Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-05-19
INSPECTED FARM CLUBS.
Federal Agents Plan New Method Of
Financing Work.

JacksOn.-F. J. Hurst, assistant fed.
eral farm demonstration director for
south Mississippi, is just back from
an interesting stay in COpiah, where
under G. c. Bearden, county agricul-
tural agent, the boys clubs are 40
complishing fine things. A specially
interesting club is that at Hopewell,
Of which State Senator ]. M. Pannell
is leader. Senator PannelI has been
intensely interested and active in
getting all the boys Of the community
into active membership in the club.
and the Hopewell club won the $50
prize offered by the county agent and
the county superintendent of educa.
ton to the school community enrolling
the highest percentage of eligible boys.
Mr.. Bearden has completed plans for
new step in the financing of boys
club activities that will mean much to
the county this season. Banks have in
the past shown themselves very ready
to finance pig and dairy projects, and
through Mr.. Bearden's activities will
now extend aid in the matter OF purI
chase of pure seed.
Gulfport.-Gen. George F. Wood,
President Wadsworth and Col. .MattI.
son, representing the soldiers home
board of the United States, all of Day
ton, Ohio, inspected the naval station
buildings with view to establishing
a national soldiers home here at the
expiration Of the present lease made
recently by the government for a re-
Mobilization camp. The home will be
for the states of Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, Florida and Texas.
Jonestown.-The civic league had
its last meeting for this club year.
One feature Of the meeting was the
report Of Mrs. J. B. Mitchell, who rep
resented the Jamestown civic league
in the state federation at Jackson.
While the club as whole will dis
band until October, the library COM
mittee will be open for the distribu-
ton Of books to the reading public
InIOu6uOuL Lu0 SUMMER.
Baldwyn.-The forty-seventh annual
decoration of the Confederate soldiers
graves took place here in the Masonic
cemetery, where many of the gallant
boys in gray" who were killed in the
battle of Shiloh, near Corinth, are
buried. The exercises were opened
with song, then prayer by Elder M.
H. Armor. Several little girls strew
flowers on the graves.
Houlka.-Work on the Houston.
Pontotoc road, on which bonds were
recently issued, began here with o.
D. Ashley, one Of the subcontractors,
in charge. This project is supplying
work for the surplus teams of many
farmers who are in dire need Of ready
money with which to make their
crops.
Grenada-Dr. J. R. Countiss, presi.
dent Of Grenada college, announces
that there will BIZ NO normal for Mis-,
sissippi teachers held in Grenada this
summer. He makes this statement in
answer to the many queries that con.
tinue to come to him from teachers
asking to reserve rooms.
Crystal Springs.-Jim Yarbrough, q
blacksmith, was stunned when struck
behind the ear by a richochet bullet
from a shooting gallery. The gallery
was ordered closed. Under the ordi.
nance, no shooting gallery can be
opened without a majority OF voters
signing q petition.
charlottesville remains Of Win.
ston P. Moore, aged 81, prominent
business man and formerly mayor Of
Lula, who died in hospital in Mem
phis from a self-inflicted bullet
wound, were buried at the Oakridge
cemetery with impressive Masonic
ceremonies.
Sherman.-Rev. Henry G. West,
Baptist pastor, and Steve M. Parks.
assistant superintendent of the Bap'
fist Sunday school, left for Chattanoo.
ga, Tenn, to attend the Southern Bap.
fist convention.
Natchez-Hospital day was observed
here with tag day for the benefit
OF the Natchez charity hospital, con-
Quoted under tbs direction Of the
ladies composing the hospital auxil.
larry.
Crystal Springs-Lem Henry, a far
mer living north Of town, sustained q
serious and very painful accident by
being run into with an automobile be-
driven by Mrs. H. s. Holt.
POntotoc. - The "Ole Deestrict
Skule" was given by local talent and
800 added to the library fund. The
play was under the auspices Of the
parent-teacher association.
Lexington.-William Moore, plant
or, living near here, was shot five
times and instantly killed by Fannie
Walton, a negro woman, whom Off
GERS believe is insane.