Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-03-16
Mississippi
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Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
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Mississippi annual conferences, will
be held as follows: Grenada district,
Rev. A. r. Tucker, presiding elder, at
Walden. April 1927; Greenville dis
trict, Rev. James H. Felts, presiding
elder, at Tunica, March 29-April q;
Corinth district, Rev. ]. B. Randolph,
presiding elder, at Sherman, June Is.
Is; Columbus district, Rev. A. T. Nc
Twain, presiding elder, at Macon,
April $3.50; Meridian district, Rev.
Paul D. Hardin, presiding elder at
Scooba, May "a; Vicksburg district,
Rev. ]. R. Jones, presiding elder, at
Anguilla, April IS; Newton district,
Rev. A. ]. Moore, presiding elder, at
Forest, April 26; Hattiesburg district,
Rev. w. w. Graves, presiding elder, at
Main Street church, Hattiesburg, April
1928; Brookhaven district, Rev. H. M.
Ellis, presiding elder, at Centenary
church, McComb; Seashore district,
Rev. W. M. Sullivan, presiding elder,
at Poplarville, April 1920.
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A series of Presbyterial meetings
will be held throughout the state, be-
ginning April II. The first meeting
will be held at Yazoo City April II to
April 10. The Mississippi Presbyte-
rial will meet at Natchez April 10 to
81; the auxiliary of the Meridian Pres
byterial at Laurel, April "a to 20;
East Mississippi at Okolona, April 26
to %, and North Mississippi at Holly
Springs from May to May 3.
To save the farmers of the county
considerable money in purchase of
cotton seed for planting and CONNER
cial fertilizer, B. E. Grant, county farm
agent in Benton, is preparing to order
a number of car loads of these COM
modities for his territory, giving these
necessities to the farmers at whole
sale prices.
DR.. C. M. Shipp of the state board
OF health has been in Greenwood for
the past week making malaria sur
vey of Leflore County, in connection
with the fight that is being waged
by the state board seeking che elimi-
nation Of malaria in the delta coun-
ties.
The sheriff Of YaZoo county has pub
lished the largest delinquent tax list
which has ever been published in that
county. The reason for the large list
is due to the fact that many were of
che opinion no penalties would be add
ed for nonpayment of taxes before
April /, which was an erroneous re-
port.
J. C. Lyons of Jackson, state sani-
itary inspector together with DR..
Frank L. Summers, city health Off
Ger has just completed three days
work at Hattiesburg and states that
the city is improving along sanitary
lines.
A recent inspection by sanitary In
spectors was conducted of the city of
Laurel recently. AS a result OF the
inspection eight arrests were made for
violation of the state sanitary law.
The city of West Point is scheduled
for city election on March 10th, when
all officials from the mayor down will
be elected. 1t is said very little in
terest is being taken in the election
outside of the office of mayor. /.
Because of shortage of funds, Tip
pah public schools will run only five
and one-half months, according to an
announcement made by county super
1ntendent John E. Pearce.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the board of supervisors Of Madison
county it was decided to again estab.
lish the office of county home demon
stration agent for the next nine
months of the year.
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A meeting Of planters and business
men along the line of the Webb branch
Of the Columbus & Greenville railroad,
which may be discontinued, was held
at Schlater, at which time A. T. Sto-
vail, the receiver, meet the shippers.
A special election will be held
March 21st at Natchez for the purpose
Of filling vacancy from the First
Ward Of the city council.
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n, H. Ivy, Of Jackson, state high
school supervisor, has been making a
tour during the present week in north
Mississippi.
A farmer near Hazlehurst recent.
~ brought in solid truck load Of new
cabbage which was disposed Of direct
70 customers at 5 cents per pound.
About IS more men 70 the large mum
Der laid off at the New Orleans and
Northeastern shops at Meridian in De-
esmber, have returned TO work.
Rabbi Samuel s. Kaplan, chairman
Of the Jewish war relief fund cam
Daign in Meridian, announces that
$4,000 Of the city's allotment Of 81
500 has been subscribed.
A meeting Of the Marvin e. Stanton
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