Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-17
Mississippi
E V EN- T S
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in Short Paragraphs

Inc past W6eh IudkiuB u ndldIld SUI
vey of Leflore County, in connection
with the fight that is being waged
by the state board seeking che elimi-
nation of malaria in the delta coun-
ties.
itary inspector together with DIR.
Frank l.. Summers, city health Off
Ger has just completed three days
work at Hattiesburg and states that
the city is Improving along sanitary
lines.
At the regular monthly meeting Of
the board of supervisors of Madison
county it was decided to again estab-
lish the office of county home demon
stration agent for the next nine
months of the year.
II. G. (Dick) Rather of Memphis
failed to prove to the satisfaction OF
the court at Holly Springs that own.
ership of two automobiles taken in a
whisky raid was legally vested in
him.
One person was injured and prop
erty damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by a tornado which struck Pic
ayune during the past week, most of
the loss occurring in the business sec.
ton.
Houlka's still-hunting mayor, A. A.
Newell brought in another kettle, his
third capture in as many days, this
having been made with the assistance
Of Sheriff J. c. Beasley.
The first OF a series of group meet
ings conducted by the Mississippi
Hardware and Improvement Associa-
ton was held in Greenwood the past
week.
The Wayne County farm bureau
has loaded and shipped another CO.
operative car of hogs for the farmers
OF Wayne to the northern markets
The Monroe county board of super
visors, at their regular monthly meet
ing, ordered an election April to vote
bonds for the erection of a consoli.
dated school at Splunge.
Rabbi Samuel S. Kaplan, chairman
of the Jewish war relief fund cam
paign in Meridian, announces that
$4,000 of the city's allotment of ST..
300 has been subscribed.
Visited by the hardest rainfall in the
history of this section the Columbus
| territory is in the throes of a flood
situation which threatens to assume
alarming proportions.
The Clarksdale civic hospital COM
! mittee met here at the library and
adopted a charter of Incorporation
which has been approved by commit
tee Of attorneys.
The churches of Tupelo are uniting
in revival campaign to begin Sun
day, March 26, and continuing through
Easter The services will be held at
the Methodist church.
Another heavy rainfall has put low
lands OF the Senatobia territory under
water for the third time within the
past week. Much damage will be done
| the roads and bridges.
The Holy Springs Refrigerating
Company has decided to take over
the operation of the ice factory at
that place this year.
Lieut.. A. T. Callicot is organizing the
motor transportation company at Sen
atobia, which is unit of the Missis-
sippi national guard.
M, H. Ivy, of jackson, state high
school supervisor, has been making q
tour during the present week in north
| Mississippi.
About 55 more men TO the large num-
ber laid off at the New Orleans and
Northeastern shops at Meridian in De-
cember, have returned to work.
A wholesale grocery will soon be
opened in Senatobia by Memphis
firm.
The Newton district of the M. z.
church, South. has organized to collect
the centenary pledges.
w. d. Fleming's home at Rockport,
IN Eastern Sopiah, was destroyed by
| fire last week.
The Starkville branch Of the M. &
| o. railroad was washed out near Art
4! esia, during the recent rains.
Corinth Lodge of Elks has elected /.
J. Schorff exalted ruler.