The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-04-10
The College for Girls In Mississippi

This institution, having been char.
tered, will be organized. and muRt
soon be- located a. some pace. Sew.
eral have been already named, aud
reas ms slated why one place should
be preferred to another. Tue clti-
zens OF some OF th.se places will no
doabt offer literally as o bonus TO
secure the loo Hion Of the college.
CJpiah county has two towns,
Crystal Springs and Haz'ehurst,
which are entitled t, consideration
by the trustees when they decide up.
ON the site Of tho building.
In the act OF incorporation, chapter
ten, is the following language: "Fhe
trustees sha.l locate to the con-
veuiercc Of the PEOPLE OF every Sec
lion Of tho State, also the facilities
Of going to aud from said institution,
the advantages and disadvantages Of
different sites proposed, aud shall 10.
cate the tams ut the place known to
he healthy and free from annual cpl
denies" Jackson, without qu' stion,
is the most convenient to the POO.
pie Il every section Of the State by
facilities OF going to and from the in.
sutution,' having railroad cast and
west, NJ. g. "; north and south, Big
j; southwest, little j; northeast ,
Ypz o Valley. Bat itmu / be known
that the place is not healthy and
free from annual epidemicf." Tuen
any place wi hin radius Of forty
milos around Jackson would meet
the requirements of convenience to
all sections Of tho Safe, and tho ia
CITIES of going to aud from the IN.
stitution would be equal ny rsiir-ad
within Que or two hours, and at a
est OF only ono or two dollars.
Within thi, radios are Clinton, Bran.
don, Canton, C'ystal Springs and
Hazlehurst. Tue first named town
has been the recipient Of State bOun-
ty for educational purposes. and has
college Of which the c.tiz.ns may
well be- proud, and with which they
should be satisfied until other towns
have had some share Of such iayols
Brandon is tho largest town OF its
SIZE in our State, but there is the
disadvantage of having hacks or 9th
or conveyances in going TO and from
the institution, aud this will DO ut
night. which may not suit giils aud
their attendants. Canton and Kos
ciusko are in the northern part OF the
State, which is already supp'ied with
State Iustitutio for educational
purposes, as Oxford. Starkville, Tu-
galou aud other places, NJ that the
southern couuties may well OH ct to
further partial acts by those repre-.
sen'ing the Safe.
Ths towns OF %. ,iah county named
meet oil the requirements oil the net
us to couve nlence aud health aud IL
ether DO selected, ils south would be
favored, aud ut tho same time the
north would not have cause to com
plain. ii zlehur. can lot 10 ch.rg-
cd with disadvantages al any kind,
aud has advant ,ses which may b;
suili lent to induce the trustees to
locate the college at this place. 1t
is 10 81 cedy communication with the
southeastern part OF OR State there
tofore greatly neglected) Ivy steam
on the Gull to New Orleans, and by
railroad from Mobile aud Meridian
10 New Orleans, and on tie sju;h.
west by steam on the NJ s,issippi
river aud thu Mississippi Valley rail.
road t. New Orleans and then from
New Orleans to Haz!churst.
THIS speedy communication with
New Orlean' is an advantage TO lilo.
z'ehurst in ge,ti' g supplies Of food,
clothing, books aud s'a iouery where
they may be had in greatest abuu-
dance for tho two or three hundred
ia mates OF the college. This place
oilers u site for The building which
will be admired VIII n sesn. II is
perfectly level, above the street IN
full view OF the cars when passing,
and yet 30 far of as not 10 be dis.
turbed by noise Of whistle or rat'ling
wheels. II .zlehurst is the centre
and reat Of justice for o county,
which has the largest number OF
white Inhabitants of any county but
one III the State. There is q bank
in this town, which will be an advan-
tage 10 many who would remit moe
ey from al parts Of tho State, by
drafts or c,tton sold in New Orleans,
NJ ,Ji.e, V,cksburg, or Memphis. No
little item when one bait the college
fands may pass in this way.
The contribution Of money by
towns or citizens 10 induce the loca-
ton at any particular place II is fear
cd may have more weight than the
justices should allow. Tue act does
not contemplate nor provide for any
money control which may prevent
The equal convenience TO all sections
of the State. Tae rich lumber men
OH the extreme southeast could give
Rity Thousand dollars easily; but
should three iourths Of the State be
faxed TO establish and keep up a
college $50 miles distant from them
at Biloxi? 8, of Woodville on the
southwest, of Friar's Point on the