Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-10-14

iudcnlUt WAS hllONH ldol ldII AZ phO
point in the State and one in Alabama.
1t has been greatly improved and this
fall will see as near perfect cotton pick |
er as it is thought possible to produce.
A large steam plowing machine will |
also he in operation at the fair. IL |
will be propelled by an engine and will
do the work of a dozen horse plOws. |
Many other concerns are arranging for |
for space and the exposition promises
to be worth coming many miles TO see.
1t is an institution that will do the |
whole State incalculable good ana its
perpetuity should be assured by Il liberal
attendance.
Meridian has invoked the aid OF the
State in assisting to oust the water
company that is preventing the build |
ing of municipal plant that was voted |
for by the citizens by an overwhelming |
ma ority some time since. The present |
plant is inefficient and the old company |
will not make it better. 1t is to be- |
hoped that the enterprising citizens OF
that city will succeed in removing tho |
obstacles to building an up-to-date |
water system in thorough keeping with |
che Importance and growing demand OF
Che town. There is nothing so much |
needed as good water, and any place to |
prosper accordingly must have it at
any cost. The contest between Me- |
ridian and the water company will be |
watched with interest by the whole
state.
The Pike County Fair will be held at |
MrComb City next week and success
ful meeting is confidently expected. |
Great preparations have been made for
the fair and the good people of that
section propose to show to the world |
that siege of mosquito quarantine |
cannot hinder the progress of their |
county. On the It'll Hon. Harvie Jor-
dan of the Southern Cotton Association |
viii be present and deliver an address. |
The racing promised is good and the |
event will no doubt be well worth 90
ing many miles to attend Pike county |
is all right for sure.
,, Jackson has organized a poultry asso-
citation for the stated purpose of en-
couraging the breeding of fine fowls |
and stimulating the industry in gem
eral way There is undoubtedly money |
in the raising of chickens, eggs, etc, il |
the people only knew how to get it out
of them, and such organizations as tho
one mentioned will go a long way to-
ward the solving of this problem.
The cotton and seed crop of Missis-
sippi this year will bring the farmers
a gross sum of something like 100000,
600, The corn crop is reported us espe-
cially good, the cane crop is excellent,
and many others in proportion. Cot
ton will bring eleven cents or more;
there is an abundance of meat and other
foodstuiis, and why should we have
cause to complain, even if the cotton
crop is short. A short crop will bring
more money than large one Let us
all be contented and happy.
Following the lead of the Jones coun-
ty supervisors, Pearl River county will |
increase the assessment of pine lands |
to $50 per acre, about - per cent of
what it is actually worth. Large bodies |
of this land is held by non-reSidents
who are sitting still and waiting for it
to appreciate in value and then sell.
They are paying little to help in the
work OF development that makes their
land worth more money The delta Sec
tion is also largely held by non-res-
dents and thousands of acres are as
scsscd at $l.25 that are worth from IS
to $40
Water Valley is doing some building
and but little being said about it, A |
list published in one of the local papers
last week footed up a total of Sl27 $50 |
worth of new buildings under course Of |
construction. That does not look like |
the mosquito quarantine had knocked
them out to any appreciable extent
Water Valley is n good town and will |
continue to prosper Let the good work
continue,
1t is fact to be regretted that so
much liquidation of spot cotton took
place about Oct. |. The price was
forced below 10 cents again, which |
should never have been allowed. The |
farmers must stand closer behind the
officers of the cotton association if they |
would accomplish what was intended.
Otherwise its efforts will be without
results.
The Jones County Fair was beld last
week and proved Il success from every
standpoint, although the attendance
from distance was necessarily limited |
by the mosquito quarantine SO general |
in force throughout the State. The
fair will be held again next year.
Bohemian oyster openers from Balt-
more are arriving in large numbers to
help with the season now on down on
the coast. The oyster industry Is be-
coming one of great importancl in
Mississippi and it is necessary toin port
the labor to handle them every year.
Attorneys for the Yazoo and Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad Company have
filed with the Secretary of State a
statement showing the route of the pro-
posed "Silver Creek extension, " so far
Us the same has been located. They |
say: beginning at Il point on the VA
200 and Mississippi Valley, at or near
the town of Silver Creek, Ya2oo coun-
ty, thence running in II southwcsterIy
direction, following the general course
of Silver Creek" and "crossing Big
Sunllower river at Holly Bluff, about
three-fourths of mile west of Camp
bellSville,' all in Ya2oo county, and
will hit the main line "at Valley Park,
or some other station in that territory.n
The State Railroad Commission has
adopted the following order
'In the Matter of Floating Cotton
Complaint having been made of dis
criminaions in the matter of floating |
cotton, it is ordered that all the rail- |
roads in Mississippi be notified to APP |
pear on Nov. l. 1908, and show cause
why 'tloated cotton should not be con
eentated for compression at the COM
press nearest the point Of origin, or ut |
such congresses as the shipper may |
direct
The chances are that the matter win |
3aus a lengthy discussion, once il comes |
before the commission.