Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-01-07
much like playing hundred to one
shot at horse race-a long chance,

Last year Mrs. Bette Price, Scott
county lady 5S years old, with the
aid Of SON and daughter, made and
gathered seventeen bales. of cotton,
400 bushels Of corn. 16O gallons of mo-
lasses and over fifty bushels OF sweet
potatoes. She only employed hired
help for two days during the year.
No State in the Union can beat that,
Yazoo City sustained severe loss
in the fire there last May, as all are
aware but one of the losses that will
be hard TO replace was the splendid
! shade trees that lined the thorough
i fares Of that excellent city. The cit
/ izens are arranging to replant these
trees Systematically, and in a few
| years the new Yazoo will be some
thing akin to the old in the way of
shade trees and foliage. The citizens
| have taken sensible view OF the
matter and are acting on It. When
the new trees grow up they will he OF
uniform size and, II anything, much
handsomer than before the great fire,
A. w Armor, of Landon. Harrison
county, opened up truck farm two
years since. This year from one acre
and nine square feet of land he sold
$l9j worth of cane and syrup and seed
cane for two and a half acres besides.
twenty-five hills of cucumbers made
forty gallons Of picking size. He has
sold over $500 worth Of products from
his little farm during the season. You
Mississppians who are running off
to Texas, Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory seeking an EldOrado, do you
think that any of those sections could
equal, TO say nothing of beating, the
above record?
The New Albany Vidette issued a
creditable special edition the week
before Christmas and made a splendid
showing for that town. One Of the
especially good features Of this edi
ton was special correspondence from
different sections of the county giving
facts concerning the lands, etc. kind
Of soil, water, church and school IA
cilities and other pertinent facts.
When man begins to consider re-
moving to new country he wants to
know all about that country, and the
Videttes edition should prove of great
benefit to Union county in the way Of
furnishing the kind of information
wanted Other papers might follow
the lead of the Vidette in getting out
comprehensive special editions.
VIM R. Vancleave of North Pasca'
goua, has fifty bearing Satsuma or
ange trees on his home place, and a
large number of seedlings. He also |
has q number of Celeste fig trees, |
Japan persimmons and a variety of |
grapes. His success with this fruit |
has been phenomenal.
A. G. Leggett of Laurel, on one acre |
Of land made go gallons of syrup and |
saved 5000 stalks for planting next ,
year On a two-horse farm he sold |
$4,000 worth of products. If this can
be done in Mississippi. why should
any family desire to 90 West hunting
a home? Stay right here and get
what is due every one who will go
after It properly.
George W. Holdtch, of Ecru. Ponto.
Toe county, killed an elehteenmonths-
old hog that dressed $50 pounds. The
hilly country in that section of the
State produces yearly a fine lot Of
meat. and the growing of pork for
market Is attracting more attention
at the hands of the farmers every
year, The farmers up there do not
have their pork slaughtered in Chi
cago,
Not Such a Long-Winded Family
At a banquet in Raleigh N, G., re-
Gently. j. r. Young, State insurance
commissioner told this story, which
an agent had given. him, of his eX-
perience with cotton planter who
had decided to insure his life, and
was filing in the usual printed list of
questions.
when he came to the stereotyped
queries, Age Of father, If living, and
4 L !.