Macon beacon., 1905-08-19

| lively small amount of fruit. bolls are
beginning to open south Young cot.
ton is doing fairly well over the great.
er portion Of the State, but generally
continues small and late. Rust and
shedding are serious only in the east.
ern counties, where boil worms are
also doing some damage; there has
been less complaint of injury from
blight Old corn has about matured
and fodder pulling is in progress
Young corn Is quite promising Peas
are making a splendid growth. Sugar
cane and sweet potatoes are doing
finely. Haying continues with good
yields Pasturage is excellent. The
planting of turnips and fall gardens
has commenced"
Except In instances where shotgun
quarantines, established by small com.
munities, will prevent the instructors
from following the routes originally
planned, there will be no abandonment
Of the series of farmers institutes be
Ing conducted by the members of the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan
ical College faculty. Although the
State Board of Health has advised
that all public gatherings be suspend
ed pending developments in the fever
situation, these meetings of farmers
are purely local in character, bringing
| together persons who have not been
exposed to infection, and therefore nc
risks are incurred. Advices received
at the Office of the Department of Ed
ucation state that thus far there has
been no annulment OF the series OF
teachers institutes planned for the
next two or three weeks. The inst
tutes thus far held have been well at
tended by the teachers.
News comes of a disastrous water
spout In the Fannin neighborhood OF
Rankin county, which played havoc
with crops and drowned fully 100 head
of live stock. The waterspout broke
about O'Clock in the afternoon, and
within few minutes thereafter Pear
river rose eighteen inches. Several
farms were inundated, the crops being
completely destroyed, and all the work
animals, especially in the lowlande
near the river, were drowned Several
white persons and large number Of
negroes narrowly escaped being
drowned.
A farmers institute, conducted by
Messrs. j. w. Hamilton and ]. l. Long
est, was held at Carthage last week
The attendance was much better than
at previous institutes and much inter.
est was manifested by the farmers
Such questions as preparation of soil
cultivation, drainage rotation of crops
value of restorative plants, etc, were
discussed, and much good will result
therefrom. Plenty of dinner served
on the grounds for all, and everybody
had pleasant time.
The Mobile, Jackson & Kansas CITY
Railroad will not take an appeal to
the United States Supreme Court
from the decision of the Mississippi
Supreme Court in the celebrated Pom.
totoc injunction case. This conclu.
sion means that the Pontotoc depot
will be located on the site named by
tho Railroad Commission, and with
out further controversy.
Gov, Vardaman has granted a par,
don to Walter Bailey, white man
serving twenty-yoar sentence from
Jefferson county for manslaughter. He
was sent up three years ago.
Reports received at the office Of
State Insurance Commissioner Cole
show that the fire insurance compan.
les operating in the State have recent
ly adopted rate reductions in quite
number of towns in the State, and it Is
understood that other reductions arc
slated for the near future, These re.
ductions are due to the inspections
being made by special agents of the
various companies, and finally agreed
upon by all tho insurance organi2a
tons operating in the State.
The Mississippi Text Book Commits
sion met at Okolona to consider the
quarantine situation as affecting the
establishment Of local agencies for the
distribution CT the recently adopted
text books. An order was placed mod
flying the requirements for the ostab
lishment Of the agencies until the
quarantine situation has improved.
A genuine cloudburst visited Can
ton one day last week Six inches Of
rain fell in an hour All low places in
the town were ovcrhowed, water run.
ming into several of the stores
Advices from over the State are to
the effect that the Boards of Super
visors of the seventy-slx counties are
making good headway with the work
Of oqualizing the personal assessment
rolls for 1905. In many of the coun.
ties notably large increases are re-
ported Kinds county, for instance
NlllNGu all lllNl Ndst VI bf'l ilull II llll
lion dollars before the work of equal
lzation was commenced, lauderdale
reports an increase of $526,51S, and al
least four other counties will show in
creases amounting to near'y half
million dollars. Thus far not sin
gle county in the State has reported
a decrease.
The big camp meeting at Victorlt
closed last week. This was the thr
teenth annual camp meeting The best
talent the county afforded preached
This year the services were conduct
ed by Rev. Sam S. Holcomb. a leading
evangelist of Pine Bluff, Ark, and all
were delighted with him and his
preaching.
The State Railroad Commission will
not hold another session for several
weeks, or until the quarartines have
sufficiently relaxed TO permit the traf
&c officials from various points in the
South to attend The gathering