Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-14
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gatheredfrom All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form
Notes From state Capitol.


Jackson.--Opinion has been render
Cd by Assistant Attorney General Lott
terhos to Superintendent of Educa-
tion w. #. Bond to the effect that the
law makes no provision for aking
care of the duties OF county super
intendent OF education in the event
OF temporary disability on the part Of
the incumbent of the office.
The. extension OF the scope OF the
work done by the geological survey
has necessitated. additional office
force and with. the new year the po-
sition of assistant geologist was as
sumed by P. F. Morse, a geologist by
talent, training and heredity, son of
w. c.. Morse. Who holds. the chair Of
geology at the A & M. College, ,3,.
The railroad commission completed
its work and adjourned. In the mat
ter OF rates on coal mined in Mis-
sissippi the commission ordered all
roads to put In the rates recommend
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for Louisiana and Texas, and
in Texas. This is a considerable re-
duction in rates heretofore charged
and is of special interest to North
east Mississippi, where good quail
ity Of coal is being mined.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
p. p. Garner was in, communication
with the Mississippi congressman
from his district, E. S. Gambler, who
is also a member of the. congression-
al committee Of agriculture, with re-
gard to the bill now before the com.
mittee asking an emergency appro-
priations OF $150.000 for. control of the
Mexican bean beetle, that has sap.
peared in Alabama and sfnenaces this
state. AS soon as the bill has passed
the committee the congressman and
senators of the state as whole will
be asked for support Of the Measure.
At well-attended meeting OF ths
Young Women's Business Club of this
city ,dn the, assembly hall of the Car.
negie Library significant action was
taken in the resolutions unanimously
adopted recommending to the mayor
and city commissioners the appoint.
ment of policewoman to be station.
ed preferably at the union depot.
DR.. w. c. Stingily stated that he
had to decline to receive for the Pas
teur treatment 10 patients. This ac
tion was necessitated by the notice
received from the United States gov
eminent that 1t can no longer furnish
the virus for the treatment.
The report Of the registrar Of the
state penitentiary board, slightly de-
layed for lack of complete record
from the various farms. shows that
there have been added to the 1,1SS
convicts on hand last month 56 newly
convicted criminals, l3 of whom are
white and three recaptured prison
ers. Twenty-six have been discharg
ed, II pardoned, six have escaped
one has gone out on suspended sen
tence and one on meritorious dis
charge, leaving 1,201 now in the peni
tentiary. OF the sc received eigh,
are life termers and one Is in for l5
years. Other terms are rather shortel
than usual
According to announcement made b,
W.F. Bond, state superintendent OF ed
ucation, district meetings for count,
superintendents of education have beei
arranged as follows; Meridian, Jan
A. afternoon and night. and Jan. IS
morning Hattiesburg forenoon. after
noon and night Of 10th; Brookhaven
forenoon, afternoon and night OF tn,
eeth; Nsis Albany, forenoon. afternour
and night Of the oath; Clarksdale, al
ternoon and night Of the 25th. ant
morning of the Goth; Grenada, rora
noon, afternoon and night of the 9th
Jackson, forenoon. afternoon and nigh
OF Feb. 2. asAtf 4