Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-04-01
BIG BUDS LETTER

it sometime now. Absenteeism is the
bane of this Legislature. We never
have more than two-thirds of oul
members present, but 1 am glad to say
that Noxubee's representatives anc
Senator are rarely ever absent from
duty. l have not missed a single, roll
call. Old Noxubee may send an able1
set of men to represent hel, but can
not send more faithful set.
We passed the bill exempting money
loaned at per cent interest from tax
alton and lowering the contract rate
from 10 per cent to per cent, but |
hear that the Senate Judiciary Com
mite have unanimously reported that
the bill do not pass, and this virtually
kills the bill. Nearly all of the states
have their contract rate of interest at
per cent and below, and | was in
hopes that we could pass both bills, es-
pecially as Noel was il favor of this,
1t seems strange that the Senate and
House, elected by the same people
should be so different. The Senate is
disposed to be much more liberal in all
appropriations than the House.
Mr.. HightoWer of the Farmers I'm
ion was very much in favor of both of
these bills, and has been actively at
work trying to secure their passage.
Both houses passed the bill locating
the Agricultural High Schools in places
where they had already been located
and authorizing the Board of Super
visors to donate the mories already
collected under the former act to these
schools, so l hope that we can COM
mence work on our building at once, so
as to be ready to open the school next
fall. The law provides that each
school shall have $15000O each year
from the State for it's support.
O'Byrne. the gentleman from Ireland,
as Col Street designates him, has
been trying to get his road law passed,
had it up last week but it failed to
pass, good many contending that we
already have practically the same: law.
Mike moved to reconsider, and will try
it again. While it was under discuss
ion we tried to get Robinson of Mont
gomery to interrupt Mike with a ques-
tion (RobinsOn is the member Mike
called Spapleen once) and he said
Mo- he had chad enough of that
Irishman," Love, of Tippah, took the
floor, and Mike thought that he was
speaking against the bill, and he went
over and was pitching into him quite
lively, and Love said, ''Why man l am
for your bill" You never saw such a
Mike, He bowed profoundly, called
him a gentleman and amid the applause
of the House went over and shook
hands with Love. He will get it up
again and we hope to pass it, but we
have enough road bills to max a good
size book.
We passed a bill appropriating
$4,000 a year for the Board of Health,
and they propose to keep a man out
lecturing all of the time on Sanitation
hygiene, etc. They claim that typhoid
fever and some other diseases are pre-
ventable, and anyone ought to be
ashamed to have typhoid fever IN their
families, unless they can prove they
caught it from their neighbors. This
lecturer is to tell US how to keep we'll
DIR. Mclean, who came before our
committee thought that if we were
willing to appropriate $50, 900 to pre-
vent cattle from having tick fever and
$4,000 to cure hogs of cholera (and they
say this can be done) that we ought to
give the Board of Health $4,000 to pre-
vent people from getting sick and dy-
ing, and we thought SO too, and did it.
He promised me two or three lectures
IN Noxubee, and they say he is a very
fine lecturer and that the lecture is
very instructive. ...---
Superintendent Powers came before
US and asked for an appropriation of
$1,000 year for the next two years to
keep Miss Emma Powell in the field
lecturing to the Normal Schools on hy-
gene and sanitation, and the beautify-
ing and improving of school houses and
grounds. He said that If we would
give this amount he would raise all Of
the balance necessary to keep her in
the field the entire year; that she had
been in this work about six months
and has raised SAG, 900 amonsmthe pa
irons of the schools for this Wpurpose.
We passed the bill, but it is held up
in the Senate, but l believe we can
pass this also. Our delegation always
vote for anything that we think will
benefit the school children of the
State.
Miss Powell also has promised to
come to Noxubee soon, and l hope our
people will me out and hear both of