Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-05
Mississippi
Principal Happenings
Over the State Told
in b o Paragraphs

Logging operations on a big scale
are now in progress on Coldwater
river about 10 miles below Coldwater.
The Green River lumber company,
which owns $4,000 acres Of timber
land in Tate and Tunica counties. re-
Gently completed a logging road which
u n through the heart of the only re-
naming tract of virgin timber in Tate
county. This new railroad is ten miles
long, and more than half OF it was
built on piling. The timber along this
road is now being cut and shipped out
Az kinds of trees are being used, n
nothing is left standing.
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In the desperate fight that is being
made to hold the levees against the up
precedented flood of waters that are
sweeping down the Mississippi almost
every man, and ven boys, are re-
spending to the call with a commend
able zeal characteristic of those who
occupy this great delta country. Men
of every vocation are going in person
not only to see the menacing danger
that threatens, but are putting in their
time doing duty in some way to stay
the greatest flood in the history Of the
great Father Of Waters.
The Marks Public Library has been
moved to the old post office building.
The use of this building has been
donated for one month by the owner.
At the expiration of two months the
members Of the Coterie Club, who
maintain the library, hope to be able
to move into permanent quarters.
They expect to purchase a lot and
begin the erection Of a library build
ing thereon within in the very near fu-
ture.
The West Mississippi Flood Com.
mission has been organized at Vicks-
burg with representatives from central
points throughout the Mississippi levee
district. The object and purpose of
the organization is to coordinate the
efforts now under way for the relief
of the people who are destitute by the
reason of the flood, or who may be in
need of help in case OF a break In the
levee in Mississippi.
Crop conditions generally speaking
are much farther advanced than they
were this time last year in the vicinity
Of fernando. Cotton has been planted
earlier than usual and is coming up tc
q good stand, and it seems that very
little replanting will have to be done
Corn that was planted early is being
worked out. A slow rain that fell b
few days ago was very beneficial tt
both corn and cotton.
Contracts for new buildings for the
Swiftown and Schlater Consolidated
School districts have been let accord
ing to word received at Greenwood
The plans for these districts call for
modern, well appointed and thorough.
" equipped buildings, which will af.
ford the best facilities obtainable for
the education of the children of those
districts.
Repeated heavy rains have fallen
at Shaw, during the past week, great.
ly ~handicapping all farming interests
and filing the lowlands that are not
drained by lateral bitches into the
system Of canals that have been dug
in the last few years. The digging OF
these canals and laterals, have proven
their worth repeatedly.
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The capture of a 100-gallon copper
still, 400 gallons Of mash and a small
quantity of first run whisky by Fed
eral Prohibition Agents ]. F. Buchanan
and J. P. Owen, near Meehan juno
ton, the place at which they were
charged with the murder OF Johnnie
Wilson, a negro, In a raid near there
has been reported.
Attorney General Frank Robertson
has returned from Washington, where
he attended a conference of the inter
state commerce commission in regard
to the consolidation of railroads under
the transportation act. Some progress
was made, but the task is a huge one
and will take time to work out.
More Don Is needsd at the Jeffer
son Davis Soldiers Home at Beauvoir
as so old veterans in various parts OIL
the state are waiting for admission to
the institution. Superintendent Tart
Is receiving letters from old veterans
begging that he find room for them In
the home.
Despite low prices, Blue Mountain
Is shipping a good deal of lumber, the
production being greatly in excess Of
the local demand.
The Cleveland volunteer fire com
pany has just installed the latest typ,
Westinghouse radio receiving station
In their clubroom.
Would Ban Jazz At Dance Halls.
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