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BC5ANCON'S ANNUAL REGISTER
OF THE SITE OF MISSISSIPPI,
nor 1919


OF TIE SITE OF MISSISSIPPI,
FoR 1924
To contain an Annusl Alr1nac, calcn.
hated f'r the meridian 81 N3"hez; Sketches
ofihc early History Of tho State: the State
Cousitu''n; tho MINES Of county and
State Of,ccra; Incorporated Bln',s, with
ihoir Official iolus, On ."-al,, &C.; Poppia-
ton If the counties aud county towns. With
heir distances from Jac'laon; Puhlic b ,ld-
ings, Churches, Hotels. Stores aeA Mana
factories oC hc 7r'n~ia1i # county towns:
Incorporated Railroad Companies with heir
ofIicill cards, amount Of stock, and the
lnca'itieS If their raiiraaia. whether com
MERGED in contemplt'lon. LIST Of Collie
9es, Academies and Sominqriee, with the
date ofth0jr incorporation. aaanaI income,
n?mesof President. Pro'pgto;e Of Principal
Colleges. and nlmheF Of students or pm 'is;
Names of tbn Election Pccsjnc'.. Post OH.
zee. RiYcrs, Crooks. Llkce Deyo0e. De-
| ecria'on II natural or nr'ifri,l Curi3siricg;
| List &C Churches v9rioug daannin liens.
with The names of The Clcr2vnen and he
numhos of mcml ers o'cngin- to each;
! Tales Of the proipct &c Cotton in v7r:oqs
wears; A corrected orho~raphy Of the H.
Gian names Of coaaie'. Towns and Rivers
| in The Chckasaw and Chpr'1w Ccys;ons.
with 4 mass Of v.iuahlc Statistics ro!ltinr
10 the sail, agriculture, rrspl,res end pro-
du2,ons Of the now com les. ne well as 4br
Stale at Iarre:-To which will be added.
= complete Sectional bI1p Of tn, State.
showing the divisions. course Of steam- and
'ocaion Of county seats in the new coln-
lee.
The necees,'y of m nnn1l volume ike |
les, rs hoot nCrerorcncc - every ci izrn
engaged in business. rs well as TO travellers !
and specuhtrs,, viii lie apparent to all. !
l. is needed to dovelo-0 The resources oil
he State; TO give useful nflrmafi.n - The I
ongranf, md 10 embody, in m accessible |
compass. such yalaohle statistics, as can be !
obtained from 40 other surcre
Loving asi la The caasidera'ions orn.ility. |
he feeling ot''in'o pride woali he sniE-
ricnf motive tosusfsa pul Iicaiion so well
calculated 70 show Nat view, tho paplption,
agricultural wealth and almost boundjesa
resources Of the State. Tire annual pub
liicion of the Register he continuaiion oil
which depends upon The patronage of the
first YEAR, will give the publisher ample
to keep up with tbe improre.
mcns the Ste, and mako his volumes ,ha
annual records OF The advance Ct society in
mercantile pnrsai'e, in the arts in education.
md all that emlcilishcs lie.
The publisher had lccn at the expense
Of sending an agent mo every county N
The State 10 obtain accurate STATISTICS on
which he could rely. He has also made
arrangements to have the State map for tie
Register engraved by n distinguished artist
man eastern city. He has only to loul, TO
4 generous public for reimbursement OF
hese heavy expenses and for sufficient
ooIronage I" mako itan o. ject TO continue
he publication in future ;Lut, at the same
inc, he would scorn to ask any favor th7t
nay no. be fully earned by the intrinsic
merit and value Of the Register.
He commends his enterprise to all classes
# his feInw-citizcns, t. Judges, County :
Jerks, Registers, and those State officers
Who may have valuable information for I
UGH compilation, and whose interest it n
nay be TO communicate the same for pub y
cation.
All matter for compilation which those
Tho arc DESTROYS Of forwarding the enter
rise may furnish, should be transmitted
reyioss to the first day of November next.
The Register will be printed with new
pc, on fine paper in the duodecimo 7
'rm, with more than two hundred papos-
be bound like the American Almanac :,
nd other ANIMALS ofihc class. g
The price ofhe Register. includino the :,
c'ional Map Of the State, to subscribers n
iii be FIVE DOLLARS, PAYABLE on de- ~
'ery of The volume. Large discounts win n
made 20 agents who become responsible -
r number of volumes, or who purchase r.;
to sell again. :.
A limited number Of advertising pages III
u he appended to The Register for the
vantage Of friends who may desire their 80
to penetrate every part of -,
State. Terms of advertising, ono Dol. ,h ~,
line. ~, ~,
All orders for the work, and all commu-
atoms containing special information to
Incorporated in The Register, NAV he add ole
ssed to the compiler aud publisher. "a
L. A. BESANCON. ON,
Free Trader Office, Natcles. fec
thil
\, B. Those Editors who shall see fiji
'ublish the Prospectus of the Register.
u receive the thanks ofihe publisher. as