The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-02-25
PROPOSE NEW LAWS.
City Attorney VIII Make Report to
Mayor and Board of Aldermen.

| attorney has been busily engaged IN
the work since that time. He has re
] vised the ordinances emitting such
ordinances as were obsolete and only
retaining those that are effective, and
ii is the purpose OF the mayor and
board of aldermen when this code of
laws is handed them tc instruct the
officers to enforce each ordinance TO
the letter This viii mean strict Sun
day closing. no grass on the streets.
strict sanitation. no cows on the
streets and no unmuzzled dogs
Hazlehurst.-W L. Catchings, a
lifelong resident of this county. who
owned large plantation six miles
east OF Hazlehurst, has sold his estate
to j. F. Riley of New Hebron, who
will move on the farm at once. The
farm contains $40 acres and sold for
more than $50 per acre, a good price
for land at this particular time How
ever, the lands OF this section have
been hard to buy. and the buyer of
this lace is lucky TO obtain such a
large, fertile tract at this season of
the year.
Blue Mountain.-Rev. Charles L.
Power, superintendent of missions of
the East Mississippi Presbytery. has
made an official visit to a number OF
congregations of this faith in this
county He was highly pleased with
the progressive spirit evinced among
TiDpah Presbyterians. was impressed
with some of the new houses of wor-
ship being constructed in the county
and stimulated the Presbyterian lead
ers TO greater activity for the work of
the denomination for the coming year.
Meridian.-A special officer of the
police department is en- route to Me
ridian from Florence. Ala. having in
custody two white men-John Sample
and Frank Harvester-arrested in that
city by order of the chief Of police
here as suspects in the robbery Of the
Marks Rothenberg company stores and
the Winner, Klein & company ware
house in this city, when a large guam
tity of merchandise is alleged TO have
been hauled away.
Senatobia.-AIiss Eva Caldwell. the
the farmers wives of the county are
sure to have a car of broiIers to ship
in the month of May this year. The
agent has been assured by poultry
dealers that if she can get to them
a car of broiIers by this time, it will
command top prices. averaging 75
cents for each broiler.
done civic work here that adds to the
town materially. Trees have been
planted on the school grounds, also
slides and see-saws have |
been provided by this club for the /
school. The last meeting was most |
consisting of musical nuni-
bers, transaction of business and re-
freshments
Hattiesburg.-T a large amount |
will be spent in extending facilities
in this vicinity and that the company
Will undertake the canning of cane
syrup this year was the announcement
made by J. J. Mcclure, manager of
he American Pickle and Canning
company, who reached this city for a
here.
Northumberland Byrd has been
declared winner of the contest in the
lass Grafton for senior class orator
1t the graduation exercises of the
Meridian high school, The subject
.hosen by the young orator and the
me that won him the honor was Sar-
,ent S. Prentiss' speech in congress
N "Mississippfs Contested Election
/. Natchez.-Under direction of j. L.
nationally known pied pi-
er," the campaign to exterminate rats
n Natchez is progressing rapidly and
large number of rodents have been
estroyed. The movement is backed
y the Natchez chamber of commerce
nd county and city health officers.
Hazlehurst.-A. J. Ainsworth is
uilding a new wholesale storehouse
n East Railroad avenue, as his pres
MT location is now the property OF
he Hazlehurst Truckers association.
lie has contracted to build it of a
trictly fireproof material and it will
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uilt here in some time.
Natchez.-It is announced by the
anks of Natchez that they approve
lie plan of reducing cotton acreage
by the American Cotton
and will make no advances
Mess pledges are given not to plant
ore than one-third of the total cul-
waited acreage in cotton
Blue Mountain.-The leading local {
mber dealer has cut the price of
lmber from So a hundred to 50 d
lndred feet.
Aberdeen.-Sheriff J. B. Lewis,
las Noah, deputy, and T. NJ. Nc
uffie, city marshal, arrested Roy
augh, a white man who, it was .
larged, had three gallons of whisky, !
hich he was bringing to Aberdeen. ;
e was fined $500 for having whisky .
his possession, $50 for carrying a :
stol and his automobile confiscated. :
Ellisville.-J. w. Watson, Jones :
unty assessor, has reported to the
ard of supervisors the appointment