Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-05-26

one Of the best q safest lalls IN the
State. / have heard II SaIa frequent
~ that less than one-half # The money
spent for the ground and the bu-dinL
Ut tGe present one would have reI0C-
e.ed and repaired the old one and
made II a better than the present one,
and it was located where it ought to
have stayed.
| wish TO speak now of some Of the
people that lived here in the long ago
that | did lot mention in my Reeol-
lections of Macon that appeared sew
eyal weeks ago. Judge Ruff was a
prominent man of the town at that
time; he was at the time, or had been
Probate Judge Of the County. He
was 4 fine cid man and held IN the
highest esteem by everybody. Jesse
Blythe was a young man then when
| first knew him. | think he was
among the first settlers and grew up
with the town.
Uncle Charlie Bowen, Sans father
was circuit clerk. He lived in that
cid house on the east corner across
the street east of the new Jail, l think
ne Was one Oh Ihe oeSV men | ever
rIeT' Lh's mouse Is one OF Tue Ola
td"u-h-aiAs Vi 'he Town. u was ny
Another family here then was Dr..
Cuuringham's. lie was one of the
main promoters Of the Mobile and
O,'to l>@IIN'a I'lle ""s " Noo' e.
VI " P'cuo"'e'' anu cL',tS'ain Oh lAe
lo1''col' y Oue l'"" Any J''s o'2oS =
t"l iLoIn 'yE", al ['e pg"Pls ~
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guati l-e ~ lif' Dt'Ills' WIG
Iio'lt'" one % NP2oher &ifIS' ran I
M M sSGle ''sle lG' Z il'''pel Oh year.
: Nm, .Ig" "%s li5 own would NOV
49, M, puI tie Town refused L
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+ and faJIar IS 1Ia"'0i '"triIs o".l
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fram +ta|o wa" an ,, ile IN III 70 'ne arm,
i I'm 'jgIe ana was hII'ea III the bat
Woc ol arI geSooao"gH leiiS Jane
o+bor fr @' "tLiGe hsI'1 were wv
tba ro,,no H., t"", : i.oo'ieti "nl9h
. KIT nras s = NM Nv ip'Il Vi Ile yo"i
IL ,,hon tba oiIei pS olltH ou
WANT ,,;th w. S Sa,uI nv ehIIs'eu an
II ,ro n' L GI,n ms pou.neii lfIelaS' II
W." o n',u IL o'y'Ie'Li 40 not re
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Ie tbo r. 81 Ill III 'ne S'sne laVe' bI
tno. innn n a. LIZ .ne oiu Il'elaS gro"
a "a :, 1"iNs ~ nll'lu 700 mar
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l. W. Loa
5 in this town ~ 4boaa s d '1al"c.eI
vi rd.", 'oTn al Vnu9e uays. one W.
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~ Looat ! o"ine, l I'ilih' lie VIZ
10 -. n WE'VE VI fourteen years Oh,
san' 'n@I was ou1 we were IN t!
Nv zee vCoihp'Iy III Ine - .. A. 10
:, NV ~ son Oh olo MAJ Roger WI
~ I;Iio oIP.''" ne was KlIied at Perr,
III .' ny. pr, ~ r. '1ates was ca.
1%'m. ne loSt a leg at Frankly
ne 'el
nj "a D. "orsnam was a good m;
49, t taL piase solaler. II the officers n;
so4 hIin 10 charge a battery by hir
10 or,l ne YOU'D nave trled 1t. The DO.
ss aiIul'u 'oWn we're always telllng son
de I'M Oh "orsham' thlnk he can
Il, 10 10 hagon rom Arkansas; They sa
ng rau tr'fd every occupation fro
III p,um1mg a ollno steer ana Keeping
: a'Urot % peao!lhg bloles! ne w
CHI u,a go nIpeIs' IN r9llgions talth a
IS: was no'eu LOT ms lcrE and earne
"a pa"3. Wv iouu singing. NOW II y
iasine ah!'hihg more marsh a
" @ VI 'ne ear Inal the ming
woI1 ,,;4L - say II Wouid compa
or Iina VIII" HIS vocal stunts along tn
tndru
.or Ivy of IacNsol always exercised
III II fan+ 7 hiSo" Ig over I'm mace
lis town frou .Lo .neS uIllleu IN