The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1922-03-24
Mississippi
EVENTS
. Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

District conferences of the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church. South, in th,
! bounds of the Mississippi and Nortl
Mississippi annual conferences, vii
be held as follows: Grenada district
Rev. a. R. Tucker, presiding elder, al
Walden, April 1927; Greenville dis
trict, Rev. James II. Felts. presiding
elder, at Tunica, March 29-ApriI 2;
Corinth district, Rev. ]. B. Randolph
presiding elder, at sherman. June 13
Is; Columbus district, Rev. A. T. Nc
Twain, presiding elder at Macon
April $3.50; Meridian district, Rev
Paul d. Hardin, presiding elder, at
Scooba, May "a; vicksburg district,
Rev. J. R. Jones, presiding elder, at
Anguilla, April is; Newton district,
Rev. A ]. Moore. presiding elder, at
Forest. April 20; Hattiesburg district.
Rev. w. w. Graves, presiding elder, at
Main Street church, Hattiesburg, April
25-2S; Brookhaven district, Rev H. NJ.
Ellis, presiding elder at Centenary
church. McComb; Seashore district.
Rev. w. NJ. Sullivan. presiding elder,
at Poplarville, April 1920.
The highest honor that Webb school
at Bell Buckle has to bestow upon
her graduates has just been handed
to Andrew FAINT, a Macon boy This
! is being elected one of the four who
are to deliver the final debate at the
close of the school The two 5ocIet-
/ les of the institution, the Platonic
| and the Hamilton, each year choose
( two from among their number to this
position and in so doing confer upon
these the highest honor and praise
that it is the schools give, for the
requirments are that the debaters be
students who have made a splendid
record throughout their time at Webb.
A series of Presbyterial meetings
will be held throughout the state, be-
ginning April II. The first meeting
Will be held at YazoO City April II to
April 10. The Mississippi Presbyte-
rial will meet at Natchez April 10 to
81; the auxiliary of the Meridian Pres
byteriaI at Laurel, April "a to %;
East Mississippi at Okolona, April %
to 2S, and North Mississippi at Holly !
Springs from May 1 to May 3.
The citizens along the lines of the |
Delta Southern and the Webb branch /
and from Greenwood held a meeting /
with the attorney and receiver OF /
c. & G. railroad and the railroad /
commissioners at Schlater with ref /
erence to devising some means of /
operating the Webb branch which is
to be sold as junk some time in
May, according to an order of the
court.
Trial of the antitrust suit of the
State of Mississippi against the
Mobile & Ohio, the Southern and
other railways, which has been going
on for nearly three weeks in the
chancery court of Lauderdale county,
has been adjusted by Chancellor
George c. Tam, to be resumed on
three weeks notice to the litigants.
In order to raise funds for the
general fund of the Biloxi City Hos
pital. the Women's Auxiliary of that
institution has decided upon some
thing never held in Biloxi before.
An elaborate style show, accompanied |
by a musical program with the best
local talent. will be given on the
night of March "a
A tabernacle which will seat 5000
people was completed in three days. +
The work was done by volunteer
workers, carpenters and others, and ;
The tabernacle being erected for a =
Methodist revival meeting to be con- :
Iucted by the Rev. John Brown, evan
selist of Sloan Springs, Ark =
Mr.. Allen w. Stone of Washington, y
,. C. recently visited Marks working 5
With r. W. Mckee, county demon
tration agent, with a view of placing s
-ome of the government supply of C
,icric acid with the planters of Quit s
nan county Ii
A mothers and daughters banquet 8
vas celebrated on the evening of n
Iarch II. by the Older Girls Hi-Y o
Tub of Blue Mountain High School, a.
which is one of the large and active
nits of this order in this section
( the state. :
The Baptist Church of Standing c
line has called DR.. a. NJ. Barnett to P
erve this year as its pastor. Dr. Bar Ii
EFT IS We'll Known tuTOuSuOuI I0e ~
tate and is a forcibIe exponent of 81
be gospel. 70
ss.s. r
Because of a shortage of funds, Tip q
all public schools will run only five NJ
nd one-half months, according to an fo
made by county super Ii,
Ltendent John z. Pearce. Fl,
The Eu situation in Copiah county
as grown to such an extent that 80
rankin Consolidated school at -
azlehurst has closed its sessions for 81
yo weeks. 40
A special election will be held :,
arch 21st at Natchez for the purpose -
filling a vacancy from the First -
ard of the city council.
A farmer near Hazlehurst recent en-
brought in solid truck load of new
bbage which was disposed of direct in.
customers at cents per pound. n,
The Bank of TallahatcnIe, located
Sumner has closed ifS doors for