Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13
Mississippi News
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Wis Cudpler II dZOO Clty), MISSISSIPPI
Division, United Daughters of the Con.
federacy, read the annual report from
this chapter to the convention Wee.
nesday morning. A mild storm fol
lowed the statement that Yazco City
was the first to give the women Of the
Confederate days equal honor with
the soldieres, because on the Sc, 0
in that place there is sur.
mounted the statue of a woman hand
ing the colOrs to a soldier. Mary del.
egates clamOred for recognition and
ventilated their sentiments regarding
the claim of the Jefferson Davis Chap
ter. Many claimed their statues or
monuments were inscribed TO the
men and women of the ~Confederacy,"
which expressed the same thought as
the Yazoo City monument indicated,
but in the long run Mrs. Thompson
was the winner.
A man named Ferris Williams Gre
Rted quite a sensation in and about
NaynesborO with peculiar methods OF
saving souls. He made the converts
to his belief sniff some kind of pow
der up their noses. They would then
go into a sleep and on awakening they
were told they would have to confess
their sins. Two husbands and two
wives shifted, slept and the confes-
sions that followed created a sensation
that caused one of the husbands to
knock the preacher down, and finally
land him in Jail. Later the preacher
was fined SIT and sentenced to six
months on the county road.
Starkville.-The board Of supervis-
ors of Oktibbeha county postponed I'm.
til January 1, 1911, action on the tick
eradication bill passed by the last
legislature in order to give the cattle
men time to prepare for it, as there
are some large cattle grazers in this
county who would be badly damaged
If the provisions Of this law were en-
forced just now.
Observation-Disclosures are very busy
~replanting cotton that was killed by
the late freeze. Owing to the scarcity
of seed, the acreage will be greatly re-
duced. A great deal of land planted
in cotton is being r%eplanted with corn.
Owing to present conditions the corn
acreage will be doubled.
Two thousand youthful census emu
merators, all working for their "city's
PRIDE" asked every person they met
today, Have you been enumerated?"
Supt. Cook Of the city schools placed
a specially printed form in the hands
of every child at both the white
schools and also the colored school.
Meridian-At a meeting of the board
of trustees of the Masonic Widows
and Orphans Home in this city, plans
for a new addition to the home were
discussed. The proposed addition is a
home for old ladies, the widows of
Masons and the building when occupied
will be a handsome brick structure
two stories in height, and will be
built on the same plan as the present
structure. 1t has been found tina the
capacity Of the home is inadequate
to meet the needs Of the order.
make hogs pay off the mortgage"
was the advice given by DR.. S. A.
Knapp, chief Of the bureau Of plant in
duStry Of the g"Overnemnt department
of agriculture, in an address before the
Back to the Farm" meeting held here
under the auspices OF the Columbus
Business League. "DiVersi6cation a
Necessity in Farming was the sub
ject of DR.. Knapp's address, and he
urged the farmers not only to raise
versify their crops.
Natchez.-1he sixth annual conven-
ton OF the Mississippi Bar Associa-
ton was terminated with an elaborate
banquet at the Natchez Hotel, in
which 800 persons participated. The
banquet was the most brilliant social
affair Of the kind yer given In
Natchez.
Charles Wesley Thatcher, the good
roads apostle, spoke at ~Brookhaven In
the interest Of the good roads move
ment. At the conclusion of his ad-
dress a county good roads association
was formed.
A special term Of chanecry court
will in Cleveland May Is. The
regular January term was pretermit-
ted on account of the contemplated
redistricting Of the state by the legis-
lature.
Yazoo City.-The jury In the case
of Mrs. Mary Dunning and children
against the Illinois Central railroad
rendered its verdict for $12,50O for the
plaintiffs.
Starkville.-The cool and dry wealth.
er prevailing in this section is prov
ing very injurious to such cotton as
was left by the recent cold snap.