Okolona messenger., 1921-09-15

In the Calhoun County Agricultural
high school here.
Blue Mountain-Tippah county chan,
cary court will begin its fali term ON
Monday, Sept. 10. Chancellor JAmes
@. McGowen viii hold the court. @.
o. Duncan. chancery clerk Of Tippab,
who will act AZ clerk Of the court, re.
ports that the docket win be light
this fall.
Hattiesburg. g.-One thousand acres OF
land and one Of the handsOmest homos
In this section. known as the McInnis
farms, one mile from the city limits
Of Hattiesburg, were sold by the own
or, D. Emmett McInnis. to J. Il. Over
street, lumbefman and capitalist, Of
Beaumont, Miss, who will move TO
Hattiesburg with his family within Q
few days. 4
Gulfport.-Miss Ivy Hicks, Of Jack
son, private secretary to Gov. Lee Rus.
sell, who was injured when the govern
Or's automobile was struck by a truck
Wednesday, is improving at the Kings
Daughters hospital, but will have to
remain there for several days yet. It
required about 100 stitches to close the
ten cuts and wounds which she re-
ceived Her mother has arrived to stay
with her at the hospital.
Natchez.-A meeting of the truck
growers of Adams county will be held
here for the purpose of adopting a
program for spring crops. Unfavorable
weather conditions caused the recently
formed trucking association to aban-
don the plan Of planting for fall crops,
but every effort will be made to OBJ
tain an early start for the coming
year.
Clarksdale-R. A. Butler, one Of the
members OF Company I, the Clarksdale
unit of the national guard, has return
ed home from Camp Perry, and reports
that the Mississippi team, which par.
ticipsted in the army and navy cham
pionship shoot there, showed marked
improvement, over last years record by
winning seventh place in the prelimina.
ries this year against fourteenth place
last year.
Jackson. The state bond and i'm
provement commission has withdrawn
request for bids on the chemistry build
ing at the university as they find they
will not be ready to receive them by
October 10, the date Of next meeting.
Bids are being advertised, however, for
the biological building at the A. and NJ.
college and for hospital building at
the Industrial Training school, Colum-
bus, Miss.
Blue Mountain.-The outstanding
event of the Tippah Baptist association,
now in session at Lonoke Baptist
church in Benton county, was the reso.
luton adopted on the initial day that a
committee should be appointed, con-
sisting Of three delegates from >Tippah
and three from Benton, to arrange for
the division OF the old association OF "a
congregations into two smaller units,
one for Tippah and the other for Ben
ton county.
Kosciusko. Liberty Chapel, near
here on the McCool circuit, has just on
joyed the rather unique experience Of
q revival conducted by the pastor and
presiding elder OF the district. Rev.
w, R. McDougal Is pastor ana Rev. A.
T. McVlwain Of Columbus is presiding
elder Of the Columbus district and did
the preaching with telling power. Thir-
tythree members were added to the
church and the entire community was
greatly revived.
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Jackson.-H. M. Ivy, state supervis,
or Of secondary schools, has sent out
500 of the edition Of 1000 Of the 1921
high school bulletin to those schools
listed therein as accredited on, q basis
Of less than Is high school units as
one, two and three-year high schools,
Graduates Of three-year high schools
so listed are accepted in accredited
high schools for IL units: those Of
twoyear schools for eight, and those
Of one-year schools for four.
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Marks.-Supt. Frank M. Bixzel has
called a meeting Of all the teachers
OF the county to be held 1.-The Marks
high school auditorium on Saturday.
Sept. II, at 1880 o'clock. At this meet.
ing the county teachers association
will be organized and plans for the
years work outlined.
Biloxi-Members Of the Biloxi Truck
Growers association, recently organic
ed here. have started to plant their
first fall crop, which is snap beans. By
the 10th Of this month It is expected
that all the planting will be completed.
In October carrots will be planted. It
q expected that this vegetable will be
raised for shipments to eastern and
northern markets. The association
membership is increasing each day.
Laurel John Boddie, arrested when
Sheriff Welch ind posse raided q
moonshine distillery on Tiger Creek
two weeks ago, is wanted in Alabama,
according to information received here.
It Is alleged that he violated the prohi.
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