Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-10
ODE TO MISSISSIPPI.
(Leslie's Weekly.)

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And gemmed with evening flowers.
She browns the hoe-cake to turn
And picks the cotton snow,
And trains tho peaches on the wall
And makes the melons grow;
And when the dews begin to fall,
And the stars are out above,
She plays tho banjo on the door
And sings song of love
Father Of Waters, deep and wide,
Impatient to be free;
A mighty river at her feet,
Goes rolling to the sea.
And where DeSoto only saw
Dark woods on either side,
Tall towers and fields of waving green
Are mirrored in the tide.
Oh, Mississippi All my heart
Is way down South with you;
For who can know your countless
charms
Nor be forever true;
And though my feet may wander far
On many foreign shore,
And other States may seek to please,
Yet but love you more.
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Mississinni navs annually the enor-
nous sum Of s643O 006 for insurance
Of ono Kind and another OF tbis
amont n very small nar cont is left
in the State, there being only three
fire and no life companies domiciled
therein az this total s2S62 4o5 po
to old line Iifo comnanies as nremiums
on nolicies During the mast wear only
s0Og o461a was maid hack from the
nearlv 90 OOO mn collected Or in
other words nearly a. 400 OO0 of orr
money went to the Northern and East
erp cities to holm tbo voluma NJ busi.
ness tbere Now tba question again
ar,sos n life or fre insurance com.
many can mako millions in New York
whv can', tbo same thing bo done in
Mississinni9 Wo have three 6ro in.
erranco comronies doing n nico husi.
ness althouph the losses maid for all
fire. comnanies in the State almost
eoualed tbe nremiums maid Then If
nearIv tbreo millions 10 maid for old
turned wbv NOT have tho comnanv in
Mississinpi9 If officers are IN be Maid
s10o oOo nor annum and ex.nresidents
retired on salary or pension of $50
ooo wbv not havo these men in Mis-.
eissinniS n Gao nm js m he exnended
on spm ntuous banouets and lavish ey.
nenditures made of the nolicv.holders'
monev wbv moi have tbem IN Miesis.
sinni9 This ic NOT intended to Justify
tba evnendituro ~ encb sums nc mon.
tionad hut ~ /, 10 necessary IN use the
,neonle's MONEY in such lavish expendi.
turee Iet,s have tho officers and whole
hurob In Jjeeieeinni and some of Tho
monev would oct hack into tbe Ieeiti.
mate channels NJ business Missis.
einni sbould have eeveraI etronp life
insurance comnanies backed nv Mis-.
sissinni money of3cered nv Mississin.
nj mon and natronized bv Missjssin.
mans Then we would be in a nosition
n know that orr money was heinp
nronerlv band,ed and was not wasted
"a recant events On IN nrove that II
has been in tbo cities NJ tbe Mast
s.*
Tho greatross of Missics,nni is
baeed unon tba character of its citi.
1enshi, and tho aheolute eoualitv ac.
corded m everv honest man in the ex.
oroisa % bic riobts The writer re.
erets n sea occasionallv evidences
tbot tboro 10 n email tendencv IN he.
,it,,o tha oninione of n man who 10 MT
vol % sxod ,n thia worid,e goods nv
eiyo duo credence N his rights as n
vnnatnd ] thot IN ev,n, taxation mon
the neopIe the man who pays on a
million dollar assessment should be
considered q hundred times to where
the man who pays on one thousand
dollars should This theory is not
right and the greatest advantage Of
fered by Mississippi over States in
tbe East that are dominated by the
trusts and financial institutions, is that
one good man in Mississippi is Just as
important as another without refer,
enca TO his bank book or property
holdings. The ability of the man
with the million to pay his taxes
is inst as great as the man
with the thousand. In both cases
their possessions ara represented. and
there should he no preference shown
tho wealthy man. Keen It well fixed
in the minds of all that all honest, re.
spectable citizens arc upon an abso-
lutely equal basis in Mississippi, and
the greatness of our grand old State
will continue as the model for others
to follow.
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brains and the truly wonderful accom-.
nlisbment ~ twelve months in tho re.
bmildins 30 yo7oo ritv ia strilginol
ehown IN tho Illustrated sneciai issue
hu No yanoo Santinel op tha o5tb
Twenty scanes show Tho deso,ation
tnwn tn ' IN tho I fooa twalve montbs ~ ago
oston tho - sro a. aenS hod s,,hsidnd So
oansa thera was nracticallv notbino
~ 49, ~ e" hnrn w Tbn scenas - yazoo
tndas % olonasida % tbosa mentioned