Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-04-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By L. POWER.
By !. L. POWER.
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He can safely promise that there VIII c.
be no lack of interest in mississippi k
Matters" p
The editor Of this department appre- !,
cates more than he can express the S
kind messages that reached him during v
his extreme illness. He is specially C
grateful to his press brethren for ther
loving words. He expects to be In
rood shape to conduct them all to the
Pan-Ameriean Exposition.
Coming Meetings Religious, Secret ETC.
A glance at the State exchanges VIII
convince one that the State will be
piyen over to conventions OF various
sorts during the next two months;
Meridian will entertain the Missls-
sippi Division of the Daughters OF the
Confederacy, and the fact that the VIM
ME Davis Chapter will be hostess IN
sures delightful week.
West Point will play host to the State
Bankers Association during the oth
and 9th of May a.
Uamasa Temple, Mystic Shriners,
with all the paraphernalia necessary to
their successful pilgrimage, VIII make
Columbus their Mecca this year anu
will complete their journey across the
desert in time to reach the beautiful
citv Of Columbus April 30.
The State Board of Health meets IN
jackson, May 14th.
The State Teachers Association Will
assemble on May 8 in Jackson
The Y. NJ. G. A. will send about one
hundred of the finest young men ol
, Louisiana and Mississippi, with score
e of visitors from various colleges ana
9 universities, to represent their noble
work, during the convention IN JACK
son, April II, 12, IS and a.
e The Grand Lodge, Knights OF Pythlas'
will assemble in Greenyille on the sec
ond Tuesday in May. -,
The Grand Lodge, l, O. o. F., will
also meet in Greenville on the first
= Tuesday.
- Meridian will have the honor OF en-
~ ~ tertaining the State Historical Society
= which meets there April 49,
~ Vicksburg will entertain the Missls
:, " sssippi and Iowa commissioners to th'
- Vicksburg park who come togethe
~ there for conference April ID.
., The Press Association will meet a
- Pass Christian the third Wednesday i
he May.
ad We will complete this convention ca
,al endar next week.
nj Mississippi is determined not to ia
he behind in the procession, and in ord'
~ to he quite up to date had what eau
les nainfully near being strike at u
va creat cotton mills in Wesson last Sa
EN- nrdav. Dissatisfaction with the pole
'or Of the manager "a foreigner) and h
en- habit of turning off old and valuao
six amnloves lmen who, by their skill al
ey- devotion. have contributed vastly
ave maize This mandatory the great 81
'eS. cess it isl, and replacing them with
ne friends and relatives from forell
the sbores-has been brewing for 10
I time. Saturdays trouble was hasten
un- bv the arrival of young brother
not the manager from Scotland to wh,
was given most responsible positl
ned long acceptably filled by one OF the
an mill operatives. This was the str
INV that broke the camels oack' "a
calm but determined counsel amo
themselves, the employees in DC
= went to the managers ONCE, anu
farms more vigorous than polite
formed him that they had had an am
" suficiencv of him and his kind
,ove him choice between shaking
Wasson dust from his feet and OF
ta+a .,t' menting an adjacent telegraph p
,'' v"' He chose the former, and at IasV
w" counts was moving so rapidly no
lo','. ,,ord that the dust hadn't time to
WV" desnite his vigorous shaking. Mr.
aots T l., saunders president, went DOW
,1o1,, vi" once and straightened out matters
~ - too had become dissatisfied with
~ M "s soo,cbman, had intended to dis
~. him on Monday, April /. But the
= in. on the gronnd saved him the trouo
n an rLo no,yas Commission to the
dedl- civilized tribes of Indians Is no" IN
sion in Meridian and hundreds OF !
+a,v Indians from all over the state
w. gathering there for identihcat'oi
-. 60 order to participate in the lnoiah
- ritory land distribution Nhen
neople leave the State-as most Oh
villa picturesque bit OF MissiS
:. ,ifa will pass from the rapidly chan
n the scene.
ompel Now that the danger perloa IN
off gardening is passed, the farmers II
n the section are very hopeful OF hne
lected and finer prices. May their brig
,turns homes find realization. This ina
r can is great thing for our people an
I. Mr. oido5 the state immeasurably ol
D tick "a - ,,rogress.
Natchez burglars are not only W.
cry hard up, but too utterly mean "
4. Edi. They broke into the oean',iu'
ngland ustratton Chapel" a few nights
BY us and went through the book cast
} little stole jar of pennies which hal
rk has collected by little children
years this thief will gain no good fro
stolen offerings of little children
: Hon, Charles Scots really p'
II " residence, at Rosedale, was des
'rge d. d, by fire April 1st. This beautiful
Know" , was an ornament to the delta,
E ,l., CON pret because Of its destruction Is
wide.
Mrs vina Yaeger, of Neshoba
d. is perhaps the only woman IN the
e horse whose life has touched three cen
,as shut porn in South Carolina In III
, again has lived through the nineteen
now enters upon the twentiet
Ition, it turv "with clear vision, &c
indef- her own words. Her husband
with Jackson in 1912, with u
puena Vista, and her six stalwa
;, fought bravely for the Conte
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