Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-11-09

tains something like 10000 acres
splendid alluvial land and will bring
INTO cultivation. Other districts o
greater or less proportion are in proce
OF formation, and it is confident Y ex
pected that hundre Is of thousands o.
acres will be reclaimed during the uex
lew years undar the provisions of thi-
law. IL is a great thing 70 the people
OF the State and is being rapid Y aiken
advantage Of Great Is the delta and
greater still will II become Wy general
of the new drainage law
An Indiana farmer sold an ear OF
corn that took first premium at the re.
cent National Corn Exposition at Chi.
cago for $3.50, and 1t is possible that the
corn club exhibits OF Holmes, Copiah,
Lafayette and other counties of Missis-
sippi exhibited ears as good. Missis.
slppi is corn State as well as a cotton
State, hay State, a vegetable State,
frult State, n stock.raising State and
almost every kind OF State that In
diana or Illinois cGn boast. The only
trouble is that we do not realize wkat
we have and what it is capable of pro-
ducing.
Up in Tennessee town school was
short OF blackboards and the trustees
were slow in taking care OF the demand
for this necessary adjunct to the we'll
regulated school room. The boys and
girls in that school took the bit between
their teeth and decided that they would
have blackboards, A day was set apart
and each shouldered q cotton sack and
went into the field to pick cotton for a
farmer to get the money for black
boards. They got the boards and at
the same time demonstrated that the
pupils OF that school are made OF the
from which will be developed
a citizenship that means better times
for our country in the future.
The Yazoo Fair was an unqualified
success in every respect. The exhibits,
while not in great quantity. were of the
very best and would prove prize win
ners anvwhere The stock show was
COOS and tho ,t,or6,r,e ali that oo,ld
he desired Tho oticers dosoryo orodi,
for successfully band,inc rho f,rs, Yayno
County Fair a crea, deal of hard and
vo,.l, heirr nooossor, Va
,no n.onle have inc, c,nso - ~, nrord
If their fret o etTnrt and Tho ao,oral ov.
,rsssion u,ae ,ho, !, wn,l5 ho ho,,o,
nsxt vear
our splendid Agricultural and Mechan-
Ical college. President Hardy saws
that the enrollmont will oo bevo,d n
thousand mark tbis yaar Moro ,bon
me thousand hovs nreooring ,heu.
selves for life in m institn ion ,b.,
riyes practical KNOWLEDGE tb,t will be
# incalculable benefit in the fptnre is
bound to bring good results for our
Lawrence county is in the good roads
column, having decided to work her
roads by contract two months ago and
etting the contract this month. While |
his plan may not prove Just what is
wanted, it is undoubtedly step in the
tight direction and will eventually |
public tboroughfarps of that county. 1t
S progressive step that will lead to
others later on.
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Mississippi has always been an agrl-
cultural State and always will unless
something in the way of a revolution
he State depends almost wholly upon
he development Of her agricultural re-
sources, and why not keep il an agri.
cultural State? There is room for one
IL least, and why not oursP
hat excellent city another large luru.
,er plant. one OF the largest in the
State. Another added to those already
II Laurel will make times lively for
ure. Keep your eve on Laurel as one
# the liveiiest towns in South Missis-
ippl.
old from one pecan tree in her yard
asst year nuts to the amount of $lOS,60,
besides giving away some toneighbors.
The nuts were OF ordinary quality, only
ms record oe oea'en ~ liie oV"Ie'
MISSISSIPPI pu'leo OH an emoryo
trlke lew days SINCE when the WeaV-