The vidette., 1922-03-09

tricts and municipalities have, or had
In 1920, a total bonded debt of S54,.
2l9,049, as against total bonded debt
of the State of Mississippi of sS.341,-
09f.
The fifty-eighth anniversary Of the
Knights of Phythias was fittingly OBJ
served with services at the Episco-
pal Church of Greenwood. DR.. w.
Rose, rector of the church preached
an eloquent sermon upon the essen
tials of Christianity and applied re-
hgion, as exemplified in the teachings
of this order.
F. E. Becker. who has been making
a survey Of the dairy possibilities OK
installing branch of the Brookhaven
Creamery, has reported to the direct
ors of the Natchez Chamber of Com
merce that he is very favorable i'm
pressed with the prospects of building
mp the dairy industry there.
Lincoln County's six months COM
mon school term will be completed
as planned. even if teachers have to
accept a cut in the last months sal
airy, the teachers agreed at the last
meeting of the Lincoln County Tea
chers' Association.
Investigation of conditions at the
A. G. |. State Normal School at Nash
vile with reference to the extortion
charges against w. j. Hale, president,
was begun behind closed doors by
three representatives of the veterana'
bureau at Washington.
Contracts for two canals in the
Jones-Walton Drainage District in Le-
flore County have been let to a
construction company, of Dallas Tex,
The Texas concerns bid was the low
est of seven filed with the drainage
commissioners and was 14.9 cents per
cubic yard for the excavation work.
G. B. Barrett, farm demonstration
agent for Oktibbeha County, desires
the people of the county not to for.
get that he will ship car of poultry
from Starkville and Sturgis between
now and Easter
Lieut. Wallace c. Burns of the
Roma dead, was the son of Robel
Burns, postmaster of Brandon Miss,
and entered the army through the
second officers training camp at
Leon Springs, Texas in 1917.
A bill has been passed In the
Legislature authorizing the issuance
of $4,000 in bonds for a building for
Auburn Consolidated School attended
by about 235 pupils from Lincoln,
Franklin and Admite counties.
The public schools of the county
will hold field day meet at Senatobia
on April IA. The contests will be
open to all the schools, including the
separate schools of Coldwater and
Senatobia.
A meeting of the chamber of com.
merce for Winston county will be held
Monday ,eMarch 6. AS there has been
some misunderstanding as to the mean,
ing of such an organization, this meet,
ing was called.
Many farmers in Benton county are
setting aside small tracts to be titled
this year under directions to be sup
piled by the extension forces of the
state county farm agent.
In letter addressed to the Laurel
Kiwanis Club Senator Pat Harrison
of Mississippi states that he is in
favor Of Henry Ford's proposition on
Muscle Shoals, Ala.
w. S. H. White, fire department
headquarters captain at Meridian and
Mrs. White celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary recently.
E. G. Hammer, 76. well known
jeweler and merchant of Holly
Springs was found dead in his apart.
ment in the rear of his store.
Good lumber is being sold In Benton
County, just west of Blue Mountain,
for only SIG per 1000 at the mill. Some
grades of rough lumber are being Of
fered as low as SIS per 1000.
Hubert d. Stephens, of New Albany,
candidate for United States senator
from Mississippi, will speak in Hattis-
burgh soon, according to plans now
being made.
Milton Drury will have to face trial
for the murder of his mother, whose
body was found partially burned near
Hazlehurst recently.
During a period Of IL months only
II couples in Tippah we're granted
divorces, according to the records Of
the chancery court, this number In
Guiding both white and negro couples.
S. L. Anderson was injured and his
wife escaped injury when their Ford
turned over, pinning both under the
car.
Revenue Agent J. H. Mills has
.rrived in zNatchez for the purpose OF
ssisting corporations in making out
ncome tax returns.