Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-07-26
FROM ALL PARTS
OF MISSISSIPPI
Reports Of sting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

weeks drouth was broken by a goodly
shower Of rain.
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Greenwood.-Miss Lois Jewell of
Nevada, Mo-. has accepted the position
of city editor with the Daily Common
wealth in this city.
Corinth.-Corinth has been organic
ed for another War Savings drive and
Is men went out looking up those who
failed to subscribe before.
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Corinth.-The Hodges planning mill,
located at Bonneville, vas destroyed
by fire, the loss being over $4,000.
The fire originated in the boiler room,
and ragged for several hours.
Toccopola.-All arrangements have
been made for an enthusiastic meeting
Of the corn, pig and baby beef clubs of
Pontotoc county at the new court
house this week, when the club school
will be held.
Meridian.-Leo Wellhouse has been
named as county food administrator,
succeeding Deputy United States Mar
shal Jasper Boykin, whose duties did
not permit him to give the office the
attention demanded.
Yazoo City.-At a special meeting of
the council the Yazoo City street car
line, hat was abandoned about three
months ago, on account of the expense
Of operating exceeding the income,
was sold for 10000.
Scooba.-Boy Scouts here held IN
enthusiastic meeting, when Rev. j. L.
Abney was elected scout master in
place Of Prof. A. l.. Stevens, who re-
signed the position which he has so
acceptably filled when he entered the
army
Corinth.-Dr. Charles M, Taylor, of
this city, died at the Baptist Memorial
Hospital in Memphis, following an i'll.
hess Of severa months. DR.. Taylor was
born in Rienzi, on Dec. 3, 1866. He
was the oldest doctor in Corinth both
IN years and in practice.
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Jackson.-Rapidly following Call No.
794, a new call has come from Provost
Marshal Crowder, No. 867, for 1000
white men Of Mississippi to entrain
the latter part of this month for mil
liary service. The entrainment be.
gins July "a, and continues through
the 26. The men 60 to Camp Green,
leaf, Lyle, Ga.
Vicksburg.-Charged with embe2
cling $4,000 from the United States
postal department within a period of
three months, during which he was
postmaster at Longwood, Miss, W. N
King Is held in the Warren county Jail
to await action by the federal grand
fury, having failed to furnish bond,
which was fixed at $4,000 by United
States Commissioner II. H. Short af-
ter a preliminary hearing.
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Biloxi.-John NJ. McCarty, a member
of Troop M, 18th Cavalry, United States
regular army, was arrested in this city
where he is being held awaiting an ia
vestigation into his absence from his
company. The man, who claims he
was allowed to leave his regiment at
Ell Paso, Tex, on account of an illness,
could not show satisfactory papers as
a result of which officials have taken
the matter up through the proper
channel.
Yazoo City.-That the greatest con.
fidence is imposed in Yazoo banking
institutions and the men in charge IS
shown by the immense amount Of
money deposited in these institutions,
as shown by their recent reports to the
national bank examiner.
The individual deposits in these
three banks, which are pretty evenly
divided, are 81, S94,619.60. The savings
deposits of YaZoo City and YaZoo
county people are in round figures
1901, 342.37.
Yazoo City and county citizens have
invested in Liberty Loan bonds, which
sum is in the keeping of the local
banks, to the amount Of $40, 525.67. In
addition to these figures there are ap'
proximately $500, 900 in Yazoo City In.
vested in War Thrift Stamps and
$3.50, OO2 in the whole county.
This shows that there are invested
in saving securities in city and county
the grand total of 1881, S69.04, These
figures added to the individual depos.
fits in local banking institutions, shows
that Yazoo people are the owners Of
more than two and a quarter million
dollars.
Columbus.-A Nomad whose diary
shows that he has travelled over sew
eral states in the past few years, was
killed by a Southern Railway train al
Bankston. Ala, east Of Columbus, His
name is w. B. Murphy, as revealed by
papers taken from his person. The
body was picked up by the train and
brought to Columbus.
Ellisville.-The second week Of the
summer normal at the Jones county
Agricultural high school opened en-