Macon beacon., 1907-09-28

crop for the South, even II the future
should prove to be half ":..;,eii
higher. Then thef. i--..s:>;sy reason :"
believe th!,df :: -. ::,Ned price - ..,.. st.
i.i: zone TOO hi si.e ...-..ss-
peot as . s,se..-.. -. 80 assurance
s r.. i.s''..,.- simes will be
i'.s. .. :a.iiississippi ir ,se,rss. the
crop, toge.a..--- IA Ia rno seed, will bring
= :. -~pIe approximately 100000, coo,
which amount put into the channels OF
trade will make things lively. Missis-
sippi is still all right, knockers to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Reasonably good telephone service at
living rates still attracts the attention
OF the people TO more or less degree.
There is nothing OF really more inn
portance in Mississippi just now. At
torney-General Fletcher is making
careful study of the law with reference
to the raise in rates recently announced
which were not authorized by the rail
road commission, and is being fought
for in the Federal court, also as to the
authority of cutting out free county
communication to subscribers. The
people can rest assured that this official
will do everything possible to protect
their interests, and II the laws are not
sufficient at present the Legislature to
convene in January should see that
they are made so. Telephone service
is necessity, and the monopoly secured
by one company doing business in the
State demands strict supervision to in
sure justice TO its thousands OF patrons
who have no recourse but to use its
service.
One Of the candidates for mayor OF
Yazoo City announces upon the platform
of enforcing the law This is undoubt-
edly the best platform that any man
could stand upon. The development
of "Greater Mississippi" depends
more upon this one thing than any half
a dozen Others. There may be Of
course other candidates for this posi-
tion in Yazoo City that stand on thls
important subject as does this one,
and no intention of meddling in local
affairs up there is at all entertained,
but occasion is taken to indorse the
stand taken by this candidate and hold
his example up to the people OF our
whole country as worthy of emulation.
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A spirit OF seltishness is to bedescried
at all times, and more especially in
matters pertaining to future genera
tions. An exchange gives the follow
ing, which puts the case strongly as 1t
deserves: IAN aged man was planting
trees and was accosted by a stranger,
who said: why do you plant trees
when you cannot possibly live long
enough to eat the fruit of themY He
raised himself, ana leaning on his
shovel, said Some one planted trees
before | was born and have eaten the
fruit; now plant for others that the
memorial OF gratitude may exist wher
| am dead and gone" How beautiful
this sentiment, and pity It's that 1t il
not more prevalent.
A wide-awake Mississippian pens the
following: "The citizens of any pros
perous town are always public-spiriteC
and united. Stand together, work fol
the interests Of the whole town, AL
ways be ready to willingly do YOU
part. Don't grumble and spend YOU
time prophesying failures, but help t.
make every enterprise a success, be i
great or small BE energetic and en-
terprising and your example will b.
initiated" Good and the same vii
apply to community as well as town
What is good for one is equally goo'
for the other. There is food 10
tnOuHHt III tnio'
Commissioner Hudson, of Georgia
estimates that M crop in that Stat
has been cut fully one-fourth in tn
past three weeks and that.a million AM
half yield will be the maximum
With the cotton estimate from Texas
the largest producer, and Georgia
sometimes the second largest, IL woul
, seem that the crop this season will b
> pretty short. Mississippi has bee
damaged some, bat not in proportio
to the estimates from these States
What we do gather ought to and vii
undoubtedly bring the upset price @
fifteen cents or near TO 1t.
: w. S. Davis, of Wayne county, ha
been chancery clerk for period Q
I forty years, but was defeated in the re
9 cent primary for reelection. Gen. W
9 d. Cameron, of Lauderdale, was electe
e for the eighth term, making thirty-tw
e wears in all, while Mr.. Griffin, of Yszoc
t was elected for the seventh term, O
!. tbirty-two years in ALL These are III
' doubtedly the longest a service OF an
Mississippi officeholders.
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: Kinds, Lowndes and Lawrence fe
4 into the 'better roads" column thi
: month and several others are on th
brink of fall soon. Don't think for
8 moment that the good roads agitatio
j. will die out. 1t has come to stay unit
: the needed improvements have bee
made.
n Summit and Bogue Chitto promise
. truclS on q more extensive scale mex
. year. Experienced truckers fro'
!. other sections will locate in those con
y munities and help to establish the !:
dustry.
n When the truckers Of Gloster con
II munity begin to realize on their stu
h and the oil mill and light plant US
% wood for fuel, thereby furnishing
q market for what is cut from the Ian
1t being cleared, there will truly be goc
m times. as the Record says. This con
d munity Of interests idea is one that
A. deserving Of consideration at the hanI
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