Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-10-07
MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered AnCor-
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

"a N-'i0 NN""'' M"9 elluth announcer blow
when Sheriff Slayden, accompanied bv
Deputies Jeffries and Woods and Conn.
sy Attorney Wall Doxey found a large
still IN operation about seven miles
southeast of Waterford on a farm oc.
cupied by Robert Cooley, a brother OF
Anderson Cooley who was recentv
sentenced to three years in the peai.
Tertiary for attempting to maDugac-
ture whisky. The men whose identity
is known to the officers We're at the
still and were making a getaway when
the officers approached. They were
chased some distance and one man
was shot at and probably wounded.
Arrests will follow in a short time. Of
ficers say. The still was of unusual
design, being made Of wood EXCEPT the
bottom, which was Of galvanized iron.
1t was eight feet in length about three
feet wide and two feet deep, and said
to be about 15-gallon-an-hour capac.
ity. Two thousand gallons of mash a
quantity of sugar and 25 gallons OF
whi,e whisky in jugs were taken in the
raid.
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Meridian. - The Meridian trades
council has practically completed the
plans for the observance of Armistjca
Day here with an elaborate patriotic
celebration Invitations are to be ex-
tended to all civic and commercial
bodies Of the city to join hands in the
undertaking to make the occasion one
OF completeness in every particular.
The movement is a part of the nation.
al program to roll up the most gigantic
appeal to the disarmament conference
at Washington to make disarmament a
reality and to afford a demonstration
Of the fact that the people Of the Unir.
ed States want a real end Of war. It
IS stated that the celebration to be IN.
dertaken by the labor movement is in
no way peculiarly labor, but, on the
other hand, is simply intended to be
community expression on a great com
mon problem and will be staged from
a citizenship standpoint purely and
simply. Every kind and class of cili-
zen will be requested to take part.
Meridian.-County and city officers
and large number of other citizens
witnessed the total destruction of a
quantity of moonshine whisky, when
Judge W. d. Roberts ordered the stuff
seized in recent raids poured into
city sewer, The liquor is said to have
been of good make and was retailing
a taround SIS gallon, the price hay
Ing recently dropped from around $40
gallon.
Biloxi.-While playing with a shot
gun Wilbur Leckech, eight-year-old
son Of Mrs Joseph Leckech received
full load Of the shot in his left leg
above the knee, which resulted in the
youth losing much blood. The gun was
In the hands of Frank Bass, age IL,
who was with the lad near the formers
home on Elmer street. Young Leck.
echs condition was announced as Sc
rtcus from the Biloxi city hospital,
where he was taken.
lndianola.-The trial of Tilmann
Montgomery, "a, charged with Grim
inal assault upon the 17-year-old widow
of an eX.seryice man near Inverness,
Sunflower county, 10 days ago, took
place in circuit court, and he was con,
victed by jury and sentenced by
Judge S. F. Davis to be hanged Friday
Oct. rs. The grand jury returned the
indictment within 20 minutes after
court convened and Montgomery was
Immediately placed on trial
Crystal Springs.-The travelling pub
lie is irritated over the condition OF
the road between this place and Terry
on the big Jackson highway. The re-
cent rains have made the road impas-
sable and autoists are entirely cut off
from going to Jackson by automobile
The road is being widened and gravel
ed, but the road will not be passabie
this fall unless work is hurried,
Vaiden.-A. w. Holman and w. c.
Fowler both of this place, are in an
infirmary at Winona, Holman suffering
from a bullet wound and Fowler from
several knife wounds as a result, &C
cording to reports, Of the men taking
up a quarrel between their small sons
Though both are in a serious Condi-
zion, hope Is held out for their recov-
cry.
Jackson-F. ]. Hurst, assistant fed
eral farm demonstration work director
for south Mississippi, in charge of the
boys club work in this district is IN
George county assisting H. A. Hopper
In his two weeks boys club campaign,
The banks OF Lucedale have arranged
to finance the boys of the clubs in
their pig work, and signs point to
successful year for the young workers.
Jackson. Henry Martin, negro, con.
victed OF murder, whose death sentence
is pending on appeal before the SUI
preme court, Is making frantic appeals
to Sheriff L. B. Williams to come on
and hang him right away. Il just can't
stand 1t any longer" Martin told the
sheriff. This suspense is killing me
sssss
Walthall.--The fall examinations OF
teachers in this county has been con