The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-01-27
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

Travelling Mems Club is Jackson S
newest commercial organization. ]. d.
Robertson president.
Ellis S. Chapman. head of dry en-
forcement division in state,s reported
capture of nine stills during past week.
VI. L. Swihart has shipped first car
load of Kindred sweet potatoes to
northern markets from Leachville.
An open competitive examination for
postmaster at Jackson will be held
February q. The office pays ss,500 a
year.
! Recommendation for pardon for 8
men serving sentences for murder
have been signed by Macy Dinkins,
acting chairman of the pardon board
at Jackson
| More than $1000,0o0 will be disburs-
ed among members of the Staple Cot
| ton corporation, according to announce
ment just made from Clarksdale by B.
| NJ. Brownell, manager.
Three days after his arrival at YaZoo
| City from Chattanooga to accept the
post Of Boy Scout executive, J. P. Sis
son disappeared. Fears for his safety
are felt.
Nearly a dozen dentists met at
BrookhaEen to organize the Seventh
Judicial District Dental society, to be
a component part of the State Dental
| association.
School taxes are now being collected
in the COldwater Separate School dis
trict by ]. II. Farmer, town marshal
and tax collector. A ninemill tax is
being collected in the town and about
20 square miles of added territory
FIR NJ. S. Fitzpatrick, rector of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic
church. Greenwood, has raised $3.50 for
the support of the two orphanages
maintained under the supervision of
the Catholic church al Natchez.
Records of the circuit clerks office
of WEBSTER county show that in the
year 1921 there were Sc marriages of
white people and "A Of negores. This
is essentially a white county now,
since SO many negroes have migrated.
The Quitman County Federal Farm
Loan association has recently been or
ganized at Marks, and announces that
it is now ready to receive applications
from the white farmers in Quitman
county.
Mrs. G. G. Jones of Marks, record
ing secretary of Womans Missionary
4lz
ence, announces that the tenth annual
meeting of this society will be held at
Water Valley March I'll.
Unless all signs fail Natchez will
soon have as many women voters as
men, for the feminine electors are pay
ing their poll taxes and registering in
increasingly large numbers. In many
instances the poll taxes of women are
paid by their husbands.
The record of marriage licenses is
sued from the office Of the circuit
clerk of Noxubee county for the year
1921 showed a decline as against
those issued in 1920. The record for
1920 was 40 white and 295 colored.
with a total of 344. In 1921 it was Al
of 311-a falling off Of 80.
There are possible indications of oil
in parts of Mississippi, it has been
learned, from the United States geo
graphical survey. Observations made
by government biologists in the vicin-
ity of Yazoo City, Miss. indicated that
it would be justifiable to prospect for
.5I - isl Of foil
is admittedly very hign."
1t has been officially announced that
the special election to be held Feb.
4 to fill vacancy of treasurer of Jas
per county made through the death of
r. o. Eddins Thus far, four candi-
dates have announced as aspirants for
the office. They are John Smith and
B. F. Wells of Bay Springs, Miss, Eli
sha Anderson Of Louin, Miss, and B.
NJ. Morgan of Heidelberg, Miss.
Work begun on the Hernando-Mem-
.phis road last spring is practically fin
ished. There are several concrete
bridges yet to be completed, but with
suitable weather the contractors state
they can finish UP within only a few
NGChS- LIS IOdu runs IlOlI TIC Il eli
nessee state line to fernando and is
travelled perhaps more than any other
road in the county.
E. L. Kuykendall, motion picture op-
orator, has announced as a candidaCe
for mayor of the city of Columbus, only |
after strohg pressure had been brought |
TO bear on him by prominent citizens
of the city, including a committee of
ladies.
The wheels of commerce are once
more beginning to roll at West Point, |
as evidenced by the fact that the cot |
ton mills have reopened, running night |
and day, and the Corinth sawmill, one |
of the largest in the state, is now run
ming with full force.
Bettern an Ice Wagon.
When two little Irish boys asked
woman I'm an electric machine for a
ride, she looked into the upturned /
dirty faces and couldn't resist. While /