Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-06
lLEAKEsvILIE MISS FRIDAY 8.
TAKES UP MILK PROBLEM.
Public Health Service Man Reports to
jackson Board for investigation.

JackSOn.-SclenLlIlc ASSlSIduL II. y.
Lucas of the United States public
health service has reported to the state
board of health for a period of three
or more wesks for the purpose of
making a study of the milk problem
in Mississippi. The objective of his
work will be to go over the entire
question of the milk supply Of the
state and its products, 1t is desirable
to have. standard regulations relative
TO the use of milk and its products
which will conserve the commercial in
terests of those who deal in milk and
milk products in making shipments to
other states.o There are certain in''
terstate laws that" should be kept in
mind in formulating, regulations for
the state and municipalities, and the
purpose Of Mr.. Lucas work Is to in
lvestigate local problems with the view
of suggesting any changes, that are
desirable, in the regulations of the
board Of health relative to the sup
ply of milk and its products to con-
summers. m a..
Natchez.--A conference of officials
/ OF the Mississippi Central and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads was held here
to settle details of a contract for joint
facilities at HNatehez' and between
Natchez and Vidalia, La. The parties
to the contract are the Mississippi
! Central, the Missouri Pacific, the
Louisiana "a Arkansas and the. T. q
NJ v. railroads. q The facilities to be
| used are those of the Natchez &
Southern railroad and. the .Natchez
Transfer Company, subsidiaries of the
Missouri Pacific. "''"-o 5'.r' '
fiss 80 gtanst s,st i'4 if".ft -'tt
Brookhaven.-A good sized tornado
did much property damage in a section
three to five miles west and northwest
of f,Brookhaven There was no loss OF
/ life or personal injury due directly to
the storm, but the damage to property
will run. well up into the thousands OF
dollars. Several residences were COM.
pletely wrecked while timber, out
houses and fences were carried 'eom-1
pletely away by the whirlpools of wind,
which departed as suddenly as they
came. t,ss .u,
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Guntown.-Mr. and Mrs. w. H.
Green of this place. have made, a gift
of inestimable value to the Guntown
high school, A beautiful brick bunga-
! low has been erected by them, on the
campus, to be used as a music room.
In design 1t corresponds with the main
building and will be known as the
Vance Green Memorial, In memory of
the beautiful and accomplished daugh-
ter, Vance, whose death was a cause
of sorrow to the entire. community.
Il L, .,lsa.s i*tsfss at
| Jacksonville general, opinion is
i that there ewillsbe no special session
of the legislature called. Governor
/ Russell. who was petitioned by the
insurance interests to call the legisla-
i ture together, stipulated certain con-
ditions must be met, which the insur-
/ ance men Say are impossible or ful-
filling. and express themselves as con-
vinced the governor will refuse the
call. a..- -5
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| Clarksdale.-Judge Williams, Of the
! chancery court here, will conduct a
hearing on a proposed plan for the
! liqpidation. of the. Delta Bank 6. and
I Trust Company. w1hrcn T5cenr1yy c1osuu
its doors. The plan, which is said to
have received Ithe approval of the
Eas tern. creditors, provides for the
AdhfaktioA Iok th& $eAhirs of the bank
over period of two years.
IJa1Iob,ret i11ia novic q. small
11-year-old negro girl, while playing in
the dirt under the house of the John
4 Hester plartation, found pot Of
money and gave it to her parents. 1t
4 originally contained about $1,000, but
the negroes claim it contained only
$3.50, and turned over $3.50 to the Hes
Il ter family .saying they, had spent the
other $100.
4, Tupelo. 1.-The cotton committee Of
the local farm bureau decided to sell
about 67 bales of cotton that they have
pooled in the warehouse. The cotton
brought an average of IL cents
II pound. The Committee have on hand
: about 1000 bales for sale, but they
= will not put it on the market at this
time.
CRYSTAL Springs.-G w. Chambers,
president, and w. B. Lockwood, sec
-lretary, of the Crystal Springs Ice Com.
i pany have Been to Jackson to inspect
the creamery and ice cream plant
: there preparatory to installing a
| EcfeamAry and ice cream plant here.
|
Shaw.-A cyclone struck the planta-
d Istidn of y. w. Weilenman, two miles
east of here and blew his large barn
/ to pieces, killed his sons saddle horse
II and injured Ia mule so badly that it
pAl1avs dia q TViJ3JuAlll
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L jackson General Franz