The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-05-11

her home in Meridian She is said to
have been Meridian's oldest resident.
Mr.. Henry p. Patton, the recently
appointed postmaster at Sardis, as
sumed duties of the office May l.
A report says, Charles Freeny, resi-
ding near Freeny, took his life by
shooting himself with shotgun.
Jackson's newest hotel, The Hsidel
berg, containing more than 800 rooms,
has been opened to the public.
The Biloxi Democratic executive
committee has set July as the pri.
mary date for holding the municipal
election.
Special work through the club wo-
men OF Tupelo has begun on the lawn
OF Court Square to make it q beautiful
place.
The Cleveland volunteer fire com.
pany has just installed the latest type
Westinghouse radio receiving station
In their clubroom.
The vegetable movement from Hazle-
hurst has assumed its natural course
now, and five to 10 cars are going out
every day to the northern markets.
Despite low prices, Blue Mountain
is shipping good deal of lumber, the
production being greatly in excess of
the local demand.
James Cassidy of Brookhaven has
received notice OF his acceptance for
entrance to the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, in June, upon his
college credentials.
The Woman's Club, and all civic
clubs OF Hazlehurst held the annual
Decoration Day exercises wherein
hundreds attended the programme
which lasted three hours.
AS result of city beautiful cam
paign, Greenwood is probably cleaner
today than ever before in its history
but those in charge of the work de-
clare that 1t has only begun.
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Work on the federal aid concrete
highway between Ruleville and Drew,
which was suspended during the win
ter months on account of the rains
and severe cold, has been resumed.
ha ranuaut nf Mra p Tomas uuau
granted that the next marker placed
by the Colonial Danes will be in Tu-
pelo in 1923, commemorating DeSoto's
sojourn or this historic ground.
No solution of the murder of Night
Watchman Boteler, who was killed at
the Blind Institute, at jackson by an
unknown negro whom the watchman
had arrested az a burglar, has been
made.
Prentiss county has a new county
agent in G. G. Smith, who began work
on May 1. He has recently been EN-:
ployed as agricultural and animal hus-
bandman in one of the agricultural
schools of Arkansas.
Repeated heavy rains have fallen
at Shaw, during the past week, great
ly handicapping all farming interests
and filing the lowlands that are not
drained by lateral bitches into the
system of canals that have been dug
in the last few years. The digging of
these canals and laterals, have proven
their worth repeatedly.
The capture of 100-gallon copper
still, 400 gallons of mash and a small
quantity Of first run whisky by Fed.
eral Prohibition Agents J. F. Buchanan
and sJ. P. Owen, near Meehan juno.
tionS the place at which they were
charged with the murder of Johnnie
Wilson, a negro, in, a raid near there
has been reported.
The Marks Public Library has been
moved to the old post office building
The use of this building has been
donated for one month by the owner
At the expiration of two months the
members of the Coterie Club, who
maintain the library, hope to be able
to move into permanent quarters
They expect to purchase lot anG
begin the erection of a library build
Ing thereon within In the very near fu
ture.
The West Mississippi Flood Com
mission has been organized at Vicks
burg with representatives from centra
points throughout the Mississippi leves
district The object and purpose oi
the organization is to coordinate the
efforts now under way for the reliei
of'the people who are destitute by the
reason of the flood, or who may be in
need of nelp in case of break in the
levee In Mississippi.
Crop conditions generally speakint
are much farther advanced than they
were this time last year In the vicinity
OF fernando. Cotton has been planted
earlier than usual and is coming up II