Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — Many Places of' Amusement Provided For Soldiers. [ARTICLE]

Many Places of' Amusement Provided For Soldiers.

With more than 130 Jasper county boys at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., news from that quarter has a rather local significance, as it tells us what the boys are doing, how they are being entertained, how they are cared for and how their moral needs are being looked after. The following items are taken from the “Camp Shelby Notes’’ appearing in the Hat“Construction of several baseball diamonds at Camp Shelby is nearing completion and games may be in progress before the end of next week. Football fields are being laid off. Y. M. C. A. athletit men at the camp expect to start gridiron work soon. , “Camp Shelby’S big theatre, now in course of construction, is to be cne of the camp’s greatest institutions. With a seating capacity of several thousand, especially attention bieng given to acoustics and a standard size stage, Theatre Shelby will be a great place. It is planned by division commanders to bring only the best shows to the theatre. High class vaudeville.and Klaw & Erlanger productions will be booked here out of New Orleans. The theatre will be finished in two weeks. “Acting on the information secretly given them that liquor is being brought into Hattiesburg and Forrest county by bootleggers, both city and county authorities have determined to round up the alleged tigers. Within the past two days, three suspects were found to have unlawful quantities of liquor in their possession. In two instances soldiers were involved who were turned over to the camp authorities.”