Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-05-04
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Mississippi
EVEN rs
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

are now in progress on ColdwAte
river about IL miles below Coldwatel
The Green River lumber company
which owns 1900 acres Of timbe
land In Tate and Tunica counties. re
Gently completed a logging ROAD Whicl
runs through the heart of the only re
naming tract Of virgin timber in Tat,
county. This new railroad Is ten milel
long, and more than half Of It wal
built on piling. The timber along thil
road Is now being cut and shipped out
All kinds Of trees are being used, ana
nothing is left standing.
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 a lot and
begin the erection of library build
ing thereon within In the very near fu-
ture.
Crop conditions generally speaking
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 to
a good stand, and it seems that very
little replanting will have to be done.
Corn that was planted early is being
worked out. A slow rain that fell u
few days ago was very beneficial to
both corn and cotton.
The capture of a 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 J. P. Owen, near Meehan juno
ton, the place at which they were
charged with the murder Of Johnnie
Wilson, a negro, in raid near there,
has been reported.
The Houston Hospital is sending
out letters to the medical profession
of that section announcing plans for
the use Of the funds which the hos
pital will receive from the state for
charity patients Careful considera,
ton was given in forming these plans
so that the money will benefit the lar
gest number OF suffers possible.
Winfred G. Adams Of Corinth, state
commander OF the American Legion,
has received a telegram from Hanford.
MacNider, national commander of the
American Legion, accepting invitation
to visit Mississippi for purpose of at
tending the statewide legion confer
Once to be held at Jackson on May 16.
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A brief of 1000 typewriter pages
has been filed by the attorneys for
the defense in the famous insurance
antitrust suit in the supreme court al
Jackson. The brief of the attorneys
for the revenue agent will be filed |
shortly.
The Tate County ice plant, which |
has just begun operation and is max
ing the best grade of ice, will save the
people of the county hundreds of dol
lars this summer Ice can be bought |
at the plant at 80 cents per full hun
dred pounds.
The past week has been busy one |
with the Nettletop strawberry inter
ests. Shipments by express and truck
have been going forward every day
despite the unfavorable weather.
The town of Drew, six miles north
Of Ruleville, has the distinction of be-
ing one of, If not the first small town
in the delta to boast Of the operation
Of radiophone.
]. R. Conn, Of the Hinkle Creek
community, brought to Corinth the
other day freak in the way of a
with four legs, four wings ana
and only one head.
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.
The request Of Mrs. ]. r. Jones was
granted that the next marker placed
by the Colonial Danes will be in Tu.
pelo in 1929, concentrating DeSoto'S
Sojourn on this historic ground.
Work is to begin at one on the new
highway between Holly Springs and
CUpelo.
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Mr.. Henry p. Patton, the recently
appointed postmaster at Sardis, as
sumed duties Of the office May /.
A report says, Charles F'reeny, resi-
ling near Freeny, took his life by
lhooting himself with shotgun. |
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