The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-12-31
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made up. This has been due to the
fact that the state tax board has had
the rolls for final approval, and have
Just gotten the books back for the
sheriff's clerical force TO make out the
tax lists and receipts.
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Considerable interest Is being mapi-
tested in the trucking Industry in the
Newton locality and already about 100
acres in cabbage have been subscribed
in that vicinity for the ensuing season,
and it is likely that a larger acreage
than that will be planted. Growers OF
truck IN this community have i'll the
past been successful, but for the past
few years, there has not been much
grown, due partly to high freight rates.
A. D. Simmons, contractor, is now
at work building steel and concrete
bridges on the Burlington highway,
which begins at the Monroe county
line and runs through West Point the
entire district to Lowndes county.
When this work shall have been COM
pleetd this will be one of the most
complete highways in the state.
The Copiah county Jail is being fast
cleared of prisoners, according to Jail
er Dan T. Lowe, who has made every
preparation for sending away all sem
fenced prisoners, most of them having
been sent away already, or have been
released on bail pending appeals to the
supreme court.
The First National Bank of Meridian
has presented each of its employees
with one months salary as cash bo-
nus for Christmas present The gifts
were distributed following brief talks
by officers TO the bank, each paying
tribute to the employees for their faith
ful service during the past year.
/ The board of supervisors of Halle
| hurst have posted notices that they
/ will consider bids on January 2 for the
county's requirements Of lumber for
| the coming year. 1t is estimated that
hundreds of thousands Of feet of lum-
ber will be used next year, as many
| bridges have been proposed.
+ Hon. Suggs S. Mathews, the local
postmaster, has the largest turkey that
ever came to Hazlehurst, according tc
the oldest resident here. The bird
weighs 4S pounds, and is the mate .te
the one that was shipped to Presidsnt
Harding by Crystal Springs man
some four weeks ago.
| Rev. T. w. Green. for several years
pastor Of the First Baptist church aat
Greenville, has tsndered his resigna,
ton to be effective January l. Rev:
Green has accepted an important place
with the Mississippi State Baptist AS
ISOLATION as district field representa-
tive. @4sss
W. D. Parker, the road supervisor. is
having the graveled road between
Moorhead and the Leflore county line
repaired, putting on new gravel and
filling up all the holes and bad places,
much to the qualification Of the people
who have occasion to travel this road.
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w. Boring, mere boy, who Is In
the mercantile business at Houston,
several years ago began to encourage
the farmers to diversity, promisins
them that he would give them a mar
ket for. anything they raised, and since
that time has lived up to his promise.
Blue Mountain Citizen-Teachers'. as
sociation, Mrs. Mamie NJ. Bryson, pres
idenf, is psocuring funds for the in
stafation sof .weterworks ii the local
nigh school by holding progressive par
ties where each OF the guests Is asked
to.contFlbuts 25 cents to the fund.
Sheriff Kornegay at West Point re-
ports that the people there are paying
their taxes more slowly than usual, at
tributable to the fact that no penalty
will be put on them until after Feb
ruary.
The Sunday School OF the First
Methodist church at Corinth present
ed beautiful Christmas pageant the
day before Christmas, which portrayed
Incidents of the nativity.
Between eight and nine hundred
moor children of Meridian were given
Christmas baskets of useful articles
by the Elks and K. of P. lodges on
Christmas eve.
Miss Annie Kate Blue, Whitworth
and Cincinnati Conservatory graduate,
has estabHshSA a studio At Brook
haven.
Three stills Of large capacity, 1,500
gallons of mash and two men was the
result of raid by officers near Hous-
ton.
Jackson chamber of commerce is
considering changing name and adopt
ing new charter and bylaws.
Discovery Of the destructive cam
phor scale along the Mississippi coast
at two cities was made by the plant
board inspectors, who are making ev-
cry effort to keep this plant disease
from this section Of the state.
The condition of Lieut. Governor
Casteel is giving his physicians great !
deal OF alarm. 1t is announcedshis con- |
dition IS growing worse in place Of
better. S