Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-06-04

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ternity.)
Attendant upon seasons Of prosper
ty comes disregard of the law that
Is TO be deprecated Such has been
the case from time mmemorial. Mis-
slssippi is row experiencing the great.
est period Of prosperity since the
dark and bloody days of '61-65, and it
is to he hoped that the loyal citizens
of our beloved State will use every
energy to see that the law is not
lagrantly transgressed. It is their
duty as a. citizen to do this, and 1t
may not be necessary to call alton
ton to it at this time, but lest some
might forget, n word of warning Is
dropped in spirit of love, and every
man urged to do his duty as a citizen
The blighting effect of lawlessness is
being experienced by several sections
aud strenuous measures being adopted
by the citizens and authorities to sup
press 1t before 1t gots beyond control |
A mans duty to his country is second
only to that of his family, and let
us trust that every citizen will use
bis every energy to prevent a stain
upon the fair name of his native State |
Our people are prosperous and happy
as general thing, and the day is
growing brighter as it grows older. |
No State in the Union is making fas-
ter progress than ours. The eyes Of |
the world are turning this way and to |
insure a continuance of the good work |
begun diligence must be exercised |
upon the part of our people.
The terrible calamity which befell |
YazOo City last week should be
warning to other towns that water
works, and good water works, should |
be maintained for use on just such |
occasions. A private corporation had |
maintained the system in Yazoo City |
for number Of years and many were |
the complaints of inefficient supply |
and pressure. The city was in the act |
Of installing a system of its own when |
tho fire swept away the greater p0r-
ton CT tho business district and a
great many dwellings. No town Of I
800 or more inhabitants should be ,
without a good system of water works |
and a regularly organized fire COM
pany. Profit by the costly experience |
of Yazoo City and provide these things |
while there Is time. and not be COM
PEELED to stand by and watch millions |
Of dollars go up in smoke without |
means to check it. The entire State |
sympathi2es with the stricken city ,
anu llNtl GuUSlullNlhl ON1lllidlHN mas /
been shown. Arrangements are al |
ready being made to rebuild and that |
in much more substantial manner |
than before. The people CT Yazoo |
City will emerge from their fire bath .
brighter and more energetic than ever.
There are millions in the culture of |
ginseng If our people knew how to |
get 1t out In some sections of Ken
lucky the root is being cultivated with |
the greatest success and in Mississippi |
there arc thousands of acres that are
especially well adapted to 1t. Rev.
w. Il. Crum, of Hickory Flat, in Ben
ton courty, is planting n little each
year to see just what can be expect
ed of It. In the section Of the State
where Mr. Crum lives the plant grows
wild and is hunted for the root with
fair success. If it will grow wild and
make mcrchantablc roots. Mr. Crum
figures that if cultivated that much
more ousht to be expected OF 1t. In
terested parties can get information
from Mr.. Crum concerning the great
possibilities Of this new industry by
addressing him with q stamped en-
velop for reply.
without doubt the biggest PROPOSE
tion which confronts the large plant
ers of the State Is that of labor, The
enormous amount of public works be-
ing carried on has taken a large per
cent of the negro labor from the cot
ton field and given employment in
towul and on the roads. They get
gooG wages in the first place, and with
the rising generation Of negroes 1t Is
their desire to live In town, where
srse numbers of them congregate, and
it is a hard matter to keep them on
the farms. A solution of this prob
lem will no doubt be presented soon,
and the writer is inclined to believe
that it will come about through the
breaking up Of the large farms into
small plots and working with white
labor from the more crowded sections
of the North and West Then each
farmer will own and TIL his own soil.
Sam r. Weems, the hustlng secre'
tary of the Greenwood Business
League, is working for the location OF
a large wood working plant and has
fine prospec cts of landing the pIze. 1t
will make cross arms from ordinary
lumber aad will employ q large
force of hlnds. The league is doing
a splendid work for Greenwood.
One Biloxi oyster canning concern
has sold 10000 cases so far this sea.
son. Figs are being canned now and
then comes something else. Great is
our gulf coast, and brighter still the
future.
The First National Bank OF Laurel
took $4,000 worth of city bonds is
sued for water works purposes a few
days since. It begins to look better
when our Mississippi banks can take
such large bond issues against the
competition of the Northern money
eenters,
The streets are being numbered In
Greenwood and name plates erected
on the corners in preparation for free
mail dcllveyy There Is no practical
way to keep in With the rapid ad-
cf that little city on the