Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

school house has burned ms hCAOO
is located about II miles east Of thiI
place.
Ackerman.-The Choctaw county
field meet viii be held at Alderman
Thursday night, March l, and Friday
March 2.
Ellisville.-The $3.50 school house
was destroyed by fire. The building
was valued at $1,000 and everything
was lost except the desks and schoo.
books.
Carrollton-The smOkestaCk OF Car
r%ollton's light and water plant was
blown down and put the people OF Car
rollton out Of water and lights for sew
eral days.
Jackson.-General Samuel Wragg
Ferguson, one of the few surviving
brigadier generals of the Confederate
army, passed away at a local hospital
In his SD year.
Carrollton.-Burglars entered the
store of l.. c. Spencer of McCarley and
by means of nitroglycerine blew open
the safe and secured $40 in cash and
valuable papers.
Biloxi.-The Biloxi Yacht club has
increased its membership to 166 since
the reorganization of the club, the
largest membership in the history OF
organizations of this kind.
JaCkson.-The federation OF wOm-
ems clubs has a fund of about 5000
which will be given In prizes to the
citizens who have the best and clean
est front and back yards on June |.
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JaCkson.-Dr. Il. T. Wade, a Jackson
dentist, has applied for a patent on u
concrete crosstle which he Is conf
dent will fill a long-felt want, as it
will not crack or break in the middle.
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Biloxi.-Fifteen or twenty floats are
being built for the Biloxi Carnival and
Mardi Gras to be held on Feb. 20. The
Mississippi centennial exposition will
have one OF the most elaborate floats.
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Laurel.-Hon. T. U. Sisson, United
States congressman of Winona, will
respond to the address of welcome to
the head camp, Woodmen Of the
World, at the convention here In
March.
Crystal Springs.-The C. H. Parsons
trial for the killing Of Ashby Wells
has been continued until the next term
Of course in Hazlehurst. This case
was supposed to come up In Febru.
airy.
Maben.-The Cumberland national
farm loan association has been formed
with a membership of 109, signing
from the counties Of Webster, Oktib-
beha, Clay, Calhoun, C~hickasaw and
Choctaw.
Natchez.-The activity Of labor
agents in this vicinity has aroused the
planters generally, and every effort
is being made to keep labor from be-
ing enticed to delta plantations and
the north.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are being
made here for a big ceremonial Of the
Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan,
a branch of the order Of the Knights Of
Pythias, the latter part Of this month
or early in March.
Forest.-The farmers OF Scott and
Leake counties are turning their at
tendon to raising hogs. A merchant
of Lena has just shipped $50 hogs to
a st. Louis firm. This makes the third
carload he has shipped.
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Biloxi,-Members of the Biloxi com.
mercial club are planning to interest
gulf coast towns in a movement to
have the grasses burned off all islands
on the gulf coast, as a means for pre-
venting the propagation of mosquitoes.
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Shubuta.-While two brothers, Den.
val and Cecil, sons of Tom Wilson of
Eucutta, were out rabbit hunting the
gun in the hands of Cecil was acct
dentally discharged, tearing the top of
his brothers head off back of the
eyes. Cecil Is 10 and Denval 10 years
old.
Vicksburg.-The officers of the two
engineering corps Of the U. S. gov
eminent here are watching closely the
bulletins regarding trouble with Ger
many, as in the event of hostilities
they will be called away from the Mis-
sissippi river work to take their places
in the regular army.
Gulfport,-George Nj, Foote, Gulf
ports mayor, has written a letter to
former Governor Longino regarding
the latter's attitude towards the af.
fairs of the Mississippi Centennial ex.
position. Mr., Foote invites the gov,
ernor to make a thorough inspection
Of the accounts and records of the ex.
position company, and to look further