Macon beacon., 1917-06-15

Belzoni- The Rev W. A Sullivan,
the new pastor at the-BapIst church
at this place, preached his initial ser.
mon here.
Clinton With Or ]. W Proyne as
director the clinton normal has
opened with the largest enrolment for
many years.
Toccopola The Pontotoc Cotton Oil
company has opened up milk station
at It's warehouse in West Pontotoc for
the benefit of the farmers of the
county
Natchez - Spanish.American war
veterans are organizing to tender their
services to the United States for the
present war In any capacity that they
may be useful.
JaCkstn.-Jackson city schools will
hJld a summer session Of six weeks
Cor t1a students who did not finish
'll'l ~ db'N hbI llIE Nli' H'oHttu b''
cause of measles.
Columbus-A chapter Of the Amer.
lean Red Cross society was organized
at meeting held here, and includes
citizens Of Lowndes, Monroe Clay. Ok
tibbeha and Noxubce counties.
Fornwood.--C. f. Walker, superin-
tendent Of the EnoChs farms, attended
the "blue ribbon" sale Of Herefords at
Kansas city Mo, and purchased one
show cow Vernct Princess XXlIl, for
$3.50
Codwater. fields were beaten
down, cotton stands destroyed, win
dows broken, fruit stripped from trees
and garden and truck patches seri
ously damaged by a heavy hail and
windstorm
New Augusta. The board OF super
Visors Of Perry county, held a regular
session considering claims for cattle
killed or injured in dipping. All claims
were allowed on proof by the parties
claiming loss.
Gulfport.- registration card OF
Giles Homer Carlovltz an electrical
engineering student at the Auburn,
Ala Polytechnic institute. was the
first presented at the Gufport regis
tration station.
Woodville. motor cars
and one hundred people from Wood
VILE acted as an escort for the young
men of Wilkinson county who joined
the Dixie machine gun company now
organizing at Natchcz.
Fayette,-The handsome flag pur
chased by popular subscription was
raised in Confederate park with ap-
proprate ceremony, The Boy Scouts
raised the flag, the ceremony being at
tended by large crowd.
Columbus Columbus first White
Way was turned on amid cheers from
a throng OF people who had assembled
m the business district to see the
lighted way as 1t blazed forth in all of
its brilliance and splendor.
Crystal Springs.-At the regular
monthly meeting Of the mavor and
board of aldermen Aldermen Bennett
introduced a resolution that rsnstatcd
the ordinance providing FOR the pay
ment OF salaries TO aldermen.
Meadville-The board of supervis.
ors passed an order offering a reward
OF $3.50 for the information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the par.
ties participating in the blowing up of
four vats in District . OF this county.
Bassfield d-The village of Bassfield
was visited by one of the most de.
structiye fires In its history, the large
store and warehouse of Hawkins Nc
Raney company, two livery stables and
the store Of Faler Brothers being de.
slroyed.
Gulfport.-Wllam Mehl, the land
scape architect at the Mississippi Cen
tennial Exposition died here, William
Mehl was of German birth, but nat
uralized citizen of the country with
magnificent home at Clayton, near st.
Louis. In addition, he owned $4,000
acres of farming land, part of 1t un
der cultivation, near Columbia, this
state.
Agricultural Colege.-ln announc-
ing the program for the eighth annual
congress OF the Mississippi Mothers
Parent. Teacher association, which will
be held in connection with the sum
mer normal OF the Mississippi A. and
NJ. College on June 13, IA and 10, Mrs
II p Hughes, active vice-president of
the organization, announces that rural
organizations and the relation of in
.dustrial training to home life will be
among the subjects discussed.
Nferidian.-Lawrenc Howe, negro
resident OF Chicora, near here, was ar.
rested by Deputy United States Mar
sha Boykin and placed in jail here,
charged with attempting to prevent
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