Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-09


Bilbo-Vardaman speakers, so none of
the Noxubee crowd were called on.
wanted to tell them that hailed from
the city of Macon, the place that made
Hattiesburg what she was She had no
banks until we sent our Frank Foote,
the Hauenstein boys and Jim Love down
to show them how to run one. They
had no one to exploit their real estate
until we let Tom Ferguson go there.
Could not get enough brick until we
loaned them Tom Crymes. Had furn-
ished one of their best teachers in the
person of Mrs. Shumaker, and of course
we were proud of her growth. for we
felt that we had contributed very much
to it.
They have found out a way to utilize
their saw dust. slabs and refuse from
their mills. and think it will make them
all rich. They say they can get q by
products from this and can take the
wood alcohol and extract the fusel oil
from it and have pure alcohol and this
will pay all of the expenses and have all
of the rest clear. They want to get
the legislature to allow them to manu-.
facture this alcohol, but l don't think
this can be done and l opine that they
will have to distil the wood alcohol and
carry it outside of the state tc get it
made into pure alcohol.
understand that the Dantzlers at
Moss Point have interested English and
northern capitalist in establishing a
plant to manufacture paper out of the
saw dust and slabs. This is to be a
$3.50, 900 plant and the first paper plant
to be established south Of the Mason
and Dixon line. Verify the pine timber
will prove yeritable gold mine. l un-
derstand timbered land is now selling
at $50 per acre and they claim that the
cut over lands will produce, with proper
fertilization, most anything and is the
best truck farming land in the state.
Our appropriation. committee reported
back the bill for the public schools, cut
ting down to about the same as last
session, viz: 81. l.425, 900.
We are not disposed to increase ap-
propiations and hope that we can hold
the expenses down to our income, but
we have to take care of the normal col
llege and the new state hospital, /,
Ilearn that most Of the bond holders
have called for their money and this
5000, 900 will have to be provided for.
We have had Hon. Harden Brooks
and T. G. Heard with us This week
Harden met number of his old friends
and all were glad to see him, as he was
very popular as representative. Har-
den is one Office holder that we won't
have to legislate to take care of. He
has ability and will always be able to
take care of himself. He is prominent
lily mentioned for member of the ap-
pellate court, that is sure to be created
to relieve the Supreme Court and all
Noxubee would be proud to see our
gifted young fellow townsman given
this position for all know he would reflect
honor upon our county and the admins
tration.
Thear that the powers that be, have
stated that Hightower takes Hardy's
place and Bilbo for Governor. We
think Quinn the most available man to
beat Bilbo. While he was loyal Yard
aman man he is not extreme and was
absolutely fair in the org anization of
the house, choosing the chairman of the
various committees without regard to
who they voted tor and is making a
record as speaker and whoever is cleo
ted will have to reckon with our able
speaker.
l note what the Beacon says about my
handwriting and it reminds me of what
one of Horace Greely's correspondents
wrote him. He wrote, Il have had
your letter about month and,it is real
interesting, every wet day and odd
times, | take shy at it and find some
thing new each time." So you see my
good friend who took a week to read
my letter, know enjoyed it each time.
Our Mr.. King was unanimously
elected pastor of the End Baptist church
of this city last Sunday and DR.. Robert
is delighted.
After a hard fight we have just
amended the county attorney bill max.
ing it optional with each county whether
they have county attorney or not and
making this Office the attorney for the
Board of Supervisors. Mr.. Brame
made fine speech on the adoption of
this measure and in answering the ar
gument of the opposition where they
said this bill creating the county attor-
neys was conceived in sin and born in
iniquity," said that this could not be SO
for it had been recommended by the
state Baptist Association and both of
the Methodist Conferences of the state.
Wall (.ood Rva