The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-02-11
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gatheredfro All Cor
ners of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

Ellisville.-J. j. Melvin, the new
editor of the Jones County News. II
his initial article, gives expression I,
his interest in the question of taxa
ton, farming, schools and churches
On h subject of taxation, he says
AT the present time, particularly, The
question of taxation is uppermost ir
the minds of people. Our citizens arr
progressive and enthusiastic and real
lie that they get more, as a genera,
rule, from the money they put into
taxes than from any other they spend
but the most optimistic of them real
lie that there must be some way OF
putting a halt to ever-increasing rates
and valuations, and that at a not far
distant day."
Jackson.-M. c. Moore. rate expert
Of the Mississippi Railroad Commits
sion, left recently for Atlanta. Ga, to
take part in the hearing before the
southern freight committee on the
proposed rates to be established re,
garding reweighing cars in transit at
Jackson, Miss, Memphis and Fulton,
Ky. The Mississippi compission oh.
jects to the proposed rate as excessive
In the first place. 1t also particularly
objects to the method of applying the
rate as respects shipments from fee
Ing lines to points on the Illinois Cen
trail system.
SenatObia.-The postoffice depart.
ment has announced a civil service ex,
animation for applicants for the post
mastership at Senatobia to be held in
Memphis, on March the 10th. Mr.. j.
c. King, the retiring postmaster. has
held this position for the past five
years. He has been assisted by his
wife, and together they have made a
splendid record for conducting the af,
fairs Of the office.
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Clinton.-Mississippi College and
Hillman College will celebrate their
commencement exercises together this
year, beginning May 20 and closing on
;1ay "a. DR.. c. B. Williams, president
of Howard College, Birmingham, Ala, |
will preach the baccalaureate sermon, |
and Harry Clarke of Nashville, Tenn, |
Baptist educational secretary for Ten.
nessee, will deliver the b~accalaureate
address.
1uka.-Dr. and Mrs. w. A. Hodges
of this city contributed to the desti.
children of Europe by giving a
offering entertainment in
their home. Mrs. Hodges also baked
a beautiful cake and placed it in one
of the drug store windows. Votes for
the most popular young lady in town
were sold for a dime each. The two
funds brought nearly $50.
JOnestown-Si Since suffrage has been
thrust Upon the ladies of our state and
hey are urged to register and be
'eady for any emergency, several of
he ladies took advantage of this priv
lege and registered in Clarksdale.
Only n lady from Jonesboro had
registered previously, Mrs. E. 81. Wise.
Who is a large planter in the Delta. ,
5000
Blue MOuntain.-The sum of ST.
57.35 was donated by Blue Mountain
for Women for the current |
pkeep of the Baptist Blind Girls |
lone in Canton, China, during the
ear just ended, according to the of
icial records of Mrs. T. c. Lowrey of :,
MS place, who has charge Of the col .
ectiOn of these funds. l
Blue Mountain.-William Meeks, tax b
SCISSOR of Tippah, whose annual slip. h
nd for the year just ended was fixed s
two thousand dollars, has asked the d
Oard of supervisors to reduce his il
for last year to eighteen hun
red, the amount originally received
Y the Tippam tax assessor under the u
salary scale. t IL
Ellisville.-By order of the board of Y
ayor and aldermen of Ellisville, the p
ty clerk, H. P. Cough, is asking fo1 il
DIS from banks to act as the depos, Fl
DRY of the city funds for a period of fl
70 years. Bids must be filed with
city clerk not later than March /,
I'd must be accompanied by bond in "
sum of $1,000. CT
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Ashland.-The Rev. Edd B. Crump, to
It'll recently pastor of the Baptist cl
lurch at this place, has been chosen th
assistant pastor of the Tabernacle hi
lptist church, Ennis, Tex, according w
a news item in a Texas paper. The
ev. Crump is a native of Benton
unity and has served several church NJ
here. er
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.herman.-In a heavy rain and hail lie
,rm here recently trees were blown 81
and minor damage was done. ne
lis was the heaviest rain and hail tn
the season. M
street of this town
S the scene of a most daring holdup on
en- two men overlook Walter S. lis