Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-09-17
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HONOR FOR CAPT. BROWN
Named Lieut.. Colonel and Aide-de-
Camp to Gen. Vsncs--Notes from
State Capital.

JaoSson.-Capt. w. J. Brown Of this
city has been named lieutenant colonel
snd aide-de-camp on the personal staff
OF Lieut. Gen. Calvin B. Vance, com
mander for the reunion OF Confederate
vetelans to be held at Houston Texas
October and s. Other Mississip-
plans named in the list of staff mem.
bers are:
Mrs Lillian Hudson Vance of Bates
VILE, Mrs. Edward F. McGehee of
Swan Lake and Mrs. A Kimbrough OF
Greenwood, matrons of honor; Mrs.
Virginia owen Lamb of Batesville,
chaperon Of honor; Mrs. Hampden Os-
borne of Meridian, leader of choirs;
Don NJ. Dockery Of fernando, adju-
tant general and chief of staff; Hamp-
den Osborne of Meridian, assistant ad
jutant general and chief of staff; Gen
Pat Henry odf Brandon, colonel and
cUmmissary general: Gen. S. f. Rain
Pat Henry of Brandon. colonel and
assistant judge advocate; Rev. Deb
Waddell Of Meridian, lieutenant colo
mel and assistant chaplain-general;
Capt. F. D. Howell of Durant, lieu
tenant colonel and aide-de-camp Hon.
]. T. Harrison Of Columbus heuten-
ant colonel and aide-de-camp; G. l.,
Weinsinger of Doddsville lieutenant
colonel and aide-de-camp.
Not in several years has interest in
dairying throughout South Mississippi
been quite as keen as at present ac.
cording to H. c, Ferguson dairy spe-
cialist Of the extension staff stationed
In Jackson Counties now engaged in
dairy campaigns to further encourage
the industry are, according to Mr.. Fer
guson these: Kinds. Jones jefferson,
Claiborne, Lowndes, Simpson, Lincoln,
Clark, Jasper Copiah and Walthall
The board of trustees of the peni.
tertiary issued its regular monthly re-
view OF crop conditions, declaring that
all hope of a normal yield on any OF
the farms had been abandoned because
of the unfavorable season.
The Kinds county board of super.
visors is expected to authorize a bond
issue of million dollars for highway
improvement.
The ginners Of the state, upward of
$50 strong, organized here with the
election of the following officers. Ern-
est Mann, Madison, president; DR.. c..
c. Moore Ittabena, vice-president; G..
NJ Brown, of Vicksburg, secretary.
September 81 has been definitely
fixed as the date for the automobile
tour of Kinds and Rankin farmers to
the dairy centers Of Lincoln and Co
piah counties.
The next annual convention of the
Mississippi State Teachers associa-
tion will be held at Meridian on May
4, s. and Z, This was the decision
arrived at by the executive committee
Of the association in session at the
office of w, F. Bond, state superin.
tendent OF education.
Leo c. Koestler of Vicksburg, was
reelected president Of the Mississippi
Association of the Baking Industry, at
the annual meeting here Other of
ficers Of the association elected were
Harold Martin, Gulfport, vicepresi
dent; Miss Eleanor Mae Heron of
Vicksburg, secretary, and E. ]. Klein,
of Greenyille, treasurer.
The railroad commission adjourned
after short session without taking ac-
ton on the question of raising intra
state rates.
J. Ed Ruff, U. s. demonstration
agent for the southern div OF the
state, returned from a trip to Copiah
county, where he reports the compile
ton OF 100 sweet potato houses Of from
500 to 200O-bushel capacity, under the
direction of A. j. Flowers The report
of the statistican of this department
is not yet completed, but Mr. Ruff es-
Inmates that this years crop will come
between LOCO, 600 and 100000 busa-
els a material increase over the crop
OF last year
Captures of II moonshine stills in
Mississippi were reported through the
office Of Maj. w Calvin Wells, federal
y,rgbfbft{op oivaotor I,,y u n rhaDp,an
acting federal prohibition agent in
charge One of these stills was taken
six miles east of Jackson in Rankin
county by Agents Boyd and Loyelace.
The governor issued proclamation
calling a special election for Sept. %
to fill the vacancy in the legislature
caused by the resignation Of Hon. Will
liam Hemingway.
Tupeio.-There will be five com.
munity poultry shows in Lee County
preliminary to the county fair The
following are the date: Guntown,
Sept 30; Saltillo, Sept "a Tupelo,
Sept 25; Shannon, Sept. a. Planters
vile, Sept g. The idea is to com.
pete for prizes in the local community
and then give a chance to select the
best birds for the big Lee County fair
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Jackson.-Goy Russell delivered an
address at the opening of the First
Consolidated School in the county at
Lafayette Springs.