Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1901-08-10


Thursday, July 2oth, to attend tne
funeral Of one of the very best citizens y
of Mississippi-Ja |. Bishop, OR s
emit Clerk and ex-Sberiff Of Simpson
county. He had been sick only ie" /
days. He was universally beloved ,
Friends from all parts Of the county '
were at his burial. None named MIN s
but to praise. His partner, Mr.. flnleS J
paid beautiful tribute to his life ana |
character. lie had been for thirty
one years member OF WestYllie
Lodge. No. rs. The brethren were out
in force. They realize that a strong
pillar in the lodge, in the church and
in the community had fallen. And SO
it is, tnat-
zone by one we miss the voices
Which we loved 50 well to hear
one by one the kindly faces
In that shadow disappear
Westville will soon be "a deserted
village" 1t is one of the oldest and
has been one of the best towns in the
State. Simpson county was establish
ed in 1924 and Westyille became the
county seat. 1t is conspicuous on the
map Of 1890. 1t was named after Col |
Cato West. The county has furnished
the commonwealth many of its best
and brightest citizens, lawyers, leglsla-
tors and representatives in congress.
In the courts at Westyille several who
have since won fame, and some for
tune. made their maiden speeches be-.
fore the Judge and jury; and these
veterans of the bar found big cases
and large fees. The brilliant Franklin
f. Plummer was the first lawyer thaJ
settled in Westville We were shown
the hotel fnow a residencel in which
Wiley P. Harris and Edmund ]. Goode,
p who died in New York last week, had
personal collision that resulted in
Judge Harris losing one of his eyes.
The handsomest residence in West
F. Vile is that of Hon. A, Q. May, late
State Treasurer and present Railroad
4 Commissioner. He will probably re-
= move it to Jackson or to the new
; county seat, Edna
l. While at Westville, we we're
/ Hospitality provided for at the home
of your old friend, Dr., d. ncCallum
or as he is known at our home Cousin
Doddridge" He is one of the best in
h formed citizens of the State, and is
"at home" in the discussion of almost
" any ouesdon-medicine law or poll
tics.
le He believes in books and daily
o. papers; has fine orchard and garden
u and as much practice as health!
u country affords. Our brief stay unde
IN his hospitable roof will be a pleasan
81 memory.
On July list the supervisors moyet
II all the records to Edna Station. Afte
. they resolved to move they got NOV
u on them, and within a few hours tn
% contents of the court house were trans
q ferred TO a building that was bein
-'o erected for a hotel at the new site
m the name Of which has been change
"n from Edna to Mendenhall, This buil(
ing. a restaurant and two livery stable
la are about the only structures Their
10 Editor Geiger has purchased lot, an
VI the News will, in due time be SCUM,
~ ing the praises of the City OF Mende1
- hall.
" The magnificent pine forests thi
1ne we're the glory of Simpson, WEI
h's bought up by syndieates at from Sill
~ to $3.50 per acre. They are not no
ION on the market; but there are saw mil
> every few miles, getting out lumber +
so the new towns along the G. & S. l., al
% for foreign markets.
ieS 1t used to be a big days journ
l7'' from jackson to Westyille. We reac
.. ed there in three and half hours '
W., W., Dlo station and drive of nine miles
io'' The cotton and corn crops are in fl
shape so far as We had opportunity
~ observing.
ana The l.. & N. people, always anXio
ssee to give pleasure along their splenC
lian road. are now putting in golf links
Henderson's Point, near Pass Chl
tian-eighteen holes over a TO
H. mile course. This will add big dra
,,o ing card to the Pass attractions as
winter resort for Northerners G
min is the accepted game among the st
Iohn ETY. people everywhere, and the clim
in of lower Mississippi, in winter v
nut make the game a continual delight
sing the visitors. If the LINKS are rea
we're good Cand they are, we belieye), Il
unc. will d1aw scores of people who hi
rider heretofore played away the win
here months on the Florida links
: ne Two little darkeys of famous nal
cave we're arrested in Jackson last week
le robbing f. & S. Virden's store,
5en'S the police record is the richer I
!he by having entered thereon, Geo
pi'N Washington" and "Anse McLaur
.i.''' TO the credit of the parents of
MIN Youngsters with the famous mar
hort. they promptly refunded the amo
stolen, when they learned of it.
! The loyal friends in Mississippi
Gen. John B. Gordon, of the Confe
We'd a aey, will be interested to learn that
daughter, Caroline Lewis has cal
gage lated to a down east Yankee,
or(ed will be married at an early date
that Ormn Bishop Brown, prominent
Ken ness man of Maine.
this
1w of Mr.. c. r. Pitts a prominent Law
burg, of Waynesboro, died last Tues
years from injuries sustained in a fall
On in tween two coal cars His legs
er, re- terribly crushed, and death resulte
a few hours,
Secretary Stevens is bustly eng
ported in working up his report of penit
At the ary affairs and from it we learn
sup. there are now 1,025 convicts in
ancial States prison, Sc being white
Steel There is one white woman also;
lother are Indians, and the rest negroes
show
The Woodville Republican men