Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-05-20
{ MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

iS hiiou vi tOuipdiiN "a, llsI MlHSlaSippl'
better known as the Ratliff Battery of
Withers Artillery, to be held in jack
SOL, on the third of June. All members
ara earnestly requested to be present.
Tie call is signed by Hon. J, NJ. Chill
ton of Mayersville, Secretary Of the
organization, and is in part as follows:
AS near as we can ascertain, there
are about ninety survivors of the more
than 500 whose names are on the rolls
OF the old company, and these old fell
lows are rapidly crossing the river to rest
on the other side. Let us meet again.
VIII you kindly advise me of the names
If and former residences of any OF the
command who have died since June B,
;gO4? So Jar | have heard of only two
Hho have passed away since that date,
j. 5. Lee cCormick of Perthe Miss, and
Oliver Clifton, of Jackson, Miss.
Hon T. B. Franklin, Grand Master
of the Masons Of the State of Mississ-
ippi. has accepted the invitation extend
ed to him to he present in Greenville
on the 18th and lay the cornerstone of
the Kings Daughters Hospital, now be-
ing erected at that place. The people
of Lumberton also have asked that he
perform the same honor for them on the
18th, of which date they will lay the
cornerstone of their new courthouse.
When the Grand Lodge, |. o. o. F.,
meets an effort is to be made to
make jackson the permanent meeting
place of the order. Considerable SEN
timent has been worked mp for this
movement on account of the fact that
the Grand Lodge saves several thou
sand dollars by meeting in jackson
Another movement which is to be put on
foot and pushed is the home that tne
Grand Lodge contemplates building.
An equipment mortgage of 81 900, 900
has been filed by the Southern Railway
Company in the Office of the Secretary
of State The mortgage is to cover 81
600 freight cars, ninteen engines Of the
passenger type, ten switch engines and
fifty freight engines. An equipment
mortgage has been filed by the Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
to cover $50 freight cars. The Alabama
Great Southern has filed an equipment
mortgage for Sl,l4l DAG. 30, to cover
twelve freight engines and 900 freight
cars.
At is expected that the reports and
maps to be issued by the United States
Government on the soil survey of
Copiah County will soon be ready fol
distribution Since the first of the year
the United States Government has had
"a force Of men at work in Copiah County
making "a survey. The area includes
Crystal Springs, Gallman, Hazlchurst,
Beech Grove, Ruby and George
town. These reports and maps will be
for free distribution, and any resident
of the State can have one by dropping
a postal card to the Department Of Soils
Department Of Agriculture, Washing
ton, ID. Q.
Elliott & Ellis, tie contractors, en-
Joined - Mobile, Jackson and Kan
sas City railroad, restraining The com.
pany from the further use of crosstieH,
the tie contractors holding claims
against the road for So, 900, and the
writ of Injunction being filed jointly
with them by the Bank of Newton,
which held some of the vouchers,
This delayed construction work for q
time, but the matter has been adjusted
in such way as to be satisfactory to
all parties concerned, and steel laying
has been resumed.
The Supreme Court refused the request
of the Board of Supervisors of Simpson
County tosuspend its mandate in regard
tomoVing the county site back to West
Vile, and ordered that it be carried
out. For the present this settles
the Simpson County litigation
Justice rruley said in rendering the
decision today if it was shown that the
mandate could not be complied with ir
six months allowed that it would be ex-
tended.
Eldridge Hurt left his home in Hat.
tiesburg, April 10, 1905, and has moi
been heard of since. He is l5 years old
large for his age, blonde complexion
blue eyes, slightly stopped, hair little
dark and inclined to curl. His parents
are anxious to know his whereabouts
and any information will be thankfully
received. Address w. N. Hurt, so;
james street, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Insurance Commissioner w. Q. Cole
gives notice that the following new com
panies have paid license and been adj
mitted to Mississippi for the transaction
of business; Caledonian of New York
Orient of Hartford, Federal of New
Jersey, Assurance Company of America
of New York, Peter Cooper of New
York, Travellers Fire of Pine Bluff, Ark
Attorney-General Williams has ro
ceived official notice that the Missis.
sippi-Louisiana boundary dispute case
has been set for hearing on October TO-
The Mississippi attorneys are ready foi
the case when it comes up, being fa'
miliar with every point in the litigation
Hon. IT, NJ. Henry of Jackson ant
DR.. T. II. Henderson of Greenwood
members of the board of directors ot
the Soldiers Home at Beauvoir, re-
port the home in good condition, ant
the health of the inmates fairly good
in view of the fact that many of then
are very old and feeble.
At the recent examination for teach
ers in Tippah county, which was one
of the most difficult ever held, there
wore only two out of about thirty appli
cants who made the average to entitlt
them to first grade license,
Notice has been received from Capt
j. F. Merry, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent of the Illinois Centra
road, that the party of homeseekee,
and realty agents to be brought Soutl
this month will stop over in Jackson
from | O'Clock pm. of the 22d until
O'Clock am. of the 23d, This is tn,
longest stop-over to be made by th,
party during the trip.
The quarterly report of the Mobile
Jackson and Kansas City road flee
with the railroad commission shows
total receipts from all sources, $l65,
00759, and net earnings $50, 500. SO
with net revenue of So, 929 80 after de
ducting taxes and all fixed charges.
The Newton County Cotton Growers
Association met at Decatur last weel
and the County Organizer, 7. p. Var
brougo, reported that he had made I
canvass of u certain part of the countya ant