Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-04-29

Eatlprosent we were paying two and a
tqtHrter million dollars yearly to con-
cerals in the North and East without a
word in the management of said CON
| Germs Or knowledge of their manage
msgs I. seems to have been prophetic.
! Sfrce'anat time one Of the largest in
surance companies doing business in
! this country has been torn by dissen-
| sions among the managers, revealing
the reckless expenditure of money be-
longing TO policy holders, and the sub
sequent demands for receivers from
/ more than one State in the Union.
Let patrons Of such concerns inyesti.
gate as far as possible and the de-
mand for such a concern at home will
| grow stronger day by day.
The little town of Guide in LehoTe
county has offered the Delta Southern
railroad free right of way and $4,000
bonus TO build from that point south
instead Of ltta Bena. and it is under.
stood that the offer will he accepted.
Guide is owned by gentleman from
Kimmins. Tenn, and is rapidly
growing and enterprisng little town.
Greenwood is not satisfied with
what she has and positively refuses
10 sit down and be 1uet Although
| pretty well supplied with hotels at
present. . large stock company is be
| ing organized to build a larger and
better hotel And this is only one Of
the progressive movements on foot in
that hu5tling Delta municipality.
Seyral business gentlemen of Holly
| Springs have organized a company to
build and operate "A large brick fac
tory The CLAWS in that section of the
State are especially fine for such pur-
/ poses. one of the largest pottery
plants in the South being located
there.
The National Live Stock Reporter,
of st Louis. has the following to say
concerning a recent shipment Of Mis-
sissippi cattle.
| IS W Curruthers, well known
| farmer and feeder of Clay county,
! Miss. had in two loads of good grade
| dehorned Durham steers today, 20
head averaging | 800 pounds, and top
ping the Southern cattle market at So
| per cwt., being purchased by Nelson,
Morris e. Co. They were Mississippi
! bred, raised and fed, three year oldS,
! and had been run on grass until lit
| tie less than six months ago, when
they were placed on a ration Of cotton
seed meal and huls and corn meal,
! and their condition today showed that
Mr. Carruthers got good returns for
his feed and labor
"J. w Walker, Of the same place,
a so had a load of graded red polled
steers on the market, 23 head averag-
ing l0l6 pounds, and selling to the
/ st. Louis Dressed Beef Co, at 1870
/ per cwt They had been fed about
| three and one-half months, and were
fed the same as the Carruthers cat
| tic"
The above Is conclusive evidence
| that no State furnishes greater ad-
yantages than Mississippi for raising
cattle The sale of beeves for three
/ years of age averaging fourteen hun
| dred pounds at six cents per pound
| gross gives a fine profit to the farmer.
| $Si per head is fine price for three
year old steers and no state offers the
I same advantages TO raise them as
cheaply as Mississippi We can have
grasses throughout the entire year II
the effort is made, and when the fat
tening season arrives, our cotton seed
hulls and meal makes the best and
cheapest ration More attention
should be given this branch of stock
raising and the success recorded by
Mr. Carruthcrs will 90 farther to call
attention TO II than anything else that
could be done,
Gufport will construct a complete
sewerage system, the plans being
adopted several days since Bids for
construction will be opened in a short
time ana the work gotten under way.
While Gulfport did not find a sewerage
system a necessity for health, the con-
! dtions there being very favorable al
ready, the city is determined to have
all upto-date conyenences, hence the
decision to build sewerage,
The suspense attendant upon tho
announcing Of a commission to select
school books for the State for the
next five years has been relieved.
Eight good men have been appointed
and the gigantic task before them bd-
gun Let every man in the state aid
to get through with This piece of busi'
ness without the scandals which SO
they have to perform. Money viii
flow as free as water and every sub
tcrluge taken advantage Of Hold up
the hands of no commission and help
them perform the important duty de.
yolving upon them. 1t Is pity that
| Mississippi has not q book establish.
ment of her own, so that the million
or more dollars that will be expended
in the next five years could be kept at
home Then too, the subject matter
and historical chronicing of events
would be much more satisfactory. At
present we are compelled to accept
the version givel events by our breth
rem of the North who can't see thinga
Just as we do Our children should
be taught TO reverence the position
and actions Of their fathers in the
times of trouble past and not be told
that they were traitors or rebels
against the authority of just gov
Crnment
Lafayette county proposes a good
work in the leveeing Of Yocona river
bottom, and also in constructing a
good road across this as well as sew
eral other streams There is no in.
vestmcnt that will pay larger divi
dends than those used in the construc.
tion OF better roads, Bad roads or
no roads at ALL is the greatest draw
back that Mississippi has at present.
People coming here seeking locations
are frequently scared away by the
lack of such necessities going where
more is offered in the way Of modern
conyenlences ard improve nents, We
need hetter roads and tho county that
| loads in their construction will load