Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-22
M ISSISSIPPI
UlSTATE NEWS

sociation, composed of the physicians
of Copiah, Lincoln, Pike and Walthall
counties, held its regular meeting with
the physicians Of Wesson-
Scooba.-Rev. T. T. Kimbrough left
for Central Mississippi presbytery.
held at Forest, Miss, And on the same
day o. p. Kimbrough left for Corinth.
Miss, where the East Mississippi pres
bytery convened. '' '-"'-
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Meridian.-Two automobiles, !, one
belonging to A. E. Morrison and the
other to Iraenus Lloyd, prominent
business men of Meridian, stolen from
in front of a local picture theatre.
have been recovered.
Hazlehurst.-A petition has been
published legally by friends of J.. e.
Robertson to get a pardon for him in
order to save him from serving the
10 years sentence for killing the
Boutwells near Hazlehurst in 1873. \
Seminary-Mack Graham. sheriff of
Covington county, and A. l.. Herrfn,
marshall of Sumrall. Miss. raided and
captured whisky still 10 miles west
of this place, and arrested Walter
Stapleton. Otho Miller and Grover
Miller.
Calhoun City.-County Agent R. 8.
Mitchell shipped five carloads of
choice hogs to market for the farmers
Of this county. These hogs we're ship
ped to East st. Louis, and, according
to Mr.. Mitchell's statement, will bring
. very low price due to the surplus of
live sotck being rushed on the market
Yazoo City.-Gus Davis, negro. who
confessed to the killing of four other
negroes near Holly Bluff last Novem-
ber, was arrraigned in circuit court
here. Davis entered plea Of mot
guilty" in the face 'of confession
signed last January. Hon. u. G.
Holmes was appointed by Judge Pot
ter to defend Davis.
Crystal Springs.-G. w. Chambers.
president of the Crystal Springs Ice
Company, went to Magnolia, where he
10 negotiating with the citizens there
with view Of putting In storage
room for ice this summer to be ship
ped from the plant here. Work on
the plant here is progressing rapidly
and will be manufacturing Ice by the
first Of June.
.Winona.-Rev. w. M, Bostwick, who
has accepted the pastorate of the
Bellevue Baptist church Of Memphis,
preached his farewell sermon Sunday
evening to one OF the largest congre-
cations that ever assembled in the
city. DR.. Bostwick has been pastor
of the First Baptist church here for
the past two years and has many
friends among the various denomina-
tions. M
Auguilla. Agents j. L.
Boyd and T. J. Phillips, operating in
this vicinity, located and destroyed
two whisky stills on the Refuge plan
tation, in the Fifth Supervisors Dis
trict Of this (Sharkey) county. Both
stills were crude Affairs, being made
OF, gasoline drums and gas pipe. Both
we're operated by negroes, Ollie Per
kins and John Preston, who were ar
rested.
sssWest Point.-On the night of April
2 Frank Dichiaros store was broken
into and robbed of IS in pennies. Chief
Cromwell and Policeman Neyman took
up the case promptly and have landed
George Perry The only clew- which
they had tosiwork ON was "a button.
which they found on the fl6oresoThs
person guilty Of every theft Cd dInnittedl
here in the last IL 'm6nths has. bean
captured. sbSss'yassy ts-s tsea
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9 Hazlehurst.-The national negro
health week is being observed by. all
Hazlehurst whites as we'll as blacks
taking a part in the work, The whites
rsalixe that they cah96t have ,hsalth-
fil town unless the negroes also keen,
their yards And homes In sap pitary Eop-
ditioH TIE whftst pafept -teatAsr bs-
socianon has offered a pfizs sbf 81 to
the negrd child that brings III the most
old TIN cans picked up in the streets.
III the yard Or sanywhefe. One child
already has piled up about 5000, and
there1s stfohg Competition among the
black children to win this prize.
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Observation-Disclosures of -Choctaw
county have Eoftgh the 'fdeaG sTfFss5s'
atitomohile loAdsaof .fanzlerss hanksfs.
merchants, board of .subeft5sors.s ana
others Interested IN tie welfare Of the
farmers.i indu ustries snlotbred me first.
Of tHis Kssk sactasis thfasl,a cohRt iss To
Oxford, > Miss to make lasspeosal study
Of the Lafayette, county farm burs4p..
This delegatisnra Of = interested ,. tar.
seeing men. led by County Agent
Bradshaw. are all reporting in Choe-
"a rauufv .nonfor oo.~<o~tc.