Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-12-02

are two or three murder cases to come
before this term of court. jurors have
been summoned for only one week.
Friar Point.-The annual drive for
members in the Red Cross here has
just closed, and Mrs. r. P. Mitchell,
chairman of this branch Of the Goa
homa county chapter, reports an en-
rollment of 100 members for the COM
| ing year.
Sardis.-Rev. E. G.. Mohler, who,
much to the qualification of his Sar-
dis congregation, has been returned
by the conference for a fourth years
service with the Methodist church.
has been appointed chairman for this
section Of the county for the ANNUAL
Red Cross drive.
Pascagoula.-Five students OF the
Harrison-Stone counties agricultural
high school at Perkinston, had a mar
row escape from drowning when the
automobile in which they were in was
driven over the rocks into the Pasca-
goula river.
Marks.-At the November meeting
of the Quitman County Teachers as
sociation the resolutions of regret
were passed on the death OF Prof R.
l.. McNair, who was principal OF the
Crowder line school at the time of his
death.
Blue Mountain.--A negro who was
on trial for murder in Benton county
at the special term Of the circuit
court just ended broke out into loud
shoutings of delight and deliverance
when the jury returned a verdict OF
not guilty.
| Waynesboro.-H. Wick, president of
the board Of supervisors, had entered
on the minutes a resolution ordering
an election to be held in district four
on Dec. 29, to fill the vacancy on the
board from that district caused by
! the death of T. Hiral Leggett.
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Blue Mountain.-The prevalence OF
partridges with which Tippah teens
this season BODIES i'll for the boil
weevil, In the opinion of some prac.
tical farmers. who feel that the guam
titles Of quail will be sufficient to de.
your largely the devastating pests.
Blue Mountain.-Final figures show
that Mississippi Baptists actually col
lected 100000 in the month of Oc.
/ tohar IN x1adooo ,,ado fo~ tba err
100000 campaign, according to DR.. r.,
A. Kimbrough, field secretary OF the
Baptist state mission board.
| Yazoo City.-The Peoples Ware
house company has about completed
a levee around their warehouses and
yards high enough to protect all the
cotton stored there against the spring
floods next year.
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Coldwater.-M. H. Thornton of the
Poagville community, has thorough.
bred Scotch collie dog which also has
keen nose for birds. This combine
tion collie and bird dog grew up with
an old bird dog and learned all the
traits Of the latter.
Blue Mountain.--The postoffice at
Chalybeate, this county, which was
discontinued some time ago with the
Inauguration OF rural free delivery to
that point from Walnut, will shortly
be reopened.
Coldwater.-Sportsme in this Sec
tion are much worried over the preva-
lence Of black tongue among their bird
dogs. This disease is fatal in nearly
every instance, and many fine dogs
have died of it within the past year.
Gulfport.-Work on the big 10-inch
artesian we'll being drilled for the city
will be delayed for week, due to the
finding Of two small machine nuts IN
side the casing.
Carthage.-The second annual fid-
dlers contest, given under the aus
pices Of the ladies of the Methodist
church, was well attended, and the
receipts collected amounted to $7135.
Philadelphia Houston, 6
years old, son of J. H. Houston, prom
inent farmer east of Philadelphia,
was drowned by falling in an open
well in the pasture. near the house.
Crystal Springs.-The sewerage
question will not down here and many
citizens are talking about bond is
sue to raise sufficient funds with the
beginning of the new year to install
this city Improvement
Philadelphia--One OF the largest
deals made matter Of record in Ne
shoba county in many years is the sale
Of the BollingerF Franklin tract of tim.
Der land to the Burnside Land and
Timber company.
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Ecru.-The gin at this place has
just closed down for the season, gin.