The Southern herald., 1918-07-12
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports Of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.


Chalybeate. = The War saylns.
Stamps drive here went successfnIes
"over the top"
Meridian.-Former United st....
Senator Leroy Percy delivered an a
dress here in the interest Of Y
Q. A. work. This was his first ss
'pearance here since his return fros
France.
Houlka.-Mayor A. A. Newsl
Editor G. B. McAbee and Marsha
Howard Roberts received acceptane.
from Major Heard at West Point \
the landing grounds they Offered 4
him. 0. H. Harrill gave the ground
and the citizens have cleared away N
trash.
Senatobia.-The local draft board
has received orders to send four wbIta
men of Camp Shelby July Is and d
negroes to Camp Pike July 16. Tbs
board has also been ordered to send
four white men in place of four who
have been discharged at Camp Pike
for physical disabilities.
Jackson.-LightIess nights will Be
in style in this section again begin
ming July 10, according to an an.
nouncement by Mr.. Garner Green, 10
cal fuel administrator. The fuel adj
ministration has announced through
Mr.. Green that the restrictions Thu
time will be more stringent than they
were short time ago
Biloxi,-Council acted favorsbIy
upon the matter of taking steps to
deepen the Back Bay of Biloxi with
government aid for the purpose Of
making a deep water outlet for shin
ping and as an inducement to ship.
building plants. Members Of the
board also endorsed the action Of the
government in carrying out the SAM
tary campaign throughout Harrison
county.
Memphis,-This city became an I'm.
portant point for the American Rail
way Express company, capitalized at
$90,000,0OO, when general offices for
the Mississigbpi division were opened
with H. H Ieek, superintendent. G.
L. Thomas RiiD be his assistant and
James H. Hays, former general agent
Of the American Express company at
Memphis, has assumed his duties as
agent for the new company.
Memphis. Contracts for the CON
struction of 70 miles Of drainage
canals were let by the commissioners
of the Murphy Bayou Drainage Dis.
trict, Washington county, Miss. The
Canal Construction company, Mem.
phis, Tenn, and the ]. B. Arpin Dredg'
ing company, of Houston, Texas, were
jointly awarded the work. The work
was let at IL cents per cubic yard.
The total cost will be about $25O,OOQ
Camp shelby.-Camp Shelby cele.
brated its first Fourth Of July in gala
style. Thousands Of soldiers attended
the different events scheduled for the
day, all of which were carried out sue
cessfully. In the morning the great
victory athletic meet was staged on
the parade ground of the 1O1st Infan.i
try. The records made by the soldiers
were good, considering all entrants
wore the regulation shoes, only leg-l
gins being allowed to be removed
s&$as
Yazoo City.-In view of the fact that
the labor situation is already acute
here, farmers and planters are alarmed
at the steady drain upon the city and
county for men. A call received by
the local draft boards demands 10
white men to be sent to Camp Shelby
during the five-day period beginning
July is, and 90 negroes to be sent to-
Camp Funston during the period be-
July 10. 1t is estimated here
that the next call for the state of Mis-.
Sissippi will be in the neighborhOod Of
10000 men, based on the call made
upon Yazoo county, and these men.
will be largely taken from the farms
and plantations.
West Point.-One person was killed
and six were more or less seriously
hurt when a westbound Southern pas.
senseS train struck a jitney bus at the
crossing on East Main street. Carl
Belts, aged 1S, a chauffeur, who was
\ passenger in the bus, was instantly
killed. Private Lloyd Rean, OF john
lton, Pa, was injured in the back and
leg. Lieut.. L. S. Temmerman, OF
N. Y sustained a had scalD