The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-21
AGENTS MAP OUT WORK.
Extension Workers Hold First Meet
ing and Look Ahead.

the-year rouAd table conference O
cooperative extension agents of tn
North Mississippi district, called b
l. A Olson OF Grenada. supervisor
agent for the district. was convenel
at the office OF Director C. T. Anna
of the Holly Springs branch expert
ment station
The purpose of the meeting was &
lay plans and discuss methods an,
ways to better aid the growers o
crops and breeders OF live stock {,
keep going, in the face of uncertain
conditions which face humanity il
this part of the country AS declared
the year 1921 must be made the bes
and most practically demonstrative o.
agricultural possibilities for helping
the farmers OF North Mississippi K
! pull themselves out OF the mire into
! which the general industrial and eco
nomic conditions OF the present time
have plunged them.
acknowledgements Clerk C. B. Rea
says that in 1920 he had no bad year
in Cupid's cause by any means; that
he averaged over 35 marriage license
sales per month for the entire year.
His books show that he has sold All
licenses and there have been about
100 of Copiahians to buy licenses in
other counties the past year for mar
riage. Thus Copiah has seen over 500
benedicts made out of her bachelors
and nearly as many Copiah girls have
gone the same route of Cupid, only a
few of Copiah's boys marrying out
of-county girls.
Yazoo City.-Thefe are three candi-
Iates already announced to represent
1azoo county in the lower house o:
the Mississippi state legislature to
succeed the late Hon. p. c. Meagher.
They are Excel Coody, j. ]. McGraw,
OF Jacksonville, and e. G. ChiIdress. of
Satartia. They will make an active
canvass among their friends as soon
as Gov. Russell issues a call for a
special election.
Yazoo City.-At a meeting of the
board of directors of the Delta Bank
and Trust Company OF Yazoo City.
dividend of 10 per cent was declared.
With this dividend the stockholders
of this bank have received 161 per
cent on their money since the bank
was first organized here about Is
Years ago. In addition to this they
have a surplus of $4,000
Farmers have arrang-
ed to start operations for the new sea-
son, most all land owners having now
secured tenants and all the labor they
need for the years work in the truck
as well as cotton fields. 1t is general
ly understood the farmers will cut the
cotton acreage and plant more corn,
hay, potatoes, cane and raise moro
cattle.
Meridian.-Two new teachers are to
be added to the Meridian high school
faculty at the beginning of the second ,
term, Jan. q. These are Miss Myrtle |
Byrd, of Hattiesburg, who will return
to Meridian, after attending Columbia |
University; and w. Z. Bell, Latin ami /
Greek scholar, formerly of Prince |
Webb College in Lewisburg, Tenn.
West Point-On account of the fact |
that there has been a constant de. /
mand on the board of supervisors for
a reduction of taxes ard cu~tailment /
of expenses in every department OF |
The county, the board of supervisors
decided to dispense with the services
Of the county agents.
McComb.-Work started on moving
he Presbyterian church. This build
ng was purchased by the congrega-
ion of the Christian church and will
De transferred to their lot on Della
ware avenue. The old Presbyterian
church viii be replaced by a hand
some $4,000 structure.
Meridian.-Mrs. Fannie w Johnson
If Vicksburg contributed $500 in cash
o the Meridian Anti-Tuberculosis Hos
'ital, according to Mrs. George w.
Hodge, president of the KINKS Daugh-
ers, who are in charge OF the hos
'ital
Jackson.-Right OF way for the pro.
'osed extension of the Jackson &
EASTERN railroad from SebastapooI, in
cott county, to this city. has been CD
aimed as far as Goshen Springs, 20
liles east of here, ie Rankin county.
Teachers of Stone county
we're the guests at dinner of the bust
ess men of Virgins. After a meet
lg of the teachers association held
t the court house spread was serv-
d at a local restaurant.
Senatobia.-Lon Tucker, a I7-year-
Id negro was bound over to the
rand jury on a charge of attempting
, wreck train on the Yazoo & Mis-
issippi Valley at Sarah. and also for
Brookhaven.-A district meeting OF
1unty superintendent OF education
as scheduled for Brookhaven Jan.
D. About IL counties were represent
/.
Meridian.-A proposition by the
ty council to inaugurate system {
hereby policemen, firemen and other
ty employees might be pensioned I
hen reaching the age of retirement,
as knocked out by an opinion from
ity Attorney Amis that no such sys- !
I'M could be legally established. the
ate law preventing.
Meridian The Guaranty Rank and .