Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-21
MISSISSIPPI.
EVENTS. I
Caheredfl'o oihi;.Aurooiaz,
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

EIlII.llt EaiiliI.

lSI les. H.sIlIl,
clartsdale. 4f,1Isaayg, fS5ith4ip fS5ith. n Nfalo
important sch6ei' bcifti elections wiz
be heIh in this sepstsi one fat leaa#l
town sn an isyf9nyanesIHf &3Yoos fPa
one al Friar Point on an Issuance OF
$15,00Q The money from the Jones
town election will, In case the bonds
are faForably Hasssf fp6h, ebs useH
in the CONSTRUCTION ,qf al neg 7sohosl,
and that of the ETiar Point ELECTION
school which r. ali6xdy IA Course Uf
construction atvEriaA Point. Sixty
thousand dollars in bonds for the lat
ter school weret eTsipapy vptea,ybyt
this sdm was later found to be in
lifting Va
Greenwood. - The white public
school buildings at siden, sidatSmi)eff
south of here, burned. lIqfe1fk N START
ed from defective flue and both
buildings, one-story and a two-story-
frame building; were destroyed. About
4lfOVv lhSuidACO was On LHt
buildings. Thea buildings we're old
ones) and plsps .Se1E already Vndsr
way for thetcon ssrh cfidnld b znndkrh
consolidated school at this place A
number of school children lost their
books and only a few desks, weIe
saved. The sessidnlhad aiisti kdtddh
good headway and the loss of the
buildings will be quite an inconven-
ience to the patrons of thes schP9ll !,
sssss 3yt4tVJl
Jatkson.-The office of ]. J. Conan,
secretary of the state board OF peni-
tentiary trustees. has been notified
of the Communication sbf sentences
granted by the, governor to Dave
Mayas. sentenced by the circuit court
of Franklin county to- hang Sept. 81,
and Mick Mickles, sentenced from
Perry to hang Sept. 2. Stay Of sent
ence was granted sMayes' on EAug.j 10
until Oct. 81, The crime In this case
was murder Mickless sentence was
suspended ON Aug, 10. to Oct. Al, to
await action OF the pardoning board.
Carthage. George Howell,. who. was
shot Ithrough the neck and shoulders
In a difficulty which took place in the
Renfroe community several days ago,
and who was in very precariousi con-
ditiop for several days, is on the road
to recovery and will get weil. IN the
difficulty in which George was wound
ed his brother, Ernest. was killed and
three Thomas boys, ,Wipjams Reuben
and Eugene, chargsflwltH iths kiliingi
are how in the couRN jai-V" wa"
Hazlehurst.-The dairying siyidustry
for Copiah is not only carried on from
a latge skimming station here and at
Wesson and, other railroad towns,sbut
it has now. invaded the precincts of
the rural Districts Union Church, a
rural c6fhif6n1it.y, with
clask of people, has installed milk
statfon there, the Brookhavsns cr8ms
cry cmopany being the financiers Of
the new project.
Fernwood.-The honor of being the
first woman to cast her vote in this
county belongs to Miss Beulah Young
blood of McComb, who with a number
of dher ladies participated in the
school bond election recently. which
resulted in a record-breaking' fmajof-'
ity for the issuance of $4,000 ihI mu-
nicipal bonds to provide a new school
building in East McComb and a school
athletic field.
C9ldwater.-Farmers 'arotnd'i' here
are burning their attention to raising
Angora goats and the industry bids
fairEto assume considerable proper
tionh At least dozen farmers al
ready have small herds, and others
are purchasing breeding stock. The
flesh from these animals commands
top prices on the lqcaI I market, mFsalFlkFst,
CSrthage-The session. pf ad4eaRa
cou4ty Baptist associaftjpnn,, hsld ysth
Mt. Zion church. was largely attended,
21 churches being represented. Rev
T. d Ward of Lena WAS ,Rlected. mods
erafr and Rev P. B; ;.Essrqfst REsasrpqfett Waas ri
elecled clerk
CNdwater.- on thes LOCAL
marNet has dropped to 10 cents, a
decphe of $40 bale from the peak
pric& Seed has also declined from
$37 p 932 ton There is falDt3 III
in SHINING, which indicates ttfakf M
bigd$t rush of cotton to the market is
oveE
q{SrkvitIa "A vnur~ ro~~~ ~hacL
frod5r 4 in The Hotsas dS Hustihss
cta1ed with being too free with the
sas Y! s(I y gg|BseIs aslSL
BILE white man named w. w. Boone,
who opsratss , small msrcantils e.