Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-07-21
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from AMCor-
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

Port Gibson.-No new Developments
as to the identity of the body of thu
woman found floating in the river near
Whitehall. The body was that of a
> woman Of medium stature and evi,
IDENTIFY wore No. shoe, but had none
on, but feet were iiAased in silk hose,
small handkerchief with embroid.
cred "B" in one corner was found on
body, red ana white striped waist and
blue skirt on. Teeth in good condi-
ton, all natural, some OF back or law
teeth had been filled. There were nine
buckshot wounds in the breast of the
rbody. showing that the woman had
been shot to death. Nothing had been
learned as to the identity of the WON.
an and no clue has been discovered.
Durant.-Tle Merchants and Farm
ers' bank of this place. of which Eu-
gene Cole L. president and Claude G.
Mansfield is cashier, has issued q
statement to the people of this COM
lAunity calling attention to the Farm
and Dairy Special" which is to be run
by the Aberdeen district of the Illinois
Central railroad from Durant to the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
at Starkville.
Water Valley.-The consolidated line
school building. between Yalobusha
and Lafayette counties, which is to be
two-story brick building and was lei
for construction to J. B. Cole, will be
completed in time for the fall school.
Browns Wells.-The extreme sultry |
weather Of the past several days is
having the effect of attracting a great |
many people from the heat of the cities |
through the country to the cooling and
inviting shades of Copiah county's IA.
nous summer resort.
Greenville.-E. H. Heniken, trusted
employee of the Gulf Refining Co., dieA
at local sanitarium from injuries re-
ceived on the concrete road some Is
miles south of Greenville when the
auto truck which he was driving turn
ed over and from which he received
injuries about his head that proved IA
tai, after surgeons had done all pos
sible to save his life.
Hazlehurst.-Henry Kahn, eminent
secretary of the Mississippi branch of
the Columbian Woodmen Of the World.
accompanied by w, G. Pavitt, the or
der's entertainer, gave series of pic
ture shows at Dentville to show the
good to. be derived from insurance in !
fraternal societies.
Jacksonville location Of the domi- '
Gle Of the Merchants Union Insurance Z
company, which has been reorganized v
and recapitalized, has not been Off p
;ially announced. A meeting was held [
here by the directors and officers, but a
was closed to outsiders. 1t is known O
hat the company desires to locate in Il
Jackson, but has been thus far diScour- O
ICED on account of excessive rents r
charged.
:,
Corinth.-The first week of the July :,
ERIN closed with only one conviction :.
nut of more than dozen under a -
harge of violating the whisky laws.
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Natchez.-The Natchez chamber of -
ommerce has retained the services of y
!. F. Swingle OF Chicago as CONNER q
ial secretary. The chamber has been %
eorganized in all departments in or &c
er to make It's work more effective. III
sssss
Jackson. Attorney General Frank =
-oberson has gone to Washington, ~
here he will appear before the inter - =.
tate commerce commission to oppose -
le proposed Southeastern" rate re- -
lsion, affecting rates to and from the ~ u,
mississippi valley. "
GreenvilIe After trial Of four days DC
the circuit court Avis Chamberlain, pa
white man, was acquitted by jury -
the charge OF numbering "Curley" -
7ilson on an island opposite Leotai
'uth Of ,Greenville, last winter. 70,
Jackson. John Ransom, negro at ~
ndant at the Mississippi insane hos nj
tai, was killed in the hospital garden co
I Dan Mcleod, negro patient. Nc.
,od assaulted Ransom with hoe, ne
saving his skull to the brain. Two
0Ws were struck. tbe
sssse
Forest. Mrs. r A. McDill of the GU
neighborhood celebrated ~
+ eighty-fourth birthday with fam uul
reunion, gathering about her 80 Of !
J 112 who 90 to make up her own Or,
nily and their descendants. Only 81
ZEE Of the total Of 112 have passed du,
the great beyond OF this number Ho
s. McDills husband was the first, era
IN a SON and then q daughter. She rem
seven living children, so grand be
ldren and 81 great-grandchiIdren. for
Iiloxi.-F. d. Mulf0rd, expert horti- H
turist from the department Of agrI- plo,
ture at Washington. will arrive in don