Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-02-09

4IU POUNDS butter at l5c........S 1850
loO dozen eggs ..................17 1918
300 pounds bacon ............ 1900
so pounds shoulders ......... 400
81 pounds ham ..,.,.,.... HIS
so pounds lard ................ 500
Watermelons .....,,....,..,.,. 5000
lotal ',.'....,.'........ .Sl1l.O3
This was wholly a surplus crop with
Mr.. Henderson, he having made the usual
crop of corn, cotton, hay, potatoes, etc,
along at the same time, besides having
an abundance at home all the time
What has been done one time can be
done again, and there are thousands of
people no better situated than Mr.. Hen
derson who are doing as WELL and an
equal number with more favorable en-
vironments that are not doing nearly
so we'll This is an evidence OF what
can be done in Mississippi with proper
admixture of brains and energy, No
State in the Union offers greater in
ducements to the man who is willing to
work and exercise proper judgment.
At no time in the past has Mississippi
needed public men who dare to do the
Sright more than right now. Several years
of great prosperity has attracted to the
State corporations and individuals with
limitless amounts Of capital behind them.
While this is pleasant state of affairs,
it is one that is fraught with more or
less danger. We owe to these gentlemen
a fair and equitable adjustment Of af-
fairs, guaranteeing to them protection
under our laws, but at the same time
1t is our duty to see that the citizens
of our State are also protected. The eX-
perience OF sister States should come to
us as beacon light at this time, show
ing plainly that our people must be on
guard to protect their interests. Select
men to fill the places of public trust that
are above reproaeh, and who will fear
lessly do their duty, although they be
subjected to the criticism and antago-
nism of powerful lobbies and the EN-
ployes of large moneyed corporations.
Some of these concerns have hundreds
of employees throughout the State, as
well as hundreds of others who are un'
der obligations to them for various rea-
sons. The systems in vogue in other
States is to crush politically any man
who darcs to do the right and oppose
schemes that are not in the interest of
the whole people 1t takes strong
man to stand up in the face of such tao
tics, so often is the public misinlormed
as to his motives and his actions con-
demned. We need men who are fearless
and just more right now than ever be-
fore. Select only those who are known
to have these qualifications to fill the
offices.
The newspapers of the State can al
WAYS be found on the right side of all
Important movements, and more espe-
cially when the material advancement
of our general prosperity IS concerned
1t was suggested some weeks since that
the State grow the tobacco used by the
conyicts on the several farms, it having
been proven that tobacco can and IS
being successfully grown here, The
slogan was taken up by a number Of
papers and is being industriously pushed.
1t is likely that on some part of one or
more of the farms there is land that will
prove suitable for the cultivation of
tobacco, and if the trustees would take
up this matter and make it a success
the effort would be worth thousands to
the people of the State from several
standpoints. 1t would not only be fur
nishing the convicts with the tobacco
they use, but a demonstration of the
adaptability and value of tobacco as
a staple crop in Mississippi. 1t is a
suggestion worthy of careful consider
alton by the prison authorities.
considerable quantities of meat killed
during December and the first half Of
january was lost on account of the
warm weather, At any rate, our good
old State has saved more than ever be-
fore, and it is to be hoped that the in
creased attention being given this i'm
portant subject will insure in few
years sufficient supply for home use.
Hogs can be raised here more economical
ly than in the colder countries, and our
people are fearfully in their own light
in allowing their smoke houses to be
located in Chicago and Kansas City. A
change is coming, however, and in few
years it is anticipated that Mississippi
will raise her own meat.
Love for your home State is commend
4 able in every citizen, and it is his duty
It'd the State as well as his family to
always do that which will advance its
material interests. Consider its prob
lens as your own and act promptly
when opportunity affords. A man with
out such feeling is not needed and his
company is much less to be preferred
fhan the vacancy he would create by
netting out of the way.
The writer desires photos of the mod
ern country school houses OF the State
Tor use in this department during the
present year. Would like to have both
81 the new and the old, to properly de-
Dict the improvement that our State
#k making along this line. Have a good
picture of your school made and mail
'st as soon as possible.
- The pardens of Mississippi have been
producing vegetables nearly all winter.
What state offers more in The way of