The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-01-08
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U1STATE NEWS
WARREN LEADS UN CRIME.
Records Show County Has Seventy
Pen Convicts.

trar OF the state penltentlary reVeai |
Interesting facts with regard to the |
crime centers of the state. In respect |
to the number Of criminals contributed |
to the penal institutions the last, al
phabetically speaking, is first, Warren |
county heading the list with 10 con-
victs, of whom IA are life-termers
Washington and Kinds run Warren a
close second, with Leflore and Lauder
dale not far behind.
Benton, Calhoun, Hancock, Pontotoc
and Rankin have clean sheets, Web.
ster and George have only one convict
each, Iissaausna, Itawamba, Jackson,
Lawrence. and Scott, three each; Tip,
pah, Franklin, Tishomingo, Smith and
| Walthall, four each, and Choctaw,
Clarke, Newton, Prentiss and Winston
five each.
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.Gorinth.- Miss Ollie Mae Spear was
married to Roy Brewer, of Oklahoma.
Marks.-At the regular meeting .'of
Marks Chapter No. 129 Royal Arch
Masons, officers we're elected for 1921.
Estes Mill.-Two negroes killed and
another wounded is the result of the
after Christmas incidents which oc-
Cured in this county.
Ripley-Miss Inez Powell, who is
teaching In the high school at Dumas,
and Jess Reaves- Of that community,
were united in marriage.
Ripley.-Miss HerJpie Finger, of this
place, and Mr.. S. w. Wardlaw; of Ok
ford, were united in marriage at the
home CT the brides parents here.
Blue Tippah Presbyteri-
ans are raising funds for the compile
tion of work on, a number of their
houses of worship by the sale of quilts
which are being contributed to the
cause by the ladies.
Merfdian.-The local Salvation Army.
distributed about 300 Christmas bas-
kefs to the poor of Meridian, according'
to report made by army officials.
The baskets yere silled with choice
4 Vicksburg.-There was standing
room only in the Masonic lodge room,
when the officers-elect for 1921 were
installed. It was the largest attend
ance in years, and after the installa-
tion some interesting speeches were
made.
Meridian.-Judge Moody Price ten.
dered his resignation as deputy clerk
of the United States court and the Of
flee of United States commissioner
here to accept an official position with
the Southern railway, with headquar-
ters at Atlanta.
Blue Mountain.-The Woman's Mis-
eionary union of Lowrey Memorial
Baptist church dispatched a consign-
ment of clothing to the Baptist foreign
mission board, Richmond. Va, to be
transmitted by Secretary J. L. Love to
the European areas of suffering.
Jackson.-The manual training de-
partment of the Jackson public schools
is minus an instructor. J. M. Martin,
who has held the position for the first
term of the year, having returned to his
home in Detroit. No reason for the
discontinuance of his services here has
been given out.
Greenwood.-E. NJ Page of Itta
Bena has been appointed by Governor
Russell as a member of the Yazoo
Mississippi levee board for Leflore
county as the successor to the late
| Vassar W. Dacus and will assume his
duties in that capacity at the next
regular meeting of the board.
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Hattiesburg.-Four boys under 15
years of age were placed in the For
rest county Jail charged with grand
larceny as a result of 10y ride in
an automobile belonging to ]. Fl. HUI
lett. 1t is alleged that the youngsters |
stole the big Buick car from the resi- |
dence of DR.. Hulett and took nigh /
Joy ride.
Eupora.-A great shock was given
to the passengers on the west bound /
Southern train from Birmingham,
when it was discovered that Mrs. L. !
H. Elliott, an elderly lady of Houston,
Miss, had succumbed to an attack of
heart failure Mrs. Elliott's death oc-
Cured between the stations of Math-
iston and Sapa, three miles east OF
this place.
Meridian.-C of Police Monette
went TO Bay Minette, Ala, accompa-
MED by Will Bostick, member OF the
firm of an automobile company here,
where they went to pass on the iden-
tification of a man who had been ar
rested at that place as suspect in
connection with the alleged forgery of
a check for $4,000 in payment for an
automobile purchased in Meridian.
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Hazlehurst.-Dr. w. L. Little, coun-
ty health officer, filed his quarterly
health report for the board OF super
yfsors here. 1t shows that the health
of the county is first class, there be-
ing fewer diseases as compared with
former years.
Jackson Mississippi division
Of the American Legion, backed by
the national organization. is making
every effort to prevent the coming
to this state of a large number OF
Mennonites from the vicinity Of Win |