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J. J. Shelton
vs..
George Andre vs. and
II. b. Stewart.
w. y. Stewart, Garnishee.

BY virtue Of the above stated writ to me
directed from the Office of tho Clerk OF the
Circuit Court of NOxubeo County, [ will,
on
Monday, the 9Th Day Of April 1874,
in front of the Court House in the town
Of Macon in said county Of Noxubee, Miss =.
within legal hours, expose to sale ut
public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, all the right, title and interest the
defendants have IN and to tho following
described lands, tO-wit; 20 acres in L side
~ SEl. Section 8, 7. Is. K. 10. 81 Sec. q.
y. u, 4. ~, ii NEt q SWt MI Sec. Is,
I. 10, X 10, and NJ WI and 20 acrus In
OfNWi, Sec IL, T. Is, n. 10.
The above described property having
been levied upon as the properly of
defendant, w. d. Stewart will Sc sold TO
the above suited ease and All costs.
W. II. COMMON,
inch 2S-ts Sheriff.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

VIZ r not happy. Our planters
will not plant corn as much as we
wish them to do. We have advised
them to plant it in hills, in drills,
and other ways. Perhaps they
don't like the mode. If there is
any other manner in which it can
be planted, if they will inform us
we will try to advise them again.
We have exhausted all the stale
arguments in favor of corn. We
have told them it is useful in
making bread that 1t is an excel.
len. tool for horses; nay, we have
descended to particulars 50 far us to
suggest that cbickins and turkeys
will thrive OF it; that il will save
meat, and tattcn meat that it is Il
hraltlIfTl food Tor men and hogs ;
that the husks can BE- used mattras.
Scs for us to sleep on; that it can
be made into beer, thus furnishing
all that is necessary for eating,
drinking and sleeping, but our peo.
pie will not get corn on the brain
we don't even have enough of it in
the ear. 1t seems all we care about
II rs for the West to raise enough
dIStilLation. Cannot our women
visit plantations ard crusade a little
against cotton, so far rs cotton is
against cOrnR
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no

The State of Mississippi, |
NoHubec County.
Board of Supervisors, March Term, 1874.
Be it remembered, That ut the above
stated Term Of the Honorable Board of
Supervisors Of said County, an order was
then and there made by said Board, which
was in the following words, tO-wit;
CONTRACT TO LET BUILDING OF HAsHUQUA
BRIDGE.
Ordered by the Board that II contract
for building a Bridge over Hashuqua at or
near g. NJ. Thomas's Mill be let out to the
lowest bidder on the
2Srd DAY OF MARCH, 1874,
at the Court House door of said county at
pnblic cutlery, and the contractor is hereby
required to enter into Bond with good and
sufficient security to be approved, condi-
toned as the law requires, in such sum as
the Board of Supervisors may ut said
meeting fix and direct, for the faithful
completion Of said contract in accordance
with the SPECIFICATIONS to be Furnished by
the Road Superintendent.
A true copy from the minutes, March 8,
1874. Il. A. J. NCHENRY,
Mich It'd Clerk.
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OVerSeerS Of the Roads

Will all report on the first Mon
day in June, at which time commits.
sions expire, and new o~versecrs are
appointed. They will report the
plantations from which they got
hands, and names, changes of hands
from one link to another will be
made, if consistent with public in.
tercst.
All parties Interested on the east
side of the river will come on Mon.
day, those on the west side on
Tuesday.
j. B. AMGoOD, Pres't Board.
Mar. 90, til.
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TNHE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
l. NoXuBEE County.
Chanccry Court, March Term, 1874.

In the matter OF the Final Account o
W. +. Eiland, Executor of the last vii
and testament of A. Mahan, dcaceased.
1t appearing to the satisfaction of til,
Court that the following named persons
heirs at law of said A. Mahan, deceased
are not inhabitants of this State, but resid,
beyond the limits thereof, to-wit al
ClantOn Station, Baker county, State OF
Alabama, namely: William T. Mahan
Henry ". Nathan, Rebecca J. Rope, j,
Milton Roper, Emma g. Smith, j. O.
Smith, Sarah u. Bates and Martin NJ.
Bates, and that John X. Mahan, one Of the
heirs of said estate, cannot b. found in this
State, and that his residence cannot be
ascertAined,
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made in the Macon Beacon, q news.
paper printed and published in the town
If Macon in said county, within twenty
days from this date, citing and notifying
the said above named nonresident heirs OF
said estate TO appear before this Court at a
term thereof 20 be held at the Courthouse
in the town of Macon in said county on the
sessnd AeadAy Of June, A. D. 1874,
then and there to show cause why said
final account should not DO allowed and
said Executor discharged.
II is fuFth. r ordered that The Clerk OF
this Court transmit b. mail, postage paid,
to said above named nOn-residonI heirs, q
copy Of this or9cr, directed 10 zach IL them
ut the said above named pOst-Otiee, and
that he report the fact n ~ Doing 70 tiia
Court in writing as required by law.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

