The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-09-30
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from ALI Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

New Albany.-The New Albany high
school has just received four cars OF
thing to be used in draining property
tne playground at the New Albany
high school, which is to be graded al
once to be put into shape so that all
the football and baseball games can
be played this year on this ground
With the material on hand they are
confidently expecting to bring tho
championship TO New Albany high
school for both the football and base
ball games. When completed this will
be one Of the best athletic fields in
north Mississippi, and, being centrally
located in Union county, will be most
excellent meeting place for all of the
schools of the county to have their
field day exercises.
Clarksdale.-Editor Joe A. Richard
son of the Sunflower Tocsin of Indi-
anola was in Clarksdale en- route to
Montreal. Canada, where he will spend
few weeks as the guest of Col Geo
III. Hamm, who is known as the Mark
Twain OF Canada" and who is an OF.
fetal OF the Canadian Pacific railroad
The editor and the railroad official
will hunt and fish in Canada until a
few days before Oct. s, when Mr.. Rich
radson will go to Vancouver, B. c..
from which point he will sail on Oct
s for Honolulu, Hawaii, to attend the
World Press congress. After the con
ventiOn OF the newspaper men Editor
Richardson win tour the Hawaiian
Islands.
Hazlehurst-Two carloads of cattle
were shipped from Hazlehurst by farm
ers and dealers. One car was loaded
by farmers and sold on the co-Opera-
tive plan, no profits TO go to any oAe
Prices were from 4 cents to cents
per pound on foot This is practically
a losing proposition. say the farmers.
but is better than feeding the stock ali
winter, than to take the same price
next spring. One hundred head com
prised the shipments in the cars just
received. They went to New Orleans,
some few being mich cows, bringing
slightly better prices than beef stock
shipped.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. r. A. Kim
brough. OF this place. field secretary OF
the Baptist state mission board of Mis-
sissippi, announces that the Is coun-
ties at this end OF the state composing
his district will hold a convention in
New Albany. The object of this gath
ering is to get together representatives
of every church OF this faith in these
Is counties for the purpose Of rounding
up the Baptist $4,000 900 campaign in
these congregations and to induce rs
many Baptists as possible to adopt sys-
fematic tithing in this territory.
Horn Lake-The community fair
at Horn Lake was decided success.
1t was strictly an agricultural fair and
practically every farm in the commu-
nifty furnished some creditabIe exhibit
OF stock, crops or produce. The great
variety and the surprising excellence
of the field and garden crops thorough
ly demonstrated that diYersification is
going rapidly forward in this commu-
nifty. Around the exhibit tables farm
ers discussed and argued about vari-
cites of corn, sorghum, soy beans, hay
crops and forage crops. Not much
was heard about cotton. The deprada.
tions of the boil weevil in this vicinity
have made il a sore subject with many
of the farmers.
Agricultural College.-All persons
Interested in sweet potato growing and
curing are urged by the Mississippi
state plant board to attend meeting
of sweet potato growers and storage
house owners to be held at Jackson,
Miss, on Oct. 5, at 8 am, in the Cham |
Der of Commerce offices. P. G. Garner, |
state commissioner OF agriculture, will |
preside. The purpose OF the meeting is |
10 assist the growers and storage |
house owners in preventing the cnor,
TnOus loss caused every year to stored |
potatoes by the various potato dis |
eases. as black rot, stem rot, and stor !
age rots.
Blue Mountain.-J. J. Hudspeth ar |
nounces that warrants for the Confed-
crate pensions of the third quarter are |
ready for the Benton pensioners. After |
the state legislature incorporates the |
recent constitutional amendment all |
soldiers and sailors of the Civil war
and their widows will be eligible to APP |
ply for pensions without any regard /
TO the amount of property they own.
Biloxi.-William Jennings Bryan has :
stated that he will be unable to come
to the Mississippi coast at this time
20 deliver an address at the Jefferson
Davis soldiers home at Beauvoir. near
Biloxi. but viii come at a later date.
Meridian.-State Inspector Lyon of
the Mississippi board of health depart
men4. has just concluded an inspection
in this city, In company with Dr. r. ].
Wilson. county health officer, CON
demning a number OF places which it
was alleged were conducted in viola
tion OF the state health regulations.
Coiumbus.-Dr. W. A. Evans. OF Chi
eago. the noted authority and the edi-
tor OF the health department OF num-
Der of newspapers. is enjoying a camp
ing trip In Lowndes county, north CT
Columbus.
Aeridian--A negro giving his name
as John Lee h In jail here. having
been arrested by Deputy Sheriff J. II.
Wells on a charge OF horse stealing
and carrying pistol Suspicion was
directed to the negro when he attempt