The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-07-01
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.


Common School Fund Disyribu.
lion,
Circuit clerks have responded
TO the request of the editor 81 this
department for the information
below:
Amite county Double prima-
ry, July 15; for ". S. senate
and district attorney July / for
legislature and all county offices,
July /, 15.
Benton-D Double primary, July
21, August 3 convention 10 nom
mate state officers August 3; to
select delegates to state conven-
tion August 4 Candidates for
Legislature and all county offices
will be voted for July 81, August
3; for district attorney, July IA,
ri.
Garroll-Bouble primary, July
A, H., when candidates for legis-
lature, all county offices viii be
voted for; u. S. senator and dis
trict attorney on July A
Chickasaw-Double primary,
July 20, Au rust 1, when candi-
dates for legislature, county o.
ficers and u. S. senators viii be
voted for. State officers will be
nominated and delegates 10 state
convention chosen July 26.
Harrison-Single primary, july
s, for legislature, county Offices,
district attorney, u. s.. senate.
State officers nominated and del
egates 70 state convention chosen
July 3.
Hinds-R -Republished to correct
error in first publication, Double
primary, July : s, for county of-
fees and members Of legislature.
At primary, July /, u. S. sena-
tors will be voted for and on july
s delegates to county convention
win be chosen.
Jefferson Plurality primary
| lnr all state officers July 13. On
IJuiY I5, executive committee will
seNet delegates to state conven-
ION
I.oake-Double primary, July
2S, August A, for county officers,
legislature, U. S. senate. Con-
yention to selectdelegates 70 state
convention June 3.
Double primary, July %,
August / !, for county officers and
legislature; for district attorney
August 4; convention to select
delegates to state convention,
June 8.
Marion-Mass meeting, June
II, nominated a. II. Longino for
governor; "A. @. May and j. J.
Conan for railroad commission
ers; Walter Trotter for attorney
general; "A. J. McLaurin for u.
S. senate; for legislature and all
county offices, open field to all.
Tuniea-Double primary, July
II. IS, for legislature and county
offices, July 18, for II. S senate.
Executive committee will canvass
returns Of first primary July 10,
and viii then fix date for conyen-
ton to select delegates to district
and state conventions.
Union-Doubie primary, July
IA, 81, for legislative and county
officers; for U. s. senate at sec
ond primary. Primary to nomi-
nate state officers, Aug. 1st.
A MONUMENT TO RUM.
In the court house yard at Fay
cite, jefferson county, there is a
monument that this writer has
several times noticed, but until a
recent visit made no special in
quiry concerning il. 1t was
erected fifty-three years ago, is
thirteen feet high, enclosed with
an iron fence, and has an inter-
esting history, as the inscriptions
on its four sides will show:
ERECTED 1916.
This monument was erected by
the State Of Mississippi, BY au-
thority Of an act OF the Legisla-
ture, approved July %, 1s43, en-
titled '.An act to erect a suitable
monument to thememory Of Adam
| Rum, deceased.
In Memory Of Adam Rum,
/ Who was born in Franklinland
Germany,
Sept. II, 1855,
Died in this county, Dec. 1, 1922
He served this country during
the Revolutionary War, and was
/ encaped in the battles Of Brandy