Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-04-14
RECEIVE ROAD PLANS.
Supervisors Investigate Specifications
for Jackson.ciinton Highway.

the JacKS0n-Cllnt0n highway. only
permanent types of road were Consid-
cred in the plans and it is understood
that the board will accept one that Will
insure federal aid in the building. The
highway department has been author
lied to advertise for bids May 10,
which will be considered by the board
of supervisors at their June meeting.
The board realms the privilege OF re-
jecting any or all bids.
Contracts for paving West Capitol
street from Magnolia to the county
line was let by the city commission to
John GerkiDs of Pascagoula and Pen
sacola, at $2.69 per square yard.
Aberdeen.-Judge Edwin Holmes
has been kept busy recently trying
moonshineTs' and bootleggers.
Natchez-Mrs. Charles Chamber
lain, wife of a prominent physician of
Natchez, has been named as member
of the board of trustees of the Natchez
public schools.
Sardis. -Mayor-elect H. ]. King has
rendered to the board of aldermen his
resignation as alderman-at-large and
an election was ordered to be held to
fill the vacancy.
Water Valley-The First Methodist
church is preparing to entertain the
great body Of men who will be present
at the coming educational meet at the
First Methodist church.
Durant-A son of George Guess,
who lives across the river from Du.
rant, was bitten by rabid dog and is
being given the Pasteur treatment by
DR.. R. F. Howard of this place.
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Blue Mountain.-The Gulf, Mobile &
Northern station force here has been
cut down one-third, but there has been
no reduction in the wages of the EN-.
ployes of the company on this division.
Columbus.-Miss Emma Ody Pohl,
director of physical education at the
Mississippi State College for Women,
left for the University of Virginia
where she goes to direct big cen
tennial pageant.
Meridian.-sE. C. Breaux, arrested
several days ago on an affidavit sworn
out by his wife, charging him with the
theft of 500 Liberty Loan bond, was
acquitted at his preliminary trial be-
fore Justice w. D. Roberts. The wife
was not permitted to testify ae inst
him
Belmont.-A number of Belmont's
most enterprising citizens met in the
office of the Belmont Hardware and
Furniture company and organized the
Booster Club" with w. w. Shook OF
the Belmont Mercantile company as
chairman, E. c. Wright of the Bel
mont Hardware company as secretary.
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Natchez.-The traffic department Of
the Natchez Chamber of Commerce
has been divorced from the organ'za-
ton and formed into a separate bu-
reau Under the direction of Thornton
A. Green, the president. the chamber
of commerce is being reorganized and
an active campaign for MEMBER has
been started.
Scooba.-County Agent Lant aster
and P. E. Spinks. live stock club spe-
cialist, have been in Kemper county
visiting the club boys. They are max.
ing two or three communities zach
day, meeting the clubs and urging the
boys to get started right. They 81 oke
to the boys club in Scooba, the larg est
club in the state.
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Greenwood.-The officers of the 10
tary club of Greenwood for the enDu.
ing year were elected at the regular
meeting here. They are as follows:
In. v. Pollard, president; DR.. w. B.
Dickins, vice-president; John Ashcrs tt,
secretary; A. Weller, treasurer; G. A.
Wilson, Jr., Robert Herman and w. NJ.
Hammer, directors.
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| AUCAuCCAI- w 0AtOI AOO ANy "hFS
given a verdict of $1,000 by feder Il
Jury against Sheriff Imam OF. Lee
county and his surety company. Ivy
was arrested and placed in Lee county
Jail. Sheriff Imam thought he an.
swered the description Of another
man wanted by the authorities. Ivy
brought suit for $4,000.
Jackson Statements sent out from
here that the pardoning board had
decided the case of Jess Watts and
that several members of the board ex-
pressed themselves in favor of letting
Watts hang, we're Indignantly denied
by all of the members OF the board.
There are in fact only four members
sitting, one vacancy being yet un.
filled.
Macon.-On returning home from
Brooksville D. D. Patty, trying to
avoid a defective culvert on the Co
lumbus road five miles north Of Ma
con. ran his car into the ditch, where
lii turned over, and spilled all Of the
occupants. Mr.. Patty, his wife, John
patty and Ace Lever were in the car.