Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-13
NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST.
Best Paper by Student on Good Roads
viii Draw Scholarship.

Tee Oh Ine WuldTu BullulHB, WdSHlug-
ton, D. c., of national essay contest
open to all high school students on the
subject of good roads-highway trans
port The essays must not contain
more than 500 words and all papers
must be in ON or before June Is. 1921
The prize is four-year scholarship in
a university or college selected by the
winner. The value of the scholarship
will be, therefore. about $4,000. The
prize winning essay win be chosen by
a process of elimination. The best
essay in each community will be
chosen by local committees. From
each community or city the best essay
will be sent to a state committee,
which then will choose the best essay
written in that state. The best essay
from each state or territorial posses
sion will be sent to headquarters oil
the highway and transport education
committee, willard Building, Washing
ton, D. c., there to be judged by a ma
tional committee appointed by the
United States commissioner Of educa.
tion.
Clarksdale.-Lewis Fletcher, negro,
the alleged slayer of T. G. Bullock. as-
sistant manager Of the Scott planta
tion, near Rosedale, Bolivar county,
was locked up here in the county Jail
to await his transfer to some place
pending trial. He was arrested at
Port Arthur, Texas, by negro de-
tective, who, 1t Is said, posed to Fletch-
er as hoodoo doctor with the power
to render immune from arrest any
person who would submit to the hoo
doc treatment.
Ashland.-Miss Virginia Littleton
was one Of the graduates of the high
school this session. The correspond
ent's report Of the commencement ex-
ton was a member of the class. Miss
jamie Littleton is still student in the
high school, while her sister, Miss Vir-
ginia, completed the course here this
session, and will probably enter col
lege in September.
vicksburg.-C. =. Miller owner of
the Vicksburg, Delta, La, ferryboat,
notified the Vicksburg clearing house
association that no charge would be
made for bankers and their ladies
attending the Mississippi bankers as
sociation convention for trips or his
ferryboat, placing the limit at rs for
,l 81, ~ fha fsif Of
the boat, as regular patrons must be
served.
Natchez-With we'll reported to be
eight feet in oil sand, with a strong
showing of oil and gas intense excite
ment prevails in the little town OF
Mangham, La. Operations reached
such an interesting point that reports
were spread broadcast that produc-
ing well had been brought in. ge-
ologist has been called from Ell DO
rado Ark, to supervise the test.
Clarksdale.-On or about June /, a
new law firm, Cook Cook, will be
opened in Clarksdale, the members of
the firm being father and son. The
senior member, Judge Sam c. Cook,
Sr, of Jackson, has for the past nine
years been associate justice of the
state supreme court the appointment
to this place having been made by
Gov. Brewer, in 1912.
Blue Mountas,.-According to the
testimony of some of the travelling
men of this territory, the pickup in
purchases from the retail houses and
the apparent increase in the volume
of freight being handled by the rail-
road traversing Tippah, this section
seems to be experiencing an upward
swing in business in spite of depress-
ing crop prospects.
Merdian.-Th state railroad com
mission has fixed the rate the Nerd
ian Light & Railway Company shall
charge for car fares in this city for
the next six months at 10 cents cash
fares, ticket fares 71s cents and 5
cents for school children using tickets.
The city was contending for scent
fares straight.
Gulfport=A threedav rarr'on of
the Scottish Rite Masons. which was
held in the Masonic Temple here, has
inst closed. Degrees from the fourth
to thirty-second, inclusive, were con-
ferred on a class of 80 candidates,
composed of Masons from coast cities
and Stone county.
Hattiesburg. Announcement was
made that the knights Templar have
delegation at McComb at the grand
chapter conclave in that city for the
purpose Of inviting the grand officers
to attend the conclave to be held by
Hattiesburg commandery st the Ma
sonic temple.
Itta Bena.-The First National Bank