Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-11-10

A Day at Charleston.
twas the privilege Of this writer to
|nduct the ceremonies of laying the
|uner.Stone Of the new courthouse Of
)aahatchic county on the 25th of Oc-
bier, and he will not soon forget the
kurteSieS of which he was the recipi-
|nt The great |, c. railroad recog-
led the occasion by stopping the
(hago Express forus at Oakland; Hon,
|ames Moone, one Of Yalobushia's repre-
PIatives, metus atthe depot and cared
rus at his hospitable home; and next
foping we enjoyed a ten-milc drive
Fth him to Charleston. Several hun
INd persons had assembled to witness
hee1ercises which were drawing to a
lose when the rain interfered, SO that
eTeral short addresses arranged for
fmld not be delivered, On the plat
|Gn was the venerable Judge j. S.
Bailey, who who initiated in the
Ffciating lodge George Washington,
No III, forty-nine years ago. OF the
(harter members he is the sole sur.
'or Although more than four.score
ears he pulled the press on the copy
the Democrat-lIerald that morning
hat was deposited in the cornerstone.
|ndge Bailey came to Tallahatchie in
A5 and was the Arst man to plow a
aF'OW in the county lie represented
Ae county in the legislature in 1s46.
Nenad the pleasure Of meeting Editor
pHdleN editor Of the Herald and a
lenOer OF the house, and many others
FnoSe names have been familiar TO us
rnauy years
Alahatchie county is one of the
aOi the seyenty-fye counties in the
ae and none are more law-abiding,
'IlO'lc' intelligent and hospitable.
lieutenant liobson will be the guest
le 'icksburg Fair Association this
honth,
Oatalo Bill honorcd Natchez and
H. |'reR'Ourg with his Wild West show.
l'u ne was making out his list of
a'UonS last spring, jackson had
~' reputation as 'health resort
E,loV fever, smallpox, etc.-but the
all right this fall, and had Col.
..i 'aNen in jackson he would also
|n' ~ ,'Nen IN several thousand dollars.
|t,,s., ,uc pest and the biggest show that
l'aa,., a'ss, When the Mississippi Press
|r1 |'yC'a''oh VI visited the Worlds Fair,
\. sOuy' reserved his best seats for
y mr'y OF nearly two hundred. Dur.
M, |C so performance one of the horses
Man, ~ specially manageable and
rre,t to, o,,5i tne colonel announced to his
TTs' ' SWGa!ence Wlcn that he had named him
''c mississippi Press"
|p,r.,.' ' ''e new charter fee bill, the
4, I'a'y ,bany OF State has paid upward of
|sp,a I'olo W. dollars into the treasury
| bv Tbs ,s.li 'lafch 9th, the date of approval.
|aad SoillpI STi,p.s will easily reach ten thou.
WHAT'S Tor the first year.
| |ea.al' D',saln Day in Jackson was quite a
|fsd ,l % a train of nine coaches car.
|satao.o aoou' three hundred persons from
|mi. Rp, MI tne Gulf & Ship Island rail.
hours to dS DO ,4e ,lD visitors had only few
0o their shopping.
|srs, I,ar''y concur in the general
|Ns \ , pNpressed ,r at the departure of
Hon Na,, laoor publisher of the Bran.
|tspo,odI :, from ,, Mississippi. He has
|ni sa ,o.. VI all his interests in Brandon
|npfr.,% D,%rns to Iowa to resume the
|ae aSug so,gs business, The News is one Of
VEST ssSeeNly sns papers in the South.
|hno u mat Office has turpod an,
ps50asiStic S artistic printing that would ob, Ss
cpptry V nc 10 any establishment in the
News, N. me n, new proprietor of the
|sierab,o wayne May, has had con.
alarhg JeoNA Nperlence in journalism, and
ahomen - u reared In Brandon, win he
,pds. 49, AlGorn College.
epdySs S' Truly is chairman of the OK.
md vi,i,s committee IN of Alcorn college.
halett,ss, me 4, college quite frequently.
Aps - Just received from him he
|n rai.al al departments wopIrr Slgry'mhs niIs, IN
'..a h 1tS criS' on ground, l,4OO Barrels s', q
sohe prots,.ayy uay saved; building dwelling
M ,torav. and conservatory, greenhouse adlcus(
ssatalturssii r. deOo%n sCO% for horticultural and
h. aaye been tbornnent; All main build
w S'lpg painted thoroughly repaired and ar,