The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-22

corn will be about 70, 900 bushels.
A large sum will also be realized
from the cotton seed. The cap
tain also reports that the convicts
on all the farms are generally in
good condition, there being very
little sickness among them.
On Thursday, December IA,
the Masonic Lodges in MISSISSIPPI
pi will observe the first centennial
ST the death of George Washing
ton. The Grand Secretary has
prepared an elaborate program
for the occasion, which is being
mailed to the Lodges.
Governor elect Longino re-
ceived every vote at his home
box, Greenville--a rare, and very
great, and well-deserved compli-
ment.
Hon. L. G. Dulaney, of Issa-
quena, succeeds Hon. VIM. G..
Yerger as trustee of the Industrial
Institute and College.
1t is thought the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad will be running
its trains into jackson within the
next ninety days. They will en-
ter the city on the tracks OF the
Illinois Central. A large force
is now at work between jackson
and Steen' 8 Greek.
Starkville wants water works,
and Crystal Springs has ordered
water-works and electric lights.
Kinds county has a treasury
balance of S26, 1874.
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy having consented
to undertake the completion of
the monument to Jefferson Davis,
the foundation stone of which was
laid in Monroe Park, Richmond,
in 1895, and Hon. j. HI. Taylor
Ellison, president of the Davis
Monument Association, having
transferred this trust to the ladies',
together with all funds on hand
or subscribed, all funds collected
in Mississippi for this purpose
soon after the death of Mr.. Davis,
and deposited in banks or else
where, should be at once forward
ed to Hon. j. H. Taylor Ellison,
Richmond, to be added to the
DaYis monument fund.
The want of bureau, or de-
partment of industrial statistics
in Mississippi, is now being KEEN
| ly felt by officials and private Cit
liens who are being flooded with
circulars and personal letters
from Census Director Merriam
and his working staff. Here is a
specimen:
"Will you kindly forward for
| the use of the Census Office the
--latest publication of your state
giving the total number of acres
of cultivated lands by counties or
other subdivisions, and the as
sessed valuation thereof, togeth :
er with the acreage Of each of the
several crops.
| The best response we can make
| is to suggest to the farmers OF
Mississippi that these and many
other questions will be asked by
the census enumerators hext year,
and to commence keeping figures
| SO that correct information car
be promptly furnished.
1 Following is a reply to series
of questions on the sui ject oi
rThe Educational Qualification
in Mississippi Suffrage THE
gentleman addressed being q
member OF the Georgia Legisla.
ture:
/ Hon. It. w. Hardwick, Atlanta Ga
My Dear Sir: l take pleasure ir
answering your inquiries.
Il The practical operation of the
franchise clause of our Constitu.
ton of 1890 has proven very sat-
!, isfactory.
lU6r LUtdi EbSictofcA fOtc VI tiiis
state in 1895 was 125,232 White
108, ,988; colored, 1924. Ths
, negroes do not seem to care t.
vote except in the presidential
/ election, and in the River Distric
in congressional elections. AL
though 1924 negroes were reg
istered in the congressional yea
1893, the total Republican vote
mostly negro, was only 4,398. Ii
the presidential vote, 1896. ther'
were only 4848 Republican (most
ly negro) votes.
In the presidential vote 1896
. of the 10S,988 whites registered
only SO, 1884 voted. When a mai
2 goes to vote, he must not only b.
able to stand the educational test
: but if he has failed to pay his pol
. and other taxes for the two year
? ending the 1st February preced