Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-04-06
Mississippi
EVENT
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
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ment highway in Benton county about
80 per cent OF the bids we're from
firms within Mississippi. OF the nine
bids opened, four were from MISSISSIPPI
pi contractors, tour from Memphis
firms and one from contractors in 8.
Carolina. Tue South Carolina bid was
one of the low bids, but the F. D.
Harvey Construction Company Of
Memphis came lowest, with a bid OF
$4,000.
Cupid has been at work at the
Jefferson Davis Soldiers Home at
Biloxi. Rev. w. T. Thomas recently
performed a wedding ceremony max
ing Mrs. Lucy Keyce, rs years, Louis
P. Call, IS years, man and wife. The
bride came to the home from Water
Valley and the groom came from Yal-
obusha County. The ceremony was
performed just before supper in the
dining room, after which the aged
inmates sat down to the meal as q
wedding feast.
Again Gen. Written, general com
mander of the Mississippi division,
United Confederate Veterans, has hon
ored Tupelo women by placing on his
sponsorial staff for the thirty second
annual Confederate reunion Mrs. Fred
Hulsey and Mrs. Edward Burckel as
matrons Of honor and Mrs. Van Cavett
40 chaperon.
Miss Caldwell, of Senatobia, county
home economics agent, and w. F. Nc
Kay, state horticulturist, have just
finished tour of the public schools
Of the county in the interest OF more
beautiful play grounds and teachers
homes. They also visited many homes
OF the county where practical work
was done in landscape gardening.
Yazoo City farmers are beginning
to feel uneasy on account Of the high
stage of the river at Vicksburg. The
water is running up stream as far
as Sataria, and this causes It to go
up the Sunflower river also. The
water is at a standstill at Greenwood.
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Playing with matches n the yard of
her home in Hattiesburg, Avery Ler-
line Rushing, three and one-hah-year-
cd daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Rushing, caught fire to her cothing
and received burns that proved fatal.
causing death short while later.
The Junior B. Y. P. U. OF the First
Baptist church at Laurel has reason
to be proud owing to the fact that
they brought back the banner from
he State convention held in Meridian.
The Edward Hines trustees have
filed preliminary papers for an appeal
to the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals in the federal court here in
regards to a decision rendered in the
recent term of court here in favor Of
F. C. Martin, relative to timber.
Sheriff John NJ Martin headed a
posse of Meridian and Russell citizens
in a chase with bloodhouHds in an ef-
fort to run down and capture negro
Asberry Brewster, who had kidnapped
a 15-year-old negro girl in the Russell
section.
Oscar L. Pardue, former resident
of Coldwater, has made fortune in oil
and news has just been received by
former associates that Mr.. Pardue has
sold his interest in Texas oil wells to
the Standard Oil company for one mil
lion dollars.
A report OF the census bureau, Wash
ington, D. c., in giving details of the
1920 census says, the value of Missis-
sippi farm property on Jan. /, 1920 was
$685.. 452, 900; the value of farm crops
in 1919 were 1886, 207, and the value OF
the states live stock was $27,328, 600.
The Advance consolidated school
situated about three miles east Of
Waynesboro, closed its session last
week by holding an all day meeting
with dinner on the ground. This
school has an enrolment Of about
200.
The new Senatobia ice plant has
been completed and is now ready to
begin the manufacture Of ice. Modern
machinery has been installed which
has passed expert inspection,
The Buena Vista Stock Farm, near
Macon, one Of the largest and best
equipped stock farms in the south, has
been purchased by Kentucky capital
lists.
A. G. Gould. 80, was killed at his
home near Meridian when his pistol
was accidently discharged, the bullet
passing through his body.
H. M. Parker, who is employed by
the Grenada bank, Of Grenada, spoke
to the, farmers at Derma on how to OBJ
tain best results in farming, and spe-
cialized on cotton making.
George Stigler entered a plea
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