The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-03-18
WAR ON NEIoHeoR's CATTLE.
Failure to Fight Tick Cause, Remove
County Fence.

have adopted an order which calls
for the removal of the county line
fence, covering the length of that
strip. Hereafter If a. COW crosses the
line from Yazoo county it win be
/ taken up and the owner will be liable
to a fine of S25. The place viii be
watched daily so as to impound the
stray cattle and collect the fines.
Blue Naturalization Hubert D.
Stephens, for ten consecutive years
| congressman from this district, who
declined to stand for reelection last
year, has returned from Washington.
where he completed his official ten
ure on March 4. During his long and
successful political career he never
suffered a single defeat and was never
even in serious danger of losing his
political position. His service in the
/ house of representatives of the nation
REFLECTED high credit upon both him
self and his district, and his return to
private life restores to this district
one of its most distinguished and
honorable citizens
BroOkhaven.-Henr Legett, county
agent, has held meetings lately with
men who are running orchards and
finding out that conditions necessary
for good fruit growing in Lincoln
county only need development The
Adams Buie and White orchards are
the oldest and therefore most sue
cessfuL There are four others c. V.
Rafu, Dane, who came to Lincoln
about Is years ago, made a remark
able success in raising and shipping
peaches, and this farm and orchard
is now the Buie farm, Rafu having
moved into Louisiana.
Hattiesburg.-J. p. Perkins, one of
the "old-timers" of this section, an
nounces the sale of about $50 acres
of property on the Dixie highway,
within three miles of Brooklyn and
adjacent to the property of the Agri-
cultural high school there, to j. E.
Golden, Jr., for $4,000. Mr.. Perkins
still owns large tracts of land in this
section, living there on a farm at
present. Mr.. Golden asserted that he
was buying the property with the in
tention of dividing it into several
small farms for colonization purposes.
Sturgiss.-The Dixie Yam Potato
Curing company has been dipping po-
tatoes for the purpose of preventing
diseases detrimental to the potato
The manager of the company made
a trip to Tennessee last year and
pushed three cars of these potatoes
and bedded out about three acres and
sold plants all over the country, bT
this year they are shipping potatoes
to other points. The farmers of thi.
vicinity are shipping seed that the!
stored in the potato curing house.
Blue Mountain.-Mrs. w. T. Low
reg, wife of President w. T. Lowrey
of Blue Mountain college, who has
been unable to discharge her officia
duties here for some weeks because
of i'll health, has sufficiently recov
cred to return to her work in the col
lege. Under her efficient direction
Blue Mountain college has developed
a splendid system of organization
which is characterized by practical
ideals Of individual independence and
loyal cooperation.
Brookhaven.-A meeting was held
at the city hall to voice a protest
against the increase in rates granted
the Cumberland Telephone company
by the railroad commission. Resolu-
tons were adopted indorsing the
stand taken by Commissioner G. NJ.
Morgan in his dissenting opinion and
a petition was prepared to be circu-
lated for signatures asking the attor-
ney. general to carry the fight to the
courts if necessary.
Canton.-By a vote of three to two
the board of supervisors of Madison
county restored the county agents of
flee, which was discontinued on Dec.
81 on account of financial Difficult
ties. The decision to employ another
agent came on the heels of straw
vote taken over the county during the
last three weeks, in which heavy
majority of farmers voted in favor OF
obtaining good agent.
Greenwood.-The board of super
visors, which has been in session at
the courthouse, adjourned after
two days session in which routine
business and other more important
aT1d1rS were lTduSdCled- OP IAAS
quest of w. E. Dean that the roads
in Beats One and Two be worked,
the board ordered that same be re
paired and improved.
Hattiesburg- than 1900 fish
caught in seven hours by hand lines,
by seven fishermen, in a pool 20 by
100 feet, was a story tod by five
EIks club members. They have more
than 1000 perch and Dream with
which to lend credence to their words.
They said the catch was made neal
Pascagoula.
New Albany. A. higgins, dairy
specialist from A. & NJ college, has
inst concluded a weeks work with
Mrs. H. B. Wiseman, county home
demonstration agent, giving demon
strations in dairy COW judging. Eight
demonstrations were held in the com
munities where dairy clubs exist.
Observation-Disclosures is well repre-
sented in Laurel, 35 delegates of the
local B. Y. P. U. having left to attend
the state B. Y. P. T. and Sunday
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