Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-12-21

Is the new record SCI o. JHe MIS5S
sippi Canning club girls. The work
was done by the canning club mem
bers at Alderman. The steer, which
was furnished by Dr.. Weeks, county
health officer. filled 1875 No. 2 cans
and 25 No. 3 ans. THE nice cuts
were conserved for roast beef and
steak. The other was made into Hun.
garian goulash, canned beef, ported
beef and sausage cakes. The beef liv'
or was combined with fat pork and
made into sausage. The brain, tripe,
tongue and ear were plain canned.
The extra fat was boiled down into
pure beef fat.
1.-THE bones were boiled several
hours for soup stock, after all the meat
was taken from them. After all the
strength was extracted from the bones
they were dried inside the stove and
cracked for chicken food.
The board Of supervisors bought
the steam pressure canne which cost
$37, and gave 1t to the comfy agent"
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Columbus.-Mrs. NJ. M. Green, sec.
rotary Of the Lowndes county chapter
Of the Red Cross association, who re.
Gently returned from New Orleans,
where she visited the headquarters of
the southwest division of the Ameri.
can Red Cross society, delivered an
address to the members of the Red
Cross chapter at the Mississippi In.
dustrial Institute and College. In her
talk Mrs. Green described what she
saw there, and said that all garments,
even those with minor defects, were
being sent to the soldiers. This state
ment was very encouraging to some Of
the students Of the college who have
made garments that were not quite
perfect.
Agricultural College.-On his return
here from a conference with the mem.
bers of the state board of vocational
education at Jackson, Prof. James v.
Bowen, director of the School of In.
dustrial Education, said that it has
been decided to concentrate the entire
work of training teachers in trades
and industries and agriculture at the
Mississippi A. and M. college, and that
all teachers of these branches in the
secondary schools coming under the
Smith-Hughes provision must be &C.
craditnd from thic institution
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Belzoni,-The school directors Of
this place, as the county has made
the district a special school district,
with funds amounting to about $500
additional, decided they would put in
a domestic science department and in.
stall the Parker method of penman'
ship.
| Camp Shelby. F. Griffin, repre-
/ sentative of the American Library as
ISOLATION at Camp Shelby, has an
a nounced that he has signed contracts
for the erection of a handsome build
Ing at the camp to be used as the head
[ quarters for the American Library
association.
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Meridian.-The thirtieth reunion OF
:, the Scottish Rite Masons of Missis-
sippi was held in Meridian. The de-
grees from the fourth to the thirty
second were conferred on a class Of
Ill, the largest class in the history
of the state.
= Yazoo City.-Another step in til,
improvement of Yazoo county road!
was taken by the board of supervisor
when 6 per cent bonds to the amour
. Of 81 5000 were voted for the buying
I. of mules and woodworking machinery
Toccopola.-The road commission
ers of the Bacon road districtin La
y Fayette county will let the contrac
e for the construction OF nine miles O
=, sand-clay permanent highway In tina
= district, Dec. II.
u ssess
r Ethel. l.. Kicks resigned his pr
sition as cashier of the Bank of Ethe
" to accept a position as cashier Of tn
y Planters Bank of Como, Miss, an
lg left with his family for that place t
: take up his work.
Jackson.-W. E. Lawrence, aged 4
years, a machinist in the service {
the l. c., me a tragic fate. He wa
struck by a switch engine north Of tn
. city and his head was almost con
pletely severed from the body.
Of Oxford.-Mose Martin and Robel
III Patton, negroes, residing eight mile
us from here, settled an argument wit
knives. Patton was buried and II
sheriff has charge Of Martin.
ia V~icksburg.-A land deal involvir
approximately $4,000 and 5000 acr,
In of Warren county lands was close
a here, Sparks & Miller Of Fort Wort
of Tex, being the purchasers.
Columbus.-The scarcity Of coz
which has been felt in Columbus f
some time past, has grown so rapid
do that it has become acute. The fu
IN. administration ordered local deale
ms not to sell coal outside the city lii
nic its.