Macon beacon., 1917-06-29

/ Vicksburg FeICy Dell "a
/ Greenville delivered the Elks flag day
address to a large audience from the
Elk clubhouse porch.
Jackson - Mayor Walter A. Scott
has announced that Jackson will have
a big patriotic celebration at the state
militia camp here July 1.
Meridian.-The directors Of the
board of trade elected @. L. Mckay
president, L. D. Caldwell vice presi
dent and Linwood Griffith treasurer
saSss
Pascagoula.-The L. n. DantzleE
lumber company has begun the work
of constructing a large shipyard to
build ships for its own use at MOSS
Point.
Crystal Springs,-Marshal G. II.
Terry rounded up game OF ~ craps
shooters that have been operating in
the heart of the city during the ship
ping season.
Biloxi.-Officer Zudie Hightower
was arrested by Chief of Police R. M.
Randolph on charge of disorderly
conduct, brought by Gus Mugnier a
Biloxi blacksmith.
Corinth.-Chief of Police ]. c. Dan
iel confiscated 300 pints of whisky at
the Illinois Central freight station that
had been shipped to Corinth from i
ST. Louis concern.
Macon.-Twenty members Of the
Red Cross society met at the court
house and formed an auxiliary of the
Columbus chapter, which is headquar-
ters for several societies.
Crystal Springs-The new Baptist
church which is being built here is
beginning to assume handsome proper.
tions and will be ready for occupancy
by the middle of the summer.
Laurel.-Dr, w. S. Crawford, for,
merly resident of this city, but now
connected with the East Mississippi
insane asylum at Meridian, has enlist.
ed in the medical reserve corps.
Jackson. - Mississippi leads the
south in recruiting hospital appren-
tices for the U. S. navy, total of So
being reached. The call for the allot.
ments of the various states ended
June Is.
Hazlehurst-The Confederate mon
ument, erected on court square here
at cost of $4,000 in memory of the
dead and living Confederate soldiers
of Copiah county, will be unveiled on
July 4th.
Yazoo City.-Beginning June 25. at.
Satartia, the Yazoo Commercial club,
Young Mems Business club and bureau
of farm extension work of Yazoo coun-,
ty will open their big farm machinery
demonstration and canning campaign,
to last about ten days and will tour
every section of this county.
Crenshaw.-Halter Trotter Smith,
19-year'old Mississippi college student
and full fledged member of Uncle.
Sans Mississippi artillery corps, has
shown that he is a patriotic young
American in more ways than one. Be.
sides going to war as a volunteer un-
der age, he placed with the Bank of
Crenshaw an application for a $1O0
Liberty loan bond.
Clarksdale.-Suffering from a frac..
ture of the skull, H. Pheaders of this
city, who was injured at Lula, was
aiken to Memphis and placed in tho
Baptist Memorial hospital Pheaders
was drilling a we'll at Lula when a
leavy timber fell from the derrick
md dropping so feet, struck the man,
'endering him unconscious. Hospital
attendants stated that Pheaders might
'ecover
Crystal Springs.-John Taylor, q,
armer, so, living near here, probably
les the honor of furnishing more boys
or service in the army of Uncle Sam
han any other man in the United
states. Mr.. Taylor has % children, II
II whom are boys. On registration
lay seven of these boys came into the.
egistrars office and registered for
ervice and are now waiting further
.ct1on from the government before 60.
ng into service
Natchez.-Much interest is being
manifested here in the extensive work
which is being done by the Yazoo and
Valley railway in the vi.
unity of Roxie. The company is con-
tructing switches which will give it
with the Mississippi Cen
raj. This, together with the report
hat the road is acquiring considerable
roperty in Roxie, has led to the be-
ef that plan to route main line
rains directly through Natchez is con-
emplated.
Biloxi.-Summer school for the pur..
ose of military instruction at the Gulf
'oast military academies, where there
re torty.three students, is one of the.
est since the establishment of the,
chcol. Prof. H. NJ. Ivy of Canton Is in.
barge Of the school with a faculty
of Major V. H. Grossberg.