The Southern herald., 1922-01-06
M ISSISSIPPI
lI STATE NEWS

SAuDI ulu uOL l6dCu OIdThSudle uuLl
after IL o'clock, and as a result the
biggest dance" of the year was de,
layed in starting for several hours. De-
spite the bad beginning, however, the
dance proved a big success and did not
break up until o'clock next morning.
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Plans are being perfected in Clay
county for the planting and marketing
Of a large acreage of the most staple
truck crops. While the trucking enter
prise Is In its infancy here, every pos
sible precaution will be taken to guard
the farmers interests that they may
not lose in this, their first attempt, in
this line.
Records of raw oyster shipments
from the Biloxi express office were
scattered this last week. Statistics
completed and announced showed that
total of 1895 cases or boxes of icel
raw oysters left here Christmas week
for various parts Of the south. Th9
1895 boxes contained 3,455,OOO oysters
and are valued at over $4,000.
The Meridian city council is engaged
in the preparation of a rather extern
sive street paving programme for the
coming year. The streets to be paved
are in the residence districts and WILL
include cross connections with streets
centrally located which extend from
the business district to the corporate
limitS
The special committee of the cham
Der of commerce charged with placing
the $4,000 quota of$bonds OF the Jack
son C Eastern railroad are determined
to keep up the fight, though they are
having difficulty in getting subscrip.
tions for the remaining third of the
issue.
The eighth biennial report of. DR.. E.
N. Lowe, director of the state geolog-
iCal survey, is valuable contribution
to the records of the department and
an interesting and sugge tive work on
the resources of the state from the
point of view of the geologist.
The recent cold weather disclosed
the fact that the delta is rapidly be-
coming pork producing section, as a
large number of fine hogs have been
butchered, and on every hand one
hears planters discussing the cppor.
tune time to save their meat.
Gen. Robt K. Evans, retired from
the United States army in 1918, now
citizen of the world, was IN Jackson,
the city of his birth, on the eve Of his
departure for Europe, Africa and the
Orient.
In answer to a pressing need al
Moorhead, number of prominent buSl.
nees men launched plans for a building
and loan association and the stock
was soon sold, the issue being over.
subscribed.
West Point is proud OF It's police Of
ficers. They enjoy the distinction of
not allowing a theft to be perpetrated
here this year without locating the
crook and bringing him (or them) to
Justice.
Hon. w. J. East who represents
Tate and Benton counties in the state
senate, will be a candidate for the DO.
sition OF president pro TEN Of that
body when it convenes.
Andrew G. Gainey, executive officer
OF the state department of education,
has made requisition on the treasury
for payment of the fall distribution of
the floating fund for school pudposes.
A big hog slaughtered on Progress
farm near Coldwater last week yielded
100 pounds of lard. He was Of the
Duroc-Jersey breed and weighed 416
pounds dressed.
The annual meeting of district stew.
ards Of the jackson district, Missis.
sippi conference NJ. E. church, was
held at Jackson last week at the Cap
itol street church.
The earlist gardner in Coldwater is
A. D. Presley of Progress Farm, wro
has already put out a largo number
of cabbage plants ordered from South
Carolina.
The shortage of rainfall for the past
two months has necessitated the stop.
page OF work on the largest drainage
ditch in the Shaw section.
Postmaster T. H. Sharp has wired
his resignation as postmaster at Co.
lumbus to the postofflce department In
Washington, effective at once
Ten chamber OF commerce teams at
Jackson are out selling bonds to insure
the beginning of construction work OIL
Jackson & Eastern railroad.
Every shut-in In Blue Mountain was
sent well-heaped basket Of good
things by the ladies of the W. M. U.
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