Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-31
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By ]. L. POWER.
By J. L. POWER.


peak It's mind concerning the matter, ,,
nd especially concerning the open
Of the police in failing to
lake the proper arrests: mo mans
osition, condition, race or color should
Xempt him from punishment when
e violates the law. The man who
,oses as a gentleman, dresses well and
S admitted into good society, should
10 more be shielded when he violates
he laws Of the town than the lowest
II blackest thug. His punishment
should be the same. The oaths, curses
and disappearing of the well-dressed
nan is no more refined than those Of
he unfortunate poorly dressed or poor
Iy fed, and the intent Of the law is to
affect all alike"
1t is fact frequently remarked by |
those who read the public press, that
accidents and deaths from lightning
have been more frequent this summer
than ever before within the memory
of this generation. Our own beautiful
Gulf Coast seems to have been a spe-
cial target for the cruel bolt, and with
in the month two tragic accidents have
been recorded there. Mention was
made in these columns Of the two gem
tlemen who We're killed, while on the
beach, and now comes the sad expert
ence of two bright girls at Pass Chris
tian last week. The young ladies,
Miss Leila DUNE Of Louisiana and
Miss Hadee LeRoux sought refuge in
the bath house from a sharp, short
thunder storm, and almost Immediate
ly the house was struck by lightning,
and Miss Dufle was killed and Miss
LeRoux severely stunned and injured.
The sad accident cast gloom over the
people Of the Pass.
Along with pretty much everything
else on the Gulf Coast, The Echo (Bay
st. Louis came perilously near being
washed into "the cradle of the deep
during the terrible storm of August
/ 18th For some time it was feared that
4 the building would be washed away
and all the contents were removed by
volunteer helpers. The building rode
the storm, however and the materials
were returned by the same kind, help.
full hands, in time for the printers
to get the Echo out of a most fearful
and wonderful "pi." Everybody seemI
to have been so busy helping every
body else during the prevalence of tn
storm that there was no time TO
mourning.
The court houses that will hereafte
be built in Mississippi will have som
regard for the comfort of those VIII
are to occupy them, The want of al
. commodation for jurors and witnesse
in the average court house in tn
: South, is simply outrageous. The ne
. court house at Hazlehurst will have
First floor-rooms for nearly all II
county officers, with toilet Secon
! hoor-Grand jury room circuit cler
5 court room, witness room, consultatic
room, toilet, ladies' witness room, wit
> toilet. colored witness ROOM judge
r. . - I;L,,r,, 1rLirJ HD1r-'Tu
. ioolil d'0 ''"' a. l'''' -,
a jury S''e pms io''',' 'l0
y ohe son'le'''''' . ,ol'o''
# Educable Population of Mississippi.
The United States census of 10
announces the educable population
! Ii9''s'' iP' on,
:; it,'l,9 ,Is.,'ara., ans /
{. -
,o Total ...........,........-.63 $3.50
4 Whites ........,.,.,..''.' - :
!, blacks ..''''''''''''''''.''.'' ro9 ro - :
as T"raiCp No.. horn .,......
t.
ne Long before thIs issue reac''eS
is readers the story Oh Ihe IeiilUie ''o
ly Of August l5th that swept over
If Gulf Coast Will be iamlllar 10 our ie'
at ers. 1t was the most severe Sto
ms since 1919, So La 10 "''', -. .''0,'
-, ,,,oos,ro oroft otc went r
,..ata,,, t,,o 1oss % I;fo was small ,
" -, !, ,o+o tbo doetrrct
h' of property VIII not entail so hea'
'o financial loss as would nave peeh
Z" case earlier. So bad as II was we
li' have cause for thanEsgiVlhs'
ne ,,.,, u,ttorrod bor Indnst
re- A''o''i'A p,,'.e' ~" ~, 49,.
he School tor Whlte uirls alVer tue
Il. & c. at Columbus, ana she mas
M further. The new constitution m;
:" Il constitutional school as it
ost ~ tha eahooIs for doof and 4,
5ht aiSo 'io '>"'o'' ~
= ,.u g.,
ms, NE" N,o'"' ",.o - " - ~. ona
an. and the brooms turned out are
ppi u, uo oe ''a So 10 ,aa ",y n,nn.od ton a
tho The proprietors had planted ten a
-, .no of broom corn. We have seen br
he corn ouoted in the West at sixty
'ral W., W. " ~. ton
iars pei 'o'i' -
Columbus Miss, occupies the ST
"a an old Indian village called shuk
lomaha' "oposSum Town
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