The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-11-26


pastor of the Methodist church of this |
place, is attending the annual confer |
ence which Is in session at Amory,
Miss.
Senatobia.-More orchards are being |
planted out by the farmers this year |
than usual.
Coffeeville.-Dr. o. G.. Coleman. |
county health officer for Yalobusha |
county. assisted by DR.. R. J. Criss, has
just given the Schick test to more
than 400 school children in and around
Coffeeville
Blue Mountain.-The fiftieth car OF
live stock for the current year has
just been shipped from this county by
w. R. Alvis & Son. leading live stock
concern Of Tippah county.
Jackson.-Bura Hilburn, state super.
visor Of negro education, has gone to
Asheville, N. c.. to attend the confer.
ence Of agents Of the Jeanes, Slater
and Rosenwald funds for the education
VI AC6IOcS al tu0 SOuIu.
Blue Mountain.-C. Lee Cox, one OF
the leading bankers of this county,
group vice president of the Mississippi
Bankers association in this section OF
the state, has gone to Memphis to
attend the convention Of the bankers
Of his group.
Marks.-The Panich Toggery was
burglarized here and several hundred
dollars worth of clothing stolen. En-.
trance was made by breaking the glass
from window in the rear OF the
building.
Biloxi.--W. E. Crask, aged rs, q
member OF the Jefferson Davis SOL
diers' Home, was painfully beaten and
bruised with a stick the other night
Meridian.-The home OF Section
Foreman Wadl6y of the Alabama &
Vicksburg road at Meehan was rob
bed the other night. Bloodhounds be
longing to the Jenkins brothers here
were secured and placed on the trail
and after chase of about five miles
to negro house, the occupant, Ora
| son Harris, was arrested.
Senatobia.-The board OF supervis
ors of the county was scheduled tc
meet in extra session Nov, 81 to ap
prove the land tax roll prepared by
/ the chancery clerk But that sfficer
has informed the board that it will,
be several days before the roll will be
completed.
Aberdeen.-Rev. j. z. Cunningham,
pastor of the First Methodist church
in this city, 10 attending the Nerth
Mississippi conference in session at
Amory.
Brookhaven. Prospective truck
growers are busy setting out cabbage
plants and planting carrot seed, over
165 acres being devoted to these crops.
Meridian.-Cnairman John E. May
of the local Red Cross roll CALL said
that the drive in Meridian is making
good progress and that the full allot.
ment will likely be raised by Thanks
giving Day, the time set for the close
Of the campaign.
! Batesville.-Mrs. L. K. Pitcock was
burned to death at her home here
while attempting to start fire in the
CRATE with mixture of gasoline and
oil. ;.
Gulfport-Dr. Theodore Whitfield.
who has been pastor of the Baptist
church at McComb for more than II
years, has arrived here and taken
charge of the First Baptist church in
this city.
Blue Mountain.-Curtis Ringold, son
of D. o. Ringold, Shaw, Miss, stu
dent of Mississippi Heights. academy,
this place, during a practice football
game here, broke one of his arms.
Gulfport.-Vassar Anderson, owner
of the Anderson theater, now being
constructed, and one of the city's most |
popular men and members of the c. |
of c., is going to put novel adyertis-
ing idea into effect when his show Is |
completed on the order of boosting |
the trade in your own home town
West Point.-Gen. w. C. White, an
ex- Confederate soldier and a member |
of Forrest cavalry, was appointed as
chairman of the Red Cross committee
for Clay county. He reports that he I
has been successful the past week in
raising West Points and Clay coun.
tvs quota In full.
Derma-The body of James B.
Bailey now rests in the family burial
ground. He died in France Of pneu.
monia during the late war.
vicksburg-The river has risen more
than six feet in the past "a hours.
Natchez.-A new type freight en-
yine, one of the largest in the coun-
Try, will be exhibited by the Illinois
Central at cotton carnival here.
Jacksonville case of Nancy F.
lelly, convicted of murder in Greene
county for the killing of Sheriff Green
md Lawrence Dunhan in raid on a
whisky still last spring, has been defi-
,;taIy oaf I,y tho cuprou,a oo,,rt |