Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-03-19
Noxubee Day at Normal College

Mr.. Cook, the president of the Nor
NAL college, thinks it develops students
educationally. and also brings the school
in closer touch with the county and it's
needs, to have the students make re-
ports about the educational progress of
the county. So it has become custom
ary for some county club to take charge
of the chapel exercises one day each
week and condu ct the religious exer-
cises, and then give such information
about the county as they see fir.
On last Thursday the students of Nox-
ubee had the p pleasure of telling the
Normal college about the best county
in the state.
The devotional exercises were con-
Quoted by T. ]. Guy, president of the
club, after which he led the way for
the reports by giving the location of
the county. the different types of soil,
and the resources. He also located the.
principal towns. and gave the CONNER
cial advantages of each along with the
social advantages.
The river and It's tributaries, with
their fertile bottoms, were also located.
He also brought out the fact that the
towns in the county were old, and also
in very fertile country, yet they do
not grow in population, which fact is a
thing we are proud of because the peo-
pie have always realized that farming
is an important industry, and have
stayed on the farm.
Next on the program was Miss
Nannye Guy who gave many interest
ing things about the county. She be-
gan with the Choctaw Indians who u.s.
ed to roam the woods where the fertile
fields now are; gave the names of the
river and several towns and villages,
named after Indians; then located on
the map Dancing Rabbit Creek" the
council grounds of the Choctaws where
The famous treaty was signed the terms
Of which gave over the lands to the gov
The part Noxubee had in the Confed-
sfacy was discussed and the fact noted
hat the Calhoun Institute at Macon
vas hospital during the war and also
furnished headquarters for Gov. Clarke.
Henry. Adams next discussed the ag-
'icultural advantages and methods of
he county. He gave statistics show
ng large amounts and kinds of hay,
he number of bushels of corn. oats and
wheat that are raised to the acre, and
llso stated that the land paid equally
IS we'll where pastured with fine stock,
n sowed to alfalfa. He gave the bus
ness of the Express Offices in the coun-
y which was more than any other coun-
y that has reported yet. The Cream
ry and its output along with'the dairy
ng advantages were other important
hases of his report. He also mention
d the fact that the largest hog and OK
yer raised in. the world (up to that
ime) were raised by Simeon Orr, near
'rooksville. the hog weighing 1910 lbs.
nd the OK 5000 lbs.
He also mentioned, although Noxu- :
zee is not in the long leaf pine region, :
he had some very valuable timber, of .
7hich piece of quarter sawed white .
ak took the prize at the St. Louis ex- 4
osition. T
The last number of the program was n
report by Miss Genevieve Adams on +
he history of educstion in the county. u
he first mentioned the schools before !,
le war; such as the GathrIghts' schools h
Gholson, and the Calhoun Institute, h
len the Academies of Rev. and Mrs. I
uck and the Galloway Institute. which
splendid educational advant- g
gesi and showed that Noxubee ia not r
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