Mississippi State Happenings May Weather And Local Crime Notes
Mississippis weekly news digest reviews May weather across eighteen years with averages for clear partly cloudy and cloudy days, wind direction, mean temperatures, and record highs and lows in Brookhaven Corinth and Duck Hill. It also reports the Rankin county shooting death of John Neal, the arrest of Charley King, bloodhound trail efforts, and new corporations chartered in Natchez Hattiesburg Saratoga Biloxi and other towns with capitalizations from twenty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
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Perature
Derees
Brookhaven
Crystal Springs
Corinth
Duck Hill
John Neal
Rankin County
Neal
Charley King
Brandon
Rankin
King
Natchez Realty Company
Natchez
Adams County
W. L. Logan Company
Hattiesburg
Perry County
Simpson County Lumber Company
Saratoga
Simpson County
State Savings Bank
Philbrick
G. G. Hurst Joins Stanton College and University Training School
G. G. Hurst former Steen's Creek High School principal has bought an interest in Stanton College Natchez and the University Training School Oxford, teaming with J. K. Morrison and Rev. J. M. Wyatt. The deal signals vigorous development for both institutions. The University Training School aims to be Mississippi’s first high grade boys prep school modeled after northern systems. In Poplarville nearly 15 000 dollars was raised for a brick college building with 20 000 more sought, to be completed by September 1.
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G. G. Hurst
Steen’s Creek High School
Stanton College
Natchez
University Training School
Oxford
J. K. Morrison
Belhaven College
Jackson
J. M. Wyatt
University
Mississippi
Poplarville
Bear Creek
Tishaminga County
South Carolina
Tishamingo
Ittawamba
Villages and Towns Charter Grants Listed
Proclamations establish Summerland in Smith and Jones counties with officers J M McCall mayor E Wade marshal R W Grisson treasurer and aldermen J F Mahoney E V Moore P R Carr W H Davis D V Edwards Decatur Newton county names M P Foy mayor Sam Graham marshal aldermen W A Scarborough W M Gillaspy C R Hardy Noxapater Winston county names C E Suttle mayor E L Johnson aldermen J G Gunn W T Stevens John Stewart Okolona granted charter amendment to expand municipal limits and extend authority.
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Summerland
Jones County
Smith
Jones Counties
J. M. McCall
E. Wade
R. W. Grisson
J. F. Mahoney
E. V. Moore
P. R. ‘Carr
W. H. Davis
D. V. Edwards
Decatur
Newton County
M.P. Foy
Sam Graham
W. A. Scarborough
W. M.gillaspy
C. R. Hardy
Noxapater
Winston County
C. E. Suttle
E. L. Johnson
J. G. Gunn
W. T. Stevens
John Stewart
Okolona
Hardwood Manufacturers Association Holds First Mississippi Meeting
The Hardwood Manufacturers Association of the United States opened its Mississippi session in Greenville with J. L. Strickland presiding from Planters' Lumber Co. William Hilms was ill. Lewis Doster acted as secretary. A banquet at Hotel Cowan closed the meeting. The next state meeting is set for New Orleans, with May sessions planned in Arkansas and further meetings in other states.
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Mississippi
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States
Greenville
J. L. Strickland
Planters’ Lumber Company
William Hilms
Paepcke-Leteht Lumber Company
Lewis Doster
National Association
Hotel Cowan
New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Brookhaven Nears Connection to New Rail Line
Track laying on the Mississippi Central Railroad reaches Brookhaven city limits with only a short gap to connect to the Brookhaven and Pearl River Railroad. Officials will supervise the junction soon and the first train from Hattiesburg is expected to enter the city. A celebratory event by the Brookhaven Progressive Union and locals is planned to honor this growth milestone.
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Mississippi Central Railroad
Brookhaven
Brookhaven Progressive Union
Y. and M. V. Plans New Vicksburg Depot
The Y and M V railroad will build a modern depot near the current site at Vicksburg to improve passenger comfort. Plans have been received, with Mr Harahan unsure of them and Mr Fish likely to share that view, and alterations will be made quickly. A street car line is planned to run to the depot.
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Vicksburg
Harahan
Fish
Meridian Pioneer J P Dement Dies After Illness
J P Dement longtime Meridian resident and prominent publisher dies at home on Sixteenth avenue after several months illness. He helped found the Carthagenian at Carthage and served as Register at Forest, with a public life spanning over four decades in east Mississippi.
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J. P. Dement
Meridian
Sixteenth Avenue
Mr. Dement
Mississippi
Carthagenian
Carthage
Leake County
Register
Forest
Mississippi's 1906 legislature hailed as a solid force
After adjournment the Mississippi legislature is praised for its Herculean task, notably the new code. The piece urges enforcement, honest officials, and vigilance. It notes Bear Creek dam plans, berry profits, West Point growth, alfalfa promise, and broad civic progress across towns.
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Mississippi
Holmes Pleads Not Guilty In Cotton Leak Case
Washington Edwin S Holmes former agriculture department statistician indicted for conspiracy appeared in criminal court and pleaded not guilty to the indictment. He was granted time to withdraw the plea and demur to the indictment. His bail was continued.
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Washington
Edwin S. Holmes, Jn
Department of Agriculture
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