The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-03-25
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meeting TO the erect I1aL the united
States is asked not to make peace
with Germany until Grover c. Berg
doll is returned to this country to
! serve the remainder of his sentence
and also asking for the release of
Sergts. Neat and thinner, who are
| now in a German prison for their at
| tempted arrest of Bergd0ll in Ger
many.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cashier C. T.
! Johnson, in charge of the Delta Bank
& Trust company here, called the spe-
cial attention of depositors to the fact
that under the rules of the state guar
antee act, the bank would pay dollar
for dollar to all depositors. This spe-
cial notice was the result of a rumor
which was current here today that
many of the old depositors of the bank
were attempting to sell their accounts
with the bank at a discount.
Water Valley.-The Yalobusha link
OF the great trunk line highway from
Memphis to Grenada. which was
awarded Messrs. Hicks & Jackson by
the board of supervisors of Yalo-
will soon be in course of construc-
ton. The large road building outfit
of W. A. Hicks of Pontotoc, Miss,
passed through this city this morn
ing on the way to Oakland, where
the work will begin at once.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS S. F. Windham.
Marshal w. c. Weems and Bailiff Jim
Smith went to the home of Frank
Presley. who resides about two miles
from Boonville, on the Carolina road,
and found a 40gallon capacity copper
still. This, however, was not set up in
operation, but on a search of the prem
ises a small am9unt of whisky was
found. About 100 gallons of mash was
found in the smoke-house.
Hattiesburg.-Fo some argu-
ment over the verbiage of the only bid
received, We'll, Roth and Marx & Co,
from Cincinnati and Birmingham,
bought the $365,OOO bond issue for
building school buildings and a new
city hall, paying par and accrued in
terest, and standing all expense in
connection with the issuance of the
bonds. These bonds VIII bear 6 per
cent interest.
Vaiden.-The citizens met here and
passed resolutions protesting the raise
of the telephone toll rate, condemned
the action of the railroad commission
IN granting such a raise, and elected F.
M. Glass as delegate to the state meet
ing to be held in Jackson. J. w. Con-
ger was elected alternate and William
Miner, president of the merchants
league, was elected second alternate.
Starkville-A new feature Of the
dairy agricultural campaign will soon
be staged by the chamber of com
merce. Several dairies have been
started, and hundreds of pure-bred
eggs for settings have been applied
for by the children of the county as
a result of the Peoples Savings Bank
and the Bank of Sturgis to furnish
such settings.
Meridian-W. w. Venable former
congressman from this district, who
was defeated by former Attorney-Gen-
eral Ross Collins, will move from this
city to Clarksdale, where he will re-
associated himself with the law firm
of Maynard & Fitzgerald of Clarks-
dale.
University of ssissippi-Lightning
struck the steel flagpole that stands
100 feet high in the center of the cam
pus and created quite bit of excite
ment on the campus for few minutes |
No one happened to be passing near
the flagpole at the time. i
West nt-Superintendent of City
Schools Baily Schumpert is making |
great efforts to win many contests at |
the North Mississippi field meet here |
in April The boys are practicing |
hard in all lines of athletics and are
determined to win.
Ellisville.-A civic league has been |
in ElIisville with the follow |
ing officers: President, Mrs a. E |
vice-president. Mrs. A. J. |
Carter; secretary, Miss Maude Her !
treasurer, Mrs. w. H. Els |
worth.
Jackson.-It is reported here that |
q SlRlJ mas DeSD Il4eQ against the Hdl- /
metto Insurance company, as test |
case. by the advisory rating bureau of |
This suit, it is stated, has |
been brought in Lincoln county.
Brookhayen.-Rev. Geo. Darling |
popular and able pastor of country |
churches in Lincoln and Pike counties, |
has been brought home from a Jack
son hospital. His condition is i'm
proving, his suffering being due to tn
berculosis OF the bones.
Jacksonville meeting of the State
Fair association officers with the |
heads Of the federal extension force
developed definite plans for making
next falls fair more educational in its
character and more nearly statewide
in its scope.
Yazoo City.-The mems Bible class
Of the Methodist Sunday school here
will give a banquet at the Elks' club |
soon. A good program is being ar
ranged for this meeting. and much in
terest is being manifested. A splen-
l.