Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-08
LETTER FROM BIG BUD
Editor Of the Beacon:

Editor OF the Beacon:
After agreeing to create a 5th class
for the negroes on the pension roll and
allow them $40 the senate, by a large
majority voted it down, and the negroes
will stay on the pension roll. Well nay
skirts are clear and glad to say that
Senator Price made great speech in
favor of this compromise. He told them
that those that favored this bill had
been called negro haters. Said 1t was
not true, His brother had served as
private through the entire war, had had
old Jake with him all of the time and
that old Jake had been on the "roll of
honor" with his entire family until the
day of his death, (that his father had
before he died, told all of the children
to always care for Jake. That this was
! the way he and I cared for the old SER
wants, but when he saw that old soldiers
like a Mr.. Knight of his own town,
who had been desperately wounded in
battle and was still suffering from the
unhealed wound and who had to peddle
milk for living and could not get a
pension because he owned property
worth little over 5000 he was bound
} to vote for this bill for he loved the old
soldiers more than the servants. Sem
! ator Brovles also made speech in favor
/ of putting them in the 5th class.
Henry asked DR.. Minor if The endorsed
Mr.. Cavett's position on this question
and the doctor said, eyes son, | never
saw negro on the firirg line, and the
} >only negro ever saw bringing his mas
ter off the field, was the old servant Of
y Col. Mott, who after we had driven the
enemy from the field, took the ColonePs
horse and went in and had the Colonel
: put up in the saddle aud got up behind
and holding him, carried him back to
Williamsburg, and from there on to
Holly Springs where he is sleeping his
last Sleep"
We have passed an act making it a
felony for the third conviction of sell
ing liquor, and hope that this will
bave deterrent effect and that the blind
tiger will cease to do business. un
derstaad that the Supreme Court has
recently rendered decision that will be
of great assistance in convicting blind
! tigers. Most of the infractions of the
+ law are directly traceable to the selling
and drinking of liquor and the very
class that need this money most for
the support of their families are the
ones who spend the most for liquor.
1 While attending court last fall, L was
struck with this fact that the criminal
! class were ignorant and poor and they
had to pay the costs of the Court. What
an object lesson for the education of
the children. In this connection, de-
sire to state that | "kinder" braged
that the expenses of a student at an
Agricultural High School was not more
IsHnan SIS a month and | was told that in
some Agricultural High Schools in the
state. that the students by labor and
economy had reduced the board to $3.50
a month. No young men can have any
: excuse for not being educated when he
= can get it at so small cost.
We have passed an act allowing
$4,000 to an Agricultural High School,
when they have thirty boarders, and
S25OO when they have forty boarders.
III am sure our school can have thirty
II boarders by next session.
The bill introduced by me by request
of good citizen of Noxubee forbidding
Hthe sale of pressed meat, was killed by
the committee. A good many mem
bers told me that we ought to raise our
own meat if the bought meat would
ssot season our greens.
II The senate passed the bill known as
4 khe Ethyl alcohol bill, permitting alco-
hol to be manufactured in the state.
but we will kill it, for while we would
,e glad to see south Mississippi prosper
still we cannot sell out our principle
Md as Gov. Brewer well said, If we
allow them to make alcohol out of saw
\ lust because they can make money out
it, we would, to be consistent, have
r allow our people to make whlskey
xbut of corn, and wine out of grapes.
u The railroads have agreed to refund
! hi transportation paid for transferring
The troops on account of the strike at
McComb and Water Valley. A bill was
INTRODUCED to legalize this and think
IN very generous in the railroads.
ANcov. Brewer is dining the legislature
etail, takes twelve at a time. had
a >onor of being one of this number,
,os found the Governor an entertaining
host.
a The Governor does not try to influence
legislation by his appointments me
ekes them at once. When Judge
k$Ahin handed in his resignation he
led to his stenographer and dictated
n acceptance and then at once dictated