Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-02-10
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has opened branch at Jackson and
will employ more than 80 men,
More than 5000 head of cattle were
shipped from Tippah county the past
year by one concern alone
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The pickle factory at Hattiesburg
and Virgins are to contract for the
product OF 1000 acres this season.
Walter Gum has been pardoned by
the government after serving IL years
OF life term for murder
Starkville and Oktibbeha County
have now an organization of the X. X.
K with full-fledged membership of
Is.
(. Jackson women recently held a
mock election in order to get accust-
omed to voting before the regular cleo
tion.
A movement IS on foot for the pur-
chase OF bloodhounds to be kept at
Kilmichael and use throughout the
northern part OF the state.
A bill authorizing the creation of a
northern Mississippi federal judgeship
has been introduced in the Senate by
Senator Harrison.
A mass meeting of farmers and busi-
ness men was recently held at the
courthouse at Bonneville to discuss
plans for securing the services Of
farm demonstration agent.
Practically every woman in Natchez
subject to poll tax has mode the re-
quired payment and is now prepared
% cast her ballot in any election this
year.
Over carload Of turnips have been
sold to Starkville merchants this fall
by farmers, who realized a great deal
more from their sale than If thes bad
raised cotton in their stead
A careful summary of the political
outlook In Copiah county elicits the
fact that there will be more than 20
candidates in the field for county
offices at the next election.
The board of trustees OF the state
penetentiary paid into the state treas
| ury recently the sum of $63 ,906.21,
representing a portion of the proceeds
from the recent sale of cotton.
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Sheriff A. G. Cox states that he will
collect fully 80 per cent of the taxes
for Sunflower County when he has
time to issue receipts on all the checks
received up to the first OF February.
The steamer Eastern Sun recently
left the Gulfport harbor with a cargo
of 1000 bales of cotton and the remain
der in lumber. A great deal more cot
ton is on its way to be shipped from
Gulfport.
Tippah county tax collectors were
showed under as result of the
eleventh hour rush of tax payers at
Blue Mountain in order to avoid pay
ing the penalty for tardiness in meet
| Ing their obligations.
A large shipment of Lauderdale peas
| was made the past week, the vafities
being known as the clay and speckled
pea. A carload has already been listed
for shipment by the county agent. The
peas are being packed in 2 IL bushel
coffee sacks.
Farmers of the Kilmichael section
who have diversified to some extent
are finding that the produce is quite
a profitable side line. Especially has
this been the case with potatoes;
many of them having been recently
shipped to eastern markets.
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| With even community boys clubs
organized for total enrolment Of
1877, Lincoln county has sae of the
best Club records Of any South Mis-
sissippi county, according to F. ].
Hurst, assistant district agent for that
section.
Tate county fully expects to build
the highway through the county this
year and nothing has occurred to alter
the plans adopted at the December
/ meeting of the board of supervisors.
The county has complied with all re-
quirements for securing Federal aid.
and the matter is now pending the
arrival of surveyors.
Three Greeks, members of the crew
of the schooner William Tell, captured
recently rum laden near Mobile, have
been taken to Gulfport and placed in
/ Jail. The men will be given hearing
shortly in regard to the two dead men
with broken necks who were found
upon the shore near Gulfport some
time ago. When the William Tell lsft
Gulfport before Christmas it had a