Okolona messenger., 1921-02-17
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News of Mississippi.
Interesting Happenings Cleaned
From All Sectic:::: Of The
State Specially Written
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Jackson Responding to the request
Of President Davis of the Federal
Farm Loan bank, New Orleans. the
Eulogy National Farm Loan associa-
ton, Lexington, Miss, adopted resolu-
tions requesting that "the governor Of
Mississippi be requested to secure a
final adjudication of the insurance
case in the courts as speedily as pos
sible% but the association further
went on record as "condemning the
action Of the insurance companies in
attempting to coerce the Officers
charged with the duty of enforcing
the law in the state" by spreading
propaganda" against the suit and
threatening to withdraw from busi-
ness.
Natchez. Although the recent bad
weather has retarded construction rap
i'd progress is being made In building
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Highway. The Adams county unit
will extend from Natchez to the VIII
kinson county line and thence on to
Mobile. A membership campaign in
the interest of the Lone Star Trail,
which is to be projected from Los An
geles, Cal, to st. Augustine, Fla, is
being conducted here by ]. G. Hughes,
special representative Of the national
association, which was organized a
short while since at Winfield, La.
Hattiesburg.-W breakfast was
being prepared in the home of M. D..
Shows at Sanford, near here, recently,
the roof of the house took fire, and
before anything was noticed the build
ing was well ablaze. Though the cook
notified the family, which still was
sleeping, that the house was burning,
the flames were well under way, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Shows, with their three
children, barely escaped with their
lives.
Blue Mountain.--Blue Mountain was
flooded recently by a tremendous
downpour of rain which overflowed
the local streams and temporarily Gre
ated an inland lake right in the mid
die of Blue Mountain. For time 1t
was next to impossible to pass from
the east to the west side Of town, but
the natural drainage soon carried off
the flood of water, leaving the town
washed clean by the deluge.
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Ashland.-Benton county, along with
many other counties of the state,
shows a decrease in the number OF
live stock for the beginning of the
year 1921, according to figures COM
piled by J. A. Ramey, agricultural stat
istician for the United States Bureau
Of Crop Estimates. The report shows
that Benton has 2,400 head of horses,
a decrease of little less than 2 per
cent from last year.
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Hernando.-The records in the Of
flee of Sheriff and Tax Collector E. S.
Nichols show that the number of tax
receipts issued up to February is
much larger than had been expected.
Although financial depression and
business reverses have hit DeSoto
county hard, most of the taxpayers
managed to pay their taxes before the
penalty was imposed.
Natchez.-The Adams county board
Of supervisors, recognizing the heavy
burden of taxation on the people OF
the county, has adopted policy of re-
trenchment and steps have been taken
to reduce expenditures. This action
has been taken without awaiting a de-
mand from the taxpayers such as has
been made in many counties of the
state.
Ellisville. board Of supervisors
of Jones county has received an order
from the Mississippi live stock sani-
tary board, signed by H. Chadwick,
live stock sanitary inspector, declaring
that the cattle tick still infests certain
parts of the county and calling for the
dipping Of cattle in arsenic solution
once every IA days.
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Lula.-JMrs. e. c. Lee was in Lula
soliciting contributions for the Old
ladies home in Jackson, and after a
short stay left for Coahoma and
Clarksdale. She worked all of the
towns from Lake Cormorant south and
met with very gratifying results. In
cluding the Lula contribution she has
secured about $S15.
Blue Mountain.1B Mountain Hi
Y Club has arranged to have an Of
ficial visit soon by DR.. H. r. Hayes OF
the state health department Of Missis-
sippi.
Ellisville. the direction Of
Walton A. Smith, field secretary Of
the Y. M C. A., a Hl-Y club has been
organized in the Moselle high school.
Blue Mountain.-The three literary
societies OF Blue Mountain college. the
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