The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-15

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NoTE-There are 1873 votes in the house % in
senate. Total on Joint ballot. 17s. Necessary
to a choice 80. In State conventions each
! county has twice the number OF delegates that
it has representatives in the lower house-in all
266. Necessary to choice in convention, 1874
The second column Of figures represents the
doterial representative vote, thus: Benton y,
| Tippah leach county having l full vote IN
convention, in addition to each in regular APP
pOrtiOnment schedule.
The third column OF figures represents the
vote, or fractional vote to which each county is
entitled in the legislature: For instances The
Thtrty-seyenth senatorial district is composed
OF rIshomngo Alcorn and Prentiss-l vote Tor
the three, or 70 each.
This inquiry has reached the editor
of this department from Brooklyn
correspondent who is pursuing in
| quiries concerning the future beef sup
ply of the United States: Can you in
dictate the cause of the exceptional de-
cline-about 30 per cent-in the last
ten years in the beef cattle of Missis-
sippi? In 1885, 446, 600; in 1898, SOL 600
as noted in the Current United States
Agricultural Year Book. Has the pow
az, ~ Sa,,+l,a,.r 800, =. daaoian,
ha,f- for,,ino, oanaof+, as oo,nnorod
,.,itb +bo blnodod Nortbar, stocl, With
,,binb II oon,natas na+arialrv oor-
tnih,+aa 70 tI,a da.1fnaa r. ,,1,,. oannot
od,,;aa ma frta1IiaantI,. ,Ioaso refar =,
anr s.orroa 81 adaona+o acknowledgements :"
Mississippi having no department of
agriculture or industrial statistics, sug-
gestions are invited. Perhaps the pro-
fessor of agriculture at A. Il NJ. college
may be able to throw some light on the
subject.
IN SATURDAY. niub+ Iulv in the citv
Of Jackson the oldest map then in the
Stata of Nfississinni entered into rest
Mr. ! FERGUSON. He was born in
Gaoroia Fabrnarv < 1909 His narants
,.a,,orod 70 NIississin,,i and bnilt a loo
oahin in the wilderness, afterward
srr,,e,,ad for Coniab county His carly
oo,,,,,a,,i,ns 1,,ara tho cbiidran If the
Pod man Ua ,ras ona of tha. s,,rvavino
,,artr ha+laia ont the town Of Raw
mond, and witnessed the cutting OF the
first tree on the land Tor the Capital
City. He was circuit clerk OF Rankin
county Tor several years ne was
buried at County Line cemetery Coplah
county. AT the time Oh nus oea'h ne
was hlhety-SeFeh years Iour mon us
and twenty-five Gays o'u'
Col D. Price Porter, an old and
tlShly esteemed Ci'i1ei, u - 81 N 'op' '''''
WI"ely H'U"H va y ~ ~. ~
ule'' d ms i'o'''e 81, ','o -i'l' "''' -
was secretary u 7'"'e 9e'i'''e " ~
many ears, seeie''.iS - -,.7ol'.o ~,
'ouse lLo'' l'of ~ 80 .
VI 'l'0 ~ 'i1oei' q ''o ~.
iiilV'ee - i1o'' "''', 5 NJ, ~, o5,st,
co,i'ii'''e 81 tHi } o''' ....t;l 49,,
"Ole pr - ,s % 'l't ~, na,oona+
was most attractive feature of that
journal at the time. His health had
been on the decline for several years.
The State has lost splendid citizen,
and his family devoted head.
Nc. ro,,n,r rnipister
t-;..i,ia 30 haar, frst.iIsd nast,,r
- - ~ ~, W We - Sida presbvte,ian church
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g., YI,,,,, yy,.,a.,
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non 'o''u '''i"A + :; - ''i-' -
an aooLeSS " US '', ~, atoat,7
MS "l'"N''" a. lioli '''0 '' 'N'' 49,
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