TIE "PatrOn of Husbandry" is
en- our table, the third number we
have received since lis, first appear.
ance. 1t is cxccllontly printed,
well edited, and cannot fail to be
interesting, not only to planters,
but to the general reader. 1t is
published by W. Il. Worthington,
Columbus at the low price of $l.OO
per annuM.
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Taken IIR

By r. NJ. Sargent, 8 miles north
east of Macon two COWS. Ono red
with smooth crop and slit in right
ear and undcr-bit IN left, and one
red cow with no ear mark, white
spots on rump.
apl4 Henry MACON, Ranger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
Board Of Supervisors,

Ordered by the Board, That any
and all persons presenting claims
against the county, where the ac,
count is made by or through a sc.
cond party if Tor goods, wares OF
merchandise, purchased by any one
from II second party, and charged
to the county, the certificate of he
party from whom purchased must
accompany the account as voucher
and individual accounts must b.
sworn to and filed with the clerk
Of the Board five days before the
meeting of the Board, or the same
will stand over to the next meet.
ing.
Ordered that this order be pub.
llshcd in the Macon Beacon for four
consecutive weeks.
J. B. ALLGooD, Pres't.
Mar. 25-tw
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EAIR NOTICE.

The notes and accounts due /
FORD & COLEMAN
will be sued on il not paid Immediately.
X. II. v. YATES,
March 2ith, 1874. Assignee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

ALL our Southern towns are
beginning to feel the disastrous
effects of overriding and miSdoing
the mercantile business of the
country. AS soon Us the war had
closed, and business was seeking
It's usual channels, there was a rush
from the plough to the counter,
and II great deal of capital and
lneNperionce was invested in that
direction. The result was Il natural
one failure after failure, involving
Il loss of perhaps nor than half OF
the capital SO invested, has produced
a financial lcthargy from which we
see no prospect of Il resurrection,
unless our agricultural interest shall
prosper this season, The truth is,
and always has been this, successful
merchandising requires experience,
tact, and a systematic training. Ii
should be as much a study as any
profession. A man may have been
a clerk for years, and yet be
absolutely unfit tor u successful
merchant. Go where you will, you
will find in q mercantile wreck "the
survival of the fit test" 1t will not
do to say that they are successful,
merely because they survived ; it
was not an accident. If you exam
inc then books, and counting rooms,
their plan Of conducting business,
you will find to what they owed
their success. Perhaps two-thirds
Of our merchants do not know how
their business stand without con-
Sultlng their book keepers, and
there is much, probably, even they
cannot tell them.
The truth is, we have too many
merchants, too many clerks, too
many nOn-producers. Is it because
they think they are fit for nothing
else, or is it pure Iaziness2
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DURANT OWENS.
doll AND 1NSOLVENT
L PERSONAL TAN

Is now in my hands for collection.
Persons are notified amounts unpaid must
be paid, as | shall proceed to collect by
distress at once. ! will be in Macon every
saturday for the purpose of collecting
Taxes. The Sheriff has no authority to
collect these Taxes, as the same was taken
out Of his hands By the recent law.
j. B. ALLGOOD,
March 7-GtS Poll Tax Collector.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
ALEXANDER.
READY-MADE GOODS

Oaa always be found at his stand nsx,
n.y. 70 A'aI.'s store, ready TO furnish his
onnets Win anything Ia his iise. or
IVY" mSnSiacsure to .ordOr oil kinds of Hsynsss
~mu SADDLE work at reasonable prices ana
marrsnted q quality Of material nnS SerS.
"n1 Brides, Saddles, Riding Win.
~ oIner goods always on hand' Aiso
hMarnesS TFimmings Of eli kIndS. Az
unan : cal and DO can satisfy Inc mos, nv
"cu'aTi not only with his work mi n Ky.
nlRhe,t market price paid In casb o.
~ 'ot hides. Recollect the nextioos
"" jOn9I ly =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
NOTICE,
S. INTERNAL REVENUE
Special Taxes,
NAY /, 1874, TO APRIL 80, 1876.

