The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-08-26

down an embankment. Mrs. Singletary
died in the D'Lo Hospital. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. s. Davis and two other mem
bers OF the family and Miss Pearl El
lott were occupants Of the car, all re
ceived more or less painful injuries.
They were thrown clear Nof the hurt.
ling automobile.
Bud CARING, q farmer residing In
the eastern part Of the county. near
Blue Mountain, was killed by tree
which fell on his body while he was
telling timber in his pasture along
with one Of his sons. Noting that
some Of his cattle were about. to be
killed by falling tree, Garland rushed
toward the cows to run them away,
and the falling tree crushing down
fupon him.
The four-year-old daughter of Luns-
ford Davis, of Blue Mountain, is dead
from the effects of rife wound in
the head accidentally inflicted by her
little brother of eight. who fired the
bullet into his baby sister from a 22-
rifls which he did not know was load
ed. The lad. playing with the gun,
jokingly said to the little tot that he
was going to shoot her. and pulling the
trigger. sent the bullet into her skull.
II lodged in the back of her head.
Seven large alligator gars, each
about five feet in length, were caught
by New Orleans and Biloxi fishermen
Of the Back Bay bridge last week.
The fishermen had some sport with
the big fighters and automobile and
other traffic was stopped at times to
give the men room to pull 'em up.
About Is gars made their escape by
bending the hooks.
The first bale of 1922 new cotton
was brought into Summit by T. H.
Nunnery of Amite County, 20 miles
west Of Summit. The bale weighed
500 pounds and was sold to the Hy-
man Mercantile company, which paid
20 cents per pound, and, as usual in
the case OF first bale, presented to
Nunnery a barrel of flour as a pre-
MUM.
The Security Bank of Starkville will
begin the erection of a modern bank |
building. 1t will be a one-story struct-
ure with a 4O-foot ornate stone front |
and the interior equipped with all mod
ern convenieces = ladies' reception |
room, directors room, presidents of. |
flee and ample facilities for the trans
action Of tho banks Business.
Some of the leading farmers and |
other forward looking citizens of Blue
Mountain are championing move |
ment for the restoration of the serv-
ices of both a county farm agent and |
home economics demonstrator for Tip |
pah. Both OF these officials were dis
continued by the board of supervisors
as part Of a policy Of retrenchment.
AS the result IF the election, Harri- |
son county will now have an all-time |
county demonstration agent to aid the |
farmers. At each precinct in the |
county a special box was for ballots
for the agent, and he gets job by a
landslide. Biloxi and Gulfport alone
went better than 20 to in his favor.
Estes Mill.-The thirteenth annual
session of the Leake county fair will
be held at Estes Mill Aug. 22-25. EY.
cry year the people of this county
gather at this beautiful spot, with dis
plays Of their products and show to
the world the progress they are max
ing in all lines.
Leaving an electric iron with the
current on to watch the election re-
turns caused small blaze at the Y.
w. C. A. Hattiesburg election night.
The fire department responded and
extinguished the fire with little dam
age.
]. l. Speaks, rs, farmer of near
Louisville. took his life by jumping
jumping from tree with a rope tied
about a high limb and his neck. His
body was found some hours later by a
searching party in deep woods near
his home.
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President Morgan of the fuel COM
mission of Jackson, Miss. has ordered
all necessary blanks and is prepared
to go into the work Of coal distribu-
tion as soon as applications can be re-
ceived from consumers.
The English language is due to be-
assassinated in most barbarous man.
ner on August 20, when rs contestants
each from the Rotary club and XII
wants club will meet in an old-time
spelling match at Gulfport.
Harry Harvey Post Of the American
Legion of McComb plans entertain
ment for the Mississippi convention
OF the organization, Sept. II.
Troop No. 1. Boy Scouts of America,
containing Al members, of Philadel-
phia, Miss, is at Biloxi for two
weeks encampment to be spent on
West Beach.
Relatives Of Primus Outlaw. an
aged negro Of Marks. who died re-
Gently. burned several hundred dollars
in currency which he had hidden in a
sack.
P. w. Berry has been named super
Of the Tate county agricul
tural high school.
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Helpful Advice.
~when a man go broke ne nm out
mighty soon who he friends" said
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