The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-12-23
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

The First Baptist church at Column
bus has just ended a big revival serv-
Ice by enrolling 81 new members from
among converts.
Baptists have about completed plans
for 100000 church at New Albany.
improvements to be made to the
Baptist church at Greenwood will cost
$4,000.
DR.. B. F. Mcneil Of Greenwood has.
been elected president of the county
medical society.
Earl Whitehead was elected com
mander of the Greenwood American
Legion post.
Survey Of Jackson boy life will be
made under auspices of the Rotary
club
T. E. Hand Of Jackson has been ap-
pointed county demonstration agent at
salary OF $500 year.
Senator John Sharp Williams, who
Is spending his vacation at Gulfport.
issued a statement that he would not
be a candidate for reelection.
All residents of Mississippi coast
cities have been urged by. superinten-
dent of jefferson Davis Soldiers Home
to invite some Civil War veteran to
eat Christmas dinner with them.
County supervisors refused to en-
ploy farm demonstration sought by
Jackson chamber OF commerce.
Almost 200 children will take part
in the Christmas cantata to be staged
by pupils of Oakhurst school.
The members of the Marks Masonic
lodge and their friends have donated
approximately sos to the Christmas
tree fund which is being sponsored by
the members of the Masonic lodge for
the children in the county who are not
likely to be provided with the usual
Christmas tokens.
George d. Meyers has received his
official appointment as postmaster at
Byhalia.
Postal employees are being given re-
voIver practice under Elmer Schaff, u.
S. marine mail guard at Clarksdale.
All churches in Greenville held union
service Sunday night to pray for the
success Of the disarmament confer
ence.
Monroe county ginned 1886 bales
N. Y
census report.
Clarksdale autofsts claim local deal
ers charging from to cents more a
gallon than dealers in neighboring
towns
Several months ago Prof. W. P.
James. fruit specialist at A e NJ. col |
1ege, helped to organize a strawberry |
association in Pamela county. Mr. |
James came to Pamela county looking |
for strawberry plants recently, and |
with Mr.. Traves, president of the coun- I
ty association, he visited several fields, |
and in three hours time had placed an |
order for half a million strawberry |
plants.
Lexington chapter of the Order of |
the Eastern Star has elected officers
for next year.
Lee County Bankers association met |
at Tupelo and discussed financial ques-
tons Of interest to farmers and bust
ness men
G. T. Lee, president of the Peoples
Bank and Trust Co, of North Carroll
ton. has notified J. T Allen. chancery /
clerk Of Carroll county, to issue drafts
to the Confederate veterans of their
widows receiving pensions in the coun-
ty, and same will be cashed at the
bank though the money will not be
sent out until February.
Million and half dollars worth of
state Improvement bonds have been
sold to Tennessee and New York stock
dealers.
ID. d. Gibson, county farm demon
strator of this county. has resigned his
place at Lexington to take a similar
position with LeflOre county
Jackson chamber OF commerce CON-
mittees redoubIe efforts to guarantee /
sale of bonds for Jackson Eastern rail-
road.
A man from Stuttgart, Ark who
borrowed a friends car at jackson for
a commute spin several days ago. is
still spinning. The friend has offered
q SIS reward for the car.
E l.. Parker of Indianola, owner OF
the Pollock plantation on the Sunflow-
er river, is one of the most successful
planters of the delta. . This year. in
addition to a good cotton crop raised
on the Pollock place, Mr.. Parker raised
plenty of corn, hay. molasses and po-
tatoes with which to furnish this place ,,
another year.
Alderman Lodge No. 119, F. e A.
NJ. and the local chapter of the East
ern Star have arranged for a joint in Fe
stallation OF officers on the night OF |
Dec. 2S, at which meeting several OF c
the grand officers of both institutions I
will be present and participate.
To date $211.50 has been received