Weather summary and crop conditions across the state
General showers occurred early in the week with heavy rain in some areas. The middle of the week was fair with cool nights on the 17th and 18th. The weekly mean temperature was slightly above normal. Planting lags in lowlands as soil remains wet and heavy. Crops show general good stands though some corn underperforms due to wet weather. Oats harvests progress in the south while sugar cane grows late in some areas. Gardens and pastures are in good condition and tomato shipments begin in southern counties amid labor shortages.
Farm labor shortages and poor crop prospects noted
Farmers report widespread labor scarcity as spring rains and grass delay field work. Many workers command high wages while supply remains short, some cotton replanted due to grass, oats look good but fruit and watermelons show poor stands.
Thoroughbred Eggs for Sale From Plymouth Rock Varieties
Eggs for sale at 81 50 per setting of 15. Barred, White, Buff Plymouth Rock, and White Weyandotts breeds listed. All orders must be accompanied and sent to Bradshaw Bed Ellisville Miss. Best wait times noted. A cat load at W Narrens.
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Plymouth Rock
Plymouth ‘Rock
Minorca
BRADSHAW
Ellisville
Miss
Soldiers Benefit Dinner For Confederates At School Grounds
Next Friday night the Daughters of the Confederacy will serve supper at the school ground for the benefit of the J. L. Power Camp Confederate Veterans. Saturday night at Odd Fellows hall the chapter will distribute Crosses of Honor to the old Soldiers, and Judge Devours will deliver the address of the evening. CS T. Larkin Tyner of Vossburg was a business visitor Thursday.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Odd Fellows hall
Judge Devours
CS T. Larkin Tyner
Vossburg
Gallwood Arrested After Diamond Heist Claim
Gallwood, alleged to have stolen $1,000 in diamonds and $150 cash from a Sumrall woman, was arrested here Wednesday by officer A. V. Clark after stepping from a North Eastern train. Police had been seeking him since information Tuesday night. he denies charges though prosecutors seek evidence for conviction. Truck shipments of beans and potatoes moved this week. Prof. Waldrup resigns as Laurel High School principal to manage the Southern Truck Growers League, thanking patrons, students, and colleagues for support and promising continued service to the community. Ben Moss Jr. visited Laurel on business Thursday.
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Gallwood
Sumrall
A. V. Clark
LAUREL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Southern Truck Growers League
T. E. WALDRUP
New Baptist Minister Arrives in Laurel With Family
Rev. L G Gates and his family arrive in Laurel and settle in the Baptist parsonage. He was called by the Baptists to serve as pastor and will begin services at once. Gates came from Senatobia Mississippi.
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L.G. Gates
Laurel
Baptist parsonage
Gates
the
Baptists
Senatobia
Miss
Laurel Graded School Commencement Closes Year
After a successful year Laurel Graded School closed Tuesday with commencement at the Presbyterian church. High school graduates recited essays and a debate, and Dr W B Murrah delivered the address. Grammar school pupils also received diplomas as enrollment nears 1025 and a new $25,000 high school building is planned for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Graded
Presbyterian church
Mattie Welborn
Berta Mitchell
United States
Geo. Robinson
Julian Bailey
Tom Benison
Tom Fuller
Clara Mitchell
Dawson W. Winn
W.B. Murrah
Millsaps College
Jackson
Cary Hassell
Oscar Hanley
James Harvey
Lee McKenzie
Henry Richards
Web Welborn
Ethel Skaggs
Pauline Wilson
Tinie Huff
Fannie Price
Mamie Cowart
Estelle Drew
Anice Hassell
Irene Pruitt
Mamie Tisdale
Bert Gunn
Chester Jones
Ramond Mosely
Joseph McCall
George Quimby
Brit Rogers
Clyde Stephens
T. J. Winn
Ida May
Redgood
Lucile Bradford
Nellie Hall
Daisy Johnson
Etta McMullen
Agnes Robinson
Mattie Taylor
Street Extension Progress in Laurel City
Considerable work is under way on Laurel streets. The Magnolia street extension toward Kingston is being graded and will become one of the citys busiest routes. Other extensions are in progress and upon completion several miles of new streets will join the corporate limits.
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laurel
Magnolia street
Kingston
Pastor Resigns From Local Presbyterian Church
Rev R L Campbell, longtime pastor of the Presbyterian church here, tendered his resignation accepted last Sunday night. He leaves after telling his congregation his duty calls him elsewhere. He is beloved in Laurel and credited with two great works for the Cause. No successor has been chosen and none will likely be named for months.
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R. L. Campbell
Presbyterian church
Rev. Campbell
Laurel
Resolution on dues at Laurel Truck Growers meeting
At a Laurel Truck Growers meeting a resolution was passed to require the shipping clerk to collect 4 percent league dues on all sales F. O. B. Laurel and to collect 21/2 percent on all net returns for associational dues. It also directs that on shipments to parties not named as League representatives the same 4 percent and 2 1/2 percent be collected by shipping clerk W. J. Hurst.
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Laurel Truck Growers
F. O. B. Laurel
League
W. J. Hurst
Handsome Painting on June Woman's Home Companion Cover
An exquisite reproduction by Paul de Longpre, famed as the King of Flowers Painters, graces the June cover. The issue, available for ten cents at newsstands, touts the painting as a masterwork and the magazine as unmatched in beauty and variety.
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Paul de Longpre
Woman’s Home Companion
Womans Home Companion
The Crowell Publishing
New York City
Chicago
Ill
Drowned at Gulfport Revered Bradford’s Son
Telegrams brought sorrow to Rev D P Bradford as his 19 year old son R Haynes Bradford reportedly drowned while bathing at Gulfport yesterday morning. The body was not recovered. he worked with the Engineer corps under J D Foster and was a strong swimmer. The family travels to Gulfport and may bring the body to Laurel for interment.
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D. P. Bradford
R. Haynes Bradford
Gulfport
Engineer corps
J.D. Foster
Rev. Bradford
T. C. Bradford
Bradford
Birmingham
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GALWOOD
Prof
Waldrup
Ben. Moss Jr
NEW BAPTIST
A. M. Price
Glade, Miss
R. A. Lambert, water supply
een
R.L. CAMPBELL
H. BRADFORD
D.P. Bradford
Sam Morse
Mossville
Reynold Keith
Swift & Company
Vicksburg
O. B. Boyd
Swift and Company
Cecil Heidelberg
Heidelberg
Kingston Lumber Company
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