Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1920-09-17


has lived at home and always been
able to grow enough corn for his use
ard enough meat for his family use
and that of his farm. He bought a
corn shelter and stated that he would
have ample corn this season and that
his. meat was fine and would furnish
bin plenty of good hams for the com.
ing winter.
Senatebia.-The county pension
board met here and added about a
score OF Confederate soldiers and
widows to the pension roll. The mem.
bers OF the board, who must be ex-
Confederate soldiers, are Capt. Daugh'
erty, D. G. Kirkland, B. G. Tucker, j.
II. Murphy and w. ]. Weary. The last
legislature materially increased the
amount paid each soldier, the lowest
now paid pensioner is $3.50 per year,
and this amount is paid quarterly. 1t
is now necessary that a soldier own
more than $4,000 before he is excluded
from drawing pension; heretofore II
he owned as much as $500 he was ex.
cluded.
Natchez have been cir.
culated here asking that a special cleo
ton be called in order that the appli.
cation of the compulsory education law
in Adams County may be put to a
referendum vote. A sufficient num-
Der have already signed the petition
to insure the election. 1t is stated by
those circulating the petition that there
are certain features of the law OBJ
jetcionable to taxpayers. An election
on the compulsory law was recently
held in Jefferson County and it was
rejected by vote of over 500 to eight.
Rosedale.-City Marshal Crawford
with Deputies Bryant, Rosenfield, Ford
md Poletti, made a raid on several
houses in the south part of town in an
effort to capture bootleggers that have
been selling white mule" and other
brands of liquors for some time. The
searching party did not accomplish
much in the way Of securing liquor.
as the "leggers" had evidently been
tipped off beforehand, and had made
themselves scarce"
Blue Mountain, Mississippi has a
large death rate among its babies, ac-
cording 10 information collected by
Miss Bonnie Bess Tillman, formerly
on the faculty of Blue Mountain col
lege, now in charge of the child's well
fare work IN the Grenada county
health unit. Miss Tillman, who has
inet laft baro FOR crenada, found that
SO babies out of only lis families had
died in Grenada county under one year
of age.
Clarksdale.--A lone hold.up man en-
tered the Clarksdale Delicatessen and
at the point of pistol forced the own
er to open the cash drawer and hand
over all the money The robbery oc-
cured shortly after o'clock on one
of the most prominent thoroughfares
of the city After relieving the owner
of SIS in cash and two rings, the thief
backed through the door and made his
escape.
Tupelo.-Dr G. C. Hampton has been
ordered to report to New York by the
international health board. He goes
to Ceylon, near the coast of India, one
of the worst hookworm infested places
in the world.
Meridian.-The city council has or.
dered an election on a $4,000 bond
issue for the purpose of making Ger.
tain badly needed Improvements at
the Matty Hersee Charity Hospital
pontotoc. The Pontotoc County Red
Cross, of which Mrs. w. L. Wilson is
caa rman, IS assisting in the relief work
resulting from the $3.50 600 fire at this
place recently,
Shelby. This sect on was visited by
a severe electrical storm last week.
The lightning struck a mule belonging
to a negro living on w j. Taylor's
place.
Kilmichael 1.-The ninth annual SEES.
sion of the Montgomery County Agri.
cultural High School opened here With
an unusually large attendance.
wiler-The public school at this
place opened with an attendance OF
$50 and prospects of totaling $50 be.
fore the year ends.
Baldwin, -Hugh Norton, of Gun.
town, aged 45, died on the operating
table while two doctors were removing
his tonsils.
Crystal Springs Miss Mary Miller
daughter OF Howard Miller, was mar
red in Hazlehurst to James Alfred OF
that city.
Pontotoc.-The election for NUM-
opal waterworks held here was car
red by a vote Of three to one.
Vicksburg Judge Theo. Birchett
president of the Vicksburg Bar asso.
cation, has appointed a committee &c
draft resolutions of respect to the
memory of the late Gen T. Marshall
Miller formerly encouragement OF
Mississippi, who died at his home in
New Orleans. Gen Miller was at one
time n member of the local bar.
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