Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-25


Is in full blast at Jackson from Wednes-
day OF this week and will run through
until Saturday o. next week. The dis
play OF products from various portions
of the State are excellent and well
worth coming miles to see, even by our
own people. Everything, commencing
with rorn and cotton aud on down the
long list Of horticultural and other
products, is given splendid showing
The live stock exhibition is attracting
even more attention than the exhibits
in other sections OF the fair. Several
hundred head OF cattle, horses, hogs,
goats and other animals are in the
show ring and pronounced as good as
can be shown by any State in the Union.
Every feature Of the Exposition has
been arranged so that there will be no
hitch, and the managers expect to get
through without trouble of any kind.
1t is great event for the State Of Mis-
sissippi, and should be made perma.
nent, and under the direction of the
State itself.
The St. Louis Republic In splendid
article gave much credit to the work OF
the textile school at our A. & NJ. Col
lege. This article has already been re-
produced in a large number OF the |
State papers. That is well and good.
Mississippi has proven pioneer In
more than one good work, and promises
to be more pronounced leader in the
future. The textile school is along
the right lines. At tho present time II
is necessary to send to New England |
for experienced men to successfully
operate our cotton mills. This is not
right. We should and will educate
them here at home and give these good
salaries to our home boys. The cotton
manufacturing industry is in its in
fancy as far as Mississippi is concerned,
but it will not always be thus. We
will eventually manufacture all OF the
cotton we raise and then there will be
work for the young men who are now
learning the intricacies OF the business.
Learn our young men to handle all |
propositions arising and then it will not |
be necessary to send away for men when
they are needed. This is what is meant
by "a Greater Mississippi"
Prof A. b. Mckay, horticulturist at
the a. e. NJ. College, issues warning |
to the people of the State, to beware OF |
the fruit tree pcddlers who are now |
travelling about over the State and |
selling trees at enormous prices, He |
says that many Of these fellows are not |
only selling trees for several times |
their worth, but many are selling in
ferior stock. Agents sell Elberta peach |
trees for 81 each when they can be
bought from home nurseries for sl.50 |
per dozen. Then, too, the spreading OF
the San Jose scale and other pests, Is
largely attributed to foreign nursery |
stock, There are nurseries in Missis-
sppi with the facilities OF furnishing |
stock for home consumption, and they |
are certainly deserving Of the business. |
They offer stock that is acclimated and |
If the tree should not prove true, the |
nursery is near and the trouble can be
corrected. Buy your trees from home |
people if possible and thereby encourage
the keeping of our money in the chan
nels OF trade at home.
Tippah county will likely have fair
next year. The Ripley Sentinel, under
the able management of Hon. A. G.
Anderson, has taken the matter up and
is pushing it. Expressions from promi-
nent citizens Of the county favoring the
proposition are being received and pub
lished. There is no investment that
Tippah county could make that would
prove more remunerative. By all
means have fair next fall.
The Ya2oo City compress made q
record run of COMPRISING l,2l0 bales
in less than ten hours. Compress man.
ayers are invited to beat this splendid
record if possible.
Mississippi has enough idle land to
support three times the present popu-
lation, and more than that under the
improved methods of farming. What
we need most is gcoi farmers who will
buy small farms aud cultivate them.
This is the solution of the vexed labor
p 'oblem that is at present the cause of
so much worry to our land owners
Cut the large farms up into small farms
and sell to those who will till them.
d. +. McInuis, Hattiesburg's mil.
lionaire farmer and manufacturer, is
away up head on the sweet potato prop
osition. He recently sent one to Pop
larville that weighed more than six
pounds. The crop all over the State is
a bumper one, and thousands of bushels
will be canned for use in the future. 1t
is an especially profitable crop.
Yazoo City records the sale OF 10
bales of cotton by one planter for II
cents per pound, That is a good price,
Notwithstanding the fact that the cot
ton was long staple. Yazoo City is an
excellent market for long staple cotton,
and for that reason should have fac
tory for working this excellent cotton
into the manufactured article ready for
use.
Contributions to the silver service to
be presented to the battleship Missis-
sippi are not coming as fast as they
should, and the people are urged to
come forward and contribute literally.
1t will never do for our State to fall
behind In the matter,
Mendenhal announces the location Of
another large woodworking plant for
that enterprising little city. Twenty
acres of ground have been secured and
the work of construction will begin at
once. The new plant will likely be il
operation by February |, and will give
employment to largo number OF
hands. Good for Mcndenhall.
The State board Of health has com.
pleted its labors add adjourned. DR..
Hunter, secretary of the board, gave
out the following:
"WhereaS, The Mississippi state
board of health indorses and adopts
the theory that The mosquiso is the only
demonstrated mode OF the transmission
of yellow fever, it is
"Resolved, That meeting OF This
board be called for January, 1906 1.-THE
date to be fixed by the PRESIDENT for
the purpose of suggesting to the next
legislature some action in conformity
with this fact, and for the more efficient
protection of the people of this State
against the introduction and prevalence
of yellow teYer in the future"