Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-08-25
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

steering gear broke and the auto, car
rying several of her companions, went
down an embankment. Mrs Singletary
died In the D'Lo Hospital. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. S. Davis and two other mem
bers of the family and Miss Pearl FL
lott were occupants OF the car, all re-
ceived more or less painful injuries.
They were thrown clear of the hurt
ling automobile.
The four-year-old daughter of Luns-
ford Davis, of Blue Mountain, is dead
from the effects of a rifle wound in
the head accidentally inflicted by her
little brother of eight, who fired the
bullet into his baby sister from %.
rifle which he did not know was load
ed. The lad, playing with the gun,
jokingly said to the little tot that he
was going to shoot her. and pulling the
trigger, sent the bullet into her skull.
1t lodged in the back of her head.
Bud CARING, farmer residing in
the eastern part of the county, near
Blue Mountain, was killed by tree
which fell on his body while he was
telling timber in his pasture along
with one of his sons Noting that
some OF his cattle were about to be
killed by falling tree, Garland rushed
toward the cows to run them away,
and the falling tree crushing down
upon HIM
The first bale of 1922 new cotton
was brought into Summit by T. H.
Nunnery of Amite County, 20 miles
west of Summit. The bale weighed
500 pounds and was sold to the Hy-
man Mercantile company, which paid
20 cents per pound, and, as usual in
the case of a first bale, presented to
Nunnery barrel OF flour as a pre-
MUM.
Supervisor Williams of the bureau
tof vocational education is authority
| for the statement that there has never
been groater demand for the estab-
! ilish1ileflt cv departments ii vocational
agricultural In the schools Of Missis-
sippi than at the present time. Pref
erence 10 given the rural consolidated
school in the placing OF these depart
ments about 20 new ones will be lded
this year.
Seven large alligator gars, each
about five feet in length, we're caught
by New Orleans and Biloxi fishermen
of the Back Bay bridge last week.
The fishermen had soms sport with
the big fighters and automobile and
other traffic was stopped at times to
give the men room to pull EN- up
About is gars made their escape by
bending the hooks.
Some of the leading farmers and
other forward looking citizens Of Blue
Mountain are championing a move
ment for the restoration of the serv.
| ices of both a county farm agent and
home economics demonstrator for Tip
pah. Both of these officials we're dis.
continued by the board of supervisors
as a part Of policy of retrenchment.
The Security Bank of Starkville will
begin the erection of modern bank
building. 1t will be a one-story struct'
ure with a 40-foot ornate stone front
and the interior equipped with all mod
ern convenieces ladies' reception
room, directors room, presidents Of
flee and ample facilities for the trans.
action Of tho banks business.
! AS the result IF the election. Harri
son county will now have an all-time
county demonstration agent to aid the
farmers. At each precinct in the
county a special box was for ballots
for the agent. and he gets job by a
landslide. Biloxi and Gulfport alone
went better than 20 to in his favor.
Estes Mill.-The thirteenth annual
session OF the Leake county fair will
be held at Estes Mill Aug. 22-25. Ev'
cry year the people Of this county
gather at this beautiful spot, with dis
plays of their products and show to
the world the progress they are max
ing in all lines.
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Leaving an electric iron with the
current on to watch the election re
turing caused small blaze at the Y
W. c. A. Hattiesnirg election night
The fire department responded and
extinguished the fire with little dam
age.
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| J. L. Speaks. rs, farmer OF neal
Louisville. took his life by jumping
jumping from tree with rope tied
about a high limb and his neck. His
body was found some hours later by q
searching party in q deep woods neal
his home.
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