Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-08

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cause for criticism, He is indeed a
gentleman sans peur ct sans repr0che! !
Would that we had thousands like
him!
Fruit growers are just now plum
ing themselves on the fine prospects
for a good fruit season with bounti-
full yield Those who know claim this
to be the brightest outlook we have
had for several years, inasmuch as
the continuous cold has prevented the
swelling of the buds prematurely, We
have suffered gre&tly in recent years
from this cause, killing frost usually
coming to do its deadly work after
the trees were pink and white with
bloom This week and next are re-
garded by the growers as the critical
period, and if this is passed success
fully, hopes will rise high indeed.
Great numbers of new orchards will
come into bearing this season, and
the fruit business will get well into
its place as a leading industry in this
land of milk and honey" where
flowers and fruit should abound in the
highest state of perfection. An au.
thority on these matters writes that
the fruit acreage in this State has
been steadily increasing for several
years and during the present season
thousands of acres Of new orchards
are expected to bear. The peach is
the favored fruit, being. in fact, the
only fruit that can be grown with any
great degree of success, followed by
inanciaT remuneration. Many of the
fig trees killed by the severe weather
of 1898 have since sprung into life and
will bear this year.
Among the truck farmers the situa
tion is also unusually bright Tomato
and cabbage acreage will be fully
equal, if it does not greatly surpass,
that Of last year, and the sale Of fer
tilizers has been abnormally heavy.
Tomato and cabbage plants in the cen
tral and southern sections of the State
are now in cold frames awaiting the
first opportunity of transplanting to
the fields and a large variety of other
vegetables will be planted.
The many successes of last season
in favored sections has inspired ether
communities to experiment in truck
and fruit farming,
Preparations for the new years cror
are being made all over the State, de
spite the repeated setbacks caused by
bad weather. 1t is feared that the diff
fculty of securing sufficient seed, ow
ing to scarcity Of the home-raised
product and the high prices charged
for Western grain, may decrease the
: acreage somewhat A number of oul
exchanges tell us that the farmers IL
their sections mean to raise oats
which is considered an eXcellen
thing for man and beast alike. 1t vii
fill the pockets of the former ant
9 cover the ribs of the latter,
Bishop Charles B. Galloway Is a
q present in Canada, in attendance upol
G the meetings of the students voluntee
o movement in Toronto. This splendit
q son of old Mississippi is one Of tn
/. great orators of this occasion, and i
!. conferring distinction on his nativ
A State. But he always does that where
:, ever he goes and whatever his theme
y Tho Mississippi Bishop is indeed
/ great man as well as a great church
man.
, Grand Master William Hemingwa
Of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellow
;. has issued a proclamation calling o
,. all the subordinate lodges in the Stat
n to fttingly observe the eightieth ann
Il versary of the order on April 26. TIL
4 Jackson lodge is making preparation
. for creditable celebration. The al
u nual meeting of the Grand Lodge,
l. O. O. f. of Mississippi, convenes Ma
a 6, In the Queen City of the East, Nj
t, ridian, and should have full a
h tendance.
Ie The insurance agents of Jackso
Ie last week received notice to put int
a effect the advance of 25 per cent,
Il rates that the companies decided Q
e. some time ago. According to these a
a vices. the rates became operative Q
10 the 21st of February. The rates a
st ply to business property manufactu
- ing concerns and stocks of mercha
% disc. The rates of dwelling houses
" not touched.
4. Greenville hopes to add at an ear
n date to her many attractions by Il
le possession of new public buildin
,g Senator McLaurin has introduced
N bill for the purchase OF site AZ
- tho ercction Of the building thereo
~ and VIII push II 10 success II eneee