The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-04-15
CLEVELAND GETS MEET.
w. Fred Long Again Elected az Asso.
Citations President


most successful meeting, largely du
to the enthusiastic interest of Ri;
Brother W Fred Long. state superin
tendent. who was reelected for tn,
fourteenth consecutive time in reccs
milton of his splendid services.
Cleveland, Miss, was selected as the
next place of the meeting. Other Of
ficers for the coming year We're elect
ed, as follows: President, B. G.. Low
reg; yice-presidents, L. A. lotteries
/ W. \. McLemore and J. G. StiIlings
executive committee, o. B. Taylor. n
V. Katkins, NJ. S. Enoch, J. y. Julian
! P. H. Enoch, J. D. Varley and W. "
/ Ramsey. The financial condition oil
/ the association was found to be all
right and no apprehension is felt on
4 this score.
! Macon--On returning home from
Brooksville d. D. Patty, trying to
avoid defective culvert on the Co
lumbus road five miles north of Ma
con, ran his car into the ditch, where
it turned over, and spilled all of the
occupants. Mr.. Patty, his wife, John
Patty and Ace Lever were in the car,
and though all were bruised, there
was no serious injury to any one
MISUNDERSTANDING sent out from
here that the pardoning board had
decided the case of Jess Watts and
that several members of the board ex-
pressed themselves in favor of letting
Watts hang, were Indignantly denied
by all Of the members of the board.
There are in fact only four members
sitting, one vacancy being yet IN
filled.
Aberdeen-Walter Lee Ivy was
given verdict of $500 by a federal
jury against Sheriff Imam of Lee
county and his surety company Ivy
was arrested and placed in Lee county
jail Sheriff Imam thought he an
swered the description OF another
man wanted by the authorities. Ivy
brought suit for $4,000.
GreenwOcd.-The officers of the Ro-
tary club Of Greenwood for the ensu-
ing year were elected at the regular
meeting here. They are as follows:
R. Y. Pollard, president; Dr. w. e.
Dickins, vice-president; John Ashcraf5,
secretary; A. Weller. treasurer; q. :.
Wilson, Jr.. Robert Herman and W. NJ.
Hammer, directors.
ScoOba--COunty Agent Lancaster
and p. T. Spinks. live stock club spe-
cialist, have been in Kemper county
visiting the club boys. They are MAX
ing two cr three communities each
day, meeting the clubs and urging the
boys to get started right They spoke
to- the boys club in Scooba, the largest .
club in the state
Netchez.-The traffic department OF .
The Natchez Chamber of Commerce (
has been divorced from the organize /
ion and formed into a separate bu- /
eau. Under the direction of Thornton
A. Green. the president. the chamber
If commerce is being reorganized and
an active campaign for members has
been started.
BelmOnt-A number of BelmOnts
most enterprising citizens INST in the
)ffice of the Belmont Hardware and
furniture company and organized the
Booster Club" with w. w. Shook Of
he Belmont Mercantile company as
chairman, f. c. Wright of the Bel
mont Hardware company as secretary.
Meridian.-E. C. Breaux, arrested
everal days ago on an affidavit sworn
ut by his wife charging him with the
heft of a 800 Liberty Loan bond was
cquitted at his preliminary trial be-
ore Justice w. D. Roberts. The wife
vas not permitted to testify against
i'm.
Columbus.-Miss Emma Ody Pohl,
irector of physical education at the
Mississippi State College for Women,
eft for the University of Virginia,
here she goes to direct a big cen,
ennial pageant.
Blue Mountain-The Gulf. Mobile &
-orthern station force here has been
ut down one-third, but there has been
o reduction in the wages of the en-
loyes of the company on this division.
Durant.-A son of George Guess,
no lives across the river from Du-
mt, was bitten by a rabid dog and is
cling given the Pasteur treatment by
r. r. F. Howard of this place.
Water Valley.-The First Methodist
lurch is preparing to entertain the
-eat body of men who will be present
the coming educational meet at the
Irst Methodist church.
Sardis.-Mayor-elec H. J. King has
ndered to the board of aldermen his
signation as alderman-atl~rge ana
/ election was ordered to be held to
Il the vacancy.
Natchez-Mrs. Charles Chamber
in, wife of a prominent physician of
atchez, has been named as a member
the board of trustees Of the Natchez
lblic schools. f
Aberdeen.-Judge Edwin Holmes :
is been kept busy recently trying a
CONSUMERS and bootleggers.
broke oIt in the fur [
ture store OF E. Cole & company, a d
anch of a Memphis house, and &
rough the heroic efforts of the local f,
e department a very disastrous fire g.
Is averted. The stock OF goods was h
mayed, but was not a total loss. W