The Starkville news., 1918-07-05


Camp Shelby-Men recently assign
ed to the ranks Of the 151st Infantry
were privileged to be the first to use
| the new Enfield rifle at Camp Shelby.
Magnolia.-Professor G. A. Hum
mer. specialist in the culture and man
agement OF the honey bee, gave DEM
onstrations at the home Of John 5.
| Roberts and George A. Claussen.
Jackson.-The telegraph brings in-
formation of the first soldier from
| Jackson killed in the war, Robert G.
| Nail. He was SON of J. H. Nail OF
Duttonville. suburb of Jackson
Hazlehurst-Seyen cars of Irish
potatoes have been shipped from here
within the past week, and the prices
have been satisfactory. This county
has by far the largest yield of Irish
potatoes in its history.
Biloxi-The Seashore divinity school
conducted under the auspices OF the
Methodist conferences of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, convened
for it's tenth annual session in the tab
ernacle of the Seashore camp ground
Brookhaven.-County Demonstration
Henry Leggett has received returns
from the cooperative shipment of wool
made by the Lincoln county farmers
seyersi weeks ago. The net results of
the shipment of 1860 pounds, after
paying all expenses, was s840.64.
Vicksburg. The steamer Coppee
left for Grand Lake. Ark, with machin-
cry to be used for river revetment
work which began at points north OF
this city on July 1. Levee work is
now in progress at number of points
in the third Mississippi river district,
GuIfport.-R Admiral Alfred Rey-
nolds OF the GH1fpprt naval training
station was seriously injured as the
result of the oyerturning OF an auto
mobile. Attending physicians said in
addition to severe bruises and possible
internal injuries. several ribs were
fractured
Brookhayen.-A message from the
war department, addressed to Mrs. w.
w. Fore, announced the death OF her
son, Wiley Davis Fore, of the marine
corps, on the western front. Young
Fore had never heard of his mothers
death, which occurred last November
In Brookhaven. A brother Of the dead
soldier, Marvin, is at Camp Beauregard.
Jackson.-At meeting Of the gen.
eral board Of trustees Of the several
state colleges H. E. King OF Okolona
was elected secretary Of the univer-
sity, and D. L. Ross, for several years
secretary of that Institution, was elect.
ed secretary Of the I. |. & c. at Co
lumbus. P d. Whitney OF Natchez
was elected secretary of Alcorn college
and J. l.. McCaskill proctor of the |.
c.. & C..
Aberdeen.-Lieut Earl F. Stewart,
who is in charge of all flying at Payne
Field. at West Point, visited Aberdeen
and gave the public everything that he
| had in the way of stunts When first
| spied he was nearly out Of sight behind
| a cloud; he then looped the loop three
times and disappeared behind the
clouds. When he came out he was
doing that wonderful nose spin. By
| the time he landed at the Aberdeen
| golf links there was large crowd
! Jackson.-Ci Citizens of Jackson, who
have tried the government recipe for
making potato-cornmeal mullins say
they are delicious and the farm exteE-
sion workers are doing all they can to
encourage their general use by the
housekeepers of the state. For one
dozen mullins use two tablespoons fat.
/ one tablespoon sugar, one egg well
/ beaten, one cup milk, one cup mashed
| potatoes, one cup cornmeal, four tea
/ spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
salt. Mix in order given: bake forty
minutes in hot oven.
| $500
Jackson-The mississippi state fed
Grafton Of labor adjourned after two
days session Gulfport was selected
as the meeting place of the 1919 ses-
1 sion. H. H. Weir of Meridian was
elected president, and Joseph w. Johns
of Meridian was reelected secretary
| treasurer. The five vice presidents
i named were: Charles w. Frank of Pas
cagoula. v. Canzaro Of Vicksburg, G
/ H. Moorehead of Gulfport R. G. White
OF Hattiesburg. and A. II. Rush OF
Jackson. Rev. J. H. Mallyard of Me-
ridian was elected chaplain.