The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-02-05

WOO receHlly, tne nlgH rate VI lana
tion was discussed in all its phases.
The discussion was general and result
ed in a committee of five, consisting
of w. NJ. Wilmington, $. l.. Gwin, j.
L. Gillespie, Rowan Thayer and f.
Herr, being appointed TO go into the
matter as fully as possible and report
at the next meeting. The committee
was authorized to add to its numbers
such other taxpayers from other por-
tions of the county as it might deem
advisable.
Crystal Springs.-A farmer in town
recently reported the loss of lot OF
fine hogs in a peculiar manner. A few
days ago his wife asked him to bring
her some rat poison, which he did. |
The poison was put out in the kitchen /
in some bread crumbs, which later |
were thoughtlessly thrown into the I
swill barrel that was given the hogs. /
Soon afterward the hogs were found /
dead in their pen and the housewife
remembered brushing the bread
crumbs charged with the poison into
the slop barrel.
Moorhead.- Hon. A. L. Marshall OF
Ruleyile, who is chairman of the cot
ton acreage reduction for Sunflower
county, met with a representative
number of large planters at the agri-
| cultural high school building recently.
1t was decided to- call meeting or
all the farmers of Sunflower county
| this month at the courthouse in In
| dianola This meeting is not only
planned to take action on the reduc-
| tion of the cotton acreage, but for
| the greater production of feed crops.
Blue Mountain-The Ashland branch
of the Bank of Blue Mountain has just
been ordered by the board OF super
visors of Benton, in special session. to
turn over to the Bank of Hickory Flat,
S55 900 in Benton county highway
bonds. and to the Bank of Michigan
City, $4,000 in the same securities,
these two institutions of the county
having been named as county deposit
tories along with the Ashland branch
of the Bank of Blue Mountain, at the
January meeting of the board.
Ellisville,-The Mississippi Bankers
association has chosen w. l.. Pryor.
manager of the loan department of the
First National Bank of Laurel, as
chairman of the cotton acreage reduc-
ton organization for Jones county.
John c. Austin of Ellisville and H. H.
Mitchell of Sandersyille, with Mr..
| tho hanlxprC Of
the county in an effort to get Jones
county lined up for safe and sane
farming.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. county ap-
pears to be in better condition gen.
orally than it was a year ago. The
citizens of the county have adapted
themselves we'll to circumstances, and
while they lost on cotton they quickly
turned to dairying, making hay, sell,
ing cross ties and poultry. Money is
still scarce and of course there are
!, few individuals who are in worse
shape this year than they were last
but conditions on the whole have I'M
proved.
atesville.-Deputy SheriffH ]. G..
Wilson, in company with JailesA sARoten-
berry, Marshal Callicoatt andy Night
Watchman Scales, raided two stills
two miles above Porter's Ferry, and
found II barrels of mash, each barrel
containing so gallons, which they de-
stroyed The cane was so dense that
the three men operating the stills es-
caped. but they are known to the Off
GERS and arrests will follow.
|
Shannon.-That the Lee County
Farm Bureau means business is evi-
denced by the fact that the organiza-
ton is planning a cooperative sale OF
cotton soon The plan is to pool cot
ton. place same in warehouses, have q
government licensed cotton grader
grade the cotton and assist in placing
it on the market. BY this means they
hope to secure better price than they
would if same was sold in small lots.
/
Corinth-The power of the compul-
sorry school law of the state is to be
| invoked in forcing parent OF the
| southern end of the county to prop
erly treat his children, two of whom
he has driven from home by beating
them numerically They were not
being sent TO school and neighbors
took the matter under consideration
and brought it to the attention of the
county attorney here.
| Senatobia-Friends of ex-Mayor S.
d. Wooten of Coldwater are up in
arms against Gov. Lee NJ. Russell for
his refusal to appoint Mr.. Wooten q
notary public for the county. Mr..
Wooten's application was numerously
signed by the people of Coldwater ana
| of the county The governor, how
ever. ignored this and refused to APP
point Mr.. Wooten.
Canton.-Arrangem have been
completed for the big diversification
meeting when George r. James and
Prof. E. R. Lloyd of Memphis, will
speak. The meeting will be held in
the courthouse and is being widely
advertised. Farmers are being es-
pecially urged to attend.
Coffeeville.-A good representation
of the members from Gray Rock Camp
NJ ace N W met and inst a He'd