Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-02-02
Mississippi
EVEN is
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

cold wave, the coolest OF the season,
the past several days. Ice was plenti-
full and the ground well frozen, though
no snow has fallen. More than half Of
the farm lands in Tunica county have
been plowed, 0 the freezing Of this
plOwed ground, is beneficial to the
planter, as it will help to extermi-
nate the boil weevil.
Search for the slayer or slayers Of
Arthur Mitchell, Assyrian merchant,
who was shot to death in his store at
Meridian at night, Jan. 1S, 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.
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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.
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.
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 Natchez
this fall.
w. e. Noblin, county health officer
OF Yazoo county, says there are several
cases Of smallpox in that county. The
health officer advised all school chill
dreD to be vaccinated and he made q
trip to several schools of the county
for that purpose.
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Two cars of miscellaneous vegeta-
bles were loaded at Long Beach for
shipment to northern markets and
truck growers report decided i'm
provement in the market conditions.
From now on larger shipments will be
made.
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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
tinction of being the only student of
this session in the school Of history to
receive a perfect grade on examination
in history.
The town Of Pickens can now boast
Of one OF the best artes IN wells in the
state. 1t is 1892 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.
Reports from both the sheriff's office
At Hazlehurst and the clerks office in
town are to the effect that tax collec.
lions are exceedingly slow up to this
date, and it is believed that many
people will be delinquent this year.
Conforming to the suggestion of the
state board Of health and the fear of
smallpox getting into the school, the
Pontotoc high school recently, had ev-
cry member Of the school present vac.
ctnated.
The G, & G. r. r. Co. has paid the
Carroll county tar collector approx.
matelt Sc per cent of its 1920 back
taxes and all the 1921 taxes. Other
taxes are being paid.
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Miss Minnie Brewer Of Clarksdale,
district secretary Of the League of Wo-
men Voters, has announced the ap.
pointment of Mrs. R. B Hamilton Of
Belen as chairman for Quitman county.
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The bureau Of plant industry at
Washington has appointed A. B. Pres
ley Of Coldwater to serve as collabora-
tor at Coldwater during the present
year.
A movement Is on foot to organize .
club for the girls Of Fernwood. Mrs.
T. J. Smith is at the head Of the prof.
ect, and either Campfire Girls or Girl
Scouts will be the organization chosen.
Tippah county has produced q freak
calf, with two bodies. eight legs and
one head. This quaint animal belong
ed to Henry Carter, a Tippah county
farmer.
The Baptist denomination at Beldon