Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-08
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

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Branch OF the Columbus & Greenville
Railroad, operation Of which has beer
stopped, and which will be ordered
sold, met with a number of business
men Of Greenwood for the purpose
Of talking over the situation and
agreeing, II possible on some course
to pursue which will lead to CON
tinuation OF the service to people in
the territory which for years has been
served by the railroad.
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The Eunomian Literary Society Of
Blue Mountain College, the Oldest unit
Of this kind in the school, has just
presented formally to the institution
beautiful drinking fountain located
in the center Of the collegiate cam
pus and erected as memorial to the
Lowery and Berry families, which
have done so much for the develop
ment Of Christian education during
the last so years among the girls and
women of the south.
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l OuAlO an hOnOA- AAb UCOA SQuACAACO
on Miss Bessie Suttle Of Louisville,
who has been connected with govern.
mental work when war was declared
with Germany. During all this time
she was stationed in Washington and
Atlanta, Ga. Recently she was APP
pointed director of education, one OF
the most important and responsible
positions, with headquarters at Gulf
port, connected with the government
hospital for disabled ex-service men.
During the civil war and for some
time afterward the Sacred Harp" was
the most popular song book in South
Mississippi. Many of the old people
who learned to sing from that book Of
ten get together and spend the day
singing from the old book. This is Sc
pecially the case in Jones county. Such
an occasion will be the third Sunday
in June at the First Baptist church in
Laurel.
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People who came from adjourning
counties to the Jersey cattle show at
Starksville were surprised to see such
beautiful display of cattle. Directly
to the west of the courthouse a lot
fenced with plank was the space de-
voted to the exhibition of the stock.
The type and conformation OF the cat
tie was the best seen here in many
years.
The League Of Women Voters Of
Covington County at their last regu-
lar meeting adopted strong resolu-
tions advocating more stringent en-.
forcement of the prohibition laws of
the state and nation and deploring
the laxity Of some OF the courts and
juries in Furnishing those found guilty
Of violation of these laws.
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Mrs. Una johnson, residing with
her father, A. D. Johnson, five miles
south of Carrollton, broke her arm
while trying to crank. her car, and as
there was no one to drive her to a
doctor she held the wheel with her
left hand and came in town to have
the arm dressed, after which someone
again cranked it up, and she drove
home.
DR.. Goldberg, pellagra expert of the
United States public health service,
spoke at their regular weekly lunch
con recently. He warned the planters
of that section about the rations they
were issuing to their tenants, saying
that they would cause diseases if
proper thought was not given to them.
Chief among which would be scurvy
and pellagra.
Arguments have just been concIud-
ed in the supreme court in the case OF
the Columbus & Greenville and the
Delta Southern railroads. These were
the cases in which Attorney General
Robertson brought suit for taxes due
against each of these roads after the
roads went into receivership.
John p. Clover gets the palm this
season of achieving a distinction
never before reached in the long years
of vegetable growing and shipping at
Crystal Springs. Mr.. Clover loaded
from his own farm a solid carload of
carrots, containing $50 hampers in one
day.
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Prof John E. Pearce, county super
intendent Of education, in Tippah
County, has arranged to cooperate
with a number of other counties In
his territory in putting on a summer
normal to be held this vacation in
Pontotoc.
The trucking industry at Prentiss
has sprung full grown into life. This
is the first year Of any organized
truck interest, and so far there has
been shipped over so cars Of vegeta-
bles.
The financial institutions Of Oktib-
beha county in their quarterly re-
FORT just issued, show considerable
Increase in all branches Of their bust.
ness.