Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-05-18
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

equipping modern school building.
DR.. S. A. Miller, a negro physician
at Jackson, has been sentenced t.
five years in prison and fined $4,000
for violation of narcotic laws.
Relief workers at Vicksburg have
announced that present funds are en-
tirely inadequate to take care OF al
flood refugees.
"Babson's Reports on Fundamental
Business Conditions" and the "Sci
ence News Letter" have recently been
added to the University Library
magazine table at Fayetteville.
The vegetable movement from
Hazlehurst was the largest yet when
80 carloads of cabbage, beans, carrots
and beets left Hazlehurst for northern
markets on May 10.
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A new landing will be created at
Bay st. Louis shortly for the ferry op-
Grated over the Bay OF st. Louis be-
tween Bay st. Louis and Pass Chris
tian.
The American steamer Maiden
Greek, cleared Gulfport harbora with
1,400, 900 feet of pine lumber and tim
Der for London and New Castle, Eng
land.
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Petitions have been circulated at
Meridian asking the city council To
call an election to vote on salary
raise for the mayor and the two CITY
councilmen of the city's commission
form OF government. '
Evangelist Gypsy Smith who is hold
ing a revival meeting at Jackson has
announced that he has received a
number OF unsigned letters criticizing
his methods Of conducting revival SER
vices.
Chas. Keller, who on March q. 1t
is alleged, instantly shot and killed
son, and fatally wounded Marshal
Howard Norman and S. ]. Page at
George and Glen Odom, father and
State Line, Miss, has been indicted
for murder by the grand jury at Leak
esville.
A large quantity of food was sent by
boat from Natchez to be distributed
among marooned victims OF the Mis-
river flood in the area between
Vidalia, La, and the Red river. This
was the first organized relief measure
to be taken, except for the work done
in the concentration camps.
The Mississippi oyster commission,
accompanied by Chief Oyster Inspect
or L. Staehling, his deputies and rep
resentatives of Biloxi sea foods can
neries, have left Biloxi for an inspec-
ton of the various oyster reefs Of the
state to ascertain the condition of the
reefs.
George Reed, a negro, who for the
past several weeks has victimized
members of his race with bad checks
to charge lodged against
him in LIE Flore county, has been cap
tured in Holmes county on warrant
issued by Judge A. w. Evans of Green
wood.
Stokes V. Robertson, state revenue
agent, has filed suits against the Mis-
sissippi Fire Insurance Company and
the Merchants Union Fire Insurance
Company, both domestic concerns in
in this state, for premium
taxes claimed to be due the state for
the year 1921.
The boys work committee of the
Columbus Rotary Club, is working out
plans for staging a big boys parade
May %. Every boy in this city be-
tween the ages of 10 and IS years will
be expected to take part in the pa
rade. The purpose of the parade be-
ing to demonstrate to Columbus the
vastness of the boy life of community
and to emphasize the possibilities Of
work among the boys.
The most noted and, so far as is
known, the only golden wedding an
to be celebrated among col
bred people in Miss, was conduct
ID at Mound Bayou when T. Montgom-
Try, founder Of Mound Bayou, and his
wife, Martha R. Montgomery knelt at
he altar in Bethel A. M. E. church in
he presence Of large congregation
ind renewed the sacred pledge to
zach other after SO years of happy
married life.
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Requests for PastueT treatments
which have been coming into the
tate hygienic laboratory, indicate
hat there is an increase in rabies
hat almost amounts to an epidemic
a a number of counties of the state,
Iinds leading with II cases since the
irst Of the month; Adams having
i've; Holmes three; Lauderdale, Gre
ada. Coahoma and Yazoo two each;
nd Rankin, Greene, Newton, Madi-
on, Clay and Coahoma each having
ne; these figures representing only
ne cases for which the laboratory has