Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-12-05
Early Recollections
Of Old NOxubee.

p the Beacon:
SThe first ''hand bill'' or illustrated
advertising poster or circular / ever re-
member to have seen, was issued by
ne famous Shuqualak firm of Constan-
inc & Tyson (Dominick Constantine
] md Thos. D. TYSON in the fall of 1858,
Rd never will forget the interest and
4 Rriosity it created and the big hit il
" e., the same having been brought
4 New York by Mr. Constantine. in
II IA city the firm, before the war, in
i Nably bought all their dry goods,
Z ions, clothing. boots and shoes.
M erhe illustrations were of the comic
AN Fer, the first one representing an old
kseed driving a wagon that looked
q it came out of the ark, to which
d hitched an old bone-yard of a horse.
NJ lining under the load, in the wagon,
~ few small packages of goods. re-
~ ping from a city that could be seen
&he distance behind him, supposed to
- Macon, the other picture represent
" well fed man, something like the
= pmercial Appeals ''Uncle Trusty,' .
n 4ing wagon to which was hitched a
of big, iron gray horses, travelling
r an opposite direction, town
pf him looming up in grand style,
O ame being intended to represent
~ tdalak, this wagon being loaded to
IVT |Suard rail with all kinds of mer-
picture showed the Two teams
h lHching each other, perhaps twen-
II between them, and coming from
kayseed's mouth as he neared the
.a man (hailing fashian), could be
Z M the words: Stranger, where did
puy your goods?," the answer COM
rom the fat man, "From Constan-
q Tyson, the "hayseed here an
lfing, II didn't; wish had. !
ut further, Jared worse, and now
pretty well played OUT.
chose days there was great rivalry
zen Shuqualak and Macon, and
:ircular, distributed in ten thousand
9Th among the people of the coun-
il among the citizens of Macon,
Dg~tisaries on horseback fairly
" Sthe county with it-helped to
IN Edeeper inroads into Macon's terri
han ever, for it was full of strong
~ 1ent of lower expenses and better
XB facilities, with cuts all through
Ne you laugh while you read.
fS about this time of the season
year and the " ars following,
&he beginning of the war, | have
he streets and stores of Shuqua-
Rery day in the week, so crowded
~ mmed with people, all there to
HRthat it was difficult to wedge
g through the crowd, the re-
i cotton, daily, filling every foot
Eiable space on the cotton plat
squiring Tom Dunlap, the agent,
w 4ioad cars as late as IL and
J at night, sometimes ten or fif-
negroes being hired from their
IS on a single night to do the
the cottou then all being
Oil platform cars. stacked pyra-
kshion. five bales high, with tar
tied down over them to protect
Aton from the weather.
irm of Constantine & Tyson later
fn Constantine, Tyson, Beasley &
4Bill West, then clerk and who,
10 died at DR.. McClure's residence,
MI of the old Academy, (his COM
keing typhoid fever), and VIM.
IS also clerk. having been ad-
w Is partners, this being done in
on of their valuable services.
Acond illustrated hand. bill ev-
- WAS issued by DR.. P. H. Hamil-
&Sst after the war, it giving syn
II This famous lecture and list of
lat his tour would include and
! on which he would deliver his !
LII Il. each.
{XGvance agent was his son, Isaac.
Ge leaving Shuqualak on. his
months tour his friends prevailed
N to deliver his lecture there,
,e did, and | well remember the
house that greeted him and the
his argument and the hit he
kallas, Texas, where he wound
hour, the people went wild over
.lk,nce in the delivery of his lee
& G1 learning that it was his last
II Ut, and that he was a physi-
q klwded around him at the close
vailed upon him to remove to
HsAd practice his profession, and
gy6ack home and closing out his
be removed there where he re-
one year and did well, but at
4Df that time removed back, be-
family wanted to De nearer
Is people.
4 Semember well, Oscar 20. F.)
( h, was born during the time the
wed there, and that for quite a
Ter he became large enough to
q father about town DIR. Hamil-