Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-02-15

to impress the lesson on them than
by having a State exhibit beitting our
limltless possibilities.
Note-We heartily thank Mrs M. A.
May Of ElwOod for kindly supplying
US with the catalogue from which we
CLEANED the above facts.-K. NJ. P.
A great deal of interest has been
aroused this session by the bill pro-
posing an increase in the salaries Of
the Governor and the Supreme Judges.
1t was ably argued that the Judges
should each have an annual salary
Of $4,000, SO as to enable them to
give all of their time and thought
to the cases before them, without be-
ing continually distracted by thoughts
concerning their expense accounts and
the fear that ends would not meet. "
The opposition to an increase in the
/ Governors salary was very decided in
the Senate, but it was pretty generally
conceded that the State should pay it's
chief executive a salary sufficient for
comfortable living expenses and avoid
the necessity of making the usual ap-
/ preparation for fuel, lights, servants,
etc. At first glance $4,000 per annum
/ looks Like a good deal. But living is
high in Jackson, very high, and the
Governor must live in a manner be-
fitting the dignity Of his position. His
family must make good appearance,
his latchstring must hang outside and
his table be always ready for the un-
expected - though always cordially
welcomed-guest. The old building
used for an executive mansion is an
expensive place to live in. 1t takes
almost as much coal to warm one Of
the rooms as is needed to fire loco
motive, And then the rooms are not
any too warm, To properly keep up
the yard alone would require every
hour Of one mans time, with none to
spare for garden, COWS or horses. The
servants must be the best of their
kind, to properly accomplish the work
required Of them. Whenever any man
or woman Of unusual prominence
visits Jackson it is expected that the
Governor will entertain him or her.
And so we might lengthen the list in,
definitely with hundreds of items
small in themselves, but running to
considerable amount in the long run.
All of these things cost money, as is
proved by the fact that nine out of
ten of our Governors have left the
mansion very much poorer (flnan-
cially) than they entered It, SO we
very much wish that the salary could
be $4,000 But the Senate made it
$4,000 with no additional appropria-
tion for servants, etc.) and made the
Supreme Judges salary $4,000 also.
TO the Librarian they gave an in
crease Of nearly $500, bringing her sal
airy up to $1,000 a year (and she most
certainly earns every dollar of it),
The AttoTney-General was given an
assistant, at $4,000 a year (and he
needed one, and has needed one for a
long time).
The Long Beach truckmen are in
trouble over excessive shipping rates.
At the present high rates charged by
the express companies, the heretofore
profitable winter gardens of that sec
tion give their owners a painfully
small margin over and above expenses.
From November till May these winter
gardens along our Gulf coast supply
the high-grade market of the North
with fresh vegetables, and it ought
to be a paying business, One Of these
Coast gardeners estimated that he
could make this winter $500 an acre
on his garden. The different shippers
have sent out this season all the way
from twenty-five to two hundred bar
rels, clearing from SO to $40 a barrel,
and all the shipping was by express.
Charges on barrels the size of flour
barrels were $3.50 and the sugar bar
rel size were S. each on radishes. The
prices were large increase over last
year. and the shippers are very SEN
sibly making long pull, strong pull
and a pull all together for better ship
ping rates We wish them success in
their undertaking. 1t is said, by the
way, by connoisseurs, that the Long
Beach radish is the most delicious
radish that is put. upon the North
ern market from any point, and com
mands the highest price. Inasmuch
as all the first-class hotels use this
vegetable on the breakfast table every
day in the year, If they can get it, 1t
can be readily understood that there
are close to millions in it, provid-
ing reasonable shipping rates are
given the shipper,
We doubt if there has ever been a
better special edition" published in
the State than the souvenir edition
of the Greenville Timeg, issued last
week in that Queen City" beside the
Father of Waters by the Times Pub.
fishing Company. The edition is me-
chanically excellent and the matter
was so carefully prepared and so skill
fully presented that it cannot fail to