Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-31

MIhCelIaneOuss
The State Sunday School Convention
will be held in Columbus, April 1920.
About sixty persons joined the several
churches in Carrollton at the Mcintosh
revival.
Under the new code, as revised by the
late Legislature, coroners inquests will
not be held in future, except in cases of
deaths from unknown or mysterious
causes.
The revenue agent last week won his
suit in the Supreme Court wherein he
sought to make the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley railroad pay privilege tax on tee-
graph lines.
The railroad commission has fixed .
joint rate of 81 cents for telegraph mess-
ages of ten words or under, to apply to
all companies in the State.
Justice l.. Q. c. Lamar left an enor-
nous quantity Of correspondence. Every
letter that was ever written to him, down
to those asking for autographs and garden
seed. was preserved by him.
Central Mississippi has fruit growing
advantages which are fast making it a
formidable competitor of California.
Farmers in the neighborhood of Nesbitt
are paying considerably more attention to
grasses and to the raising of hog and
hominy than ever before. With mule
colts, Jersey cows and plenty of hogs,
they hope 10 make DeSoto one of the best
counties in the State.
Col. William H. Johnston, aged 70
years, died at fernando last week. He
came here from Kentucky in 1915, and
was prominent merchant before and
since the war. His death removes one of
Hernando's oldest and best-known citi.
zens.
Gov. Stone last week made the follow.
ing appointments for Brookville, Noxubee
county: r. X Wooten, Jr., mayor: J, T.
Parks, marshal; A. s. ]. Glenn, treas.
urer; James n. McAlorrs, W. w. Hamil-
ton, C. l.. Allen. J. d. Dorthrow and j.
A. McCune, aldermen.
The Odd Fellows of Holly Springs
have decided and are arranging to cele-
brate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
order on Thursday evening, April 20, by
a grand demonstration and ice cream and
strawberry supper in Court Square.
prominent members of the order have
been invited to attend and address the
people of Holly Springs and the lodge Oh
that occasion.
Holly Springs is cursed with a gang Of
petty thieves. On almost every dark,
rainy night for the past two or three
months some store or house has been en-.
tered with burglarious intent,
Mrs. Maria G.. Leach died at Holly
Springs last week She had been an in.
valid for several months, and while her
death had been expected for some time,
it was great shock to her family and
friends. Mrs Leach was the wife of Mr.
J. G. Leach, one of the most prominent
business men in the place.
Mr.. McClain. section foreman on the
Georgia Pacific road, shot and killed Ed
Rollins, negro, at Pools Well. near
West Point. last week. McClain had
lost some money, and suspected that the
negro had stolen it. He notified Rollins
that unless he got the money he would
kill him. The next day, with several
other white men. he went to the negro's
house and demanded the money. Rol.
lins denied having it. McClain drew his
pistol and Rollins started to run. Nc
Claim shot him down. made his escape
and is still at large.
Greenwood Lodge No. 11S Independen,
Order of Odd Fellows, will celebrate the
seventy fifth anniversary of the order on
April 26 1894, at Greenwood. The fes
tivities of the occasion will be a public
parade by the members of the Win ,na
Carrolton, Walden, Grecnvillc, Grenada
and Greenwood lodges. An address viii
be delivered at the courthouse by tn,
Hon. Monroe McClurg, G. NJ, and othel
services will also be held. A banquet vii
be given at Mcdonald Hall on the 26tt
at l o'clock A grand ball will concud,
the celebration on the night of the 26th
All Odd Fellows in good standing are In
vited to be present and participate in til,
celebration.