Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-30

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better than for several years. Tn
good roads of this county, comprising
Q total length of over 400 miles an
reaching into new territories whiCl
heretofore have not been reached b.
Clarksdale merchants, are now brinS
ing a large amount Of outside trade tt
this point.
Meridian.-An outrageous piece o
malicious mischief came to light wheI
1t was discovered that the handsome
$4,000 pipe organ at the First Baptis.
Church had been put out Of commits
sion by an incendiary. Panels Of the
organ had been removed and parts o.
the instrument set on fire, allowed to
burn a few moments and the extin
Ruished.
ClarksdaIe.-The Buckeye Cotton
Oil Company has invaded this terri
tory, and the probabilities are that
there will be keen competition in
Clarksdale this fall for cOttonseed.
Percy Baker of this city will repre-
sent the Buckeye company, and he is
already Offering $50 a ton for cotton.
seed.
Wesson.-SeveraI members of the
Farmers Union and others met at
Sand Hill school house, six miles east
of here, and made up their orders for
wheat seed. Considerable wheat was
planted here this year and it was a
success, many of the farmers having
been eating new wheat -four from
their own fields since May. They in
tend to plant on a larger scale for an.
other crop.
TupelO.-The second annual fair OF
the Tri-County Fair Association, COM
posed of the counties of Lee, POntOtOc
and Ittewamba, opened Monday, the
attendance being estimated at from
six to seven thousand people. The
opening was marked by a monster pa
rade composed of floats representing
almost every interest and industry in
the city.
A posse of Infatuated citizens of
Pine Ridge district, Adams county,
secured the woods looking for an uni
Identified negro who murderously as
saulted Bayard Shields, a g~roceryman,
living at Pine Ridge. The negro made
an attack on Shields, telling him with
a club while he was sitting in front of
his store.
At a meeting held at Verona for the
purpose of organizing a wheat grow
ers' association a gOodly number of
farmers were present. A permanent
organization was effected by the cleo
ton of Hon. F. A. Green as chairman
and ]. A. Gregory as secretary. A hun
dred acres were pledged and much
more will follow.
According to DR.. w. T. Lowrey, the
president of Mississippi College at
Clinton, things look bright for the en-.
suing scholastic year. The indications
are that the large enrolment Of 377
which was attained last year
year will be passed in prospect for
1901, and he expects a very busy
will be passed in prospect for
be expected.
County Tax Assessor w. V. Walters
has given out the personal assessment
Jones county and the increase is
large. The total assessment Of the
county is s~2.1G0.454, which
shows a gain Of $4,000 over last
year.
A petition to the Lamar county
board of supervisors is being circulat-
ed, asking that no hunting be allowed
a period Of five years, as so much
hunting is being done that very little
game is left.
The members Of the Oktibbeha
county Corn Club met at StarkviIle,
were given Instructions by Profs.
and Garner of the A. & NJ.
College, and D. A. Saunders of Stark.
lille on measuring, selecting and pre-
their corn for exhibition at the
air on October 4.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
others have contracted with the
Marble Works to erect a
monument at Waynesboro
cost $1,000 and to be completed In
months. I