Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-17
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
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5 OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By ], L. POWER.

he infant son (and only child) OF W.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Blakemore, OF New la'
Orleans, was thrown from the cd
nurses arms during a runaway and -
killed. MIR. Blakemore had just driven be
to the station to take the train lor
New Orleans. and, as was his custom, &,
took his little son with the nurse with fc
him for the morning drive. Whle ff
returning home, the coachman dls' W
mounted to open a gate and in some W
mysterious way the horses took fright 81
and despite the coachman's heroic j.
efforts to preserve the safety OF his il
masters child the nurse and chlld v
were thrown violently out and the III
tie one killed The sad news met MF'
Blakemore as he stepped from his train
in New Orleans, and he hired a special {
at once and returned to his stricken
Young wife and desolated home.
The board of public contracts
awarded most of the State printing
for the four years commencing Janu-
arv /. 1902, to the Brandon Printing
Company, Nashville. They will print
the laws and journals, department re-
ports and miscellaneous work for the
departments. They have been dong
the last named class for the past TWO
years, and have given entire satlslac-
tion. The assessment rolls will con-
time to be made by Walker, Evans u
Cogsweu. Charleston. There was only
one home bidder-Harmon Publishing /
Company, Jackson. The Clarion-Ledg- |
er notified the board it would not bld'
because of the rigid eXactions OF the
, law authorizing its letting, and the
general undesirableness of the WORK
l under present conditions"
The cry for longer school terms IN
+ the country continues to increase IN
d volume and strength, and it is easy TO
y believe that the good time is not far
e off when this much needed blessing
l. will he within reach of the many thou
5 sands of children whose entire educa-
=; tion must be obtained in the little
Ie country school. Brother Settler kind
II " adds the hope, in the Progress, that
Il the salaries of teachers may be length
h ened also, and then unkindly puts In
plea for the continued lengthenlng
III of school switches. BY the way, II the
rs length of the switch in his school had
IS, ANYTHING to do with making Brother S
as SO good an editor and the Progress Sc
readable a paper, we feel strongly In
IS, clined to vote for anything that vii
ed make more like MIN.
m
va There is not an issue of the Merid
cy ian Star that does not contain advice
M or information of The greatest value t
nv our people Among numerous article
,ay worthy Of reproduction we Gull som
" information about the old coz pea,
IA which though familiar to our farmer
,iu will bear the telling again. This con
bie mon, and oft despised pea, is a Wealt
,1a producer of no mean order. Nothln
,rg growing on the farm can be MOI
hot readily turned into cash, at all SCI
IN sons than the Cow pea and yet it
,s no uncommon thing for farmers
ori. have TO send off to buy seed, when II
bo family wants a little patch for Il
Nc table. The Star urges the farmers
IN Iauderdale to put four or five acr
his in peas each year, and give it the san
ties. care they give corn or oats, and
uck sures them that they will be amaz
tore at the excellent returns this comm
= NC Le vegetable will make.
ana The Progress, after listening ca
: ma. fully to o report that the V. & 5.
feh r r. had been duly launched, a
that eminent civil engineers were
Mr.. surveying the route, rejoices thl
and "Our informant says that the best II
.ai 1ten of Vicksburg, Utica and Ha2lehu
near, are behind the scheme and he T
ever diets that the rosin-heels of HAITI
deed, burg can visit the Hill Billeys on
ry in bank of the Father Of Waters by 19
3 oa Selah." And we hone he is right
,r oil his prediction.
area The Second and Third Regime
more III ,i+ob +ioir tents at Ri
August 25th, and 60 into camp
II to their annual training and outing, c
we'd bined. There are fourteen compal
and scheduled to be present, and as
, MO, bospitable city of Biloxi has raise
W W "S % nice sum for their entertainment,
mon, encampment viii doubtless be a g
S per- success. Col. Shannon of the Sec
d was Remigent, will be the ranking of
is, all =, oo,,oord
The III
egant. Yalobusha county's Board of ST.
train vlsors is in earnest in its intentio
ntana' have good roads. At its last NEE
ol W. 'n,e ~ after spirited bidding from hume
, nosi. foreign firms in competition with
people, the contracts were let, by b
hn 81 at about $4,000 a mile Gin one or
ace at cases at $2500). The contracts rul
liu w four years and the contractors
u ie home men) give good bond for
was . faithful performance of duty. Goo
i''0ii0N Yalobusha and her supervisors.
The Brandon News is printi
ing the - 5,,iahtf,,I letters from
)pi in M. - ,,hioh tho Nissis
lynch (oNi'''' 80 - 20 io,rnovin
lse. ,,.or ,.o1 pleasantly, and we think we reco
'ilo'ass 4,,a in the graphic pen pictures, AM
VI nv Inv fine descriptive writing the gifte
or ho tho of that able writer, Miss Addie
'lo WV nell.
Copiah county is going to eXper
oe'ie as its own road worker. The Boz
i,is v Supervisors has voted S250O fc
','o 70 purchase of a road machine and
''i ~ ~" with which to work the roads II
l Iui'o''0' /. If the experiment is successt
" county will undertake to work
1es Hill, its own roads.
the gov The Railroad Commission a
Wh tna' meeting last week ratified the SC
,,3oot to of freight rates recently agreed
a eniney the M. & O., and Y. & NJ. Y, R. i
rate is about % per cent. lowe
~, ot the rate now in force, and app
he Com the 9th and 9Th class in figur'