Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

blVO plduUoTb1 mas QouOubLIAIS0 very
clearly that black land can be rid Of
Johnson grass. He has one block OF
eight acres which was in johnson
grass three years ago, and today there
is not sprig to be found, he expects
to get seven bales OF cotton from this
eightracre block this year.
The people of that section by Wins
ton County around Noxapater have
planted more cotton than has probab-
ly been planted since the boil weevil
made the cultivation of it Improbable
here. AS there has been much more
phosphate and nitrate OF soda used
than heretofore this section is reason
ably sure OF growing more cotton than
has been grown for several years.
A good vegetable year always means
a rushing business for automobile,
dealers as the man who makes kill.
ing" on his truck usually treats him
self to an automobile, the result be-
ing that there are more automobiles
in Crystal Springs than any town its
size or near it between New Orleans
and Memphis.
Boil weevil in considerable quaint
ties have already put in their ap
pearance in Union County and some
Of the forward-looking citizens are
urging the farmers to take care of the
situation by planting large amounts
of land in corn, potatoes, vegetables
and all sorts of foodstuffs.
1t has been upwards to 35 years
since the Mississippi A. & M. College
was established. In the first year OF
its existence, eight young men rsceiv'
ed diplomas from the institution and
each year this number has been in
creased until this year 172 bona fide
seniors were presented with diplomas,
Reports from Prentiss' vicinity are
to the effect that trucking is continu-
ing at high tide. Cabbage shipments
are about all over but tomatoes are
beginning to reach the high mark. 1t
is estimated that some 80 to 40 cars
of tomatoes will be shipped this year
from that point.
The progressive and Nide-awake
American Legion post at Baldwin has
Just installed a complete radio outfit
with amplifier and now the boys can
connect up with Denver or Detroit
most any night and get an "ear<ul".
Baldwin claims that it has the livelist
Legion post in North Mississippi.
At the regular meeting of the Kiwa-
mis- club at Hattiesburg it was an
nounced that the club had pledged $40
per month to the Kings Daughters
tuberculosis home, this fund to be
raised by individual subscriptions, the
club making up any deficit out of their
treasury.
The Harrison county board of super
visors appropriated $4,000 for the Gulf
port harbor, in accordance with bill
passed by the last legislature. making
their appropriation contingent on that
OF the city, which $4,000 has already
been appropriated.
$ The county agent of Yalobusha
County is shipping for the farmers
quite nice lot of live stock, consist
ing Of cattle and hogs. He has re.
Gently shipped several cars, several
from Coffeeville and goodly number
from Water Valley.
Corn prices, as we'll as all corn pro-
ducts and feedstuffs have made ma
terial advances within the past two
months at Wyatte. The two big grist
mills are selling corn and meal at 81
cash, and the demand is said to be
good,
The farmers in Clay County are
making much complaint that the
striped potato beetles are destroying
their melon plants and vines. So
numerous are these pests that many
patches Of melons are completely des-
troyed in a single night.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000, is
sued by Jones County, to retire notes
for the site of the Mississippi Colony
for Feeble Minded, near Ellisville,
have been purchased by the CONNER
cial National Bank and Trust Com
pany of Laurel.
The trustees Of the Batesville pub
lie school have selected the plans
of N. w. Overstreet the jackson ar
chitect for the remodeling of the
school building, which bond issue Of
$4,000 was authorized by the voters
of the district.
The largest onions ever seen in
Clay county have been produced by
Clay County Agricultural High school
at Pheba. The onions are Of the white
Bermuda variety and several of them
measure II inches in circumference.
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