The law of December q, 1874, requires every person engaged an any
business, avocatiOn, OF employment which renders him liable 70 ~ .
special tax, to procure and place eOnspcuOusly in his establishment, OF
place of business, a stamp denOting the payment OF said special tax
year beginning May Isl, 1874, before commencing or continuing
business after April 80, 1874.
The taxes embraced within the provisions Of the law above quoted
are the following, viz:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
X o TO AS
VIA TIVE
Lone Star R
international and Great .

Passengers going to Tcv'
and Little Rock, or via Shire
this line ut Longvicw, the
Palestine, Hearne, Waco, !
VILE, Houston, Galveston an
Western, Central, Eastern
Texas.
Passengers via New Orlea
the Best Route to Tyler, Nj
OvcrtOn. Crockett, LoHg'
points in Eastern and Nortu'
This line is well built
equipped with every modern
including New and Elegant
Pullman Palace Sleeping {
house Air Brakes, Millcr's
Platforms and Couplers an'
can the passenger SO conn
on a speedy, safe and comiol
The LONE STAR ROUT
bly, answered the query "
Texas 2" by the publication
ing and truthful document.
valuable and correct map,
obtained, free of charge, BY,
GENERAL TICKET AGt
tional and Great Northern X
ton, Texas.
District E.1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

The Plot, of last week, publishes
Or. s.. V. d. Hills admirable article
on Meningitis. Macon has fewer
physicians than any town of its
size in the State, and for the simple
reason that no other town has a
faculty Of equal ability.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
Mar. 2!5-tw
nU Il AGENT T..

Mr.. G. II. BRIDGES is authorized to
collect all accounts due the firm of Misso
" Misso, and receipt for the same. All
parties indebted are requested to come
forward and settle up
M'eh lin MISSO G. MISSO.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

j. S. Richardson, Assignee,
mo. 1861 IS,
Mrs. L. Cover,
Defendant
by virtue of the above sd
directed from the office of i
Circuit Court of NoyubeS
State Of Mississippi, | will, /
Monday, the 9Th Day Of
in front of the Court House
Macon, within legal hours, I
ut public auction, to the bid
cash, all the right, title I'd
defendant, Mrs. 4. Cover,
the following described land
hundred acres off of the ,ot
northwest quarter Of ,ccti
(25), and east half of nortl.t
section twcnty-siX(26) that
of each eighth, being TO acr
ship fifteen ~, range ,iNtct
The above described pr
been levied upon AS the pro-
dant, Mrs. +. Cover, will b
the above stated case and al.
". NJ.
March fits
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
NOTICE!!
T. h. SWIFT. Il. d. LUCIUS.
VArs. SWIFT e. LUCIUS

Having associated themselves in the
practice of medicine, respectfully offer
their professional services to the citizens
of CooLsvillo and vicinity.
Special attention given to all chronic
diseases. Consultation free.
Cooksville, Miss, Feb, 18th. 1874.
Feb 2l--4ms
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

The ALDTSE.-The April number
of this gem of American An is
before us. We think we do every
one a favor whom we induce 10
subscribe for it. The illustrations
in the present number are superior,
IT possible, to those of the previous
issues. The Aliine can do more for
the cultivation of y correct taste in
the family circle than any existing
serial we know of. s. per annum,
with two really good chromos. Jas.
Sutton 4 Co., New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

n. B. In making application for special Tax Stamps, ax-payers
must send with the Post Office Order, Registered Letter, or Currency
by Express, Blank Form No II properly filled out. Taxpaycrsin my
Division must supply themselves with such Blanks No. IL, by address
ing me prior to May LIST, 1874. J. W. ROBBINS,
Deputy Collector 4th Division,
March 28th, 1S74-4tS Meridian, Miss. :.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

The American Sardine Co.'S Boneless
Sardines are much better, and less than
half tn cost of imported Sardines.
No. 81 Broad Street. New York.
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wv ANTED
100 Bags Of Cotton.

for which the highest makct price will BE-
paid in CASH. w. f. EILAND.
Ma. ch 18th, 1874.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
BOSH AND BATHOS.

