The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-03-04
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from AlTCor-
ners of the State a
Told in Briefest Form

. I q baptist b1D4G luSLlIul6 10
Tailahatchie county to meet here a
an early date. The faculty is composed
Of DR.. P. I. Lipsey Of Jackson, Miss.
editor of the Baptist Record, whoss
subject Will be the Book of James
Dr. w. G. Tyree. pastor of the FRS
Baptist church of Greenwood, Miss.
whose subject will be The Quicken
ing OF the Spiritual Life" DR.. ]. F
Tul, pastor OF the Baptist church oi
New Albany, Miss, will discuss stew
ardship, missions and systematic Civ
ing.
Hazlehurst-As evidence that hogs
grow to profitable size in Copiah coun,
ty, and that this is generally done
among the active farmers of the coun-
ty, the following will be convincing
to doubling Thomasas: S. R. Fair
childs of seven miles east of Halle
hurst killed a - months old pig thar
dressed $40 pounds, and besides much
lard was made from the hog fat. The
hog, if sold on foot, was worth s65
but after Mr.. Fairchilds killed it and
had it ready to sell, If he cared to.
1t was worth $153. as pork is selling at
30 cents per pound here.
Winona.-W F. Blackston, clerk or
/ the city OF Winona. has been notified
! by telegram from Kaufman-Smith-Em
/ ert & Co. of St. Louis, Mo-. the firm
who purchased the $45, 800 bonds is.
sued by the city of Winona for the
purchase of the Winona Water. Sewer
age & Light Co, that their bond law
yers had passed upon the validity OF
the bonds and had approved them:
! that the bonds would be autographed
and everything in readiness for the
final transfer soon.
Hazlehurst-County Superintendent
of education j. Q. Martin announced
that the fifth months pay for the
teachers will be ready soon. The
teachers of the county have been
short OF funds all the session, but thev
Will receive their sixth and seventh
months pay the middle of March.
when they complete the school terms
of the county. Slow tax collections is
assigned as the reason for the teach.
ers not having received their full pay
70 date.
Vicl% burg.-R. T. Goldsby, negro. |
escaped state convict and convicted !
as receiver of stolen property, died |
at the Warren county jail here. Colds |
by created a sensation in Mississippi |
when he signed statements charging |
he had paid State Senator Harry K.
Murray and former Gov Theo. Bilbo |
$4,000 to secure pardon for him.
Murray entered denial of Goldsby's
charges. but Bilbo claimed the action
was legal practice.
Blue Mountain.-Dr r. A. Kim
brough, field secretary of the Baptist
state mission board of Mississippi.
who covers Is counties in this part
Of the state, has just returned home
from session Of a ministers confer
ence in Lee county where he present
ed to representative of 1S Baptist
congregations the question of collect
ing the pledges in the Baptist s75.-
100000 campaign.
Hazlehurst.-The freezing weather
which struck Copiah county has ere
ated much stir among farmers of this
district. Hurry calls were made for
help to cover up the young vegetable
plans and the farmers were covering
their beds and field plants with pine
straw, broom straw or with grasses.
Snow was feared. as several trains go
ing south were covered with white
flakes. i
Jonestown.-Mrs. Barr, who was
reared in Mississippi and taught here
for q number of years and is now c
holding the chair of mathematics in q
Chickasha. Okla. at the Woman's {
State College. and was elected secre- q
tary OF the Oklahoma Teachers asso- /
citation. a body of 1000 men and Yom- G
en-. She was on the program to leao q
The discussion of mathematics. e
Ecru.-The Northeast mississippi
Bible Institute, that has been in ses-
sion at the local Baptist church, has f
closed. The book of Hebrews was \
aiken up and discussed throughout the v
Meeting. There were fine sermons S
~ some of Mississippi's leading min t
sters The discussions were full of a
interest, and were listened to by big t
at all times. t
Marks.-Coldwate river has been
hat had been plowed is under water, L
With thre e-fourths of the Lambert o
1rowder road impossible. the water i,
,eing five feet deep in some places. t
Hattiesburg.- the assurance of
he backing of the Kiwanis club ana Ii
ome of the most prominent Hatties- I
'urg business men, delegates who at Ii
ended the grand lodge convention of e
fasons at Jackson are planning 20 q
make strong bid to have the 1922
altering meet in Hattiesburg. n
Itta Bena.-In the canvas recently
made for funds to assist the starving
hildren OF Europe nearly 500 was S
aised in this community. OF this W
mount the children of the public a
chools contributed $162.50. s.
Natchez-The attention Of Congress
nan Percy e. Quin has been called 81
0 the fact that serious caving near 4
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