Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
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: West Point.Afhe people Of West
Point held the. anhtai cohferedate me-
fpprial Relyjces, Theo mpFping exer-
cises were conducted by Rev. Carroll
Warner, at the Lynch school and by
Rev. E. ]. Caswell at the George
|. school: I'm the afternoon the school
children andreitizens Of the town, with
arms full pf. beautiful flowers and
wreat1fes, gathered at the confederate
smbnamsnb oh1Resseil sSquafe. Rev.
Carroll Warner announced that the
crowd would go to'thejcehetefy where
tAe> seExisees g9l.ss Xqpld lcopt1iiApe, There
Rev. Caswell offered a prayer as the
!, children scattered the flowers on all
THE soldiers graves.
Walthalls1 Thee cassS of the state
against Jaek Norwood, wfil RStciiff
and Eugene Crtck, charged with the
mqrdsIof Riley 'QaYsnd his wife, was
called here for investigation before
Justices r. l.. Middleton, 8. B. Hood
and Joseph Brooks. The state intro
duced the dying declarations of the
woman and some evidence to bring
these declarations within the purview
Of the law, and rested the case. The
defendants offered no evidence. o,.
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Blue Mountain.-Corn is selling on
f-the local markets in this section for 81
a bushel While many of the farmers
of this county have plenty of corn N
their own bins for the year, others will
have to reYenish their supply for the
summer. One farmer in Benton has
advertised that he will sell corn from
his surplus for thirty days at one
dollar a busheI. Mixed corn has been
selling during last week for rs cents
wholesale. t. .no,es 40, 10 ,,
Jackson.-Relief work is well under
way at Braxton, Is miles south, where
q tornado resulted in the, death Of at
least 10 persons, injury CT more than
80 others, and extensive damage,sto
i property Physicians and nurses from
Jackson are aiding in caring for the
injured and efforts are being made to
clear away the debris of wrecked
buildings, where it was believed other
dead might .bea discovered, FL
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+ GlosterAB. B. Hall of Youngstown
Ohio, manager of the Holer-Hall Com
pany, has arrived and will begin work
at once gettfA g'S0O acres ofslantt in
shape to plant pecan trees. This com
pany expects to put in 1000 acres OF
pecans here within the next few years
The growers in this section report an
excellent prospect for a good yield this
year. ss4 = > .el !,
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/ Guntown:-The' Rev. J. Howard
Brooks, former pastor of the Methodist
church at Okolona, passed through
here ens route ito ,Washingtons D. G.
Mr.. Brooks resigned his pastorate at
Okolona to accept an appointment as
sgrhapiaszs sifls.atzs u Iui1na@ -za1atessn snaxxI
He will be stationed for while at a
submarine base or T the AthPPtiff' +
l. isBf'oP Of HAaoEpi Ep'Dais s9aaoa lsas' hal al
within the past two days heard from
two more county superintendents who
promptly come across with money and
promises for the $4,000 fund necessary
Il for the beginning OF the Gehapilitatior
of persons injured in industry and
otherwise, . III, .a oio,aa, =.
Blue Mountain. .anMrsrS. e. B. Nc
Neil, for some years one of the lead
ing religious workers inf this place
whose home is now in New Albany, Is
in plaster cast, following a serious
auittomobiie accident in which She was
| struck by car belonging to one q
the prominent business men OF New
Albany.
Vicksburg the annual meeting
of the Warren county medical society
I'held ii" the fo6ifs OF the Vicksburt
board Of trade, DR.. Gus Street was
elected presidentt'i DIR. H...G., benson
vice president; DIR. ]. A. K. Birchett
seoretary-treasurer
Starkville. AN IMPORTANT event II
Mississippi will be the 18th annua
session of .thesCentraL Mississippi Pres
bytefisd ASilh1ry, @hh. win be'Ad.
in the Presbyterian church, Louis
sMs'npaH te.!4 Ivhpinin'i III
Winona.-The Winona public schoo
will be represented at the state higl
s{Ssse padlsEiss ahf sfivssiA hsa X III tI e5i
Of Oxford.
luinis, aSaftsti.ita!i bus ta4u
r Baldwyn.-Mrs. Murray Smith, rs, o
Baldwin. died in Houston, Miss. He
husband and one CHILD sprytye,l Sh'
was buried IN OAK Hill cefhetefs. ~
HtszaGasn1lia E1nonxa<i RaK o1
served here, but owing to unfavorabl
weather conditions the attendance wa