Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-12-14
St. LOUIS WORLDS FAR.
Two OF three weeks ago the writer

a of the exquisite interior ''4
inv lining. with its opalescent tints
mo shade and ii descent CLEANS IN -,
, sunshine-anl it occurred to us, MI
we studied the beautiful inside OF
! shell where so often valuable
arls arc found), that our people hau
this lime been noting only inc
ueh coat OF the little mussei inSteau
the marvellous interior Of his nv
GROOM else surely we had found
me use for the millions that are an
Ially cast away by the countrys hsn- !,
men Such thoughts as these, MN :.
led with regret at our lack OF enter
rise. Fel recurring during the ioft-
igbt tba has elapsed since our as
oyery Of tie bank Of old shells anu
low ne p-,ers are full OF me ne"
,roiect ,San foot by foreign (note
nat il is nearly always foreign, mofeS
he pity) capitalists by which the mus
;el shells lining the banks Of Pearl
river are to be utilized. The Blackock
line the banks from the heau-
waters of re Pearl to it's mouth, anu
aside from the pearls often found IN
them. their commercial value is great
Quantities Of them are utilized for the
manufacture of mother Of pearl as
it is called, and it is put to various
other uses. Now that these Northern
ers (who keep their eyes OPEN nave
come among us to develop the INDUS
try We viii watch them do it and keep
ourselves SO busy wondering why We
can't get rich, too, that we Will walk
hlindIy over half a dozen other gold
mines and never know it until these
or others like them-come along ana
| show us our mistake by putting IN
their little capital and drawing it torth'
in a little while quadrupled'
opite a sensation was caused IN
LEGAL circles and among all trust anc
antitrust men in the State last week
when Federal Judge Niles sentences
two officers Of the Mississippi OH MIL
TO iail for contempt Of court in rstus
inc to answer certain questions pat I
them by the grand jury The refuse
Of the officials, Mr. Foote OF Canto
and Mr.. Porter Of Jackson (Culbersoh
MIN was made known to the juds
who at once committed the men to lal
An attorney Immediately lett for ne
!, orleans to get the men out on hape'
" corous writ. Other members Oh u
Mississippi Oil Mill Trust were INN
- oiateIv summoned by Judge Niles w
II is desperately in earnest in his etfol
10 down the trust, and lively tim
" were the order of the day around
Eo city Of oxford.
d. yicksburg's oil mills and a NUM-
of her manufacturing plants will pei
d. the use of fuel oil on December
to The New Orleans division Of the
9ln Al " r II is also DGepdl lI5 w
md mo now fneI and if it is a success,
as hn,w on ON all its locomotives.
ted oil company has built immense ia
.at- ~ +bo storage of the oil, and it
IAN he delivered by tank barges every OF
day. There will be about 400 bar
rsed every twenty-fOur hours at
nl0 but the demand wan uo ,.,'1','%,
.aoi trebled IN rev. Lloil'na' ,,.oto
n experiment "III pe e" s, y ,,,,,. =,
5ar and if it proves successl l,, l4 sl,.,(
me in the slale "ii' Sp'''''
tanj example
l ry,s The Yazoo river traffic has
ing, running against snagS Oh late !,
DR.. low stage OF Vhe "a'Vi' - -
mer is remafhaple "liu - '' -, o,,oi,
ans. delay ana ual1aseS wv ,',,,a,.
Fair terests along 'le l H t..,o,,
quest steamboats, ply me '''' ,,,n
sippi been compeileo ~ '' .'. ~. ~,
dele for Wn'le' lhu ', ue l',t t,', =" n,
Com ing OF crops III On'' 'eo,'1'', .1 =,
Fran. of steamers are aground anu u
and barge Dewey, in grounding, lost
anu 80 80 1s oottor seed, The Rees I
gwen Same =, ~ stDI,inr near Belzoni. los
n Oh a. q, - .o.go mis- is a serious S
soon - - . .sat nrond section which is d
odies, to thaJ sI"iiu So
me ~ ""
al Of Il may he news to many Mis-
y gSo mans that the Sheriff Of
to Sc ,t p.rr Tenn lin which county
AT Win Nh ,Its sitnated) is a native o