Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

of the buildings at Camp Shelby.
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Natchez.-The commencement exer.
cises Of Jefferson Military college were
held here last week. There were Is
graduates.
Grenada.-Walter Dubard of this
city has returned from France. He
was among the first volunteers to be
sent over.
Fernwood.-The class Of 1918 of the
Fernwood high school will hold COM
mencement exercises at the school au-
ditorium May 16.
Magnolia.-Sam Wolfe, scoutmaster,
reports that the Magnolia Boy Scou:s
sold s2O,55O of Liberty loan bonds dur
ing the recent campaign.
Meridian.-A large attendance Is ex.
pected May 81 to % at the thirteenth
annual convention Of the Mississippi
Retail Merchants association in Lau.
rel.
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New Albany.-Commencement exer.
cises Of the Grenada public school
will take place Friday, May 80.
Twelve girls and eight boys will grad
uate.
Meridian.-E. Blanchard has been
appointed by the good roads m =.
sion of district l as successor to John
T. Pinkston, who rendered his resig-
nation.
Fernwood.-Dr. r. B. Austin, who
for several years has served the Fern.
wood & Gulf Railroad company as SUI
geon, recently enlisted in the United
States army.
Hazlehurst.-At a meeting Of the
board of control of the Hazlehurs'
high school nearly all teachers who
taught in the school the past session
were reelected.
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Biloxi.-At a regular meeting of the
city council DR.. W. Williams was elect
ed a member Of the school board of
trustees, succeeding L. R. Bowan,
whose time expired.
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Jacksonville girls dormitory ard
the chapel of the French Camp acad.
envy, a Presbyterian school in Choc-
taw county, were completely destroye':.
by fire of unknown origin.
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Jackson.-Two white convicts, Ma
jor Rogers and John Quimby, we're
given meritorious discharges by Gov.
Bilbo at. the recommendation of the
trustees Of the penitentiary.
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Meridian County superintendent
of Education T. c. Lockard has report.
ed to the board of supervisors and 9TH
ers concerned that there are 27,96S
school children in Lauderdale county.
Clarksdale.-The grand command.
cry, Knights Templar Of Mississippi,
in annual session here, passed a reso.
luton indorsing the administration Of
President Wilson and the war policies
Of the government.
Columbus.-Noah D. Sanders, ~,
one of the noted fiddlers of the south
and winner of several contests, died
here as a result Of injuries received
when run over by a locomotive or q
local lumber company.
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Collins.-The trustees Of the Col
Inns graded school elected the 1913
1919 faculty with Prof. A. E. Miller
principal. All teachers elected have
accepted the positions offered, each =.
ceiving a raise of salary.
Natchez.-Joseph Licata of this city
is In receipt of a letter which bears
the news that his son, Francis, is 4
prisoner in Saxony, Germany. Fran.
els was in the army and has been re.
ported missing for some time.
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Jackson.-Every one of Mississippi's
81 progressive counties are complete.
" organized for the second Red Cross
campaign, which begins May 20, &C.
cording to a statement issued from the
state headquarters by H. M. K. Smith,
campaign manager for Mississippi.
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Ripley.-A service flag was present
ed Tippah county by the local w. C.
T. U. Thomas E. Pegram was master
of ceremonies. The service flag con.
tanned the names Of the boys who are
now in the army and navy from this
county, there being more than 1S1
stars on the flag. In the center of the
big flag were four gold stars in honor
Of the four soldier boys of this county
who have already given their lives to
the service.
Magnolia.-The first session Of the
Pike county agricultural high school,
scheduled to begin next Septemer,
will probably be conducted without ar
administration building, as a second
attempt of the board of trustees to lie.
the contract for its construction was
barren Of results.
Macon.-Mrs. Sarah Windham holds
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