Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-07-21
MISSISSIPPI HAPPENINGS

plans for advertising Biloxi at the Ma
tional convention OF the Legion to be
be held in New Orleans in October.
The Post has sent invitations to the
so posts of st. Louis inviting them to
stop off at Biloxi while enroute to
the meet on their special train. In
vitations will also be sent to other
The ex-service men will be taken for
automobile rides and about the city
and given other entertainments. The
local post will also run a full page
advertisement in the American Ie-
gion weekly, magazine with a circu-
lation of over 100000, inviting the
soldiers to stop off for a visit while
! enroute to the meet. 4.s
Dr. t. w, Hand, state chemist, To-
Gated at A. & M. College, has trans
mitted to the office of the state COM
missioner of agriculture during the
past twelve months reports on 1900
specimens of fertilizer taken by the in
spectors of the department and by
them sent to the college for analysis
to determine whether or not the pur-
chaser is getting full value. Commis-
sioner Garner has from DR.. Hand anal
asys that show one specimen deficient
to an amount representing a CONNER
cial value of $6 and another 81, which
amounts the commissioner is autho-
rized to have rated to the purchaser
OF the defective fertilizer
!, Reports to. A.s& M. College coming
in from all parts of the state and OBJ
servations made by the inspectors Of
the state plant board for the past
month or two Indicate that Mississip-
pi issnow having one of the worst at
tacks of the fall webworm in many
years. Persimmons, 'pecans and hick-
ory trees all over the state are being
covered with the webs of this pest,
and in many cases the limbs have
been stripped bare. Other trees are
also being attacked, but the injury is
less serious.
Mayor j. j. Hayes of Vicksburg,
! appeared before the Mississippi River
Commission in st. Louis today to urge
an allotment of 100000 for Bruins
wick levee extension, which is design
ed to fill the gap between Brunswick
and vicksburg and reclaim very
large acreage of agricultural land in
the lower Yazoo basin from overflow.
/ The project will cost $1,000, 10000. OF
this amount the upper and lower
levee boards have agreed TO allot
! S20O,0O0 The project has been ap-
proved by the commission. ss
| The city council OF Meridian has
adopted a motion to an election on
a bond issue of s150,0O0 and an In
crease OF the tax levy three mills for
school improvement purposes. The
action followed mass meeting an
the circulating of petitions urging this
course to relieve the schools of fl
nancial difficulties, prevent de.
crease OF teachers salaries, build one
additional white and one additional
negro school and repair present build.
ings.
Miss Callie WEI Miller has been Sc.
lected to work with the malarial
forces in Yazoo County in the interest
of public health. Miss Miller will be
with the state board of health and will
be special nurse to cooperate with
/ the county health officer, the United
States public health physician and
the state engineer in eliminating all
malaria from the county by destroy
ing the breeding places Of the mosqui.
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Adjt. Gen. Erie C. Scales and his
| secretary, Mrs. NTorgerson, Major
Lahr and detachment of troops are
in vicksburg arranging for the state
encampment and maneuvers of the
Mississippi National Guard to open
Saturday. There are 19 companies
in the State Guard this year, and it
is stated that 1900 men will be pres
ent fol. the maneuvers.
| Since the establishing of branch
of the HookhaveR. Creamery Compa
ny in Natchez, there has been de-
cided increase in interest in the dairy
industry in that section. both in Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana. Large ship
ments are being made by Port Gibson
and Roxie and Waterproof. Delta
Bride and Locust Ridge in Louisiana
are preparing to ship.
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Founders Day thirty-fifth ami
versary of Mound Bayou, a settlement
of which the population consists en-
ltirely of negroes, was celebrated with
an appropriate programme and with
probably 600 negroes present, from
the territory which is considered as
belonging to the Mound Bayou neigh
borhood. ~ Ga
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