The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-07-12

Z WIN ia NAAA1 SAeAANs
The personal assessment roll
| Tor Rankin county, for 1899,
! shows 1908 separate assessments,
a sainst 4214in 1898. Polls enam-
Grated 1918, an increase Of %
over 1898. Total valu alton OF
personality, S4S6, 1852, decrease
OF 500, sos. Total state tax, So, :
| 1873. .95.
/ The Alcorn county Democratic
mass meeting named the follow
ing delegates to state convention
| r. S. Gambler, Jr., j. N. Boone,
~. g. Looney, Dr.. G.. Kendriclz,
Walter Mitchell, d. w. Rogers,
H. Underwood, Thomas Mccall,
Stafford Elhaman, H. H. Ray
W. j. Lamb, j c.. Martin; and
instructed for Hon. John NJ. AL
len for u. S. senate.
The Mississippi Experiment
Station, Agricultural Coll age, has
arranged to hold fifty farmers
institutes prior to June of next
year. Communities desiring the
benefits of such institutes should
notify Prof. W. l.. Hutchinson,
Director Experiment Station, Ag-
rieultural College p. O., Miss.
The people will be at no expense
whatever. 1t is desirable to hold
as many OF these institutes as
possible during this summer.
The Mississippi Press Associa-
ton delegates to National Edito-
rial Association meeting at Port
land, Oregon, left Chicago June
90. On entering Oregon, at
Huntington, the entire association
was greeted with a grand recep-
tion and dinner. The outing will
occupy month, and will include
San Francisco, Astoria, Tacoma,
Spokane, Vancouver, returning
through Canada.
The Mississippi Press Associa.
| ton received a distinguished COM
| pliment at the recent meeting Of
the National Editorial Association
in Portland, Oregon. in the elec-
ton of Mr.. r. H. Henry, editor
of the Clarion Ledger, to the Of
| fee Of president of the National
Association. x-Lieut. Governor
Matt Parrott, Of Iowa, was elected
second vice. president. Next
meeting at New Orleans during
Mardi Gras.
At the recent convention OF
representatives of American Ag-
ricultural Colleges and Expert
ment stations, in San Francisco,
DR.. T.. w. Hilgard of California,
was elected first vice. president,
and Ex- Governor j. NJ. Stone,
of Mississippi, second vice-pres-
ident. DR.. Hilgard was a former
professor in the University of
Mississippi and state geologist for
several years.
At the rate Land Commissioner
Nall is selling state lands, he will
shortly sell himself out of busi-
ness. The sales for June amount-
ed to 81 443 81, which, with S170
in fees, was paid into treasury.
The total sales for the twelve
months he has been in Office
amount to upwards Of sixty thou
sand dollars, or one hundred per
cent. more than the preceding
year.
The editor of the Aberdeen Ex. d.
aminer is a close observer and re-
liable chroniclerr of industrial
matters in Mississippi. He says
the hay and wine crops this
year will be enormous.
Major Jonas heartily commends
the action of University trustees
in declining So 20 per acre fof the
township of land recently donated
by congress. The trustees of the
other state colleges Are like
minded. Within ten years these
lands will sell at figuFes consid-
erably in advance off those now
offered. The colleges can afford
to do little patientwating.
The last biennial report Of the
Mississippi Penitentiary- for &c.
'97-shows that there we're 257
conviets on hand September 30,
1897, under twenty years of age,
and Of this numbeHeighteen were
under fifteen yearst A strong ar
gument for the establishment OF
a reformatory, as suggested and
authorized by Section 225, Con-
stitution, which says: .'The leg
islature may establisha a reforma-
tory school or schools, and pro-
vide for keeping of juvenile Of
tenders from association with har-
dened criminals If candidates
| for legislature would discuss and