The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-08-24
Mississippi
EVEN IS
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

Harry Harvey Post OF the American
Legion of McComb plans entertain
ment for the Mississippi convention
of the Organization, Sept IL.
Relatives of Primus Outlaw, an
aged negro of Marks, who died re.
Gently, burned several hundred dollars
in currency which he had hidden in a
sack.
The English language is due to be
assassinated in most barbarous man
ner on August 20, when 25 contestants
each from the Rotary club and Ki
wants club will meet in an old-time
spelling match at Gulfport.
]. L. Speaks, 70, farmer of near
Louisville, took his life by jumping
jumping from tree with rope tied
about high limb and his neck. His
body was found some hours later by a
searching party in deep woods near
his home.
Leaving an electric iron with the
current on to watch the election re
turns caused a small blaze at the
w. c. A. Hattiesburg election night
The fire department responded and
extinguished the fire with little dam
age.
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 to
the world the progress they are max.
ing in all lines.
AS the result nf the election, Harri-
son county will now have an all-time
county demonstration agent to aid the
farmers. At each precinct in the
county special box was for ballots
for the agent, and he gets job by a
landslide. Biloxi and Gulfport alone
went better than 20 to in his favor.
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The Security Bank of Starkville will
begin the erection Of modern bank
building. It. will be a one-story struct-
ure with 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.
Some of the leading farmers and
other forward looking citizens of Blue
Mountain are championing a move
ment for the restoration of the serv-
ices of both county farm agent and
home economics demonstrator for Tip.
pah. Both Of these officials were dis.
continued by the board of supervisors
as part of a policy of retrenchment
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 anC
other traffic was stopped at times to
give the men room to pull EN- up
About Is gars made their escape BY
bending the hooks
Supervisor Williams of the bureau
Of vocational education is authority
for the statement that there has never
been a greater demand for the estab
iishment of departments of yocationa
agricultural in the schools Of Missis
sippi than at the present time. Pref
erence is given the rural consolidated
school in the placing of these depart
ments about 20 new ones will be addet
this year.
Bud CARING, farmer residing II
the eastern part of the county, nea
. Blue Mountain, was killed by tre'
which fell on his body while he wa
Telling timber in his pasture alonl
with one of his sons. Noting tina
some of his cattle were about to b,
killed by falling tree, Garland rushed
toward the cows to run them away
and the falling tree crushing dow
upon him.
The four-year-oid daughter OF Luns
ford Davis, OF Blue Mountain, is deat
from the effects of rifle wound Il
the head accidentally inflicted by he
little brother of eight, who fired tn
bullet into his baby sister from a 2l
rifle which he did not know was load
ed. The lad. playing with the gun
jokingly said to the little tot that b
was going to shoot her, and pulling tn
trigger, sent the bullet into her skull
II lodged In the back of her head.
Mrs. s. A. Singletary OF SenatoDi'
was fatally injured in an AUTOMOBILE
accident at Mendenhall, being pinne'
Beneath the overturned car after tn
steering gear broke and the auto. car
rying several Of her companions, wen
lawn an embankmel1t. Mrs Singletar,