Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-01

bigbee in the black prairie belt lands
and wheat is planted near b Alabama
line, extreme eastern Lowndes. Al
faha a be cut three to five times
each year n the three cuttings will
average a total of three o to each
acre. Five thousand acres will, there
fore, each produce enough alfalfa to
total $54 fob. Columbus, so Lowndes
county will rea about 100000 from
the alfalva crop alone.
At Houston a Baptist revival is be-
ing conducted by Rev. j P. Harring.
ton, evangelist, of Aberdeen. Much in.
terest is being manifested. All stores
and places of business are closed
promptly at 10 o'clock am. for the
morning services. All indications are
that a great revival will be had.
D. w. Robins, mayor of Tupelo, re-
ceived from Congressman E S. Can
der, Jr., a telegram informing him
that the public building bill reported
by the COMMITTEES of the house gives
Tupelo $4,000 for a public building.
Mrs. Martha Christine Cook, aged IT
years, of Columbus, dropped dead
from excitement when fire was dis.
covered in the residence Of her son,
J. o. Garner, where she lived. The fire
was unimportant and easily extln.
guished.
Under he general supervision Of
County Superintendent J. P. Horton,
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Institute opened, and will continue
actively for four weeks. At the close
of this institute there will be held a
state examination for state license.
The register of the summer normal
at Clinton now shows an enrolment
Of 22O, and people are coming in with
the arrival Of every train. It is con-
f1dently believed that the end of the
week will show an enrolment of at
least 300.
The first Of the series Of Sunday
school Institutes being held by the
East Mississippi P~resbytery convened
at Nettleton. The very best talent
in the p~resbytery was present and
each subject on the program was ably
discussed.
The new steel bridge over the Upper
Little river has been completed and
turned over to the board of upper.
visors by c. T. Washer. This makes
the second steel bridge over small
streams that has been put in by Ma.
~rioncounty, and is a great Improvement
over the wooden structures, which
were often dangerous.
E. S. Leffingwell, a well-to-do farmer
from YOUNGSTOWN, O., who located neal
Lumberton, planted two acres in Irish
potatoes, and has gathered from this
two acres three hundred bushels of DO.
tatoes. This excels everything that
he has seen in his twenty-five years OF
farm life, and says it would be advisa.
Bile for the farmers to come South, es-
pecially in this locality, and buy cut.
over lands for farming.
AS a result of a personal difficulty
between Luther Green, night operator
for the Mobile & Ohio at Quitman, and
Night Waterman w. G.. Flood for the
Mississippi Lumber Company, Flood
is dead from a gunshot wound through
his brain and Newton Green, father of
Luther Green, is in a dangerous condi.
ton from a knife wound in his abdo-
men, inflicted by Flood.
A summer normal for the benefit of
the teachers Of Chickasaw and Web
ster counties will be held at Woodland
beginning Monday, August 1, and last.
ing four weeks. Board has already
been arranged for eighty teachers.
The state text book commission fin.
ished it's work and adjourned Satur
day. Total change of old adoption ap.
proximately 81 per cent. Total cost of
all books under old adoption, $11.61
Total cost Of all books under new adop-
ton, 1920, which is a difference of
$2.41, which is a reduction of practi.
cally 20 per e of old adoption.
Charles w. Thatcher, the good
roads apostle" Of national fame, deliv-
cred two stirring addresses at Hick-
DRY, n in the afternoon on "The Ma
tional Highway" Mr.. Thatcher's ad-
dresses created great enthusiasm
among the citizens.
The board of supervisors Of Lauder.
dale county it's purpose to
issue bonds in the sum Of 5000, 900 to
build roads leading out from Meridian,
and the Harrison county board gives
notice that it will float $4,000 worth
to be used in the construction of good
roads from Gulfport.