The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-03-19
Hazlehurst-Dr. F. ]. Underwood

supervising inspector Of the Mississip |
pi county health units, of which Co
piah has one doing active work, spent |
day here and expressed himself as
highly pleased with the work of the
unit here, under the head of DR.. Hen
rietta Frederickson. He urged the
people to cooperate with the health |
unit and to correct their children't
health when the defects were pointed
out by the unit forces. 1t costs the
parent nothing to find out what de
fects, II any, her child has in health
but they must pay for treatment from
their physician. as this is not done by
the health unit free to anyone.
Blue Mountain.-Dr. E. B. Hatcher,
pastor of Lowrey Memorial Baptist
church, has started drive here 70,
the collection Of the pledges made In
the recent Baptist $75.000,000 cam
paign. His congregation pledged $780,
900 for the period of five years. To
get the matter of redeeming these OBJ
legations vividly before the pledgers.
Dr. Hatcher has arranged to hor0 cot
tage prayer meetings in the different
homes of the town during the next two
or three weeks, and expects to collect
the large amount due by this church
| by the end of the campaign on April
Both.
Grenada-A mass meeting was held
here to discuss the recent raise In
rates by the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph company. Conservative
speech prevailed. Strong resolutions
were ADOPTED without a dissenting
voice protesting against the rate in.
crease which was characterized as "un.
| Justified and unwarranted and as be-
sion either through ignorance, or
want Of knowledge, or with minds
which were not open when the CON-
missioners undertook to hear the issue
in open court"
Lumberton.-The Edward Hines
Yellow Pine Trustees operating one of
the largest sawmills in the south. has
organized a safety first department
throughout its operations. A debate
was held between the mill and the
logging departments on the subject.
Resolved, That the Lumberton log
ging department is doing more to pro-
mote safety first than the mill depart
ment." The speaker for the logging
department was J. F. Hilton, skidder
foreman. The mill representative was
H. w. Greer, of the shipping depart
ment.
enatobia.-Chancery court for Tate
county was convened by Chancellor j
G. MCGOWAN. The docket is lighter
than usual. there being only one OF
two contested cases about the amount
of settlements in estates in guardian
matters. The divorce docket is much
shorter than in the palmy days OF 40
cent cotton. Prosperity as rule
brings marital discomfort among the
darkeys with a heavy divorce docket
while adversity seems to hold intact
the nuptial vows.
University of Mississippi.-At cne
year held by the University of Missfs-
sippi Teachers club, composed of stu
dents who have taught or who expect
to teach, the subject of most interest
was the matter of securing positions
for next session. The club was ad.
dressed by Roswell w. Rogers, pro-
fessor of education and member of the
| Co. N my end
tions and faculty adviser of the club.
|
Blue Mountain.-Arthur F. Outlaw,
civil engineer, of Kosciusko. Miss, has
just completed a survey of the Walker
1 Greek Drainage District canal, pro-
posed to be constructed six or eight
miles east Of Blue Mountain, in a
corner of Tippah and Union counties.
Outlaw is now at work on the maps
Of the region and will submit his data
to Chancellor A. J. Mcintyre at the
forthcoming session of the Tippah
chancery court.
Tupelo-R. F. Robertson has some
record behind him in his work as mar
shal and city tax collector for the past
year. Regardless of continuous hard
| times talk he has only enc small lot
to advertise as delinquent and this was
case of colored woman who had
come domestic trouble and wants the
lot advertised and sold, that she may
| recover.
Indianola-The courthouse in In
dianola caught fire from an unknown
origin. The fire was extinguished af-
ter it had done little damage. But for
quick work of dozens of men and a
splendid water pressure, the building
would have been doomed, and posi-,
bly, with it a part of the business sec.
tion Of Indianola.
Meridian-Meridian is going to join
other cities of Mississippi in a pro
test against the announced raise of
rates for telephone service by the
Cumberland company. The matter
will be brought to the attention Of the
city council by Mayor John w. Parker. |
Jackson.-Traffic was tied up on |
the main line of the Illinois Central |
railroad as a result of washouts on
the line in the vicinity OF Brookhaven
and McComb City.
Clarksdale-Miss Belle Kearney, d