Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-08
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told IN Briefest Form

Thrasher-rom Falls Of this neich
borhood for several years has been ex
perimenting with cotton and observ
Ing that its production didn't realize
much more than enough to pay the
ginning, he resolved to quit and enter
some other business. Somebody told
him there was good deal of money in
cows and the dairy business. He pur.
chased about 80 head of cattle and a
separator and began shipping cream
to Tupelo and other places. Every
month he gets check averaging $225,
70 say nothing Of the profits he re-
ceives from the by-products OF the
dairy, such as calves, pigs and ferti-
lizer
Crystal Springs.-A two weeks pro-
racted meeting will be held at the
Methodist church, beginning Sunday
night, Sept. 4. The meeting will be
conducted by Evangelist VIM. Mc1n-
tosh, and the singing by Robt. Cooper.
The services will be held in the new
$4,000 Methodist church, and large
crowds are expected to attend these
meetings. as all other denominations
In town have waived their services and
VIII cooperate with the Methodist in
making the meeting a success.
Jackson The next term of the uni.
versity will begin Wednesday, Sept.
IA. Among the innovations announced
for the term is the adoption Of a
three-year law course in which the
theory and practice of law will be
taught so as to qualify student grad
uate for Immediately beginning prac-
tice. A practice court will be insti-
tuted over which one of the faculty
will preside as judge.
New Orleans, La.-Walter Parker.
general manager of the association Of
commerce, has left for Atlanta to con.
duct this city's fight before the Bap-
list home mission board for the pro-
posed $2,O00,OO0 hospital to be built
by southern Baptists. In a campaign
New Orleans has raised $23, 27O toward
the $4,000 required for purchase Of
the hospital site here, and the rest Of
the amount is said to be in sight.
Hattiesburg.- The million dollar tim Il
Der deal in this city, when 200 million
feet Of standing timber and q large
land acreage in the vicinity Of the Tai
lhala Lumber company's camp between
Hattiesburg and Richton was sold to
the Major-Sowere interests, means the /
erection Of an important plant in Hat i
tiesburg for the manufacture OF vel /
low pine lumber, according to reports /
n lumber circles here, and also por- 3
ENDS added Importance to this city &
Is a shipping point. e
Crystal Springs. special cleo
ion ordered by the board of super :,
1sors of the county to authorize the !,
ssuance of $150,00O in bonds for the !,
purpose of raising money to build !, !"
oncrete bridges throughout the county ~
licited but little interest at this pre- -
met, although it involved a question -
vital importance to every citizen. -
tut of voting strength at this box Of
so votes only 261 votes were polIed. =,
Natchez.-The Adams county board nc
supervisors has made a proposal to CO
teate $4,000 emergency fund co
trough a loan warrant for the purpose as
maintaining roads and taking care
paupers until taxes are paid in. At ~
resent the county has no money ~
vailable for this purpose on account -.
the general fund having been ex- = :,
.usted. -
Meridian.-W. f. Mazingo, a carman ,
the local Mobile & Ohio shops, is In M,
local hospital suffering from a n
oxen back as result Of box car n,
ling en- him while employed at the -,
ops. The car was on the Grip" track m
der6oing repairs and Mr.. Mazingo orc
IS underneath, when the brace sud- nos
-SA.' pAlh4uk INN underneath por
The ioirt:y-fifth anniver. !
y Of the marriage Of Mr. and Mrs. MI
mes Wilson Bell of Memphis, Tenn, tba
Q are spending the heated season RIu
their summer home, lockwood her
ICE. in Pontotoc, was celebrated Low
e with dinner given by their for
lighter, Mrs. Erskine M. Carr.
ssA.ss p
lrookhaven.-Fred Moreton, q high iand
DOL boy Of Is, SON Of Mr.. and Mrs. ~
3. Moreton. sold Is bales OF cotton Dr..
oh he and a negro hand raised and Nm
over from last year at Is "a cents chn,
pound. SAO'
. 80 -
reenville. Horace v. Schwarzkopf e
accepted a position on the steamer ~
vance as radio chief. He was in rs .nen1
United Stats naval service as "a. 1ns
operator ON the Kearsarge during ssn !,
war. q =
asase -.
anton. -Irv s.ything Is now ready e
Gypsy Smith, Jr.. meeting, which ms ;,
. begin Sunday, Sept 4, and WIN = y. z z,
inue through Sept. IS, 49,,
'eenville. The staple cotton coop mont
I've association Is pushing its 10 manl
organizations In the several coun- sissiI
Of the state. =,