The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-26
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from ALI Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

RAOuuCLS anu Sweet POIdIOGS hulCI
have been raised by the hundreds O
thousands OF bushels.
BrookhaVen.-The farmers bureau
met at the court house with good at
tendance to make an estimate OF the
amount of seed that will be required
for sowing the various crops mex
spring.
Jackson.-Martin Huxley, hustling
undergraduate OF Purdue University, is
spending part of his vacation in pre-
pairing for his school magazine a pa
per on THE Northern Farmer in the
South" in which he is receiving the
cooperation of the agriculturists, real
estate men and board of trade officials
IN the city.
Wyatte.-The Baptists of Tyro, near
this place. are in the midst OF revi.
val. The pastor Rev. Walton Lee, OF
Como, is doing the preaching.
Amory.-A. c.. Humpries, prominent
Amory merchant, has let the contract
for four new brick buildings on North
Main street, and work has begun. The
buildings have already been leased
from one to five years.
Shaw.-With more than three weeks
OF torrid heat and drouth. the young
corn and all kinds of recently planted
crops have suffered considerably, but
still it is not too late for rain to do
them good.
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school for the Corinth district opened
with an enrolment Of 81.
Observation-Disclosures Brown of the
public service company Announces that
he has just closed a contract with a
st. Louis company for new steel rails
to be laid on the electric railway from
the old capitol to the Union station.
Wyatte.-The school board and trus-
tees OF the Wyatte-Thyatira consoli-
dated school at a recent meeting let
contracts to drivers for the traRsporta-
ton of school children to aud from
school.
FOrest.-Former service men of
Scott county will stage an exhibition
drill for the benefit OF their friends
at the Hillsboro community fair. Dr.
J. L. Parks, an overseas veteran Of
ficer. will call the steps for the former
service men,
New Albany-In the special election
held here to elect a successor to Victor
Smith resigned as marshal, C. l.. Mar
tin was chosen over F. NJ. Irby and
will fill out the remainder of the term,
which ends December 81, 1922.
Brookhaven.-Six thousand, one hun
dred dollars has been subscribed by
Lincoln county farmers for stock in
the Louisiana Mississippi milk distriE-
uting company, which will establish II
plant in New Orleans.
Lula.-Mose Williams and Fred
Wade, both about % years old, were
arrested here by Town Marshal W. Fl.
Carpenter. They are in Jail at Clarks-
dale awaiting preliminary trial here on
various charges.
Greenville-Hubert R. Crosby, a
young man of several years expert
ence in the cotton business, the mann
ger Of the Delta Cotton corporation for
the past two or three years, has been
selected as the manager of the Staple
Cotton Cooperative association for the
Greenville and Leland offices.
Crystal Springs-T w Rhymes,
who proved himself to be one of the
best truck growers in the section this
season. Is continuing his activities
with much success in the growing and
shipping of sweet potatoes.
Meridian.-Thos. A. Amos about 35
years old, is being held here on a
charge of desertion from the U. S.
navy. 1t is alleged he left his ship at
New York and that he enlisted for
two years last June at Birmingham.
Jackson. T. Calhoun, supervisor
of rural schools, has just returned
from Tippah county with a great deal
of enthusiasm for the splendid work
being done at Chalybeate agricultural
high school by the principal
Meridian.-A meeting of the cotton
growers of Lauderdale. Clark, New
ton and Kemper counties, has been
called to be held in Meridian at the
court house. The meeting is for the
purpose of discussing athe marketing
of the staple this year
Blue Mountain.-That the Ford car
belongs to the old-fashioned kicking
mule genus is the opinion of j. NJ and
Robert Hall. each Of whom has just
had an arm broken while attempting
to crank refractory Ford. They both
reside at Dumas, east of this place.
Jacksonville office of ]. ]. Conan,
secretary of the state board of trustees
of the penitentiary.- has received no
tice Of the pardon of Bob Shelton, sent
up from Pearl River county in 1919 on
a three-year sentence for grand lar
ceny.
Arkabutla.-A very forcefuI illustra-
ton of the drop in prices for this year
over last was had here when the trus-
tees of the Arkabutla consolidated
school let the contracts for the carry
ing of the various school routes in the
district. Last year the prices ranged
from $72 to $S5 This year the charge