Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-17
Mississippi News
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The Greenville lodge of Elks, known
far and wide as the Cotton Ptckers,"
are preparing for the grand c~onclave
OF Elks, to be held in Detroit in July.
A Detroit Club" has been organized,
and !. is the purpose of the members
of the club to work, pick and gin cot
ton on the streets of Detroit in the
great Elks' parade. But the Cotton
Pickers' propose to do more this year.
for they will show that the delta can
produce something besides cotton, and
while cotton will be the feature of the
Cotton Pickers." small sacks of corn
from fields producing sixty bushels per
acre, oats producing forty bushels per
acre, wheat as fine as can be produced
anywhere, alfalfa and other products
from the delta will be scattered on the
streets to show the varied products OF
the delta.
From Columbus to Greenville, 167
miles, farm conditions Of all sorts are
said to be the best in many years. It's
a conservative estimate to say this
section is so per CEN improved in eV-
cry way than it was two years ago.
Making a Journey over this line, which
traverses the whole state, commencing
at Lowndes county, one bisects Clay,
Webster, Montgomery, Carroll, Lelore,
Sunfower and Washington in the or
der mentioned. Cotton is in excellent
shape; corn is high and looks very
healthy and green, many fields Of oats
and other edible products are seen.
The board Of Mississippi levee co1lI.
missioners has changed the system OF
collecting the cotton tax, and in the
future all cotton taxes are to Be re-
imitted direct to the secretary and
treasurer. The board employed Hon.
Livingston Peyton, of I~ssaquena Oun
ty, to mack periodical visits to each
gin in the levee district and report the
amount of cotton ginned. SO as to col
lect the cotton TX. BY this method
the board hopes to prevent the eva
sion of the payment Of the cotton tax.
J. M. McBeath, chairman Of the in
Vitation committee of the Lauderdale
picnic and political rally, June 80, re-
ceved letters and kilograms from Sen
/. ator Percy, Congressman Byrd and Jas.
K. Vardaman. The first two declared
they could not get to Lauderdale on
June 80, but July 1 would suit them.
Mr.. Vardaman wrote he could not
ome at all, as other engagements
would prevent. He said: You under
stand my only income is from my
newspaper and my lectures. 1 am IN
debt, and my first obligation is to my
family and my creditors"
Some Of the citizens OF WeSson nave
awakened to the thought that posi-
bly, Wesson a secure the State Nor
NAL school for teachers Of the state,
Inc possibly can make the best offer
for it of any other town in the state.
It has been suggested that as the Mis-
sissippi mills have closed down and
lay some very fine buildings right in
the heart of the town that the four
story brick buildings known as mill
No. 1 be secured and rendered as a
place for the school.
An interesting meeting was held at
Greenwood Business League rooms,
when Hon. T. w. Davis, president of
the State Library Association of the
A. & M. College, delivered an eloquent
plea before a number of citizens. Much
interest was manifested in this meet
ing, and it is blieved that Mr.. Davis
visit will be a great boost for the H.
brary proposition.
Grand Chancellor Richard Whittta-
ker, Of the Mississippi Grand Lodge,
Knights Of Pythias, has announced the
appointment of the district deputies to
serve during his administration. In q /
address to the district deputies the
grand chancellor makes an earnest ap-
peal for the field work in behalf of
the e membership campaign, plan
ned at the recent meeting Of the grand
lodge in Greenwood.
From Macon, county seat of Noxu.
bee county, comes a report that spe-
cial attention has been paid in that To-
cality to oats. A northern expert from
IN oat-growing state was in Noxubee
last week and, after examining sew
eral fields, said many acres would pro
duce rs bushels.
After discussing at some length the
recent supreme court decision concern
ing the sale of near beer in the state,
the city council of Vicksburg voted to
license the sale in bottles at $3.50 upon
each establishment, and with the hope
Of prohibiting the sale of the key arti-
Gle, it was decided to license key near
beer at $500.
Providence College, an institution
that has stood at Nettleton for twenty
five years, was blown down by a storm
Thursday. This school was founded