The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1922-01-28
MISSISSIPPI
T.
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in, Briefest Form

A prominent. land .owner OF Cold
water has found his farm property to
be liability rather than an asset dur
ing thee past two years. The rent has
hardly been enough to pay taxes and
keep up impr0v ements. He recently
offered his tenants use OF two farms
this year II they would pay all taxes
on the property aid not require him to
spend anything for 1pkeep, but they
declined to accept the proposition.
$3.50 ".1 II
A campaign to raise 325 ,OOo in Mis-
sissippi for the Woodrow Wilson foun.
dation was opened at . meeting at
Jackson, when addressed by Mrs. Chas.
5imonson. OF New York. who original.
Cd the movement Oscar Newton. q
prominent Jackson banker and chair,
man oY the movement in Mississippi,
believes the quota assigned this state
will be easily subscribed.
The record Of marriage licenses is4,
sued from the office OF the circuit
clerk OF Noxubee county for the year
1921 Thoweda decline as against
those issued in 1920. The record for
1920 was 49 white and 295 eolored,
with total OF 344. In 1921 it was Al
whiteaa and 270 colored,, making 4 total
Of s11---a falling off Of 49,
81, .<.9- ~ r.~
The four banks in Webster county,
, by their published periodic reports.
show a considerable increase in depos-
its. But where one man makes a de-
posit, there are at least ten in the
county who have nothing to deposit.
and here Is where the general trouble
comes in. -.
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Butter Is being sent by parcel post
to customers in Memphis and Little
Rock by Mrs. W. NJ. Presley OF Prog
ress Farm, near Coldwater. She also
has q number OF local customers and
during the past year her total sales
amounted to 1868.
see s,.l
The. Quitman County Federal Farm.
Loan association. has recently been or
ganized at Marks, and announces that
1t is now ready to receive applications
from the white farmers in Quitman'
county. t,..-
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Recommendations for pardon for 8
men serving sentences for murder
have been signed by Macy Dinkins.
acting chairman Of the pardon board
at Jackson, -.
."'t :t,- 81, ..
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.
Senatobia now has modern wire-
less station. N. r. Sledge haviAk In
stalled one in his home few days
ago. Every night Mr.. Sledge enjoys
concerts. public speeches and press re-,
ports from the cities Of the Atlantic
and Pacific coast.
"i 80
Byron Burford. secretary of the Y.
NJ. C. A. OF the state OF mississippi.
has been in Senatobia- arranging for
the older boys conference for North
Mississippi, which in all probability
will be held In Senatobia some time in
March. 81. =.
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F. B. ,Fulper. prominent real estate
man ,of Sylacauga, Ala. was found
dead In bed at a Natchez, hotel. 1t was
stated by DIR. H. M. Smith, who had
attended him, that, Mr Fulmer had
been in Ill health for some time.
According to. the last ginpers' report
for the 1921 cotton crop in Yaiobusha.I
county there we're up to JAM l.; 3,204
bales of cotton ginned. At the same
time in 1920 there were 3.26S bales
ginned. .!>i.'s.s-
The American Legion post at Cold
water Is planning the erection of a
clubhouse to be built of logs .and fin,
ished in rustic style. The post has 21
members and the membership H. stead
lily growing.
The Ole Miss campus is q scene OF
great activity and will be such for a
week. The mid-term examinations are
on, and class work was suspended Sat
frday; 80 that all may have some ex
ira time in which, to review for the
ordsals.
Tho Guifport harbor now has . depth /
OF ~ feet since the government dredge |
boat Pascagoula began work on 1t some
time, ago. A Portuguese steamer.
drawing 22h feet Of water, went iout
safeiy.S.a .'.... -
Nearly dozen dentists met at
Brookhaven to organize the Se:snth
Judicial District Dental society. to DO
T. component part 'of the State Dental
association. n
Unless her sentence Is commuted to
iife9 Imprisonment: Wake Ward, ne
gress, will be hanged March for kill
ing her husband With an AZ while he
was, asleep.
More than 8, ,00Q, 900 will bs disburs,
ed among members Of the Staple Cot,
ton, corp6ration. Taccdftimg to announce
uent Iust. made from Clarksdale:b by B..
NJ Brownell. manager, .az.a, y;
Three days sIser his. arrival at Yaxoo
City frem Chattanooga to accept the
most of Boy Scout executive; j. p. Sis