Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-24
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

accident at Mendenhall, being pinned
beneath the overturned car after the
steering gear broke and the auto, car
rying several of her companions. went
down an embankment. Mrs. Singletary
died in the D'Lo Hospital. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. s. Davis and two other mem
bers OF the family and Miss Pearl Ell
lott were occupants Of the car, all re-
ceived more or less painful injuries.
They were thrown clear of the hurt
ling automobile.
Bud CARING, a farmer residing In
the eastern part of the county, near
Blue Mountain, was killed by a tree
which fell on his body while he was
telling timber in his pasture along
with one of his sons. Noting that
some OF his cattle were about to he
killed by falling tree, Garland rushed
toward the cows to run them away,
and the falling tree crushing down
upon him.
The four-year-old daughter OF Luns'
ford Davis, of Blue Mountain, is dead
from the effects OF a rifle wound in
the head accidentally inflicted by her
little brother of eight, who fired the
bullet into his baby sister from 90
rifle which he did not know was load
ed. The lad, playing with the gun,
jokingly said to the little tot that he
was going to shoot her, and pulling the
trigger, sent the bullet into her skull.
1t lodged in the back Of her head.
Seven large alligator gars, each
about five feet in length, were caught
by New Orleans and Biloxi fishermen
of the Back Bay bridge last week.
The fishermen had some sport with
the big fighters and automobile and
other traffic was stopped ct times to
give the men room to pull 'em up.
About Is CARS made their escape by
bending the hooks.
The first bale of 1922 new cotton
was brought into Summit by T. H.
Nunnery of Amite County, 20 miles
west of Summit The bale weighed
500 pounds and was sold to the Hy-
man Mercantile company, which paid
20 cents per pound, and, as usual in
the case of first bale, presented to
Nunnery a barrel of flour as pre-
MUM.
The Security Bank OF Starkville will
begin the erection of modern bank
building 1t will be one-story struct-
ure with a 40-foot ornate stone front
and the interior equipped with all mod
ern convenieces = ladies' reception
room, directors room, presidents Of
flee and ample facilities for the trans.
action Of the banks business.
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Some of the leading farmers and
other forward looking citizens of Blue
Mountain are championing move
ment for the restoration OF the serv-
ices of both a county farm agent and
home economics demonstration for Tip
pah Both of these officials were dis
continued by the board of supervisors
as part Of policy Of retrenchment.
AS the result If the election, Harri-
son county will now have an all-time
county demonstration agent to aid the
farmers. At each precinct in the
county a special box was for ballots
for the agent, and he gets job by q
landslide. Biloxi and Gulfport. alone
went better than 20 to in his favor.
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Estes Mill.-The thirteenth annual
session of the Leake county fair will
be held at Estes Mill Aug 22-25. Ev-
cry year the people Of this county
gather at this beautiful spot, with dis
plays Of their products and show ia
ths world the progress they are max
ing in all lines.
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Leaving an electric iron with the
current on to watch the election re-
turns caused small blaze at the Y
w. C. A. Hattiesburg election night
The fire department responded and
extinguished the fire with little dam
age.
| J. L. Speaks. rs, farmer Of neal
Louisville. took his life by jumping
jumping from tree with a rope tied
about a high limb and his neck. His
body was found some hours later by q
searching party In q deep woods neal
his home.
President Morgan OF the fuel com
mission of Jackson, Miss, has ordered
all necessary blanks and is prepared
to go into the work Of coal distribu
ton as soon as applications can be re
ceived from consumers.
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The English language is due to b
assassinated in a most barbarous man
ner on August 20, when Is contestants
each from the Rotary club and XII
wants club will meet in ar old-time
spelling match at Gulfport.
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