Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-12-22

State, forming part OF this association
and which hopes to benefit from the rf
suits Of its deliberations, it seems prope
that | make some reference 10 matters @
public concern TO that State.
/ may say in this connection that a
MisslssipPiaa am proud Of many G
the facts and features that hsip to MAKE
her record Of Statehood. Nature has beer
Wel-nlgh pFodieal in IT. gifts 10 her of &
virgin, fertile soil adapted to the pToduc
ton Of almost everything known to ans
zone with which to f.et and eotAe man
KIND, and for the information Of any wac
may desire % make business yenic3.
ton OF the character and products Of
Mississippis s8i. | bill tacm 10 20 to the
great 4azo1- Mississippi. delta, " 3se rich
Ness Of soil is unexcelled anywhere per.
ssps in the world, and whose forest
e59ands IN ali manner al hard wood, and
via cottonwood, cypress, Psrslmmon,
Te1 gum and many o,4ers.
Crossing from there east is 10 be found
a. magnificent stretch Of forest valley
and plain Ct can b. found anywhere IN
I'll Is reached the brol-. T-airie. Of North.
east Miss Ppi, which rival ia beauty,
IeIl'tF and scenery the famous prai.ia-
OF ClE great West. tr4eat.n. thence
aeHfH. covering more than 1a.i the state.
t. she beautiful Gulf coast. cau be seen
the .ar- Il uncu..ed yellow pine f9rastries
no" PERM Hs left in the United States, and
a '1A winch ponds readily and pr5ata-
big 70 fertilization, al1 a climate COM.
parable t9 sunny Italy.
am proud also Of the record the State
has made in the education Of her sons
anu daughters.
Approaching tho fact that the success
OF republic depends upon, and is meas
uFfl ageiy by. the u.izhtenment and
intelligence Of its citizens, Mississippi
now maintains in who.e or in part by DO
nations from her treasury a state uni.
yerslly, an agricultural and mechanical
college for whites and another for the
negroes an industrial college for white
glls, State normal for negroes, and am.
PIE free schools for all without reference
to color, thus giving collegiate, industrial
and common .chool education free to nun.
dIeds OF hon boys and girls yearly.
an proud also to say that | sneak
here today for a State whose bondaJ rsr,
able indebtedness does not exceed II
round numbers 100000 and though its
last Legislature made liberal appropria.
lions, exceeding those Of former vears
gTlng to her colleges S212,534 hospitals
and other charitable Institutions S3,o.
9l8, disabled and poor Confederate vet.
Grams $4,000, public free schools $1,000.
900, Other worthy objects S3g7,9 IG. max.
ing the handsome weary total Of % nd.
AS, exclusive of the ST 100000 apDronri.
| am Glad loworor :. a..
assessment rolls for 1900 show an increase
in property valuation over last asgess.
mont OF nearly twenty-eipht millions
and yet with the increased appropriations
aforesaid and reduction of the tax levy
Tor the year, the State has annie mans
with which TO mqet all expenditures ord
1t Is confidently JcIlcyed that it will re. I
eciye from the ordinary sources of rev.
enue ample fund, not only for defrayfro /
current expenses Of the government buf l.
Tor the erection Of our now million.do,Iar T.
statehouse as well, without sale of fine i
bonds authorized by the building act +
AS a Mississiupian am nro',d - H.
citizenship, aud NAV add that wbiIo sho t
can clam but few milionaires. and mo y
large cities, she has what is better and
moro important to the bann;nc,g a an
weI-rounded success Of any community.
namely an earnest INTELLIGENT soil. sns,
aiming white yeUmanry by whom in tho Il
main honesty and yIrtuous manhood ia v
IGNORED and upheld, while treachery ty. II
amy and dishonesty in au tba;r { ~ ?
IRE csehewed and condemned by mil il II
opinion. "
While doting, however unop tbo rooi II
AIDE Of her citizenship the .tatm' ~ 49, ~ e'
ociaI and governmental oTo'r. VI liei
While true. perbaps fbot mo athnr o "iIu v
,osses a TERRITORY ricber in roson 80 "
more varied in pIoducts moro l ,nana;s al
ent in soil and climate or hettor aI!oI4'1 II,
Q the diyersiGcation of all ,,,.,,,a,. .oN VI
erprises calculated ia givo 10 ,bo ~ e'. "
manysided and nowerfnl doraI,' go" 81
ct the splendid adyantaaa 9'''opi nen' ci
like to several of the SOM horn C Sta. n
ave not heretofore been properlv annro , %,
lated and utilized Lv H. fa,'1 sPpie, Ii
hereto of lahar and c6pifoI F''''' '''' Ia
We are tbareforo ,.or,, fa.:.u Jl
t fhe PROCESSION NJ tLo 81 "a 'ie rear r.
after Of industrial don.I I.assS !" 'he 10
rogreso 0P''''"0 ana pa
Bnt vs co,,o ron. ...t-..., ,.. r.,
orI,g tho I'LL, w. W ma point Whlch
rina c"nt,',,. 'l a .'He between the eX-
,,y oro aIraad,, Ia, Wv Icy one "hlch ~
min. !, ;,s -, =, s.'.2 " iook more al ~
,an n ~ AZ "oP'' anu us possibilities - ~
' Ga+ ' III, Y' o-.. "a
,,,o,i IN e''sion " inc wisdom Of ."
a., P ,Ea Sum. "iIIe II ao"n IN history va
49, - "tIh 'h'7 convention, be. "a
- ~ p'on1 " VLc errors Of the past, mo
liat 'I Ea,. 'ne suites IKE Mississippi, no
;ra., ,..n H'' l0'ole Deeh the laggards iHf
IN 49, saa "a. ani material development, tnI
a.. 9'gu 'of.. 'He'i proper places along lar
tne ',le VI Cheir sister states Of Geor- 70
. a,'i ''e I'lpiiha' III the manufacture cos
IN 49,, ~ -,' o'hei Pfoaucts peculiar to loo
y soli anu :, climate ana with Tennessee, 80
.'s|'h! J, A4naas' iliihois ana Missouri for
j., '"0 N'"''si VI grazing ana STOCK rails. ira
p. u..1a chi
:. =" .hat eho mere should be given lib
:, = eneouiast'Heht 10 the importation
: ~ .1Lii'nI u capital ny Offering fair
!. as' inducements , thereto, and by pro- d.
.sms " -" the property Of corpora II !
NJ WIN tne same sdcTedness HE that az ask