Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-06-23
Shuqualak Items.

We have he'd only two days this week
IN which farmers could do apv fol5
work and they are very respondent n
TINS lneighborhood, Corn and cotton
Will both be almost failure.
1t is reported some of our mercbon..
won t speak to a credit customer wber
he comes in their store.
Mr.. Bixler has finished nm his y,or,,
on our bored well and put in straiper
which, we are glad to say, is perform.
ing nicely now, Mr.. Dacus fine
pumper, has run the water out for ms
Tor several days. tits just as nice and
clear as it can be.
The M, & ORR has given the Ware.
mouse company the grolnd for their
buildings and agree to put in a spur
track for them. Their agent, Mr.. Ora
ham, measured off the ground Wednes.
day. The warehouse seems an assured
TACT. Shuqualak goes on progressing.
1t is with sadness we record the death
OF Mr.. W. l., Tatum Of Hashuona.
lie died last Tuesday with a complica-
ton of measles and pneumonia. He
was an upright and clever Christian
man and will be greatly missed.
Mr.. o. .. jackson has been sick sew.
eral days suffering with his teeth and
jaw DR.. Jonas reports him better
this "Wednesday evening.
Mr.. w. H. Jackson, who is in the
saw mill business, says he mas belIed all
his oxen and turned them out. as the
ground is too wet to log,
Miss Pearl Floore, west of town, is
reported near death door with con.
sumption. 1t is hard Ito realize one so
vigorous and young to be so suddenly
stricken with this much dreaded dis.
ease.
The Masonic fraternity will, celebrate
st. Johns Day, June 23d. at Kells
Store. Messrs, Boyle of Macon and J.
Il, Hubbard and NJ. 2. Jones of this
place, will furnish the music for the
occasion. If the weather is favorable
there will be good attendance from
here, as everybody is invited and there
will be dinner on the ground.
lheard farmer a few days ago offer-
ing to sell his crop of four acres for CSC.
This show about condition things are
assuming around here.
We have about quit complaining of
the weather, As Bro, Tumlin said yes.
terday, each day brings us one day
nearer the end and that is the way we
regard it.
There is considerable excitement in
Hashuqua neighborhood ever bear that
was seen in the reed break on the old
Lloyd place one day last week. Every.
body turned ont Saturday and Sunday
for bear hunt Most Ct the dogs re.
fused to run The bear when they got the
scent Of it, Only one or two dogs could
be induced to trail it, It was finally
gotten up aud it headed fer Ananawayha
swamp. The crowd followed but finally
lost the trail and had to return from a
fruitless chase, Now, Mr., Editor this
was a real bear, not a bear story, as re.
liable parties report having seen it and
great many saw his tracks in the sand
beds, also found where it had killed and
partly eaten hog, Master Prince
Hubbard, who was in the chase, reports
quite an exciting time.
Mr.. johnson Card, from near Ballard
place, on the river, says he has lived at
the same place for fifty five years and
that he never aw crop prospects so
gloomy in all these years. He says the
cotton that looks all right when exam.
ined shows the tap root to be rotten and
it will die when the sun shines out on it
a while.
Mr.. j, J. Prince of Gholson was in
town Thursday. JEFF says crops are
gone
hope next week to be able to make a
more favorable report of prospects.
Cousin RUDE.