Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-02-02

THOMAS REDUs.

Rdgely Lodge No, %, |. 0, 0. r..
|Fnes valuable lot in the town OF
lakville, upon which it has erected a
Euable two-story brick building; the
] st floor Of said building is rented as
|,torehouse at $500 per annum, and
esecond floor or a part of it, is rented
pa dental Office, The lodge claims
to be exempt from tax
|l0n under Section 57li A. c., which
ezempts all property, real or per-
Ena, belonging to any charitable So
|e'y, used exclusively for the purpose
\ said society and not for profit.
The exemption cannot be maintained;
does not come within the letter of
Pc act, The property is used for profit,
pa Dot for charity, and so cannot be
Exempt It's said in argument that
|lelncome is used for charity, and that
lakes the same in effect as if the
property itself was used for charity.
Pu' that is not the letter of the law,
l0rs spirit.
Aarge part Of the funds of the So
fe'y is paid for sick and burial benefits
'll members Of the order, whether
''l Or poor and to this extent the
luuS are not used for charity, and the
FmPton could not be sustained, even
Tue statute had exempted the prop
''y from taxation when the profits are
f .. exclusively for charity.
I0e property is subject to taxation.
Ioe STATE vs., Leester, IS n. J. L. r..
y trustees, ETC., VS.. Boiler, 50 Ca,
" Methodist Church VS.. Hinton, 10 l..
A. notes; Library Association VS..
, ', ~ 10 Ohio, 253; Morris VS.. Masons,
Texas, sos.
! '1c decision of the chancellor is
frmed.
VpIllon delivered by Justice Terral.
~, -, S0,OVo bond OF j. L. Gibson, the
.1'a'a building contractor and bribcr,
a n V'en forfeited to Kinds county. He
'asu 70 put in his appearance at court
','OuBn he wired his attorney he
az ea route for jackson. The officers
! 's f.rSI National Bank, with whom
' .l,! $1,000, made his bond. He
]. 1' SUBJECT to arrest, and a requisi-
n. ''' doubtless be issued for that
,y g'ee' 49, ySlnce the foregoing was
,.s I 'loson was arrested while en-
ANY,, y,'uE to escape from Indiana. Gov.
M. guy made requisition on the gov
s,,., INDIANA, and dispatched two
fba o ~ Lansing, Mich, on the night
-o1n,. Joseph w. Bailey-a Mississippi
!, '-"as elected United States sem
a ir, :. we Texas Legislature on the
ia,od "SonS OF Columbus have pur.
re-. ,s' splendid property on Main
N c'. opposite the Gilmer hotel, and
h, h ' a,a it into splendid temple,
4 tSht apartments for the differ.
ydro @ VI Of the order. Columbus
'O' was chartered in 1892.
,p,l THecutiue committee of the Ma
ls,,a ''IoriaI Association has named
ne ~, 'a u, 10th, as the place and
aoOa :, 'nelr next annual session.
The Ethioo 'opics IN the program Is
Caot 'T p = of Journalism" assigned
viii he a. a. A. Mayors, of Mississippi.
'' considered on a high plane.
,iora W. =, home OF Justice Lamar. at
E nia, was a, badly damaged by fire on
anp Sno VI The 10th inst, The kitchen.
aas SOOn and rear rooms Of the
were entirely DESTROYED.
'ers and p ts was not forgotten in the
All r Iua narOor bill of sixty millions,
pptb :" =, Is to be surveyed from its
lated for +iD m and $1,000 appro-
ltebe, vi T. Improving the stream. For
YER, ss. d %nSar6or, $4,000. Homoehitto
'ru IsisaOOgGi Chicl,asahay river, 5000
Certain i pass is to be surveyed edo To-
D BE- obt a twenty-five feet of water
SNslned. " ""'Vi