The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-03-11
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Neps of Mississippi
Interesting Happenings Cleaned
From All Secticss Of The
Stale Specially Written
For This Paper.
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1 Blue MOuntaln.-Wh0ther the fol
| lowing incident reflects on Blue Noun
tain. DR.. NJ Hudson, local dentist, or
4 the county COW has not been officially
| determined: DR.. Hudson a few days
ago received a milk COW shipped to
! him in a crate from another section
| of this county He had the animal
released from the crate at the station
and drove her home. During the night
she disappeared from his pasture, and
| after diligent search had been made
| she was found, it is alleged, down at
| the station attempting TO get back
into the empty crate in which she was
shipped to Blue Mountain.
Moss Point-Due to the extensive
street improvement and paving in
! Moss Point a number of citizens and
| property owners have taken advantage
! of the presence of construction COM
! panies and have improved the fronts
/ of their stores and residences. The
! Pascagoula National Bank and Smith
& Fails have built concrete sidewalks
and entrances to their buildings, and
the city is having a number of i'm
provements made in the way OF con-
| crete CulNOIlS, DulhuSduSs 6lC-
Yazoo City.-The cold spell Just
passed did not kill any of the fruit Of
this county although some of the
peach and plum trees were in full
bloom, Yazoo farmers are paying
more attention to their orchards than
they have in the past doing more
spraying and seeing that all trees are
pruned, cleaned and sprayed before
the borers get in their work.
Natchez.-The exterior of the First
Presbyterian church of Natchez. one
of the oldest edifices in the state, is
to be restored. All of the old stucco
on the building is being torn away
and will be replaced with new. The
interior of the building was done over
recently, as also was Stratton chapel,
which adjoins it. The church building
was constructed in 1880.
Wiggins.-Two heavily masked men
robbed the Citizens Bank of Virgins
of about $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
Liberty bonds locked NJ. E. Cooper the
cashier in the vault and escaped in All
automobile Bloodhounds were obtain
ed from Crystal Springs and trailed to
point about two miles away on the
highway leading toward New Angus
ia then lost the trail
Charleston-Miss Belle Kearney,
candidate to succeed the Hon John
Sharp Williams for United States SEN
ator and who is prominent throughout
the land for her work in the temper
lei ~
dress at Charleston, Miss, at the
courthouse soon, on the Pulse Beats
Of Nations"
Ackerman.-An extensive campaign
has been planned by County Agent
Bradshaw and County superintendent
Murphy for enrolling club members in
to active agriculture work. Mr.. Brad
shaw reports that the boys and girls
OF Choctaw are taking hold of the
iGea and are lining up in every com
R1unity.
Hattiesburg.-Cla talks by
Rotarians ]. S. Lea, real estate dealer;
A. NJ Upton, trainmaster Of the South
ern lines here; A C. Steele, grocer,
and j. P. Williams, lath manufacturer,
featured the meeting of the Rotary
club and gave some interesting side
lights on the general situation of to-
day.
Hazlehurst-W. f. Graves of Copiah
county recently shipped 236 pounds of
the rare medicinal plant called gin
seng, for which he received the neat
sum of $500 from a Skaneatles n. Y,
l. l..
express. This plant product was
grown on only one-fourth acre of land.
ttiesburg.-Before a large meet
ing of the B. P. o. E, Hattiesburg
Lodge No. SO, B. F. Causey was hon
ored by being elected for third term
to the position Of exalted ruler. Much
enthusiasm was shown at the conclu-
sion Of the election of officers. which
was followed by buffet luncheon.
Summit-The Hi-Yi boys of the
Summit High School entertained their
fathers at banquet in the school audi
forum, there being present about so
guests A special program had been
arranged and a sumptuous spread was
served by the lady friends of the boy
students.
Blue Mountain.-TipDah farmers are
beginning to SOW oats in considerable
quantities in this section of the coun-
ty. taking advantage of the fine wealth
er to get their oats into the ground.
Starkville.-Dr. T. w. Nickel, a res
ident of this city, who for a number
of years was associate editor of the
Rochell, Ga. New Era, is now at Null
berry, Fla, in the heart of the phos-
plate region, psrfeeting arrangements
to begin the publication of newsy
weekly.
Summit-Marshal z. E. Blount sold
on the streets of Summit at public auc
ton an automobile which had recent |
ly been confiscated together with in
toxicating liquor in behalf of the state
The car brought the sum of $202.50.
Brookhaven.-The public school
teachers of Franklin county are said
to have requested the superintendent
Of education to reduce their salaries in