Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-11-30

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hich they are published, and, II prop, -
rly circulated, the entire section rep o'
scented by them. The last Industrial 10
.eview is full of good, sensible ana ~
aasible plans for Tupelo's advance
,ent. AMI would-be investors would 90 q,
,ell to read it's columns carefully. IL .,
rges the establishment Of laundry
nd states that only $1,000 Is needed f.
O put this paying venture into oper, 4
ytion. Among many good arguments Y
or the establishment of water works, v
t saws: "The cotton mill has a per- o
'ect system Of water works and a Dig S
,ump 18th which to fight fire. the
insurance is only one-ffth Of one per I
cent"
"a word to the wise" etc. In his ex-
cellent article on truck farming tand
we are glad to find these articles ocou-
pying considerable space in nine
tenths of our papers these days. Bro.
Blakeslee says that Tupelo has cotton
factories, wagon factories, oil mills,
brick yards, ETC., and that all these
employees must be fed; hence grow
ing demand for the products OF garden
and orchard. Fine molasses that sells
right at home at so cents a gallon Is
made from cane that produces 40O gal
Ions to the acre when properly cultl-
waited. Irish and sweet potatoes can
he produced in abundance and proht- |
ably. Peaches, apples, pears--in TACT, |
every variety of fruit-can be sold IN
and out of season. This is a self'eVl-
dent proposition, and the man VINO
takes advantage of it-nGt in halt'
hearted way but with a determination
to Win--will find a pleasant and lucra-
tive business" The cotton mills at
Tupelo by the way recently sold 3Oo,-
600 Yards of cotton cloth to one firm.
Bishop Galloway has entered upon
the task of securing the repeal Of those
sections of the State Constitution
which prohibit any devise or bequest
TO a religious, ecclesiastical or charlta-
BILE institution. These constitutional
sections we're originated in the con-
yention of 1890. The fact that this
able man. clear reasoner and forcible
writer has undertaken this labor Of
love (for SO If must be to him) will
go far toward securing a change IN
the law. The bishop, in a recent com
munication. urges that this consti
tutional provision discourages beneVo
lence and dries up the very fountain
Of benefcenee, and Mississippi Is al
most the only State in the Union hay
ing such a law in effect"
e That murder will out" was proven
{ again week before last, when a dying
! man who had lived near Jackson, La.
sent for Rev. NJ. B. Shaw Of the Cen
i treville (Miss.) Presbyterian Churcl
S and confessed to him that he and thre'
n others-Cal Powers of cavalry fam
: and men named Weldon and Balleau-
o had murdered Mr.. Mitchell of Ros
,s Hill, Amite county, Miss, thirtyon
% wears ago. They robbed the murdere
Is man Of watch and $4,000, but wer
6. frightened away by some ones al
O. proach before completing their da
If tardly work. The guilty parties wei
ar never suspected, but other men wei
10 tried for the deed and all acquitte
ne The dying man (CampbelD also co
RS fessed to having murdered Wel6o
while Cal Powers had tried to kill hi
as (Campbell). Powers eventually die
as Ballaau was killed and the last of Il
re- murderous quartette came to his Ell
,lf fortnight since.
u Hattiesburg's school authorities W
~ have to bestir themselves no little
keep pace with the needs of her YOU
M people. There are 500 children crow
ire ed into one school building over the
GU That is bad-bad for the children a
of bad for the teachers, and so bad
for the town, By the time the city C
he build another uptodate roomy scht
so building (and that should be in I'll
be for next falls opening) there will
he children enough to fill it, so rapi
riff are desirable families moving into
lrt- town.
'en A recent decision of the Supre
i0o Court tat its sitting November I'D
cause quite a stir when its far-reach
ine tendency is understood. The court
W cided that the city of Jackson had
'on right to award bonus to an cleo
u' railway company which had been
. feited by another concern, which
nus previously secured franchise to bl
o"u traction lines on the streets of
city.
Jun. The Ellisville News Of last "
" chronicled the sale in that town
e0A' certain saw mill interests in as
sun chalant manner as if forty-thousi
wv dollar sales happened every day!
A0n' lisville Is the center of a rich sect
'ihs' and ii it grows as fast and as wei
two ~ bae stortod ont to do II will
lraw regard $4,000 as small change
enough.
nbus We notice a general compl
y its among our exchanges of the seal
:, of of beef cattle throughout the S
: be- And pork is even scarcer Only a
, EN- days ago leading dealer in the
,ture ital City stated to the writer tha
wing had made strenuous efforts to sc
Is in a car load of logs Tor less, even
SO of st. Louis and had failed, and fe
lding tnat similar result wou,u a.'ei,'
INNS hogs in Memphis. And yet there
plum thousands of our people who cou
les to they would, raise enough for
and consumption and for the market
!. But they just don't.
d in Mississippi has more cotton
north than any State In the Union g
luck Georgia and Texas. Georgia head
work list with 1895; Texas has 446O
en- Of Mississippi has ALAG. The quail
r the our gins is so far superior to the
t the Georgia, however, as to overbalant
J will greater number Georgia's average
soon capacity to the gin Is 272, while
sissippis is 424. So after all W
. better equipped for ginning cotton
'du " any other State.