Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-02-10

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Misunderstanding one Of the smaller
safes at the Riverside Bank, robbers
recently secured $3.50 in Liberty bonds
and war savings stamps which had
been entrusted with the bank by Gus.
toners for safekeeping. The combina
ton on the safe was knocked Off
Jackson.-7The Mississippi state
land office is still being kept open
since the death of Land Commissioner
NJ. A. Brown, by his son, Frank Brown,
who was deputy and assistant land
Commissioners. r. ID. Moore of Liber-
ty Miss. who was appointed land
commissioner by the governor, has
not yet qualified.
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Meridian.-One of the most impor;
tant deals consummated in Meridian
in some time has just been closed with
the purchase by j. w. Sanders from
C. w. and Mrs. L. S. Cochran of the
five-story Cochran office and store
building on the corner of Twenty-third
avenue and Eighth street. The con.
sideration is given as $4,000.
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c. f. Kellogg of the European relief
fund has turned over to the treasurer
of this county, Chas. Estes, the sum
of $685.. 10, which will be forwarded
for the relief of the starving chill
dren of Eastern and Central Europe.
All reports have not come in as yet,
but it is not expected that this sum
will be very much larger.
Mantee.-At a meeting Of stock
holders, directors as follows were
elected: T. ]. Springer, A. ]. Wo-
mack, G.. B. Pepper, w. A. Scott, ].
H. Salmon, w. T. George, H. w.
George. They reelected the same Of
ficeRs as were given the care of the
bank at its opening on Oct. l. 1907.
A. NJ. Marley is president, J. E. Lo
gan, vice-president H. w. George,
cashier.
Blue Mountain.-AgEes Palmer,
aged about six, adopted daughter Of
the late Dr. o. p. Palmer of this
place, whose family now resides in
New Albany, was crushed by a truck,
her stomach and head being badly
mangled by the machine. The little
girl and another child were playing
on the street, and it is understood
that Agnes was run over while trying
to rise from the ground where she had
fallen at play.
Crystal Springs.-The advocates Of
the plan to create and enlarge the
municipal separate school district as
pertaining that the cost of transport
ing the children to the school in town
would impose too great an expense
upon the taxpayers of the town, pro.
pose now to extend the present sepa-
rate municipal school district only
so far as to include children who can
attend the school in town without
having to be transported by auto or
wagon.
Greenwood e. Gallon, an aviator
and ex-member of the British flying
corps, was convicted in the circuit
court here of manufacturing intoXi-
eating liquors. His sentence has not
yet been imposed by the judge, Gal
lion with two negroes were arrested
in Leflore county in August near
Berclair, when the sheriff and dep
uties raided a cabin and captured an
Illicit still with a capacity Of So gal
Ions. Gallon was armed and resist
ed arrest, but was overpowered
atcheZ.-Following the announce
ment of the Natchez city council that
it would not oppose Sunday moving
pictures in the event that the theaters
are operated more than one block
from any church, formal statement
has been issued by ministers of the
Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and
Episcopal churches of the city which
says in part: There must be a limit
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law and this bold action of the alder
men is certainly the limit. AS clu-
zens we appeal to the city fathers to
reconsider this matter and give se-
rious and sober thought to all that
Is involved"
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Jackson.--A decision OF importance
to Mississippi has been rendered by
the United States circuit court OF ap-
peals at New Orleans in the case Of
Stokes vs. Robertson, state revenue
agent, against Jordan River Lumber
company wherein the revenue agent
sued the lumber company for cutting
timber on sixteenth section lands in
Hancock county, Mississippi. and
lands in said county taken in lieu Of
sixteenth sections, and belonging to
Monroe county. The district court de-
cided the case against the revenue
agent; an appeal Gas taken to the
circuit court of appeals. and there
the case was reversed; the court hold
ing that the state is not merely
nominal party, and that its interest
in the litig$tion is such that the fed