Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-17
NOTES OF A BRIEF OUTING.

Jackson. But the trains on the wv tC
roads are accommodating, and thelr n
are saved a tedious lay- t.
over, even when they are detained at h
so pleasant a place as Meridian. r
On reaching Tupelo at o'clock on n
the morning Of the 7th, we registered n
at the Read House, and proceeded be- a
fore breakfast to visit the Tupelo cot e
ton mill which was in course oil con- I
struction when we were in Tupelo IN v
November last. We had met MI H. D. t
Hines, the president and general man
ager. in our occasional visits to hipley' i
His residence and Office are near IHe {
mill. We called at the home, sup .
posing that he was not on duty at SO
early an hour; but Mr.. Hines Is not
built that way. He is one OF Ihose
successful men who beliyee that the
early bird catches the worm and SO
we caught him in his office, WIN
broom in his hands sweeping out tne
Office floor. He conducted us at once
through the mill, and we Will sIaIe
very briefly the result OF our opSeIF@-
tions and inquiries. /
The Tupelo cotton mill represents
cash outlay for buildings and equip
mont to date, of $4,000. The original
subscription was $12590O, nearly all
of which was raised in Tupelo. Mr'
LIinae is tbe largest stockholder. Ihe
subscriptions were payable in Install
ments subject to call, and the entire
sum subscribed, except the small sum
of sQ5 90 was promptly paid as called
! for. Dirt was broken for the NH Oh
= the 18th of August, 1900; it was open,
7 ed for business on May 10, 1901; ana
+ within twelve months from the DAY
a that dirt was broken, the mill will be
: making nine thousand yards OF drlll-
i ings and domestics per day The pres
y ent daily product reaches nearly thaI'
y and so great is the demand 1or Ine
=, goods that there is already talk Oh
=, doubling the capacity of the plant IN
deed the mill was constructed "4Vn
this in view. -
On fine morning of our visit the mil
is was behind 15O bales with its orders
a. for domestics. On the Gay previous
ID one order of A bales Of drilling wa
W received from Kansas City.
ne The Tupelo cotton mill is, perhaps
" the best lighted and best ventilated
:" -: mill in the United States. Ihe ell
's Moves are nearly all adults. Iher
are very few small children, and the
belong to the families of other en-
ct Moves. All look healthy and happ!
en- They are paid semi-monthhly. The pa
Die roll numbers one hundred and MT
10 and when the capacity is lncfeaSeu
M Ton thousand spindles, the force WI
u he correspondingly increased III
re- means much for Tupelo; and 1t Wou
mean much for Jackson, NlcksDul
and other good points in the State tn
,is. ora s1eeDing on their opportunities
Of the way of money-mahng industries
ned Mr.. Hines had no previous eApe
eel. orco in cation manufacturing; but
ds; nut twenty-five thousand dollars ol
i'm. hord.earned cash in the Tupelo mi
ury and he is thoroughly satisfied with
investment, as are all his assoclaV
On The nth of July lightning stru
tho emolestaek at the top, ana u
g. out one corner of brick, several II
wide. nearly to the bottom II can
Il'lS seen from the train as you pass, d
'ad; the Tupelo cotton mill, because OF u
In Hghtuing freak, will soon become
Rus widely known as Joph Alleh
was pond, . +,,o Mill
Hines had his team in readiness, a
- with two other friends, were drl
-, to Verona, four miles south' pass
lINs' though John Aliens big tarm OIL III
Ia lv Two thousand acres. we nave ne
we're seen such fine cot on and corn. nut
con- there is no more productive country
price the universe than that section
Mississippi. Our State may not
anv gold or silver or coal mines Vi
gushers but there is no similar
In all creation that can produce II
eoin and better stuff for the support
~ :. man or beast. ia.
Ways 49, The special purpose of our visit
ID at Verona was to be present at the
rime. d,np Of Miss Paltic Kincannon
Mr. G. s Brother, of Kirksyille,
This interesting event took place
st Is $40 D. m, at the family resldehc
mod. nv old friend Maj2r James hlhcah
rsity, near .etoht, ~ d. = McShau. and
lghts witnessed by about fifty persons
relatives and intimate friends
nroennts were numerous and elei
'e The happy couple 'eit On the ilrst
on Nv for their new hom0, B'lllngs; MN
mora Mr.. Brother was slpcrlnlehuen' y
which city schools at klrksVllle, anu Il"
# the Gently been elected TO similar
ton in Billings ~,
The annual reunion OF JON
d. monton Camp, U. c Y, took pla
d;.1 Verona on the day following an
- could not resist the temptation
ireen- main over and take il in. 1t
he W. great success. and will be ment
erans' more at length in next ISSUE
G. There is but one opinion anon
stones law.abiding people of Mississippi
many ,.so,o,,oo to the Carroll county
me, on -, ~ a 10 a shame and dis
eph' IN the state. And there is al
opinion. that the next session
I. boys legislature should provide fol
Iolston summary removal of all official
ting to fail in their duty in such outhre
It is more than probable that
I Car. tary Hunter will recommend in
lughter ennial report to the legislature
ALBANIA, tahlishment of a Bureau of Nlti
eet car tistics to be operated in con1u
with the State Board OF Health
- In the report of Registar Jamt
' ~ W. which has just been made TO u
/" o'Vu ernment land office, it is snow
king a there are now 195,S50 acres OF
ment land in Mississippi sub
entry, most of this being IN the
- woods" section.
drowned Mississippi still stands prou
III near the head of the procession IN u
= '' mercial Appeals most laudapit
prise of raising money to pr
Va. medal to the hero, Schley Let
,an MIN, his proud place and show to tn
= 90 liz that we can today, as we'll as