Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-06-16
Mississippi
EVEN IS
Principal happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

to pledge s. 500 for the three-year
expense bud t of the Boy Scouts.
A revival meeting of "The Church
of God, is being held at the courthouse
at Starkvill
Harold sckley. IA, lost his life near
Gulfport aile diving from spring
board and sank moment later His
parents reside at Lyman, Miss. M
Yazoo County Agent has announced
that he will make an intensive cam
paign to enlist the boys of the county
IN club work.
The dry kilns cooling sheds and
transfer cars of the Long Bell Com
pany at Quitman were completely de-
stroyed by fire recently.
Mr.. Oliver Gadd, who is we'll known
in Benton County, has recently return
ed from soldering on the Rhine, and
has brought with him beautiful and
charming bride.
The boil weevil is making its ap-
pearance all over Itawamba county. In
every cotton field that has been ex-
amined it is said boil weevil have been
found.
1t has been announced that the en-
ployes of the Mississippi Central rail
road will hold their annual July pic
mic and outing at vanilla. between
Hattiesburg and Brookhaven, this year.
The fifteen counties composing tho
fifth Mississippi district OF the B. Y.
P. u, which has membership of.
from 5000 to $500 held its district
convention at Virgins June 18th and
10th.
Capt. Guy Nasoi, camp director of
athe state Y. M. c. A, has announcea
tss staff that win look e1is5 the boys
camp near West Point, june 2s-July 7,
for the high school boys OF North Mis-
sissippi.
Ramsey McIver, young mining en-
gineer at Coldwater, has signed con-
tract to go to South America with a
gold mining company which is con-
ducting extensive mining operations in
Ecuador.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Griggs of Meri-
dian, who lost two sons in the World
War, are recipients of two medals
in commemoration of the services of
their eldest son, who was with the
Australian forces in France and Bel
gium.
Corn prices, as well as all corn pro-
ducts and feedstuffs have made ma
terial advances within the past two
months at Wyatte. The two big grist
mills are selling corn and meal at 81
cash. and the demand is said to be
good.
The farmers in Clay County are
making much complaint that the
striped potato beetles are destroying
their melon plants and vines So
numerous are these pests that many
patches of melons are completely des-
troyed in single night
Bends to the amount of $4,000, is
sued by Jones County. to retire notes
for the site of the Mississippi Colony
for Feeble Minded, near Ellisville,
have been purchased by the CONNER
cial National Bank and Trust Com
pany of Laurel.
'The trustees of the Batesville pub
lie school have selected the plans
of N w Oyerstreet the Jackson ar
chitect for the remodeling of the
school building which bond issue of
$4,000 was authorized by the voters
of the district
The progressive and Wide-awake
American Legion post at Baldwin has
just installed a complete radio outfit
with amplifier and now the boys can
connect up with Denver or Detroit
most any night and get an -ear<ul".
Baldwin claims that it has the livelist
Legion post in North mississippi.
AT the regular meeting of the Kiwa-
mis- club at Hattiesburg it was an
nounccd that the club had pledged 500
per month to the Kings Daughters
Tuberculosis home, this fund to be
raised by individual subscriptions, the
club making up any deficit out Of their
treasury.
Reports from Prentiss' vicinity are
to the effect that trucking is continu-
ing at high tide. Cabbage shipments
are about all over but tomatoes are
beginning to reach the high mark. 1t
is estimated that some 80 to 40 cars
of tomatoes viii be shipped this year
from that point.