Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-10

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good people.
In the rebuilding OF Yazoo City two
public necessities have so far been for.
gotten--a flrst.class hotel and an opera
house. Tho citizens are now making
great efforts to organize stock com.
panies for the purpose Of supplying
both needs. May success attend their
efforts.
One Of the Sunny jim" exchanges
gets a lot of consolation over the re-
cent bad weather aud retardlng OF
planting operations from o comparison
with conditions in other years The
people are practically out Of debt and
Independent June will likely offer
weather favorable for farming opeNh-
tions, and while the cotton crop IS
necessarily reduced in acreage, other
crops will likely be increased, and the
country come out better In the end.
Blessed is he who gets consolation out
OF adversely and always finds a bright
side to darkest pictures. Life is bet
ter worth living from having known
him, and the reward due will surely be
reaped in the hereafter.
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One Of the bright Delta papers has
tho following to say OF the increased
interest being shown that section by
homeseekers:
Mississippi is on THE verge Of one
of the greatest booms that any State
hnn tIt r1
ago her virtues were practically UNI
known abroad. Today she is the best
advertised State in tho Union Her
wonderful resources, her balmy
climate and her glorious possibilities
are being recognized, and every day
land seekers and prospective invest
ors are pouring into the State from the
North, East and West. 1t Is the Delta
lands that attract the visitor most,
and those who live but few years
longer will witness the passing Of the
broad plantations into smaller farms,
where every foot is cultivated TO the
highest degree. The timber lands will
be utilized, stock raising will be
feature and diversifcation in farming
Va 'f''J PpiN hlll bI III fpNhNs iIbi''9
y week passes that there are nu
strangers in our gates. Strangers %th
capital, with ambition, and with the
foresight to realize that tho opportu-
mites are so much greater here for
thom than in their native States,
where farm lands ara being held far
beyond their value and openings for
profitable investments are closed"
The hustling little town Of Sidon, In
Leflore county, has opened bank
with $4,000 capital, A handsome
brick building will be erected Mt an
early day for the institution. Many
improvements are noted, and 1t looks
as II Leflore will soon have a second
metropolis. The richness OF the coun-
try surrounding the place would sup
port a city of 5000 people, and it bids
fair to have them ere long.
The little city Of Poplarvile is still
experiencing period of unparalleled
prosperity A second bank is under
way, and when thrown open to the
public will make the banking capital
$175,006 An artesian well will fur
nish pure water, several business
buildings and numbers OF dwellings
are being built, and the town is fast
becoming a city. There Is nothing too
good for the piney woods people, and
they ga after It,
In casting up accounts as to i'm
provementS now under way in Tupeo,
the local notes u $l50,000 fertilizer
factory about completed. the largest
mercantile establishment in North
Mississippi ready for occupancy, a
mammoth wholesale house under con.
struction, a splendid bank building
under way and dozens of residences
and cottages. Tupelo Is still forging
to the front and holds It's place with
the progressive and live cities in that
section of the State
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West Point rightfully appreciates
tho Importance of securing new lines
OF railroad, and is making strenuous
effort to land tho Alabama, Pensacola
& Western, which proposes to build
through that section Of the State.
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The Delta is attracting more atten-
tion from investment seekers than
ever before, and large sums of money
are being spent for the rich land over
there, Some enormous sales have
been recorded during the past few
days.
II is respectfully suggested that the
space being used so literally for po-
ltlcal purposes be devoted to exploit
ing the advantages of the community
in which the papers are located for
some time yet and keep a tab on the
results. Political preference is neces-
sary to the good of the country, but
there Is something like year and a
half vet before 1t will be necessary to
stir things up and prepare the good
people to vote intelligently, In the
meantime, talk for your home town,
county and State Let the world know
of the good things you have to offer.
and note carefully the benefits to be
derived from such a course.
Time Flies.
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