Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-11-23
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

LouisFille.-The Newton Oil Mil
Co.'S gin at this place was destroyed
by fire.
Corinth-Corinth is showing her
patriotism by organizing a company
OF home guards.
COrinth.-Corn In carload lots IS be-
Ing shipped out of Corinth, which is
unusual for this county.
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Coldwater.-Syrup making Is about
ended in this section and the yield was
by far the largest ever made.
COldwater.-The local Red Cross so.
ciety prepared a great many Christ.
mas presents for the boys In France.
Meridian.-Twenty-two transfer men
and drivers of the Southern Express
company are on strike, demanding an
Increase of $40 a month.
Crystal Springs The municipal
water and light plant is doing a thriv-
Ing business selling water by the bar.
rel to the truck farmers.
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Columbus.-After an illness of long
duration, Capt. William Winston, one
Of the Oldest and most highly respect
ed citizens Of Columbus, Is dead.
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Biloxi.-Edward Bellande, son OF
Capt. and Mrs. A. Bellande Of Ocean
Springs, has been accepted by the
English aviation corps for service In
the European war.
Biloxi.-The educational committee
Of the mayor and board OF aldermen
has been instructed to purchase desks
and other equipment for the Central
high school annex.
Biloxi.-Work on the Bay st. Louis
sea wall, between the WEIGH prop
erty and st. Stanislaus college. a dis
lance of 700 lineal feet, will begin
within the next few days.
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Senatobia.-The local draft board
has ordered the arrest of two negroes
Caleb Saulsberry and Charles House
each OF whom, 1t was charged, shot
off one of his hands in order to escape
military duty.
Chalybeat.-Rev. G. s. Jenkins, pas.
tor Of the Baptist churches at Ripley,
C~halybeate, providence, Mt. Moriah
and Dumas, has resigned the pastor
ate Of each church, and accepted a call
to the church at Shubuta.
Natchez.-D, E. Nicely, prominent
planter of Natchez, Is dead as a rs-
suit Of a wound sustained in an en-
counter with Nose W1therspOon, a
negro. Witherspoon was shot by
Nicely and died within a few hours.
Chalybeate.-The Sentinel of Rip
ley announces that the Whitney Point
stock farm at CORTLAND, N. Y, will
give away a high-grade Holstein
heifer to the Tippah county boy or girl
between the ages Of IL and 15 who
writes the best essay on the Value
Of the Dairy Cow on the Farm"
Hattiesburg.-The schools OF For
rest county will vie for prizes in farm
ing and home economics. Contests
have been arranged by b. c. McWhor-
ter, county farm demonstration agent;
Miss Annie Cook, domestic science
teacher for the county, and w. C. Nc
Whorter, assistant to the farm agent.
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Jackson.-RObert b. Cotton Of Cor
inth. member of the lower house of
the legislature from Alcorn county the
past several years, is dead. During
the recent extra session Mr.. Cotton
was reported i'll, but managed to get
down to Jackson and answer to roll
call several times, but he soon had to
return home.
Jackson.-United States District At
torney J. w. George has ordered the
holding Of j. r. Stowe Of Marion coun-
ty, an employee Of the Great Southern
Lumber company, on suspicion of be-
ing a German spy or dangerous alien
enemy. Stowe, 1t is said, made the
remark that Germany would win the
war, and attacked the government of
the United States. He had two rifles
and a pistol in his luggage when it
was searched.
NatcheZ.-Mrs. Howard Gould of
New York, Miss Maude Younger OF
California and Miss Joy Young, sui.
fragists and members Of the woman's
party, visited Natchez on their tour of
the soutn in the interest of woman suf.
frage. Miss Young is one OF the group
OF p~icketers that was arrested and
sent to Jail in Washington. Mrs.
Gould is writing a series Of articles
upon the south for the benefit of
northern tourists In connection with
the See America First" propaganda.
Baldwyn.-Rev. T. A. ]. Beasley of
Ecru has been called to the ~pastorate
of the Baptist church at Baldwin, to
succeed Rev +. c, Flowers, who re-
Gently resigned to accept pastoral