Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-05-11

tFlaI institute, Of which William II.
Holtzclaw is principal. held its thlr-
teenth annual commencement exer.
cises.
Columbus-Maj L. D. Lawton of
the L. 5. army was in the city recent.
ly in the interests OF the officers re-
serve corps, and while here secured
eight recruits.
Greenwood.-Rev, l.. ". Ross has
accepted a call from the Church OF
the Nativity of this city, and will take
up his active duties here within tne
next few weeks.
Calhoun City,-A proud mother trav-
eled all the way from Calhoun City TO
Memphis to see her two fine boys don
a naval uniform and answer their coun.
try's call for men.
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Prentiss.-Bethany Baptist church.
two miles south of Prentiss, establish.
ed In 1877, and among the first Bap.
list churches in the state celebrated
its Tooth anniversary and homecoming
with appropriate exercises.
Magnolia.-The board Of supervisors
at their last meeting passed an order
for the issuance of bonds in the SUM
OF $4,000, or so much as may be
deemed necessary to erect and equip
the county agricultural high school.
Clinton.-At a meeting Of the board
of trustees Of Mississippi College, DR..
j. W, Provine, president OF the col.
lege, was ordered to proceed at once
to organize those OF the student body
eligible to military service into a com
pany OF artillery, and DR.. Provine be.
gan the work as contemplated
Agricultural College.-Another rec
ognition of leadership in vocational
training in education has come to the
Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical
college, in that 1t has been designated
by the state board OF vocational edu.
cation as the training school for teach.
ers Of practical subjects, as provided
for in the Smith-Hughes act just adopt.
ed by congress.
Greenwood.-The location OF a fed.
eral mobilization camp in the hills of
Carroll county on the line of the
Southern railway, about eight miles
from this city, is a possibility accord
ing to a message received from Rep
sentative Benjamin G. Humphreys,
through whom the Greenwood Bust.
ness league approached the war de-
partment relative to the plan.
Vaiden.-Coleman G. Tyler recently
joined the United States marine corps
at Memphis, Tenn, and has since
Dec. 20, 1916, been In training at Port
Royal, S. G. Captain Ross Il. Rowell
writes of this young man and former
citizen Of Walden, that he is coming
rapidly to the front through his abil-
ity as a rifleman, and that he has
qualified as a marksman In the United
States marine corps.
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Purvis.-An alligator measuring 2
inches less than 0 feet long, was
killed by a member Of the squad OF
national guardsmen now guarding the
railroad bridge and tank at Okolona.
was brought here and placed on exhi-
bition, While it was known that a
few small alligators inhabited Black
creek, no one has been known to have
seen so large a speciman as shown by
the West Point soldier.
Tylertown.-The citizens of Walt
hall county and Tylertown assembled
in mass meeting at the mayors office
and inaugurated a campaign for great
er production of f%oodstuffs, for more
rigid economy, and for living DIT home.
The organization perfected Is known
as the Walthall Council Of Defense,
and has for its chairman County Farm
Agent II. l.. Hopper, and for secretary,
Superintendent c. |. Brumfield.
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Agricultural College.-All A. and NJ.
seniors who go TO the training camps,
to the farms, to manufacturing plants,
or in other lines where they are need
ed for preparedness work, will be
graduated and presented with their d.
plomas as once, and all underclassmen
who enter training camps, farms or in
dustries will be given credit for the
rest of this sessions work, and may
withdraw at once, according to a re-
cent faculty decision as announced
here.
Port Gibson.-F. ?. Powell, of neal
Carlisle. told the Claiborne county
sheriff over long distance telephone
here that he had just shot and killed
W. w, Knight, because knight had
wronged his mentally afflicted daugh.
ter, and that he was ready to surren-
der. II seems that Powell and his wife
had gone to a neighboring store to
make some purchases, leaving the
mentally afflicted daughter at home
with an aged deaf and dumb colored
servant, and during their absence
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