Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
LATE NEWS
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Happenings Over
Commonwealth
as Cleaned from
Various Places

J. r Brady, tried for the murder o.
Pink Hardy, his wife's father.
Washington.-The one hundred and
sixteenth session OF Jefferson military
college will open September 10, and
from the number of cadets enrolled
the attendance will be unusually large
Vicksburg. Major ]. r. Slattery re
ceived notice that he had been at
tached to the 312th engineering corps
of the United States army and to re
port for duty at Camp Pike, near Little
Rock.
Starkyille-Prof. f. L. Freeman
has been selected to fill the position
as head Of the mechanical engineering
department of the A. & M. College,
left vacant by the resignation of Prof.
Randle Carpenter.
Kosciusko.-Attala county's second
cooperative car Of cattle was shipped
from McAdams. The car contained 80
head Of extra fat cattle. County Farm
Demonstration E. c. McReynolds had
charge Of the shipment
Tunica-Another large transfer OF
Tunica county lands has been made
Sam J, Houston, one Of the largest
owners Of realty in the county, has sold
one farm of AL acres to J. NJ, Ander'
son for the sum of $4,000.
Biloxi-The reward for the appre,
hensiou Of the robbers who recently
stole 1850 worth of diamonds from
Mrs. Barney Levin and daughter, Miss
Ruth, of Little Rock, Ark, at the
White House, has been increased to
$1,000.
Hattiesburg. - Six national guard
units from Kentucky, West Virginia
and Indiana have arrived here and are
Quartered at Camp Shelby The units
include two infantry companies each
from Indiana and Kentucky, one from
West Virginia and a troop of calvary
from Kentucky.
Greenwood is considerable
demand for farming lands in this sec
ton Of the state at the present time.
Parties from other counties in Missis.
sippi as well as from other states, are
arriving daily for the purpose Of look.
ing over the few plantations in this
part of the Delta which can be pur-
chased
aynesboro.-The local exemption
board for Wayne county has completed
passing on exemption claims and for
warded final report to the district
board The total examined and GER
titled as qualified to the district board
was 106, ten absent, making the total
certified 116. The quota for this coun-
ty is 1O4.
Hattiesburg.-Five thousand or
more people attended the flag-raising
at Camp Shelby. Judge N. c. Hill
was master of ceremonies. H. S.
Stevens presented the flag for the
citizens Of Hattiesburg and Major
Howard, of the construction depart
ment, accepted the flag in the name
of the government.
Meridian.-Vice-P President Sam A.
Neville of the Meridian & Memphis
railroad, after turning the property
over to its new owners, will take a
much needed rest before engaging in
the construction of the Meridian &,
Bigbee railroad from Meridian to the
Tombigbee river. which has New Or
leans as its ultimate objective.
BALDWIN THE faculty of the Bald
wyn high school is now complete, with
Prof W. c. Milton, superintendent;
Miss Edna Agnew, principal; Misses
Mittie Googe, Lillian Wallace and Mrs.
jamie Robinson, grammar grades; Miss
Minnie Wharton, art; Miss Elizabeth
Phillips, expression and physical cul-
ture. and Miss Viva Walker, music.
Hattiesburg-An urgent call was
sent out to he people of Hattiesburg
to assist in the eradication of mos
Quitoes by cleaning their premises
without delay. DR.. J. A. Watkins, in
charge of the health drive here, asked
all residents of Hattesburg ito sweep
at their own doors" and destroy all
possible places where mosquitoes may
breed.
Meridian. District 2 exemption
board, composed of L. R. Hughes, J. A
]. Mcdonald and DIR. S. A. Scruggs,
assisted by DR.. T ID. Bordeaux AM
DR.. f G. Donson, have established
something of record and have the
honor of being the first board in the
state to have papers ready with all
details complete, for the state exemp
ton board, which meets at Vicksburg
Jackson.-Older members of the
Jackson bar will look after all bust
ness affairs of young attorneys who
give up their practices to go to war
according to resolutions that were
adopted at meeting of the local bal
association.
Hattiesburg.-Th restricted distFic
here was closed following directions