Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-30
Big Bud Tells of the Reunion.

most beautiful cities in the Unitet
States. It is simply trees and grass.
Nearly every street. avenue and parl
are lined with beautiful trees, mostly
maple, and their boughs in many places
interlock overhead, and nothing coult
be prettier, and grass is everywhere,
and found that the United States gov
ernment practices economy in one re-
spect at least, for they have a large
flock of sheep, which is herded in the
various parks, to keep the weeds anc
grass down. and save moving.
We have had lot of trouble in keep.
ing the grass moved down on the capi.
tol ground at Jackson, and I believe il
would pay US to get a flock of sheep to
do this for us. Our good friend Orms.
by, who has treated Us so badly by liv.
ing here until we learned to love him,
and persuading one of Noxubee's fair.
est daughters to share his lot with him,
and now is going to leave US, has set
US fine example of how to beautify a
home and the public road by setting
out shade trees all along the gravel
road as far as his land went. This is
what we all ought % do.
Every gravel road. and all of the
streets in our towns ought to be lined
with trees, and soon we would have
the most beautiful drives in the state.
have just read an article in the Coun-
try Gentleman saying that setting out
trees on the side of the gravel roads
not only tended to beautify and en-
hance the pleasures of the drive. but it
actually helped to preserve the road,
for it never become SO dry under the
trees, and hense the roads did not be-
came SO dusty and were not injured by
the rains so much"
So if l get back to the Legislature,
! will endeavor to have law enacted,
empowering the board of supervisors
to have trees set out on all gravel
roads in this county either by the road
hands or some other way. / say gravel
roads, because if they are set out on
the dirt roads in the prairies, they
would tend to keep the roads wet too
long after rain, SO I told my folks l
was going to come home and set trees
out all over my place this fall.
Apropos about setting out trees, re-
member when DR.. Allgood, the presi-
dent of the board of supervisors, had
the trees in the court house yard set
out at cost of SIS 90 each, the con,
tract being that they were to be set
out, cultivated and made to live and
grow, and to be reset, and he was
roundly abused for this, and now no
one would take $4,000 each for these
magnificent trees, for they are a
thing of beauty. and joy forever. "
The old Doctor built wiser than he
knew" So let US all cooperate with
the authorities, end make Noxubee
county one of the most beautiful as it
is already one of the best counties in
the state.
Last week was spent by the candi-
dates among the hospitabe people of
west Noxubee. and we certainly were
royalty entertained at each prenct-
each vieing with the other which
could entertain the most handsomely.
l do think the people of our county
puts themselves to great deal of trou-
BILE for their candidates, and how do
they expect a man Who has ever run
for Office in this county once to quit
when he is treated so well, even if he
gets beaten? l expect to run for the
Legislature House-until get |
too old to run, while was solicited to
run for the Senate this time, but Sallie
says am not settled enough to run for
the Senate, that behave like an over
grown school boy, and has served no.
tice on me mat if l let these boys
make me misbehave again, she will |
take me out of the race, and make me
raise chickens; and l promised to be
good. can't be as good as Tom and
Ben, but will do my best. If Uncle
Be. is as good as he says he is going to
be, whe' he gets to Jackson, am
afraid he will be mighty lonesome.
When canvassed this part of the coun-
ty the last time, the people were great
" incensed about the passage OF the
Tick Eradication bill, and as | told
them was the man that brought it
into this county, as soon as it had come.
I did not get large vote; and this tire
I was told not be say that | was not
going to vote for Bilbo, but | have
never yet refused to take a stand on
the men and measures of the day, so
said | would not vote for Bilbo, but
when the people elect me as their rep
resentative, l will truly represent them,
and will support the administration of
any man who is elected by the people
of Mississippi when it co-incides with
nv views; but have no favor to ask
of any governor, and can be strictly