Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-06-28

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Fllisyille-A fire at The American
Pine Products corporation destroyed
about $4,000 worth OF property. There
was no Insurance.
Commissioning off the bars Of
a cage in which they were confined,
six negro prisoners at the Lowndes
county penal farm made their escape.
Poplaryille- Success OF the W. S. S.
drive in Poplaryille and It's vicinity
is indicated. Scoutmaster S. Soldier
Of the Foplaryille troop, called a spe.
cial meeting OF Boy Scouts for the
drive.
Meridian.-On request for reduced
railroad fares for the Mississippi-Ala.
bama fairs this fall, Director General
Of Railways McAdoO has notified Sec
rotary A. II. George that there would
be no reduction of any kind.
Blue Mountain.-The Tippah COUNTY
camp of the United Confederate yetet-
ans has accepted an invitation to hold
It's annual encampment at Blue Noun
tain. The encampment will be held
about the middle of August.
Columbus. r. Armstrong. SO, one
OF Lowndes county's best known ami
most highly esteemed citizens, died at
his home here. He had been in bad
health a long time, never having fully
recovered from a stroke Of paralysis.
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Aberdeen, - Two aYiators from
Payne Field are dead, the result of a
collision at an altitude Of LOO feet,
near this city. The dead Second Lieut.,
Francis NJ. Roberts, Watertown, N.
Y, Second Lieut.. Leo NJ. Hines, Ellen
wood, Kan.
Clarksdale a meeting OF the
planters of this section held here o.
ganization of Coahoma county wheat
growers association was perfected.
The object of the organization is 20
promote raising enough wheat to SUP
ply this county with flour.
Hattiesburg-Lieut. Dunn and Sergt.
Curry. aviators from Park Field, Mem
phis, arrived safely at Camp Shelby,
completing the trip from Memphis
here which was delayed by the fatal
accident near Clarksdale, which cost
the lives of Lieut.. Keller and Sergt.
Chapman.
Meridian. - The apprehension Of
Floyd Thompson, alleged draft evader
in Neshoba county, who was brought
here with Robert Lee Smith by Lieut..
Frank Newell and a squad of soldiers
from Fort Morgan after a two weeks
stay in the Iron Springs neighborhooi,
completely clears up the Neshoba
county situation and the soldiers will
now return to their station.
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Agricultural College.-Reports OF
the best crop prospects in the history
Of the state, the launching of cam.
paigns throughout the state for plant
ing large acreages of wheat and rye,
the great success Of boys club work,
with an enrolment of $4,000 boys,
and the increase in the number OF
demonstration kitchens and the inter
est in women's work in Mississippi
were the features of the state and
federal extension service who were as.
sembled here in the Mississippi Field
Workers Council.
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Jackson-An important step in
countering German propaganda was
accomplished here when department
Of justice officials placed under ar
rest Elder Charles Mason, a negro
pastor OF the Church of Christ in
America, at Lexington, charged with
obstructing the selectiye draft and
making false statements for the pur.
pose OF promoting the cause of Ger
many, and detrimental to the military
welfare of the United States. IL is
claimed that he distributed a large
amount Of disloyal literature OF re.
ligious SAVIOR emanating from Los An.
geles.
Mason formerly lived at Memphis
and still has a home in that city.
Jackson,-One hundred and fifty Of
Jackson's leading citizens are busy on
plans for a labor census, which will
include every able.bodied man in the
city, Work or fight is the slogan. No
pains will be spared to have it en-
forced 10 the letter.
Kinds county leads all of the eighty
two counties in Mississippi thus fan
IN the Merchants War Savings
Stamps campaign, according to an an
nouncement made by County Director
]. y. powning of Jackson,
Biloxi.--Nons Mae Roy. Biloxi'i
first yeomanette, has passed a sue
cessful examination and now holds 9
responsible psition in the commissar,
department OF the Gulfport Naya
} Training Station as stenographer.