Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-07-14

elfice Vi Ine State papers that was OF
incalculable benefit to the State. His
many virtues are too numerous to men.
tion here, so let the people commend the
action of his former craftsmen in erecting
to his memory a suitable shaft in Green.
wood Cemetery.
Itta Bena has recently established q
factory that is unique and interesting.
1t has recently been accorded an exemp.
tion from taxation from the fact that it
manufactures finished article from the
crude material. Tupelo gum is the ma.
terial used, and it is turned into bowls
of various sizes, polished and placed on
the market ready for use. This is a great
factory. Tupelo gum has long been
known to possess qualities of toughness
and durability under certain conditions,
but the uses for it have been limited, in.
deed. This factory takes the timber and
makes articles that command a price,
thereby utilizing a wood that has not
had n market value and bringing to the
State many dollars for distribution. This
is the kind of factory that should be
gladly welcomed by any community.
The question is often asked agricult.
ural papers for means of destroying
coco grass, or nut grass, as it is frequent.
ly called. So far, no practical remedy
for the pest has been made public, and it
is doubtful if there is one. Some may
have theories, but not actual experiences,
to offer The writer was in charge of
the Capitol grounds at jackson for two
years, plat that was covered with
coco. No effort was made to get rid of
the grass, as it was considered hope
less task However, after the grading
and terracng had been done, and the
whole plat sodded with Bermuda, the
coco began to disappear, and is now gone
from the surface, driven out by the Ber-
muda. Old citizens assert, though, that
if the Bermuda was destroyed now, the
coco would come again as thick as ever.
Any information on this subject will be
thankfully received and given to the
public.
The recent successful "home coming"
event in Kentucky has set other States
to figuring on like events. 1t has been
suggested that one be called for Missis-
sippi, to take place during the Exposition
this fall. The Clarksdale Register, how
ever, objects in the following unique man
ner:
"a friend of the Register thinks that
the home coming idea would be a good
one to adopt in Mississippi. We dis
agree with him. 1t would depopulate
the great State of Texas, break up the
Legislatures of fourteen Western States
and compel an adjournment of Congress.
And then it would be unjust to the peo.
pie of other sections of the country to
aggregate all of the brains in one spot
and risk the consequences of an earth
quake or a cyclone. A Mississippi home.
coming would be great event, but the
country really can't afford it,"
Acting under the law made to specially
provide for such cases, contract was re-
Gently made with Indiana parties for a
canal sixteen miles long for the purpose
of draining swamp or overlowed lands
in Chickasaw county. The canal will be
sixteen feet wide and varying depth. 1t
will straighten a creek and reclaim sew
eral thousand acres of very rich land.
The entire cost is estimated at $4,000,
and will be raised by the sale of bonds,
same to be refunded by taxing the bene
fitted land small amount on each acre
for a number of years. Several districts
in different sections of the State have
tried this during the past few years, and
find that it is an excellent investment.
Exceedingly fertile land is brought into
cultivation at small cost, and that dis.
tributed until the landowner scarcely
realizes that it has cost him anything.
One of the excellent papers of West
Point notes that great necessity for
places of pleasant leisure in our Missis-
sippi towns under right influences. The
greater number of our towns offer the
young man with evenings to spend moth
ing better than pool rooms and like
places in which to Will away the time.
| Libraries and Y. NJ C. A. buildings are
too few, and it cannot be a matter of
wonder that so many of our young men
go astray when they are dominated by
such hurtful influences. Christian com'
should certainly see that places
of rest and recreation under Christian IN
fuences are offered those who are in
clined to take advantage of them. Too
much attention is paid the mental educa-
ton and too little the moral welfare,
The subject is worthy of serious thought.
The fifth annual convention OF the
National Nut Growers Association will
convene at Scranton October 81 and be
in session three days. This organization
is an important one, and has selected an
ideal spot for its next meeting.
w. E. Trask, of Capell, Miss, writes
the Farm Gazette of an instance where
an old negro recommended that some cat
tie, covered with ticks, be given bait
of collards, to cause the ticks to drop
off. The ticks were all gone the next
day. and while Mr.. Trask has never tried
the experiment since, he offers 1t Tor
what it may be worth.
Mississippi has 0attering prospects for
crops of every kind just at present, and
are that the year will prove
most prosperous one. There will be little
emigration to Western States under such
conditions, and there is no occasion for
INV at ali. Our own State offers more
to the young, middle-aged and old than
,ny State in the Union, and the sooner
his fact is made generally known, the