Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-01-21
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Greanyille. The body OF a white
man, fairly well dressed, was found
on the sand on an island opposite
Leota, 40 miles south of Greenville.
Sheriff nicholson was notified and
Deputies Shanahan and Vaught lefs
TO investigate. They found the dead
body that of A. c. Wilson. who had
been stabbed to death with knife.
"A card in the. pocket OF the clothing
ON the body showed Wilson to be "a
years Of age and a member OF a me-
Hchanic lodge at Dayton, O., as a ma
chinist. A picture of boy was found.
also some papers showing that Wilson
had relatives at Mention, KY.
jackson. Fedora aid totaling 1906.
900 was apportioned to two Mississippi
counties for road building at the first
1891 session of the state highway
commission. Hinds county will re.
ceive $125.000 for the construction Of
40 miles of concrete road between
jackson and Clinton, and Jackson, q
coast county. will get $1S0,000 to as
sist in building Is miles of concrete
highway from the Harrison county
line to the West Pascagoula river by
way of Ocean Springs.
Columbus.-Girls from all sections
Of Mississippi have been called to fill
official positions in the first class of
the Mississippi State College fcr
Women, the freshman class. The cleo
ttion was held with the following re.
xsult: President, Miss Lucille McTaven.
Yazoo City: vice president, Miss Ha.
eel Perry, Eupora; secretary and
treasurer Miss Elizabeth Smith, Hat
tiesburg; business manager, Miss Dab
ney Ledyard, of Tupelo.
3en s'ss> >ss( y
Jackson. This community was ter.
ribly shocked on learning OF the death
Of Robert Il. Wilson. for many years
prominent in state and local affairs
and an authority In public land az
fairs. Mr.. Wilson was Ill a week or
10 days ago, and in bed for; short
time. but had been up and out since
that time. and was apparently in good
health. Death came suddenly after he
Retired.
West Point.-Of officers captured Sam
Pitman, alias Burdette, charged with
attempting to forge a check on a
prominent citizen OF Okolona. : Bur-
dette claims to be- from Huptsville.7
Ala. He was taken to Okolona. by the,
sheriff of Chickasaw county and
|given preliminary hearing. Failure to
make bond of $500 he was sent to Jail
to await the action of the grand Jury.
lexington mass meeting at
the court house resolutions were pass
led, requesting. the board of superYi..
sors to abolish certain offices and de-
partments. The board in reply held
that the offices were created. and sal.
aries fixed by the legislature. so that
no cuts In salaries could be made.
Meridian.-An automobile belong
ing TO F. Broach. stolen from in front
OF the First Baptist church when the
owner was attending services. was re.
covered. It was abandoned by the
thieves when it got stuck in the mud
on the Jackson highway, 13
miles from the city. '-F-sss'
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Eupora.- One of the largest Girls
Hi.Ys clubs organized in Mississippi
has been formed at the high school
under the direction of Mess-s. Burford
and Mangum. cof the state v. M. c. A. i
The new organization has thirty-fiva
charter members. ---z
Hazlehurst---The Y. NJ. C. A. Asso-
citation, assisted by the Hi-Y Associas
tion Of the Hazlehurst high school, /
held an interesting meeting at the
Brown hotel. when q hundred enthu.
siastic men and young men gathered.
AIoselle.--John Todd and Rafe Neii
were fined 500 each and given thirty
days in Jail, and Jane Todd, all ne.
groes, was fined $50 and cost of court
for alleged making Of whiskey on the
premises of Jane Todd.
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Myrtle The annual meeting OF the |
stockholders OF the Bank OF Myrtle
was held. A dividend of 20 per cent
was paid to the stockholders, and
nice sum set aside as undivided
profits.
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Canton. Prospects for the imme-
date recovery OF business conditions
we're declared bright by speakers at
. general meeting OF the Madison
County Chamber Of Commerce held
hsre.
JsskyQn. =Petitiops eircnlatp6 IN
kAs ohurehes of tn city have teen
presented 70 the city commission ask |
tng chat the Sunday clcsing Laws b |
ncrs rigidi5 enEoscsd.