Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-05-25

and if you have any compliments to be-
stow, give them TO those men standing
here and their comrades left on the
field; they did the fighting, and they
deserve the laurels.'"
The Mississippi editors are taking
their annual hard-earned, much needed
and always enjoyable holiday this week
at the beautiful gulf coast city, Pass
Christian. The hospitable citizens of
the Pass, in common with those along
| the coast, made extraordinary prepara-
tions and the editors of the State, each
with his wife or his daughter, are en-
| joying their hospitality to the fullest
| extent. Some of the attractions on
! the program are an excursion from
| New Orleans, the presence and partici-
patton in the exercises of the military
company and brass band from St.
Stanislaus' College (at Bay Louis,)
Competitive drills are added to the
regular features and handsome medals
will be presented. The grand ball at
the Mexican Gulf hotel concludes the
social features, and the town that gets
ahead of the Pass and the beautiful
Mexican Gulf on. this part of the pro-
gram is yet TO come to the front. A
large number of Mississippi's leading
public men are enjoying the hospitality
of the Pass this week, also having been
invited by the citizens. This is another
excellent feature of the program, and
the interchange of courtesies, views
and experience will doubtless benefit
them and the newspapermen alike. One
very fine thing about this meeting is
that it is press convention, and the
delegates are newspapermen, Too
often heretofore the larger portion Of
the party would not known press from
printers towel--a stick from a proof,
type and a Mergenthaler machine And
the worst of it was they didn't want to
know-and they did want the public
10 know that they didn't know, etc.
All of which was highly edifying and
encouraging to the big type founders
press makers, etc, whose elegant cOur-
tesies have always added infinite pleas
ure to the numerous excursions of the
Mississippi Press. Now that we are
getting back to the old way, we may
hope great things for our Press Asso-
citation, and if we will rigidly adhere
to our rules, we can, in future, make
up our parties of bona fide newspaper
people, who are proud of their profess
sion, who love their work and who are
an honor to the State in whose great
ness its press has been so potent a
factor,
Smith county, in the neighborhood Of
Raleigh, was the scene of an unfor-
tunate shooting few days ago, when
Noah Walters, a lad of l6, shot and, it
is feared, fatally wounded Miss Swig-
ert, an elderly lady, with whose family
he lived. 1t is only one more added to
the long list of tragedies resulting
from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." pis.
tolls. The boy bought the pistol in
Brandon for small sum, aud was ex-
amining it at home when it went off "
"Unloaded" pistols have way of go
ing Off aud they usually take some
body off with them; more's the pity.
The boy took fright and fight stimuli
hue Cd Innly-
son few days later and carried to Jail.
There ought to be law rigidly en-
forced against allowing children to
possess or even handle deadly weapons.
The courthouse at Columbusis to be
remodeled The board of supervisors
appropriated SIC, 800 for that purpose.
Northeast Mississippi's splendid little
city, West Point honored itself in so
handsomely entertaining the General
Assembly of the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church last week. About 800
delegates were present and they came
from every part of our great land
Oregon, California, Pennsylvania, Min
nosota, the Carolinas and the Gulf
States were among the number send
ing representatives to this grand body,
and, while it is probable that the As
sembly never before met in so small a
place, it is a certainty that it was never
before entertained more elegantly nor
with more generous hospitality.
Quite number of Mississippi towns
are preparing to give crude petroleum
oil test as a settler of dust. 1t is said
to be excellent for the purpose, is cheap,
and tends to preserve the streets. Mayor
Hemingway, Jackson's progressive
mayor, is anxious to make the expert
ment, as the streets the of the Capital
City are in bad fix already, and the
summer is just begun.
A special postotice will be estao-
lished in Memphis during the reunion.
1t will be known as Confederate Hall
Station" Letters thus addressed will
be promptly delivered on application