Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-05-25
Mississippi
EVEN T
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

organized, at Wyatte, is at work
rounding up a membership committee.
A radio receiving station is being
Installed in Memorial Hall by Her
bert ]. Remondet Post No. Of the
American Legion at Natchez.
May q, will be a big event in Okti-
bbeha County the jubilee to be held
by the breeders and farmers of the
count at Starkville.
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A very successful revival meeting
which has been in progress at the
Methodist Church at Coldwater has
been closed.
Mrs. M. A. Sumrall, aged 80, enjoys
the distinction of being the Oldest wO-
man in Blue Mountain to have regis
tered as an active voter. q
The district meeting of county su.
perintendents of education was held
at Harrisburg at the Forrest County
this district was represented.
The South Gate Masonic club has
been formed in Meridian with a mem.
bership composed of more than $50
employees of the Southern Railway
system.
DR.. 3. J. MARSHALL of Marks, secre-
tary of the state board of dental ex-
aminers, has announced the next meet
ing of the board which will be held in
jackson June 20.
Hon. w. Barnes, circuit clerk of Gre
NADIA County, has rendered to Gov.
Russell his resignation to take effect
as soon as his successor can be named.
Mr.. Barnes states that ill health COM
pels him to give up the work.
The real beginning of the summer
season was opened up at Copiah Coun-
tvs famous health and pleasure re-
sort at Browns Well when the session
of the State Medical Association at
which more than 300 doctors were pre-
sent.
Nearly $4,000 has been reported by
the various teams in the Laurel Y. M.
C.. A. The executive committees re-
port is not included in the above. The
goal is $4,000 that amount being need
cd to run the institution during the
coming year.
The concreting of the Bankhead
Highway across Pontotoc County is
progressing nicely and work is being
rushed to a completion. All of the
bridges have been completed and are
now ready for use. With the excep-
ton of two heavy steel bridges-one
across Coonewah River.
The Bank of Nesbitt, located at
Nesb1tt, five miles north OF fernando
was broken into recently. The rob-
Oers made an unsuccessful attempt to
break into the safe that was inside
the vault. About SIS in pennies was
taken.
. At the recent convention of the
Mississippi Bankers Association, M.
Gerald Burrow, Tunica banker, was
elected vice president of group 1,
which comprises the northwestern
part of the state. Mr.. Burrow states
that the local banks hope to get
meeting of the group for Tunica in
November.
The matter of validating the $4,000
bond issue for Supervisors District No.
4 and the $4,000 bond issue for Dis
trict is now in progress, and the
bonds will soon be ON the market at
Collins. These issues are for road
purposes, and when sold and used the
DIVE Highway will be practically q
gravel road from Jackson to Gulfport.
The new 100000 Kings Daughters
Hospital at Gulfjort has been thrown
open to the public inspection and
Hundreds Of people from along the
mississippi coast have made a tour
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The building is situated on West
Beach and was made possible by the
Gulfport Kings Daughters circle.
official information has just been
received OF the state accrediting COM
mission, stating that at its regular
meeting on May 4 the commission
passed upon the application of the
Htawamba County Agricultural High
School, at Fulton for the state ac-
credited list, and that it has been
oNeicially approved.
DR.. r. A. Kimbrough Of Blue Noun
tain, field secretary of the Baptist
ntate mission board Of Mississippi re-
ports that Mississippi Baptists coli
1ected during the fiscal year Just
ended more than $4,000 In the
Baptist S76,OOO,OOO campaign.
A special election Is to be held in
madison Consolidated School District,
E.sake County, ii. which the voters
are to determine whether bonds In