The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-04-22
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
cHAMBERLAlN-HUNT AcADE.
MY PROPOSES TO INCREASE
IT'S ENDOWMENT.
Winona Offers 5000 for the Re.
noval to That Place of Cen
tral rIissi sippi Institute.
Correspondence OF Gazette. ]

jackson, Miss, April 21, 1899
Attorney General Nash will de-
liver the Decoration Day address
at jackson, on Goth.
Prof. j. G.. Hardy has accept
ed an invitation to deliver an ad-
dress at the closing exercises OF
the Kosciusco Graded School.
Col. W. A. Montgomery will
deliver the annual address on
Commencement day Of Central
Mississippi Institute, French
Camp, on Tuesday, June Z.
The indications are that large
number Of counties will have a
primary vote on u, S. Senator.
The young men Of jackson
have got a move on them. They
propose organizing a Business
League. The old men can do
the resoluting, and they will do
the executing.
Belhaven College Commence
ment will be June IL. Congress-
man a.. f.. Fox will deliver the
annual address. Rev. Professor
Carter, Of Tulane University, will
preach the commencement SER
mon June IL. The College has
had very prosperous session.
Chamberlain Hunt Academy,
Port Gibson, proposes to increase
it's endowment, and a colofed
man named E. H. Patton con-
tributed five dollars, being the
first response.
The progressive city Of Winona
has offered a bonus Of ten thou
sand dollars for the removal there
Of Central Mississippi Institute,
at French Camp. The Presbytery
Of Central Mississippi has the
matter under consideration.
The Mississippi and Louisiana
State Boards of Health have
reached pleasant understands
ing, and will work in harmony in
the establishing and enforcing
effective and sensible quarantine
regulations.
The Masonic hall at Brook
haven was destroyed by fire on
the night Of 18th. A new brick
temple will be erected on a more
eligible site, and the old site will
be added to Whitworth College
campus.
The signs Of the times indicate
that the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad will be extended in the
near future, and in the direction
of Jackson. From Hattiesburg,
it would pass through Covington,
Simpson and Rankin.
The semi annual distribution Of
the Chickasaw school fund will
be made May 1st. The amount
is S25, ,761.15. The counties en-
titled to the fund are: Alcorn,
Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw,
Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lee,
Lafayette, Marshall, Monroe, Pa
nola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quit
man, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah,
Tishomingo. Tunica, Union,
Webster and YaIobusha. Mar
shall gets the largest sum, 81, :
898.74; Tallahatchie, S38. 40
the distribution being on the basis
of territorial area.
The New England Newspaper
League Egot the cold shoulder al
jackson, Yicksburg and other
places in Mississippi. Right. The
bonus they demanded would have
been that much Sweetness vast
ed Fon the desert air"-and New
England air atthat. When south.
ern localities conclude to adver.
tise their resources and possibili.
ties, the Great Northwest is tht
direction for judicious expendi.
ture.
The commencement exercises
ofsMillsaps College will open Fri
day morning, June Is, with con.
test for defamation medal by
members of Freshman class. An.
nual debate OF Friday evening,
debate between members of Gal.
loway and Lamar Literary Socie.
ties The question for discussion
will be: Resolved, that the United
States should enter upon policy
of territorial expansion, affirm
ative to be upheld by j. A. Teat,
of Attala, and T. W. Holloman,
of Yazoo; the negative by j. B.
Mitchell of Virginia, and J. T..
McCafferty of Choctaw. Contest
for Oscar Kearney Andrews med