Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-25
Letter From Big Bud.
Jackson, Miss, January 23rd. ls,

Editor TIE Beacon:
Hon. John Poindexter has just told
me that he had a petition signed by a
large number of our citizens asking for
the repeal of the law creating the tax
commission. There has already been a
II bill introduced by Rhodes of Kinds, ask
n ing that this be done, but l understand
VI the Ways and Means commitsee to
m whom it was referred, will make an ad-
lN verse report of it, but we will do what
q we can to carry out the wishes of our
NJ people, and | feel sure if we cannot kill
81 it. we can Scotch it very materially.
q There is one thing, however, that we
81 just as we'll make up our minds, and
NJ chat is, the state has to have more
III money than we have been getting. |
A believe this legis ature is disposed to
" try and hold the expenses of tee state
III within the revenues, but the needs of
II the state are growing so fast that we
III are forced to have more money if we
n do not build any public buildings. Pen
Il sions, clothing, fuel and everything is
II 30 much higher that our eleemosynary
III institutions will be compelled to have
larger app opriations. l believe, though
n that as whole, 1.-THE legislature is going
IN to be as economical as they we'll can be.
II Some of the Bilbo men think the gov.
4 ernor has had a change of heart about
spending the states money, as is illus
4 trated by The following, taken from the
Clarion-Ledger:
II "Dick Watts, as he admits him
u self, was natural durn fool about
Nj Bilbo when candidate for governor
1 but his white heat has cooled off
J, considerably, for few days ago.
Y when the governor was giving him
little fatherly advice about his
q tight-wad ideas, Dick responded:
M Governor, you were the most eco
N nomical candidate ever heard talk
and you are the most extragant Of
IA fetal | have ever known" That
4 shot rang the bell
We are moving along slowly, but the
preparation committee has all the
bills in hand and when they finally get
4 them cut to suit, will introduce very
rapidly.
DR.. Dunbar Rowland, our efficient
head of the department of Archives
and History, has with great care and
efficiency recently published "The Mis-
sissippi Official and Statistical Regis
4 ter" Centenary Edition) and has al
lotted eight copies to each Senator and
Representative, and proposed to John
|l Poindexter, Tom Brame and Prince
M Hubbard for each of us to donate these
n copies, each, twelve in all, to be sent
with our compliments to the Agricultu-
4 raj High, all of the consolidated schools,
h the High schools Of Macon, Brooksville |
d and Shuqualak and to the Ex-Prairie
d school with the compliments of the en-
y tire delegation. All readily agreed to
N this. and the books have been sent.
81 rs this left two volumes, | had these
4 sent to Walter Stokes, and asked him
to give to two of the best negro schools
in the county. These books are valu-
able for reference to each student of
Mississippi History, and l hope will be
seof benefit to our boys and girls.
M, The Creamery Association has been
A,,, session here and made fine show
ine. l was glad the Macon Creamery,
under the management of Messrs. Har-
4 din, Maury and Harris, was among the
\ leaders. Nothing has done more in the
\, k,conservaton line for our county than
this creamery. The following table
shows the remarkable increase in the
production of butter in this State in
the last six years. The table shows
Ithe rapidity with which the creamery is
aking its place in the front rank of in
,ustries of the State.