The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-25

reorganize their commands and report
to the adjutant general. The adjutant
general has been very much ANNOYED
by this dilatoriness ON the part of COM
pany officers, especially as he had nu-
merous inquiries and requests for new
companies which have organized and
are anxious to enlist in the guard. 1t
is the desire of the adjutant general to
get all the companies of the old guard
back into the organization if they de-
sire to come in. but his patience is
wearing out He has issued the follow.
ing:
General Order 304
Whereas, General order sol, issued
from this office direct to commanding
officers Of companies composing the
Mississippi National Guard, has not
been wholly complied with, now, there
fore
81. All company commanders of the
Mississippi National Guard who do not
report their intention to reorganize
| their commands, and have not flied
applications so to do, with the adjutant
general of the state at Jackson by the
18th day of June, 1899, such company
commanders shall be considered mus,
tered out Of the service, and their
places filled by now companies now ap-
plying for admission
"WM. HENRY,
| "Adjutant General
Adjutant General Henry says it ia
necessary for these responses to be in SC
that arrangements can be made for the
annual encampment and for his report
to the legislature. 1t is customary to
have the encampment in Angus or Sen
tember He cannot tell when the gen.
eral election of military officers will be
held
DR.. F. L. Fulgham, special inspector
for the state board of health, has re-
tunred from visit to Maynard's rail
road camp, on the Illinois Central,
near Terry, and about twenty miles
south of this city, where he reports
having found thirty we'll defined cases
of smallpox. 1t was reported here the
first of the week that there were suspi-
cious cases of some sort Of breaking
out disease at these camps, and DR..
Fulgham was sent to investigate with
the above result All of the cases
are among the employees Of the camp
and does not seem to have caused
any excitement amo-4g the others, be-
ing of the usual mil l type that has
appeared at different places over the
state, and which the board of health
seems to have had no trouble in
stamping ont
The board has taken charge Of the
camp, and will use their best efforts to
confne the disease to its present quar-
ters. Report comes to the board that
there are similar cases of sickness at
other points along the Illinois Central
south of here chiefly among the en-
ployees of the road and in camps of the
men who have contracts for raising
the road bed between this city and
McComb, and close inspection Of all
the camps will be made by the state
inspectors.
Hon. J. j. Evans, president Of the
railroad commission, arrived in the
city Friday, after a trip through the
delta. He states the crops on all the
state plantations are in good order.
with the exception Of those on the
Belmont and Shelby places. There
seems to be fair stand Of cotton.
Capt. Evans reports six cases of small
pox in a convict camp at Anguilla,
Sharkey county, on the Hall planta-
ton. These convicts have been thor
oughly isolated, and all the usual pre-
cautions have been taken to prevent
the further spread of the disease.
Can't. Evans stated that between o.
800 and 8. 900 bales of the states cot
ton crop for last year were still un-
disposed of. The cotton is at Green
vile, vicksburg and Clarksdale.
General Sam B. Carnes, manager OF
the new electric light and street rail
road company. makes the official an
nouncement that the first current from
the new power house will be switched
on the electric light circuit on the lst
day of June. The jackson power mousse
;s rrouestionably Tho finest In tno