Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-04-28
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gatheredfrom All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

| ttesDurg Cnapter OF the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy here, when the
younger ladies Of the chapter, dressed
In costumes of red and white, and the
veterans and older women OF the chap
ter, attended a service at 10 o'clock at
the Confederate monument In Court
house Square, and then adjourned to
the First Baptist church, where a spe-
cial memorial service was conducted
by the pastor, DR.. w. F. Marlborough.
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Macon.-The fishermen, Of which
Macon claims some thorough profess
SIGNALS, are very much disgruntled over
the continuous bad weather that stays
with us. The creek is so much out Of
bounds that they are shut off from
Towards lake, the old reliable fishing
reserve, and they are at loss to know
how to substitute anything else for
the fishing that usually occupies them
at this time of the year.
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Blue Mountain.-The yellow peril is
largely yellow journalism, in the opin-
lon Of DR.. Ernest N. Walne, for more
than rs years a Baptist missionary to
Japan, who is in America on a fur
Tough and who has just made a visit
to Mississippi DR.. Walne deplores
talk of war between this country and
Japan and declares that the japanese
have no sort Of desire for fight
with America.
Blue Mountain.-The Hagy dormi-
tory Of Mississippi Heights Academy
had a close call from destruction by
fire. Heroic, action however, on the
part OF the teachers and students of
the big training school for boys, as
we'll as by the people of the town,
saved the house and its contents.
though most Of the roof of portion
q the building had to be torn away to
save it.
Ackerman.-A call has been made
for a farm bureau rally day at Acker-
man, at which 1t is proposed to or.
ganize an association whereby the far
mers and others interested can pur-
chase on the cooperative plan feeds,
seeds, fertilizers, syrup cans, tools,
etc. in an effort to put to rout the
general high cost Of living, which has
been holding high carnival here.
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Ashland.-The Ashland Consolidated
School is under obligations to Mr.. G..
+. Ames, director of the Holly Springs
experiment station for 200 pounds of
fertilizer under the corn they are
planting on their school patch. The
school Is fortunate in having enough
land for experiment, and the boys and
girls are undertaking to use the land
to the best advantage.
Starkville.-Not having sufficient
funds for a recent bond issue to set
Gle for machinery purchased and also
TO make additional improvements, the
board Of aldermen at an adjourned
meeting passed an ordinance calling
for an election to vote on q second
bond issue for $4,000 tax for the pur-
pose of making needed repairs to the
city light plant.
Blue Observation-Disclosures are
Just beginning to be placed on the To-
cal market, the price being 30 cents
for q small container. Blue Mountain
usually produces considerable guam.
tity Of berries, but it is probable that
the recent severe frosts have cut down
the current crop materially in spite Of
the mild winter weather.
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Generalization county Chamber
Of Commerce recently had for its
guests for luncheon a party Of repre-
sentative business men from Kosclu-
sko, who came to Canton to get first
hand information as to the workings
Of the Chamber of Commerce and to
inspect the Madison county sweet po-
-tato curing plant.
| Newton.-As q result of injuries re-
ceived when he was run down by an
auto the four-year-old son Of George
Thrasher of Lawrence is dead. The
accident occurred near Lawrence and
the car was reported to have been
driven by travelling representative
Of the Simmons Hardware Company Of
st. Louis.
Hazlehurst.-The Boutwell, family
has secured hundreds of names to
counter petitions to the state pardon
ing board asking that body not to par
don ]. E. Robertson for killing James
Boutwell, and two sons, Lonnie and
Luther.
Vicksburg.-Will' Davidson, general
storekeeper Of the Illinois Central and
Y. & M. v. railroads, with headQuar-
ters in Chicago, left for Memphis,
where he will preside at conference
Of the systems storekeepers.
Meridian. The recently elected Of
ficers OF Meridian Council No. 2O6,
United Commercial Travellers, were in
stalled as follows: Thomas H. Ros-
seau, senior counsellor; r. w. Moore,
Junior counsellor; j. ]. Hayes, past
counsellor; L. II. Tighlman, conductor;
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