Macon beacon., 1917-04-06

grown hogs has been established IL
tEis county
Guifport- completed 10,OOl
Carnegie library has been thrown oper
to the public.
Brookhaven.-The Lincoln county
jail, up until Saturday. has been empty
for six weeks.
Moselle.-W. w. Hood is erecting 1
hardwood mill here which will soof
be ready for operation.
Crystal Springs.-The bank OF Ha
zlehurst has agreed to finance a "pil
club" in every community in the
county.
Carrollton.-Farmers in this vicin
ity have just finished planting about
$50 acres of Irish potatoes for the
market
Biloxi-Miss Bessie Brougher, state
nurse for the Mississippi Anti-Tuber.
culosis committee, Is organizing tu,
berculosis association in Harrison
county.
McComb City.-Work has begun on
the postoffice building 1t is to cost
$4,000 and to be two stories with a
basement.
Crystal Springs.-The Central Can
ming company of Louisiana has leased
the Rhymes Lumber Co. for canning
tomatoes this summer.
Laurel-H. w. Bell, former city en-
gineer, has been awarded a 100000
contract for building good roads in
Acadia parish, Louisiana.
Brookhaven.-Th annual meet of
the Copiah-Lincon Agricultural high
school, located south of Wesson, was
held at the college grounds.
Greenwood-Miss Adeline Kantor
laid the first brick in the erection Of
| the handsome new building being put
up on Howard street which is to bear
her name.
Vicksburg-A hail storm here
smashed several hundred windows,
street lamps and skylights and caused
several thousand dollars damage to
garden truck.
Biloxi. citizens are disc Iss'
ing the advisability Of organizing a
company Of home guards to protect
lives and property in the event of war
with Germany
Crystal Spfings-President Wallace
Of the Crystal Springs Manufacturing
company, is still complaining Of the
scarcity OF labor. He has on his pay.
roll more than 800 names.
Columbus.-Road enthusiasts OF Ar.
tesla have unanimously decided to
build the link of the proposed Gulf
highway which traverses supervisors
district No. in this county.
The Virgins Service club was or
ganized recently. The object of this
organization is the concentration of
the individual efforts of the citizens
for bigger and better Virgins.
Crystal Springs board Of SUI
pervisors has ordered the chancery
clerk 10 advertise for sealed bids to
work all of the public roads of the
county FOR a period of four years.
Cortnth.-Ed Mathis, very promi-
nent and we'll known citizen of this
county, was found dead at his home,
with a gun shot wound in his head,
supposed to have been self-inficted.
Waynesboro.-The dipping of cattle
in Wayne county is in full swing, and
so far as known all cattle owners re.
sponded, with no friction developing
in any part of the county over being
forced to dip.
Meridian.-Dr Willis Valley, state
health officer, has notified the Merid-
ian federation Of women's clubs, &C.
cepting an invitation to attend a mass
meeting here March 81 in the interest
of sanitary conditions.
Vicksburg.-The Southern Express
office at Bolton, 80 miles east OF here
OH the A. e V. railroad, has been
robbed This makes the sixth rob
berry of stations along the A. G v.
within the last few weeks.
Columbus.-H. G. MCGOWAN, secre-
tary of Lowndes county farm loan as
sociation, has been officially notified
that money to be loaned through the
new federal farm loan system will be
available about April 10.
Corinth.-Hiram Burrows shot and
fatally wounded his brother, Banks
Burrows, at the formers home, is
miles southwest of Corinth. The shoot.
ing is said TO have been the result of
hard feelings existing between the two
men for some time.
Corinth.-Corinth will entertain the
next normal The normal VIII con.
vene for period of six weeks, begin
nIng on Monday. July 9, during which
time teachers from practically every
school III tie iNur counties, La. Prem.