Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-08-05
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Three well attended farmers inst- |
tutes were held at French Camp. Nc
Cool and Affords Springs on July 70,
y and -. respectively. There were |
about 2j0 at French Camp and great in |
tere>t was manifested in the eloquent |
addresses delivered 10y Col d. II. l.. |
Bonner on Home Building, and Orch
ards. Prof. 6. H. Afford made two |
able speeches on Soil Fertility and the |
use Of labor-saving farm implements. |
Many questions were answered by the |
professor.
There were about 800 present at Nc |
Cool to listen TO the scholarly Grafton |
delivered by Prof d. G.. Hall on the |
Ideal Citizen. Col. Bonner spoke on
the importance Of beautiful homes, |
good schools, churches, and in fact, on
everything .cal lculated 10 uplift the
farmers.
Col. Afford stirred the farmers by |
talking ON the subject of Diversilcation. |
He urged the farmers to have good
gardens aud fruit orchards, milk, butter, |
pork, rice, beef, chickens, eggs, and in |
Tact, eycrShing good to eat that is |
grown on any farm. He urged them to |
raise everything necessary for home |
consumption and let the cotton crop be |
q surplus one.
About 500 farmers and their families |
listened to the speakers at Affords |
Springs. There were many young peo- |
pie present and Col. Bonner spoke in |
the main to them. He urged them to
study farming a. the lawyer and doctor |
study thqir profession and then to mar
ry and build and maintain beautiful, |
happy country homes. Mr., Afford told |
them how To make money ON the farm, |
He said that our land ought to yield |
one bale of cotton instead OF one-thirG |
bale and that we ought to cultivate |
from thirty 10 forty acres per hand in |
stead of fifteen.
The farmers are row great friends OF |
farmers institutes. They now realize |
fully that the lecturers sent ont by the |
Mississippi \. ~ NJ. College and Tx |
pertinent Station are not theorists, but |
practical men who have studied the |
science OF agriculture.
An effort will probably be made at
the next session of the Legislature to
pass bill making an appropriation to
buy silver service for the battleship |
Mississippi, which is now in process of
construction. The battlcship will be |
ready some time during the next two
years. It is customary for the States
after which battleship is named to |
present a handsome silver service to
the ship, and Mississippi will he no cx-
ception to the rule. 1t is not antici- |
pated that there will be any trouble in |
getting an appropriation for this pur-
pose.
All prospective students of the Agri- |
cultural and Mechanical College should |
make application TO their County |
Superintcn1entS of Education on or be- |
fore Sept. II, the same also applying |
to the girls desiring entrance to the |
Industrial Institute and College. Every |
county in the State is allowed certain |
number of scholarships in these insti- |
tutions and they are being very greatly |
sought after. During the past few
years the attendance at both institu-
tions has been very large, with more
applying in each county than the county |
was entitled to.
Industrial Commissioner J. G. Clare of |
the Illinois Central railroad has con |
cluded deal with Gov. Nardaman |
whereby that road becomes the owner |
of the hest part of the Mississippi eX'
hibit at the late st, Louis Fair, This |
exhibit will be seen at the Industrial |
Exposition to be held at jackson in |
November. Manager Mckay has as
signed to the Illinois Central road all |
of Representatives Hall in the old |
Capitol in which to make their display, |
which is expected to be one of the hand |
soonest ever seen in the State,
The report of Sergeant Dodds Of the |
penitentiary for the month Of July |
shows forty new Conyicts received dur |
ing the month, as compared with six
teen received for the same period last |
year. Murder and manslaughter con |
tinuo to be the most prolific source of |
increasing the prison population, the |
division for the past months being AS
follows: Murders, 6; mansladghter I; |
criminal assault, ;: attempted criminal
assault, |: assault and battery with at
tempt to kill and murder, q, forgery, ,; |
burglary, ,; grand larceny, >. The re-
mainder were sent up for various minor
crimes
About fifty families from illinois are
to be located in the neighborhood of |
Durant and will embark in the vcge-
table and fruit industry. These iami-
les have been induced to locate there
through Capt. j. f. Merry, General |
Immigration Agent of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad. They are Italians from
the northern part of Italy who have
been in this country for some time, and
it is stated that each family is to have
about forty acres of land.
Vice-President G. Ia Loop Of the
southern Express Company, has notified
the Railroad Commission that the com
pany will make reduction Of 80 cents
per 100 on short hauls over the Gulf
and ship Island Road. He requests
that the hearing Of protests against cx
isting rates charged 10y express COM
panies in Mississippi be deferred until
the regular meeting in October.
The Lewis i. Parker Stave Company
has closed deal for $50 acres of land |
near Senatoba. Five hundred acres of
the land is in cultivation, and that part
ione brings an annual rental of S2,l00.
The timber, however, was the greatest
attraction as the company calculates
getting 100000 feet of yellow poplar
and 100000 feet each of hickory ask |
and gum. The cro,ste item will he a
big thing, possibly some s40,o or $780,
600 worth
Hon. A. A.. Kincannon. President OF
the Industrial Institute and College,
held u conference with Gov Vardaman
in regard to the affairs at the college
He stated that there had already been
enrolled over 800 Young ladies for next
session, and more are clamoring for
admittance. In speaking of the facli-
ties at the college and the need for
more room. President Kincannon said
I'VE have no funds available for en-
larginq our facilities but have a plan
in view whereby we can secure tenn
pory quarters for more students II an
arrangement can be made to defray the
expenses. This was the object of my
interview with the Governor, which
was of satisfactory nature"
Parties from the Delta say that the