The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20
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| the Union Jnapel community, Wcr
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W
c. Fitzpatrick in Carollton.
Friends in this county OF Nh
Graham Hinton are congratulatin,
him on having recently passed the OK
animation to practice law, announce
! ment to this effect having been sen
! out from Montgomery last Friday
Mr. Hinton is well known to MANY
people of this county and the news o
his achievement is being received
with pleasure by all who chance +,
know him and the prediction is mad,
that he will succeed in his chosen
profession.
Begirning March 14th, Miss Nina
A. Willis, assistant state home demon.
stration agent and dairy food special
list, made a visit to the schools of thC
county, ten schools embracing the
itinerary for the week, completing tn,
tour on Saturday with general con
ference in Carrollton. w. II. Storey
county superintendent Of education
Neal Prsock, farm demonstratio.
agent, and Miss Bertha Henry, home
demonstration agent, accompanied
Miss Willis while in the county Miss
Willis delivered to the people of tn.
schools she visited a story of milk anc
its hoalthful qualities, being be
lever from experience obtained whilc
being reared on the farm. AID Sc
much so that she is building up q
dairy herd on the farm in Marion
county.
1t is gratifying 90 the forces OF
education in this county to note that
Pickens county has been placed il
sixteenth place IN efficiency in the
rural schools of the county. This in.
formation was furnished by I. E. Bon.
ner, connected with the department oil
education, in a tabulated statement
the past week giving the rank oil
each of the siYty-sevcn counties Of
the state. In view of the fact thai
only one county, Sumter, which ed
joins Pickens holds a higher ranl
is another feature that brings pride
to the progressive citizens who com
prise the county board of education
and the teachers in the several school.
over the county, who have been in
strumentaI IN bringing the rura
schools up to higher standard in eff
ficiency.
AT the February meeting of tn,
county commissioners the office o
county farm demonstration wa
abolished by that court. AS soon a
| publication was made of the fac
citizens from over the county began
circulating petitions for the re-es
adjustment of the office ald askinj
! the commissioners to reinstate tn
present incumbent, Neal PrisocR
These petitions will be presented t
/ the members of the court at thei
meeting the latter part of the presen
: month, and aside from the petitions
| we understand that citizens will az
! pear before the body requesting ther
to rescind their former action. TIL
: present farm demonstrators has bee
we'll worth the money the county ha
spent in maintaining the office, tn
amount of S3,365 having been save
the farmers IN cooperative buyin
and selling during the past year Til
does not include other work in cor
nection with the demonstrators offic,
which is untold value to the farmer
Y 1t is believed that the commissioner
did not make a thorough investigated
= before abolishing the office and tn;
\ they will readily and gladly rescir
\ their action when the matter
brought before them at their nel
n meeting.
II A tragedy was enacted last Frida
q about noon near Pickensville whc
a Cullen Estes, white man residing {
n the Doss place three miles out on Il
n Columbus road, was shot and killed /
n the accidental discharge of a pist
n in the hands of Jones Harper, of r.
n form. According to eye witnesses Il
Il killing was purely accidental al
could not have been avoided. Harp
n in company with other gentlem,
were en- route to Columbus and sto
n ped at the home of Estes for bri
period. While at the Estes home Ha
per produced a pistol from his peck
n with a view of selling to Estes, wi
made an examination of the gun al
returned it to the owner, While flu
Their demonstrating the good qualiti
of the pistol it was discharged in son
manner the bullet entering the DO,
n Of Estes just below the throat al
death was almost instantaneous.
Sheriff Scott was at once notified