Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-29

Those who have any Apprehension
ba; the city daily will invade the
ield of the country weekly to. such an
,xtent that the latter will suffer there
". are bothering about a bridge tnat
Mi, never have to be crossed. The city |
iaily ought 10 be in every nome, Dul
Iay Il alongside the country weekly
and notice what choice the reader
makes of the two. The doings OF MS
home town. whether he be resident
thereof or removed, are of vastly more
interest 10 him than national polltlcs
or the exposure of public graft.
II .et the editor of the country week
IL miss one of his subscribers for one
week and he hears of his oversight
For one issue they have been depriVeu
of gratifying their desire to know Wnat
is doing in the town, which throusn
years of association has become
mart of them. The country weekly APP |
neals tn the heart. It's dlction may ne
impure and its articles sound queer 10
the outsider, but to the one VINO var
nos II enough to be its subscriber, lts
every paragraph is pure gold'
"It is all very well after every woro
NJ the country weekly has been close
ly scanned. to casually PICK up the
city daily to find ont about the rama
mo canal or what the latest scandal ID
Washington NAV be. But first OF all
we are interested in those peopio
whom We know from personal asso-
citation and we want to know ABOUT
those more vital affairs that are going
IN about us. The city daily may he
on the doorstep until father comes
homo from down town, but by that
time mother and the rest OF lhe lain'
ilv have all read the country weekly
over each others shoulders.
"In this day and age every iamiiy
can afford and ought TO take Ootn' ou'
ifthere is a choice to be made between
the two, the subscription should go 10
the editor who keeps tab on the events
in ones home town
The Gulfport and Crystal Springs
chautauuuas have been held, anu oo'n
were successes. The next to open up
is at Gloster. Amite county. under 'he
cognomen of the "Whitworth chau,
tauqua." 1t will begin July 80 anu
continue fifteen days. This charac
tor of amusement and recreation ia
calming strength in Mississippi, ano
II Is confidently expected that meet
ing will be held in North MISSISSIPPI
somewhere next season. 1t not ON,
furnishes recreation. but instructor
as we'll The very best platform ora
TORS and scientists are engaged an.
) give the people something TO .hln'
about AS well as amuse. The writer u
! pleased at the sentiment preValiih'
among our people for high grade o
I amusement. and hopes to see II ful
2 tber crystalize as the years go by.
4
Y Two OF the largest hotels In Jacf
: son are enlarglng, about l5o rooms W ~
t ing added to the two. TWO smalie
d hotels are being erected. one win 0
J. rooms and the other with 64. Afte
/ these improvements are comple,eu IN
e Capital CITY will he In conaitlon
@ care for the travelling pubic han'
l. somely There has been a demand lt
G more hotel room in Jackson for year
n but If seems that all deficiencies WI
y soon be supplied.
T. Iaurel is advertising for plans !
a which TO construct a s2c,oOo scno
'e building. The rapid growth OF TN
/. citv pecessitates the constant aduI,
of facilities to care for tne peop,
Id The Figure Fiend" of the city tal'
n, fuently of the 5000 mhaoitah
is claimed and those who know bele
D. that n census would locate that nul
e. ber in Laurel
n. Isham Evans and other enerse'
)y West Pointers have established &C
1t storage plant in that city, and VIII
n ein business right away. The adVa
ID. tapes of such concern IN any q
al are too numerous to mention anu u, u,
&c that the ice has been broken IN NJ
le, sissippi. as ii were we expect 10
on other places following the example
ch West Point. The produce busln'
lr. positively demands such concern
I'M insure its handling to the best auV'
,st tage. Build more of them
Inc ldI - t mn,
IRE Mississippl during the pas, ~ =
act calls to the attention. OF our ueo' IL,
ire pie the admonitlon enforce ,he IA
ON If it were not Tor the lact .hae sn,e .
eft LAWYERS can so often clear man
me his awful charge If he has the mol
on TO employ them, there woulu nT1 M
for half the Killings in the State. I'm
be too, this infraction is induced Wy
uld ers of less Importance, me way
du- break it up is to enforce 'he Ia"
tes idly ana without 'a'o,
'itn A gentleman i, VINO - , u, sow "a ge' 5avs si
me know. told the writer lew uass :, :,
nee r"n, ,,ai,,ion dollars worth of mules,
re- that of this amount Washington &C
ing ty alone bought million ana
no Every mu'e osen s ns,u ,toro sIouo io no mans
'on' IN the 9'''e oe,on a" for not doing so.
eNo'@' -
liz Meridian is busily engaged In sp
rent ing $40, 900 paving the principal SUI
he of the city. Meridian Is no.nlie u
,he progressive, ano vi, chow "a 90,
or;n ,"% pect .. enas ,rT rben " The census is mad
1910 Her people are made of