Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-01

from the Land Department at Wash
ington the maps and plates of the land
purchas ed by Foley e Arson, embrac-
| ing some $4,000 acreS. and Assistant
| Commissioner Smiley has been desig-
mated by these gentlemen to mark out
the line of the railroad to be built by
| them up the Pearl river valley.
| Adjt-Gen. Fridge has received infor-
nation from Gulfport to the effect that
the artesian well dug on the camp
| grounds near there Is big success
The well is $50 feet deep and is sup
| plying water at the rate Of $50 gallons
minute. Gen Fridge has issued
an order to the effect that no requisi-
| tion received for ordnance or quarter,
masters supplies would be honored
between July Is and August 15.
Congressman John Sharp Williams
gives notice that on August Is and 16
| an examination is to be held In Jack
son for the purpose of selecting a ca
det from the Eighth district in the
West Point Military Academy. All
| boys between the ages of II and %
are eligible to compete for this honor
The successful applicant will report at
| jackson Barracks. New Orleans, on
May /. 1906. for his entrance examina-
| ton Two alternates are to be chosen
from among the applicants.
| n1 4 Ia
| gang of foreigners at Crenshaw for
working on the railroad on Sunday.
| Tho railroad authorities were notified
| three weeks ago not to work their
gangs there on Sunday, but disobeyed
| the orders. The men were arraigned
| before the mayor and fined, which the
railroad will have to pay.
Reports received at the auditors cf
! flee indicate that there will be fair.
sized increase in the pension roll this
year, Judging from the frequent re.
quests for blank applications received
| at the Office The Board of Pension
Examiners will meet in September to
consider the new applications Per.
| sons now on the pension roll are not
required to make new applications.
The Simpson county branch of the
| State Cotton Growers Association has
arranged for big rally and barbecue
| to be held at Mendenhall on the 18th
| Of July. Simpson county carries the
third largest membership roll in the
| State. The arrangements for the rally
nil LA L., ,L, ,,f
Thames, Whitworth and James.
II Is announced that the General OIL |
Company, which is an Ohio corpora
| ton. is about to establish headquarters |
| in Jackson for the State Heretofore |
| the headquarters for the company has
been in Memphis and the business for |
a good portion of the South has been
| handled from that city. The General |
Oil Company Is competitor of the |
Standard, and has been in business for
some years in this section.
There are now fifteen convicts in the |
Mississippi penitentiary under the age |
Of 1G years, and it is understood that |
the effort will be renewed at the next |
session of the Legislature to secure the |
establishment of boys reformatory |
department in connection with the |
State prison, In order that the young |
sters may not be associated with hard |
ened criminals.
The Lincoln County Law and Order |
League which was the active agent in |
T. 90
ganizaton in that county. finally secur'
ing it's disruption, will prepare coun-
ter.petitions to be presented to Gov
Vardaman, urging him not to grant |
pardons to the ringleaders of the |
whitecapner organizations, who were |
sentenced to the nenitentiary at the |
November term of Circuit Court in that |
county.
Gov. Vardaman has p9rdoncd Wal |
ter c. Stevens. a white man serving a |
two.year term in the penitentiary for |
manslaughter Stevens was convicted |
in the Circuit Court of Copiah county |
last December. and has made model |
prisoner during his Incarceration. He |
was employed as bookkeeper at the |
Oakley Hospital, and rendered very |
satisfactory services. The Governor
found extenuating circumstances in
the case which justified the pardon.
Information has been received that |
the fire insurance companies operating
in Mississippi have recently agreed on |
special hazard rating for certain risks |
in Greenwood Ora. Port Gibson, West
Point Centrevile, Crawford, Vicks- |
burg. Silver City, Itta Bena, Gloster
and Prentiss
On Monday, July 3, the Supreme
Court will begin the call of all cases |
left on the dockets for the middle and |
northern districts The cases will be |
7alled peremptorily as they are reached |
on the docket, and will be argued, sub.
mtted or continued when called
Secretary Fisher, Of the Mississippi
Cotton Growers Association, reports
that the association has a thorough or
ganization in every county in the State
where cotton is grown, and on the 1st
VI July lie VIII pitpdlt MS Stiil-duludl
report to the executive committee,
showing the membership roll of each
county. The association viii collect |
cotton statistics throughout the season
at stated intervals and will have near
~ 5000 correspondents by whom in
formation will be furnished. The first
report was compiled from the data
sent in by 1892 correspondents.
The first annual summer school of
The Mississippi Agricultural and Me
chanical College opened at Starlvville
last week with o fair attendance OF
earnest and enthusiastic teachers
Much interest center5 in the meeting
of institute conductors called by Su
perintendent Whitfield to meet at
Starkyille on July 6 for two weeks
conference The teachers present eX-
pcct great benefit from contact with
the authors of the new textbooks, who
will be here throughout that time
This is a rare opportunity and will not
ha ON nfovcd aoaAp for another hva |