Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-10-26

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time is meeting with considerable IA |
vor among thoughtful men. There are |
few If any States in the Union with |
lower taxes than our own, and, as the |
Meridian Star says, they work no
hardship on the people. Men who OBJ |
jeet most to the present levy of 612 |
mills frequently spend more foolishly |
in one night than they pay in taxes |
to city, county and State" Missis |
| sippis treasury is now in excellent
Jrlition, but we must not forget that
her needs increase. We haven't all
that we need, by any means, even with
our splendid new Capitol and our we'll
kept institutions, so we cannot afford
to be cutting down our income just
yet. 1--WE must get all we can" and
spend all we need (to change the old
motto somewhat) until all of our be-
neVolent and educational institutions
are properly fitted up and extended,
our public buildings become orna-
ments to the State, and many reforms,
as yet but -eautiful dreams, are in full
and benefcent operation. Then if we
must we can reduce our taxes.
The Meridian Star came out again
last week with the story of a rumor
to the effect that the G. & S. |. r. r.
will pass into the absolute control of
the great |. c. before twelve months
go by. The Star gives some excellent
reasons for the faith it puts in this
/ oft-repeated rumor, and among them
is the fact-noticed by others-that so
many Illinois Central men are being
transferred to places on the new road.
The Star usually strikes close to the
root of the matter when it strikes,
| hence its readers watch with interest
! for developments. The new road is
about the healthiest, most independent
and most knowing youngster in the
ranks of the juveniles, and has already
/ caught up with and passed many far
older than ITSELF When the great H.
4 linois Central reaches down and takes
its hand and gives it it's protection,
as well as its advice, the "youngster'
will soon amaze even its best friends
and most hopeful promoters. The
/ combination will be hard to beat, and
its work for the section it traverses
| will result in changes and improve
ments beyond our most sanguine faith
or fairest dreams.
Mississippi came off victor lin the
person of Dr.. John Oliver of Colum-
bus) in the recent contest for the
championship of Mississippi and Ala
bama in tournament riding. The tour
nament (last of the games" or en-
tertainments that adorned the days of
chiyalry, with which our young men
and maidens delight to recall those
| happy Olden times) took place at Tus-
caloosa Ala, and DR.. Oliver had the
honor of winning his laurels over the
field and Alabama's champion, Mr..
Charles H. Allen of Livingston. DR..
Oliver scored nineteen rings and NJ. |
Allen scored seventeen. A prize of
500 was offered by the Tuscaloosa
Elks and Dr. Oliver won that in ad- |
dition to the championship of the two
States,
The roar of the lion is heard in /
the land" as the big circus" wends
/ its way southwark, and the children
| with such chaperons, guardians and
nurses as are needful to properly es'
cort each one) are consequently happy,
Intellectual centers in the East may
have their art galleries and picture
exhibitions as often as they will these
autumn days, but from all of them /
put together they will not draw
fraction of the pure joy that Missis |
sippis barefoot (and most often dark
skinned) army of small boys is now
drinking in in long, delicious draughts, |
and all because of the wonderful ag-
gregation of many-hued monstrosities |
kindly sent in advance of "the big
circus (there are two or three of
them by the bill poster artist.
The postal department at Washing
ton has substituted mail car for the
locked-pouch service hitherto in use
on the G. & S. |. r. r. This is as it /
should be and will be great accom-
mediation to the busy cities and grow
ing towns along the line. Heretofore |
a letter mailed at one station for an
other on that road had to go to the
| end of the route and return to its des |
tination next day A petition has been
circulated within the past week ask
| ing the management of the road to
run double daily mail over the line.
The growth of the business in this |
| section is phenomenal. and it is i'm |
! perative that the people have rapid |
facilities for transacting their busl- |
ness.
A host of friends throughout the |
State will be interested to hear of the |
marriage in Columbus, October TO- Of |
Mr.. Dunbar Ogden, pastor of the Pres |
byterian Church, and Miss Grace Au-
gusta Cox, beautiful Columbus girl,
widely known through her splendid |
work in behalf of the Young Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union.
1t is a pleasant thing to know that
the Winona cotton factory recently re-
ceived an order from New Orleans
for $4,000 yards of domestics, and on
the same day orders from Chicago for
$4,000 yards Of drilling.
Yazoo City is making great prepara-
tion for the opening of her cotton
mills November Is. On that date the
wheels and spindles of her fine new
$4,000 cotton mills begin to turn,
for the manufacture of yarns exclu-
sively. The mill will consume about
1000 bales of cotton yearly, and all |
Of the employees, except the skilled
artisans who will direct the work, will
come from the neighborhood in which
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