The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-02-09
Mississippi
E V EN- L S
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs


the past several days. Ice was plenti
ful and the ground well frozen, though
no snow has fallen. More than half OF
the farm lands in Tunica county have
been plowed, SO the freezing of this
plowed ground is beneficial to the
planter, as it will help to extermi
nate the boil weeyil
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Search for the slayer or slayers oi
Arthur Mitchell, Assyrian merchant
who was shot to death in his store at
Meridian at night, Jan. 19, has turned
to an effort to locate three unidenti-
fled white men, who the investigators
say now are known to have been close
to the scene of the murder a few min
utes before the fatal shot was fired.
Practically every merchant of Yazoo
City is Of the opinion that the TEN.
porary lull in business here is due TO
the heavy taxes that must be paid this
week. business conditions in Yazoo
City, while not the worst ever known,
according to one business man, are far
from good.
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A call for mass meeting, signed by
| Orange Bailey negro leader of Lamar,
| says that the meeting is ito reach
some conclusion to have the law
against bootlegging, white lightning
among the negroes enforced" Feb. 4
is set for the date of the meeting, and
the call is to all loyal" citizens.
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With Gerard H. Brandon as chair
man of q special committee of 35 rep
| resentative business men and farmers
| the Natchez chamber OF commerce has
launched movement for district fair
and exposition to be held in Natche2
this fail.
w. e. Noblin, county health officer
Of Yazoo county, says there are several
cases of smallpox in that county. The
heath officer advised all school chill
trip to several schools of the county
for that purpose.
Two cars of miscellaneous vegeta
bies were loaded at Long Beach fol
| shipment to northern markets and
! truck growers report decided i'm
| provement in the market conditions
From now on larger shipments will be
made.
Lawson A. Hill, postmaster at Cleve
land, has been arrested recently on
q charge of conspiring to rob the post
| office at that place. He was released
on bond of $4,000, after a preliminary
hearing before the United States com
missioner.
-Four civic organizations, Lions Ro-
tarians, Woman's Club and the cham
Der of commerce have been after the
women of Aberdeen to pay their poll
tax, and when Sheriff Lewis closes his
poll tax book for 1922, every woman
IN Aberdeen will have paid her poll tax
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Miss Sadie Jackson, Olio sophomore
In Blue Mountain college, has the dis
| t'nction of being the only student OF
this session in the school of history to
receive perfect grade on examination
in history.
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The town of Pickens can now boas
OF one of the best artesian wells in the
state. 1t is ,292 feet deep, flows
about 100 gallons per minute; the wa
ter is soft, clear and pure, and no bet
ter drinking water can be obtained.
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Reports from both the sheriffs office
at Hazlehurst and the clerks office ii
town are to the effect that tax collec
tons are exceedingly slow up to this
date, and it is believed that many
people will be delinquent this year.
Conforming to the suggestion of thu
state board of health and the fear o.
smallpox getting into the school, th'
Pontotoc high school recently had ev
cry member of the school present vac
cinated.
The G. & C. R. r. Co. has paid tn,
Carroll county tax collector approx
mately Sc per cent of its 1920 bacl
taxes and all the 1921 taxes. Othe
taxes are being paid.
Miss Minnie Brewer Of Clarksdale
district secretary Of the League of We
men Voters, has announced the az
pointment of Mrs. R. B Hamilton 0
Belen as chairman for Quitman county
The bureau of plant industry a
Washington has appointed A. B. Pres
Hey Of Coldwater to serve as collaborf
tor at Coldwater during the presen
! year.
A movement Is on foot to organize
: club for the girls of Fernwood. Mr.
( 7. j. Smith lis at the head of the pro
! ect, and either Campfire Girls or Gil
3 Scouts will be the organization chosel
Tippah county has produced a frea
calf, with two bodies. eight legs an
: one head. This quaint animal belong
ed to Henry Carter. q Tippaa count
farmer
q The Baptist denomination at Beldo
Is erecting handsome and commod
Gus church. There are number (
! Sunday school rooms and modern col
veniences
IDlwarJ Bolton, = negro school teac'
Z er Of Goldwater. taught school I
4 years IN school located three mile
from Qoldwater -. s-..'