Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-05-19
Member of Central Com. for \


The normals for whites will be at
,orinth, Oakland Maben, Carthage,
Brandon, Poplarville, McComb City,
iloster, Hebron, Hickory, Port Gibson,
The colored normals will be at
Natchez, Vicksburg, Grecnville, Yazoo
,ity, Oxford, Hazlehurst.
Instead of the usual white normal at
oxford a special term of the university
will run for six weeks, for the benefit
If teachers who wish to take advanced
studies.
The State board adopted resolution
positively forbidding all persons en-
oloyed in the normals or institutes from
acting as agents or solicitors Of school
book companies.
'If there was anything Of importance to |
the people of the State that came before |
the recent session of the legislature it was |
the question Of better and a cheaper sys- |
tenn of text books for our public schools.
The present system is VIGOROUSLY deficient
and expensive
This is the opinion of Editor Quinn OF
Centreville Jeffersonian, who was a
member of the house that expressed
the same opinion by vote of nearly
two to one. In the meantime the
school patrons of the State will con-
tinuc to pay heavy tribute to the school
book trusts. This question will doubt
less be a leading issue in the election of
the next legislature. Indeed it should
be thoroughly discussed before the
meeting of the 1902 special session OF
the present legislature.
Prof w. c. Welborn has shown the
Starkville Times a medal awarded his
Younger brother, Lieut.. Ira c, Welborn,
by congress for gallantry on the battle
field at Santiago, Cuba, July 2, 1898
The awarding of the medal is a dis
tinction which few soldiers of the war
with Spain enjoy, there being only four
given to men in the army and a few TO
officers and sailors in the navy. Lieut..
Welborn was also promoted from sec
ond lieutenant, and he is now in the
Philippines. He is a Jones county
boy, -Picayune Current Comment,
1--WE Buy Our Own Bonds is the cap
ton of a statement by the Aberdeen
Examiner, that the $4,000 per cent.
bonds of that city were taken by Mr.
Frank p. Jiniins, at S1.O3-26.
The recent issue of $4,000 bonds by
the city of jackson, for bridges and
other improvements, bearing > per
cent. interest, were taken by the Mer,
chants bank of jackson at premium
of per cent.
The indications are that all OF the
capitol bonds will be taken by home in
vestors
1t has been the custom for many
years for the pupils of Natche2 lnsti
tutc to have May Day exercises, inciud'
ing the browning of the Queen of May
and dance by the children. But just
prior to the recent May Day festival the
ministers Association" filed a vigor
GUS protest. which the trustees as yigor
ouslv ignored. The venerable DIR
Stratton, however, was present as HI
had been on all former occasions, ant
gave the exercises his approval.
One of the very pleasant incidents o
the recent session of the grand lodg
of Odd Fellows at Columbus was tn
presentation of past grand master
collar of exquisite workmanship, T.
Past Grand Master Simon Fried, o
Starkville. Past Grand Master Monro
McClurg made the presentation, speec
and he did it in great style. The re
-, cipent made a happy response.
Judge :. S. Calhoon is to be bar
Quoted by his friends on Saturda
night. MAY 10. One hundred and tie
invitations have been issued. Thi
feast Of reason and flow of soul will oc
cur at the Edwards House.
: The State Democratic executive con
, mittee is receiving many left-hande
compliments for its action in orderln
a primary to select delegates to the n;
e tional convention, instead of calling
S State convention, which has been tn
. immemorial custom in Mississippi
The new grand master of Templai
. in this State, Rev. John A. b. Jones,
moving around very lively among II
: communicates He instituted the ne
commandery at Corinth, revived Del'
Commandery No 16 at Greenville, ar
, conferred the orders on six candidate
y at a recent conclaye of Mississippi Cor
. mandery No. /, at Jackson.
Chancellor Cohn decided that Il
u condition of the Farmers Mutual Fl
e Association was not such as to neces'
tate the appointment of receive
that the allegations of fraud in the p
tition were not established.
Maior-Geueral w. d. Cameron, col
s. manding Mississippi Division L. c.
IN has issued stirring appeal to the NJ
a sissippi camps and individual vetera
OF to participate in the tenth annual
n union at Louisville May 80 to June
er The indications are that there will
S, a very large attendance from the Sta
I'd The fare is one cent per mile each wa
N The secretary of State paid into t
~ State treasury for April the sum
"a stl49 charter fees, which is $40 me
bo than for the two years ending Sept.
n 1900. The receipts for 1909 will be fu
ID. $40, 900.
ID. A very promising Pythian lodge
he been organized at Terry.