Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-02-24
Mississippi
EVEN T S
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

Mrs. Mary Ann Holmes, one or AD-
erdeens Oldest residents, is dead.
Nominations have been sent to the
Senate for the following postmasters:
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Three new and stringent prohibition
bills passed by the senate in one, two
and three order.
A carload of fancy Bliss Irish potato
seed from Maine has been received
by the farmers bureau at Brookhaven.
Within two weeks the highway be-
tween Laurel and Ellisville will be
closed and work of resurfacing will
be started.
Tate county celebrated Washing
tons birthday with the planting OF
shade trees at homes, school buildings
and public parks.
A petition is being circulated at
Batesville asking the board Of mayor
and aldermen to call for an election
for light plant.
Ill health caused Norman F. Dorr,
aged "a, OF Sardis, to end his life, ac-
cording to relatives. He died from
bullet wound.
Miss Estelle Long started on trip
to Atlanta, but was met at the depot
at Starkville by her fiance, Thomas
Harpole. Postponed the trip long
enough to get married.
Two negro preachers said to live
near Alexandria, La. charged with
preaching social equality, were COM
PEELED to leave Natchez by the police
department.
Hon. B. Franklin Bell. district at
torney for the sixteenth judicial dis
trict. is being urged by newspapers
and friends throughort the state to
enter the race for governor.
After having been separated but
living in the same county for more
than 81 years, John King, Sr., and
his wife pf near Coffeeville, have
Just reunited.
Preston c. Lewis, Aberdeen; Rfch-
ard X. Haxton, GreenvilBe; Edward
A. Kernaghan, Hattisburgh; Elisa
beth Connolly, Lexington; Walter w.
Weldy, McLain.
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The anti-tuberculosis association OF
Coahoma county has made arrange
ments to purchase a portable cottage,
which will be loaned for treatment to
victims of the white plague.
r. F. Becker, president OF the
Brookhaven Creamery Company, will
make a survey of the dairying inter
ests of Adams County during this
week, with view of putting in
cream stations.
The Whitten ]. East, local post OF
the American Legion, has secured the
passage Of bill In the present legis-
lature authorizing Senatobia to donate
lot upon whcih will be erected a
home for the legion.
The Joseph ]. Wilson post of the
American Legion organized at Cold
water several months ago, Nhas just
established a library Of about 500
books Cor the benefit of booklovers
throughout that section
Superintendent z. T. Crawford has
resigned as head Of the Leland con-
solidated school. The board Of school
trustees have elected Jrof. James G..
Chastain, Jr., Of Europa. ~ superin-
tsndent fro the session Of 1s22-1s23.
Judge William A. Alcorn, Jr., who
lives ct Clarksdale, and who is now
Judge of the eleventh circuit court
district, has been endorsed for this
position again by the lawyers OF the
Bolivar county bar.
At a meeting of the league Of WON
en- voters Of Okolona letters were sent
| to the representative and senator OF
this district urging them to support
the bill requiring health certificates
for marriage licenses.
The Nickle hotel at Tutwiler. valued
at about $4,000. and the e. o. Brad.
| ley residence, an adjoining building
valued at $4,000, were destroyed by q
fire which was reported to have orig
mated In the hotel.
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| Mrs Kelley Eoff. of Tyro. . small
town south of Wyatte, is recoverins
from the effects of drinking bottle
OF carbolic acid, and according to the
physicians who are treating her, she
will recover.
The February term Of circuit court
has been in session at fernando since
Feb. IL, and has disposed Of much
business. A number Of casos, both
civil end criminal. have been settled