The above two words, one an
old prOvincialism, and the other
derived from the most compact and
elegant Of the dead languages, TX.
press Il certain distinctive national
trait that no other words in the
language are comprehensive enough
To embrace. They include in their
meaning that peculiar American
cliiorescencc IN public lite, which
we find in our churches rs an in
trcdicnt of inflated sermons, in
Congress p~crvading the eulogies o.
dead statesmen, on the bench, anC
at the bar, in our political harangues
and even newspaper correspondents
nc lavish in its use, where they
wish TO gain notoriety for them
selves, or are hired to confer it OF
others. 1t even invades the sancti
ties of private life, and is a peculiar
property OF the Jenkinses who worI
up ball descriptions, and PrOsidcn
tial Ievecs, for the columns Of thu
Press, where they can Intervene
little private scandal with thcil
nauseating descriptions. An inor
dinate seli-conceit, and ovcrweeninl
vanity, renders many of our public
men ObIiviOus to the fact that they
make themselves ridiculous by
laring their highly coIorod word
paintings in the face of truth an(
common sense, and our ephcmera
writer's, in describing mon or theil
speeches, striving to make demi
gods Of the tavoriteS, generally sue
ceed in producing pretty goot
specimens of either bosh or bathos
or both, as the subject may require
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
NOTICE

The old Livery Stable belonging to
Borgess., Holman Il Howell, if not previ-
ously disposed Of, will be offered at auction
for cash, for division, in front of the Court
House, on Monday the Sixth day of April
next. March sis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

The Notes and Accounts of the above
firm are in the hands of r. s. Boggess.
who is authorized to settle up the business.
If not promptly paid, they will be sued on.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
y,

The State Of Mlasis,iDDi
NONuGee County,
Oh"ncery Court of s,i
To the creditors Of ,ho
M Heron, deceased ,,i A''1|
lon are hereby no,iR.a
and have your claims J", |
registered in the rryi.,o uIly
Of the ohancory Court 'et' y, n
Mississippi, for tAa, VI y
creditor who shall mai PLrlI
claims Probatcd and rc,;,s
| 18Th Day Of JUNE n
shall be FOrev,r barred.
Nn JAMES "
Jnrnagin i Riyes, A,,o,n'1I
NSoLYENT sd
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\ DEMONSTRATORS

Whereas, Letters Of AdI
the Estate of LEROY No,,;ni
were granted to the upirI
10Th day of February, bv
Court of NuXubee Connty ,
sippi. Now, all person.
against the Estate of ,nitl
hereby required to exhibit
bated and registered. vi
limited BY law, or the ,orpn.
March llth, lS7l.tf 4,
< IL RIFFS SA.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
DISSOLU N.
The co-partnership heretofore existing
lnder the firm name and Style of
MS g. PATTY

The co-partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name and style of
O w Z NJ g. PATTY
is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Either partner is authorized to receive and
receipt for dues to the late firm.
DURANT OWENS,
J. W. PATTY, JR,
Macon, Marchl2nd, 1874.
Having purchased the interest:Mr. j. W
PATTY, Jr., in the late Arm of Owens Il
Patty. | hereby assume all liabilities of
the same, and will continue the business Mt
the old stand.
DURANT OWENS.
Having engaged my services to Capt.
DURANr Owens, will be pleased to have
the continued patronage of my friends, ms
well rs of the public generally.
j. W. PATTY, JR.
M'ch 14-3ts
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

.nISSOLUTION NOTICE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

WASHINGTON, D. c. February l6, 1874.
This is to certify that J. ". Robbins iS appointed my duly authorized
Deputy, whose Office is at Meridian, and who has jurisdiction in the
Fourth Division of this District, comprising tho counties of Lowpdes
Colax, Oktibbeha, Noxubee, Kempcr, Neshoba, Lauderdale, Clark
Newton and Jasper. lie will give information to the taxpayers of sai'
Division and otherwise attend TO the interest of the Department.
II. b. MCCLURE,
Collector % District.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

