The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-11

eastern part of the State-Vardamar strongholds of q few years ago-and stated here the first of the week that 1 he grows more confident of victory
 every day of his life.
 TO BUY TEXAS CATTLE | The trustees of the Mississippi peni- I tentiary leave here in day or two 1 for Texas with $15.000 to spend for cattle and brood mares for the live stock farms maintained by the state prison management at Oakley and in Rankin county The above named sum was appropriated by the late special
 session of the legislature for this pur- pose it being represented to the law makers that the convicts had produced d great deal more feedstuff for cattle and hogs than those now on said farms could utilize in the process Of fattening.
 KNOCKED GUARD IN HEAD George Reinheimer, member of the First Mississippi artillery, knocked
 one of the men doing guard duty on the head last night, stunning him, and
 made his escape from the camp. The artillery entrained for Alexandria, La, today leaving Reinh-fmer behind, but it is not believed he will be long at liberty. He is the young man who was charged with the murder of two Jack son fishermen in Pearl river swamp a few months ago, and who was re- leased by the grand jury, there being no evidence on which to convict. Rein hemer is quoted as having said re- peatedly that he did not want to fight the Germans, they being his own peo- pie
 CAMP JACKSON EVACUATED For a year and a half the city of Jackson has been ful of soldier boys, the camp of the First and Second Missis-
 sippl regiments, the artillery and cavalry commands being encamped two miles west of town most of the time. A week ago orders came for the Second Missis- sippi, the cavalry and the artillery to proceed to Camp Beauregard, Alexan dria La, and that order has been obeyed. { Some 40 or 50 are left in local hospitals, and number i'll the detention camp, where, they have been confined several days, on account of an outbreak of measles and humps. During this period, io or IF of the soldier boys have died
 with pneumonia caused by exposure
 with measles,eit is said
 PASTORS UNION IS BUSY
 Rev. J. B. Hutton, pastor of the First
 | SobN tSiidn CiluICU, CdllSd on MaYOr Scott day or two since as a represent ative of the Pastors union, and de-
 manded that the restricted districts of
 Jackson be more thoroughly abolished. sometime ago the war department or dered such districts closed and about lG0 women left the city, their houses be- ing still vacant. It is now stated that number of them have returned, find Ing homes in the suburbs, or scattering around town 11a no a-ff r,,.1 <l.,t the police shall hunt them up and force them to leave@town for good.
 CONNECTS GET A RAISE
 At meeting Of the trustees of the penitentiary this week, eight or 10 con victs were recommended to the governor as worthy of executive clemency, be- cause of their assistance in recapturing escaped convicts or doing other such service and he granted them what is called 'meritorious discharges" At this same meeting the trustees increased the size of the check that is always handed each convict coming out of the peni- tertiary from $t3.5o to sl5. Under the old rule they received $l0 cash and a s5-50 suit of clothes unless they preferred 1t all in cash. The trustees took the position that the discharge convicts could not buy much in the way of suit of clothes for sS50 and made 1t s.
 MORE COTTON TO SELL
 The trustees of the Mississippi peni- tentiary announce that on November 2e. they will sell to the highest bidder. be- tween l209 and 1so0 bales of cotton pro- duced on the Parchman farm. The last 1a0o bales sod brought about 26 cents per pound, and it is expected this lot will sell for even better price. a great deal ofe:t being long staple The trustees are very confident that they are going to put more than si0o0,000 net in