The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-10-25

The youngest representative
was born January II, 1877, the
Oldest June %, 1888.
A gentleman in Louisville, Ky
writes us that he is preparing q
paper on a timber re 'ources Of
the south, and as yellow pine is
quite an important factor, he
wants to know about how much
of the area of Mississippi is in
yellow pine, and about how it
runs to the acre.
We have replied: The total
acreage of Mississippi is 30,179,-
$40. About -third-or 10,
$50, $50 acres-is covered by yell
low pine. This timber runs
about 5000 feet to the acre, SO
that Mississippi has fifty billion,
two hundred and ninety nine
million, nine hundred thousand
feet of yellow pine!
The writer's OF history or biog-
raphy, who rely upon second
hand data or dates, frequently
make serious mistakes, which
subsequent corrections seldom
oyertake. This writer, in pre-
pairing a roster Of Mississippi
governors, found that considera-
ole guess work had been indulge
ed in. For instance, the impress
sion very generally obtained that
Gov. John j.. McRae was born in
Wayne county, Miss; but a letter
from his sister Informed US that
he was born in Leedsboro, North
Carolina-the family coming 10
Mississippi when he was two
years old.
We copied into our roster a
statement that Ex- Governor
Henry S. Foote "died il Ne,
Orleans May 20, 1850, while in
office as superintendent of the Y.
S. Mint. A letter from an
obliging official of the Mint. re-
cenuy received, gives the follow
lowing:
~ find that Hon. II. S. Foote
qualified as superintendent ol the
U. S. Mint in this city Decent ber
20, 1878. He may have been ap-
pointed sooner, but the ay-roll
Tor December, 1878, shows that
he was paid for II days that
month, while Gov. Michael Hahn
was paid for 20 days for the month
as superintendent. Gov. Foote
served as superintendent until his
death, May 10. 1880, in Nashville,
Tenn"
A letter from Gov. Foote son,
in San Francisco, says Nav 70 Is
the correct date.
The following is from the mes
sage of Gov. John j. McRae to
the legislature in 1856. II is Il
first class platform:
lin our state affairs, | favor
education, internal improvements,
moral reform, the cultivation OF
the mind and the developm ent Of
the soil Of the state, and all those
| great interests connected with the
advancement Of science, OF learn
ing, of agriculture, which are the
sources of our wealth, our knowl-
edge and power.
! Your correspondent is making
some inquiries as to the register
ed and actual vote in the several
counties, the vote in the prima.
ries and in the general elections.
! Observing that the total register
ed vote of Marshall county, for
! 1899, is 2313, and that the aggre-
! gate highest vote cast for any one
office (sheriff) in the last primary
was only 1918, we asked for an
explanation, and here it is, ample
and explicit:
"The difference of 794 between
| the total registered vote, and the
vote cast in the democratic pri-
mary election is explained in this
way. The democratic executive
committee of Marshall county, !,
when they passed upon the quail
lification of voters, allowed no
one to vote who was not a demo-
crat, and who was not a qualified
| elector in the general election to
be held in November, 1899. Dem :
ocrats who had not paid all taxes
on or before the first of February
1899 for the two preceding years,
were not allowed to vote. And
the committee also stated in their
regulations that if the managers
of election did not comply with
their order, that particular box,
where the rule was ignored, would
be thrown out and not counted.
think all the counties should
have adopted the same ruling.
If negroes, republicans, and per-