Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-12-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
The Need OF Factories.

Why should we not patronize home
institutions?
This is question which ought to
seem superfuous, at the same time 1t is
one which 1t would not be out Of place
to ask at this particular time.
For instance, take the wagon business
In Kosciusko. We have a frst-class,
reliable house here in tho firm OF A. j.
Atkinson & Son who do as good work as
Is done anywhere. Why not patronize
them and keep our money at home? If
such local institution was properly pa
tronized 1t would sustain fifty or sixty
men at SO. $40 or SIS per week, aggre-
eating several hundred dollars per
week, a2gregating several hundred dol
lars per month, which would accordingly y
be spent here.
The wagons manufactured here are OF
the best materials furnished by the sur
rounding country. including as it does
the quality Of hickory timber necessary
for first-class wagons.
What we need to do is to lend hand
to all such meritorious industries-in
other words give lhem the patronage
and the future OF the city is assured.
Instead Of sending money out Of the
town for things that are manufactured
here, recognize the fact that in spend
ing 1T at home institutions you not only
help them but yourself, il it is your for
tune to be possessed of anything which
by the growth Of the city would be bene-
flted.
Factories are the basis OF prosperity
in all thriving towns and cities.
To enlarge on the subject it would not
seem amiss to suggest to the people here
the Importance Of all such enterprises.
There is no reason why Kosciusko
should not manufacture all her cotton
goods. A town with such spirit and
push as is evinced on every hand here
should not be slow to realize tho prime
Importance of and the great benefit
which would follow the establishment OF
factories in our town.-Kosciusk Star.
| Judge Cooper's Resignation Accepted.
| Jackson, Nov. 3O.--Gov. McLaurin
today addressed the following communi-
cation to Chief Justice Cooper:
"Hon. Tim L. Cooper Jackson, Miss:
my Dear Sir-I am very sorry to
acknowledge the tender OF your res!gna-
tion as one of the judges Of the Supreme
Court Of Mississippi, which was received
on the 9th, to take effect on the first OF
December, or as soon thereafter as your
successor Is nominated. Your long,
faithful and efficient service as a Judge
OF the Supreme Court, and your uniform
courtesy to all who appeared before tn at
tribunal have endeared you to the peo.
pie OF the State. and the learning,
ability and impartiality with which
you have rendered justice and judgment
have received the highest encomiums
wherever the decisions Of our Supreme
Court havo been read As with all free
! people new and intricate legal ques
lions nageeeonstantly arisen with US
and your ans 70 tho jnris
prGGeince cRssg 'Fsic y their solution
| have iorss fns sst appreciation
and most unq aliiled approva, ~ the
people of the state. II is with keen
sense OF our loss and its attendant pal i.
that we view your retirement from the
bench. With reluctance l accept your
resignation, to take effect as you have
designated Most respectfully, ETC.,
"A. j. MCLAURIN."
The governor has not yet made an ap-
pointment Of Chief Justice Cooper's sue
cessor. That gentleman leaves tomor-
row for Memphis to enter upon his con-
tract of partnership with Francis Fen
tress, ESQ.