Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-04-21
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merchants, board of supervisors and
others interested in the welfare of the
farmers industries motored the first
OF this week across three counties to
Oxford, Miss, to make special study
of the Lafayette county farm bureau.
This delegation of interested, far
seeing men, led by County Agent
Bradshaw, are all reporting in Choc-
taw county that special courtesies
were shown them by County Agent
Turner, farm bureau directors, bank
ers, farmers, county home economics
agent and ladies of Lafayette county.
Hazlehurst.-The national negro
health week is being observed by all
Hazlehurst, whites as we'll as blacks
taking part in the work. The whites
realize that they cannot have health
full town unless the negroes also keep
their yards and homes in sanitary con-
dition. The white parent-teacher as
ISOLATION has offered prize of SIS to
the negro child that brings in the most
old tin cans picked up in the streets,
in the yard or anywhere. One child
already has piled up about 5000, and
there is strong competition among the
black children to win this prize.
West Point.-On the night Of April
2 Frank Dichiaro's store was broken
into and robbed of S. in pennies. Chief
Cromwell and Policeman Neyman took
up the case promptly and have landed
George Perry. The only clew which
which they found on the floor The
person guilty of every theft committed
here in the last IL months has been
captured.
Augutlla. Agents ]. L.
Boyd and T. J. Phillips, operating in
this vicinity, located and destroyed
two whisky stills on the Refuge plan
tation, in the Fifth Supervisors Dis
trict of this (Sharkey) county. Both
stills were crude Affairs, being made
of gasoline drums and gas pipe. Both
were operated by negroes, Ollie Per
kins and John Preston, who were ar
rested.
Winona.-Rev. w. M. Bostwick, who
has accepted the pastorate of the
Bellevue Baptist church of Memphis,
preached his farewell sermon Sunday
evening to one of the largest congre.
cations that ever assembled in the
city. DR.. Bostwick has been pastor
of the First Baptist church here for
the past two years and has many
friends among the various denomina-
tiOns.
Crystal Springs.-G. w. Chambers,
president of the Crystal Springs Ice
Company, went to Magnolia, where he
is negotiating with the citizens there
with view of putting in a storage
room for ice this summer to be Ship
ped from the plant here. Work on
the plant here is progressing rapidly
and will be manufacturing ice by the
first of June.
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Yazoo City.-Gus Davis, negro, who |
confessed to the killing of four other |
negroes near Holly Bluff last Novem-
Der, was arrraigned in circuit court |
here. Davis entered plea of mot |
guilty" in the face of a confession |
signed last January. Hon. J. G.
Holmes was appointed by Judge Pot |
ter to defend Davis.
Calhoun City.-County Agent R. S.
shipped five carloads of |
choice hogs to market for the farmers
of this county. These hogs were ship |
ped to East st. Louis, and, according
to Nj. MitchelPs statement, will bring
q very low price due to the surplus of |
live sotck being rushed on the market.
Seminary.-Mack Graham, sheriff of |
Covington county, and A. L. Herrin,
marshall of Sumrall, Miss, raided and
captured a whisky. still 10 miles west
Of this place, and arrested Walter
Ohio Miller and Grover
Miller.
Hazlehurst.-A petition has been
published legally by friends of ]. E.
robertson to get pardon for him in
,rder to save him from serving the
10 years sentence for killing the
8outwells near Hazlehurst in 1919.
Meridian.-Two automobiles, one
belonging to A. E. Morrison and the
1ther to Iraenus Lloyd, prominent
business men of Meridian, stolen from
n front of local picture theatre,
lave been recovered.
. Port Gibson.-Jesse Watts. murderer
# Dr., d. S. Alverson, prominent
physician, was hanged here in the
county :ail.
Itta Bena.-By public contributions
he town of Itta Bena has secured
money with which new hose cart
or the fire department will be pur-
hased. 1t is the intention to pur.
base on automobile chassis, on which
he hose reels will be mounted.
Itta Bena.-The setting.up meeting