Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-20

: invited Legislature out. A grea
: many members of the Legislature
, and parties from six or eigh
1 Northern states, besides stocl
men from all over the South, at
I tended this sale and the forty
) head of cattle sold averaged $S&
. each.
Our good friend, Mr.. J. @
PoindeXter, was here to attend
the sale and at the same time
kinder seeing about" shying
his castor into the ring as a can
didate for Revenue Collector.
He has not fully determined to
enter the race, but should he do
so, the man who beats John will
collect the back taxes of the state
for the next four years. for he is
we'll and favorably known all
over the state.
| desire to state for the infor-
nation of my readers who are
afraid of the boil weevil. that the
sweet potato crop is a very prof
liable one down in this section.
| met a Mr.. j. O. Trawick, who
lives near this place, and he told
me he made 1900 bushels last
year, kept them the old Way. and
only lost ten bushels. He is now
selling them here at rs cents per
bushel. They are the Nancy
Hall variety, which is the best
early potato | know of, and /
hope if any of my readers need
any of this kind, they will write
and have them shipped at once. |
| bought two bushels and will
give The Beacon a bushel when |
dig potatoes, for giving me this
advertisement for the benefit of
my readers.
My friend, Tom Kiml rough,
wrote me word to tell big Bud'
to find time to notice in The Bea-
con that his father was a men,
ber of the famous 18th Mississip-
pi Regiment and fought side by
side with the boys from Noxubee
and Lowndes in that splendid
regiment, and to give him the
names of all surviving members
IF these splendid companies.
VIM. H. Smith. VIM. Haynes,
Alex McCaskill and Sam Bowen
are all of the members Of the
I'D Noxubee Rifles living in Nox-
lbee, and John Morgan is the
)nly member of the Prairie
Guard living in our county.
Capt. Stokes and DR.. H A. Minor
# the Rifles live in Columbus.
fifty years have wrought sad
hanges in the ranks of the vet
:rans of the great war between
he states.
There was a resolution intro
Iuced in the Senate last week by
5ilbo's friends generating him
rom trying to defeat legislation
n payment of the Burns Agency
by the Governor, in
erreting out frauds in the man
cement of the penitentiary.
he original resolution reflected
n the Governor, but Senator
rice succeeded in having this
art of the resolution stricken
ut. Bilbo asked Walter if this
7as stricken out would he vote
Or the resolution. Walter re-
lied it would make it less objec-
enable and when the resolution
as put on its final passage Wal
,r and three others voted no,
ut Walter was the only one who
ad his vote recorded on the jour-
al and The Issue referred to
lis and said, Price was one of
le secret caucus" Senators
no voted to expel Bilbo."
We have passed a bill providing
penalty for any person not dip
ng his cattle when required to
so, but the opponents of the
IL succeeded in having an
nendment adopted providing
at before any county can take 1
Vantage of this provision they J
ust have an election as to
neither they will dip cattle or
It.
We have had a lot of bills in
asking for pay for cat
; killed by dipping. So Tom
'ame introduced a general bill
thorising and empowering the
rious Boards of Supervisors to -