The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-10-21
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

Hattiesburg.-The closing of the
Forrest county fair. one of the most
successful the county has ever had.
has caused the great revival Of talk
Of many business men and farmers Of
building a complete fair ground IN
this city for next year. Already they
are looking for sites. and they feel that
Hattiesburg is the logical place for
south Mississippi's big FAIR if not the
largest Of the state. With nearly
$4,000 in cash prizes awarded. and the
blue and red ribbons adjoining the ex-
hibits, which were adjudged worthy
OF first and second prizes, the far
crossed its successful showing. It was
estimated that more than 10000 per
sons passed through the doors during
the three days.
Columbus.-Gen. Hampden Osborne,
adjutant-general and chief Of STAFF
Army Of Tennessee Department. q. C.
V. is acting commander of the de-
paTtment and is in charge of the pre-
liminary arrangements for the annual
reunion ia Chattanooga Oct. Is, 26 and
o. He was placed IN command on
account Of the illness. of Lieut.-Gen.
Calvin B. Vance. DR.. Osborne was
born in Virginia.
Hazlehurst-E. L. McLemOre has
bought the J. E. Afford place, four
miles south of Hazlehurst, and will
Immediately convert it into a cattle
and dairy farm. doing extensive truck
farming in the spring. While the
price was not given out, all lands
adjacent to this city are selling from
$50 an acre upward It is the inten-
ton of Mr.. McLemOre to move his
family here and to start preparations
for his new farming interest at once.
Chalybeate-Rev g. s Jenkins, the
Baptist pastor here, has just sent out
a call to each Baptist church in Tip
pah county to elect delegates to as
sembIe in Ripley on the fifth Sunday
IN October for the purpose of organ
Izing the Tippah county Baptist asso-
citation to take the place Of the TiD-
pah Baptist association, which has
been in existence for more than half
a century.
Sardis.-Whne engaged at work on
a pile driver for the Larkin cOnstruc-
ton company near Harmon's crossing
south of town, Spencer Henderson ac-
cidentally caught hold of a live cleo
trio wire from which the insulation
had been rubbed and had his hand
badly burned besides receiving a Sc
we're shock He was carried to
Memphis hospital for treatment
Tupelo.-The Mills construction com
pany has just completed a narrow
gauge railway which will be used for
conveying materials for the construc-
ton OF the Bankhead highway A
high powered gasoline motor is used
to pull the cars. The railway extends
from the Frisco railroad beyond the
country club, west OF Tupelo. 1t is
understood that this system will save
much time in constructing the road.
Gloster.-The Gloster commercial
club has adopted the slogan Each one
get one for the dairy industry" Ev-
cry member pledged himself to talk
diversified farming to all the farmers.
The chamber is advocating three acres
OF cotton, two OF sweet potatoes, one
OF cUcumbers, one OF syrup and plenty
OF corn for home consumption, with
six to ten mich cows and chickens.
hogs and other farm animals.
Natchez.-The Gaillard sporting
club of Natchez. the oldest gun club
in the state of Mississippi, will OBJ
serve its forty-sixth anniversary with
the annual trophy shoot. At this time
the priced GailIard medal which has
been contested for since the formation
of the club, will be awarded for the
best score in a 50-bird event
Como.-Notwithstan the recent
rains did much damage to the wide
open unpicked cotton, reports indicate
that the gins are all overrun and that
yield OF cotton is somewhat better
than had been calculated on Much
hay is being saved, corn is plentiful,
peas and sorghum abundant, frequent
carloads of fat cattle are being ship
ped out, but hogs are scarce.
Starkville-Some IS churches were
represented at Morgan's chapel, a few
uAAlCS AAO III L4iS EOuuiN,
when the first meeting of the Oktib-
behah Baptist association convened
Encouraging reports were read and
DR.. J. D. Ray, pastor of the Starkville
Baptist church, was elected moderator.
H II. Skies was elected secretary and
J. A Glenn, treasurer
Iuka-Prof. Henry Williams cele-
brated his nlQetieth birthday by walk
ing to the high school and making a
very interesting and helpful address,
comparing the schools of So years ago
with the schools of today. The gram
mar grades presented him with a bou-
Quet Of flowers.
Jackson.-Informatio received here
from reliable source is to the effect
that Marian Riley of Meridian will he
the candidate of the anti-Varf Aman,
Bilbo-Russe1 faction for COVER lor in
the next gubernatorial race.
Blue Mountain. Howard Hall of
Union county has broken both bones
of his left arm by falling from a tree
in which he was climbing Though he |
Will be unable to use the arm for quite |