Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-07-05
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal


the county's quota Of a call made by
the adjutant general in May.
Camp Shelby.-Men recently assign
ed to the ranks of the 151st Infantry
we're privileged to be the first to use
the new Enfield rifle at Camp Shelby.
Observation-Disclosures G. A. Hum
mer, specialist in the culture and man
agement OF the honey bee, gave dem
onstrations at the home Of John s.
Roberts and George A. Claussen.
Jacksonville telegraph brings in
formation of the first soldier from
Jackson killed in the war, Robert c.
Nail. He was a son Of j.. H. Nail Of
Duttonville, a suburb Of Jackson.
Hazlehurst.-Seven 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 its 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
seversi weeks ago. The net results Of
the shipment of 1860 pounds, after
paying all expenses, was sS40.64.
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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 /. Levee work is
now in progress at a number of points
in the third Mississippi river district,
Gulfport.-Rear Admiral Alfred Rey-
nolds Of the Gulfport naval training
station was seriously injured as the
result of the overturning of an auto
mobile. Attending physicians said in
addition to severe bruises and possible
internal injuries, several ribs were
ractured.
Brookhaven.-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 a 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 l; l. & c. at Co.
lumbus. P. D. Whitney Of Natchez
was elected secretary Of Alcorn college
and j. L. McCaskill proctor Of the l.
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 HI
had in the way of stunts. When frs
spied he was nearly out of sight behint
a cloud; he then looped the loop three
times and disappeared behind thu
clouds. When he came out he wal
doing that wonderful nose spin. B.
the time he landed at the Aberdeen
golf links there was a large crowd
observation-disclosures OF Jackson, whc
have tried the government recipe fol
making potato-cornmeal mullins say
they are delicious and the farm extern
sion workers are doing all they can t
encourage their general use by tht
housekeepers Of the state. For ont
dozen mullins use two tablespoons fat
one tablespoon sugar, one egg wei
beaten, one cup milk, n cup mashed
potatoes, one cup cornmeal, four tea
spoons baking powder, one teaspoon
salt. Mix in order given; bake fort.
minutes in hot oven.
Jacksonville Mississippi state fed
GRAFTON Of labor adjourned after a twI
days session. Gulfport was selecte'
as the meeting place of the 1919 sei
sion. H. Fl, Weir Of Meridian wa
elected president, and Joseph W. John
Of Meridian was reelected secretary
treasurer. The five vice president
named were: Charles W. Frank of Pas
cagoula, v. Canzaro o. Vicksburg. {
, H. Moorehead Of Gulfport R. c. Whit
Of Hattiesburg. and A. H. Rush 0
!. Jackson. Rev. ]. H. Mallyard of Nc
ridian was elected chaplain,
Ellisville.-Rev. John c. Chamber:
Sunday school field secretary of tn
/. Mississippi conference of the Metl
odist Episcopal Church, South, has a
, ranged for the holding OF district SUI
!, day school institutes, as follows: NJ,