Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-09-05
NoxUBEEs STONE COLLEGE.

Ed BEACON Permit me to say q rev
things to your good readers OF old Nox-
ubee and elsewhere through your col
ums, about the school at Shuqualah spe-
cially and some other interests casually,
/ do not think higher and more covet-
ed compliment could be paid a man by
his community than the intelligent citi-
zens Of Shuqualak have paid me, in that
they have erected a 81, 500 school hall on
my college lot there as a GIFT to me, ON
the condition that | re- open the college
this fall, with a faculty of my own Sc
lection, under my own SUPPLEMENTARY,
to which am to give a part OF my. time
in seeing after its conduct and work, In
person. The hall is there, completeand
ready for use. 1t is large two story
building, we'll adapted in construction
and equipment for high school and COL
lege work.
This estimation and confidence placed
upon me by one of the finest communities
in point of intelligence, religion and
moral character, and social and business
rating, that is found in this state, ap-
preciate as cordially and deeply as is pos
sible.
have employed full corps of excel :
lent teachers-highly educated, earnest
and experienced professors. The prin-
cipal, H. L. McCleskey, is ga born
teacher, successful instructor and
manager of high schools. With him
and his assistants I shall make the col
lege every whit as good and deserving a
large patronage as it was prior to my
leaving it in 1898. And I now offer these
splendid college advantages to girls and
young ladies at very moderate charge,
even for these GLOW price times. -
Board in the college is only SO. 80 per
month, including washing, lights, etc.,
tuition is from So to So. so: music les
sons SO. So have arranged for Mrs.
Jennie Heminway Of Gainesville, Ala,
Mrs. Stones sister, to take charge of
the Boarding Home. She is a suitable
lady in every way for the place. She
has reared family of two daughters
and one son. She has the mother s
experience and sympathies and the
qualities of diligence, energy and rare
neatness.
We take boys of any age whose morals
are good and life orderly. They will be
in seperate hall from the girls, they
only coming into each others presence
in the recitation work They will
board with private families in town.
Several good families have offered to
board them--from two to eight, and at
from 81. so to SO. so per month. No bet
ter influences prevail about any board
ing school for boys than at ShuquaIak
There is no better place for families
with sons and daughters to educate to
move to for the purpose of securing ed
vocational advantages than to Shuqua-
lax. Society is choice indeed; church
opportunities are all anybody could hope
to find, and the health is indisputably
superior. The school opens the 23rd OF
this month.
shall continue Stone College with a
full teaching force of the ablest instruc-
tors in the south. The Street Railway
Company is now equipping the line clear
out to the college for the electric cars,
which will be running all the way to the
college by the LIST of October. Stone
College will be so differed that ! can
leave it in strong hands in good work
ing while am at Shuqualak looking af-
ter my first love- there. AS | ex-
pect Noxubee county, rich in soil and
timber, blessed with splendid health and
great variety of productions, to soon en-
ter upon new era of unprecedented
prosperity, / hope to see this college in
her borders, enrolling many of her sons
and daughters, and the acknowledged
pride of all her people. Through its
success the county is benefited, adver-
tised abroad and made more attractive
to first class immigrants as a congeniai
home for them and their posterity.
Therefore hope to receive from my old
friends and all good citizens in the coun-
ty that recognition and encouragement
the enterprise deserves. I
L M. STONE.