RAP VINES-SllRU
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

& HERIFF'S SALE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

In the matter of the Estate
William $. Taylor, dcc.,..
In the Chancery Court If \
Miss, 4th DistH
l., The Estate of VIM. S. NJ
having been deemed i,
Court aforesaid, all crSditng
are hereby notified to I,9
duly probated and reri,t ''
ter kept by the CLERK Of MI
Clerks office in NoxubeD I
before the
18th Nay Of JUNE
Or the same will be furevort
March Nth, lS74.lts NJ
nMINIAu,n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

Under and by virtue Of the order
of the Board of Supervisors Of the
county of Noxubee and State Of
Mississippi, entered on the 24th day
OF March, 1874, the und ,rSigncd
Sheriff and Tax Collector of said
county will, on
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

Any person, so liable, who shall fail to comply with the foregoing
requirements will be subject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the special taxes above named
must apply to II. b. Mcclure, Collector of Internal Revenue at
Jackson, Miss, and pay for and procure the Special Tax Stamp or
stamps they need, prior to May LIST, 1874 and without further notice.
All orders per mail must be accompanied with the cash or Post
Office order, on receipt thereof the stamp or stamps will be forwarded.
}. W. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04
IHC URN OF
BoGGEsS, 1 N 4 HOWELL

IS this day dissolved by mutual consent Of
the partners, Boggess and Holman retiring
r. 5. BOGGESS,
Mrs. NJ. 4. HOLMAN,
}. b. HOWELL.
Macon, February 18th, 1874.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-04-04

7 NsOLYENT sd
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Sheriff and Tax Collector,
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-27
DO il Now.

Don't live one single hour of
your life without doing exactly
that what ought to be done in it,
and going straight through it from
beginning to end. Work, play,
study; whatever it may be-take
hold at once and finish it
squarely and clearly, and then the
next thing without letting any
moments drop out between. 1t is
wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to
make of a day; it is as if they
picked up the moments the idlers
lost. And if ever you find your
self where you have so many
things pressing upon you that you
hardly know how to begin, let me
tell you O secret: Take hold OF
the very first one that comes to
hand, and you will find all the rest
fall into file and follow after like
well-drilled company of soldiers
and though work may be hard to
meet when it charges in q squad
it is easily vanquished if you car
bring it into line. You may have
often seen the anecdote of the mar
who was asked how he accomplish
ed so much in his life, "My father
taught me-" was the reply, "wher
l had any thing to do to go and d.
it ~ There is the secret-th'
magic word "now."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-27
fCo,,,;,,,,o,y s.o,,, Iy,s, P,,oe !

Continued from First Pdge.)
handwriting, Enthusiastically. That
one glance showed him also that il
was a drop-letter, and stamped Sep
TENDER 26.
Ernest hesitated so noticeably in
the middle of his speech that his
listener glanced up at him in sur
prise, and caught his glance at the
letter. She picked it up hastily,
with a rosy blush and an exclama-
ton that caused the old gentleman's
drowsy eyes to open wide.
"Ahem! / believe" he observed,
with the extra dignity sleepy per-
sons often assume, "that l lost what
you were last saying-about the
Swiss patois, wasn't it ?"
Poor Ernest 1t was hard work
to sit and hear the history of the
old gentleman's last speculation af-
ter that; and many pleading glanccs
were sent toward the flushed, down.
cast face opposite him. At last, at
eleven, he rose hopelessly to go.
He fingered, finding continually
last words to say, till the utter flu
tility of delay discouraged him in
to seeking the door; but here the
old gentleman, suddenly radiant
with new thought, detained him.
"Dear me 4! why, Nell, l had al
most forgotten what we spoke of al
dinner. Mr.. Walch, we want you
and your friend Whipple at Christ
mas-time, you know. You mus
give us q few days. Nell here il
gong to be married about thai
time, and you must both come t.
the wedding without fail. l dare
say" he added, struck by TIT
darkness of Ernest's face, "tha
you've never. happened to hear of i
before. Well, well, good news j
always welcome, isn't it? Now
shall depend on you for a week a
Christmas, and don't forget to in
vite your friend. Good night, AM
good luck to you, my boy " an
the hearty good-wisher followe
him out on the doorstep to give
final hand-shake.
A half hour later, as David wa
pacing his chamber feverishly, hi
door opened, and drenched an
muddy figure presented itself, an
remarked, historically, as it drop
ped a soaked cloak on the floor.
"We.l, old fellow, we've come on
even again. Neither of us won tn
race, neither won the wager, AM
neither has won the lady !!