Macon beacon., 1917-09-07

Vicksburg.-The old suburban club
house, formerly known as the Red
Lights, is being demolished.
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Winona-Dr. S. C. Tanner, a Wi
mona dentist, has been appointed first
lieutenant in the officers dental re-
serve CORPS.
Corinth-On Wednesday and Thurs
day, October and 4. the agricultural
clubs OF Alcorn county will hold their
their annual rally.
Biloxt-Prof. James Brodia, Biloxi
agricultural expert, has started a
movement in Harrison county to in
terest farmers In DECREASING.
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Bolton.-There has been little hay
cutting in this territory, the long
drought causing the hay yield to be
the shortest ever known here.
Vfcksburg-Col. G. P. Howe Of
Memphis has arrived in Vicksburg
and taken charge of the Third river
district, relieving Col J. R Slattery.
West point.-The West Point pep
pie are proud of the record their boys
made At Fort Logan Root They sent
stx men and all six came back officers.
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Hattiesburg. g.-Brigadier General H.
II Whitney, who will command the
Sixty y-third Artillery brigade, has ar
rived at Camp Shelby from the Pre-
sidio, California.
Greenwood.-The board Of trustees
Of the Greenwood schools employed
Misses Hattie Brown and Mona Quain
as additional teachers in the grammar
and high school grades.
Bloxi.-The gulf coast packing COM
panies face the most serious shortage
of labor ever known, according to
representatives Of the shrimp and oy.
ster industry of Biloxi.
Meridian.-The unwritten law came
into its own again when jury brought
In a verdict Of not guilty for Jack
Clark. charged with killing Luther
Sharp, who, he claimed. wronged his
sister.
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ness ct al. vs.. J. Dotherow ct al,
which involves the ownership of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church in
this city, Is to be carried to the SUI
preme court.
Meridian.-Departme OF Justice
agents, together with Deputy United
States Marshal Jasper BoyMn, arrest.
cd Charles Evans of Newton county
and placed him in Jail here on charges
Of anti-draft activity.
Columbus the efforts and
enterprises of members of the Colum-
bus Chapter of the American Red
Cross over a thousand articles of raj
raent have been knitted and made for
The soldiers at the front.
Hattiesburg.-MissA Anna Refine oi
indianapolis has been appointed as
senior public health nurse here by the
Red Cross, according to dispatch re
oeived by DR.. ]. A. Watkins, director
Of the health campaign here.
Columbus.-This is good roads weel
on the Tuscaloosa highway, and citi
gems of the territory which is traverse!
are devoting their activities to putting
the thoroughfare in first-class condi
tion before the fall rains set in.
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Lexington The local board fol
drafting soldiers reported list quail
fled for service of the required quota
for this county to the district board
containing more than a dozen NOR
names than were needed at this time
Greenville.-Oden Givens Of Vicks
burg, aged II, who had been workin,
on the government revetment nea
Gaines Landing, died at the local hos
pital here as the result of burns re
ceived while working about a derricl
on barge.
Hattlesburg.- government ha
takaO Ovor thp ConStruntion Of th
road to Camp Shelby, distance of l
miles. Forrest county had spent $11
, 900 on this road and turned over t
the government $4,000 provided b
, bond issue for this specific work.
, Senatobia.-Thede will be no count
fair for Tate county this fall as ha
been Tor the past several years, tn
directors of the fair association havin
. liQuida'ed it few days age How
! ever Miss Louise Allen. cOu2iy ager
Of home economics, together with tn
business men of the county, has pc
. cected arrangements for district fair
IN he county. There will be five {
these fairs, one in each supervisor
7 district.
Houlka.-Miss Irene Thomas, l
. yearold daughter of ex-Mayor Lafa
ette Thomas, was so badly burned TIL
she died In few hours. She was Wis
: ing her brother in the country al