Macon beacon., 1905-09-02

MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following Is the weekly crop
bulletin issued by the government:
The mean temperature for the week
was sligltly above normal Daily
| showers continue over the central and
northern portions Of the State being
very heavy over the de'ta counties, a
weekly total Of 4.j4 inches being re-
ported from Greenville and 3,O4 inches
from Ya7oo City. Over the southern
part of the State there was decrease
IN frequency ard amount Of rainfall,
only light scattered showers being re-
| ported, The showery condition which
| las prevailed during the past two or
| three weeks continued up TO the latter
part Of the week and caused cotton as
a whole TO deteriorate. Shedding is
| general over the entire State, and
there is considerable complaint of rust
and blight, especially In the middle
| and delta counties. In the northern
counties, while there is complaint of
shedding, cotton generally shows an
| Improvement, although the crop Is
small and late, growing too much
weed. Cotton is opening rapidly south,
| but owing to excess of moisture there
Is considerable rotting reported In the
| lowlands. where water stands in some
| fields. Picking has commenced in
some localities. Young corn shows an
| Improvement throughout the State
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Fodder pulling is in progress, but re-
| ports of yield in middle counties are
very Encouraging. Planting of tur-
nlps and fall gardens Is becoming gen
eral over the central and southern por-
| tions of the State"
The first bale of the new crop re-
ceived at Jackson was raised on the
| experimental farm of the Mississippi
Cotton Oil Company, near Jackson,
This experimental farm contains six
teen acres of land, and will make at
least sixteen bales in spite Of the bad
weather conditions. Three weeks ago
the manager, Clay Sharkey, was con.
| fdent he would get bale and a quar-
ter per acre. but during the past week
| 1t has been shedding badly and has
| thrown off everything except the old
bolls Mr.. Sharkey is experimenting
so rs to learn the correct amount of
fertilizer to use on cotton. He has
| eight acres in Kings Early and eight
acres of Peterkin. but with various
Quantities Of fertilizer per acre, each
cut being carefully noted and marked.
so that it will be possible to tell what
| quantity and what brand Is the best.
| He states that every lock of cotton on
| this sixteen acres will have been
picked and ginned by frost, thus show.
ing the value of fertilizers In another
direction-an early crop,
J. G, Costello, superintendent OF the
Mobile. Jackson & Kansas City Rail
road Company, the new line that Is
building up through the State of Mis-
sissippi from Mobile to some point In
Tennessee, says the road will be en-
tirely completed before two more
| weeks have rolled around. and Is con.
fident that the last spike will be driven
In three weeks. There are few more
miles of rails to be laid and the bridge
across Pearl river Is to be completed,
These gaps are to be closed with great
pomp and ceremony if the quarantines
do not knock all arrangements into a
cooked hat There Is 70 be a great
meeting and quite demonstration at
some point along the line in the In
terror of The State. where the people
have never before seen a railroad
probably at or ncar Philadelphia, Ne
shoba county.
7. r. Morris, Of Chicago, one Of the
biggest lumber dealers in the United
States, was in Jackson several days
recently. 1t was Mr.. Morris Arm that
supplied the lumber to build the great
ten-acre establishment for Sears, Roe.
buck e. Co That firm purchased 20
10000 feet of lumber from the Nor
ris firm, and the last ten carloads have
Just gone North. 1t took nearly 1000
cars to carry this great amount of lum-
Der to Chicago All OF It was cut and
prepared for market by the mills Of
Mississippi and louisiana and it Is
understood to be the largest single or
der ever filled from this section of the
country, However, the same firm filled
another order for half as much at the
same time the Roebuck order was be-
ing filed
Attorney General Williams has the
charter of the Magee Oil Gas and
Mineral Company before him for ex-
animation This company has been
organized at Magee. Simpson county,
capitalized at $50 000 The object is
to bore and penetrate the earth for
oil, etc" Some time ago oil of fine
quality was discovered by farmer
who was boring a well. The matter
was investigated, the oil sampled and
found to be good, and this company
will find out how much there Is of the
fluid.
The many friends OF Justice S. s.
Calhoon, of the Mississippi Supreme
Court, will be happy to learn that he
Is reported in better health than he
has been in months Some time ago
Judge Cahoon was forced to retire
from the bench, and Hon w. NJ. Cox.
of Prentiss county. was put in his
pace pending his recovery. Judge
Calhoon went first TO the gulf coast,
but be got 10 better and went on to
Chicago, where he is now, and reports
from there are to the effect that he Is
himself again.
Bonneville recently voted $4,000
bonds for graveling the principal
streets Of the town. This will be
great improvement over the old way
of continually working the streets, and
will eventually amount to the saving
of many dollars to the citizens.
The State Board Of Education has
examined the papers of those teachers
who stood the examination at Koscius-
ko some time ago, and the following
made marks which entitle them to
three-year licenses, viz: r, A Ard
and +. H. Brown. Of Kosciusko; Miss
Hattie Gulledge, Durant, two years.
The others who passed we're Misses
Olley Sultan. of Durant, Georgia Ed
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