Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-10-14
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


build Il railroad from Meridian to Phil
adelphia, Miss, sent committee to-
Mehan Junction to confer with thH
powers OF the Cotton States Lumber
Company, Il wealthy corporation that
recently purchased the Meehan- Hounds
Lumber Company's plant at that place
and which owns IL railroad fifteen miles
long, running from that place in tho
direction of Philadelphia, with refer.
ence to making a deal with them for
extending the road to that place or fur.
ther 1t is understood that the lumber
company has been favorable to such a
PROJECT for some months, and high hopes
are entertained that the road will be
butt soon, thus giving Meridian con
nection with the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City road.
Replying to query relative to the
cotton buyers privilege tax, State Aud.
itor Henry addressed Il tax collector the
following letter:
81 think the law clearly means TO tax
every person engaged in actually buy
ing cotton. The phrase whether for
himself or as agent or employe Of an.
other is susceptible of no other mean.
ing. | do not think A could employ Il
to buy cotton under AS license. B, be-
fore buying cotton, should have a IL
ccnsc in his own name. The object OF
the law was to prevent a firm Of buyers
from having agents in various parts of
the State operating under the firms
license Only one municipality is al.
lowed to tax them, for the reason that
on travelling cotton buyers were each
village, town or city permitted lo assess
them with 80 per cent Of the State tax,
the same would be prohibitive."
The Mississippi Cotton Association
will request Governor Nardanan to in
corporate in his biennial message to the
legislature recommendation for the
establishment of II department of agri.
culture. This subject was fully dis.
cussed at the recent meeting Of the cx.
ecutive committee Of the Southern
Cotton Association at Asheyilc, and il
was the opinion Of those present that
every State in the South should have a
department in the State government of
this character. Such departments cX-
list in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,
Tennessee and North Carolina, and the
association believes that Mississippi
should take a similar step, for this is
prc-emlnently an agricultural State.
President Harvie Jordan writes rs
follows to the secretary of the MissiS-
sippi Cotton Association: 81 wish to ask
your assistance in inducing the farmers
to stand firm in the face of the tire.
mendous efforts being made by the for.
eign spinners and the bear element to
depress prices. The crop in many sec
tions has already been gathered. The
crop must necessarily be Il short one.
If the farmers will be patient and stand
firm for a short while, the market will
soon advance to our minimum of ii
cents.
The secretary of the Oktibbeha Fair
Association has written to Manager
Mckay, of the Mississippi Industrial
Exposition, that he is going to get all
of the best of his fair together, if pos
sibIe, and ship to Jackson The Oktib-
beha fair will be held at Starkyille oct
81 and Nov | and 2, SO that it will be
over in good time to ship exhibits tc
jackson.
1t is announced at the Office of the
State superintendent of Education that
a State examination will he held at the
superintendent office in jackson about
the middle of October, provided the
fever situation permits, In the event
the quaranlincs have not been lifted hy
that date the examination will be post
poned again.
The Jones County Fair was held ut
Ellisvillc last week. The various cx.
hibits were the best ever shown in that
section, and proved u great attraction
to all visitors, An excursion train on
the Mobile, jackson and Kansas City
road carried 900 children from Laurel
to the fair ON chidren's day.
TheState Board of Health has adopt
county in which there is no yellow fever
against those that have the fever The
infected counties are Claiborne, ,Jeifer.
son, Franklin, Adams, Warren and
Wilkinson.
A large number of farmers of Lowndes
county met at Columbus and discussed
the good roads proposition, Great in
tercst was manifested in the meeting,
and the people seem awake to the fact
good roads are necessity.
The fine dry weather around Cotton
Plant is enabling farmers to get good
start picking out the cotton. The po-
tato crop is bringing a good price. The
sorghum crop is short and sells easily
at 40 cents.
Owing to the shortness of time allot-
ted for his Southern trip, President
will be unable TO make any
stops at Mississippi points.
Bishop Charles b. Galloway dedi-
Gated new Methodist church at Black
Hawk recently. The church was built
on the site of the old church, in which
.he bishop preached thrty-dvc years
ago, when he first entered the ministry.
Ha2lehurst has adopted u curfew law
everyone to be off the streets
by . o'clock pm.
The Mississippi and Alabama Rail
road Company has been chartered,
The road will run from Corinth, Miss,
to Jasper, Ala, and it is said viii be
built at once.
Secretary Woods of the Mississippi
Division of the Southern Cotton Asso-
ciation has issued bulletin, in which
he gives the condition of the cotton crop
of the State at 65 per cent, which is
of per cent, from last
report This estimate is based
on the thousands of letters and reports
received by the Cotton Association
from over the State.
State Land Commissioner Nails re-
port of the business of his Office for the
past two years shows that during the
biennial period he sold Sl43,4li worth
of lands. These figures include collec-
lion for rentals, trespasses, etc.
Rates have been agreed upon for the
Natchez, Columbia and Mobile rail
road, being made about the same as
those on the Pearl and Gulf, The chief
complaint was against the rates on
lumber, about all that has heretofore