Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-07

> in their efforts to get the best of ev
erything that is going, and they gen
orally get it.
Robt. +. Cafiey. of Winona killed
an eleven-months-old pig that weighed
$40 pounds. j. n Smith, OF GlOster
killed one not fourteen months old
that weighed 600 pounds Hogs are
good property and they can be raised
in mississippi as well as anywhere
under the sun.
A gentleman calls the attention OF
the writer to the fact that the life in.
surance company which he represents
is investing its capital in Mississippi,
and il has since transplred that some
Of the others are in possession of
mississippi bonds. All well and
good. Let us hope that some one of
them will see fit to build n good Office
structure or two in the State. They
are doing this in the larger cities Of
the North and East and we would like
to see the money we pay in invested
here closer to home, especially so
when the rate Of interest Is so much
more here than in the big financial
centers. After an investigation of the
comparative amounts invested in Mis-.
sisssippi by the insurance companies
with the two and half million dol
lars paid them each year, something
more will be said on this subject
The jackson House, at West Point,
sets the pace in supplanting negro
walters with German girls brought
down from the cities up East. The
innovation is apparently working
well. as the help is much more de-
sirable and reliable than negro wait
ers. A number Of families in West
Point have white help and are pleased
with the new regime
The address of Capt w. H. Hardy,
OF Hattiesburg at the Corn and Cot
ton Carnival on South Mississippi"
was hugely enjoyed by his hearers,
and it was unanimously voted one of
the best expositions of the wonderful
resources and great future of that
favored section ever heard. The G. &
s. |. railroad could not get better mat
ter to advertise the country contig-
uous to its route, and it would un-
doubtcdly be a good idea to have it
printed in pamphlet form for general
distribution.
The weather during Christmas was
balmy and pleasant, quite n contrast
to the brand being served to our
| friends in the North and West Pity
| It's that large numbers Of them could
not have been with us in its enjoy
ment.
Ripley is contemplating the build
ing of canning factory The coun-
try adjacent to that town would make
fine trucking community and with
the railroad facilities which it will
soon have there seems to be every rea.
son why such an enterprise would be
a success. Ship truck North while
the market is good and have the can
ming factory to work the surplus and
take care Of the crop in the event the
market went to pieces. We expect to
see quite n number of canneries To-
catd in the State this year.
Armour & Company, the Chicago
packers, will locate a big branch house
at Greenwood as soon as the two
story building for their use can be
constructed. 1t will be made the dis
tributing point for large territory
of rich country and will be worth a
great deal to Greenwood.
A gentleman who has been in Mis-
sissippi only two years, and who
came from the cold regions mentioned
above, has this to say in behalf of our
climate.
For several weeks the North has
been the scene of snow, ice and win
ter desolation. The inhabitants OF
every State north Of the Ohio river
have begun the four to five months
fight against inclement weather, |
which comes annually with the GER
tainty of taxes Here in Mississippi |
no snow has fallen, no ice has formed |
and no wintry winds have tormented |
those whose calling necessitates eX
posure to the weather, The North has |
severe weather than the people of |
Jones county will see all winter. The |
difference in comfort between a rest |
dence in this favored section and one |
in the icy North is so great that it
must be experienced to be realized |
Mississippi should place in
their hands the truth about this |
States Incompatible climate and the
opportunities offered newcomers IN
every line of industry
The advantages Of mississippi |
should be properly exploited before
the world, as the gentleman says, and
the benefits would be great.
Magnolia is awakening to the i'm.
portance of municipal improvements,
and is at present engaged in building
complete system of water works.
The city is already supplied with cleo
trio lights, and soon will be clamor
ing for sewerage and other improve
ments
A number Of mining concerns from
the West have representatives in Mis-
sissippi soliciting stock in their or
ganizations. Would it not be better
to invest your spare money in Misss-
sippi mines, there being a great num-
ber of them producing gold and silver
in prodgious quantities. although
possibly not in the crude shape of the
Western mines Investments here
should prove much more salts
factory than thousands of miles from
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