The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-05
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

OF 80 in his medical work this summer
OF SO in medical work this summer il
Tulane University, New Orleans, vii
sity of Mississippi, completing boil
the literary and medical training there
He will probably be the youngest per
son ever to achieve this double dis
tinction at ole Miss.
Blue Mountain.-The personally as
eessment in Tippah have fallen of
about 100000 from the pre,tous Off
cial record, according TO the estimate
of some of the board of supervisors
who have just competed the readjust-
ment OF taxable values in the county
in their review Of the rolls OF the coun-
y tax assessor.
Blue Mountain.-Freigh traffic on
this division Of the Gulf, Mobile and
Northern railroad is steadily climbing
back up toward the pre-slump maxi
mum when this division was put to it
to handle the volume of its business
because of its recent constructed road
bed from Middleton to Jackson Tenn.
BilOxi-Johnson' turpentine still
on the TKhouticaboffa river. about ten
miles north of Biloxi, which was de-
stroyed by fire last winter, causing
loss OF nearly $4,000 to its owner. J.
II. Johnson, has been placed in opera
tfon again and is now working on full
time in the manufacturing of rosin
and turpentine.
Jackson-Entrance examinations to
state college viii be given August II
at Gulfport, Hattiesburg, jackson, Me-
ridian, Brookhaven, Grenada, Holly
Springs, Clarksdale, Moorhead, TupeIO
and Alderman. The announcement is
made by H. NJ. Ivy, state supervisor Of
secondary education.
Senatobia.-The county school board
met here and transacted business con
nected with the interest of the schools
of the county. There is only one new
school building in course Of cOnstruc-
ton, the one at Thyatira. This, when
completed, viii be one OF the most
spacious and handsome buildings in
the county.
Greenwood. G. Croutz, in charge
of the Atlanta, Ga, office of the Unit
ed States warehouse act, will arrive
in Greenwood soon and viii meet the
various superintendent of the com
presses in the delta here in order to
discuss he various duties of the Ii |
censed warehousemen under the ware
house act.
Biloxi-Biloxi IS behaving itself ex-
ceptionally well. according to Chief of |
Police Bills, although a banner sum-
mer season is in progress with thou |
sands of visitors coming and going |
There has been little disturbance of |
the peace, burglary and other misde- |
meanors which might alarm visitors
and others.
Gulfport-The Ingram-Day sawmill
a. Lyman, which was destroyed by fire
several weeks ago, will be rebuilt ac-
cording to information given out by
A. ) Mitchell, general manager of the
Ingram-Day interests.
Waynsboro-Groves Moody a young
resident of Silas, Ala, near here, was
shot to death by a negro named Jor
dan, who some hours later was killed
by a posse. The negro is said to have
resisted arrest.
Jackaon.-Informatio has reached
the office of DIR. Hudson Chadwick, ex-
ecutive officer Of the state live stock
sanitary board. of an outbreak of an
thrax near Greenwood that is very
virulent in its nature, attacking cattle
and swine as well as horses.
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IS enjoying a revival meeting in the
Methodist church. Rev. James Nc
Cafety from Minter City is doing the
The weather is extremely
hot but there are big crowds at each
service.
North Carrollton.-At least three
girls from this county will attend the
short course for girls and women to be
held at Normal college. August 1919,
according to reports from Mrs. D. B.
Alley, district home demonstration {
agent.
Blue Mountain.-Mrs. Emma Fair :
Armstrong, Louisville, Miss. has just ;
been named member of the board of
trustees Of Blue Mountain College in
yAaNC VI MIS- u. IL I1dlAs VI NEW Al | /
oany, who died in office only a few
months ago. n
Senatobia. - Anthrax among the
lorses and mules at Sarah, in the >
western part of the county. is giving a
he people of that community and the :,
eastern part of Tunica county concern. n
Corinth.-Two hundred North Mis-
issippi school teachers are visiting n
he Shiloh battlefield as a courtesy :
extended them by the chamber OF II
commerce of this city.
reenwood.-Considera peIlagra
5 prevalent in Leflore county. accord 2
ng TO statement made by Dr. c. N +,
}. Campbell, county health officer. n,
Corinth-The proposed change of
he schedule Of the Memphis Special -.
n the Southern railway, to become i.
Elective August Il, strikes a most IA -