Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-09-16


invited gueSts Of the city Of Hates
burg during the three days, and 500
will be given for the fastest autOmo
bile speeding and $50 for the prettiest
decorated machine in a decoration
contest. All the brass bands in South
Mississippi will be invited to contest
for a prize of SIS.
Several hundred farmers of Lincoln
county assembled at Brookhaven I'M
der the auspices of the Lincoln Coun-
ty Wheat and Dat Growers Associa-
ton, to promote crop diversifcatiOn
and insure a larger acreage next year
in cereal crops. A number of farmers
present gave notice of their intention
to increase their acreage in wheat and
oats this fall. Seven hundred bushels
Of seed wheat have been ordered.
In a fit of rage and without slight.
est provocation, Arthur Watson Of
Hattiesburg drew a revolver from his
pocket, fired three shots into the brain
Q fhis ~16-year-Old wife, killing her in
stantly, then turned the weapon upon
his mother-in-law, Mrs. M. b. McCul-
Tough, shooting her through the f1eshy
part of the left shoulder.
After the grand jury Of Lincoln
county was organized and charged by
Judge Miller a recess was taken, in
order to allow Senator Leroy Percy
IN opportunity to speak to the large
crowd assembled. Senator Percy was
listened to with respectful and cour-
teous attention throughout his address
Of an hour and a half. 1t was Sen
atOr Percy's first appearance before
q Lincoln county audience.
Suit for damages in the sum Of S.
900 has been filed against Chief of Po-
lice Groome of Vfcksburg by Robert
Lawson, who alleges in the bill of dec
laration that he had been arrested in
Vicksburg without charge or warrant,
dragged through the streets, humili-
ated, degraded, maltreated and search
cd, and then put in jail.
The G~reenville Cotton Pickers" re-
ceived a check for 500 as third prize
for the greatest number of EIkc regis
tered at registration headquarters dur
ing the Elks' convention in Detroit in
July. This prize is in addition to the
5000 prize won in the parade, giving
the Greenville lodge two prizes.
At the home Of Alex. Ray, near
Crenshaw, some children we're at play,
and in running through the hall, in
one orner Of which stood a loaded
gun, it vas accidentally knocked over,
the load going through the heart Of
the 1~5-year-old daughter Of Alfred Ray.
When County Attorney Gordon Gill
lespie made his report to the Lefore
county board of supervisors at their
September session it showed many
convictions and the determination Of
the officers Of this county to eradicate
the bootlegger and the pistol toter.
The petition of D. W. Reed, chair
man of the Shiloh Memorial Park
cOmmissionf and citizens of Alcorn
county, asking that the board Of SUI
pervisors cede to the United States
government such road or roads as the
government may desire to improve as
an extension Of or in the national
park, was granted by the board.
The Natchez Packing Company will
begin operations about the middle of
November, but will begin to buy cattle
a month ahead of that time. This is
the first enterprise of this character
ever attempted in the state of Missis-
sippi and it's career will be watched
with a great deal of interest.
J. E. Waggoner, NJ. E. A. E, profess
sor Of agricultural engineering In the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan.
ical College, has been appointed to the
1. H. G. service bureau, recently estab>
lished by the International Harvester
Company Of America.
o Westmore1and, a veteran Of the
civil war, died at his home, ten miles
east Of 1upelo. Mr.. Westmoreland
was a member of the Mississippi regf-
ment commanded by John NJ. Stone,
and lost a leg in Virginia.
The first movement toward better
roads for Tate county was launched
when the citizens Of the county met
in mass meeting at the courthouse.
The sense of the meeting was first
taken, and by an almost unanimous
vote the issuing Of bonds was declared
for.
The first bale of new cotton for this
81 grown in Sunflower county was
sold for 90 cents per pound to vii.
liam T. Hardie & Co. of New Orleans.
| The bale weighed 400 pounds and was