hubbard, state di-
rector of vocational education, has
within the past two days heard from
two more county superintendent who
promptly come across with money and
promises for the $4,000 fund necessary
for the beginning of the rehabilitation
of persons injured in industry and
otherwise.
Blue MOuntain.-Mrs. S. E. B. Nc
Neil for some years one of the lead
ing religious workers of this place,
whose home is now in New Albany, is
in a plaster cast, following a serious
automobile accident in which she was
struck by a car belonging to one of
the prominent business men of New
Albany.
Vicksburg.-At the annual meeting
of the Warren county medical society
held in the rooms of the Vicksburg
board of trade, DR.. Gus Street was
elected president: DR.. H. c. benson.
vice president; DR.. J. A. X. Birchett.
secretary-treasurer.
Starkville.-An important event in
Mississippi viii be the 18th annual
session of the Central Mississippi Pres
byterian Auxiliary, which will be held
In the Presbyterian church, Louis
vile.
Winona-The Winona public school
will be represented at the state high
school meet at the university of Mis-
sissippi, which will be held in the city
of Oxford.
Baldwyn.-Mrs Murray Smith, %, of
Baldwin, died in Houston, Miss. Her
husband and one child survive. She
was buried in Oak Hill cemetery.
acknowledgements Day was OBJ
served here, but owing to unfavOrable
weather conditions the attendance was
not as large as in former years.
Louisville.-Louisville has reached
a new height in civic pride. The town
is better prepared for sanitation than
ever. A sanitary board has been Gre
ated by the mayor and board of alder
men and a scavenger employed by t.
A. McCreary, city marshal.
McComb.-McComb high school will
enter the full quota of contestants in
practically every event of the state
high school meet to be held at the
university With but three represen-
tatives last year, McComb won Sec
ond place in this meet.
Hattiesburg- to take
the degrees from the 18th to the 5znd
reported for the second day OF the
Scottish Rite reunion in this city, more
than doubling the class which re-