Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-11-11
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS J.
Gatheredffom ALI Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

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Fulton. The Fulton city scho6l' is
nearing Ecompletien, and. Prof. W. @.
Griffin expects to move into the new
buildingsat an early date.
New McBryde. Bros gin
and SEED house was completely des-
troyed by fire recently. The origin Of
the fret unknown. ~ x..-.,1 ~
Wyatte.-W. A. Brewer, merchant
and cattle man Of Cedar .vfew, sas town
near Memphis, has just visited this
section And bought nice herd soF beef
and mileh cows.
sardis-The mayor and board Of
aldermen. have completed their work
of revising the~-town assessrhenss roll
and fixing the rate OF assessment for
the present year. "A A.
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Holly Springs.-The Baptists OF this
city have purchased the w. w. Ander-
son place. on College street, east Of
the public square, and purpose to erect
. modern church edifice.
Abeydeen.-The. Smith Humphries
jury returned a verdict of not guilty
when scourt opened. Humphries was
charged with the murder of d. d.
walkSr. planter, Of Amory.
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the Huzelian literary society OF Blue
Mountain college, Miss Lillian Homes,
Ripley, president, has decided to hold
an anniversary this season.
Sardis.-Panola chapter No. 160, or
der OF the Eastern Star, will celebrate
their first anniversary on Monday
night Nov. 81. and the ladies' are pre-
pairing to make the occasion a worth
whiletone
Greenville. Better School Week, =
backed by the American Educational
association, the Loyal Legion and 9th.
or organizations, was celebrated in
Washington county, the chief speakers
being Assistant State Superintendent
OF Education Broom Of Jackson, Hon.
Alfred H. Stone of Dunleith and Coun-
ty Supt. B. l. Hatch of Greenville.
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Blue Mountain.-The only cotton gin
right In Blue Mountain, owned and op-
Grated by s. A. Goodwin. has ginned
only 407 bales of cotton for this sea-
son, and Mr. Goodwin states that prac-
ticallt all Of the cotton Of the COM
munit5 has been ginned, estimating
that Bis total output for the season
Will not exceed 430 bales.
Greenwood.-B. T. Belflower, 4
white sman, and George Simon, negro,
sawed through window in the coun.
ty jail and made their escape the other
day. No trace of them has been
fouDcs
: r-~r-s-~srssgs sses's<as-s,1 1~'7-- /.
Meridian.-Rev. E. J. Willis, who
has been pastor of the First Christian
church here for the past several
yearsE accompanied by Mrs. Willis,
have left for Henderson, KY, where
ne some time ago accepted call.
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Hazlehurst-A. B. Weeks, secretary
of the Copiah county farmers COOP
erative association, says he has been
written several times by people want
ing tobuy Copiah county. syrup in car
lots md smaller lots, but that tho
writers state that they understood the
price vas 80 cents per gallon. This
Appeared in the press some few days
since. Ebut 1t was mistake, made by
the txpesetters, as the price should
have 6een SO cents and not 80 cents
per gdpon. >,.xse ,s.s 0,,,
Bilofi-The November meeting OF
the BlIoxi Truck Growers association
was held in the Seymour hall across
the Beck Bay. Plans were made for
the planting OF turnips for the winter
crop. Fifty acres have already, heen
plantd1 in carrots and plans for plant.
ing bets have been completed and
are nkw getting under way
Blue Mountain.-Prof. c. C. Gullett,
superb ktendent Of Blue Mountain high
school who has just been made presl-
dent q Tippah county teachers asso-
ciafdoH IL laying plans for progress
stvs ed constructive program for the
monthly meetings of this body which
ALREADY numbers in its membership
consid rahle ercentage Of the public
school, feachers of the county.
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mNorium.-Dr. Henry Boswell has
Just turned from Houston. Tex,
whereof spoke twice before the Tex
as Sta Conference Of Social Welfare,
under fhe direction Of the National
Tuberx xalosis association After reach
ing Mississippl be We osifssd to Mound
Bayou to speak before the negro WON.