The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-07
M ISSISSIPPI
III STATE NEWS
WARREN LEADS IN CRIME.
Records Show County Has Seventy
Pen Convicts.

crime CenIeFS or the state In FeSpecL
to the number of criminals contributed
TO the penal institutions the last, al
phabetically speaking, IS first, Warren
county heading the list with 20 con-
victs, OF whom II are life-termers.
Washington and Kinds run Warren a
close second, with Leflore and Lauder
dale not far behind.
Benton. Calhoun. Hancock. Pontotoc
and Rankin have clean sheets, Web
ster and George have only one convict
each, Hssaquena, Itawamba, Jackson,
Lawrence and Scott, three each; Tip
pah, Franklin. Tishomingo. Smith and
WalthaH. four each. and Choctaw.
Clarke, Newton, Prentiss and Winston
five each.
Corinth--Miss Ollie Mae Spear was
married to Roy Brewer, of Oklahoma
Marks-At the regular meeting Of
Marks Chapter No. 129 Royal Arch
Masons, officers were elected for 1921.
Estes MiIl-Two negroes killed and
another wounded is the result of the
after Christmas incidents which &C.
Cured in this county.
Ripley.-Miss Inez Powell. who is
teaching in the high school at Dumas,
and Jess Reaves, of that community,
were united in marriage.
Ripley-Miss Hermie Finger of this
place, and Mr. s. w. Wardlaw, of OK
ford. were united in marriage at the
home of the brides parents here.
Blue Mountain Presbyteri-
ans are raising funds for the compile
ton of work on a number of their
houses of worship by the sale Of quilts
which are being contributed to the
cause by the ladies'.
Meridian.-The local Salvation Army
distributed about 300 Christmas bas-
kets to the poor of Meridian, according
to a report made by army officials
The baskets were filled with choice
food.
icksburg.-There was standing
room only in the Masonic lodge room,
when the officers-elect for 1921 were
installed. 1t was the largest attend
ance in years, and after the instalIa-
tion some interesting speeches we're
made.
Meridian-Judge Moody Price ten
dered his resignation as deputy clerk
of the United States court and the Of
flee of United States commissioner
here to accept an official position with |
the Southern railway, with headquar-
tiers at Atlanta. a sss
Blue Mountain.-Th Womans Mis- |
sionary union OF Lowrey Memorial |
Baptist church dispatched a consign- |
ment of clothing TO the Baptist foreign |
board, Richmond, Va. to be /
transmitted by Secretary ]. L. Love to |
the European areas of suffering.
Jacksonville manual training de-
partment of the Jackson public schools
is minus an instructor. ]. NJ. Martin,
who has held the position for the first
term of the year. having returned to his
home in Detroit. No reason for the
discontinuance of his services here has
been given out.
Greenwood-E NJ. Page of Itta
Bena has been appointed by Governor
Russell as a member of the Yazoo
levee board for Leflore
as the successor to the late
Vassar w. Dacus and will assume his
duties in that capacity at the next
regular meeting of the board.
Hattiesburg- boys under Is
years of age were placed in the For
rest county Jail charged with grand
larceny as a result Of a 10y ride in
In automobile belonging to ]. H. HUI
EFT. 1t is alleged that the youngsters
stole the big Bu.ck car from the resi-
lence of DR.. Hulett and took nigh
10y ride.
Eupora.-A great shock was given
70 the passengers on the west bound
Southern train from Birmingham,
when it was discovered that Mrs. l.
4 Elliott, an elderly lady of Houston,
Mss. had succunibed to an attack of
leart failure. Mrs. ElIiott's death oc-
cured between the stations Of Math-
ston and Sapa; three miles east of +,
his place.
Meridian Chief of Police Monette :
vent TO Bay Amnette, Ara. aecompa-
lied by VIII Bostick. member of the
irm of an automobile company here,
where they went to pass on the iden-
ification OK a man who had been ar {
ested at that place as a suspect in
with the alleged forgery of {
check for $4,000 in payment for an I
utomobile purchased in Meridian (
Hazlehu -st.-Dr. W. L. Little, coun-
' health officer, filed his quarterly c
ealth report, for the board of super t
isors hers. 1t shows that the health I
# the Comfy is T rst class, there be-
ng fewer diseases as compared with
ormer years. II
Jacksonville Mississippi division
( the American Legion, backed by {
he national organization, is making l
very effort to prevent the coming :
D this state Of a large nnnDer of
Iennoaites from the vicinity of Win {
ipeg, Canada
Hernando.-The Horn Lake consoli-
ared high school building, located at 2
Torn Lake. burned to the ground. The {
chool had adjourned Tor the holidays. ]