Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-01-11

: Naliey lIdln (DeLWeen NlckSDurg and
Memphis) last Sunday night will, un-
less promptly punished, do more to set
Mississippi back than two or three
poor cotton crops. And even though
punishment be swift and sure, the in
jury to our good name cannot be ef-
faced. Such men as Cooke, the despera-
do who, on this occasion, was the lead
er of a gang Of four drunken men who
boarded the train and In an unpro-
Voked row shot an inoffensive engineer
to death, has been in numerous es.
capes before this, and boasts of his
misdoings. Justice should be given to
him in one large and carefully meas.
ured dose that will insure him against
ever disturbing the peace of this great
state again. His death, however, will
not give back the husband and father
to the little home in Indiana now des-
olate because the bullet Of a Missis.
sippi hoodlum cut off the life of their
loved one In its prime, and while he
was peaceably engaged in the pursuit
OF his daily work. 1t will be a glad
day for Mississippi when public senti-
ment, the law and those having in
their hands the execution Of the law
combine to drive from tho borders of
the State such men as the four who
took charge of the Y. & NJ. V. train and
murdered this innocent man.
Yazoo City is to have a thoroughly
up-to-date postofice building, perfectly
7 equipped with all modern and i'm
proved appliances for the convenience
Of the public and of the employees. For
some time Uncle Sam has been trying
to secure q proper building in which
to install the Yazoo City postofTice-a
place fully up to the needs of the pub.
lie, and in which there was room for
the continued expansion of the bust.
ness. His efforts were futile, how
/ ever, and at last the troublesome
question has been solved through the
kindness of that real philanthropist
and true friend of Yazoo City, Mrs.
Fanny Kicks, Mrs. Kicks will erect a
handsome brick building with plate.
glass front and side and ample sky
light with regular postoffce finish.
lngs and furnishings throughout the
interior, which will be leased to the
government for postofice. Thus
Yazoo City will surpass every town of
her size in the State, in postal facili-
ties, and Mrs. RicKs adds another to
her long list of good deeds, done that
others might be made better and hap
pier thereby. How beautiful and how
good the world would be if all rich
men and women were as wise and as
kind as our own MRS. Fanny Ricks
The Methodist ministers in confer
ence at McComb City recently had an
interesting discussion on the subject
of football teams in the Methodist col
leges. The conference is unquestion-
ably opposed to the gridiron and said
so, seven to one. The action of Mill
saps in prohibiting the game was COM
mended, and Vanderbilt was sharply
criticised for allowing the matter to
absorb so much of the students time
and attention, and, they might have
l6Hn6 20 I,n
a necessary part of the programme at
every football game for some one or
more of the boys to come-up minus
a fhhgef or tde;;- ree3ii,s 81 hair or acres
(more or less) Of cuticle. Of course,
much time is lost then in necessary
repairs.
There have been columns of sensi.
BILE editorials and communications in
the newspapers of Southeast Missis,
sippi on the subject of establishing
molasses canneries in that section.
The Gulf G. Ship Island road has an.
nounced its interest IN this excellent
scheme, and we will no longer have
columns Of talk, but acres of cane in
stead. The canneries, instead of being
built on paper every week, will speed
lily find a more solid foundation on
good mother earth, and the enterpris.
ing farmers of Jones and Perry will
begin to change their patches into
fields wherein to cultivate the succu.
lent cane from which our Southern
land will draw its share of sugar and
long sweetening."
Hon. NJ Green, attorney, has filed
with the Secretary of State sworn
certificate giving the list of directors
of the New Orleans & Mississippi Mid.
land Railroad. The .sasttmsewG h,
Percy L. McCos
Stauffer,
Marcan
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