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A Growing Town.

The meeting Of The Presbytcry Of
Central Mississippi at Alderman on the
18th was the occasion of thi, writer's
visit to that growing town on that and
the day following. The Presbyterv
met in a handsome church recently
completed. The delegates were hos.
pitably entertained.
Alderman is one of the principal
towns on the Aberdeen branch Of the
Illinois Central. It's ffty-three miles
from Durant. thirty-nine from West
Point, and ffty.fve from Aberdeen.
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nrhn MlsslssIppI Room. "

Mrs. Annie Wright Duncan, regent
for Mississipp writes delightfully."- in
the VcksburE Dispatch Of the recent
meeting Of the United Daughters of the
COME lcracy in Richmond. She thus
refers to the mississippi Room in the
Davis mansion, now the Confederate
Museum;
Mrs. Davis bestowed numiticent doHa-
tions of her treasured memorials upon the
Mississippi room, The suit of clothes worn
by President Davis Mt the time of his cap
ture, and from which the magnificent
bronze statue of him at Hollywood was
made; his valise, umbrella, walking cane
Bible, prayer book, pictures which hung IN
his study. all of which are invaluable, and
for which many museums would give fab
ulous sums. The toys of Winnie are also
there, together with her watch, presented
to her by Princess Charlotte of England,
her royal jewels, worn as Comus, Queen OF
the Carnival, in New Orleans, pictures
which adorned her room, and many other
mementocs. In that the Mississippi room
was once regarded as scant in furnishing
is now the center of admiring throngs'
Mrs. }. Il. Mcintosh, now residing in
Richmond, is vice-rcgcnt Of the asso-
citation, and is unceasing in her efforts
for the Mississippi room,
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ONCE WAS ENOUGH.
story of an Interesting Incident Fol-
lowing the Constitutions
Great Victory.

In George Gibbs third sketch OF
Great Naval Battles he sums up the
last victory of Old Ironsides and relates
the following incident, in which the
gallant Stewart rises to the occasion SUI
perblv. It was a wonderful battle. In
a fight between one sailing ship and
two the odds were four-fold on the side
Of the majority. For it was deemed
next to impossible to rake without be-
ing doubly raked i'm return, This OBJ
vious disadvantage was turned by Stew
art to his own account by what critics
throughout the world consider to be the
finest maneuvering ever known IN an
American ship in action. He fought
both his broadsides alternately and
nffed. wore or backed his great vessel
as though She had been apleasure boat.
Neither Of his advsrsaries succeeded in
delivering one telling rakiug broadside.
She seemed to be playing with them
and sHllfully presented her reloaded
gums to each vessel as ii attempted to
get her at a disadvantage.
The larger vessel was discovered TO be
the Cyane, 80, Capt. Gordon Falcon, and
the smaller one sloop-of-war Levant,2l
Capt. George Douglass. The Constitu-
ton had 81 guns, while the Englishmen
had IS. OF the Constitutions crew but
four were killed and ten wounded. On
the Cyane and Leyant IS were killed and
A were wounded.
After the battle, while the two Eng
fish captains were seated in Stewards
cabin, dining with the victor, a discus
sion arose between them in regard to
the mart each had borne in the battle,
while Stewart listened composedly.
Their words became warmer and warm
er and each accused the other in plain
terms of having been responsible for
the loss of the vessels. tapoint where
II seemed as though the bitterness of
their remarks babe fair TO result ID
b,ows. Stewart arose and said dryly;
"Gentlemen, there is no use getting
warm about it; it would have been all
the same whatever you might have
done. If you doubt that | will put you
all on board again and we can try itoyer
again
The imitation was declined in ST.
lence. For this gallant action congress
awarded Stewart a sword and a gold
medal and Old Ironsides soon after the
war was over was temporarily put out
of commission. Her day of fighting was
over. But years after, refitted and re-
modelled, she served her country IN
peaee as gracefully as she had served II
oloriously in war.-Lippineotts.
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SITUATION SUMMARIZED.
Gen. Otis Cables the War Depart.
ment a Summary Of the Phil
ippine Situation.
DISSATISFACTION GOING on RAPIDLY.
Gen. Young sim Camping on tguin-
nIdo's TrniI, aud BEING Enthu-
sinitiCalIy Welcomed by the In
acknowledgements south OF
Manila Disbunding.

Washington, Nov 2S'--Gen. Otis re-.
ports the situation n the Philippines
in the following dispatch 20 the war
department.
MANILA Nov, g7-'Tbc steamer from
San ra,io, yo.tcrd,,, rro,oh, n,
u.,'.,.l .-. ooo ,...
- '''." - '''''' : 80 ''' WV
~" S"''' '''''"' '"',''H anu o'"''
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SHUT OUT FROM THE WORLD
The Lust Boat from Cape Nnmc--k
Great ENOdus-ThOsc Who
Remained.

~. a.,
'''' 49, '''' ,''' 'l'
c'aI correspondent at O"p' No''ie S'''''S
me following letter. aat'u NoN'in-
Der !:
Tomorrow the last boat. The Nj
oloh' VIII IeaNe zap Nome ana from
then until next June the country VIII
be shut OIL from the world
Great Exodus of People.
"There has been a great exodus Of
people, and most OF those VINO WERE
early have gone out, those staying be-
ing largely men who came down ifom
the upper river to get CLAIMS II WlIl
do them little good however as the
country is thoroughly covered ana
the owners have gone away so that
those coming with money can not ouF'
No Work this winter
There will be practically 10 work
done tliis winter as there is no wood
on the creeks to thaw with,So that out
side those finds developed last sum
mer nothing VIII pc zone uhll' nest
summer.
The Outlying Districts
"Ihere were few stampodcS to
creeks in outlying districts that hap
E'ned to be overlooked in the first
rush.
Recent reports from Cape York are
less favorable than the ilrSt ones put
as no work has been done, HttIe -
known for certain or can be until next
summer.
Afr"id OF High Prices
"In Cape Nome and outlying dis
tricts along the coast from Goloiin
bay to Cape York, probably $500 pco'
pie will remain during the winter
Many were frightened by the proba
bility Of advantage being taken OF the
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DEWEY DAY IN CHICAGO MAY :


Chicago. Nov. Admiral Dewey
has accepted the invitation to visit Che
cage May 1, next year, the following
letter having been received from hin.
by the committee;
Washington Nov. -, 1899
TO Martin b. Madden, Esq. Wee
Chairman of Committee, Chicago, Ill
Dear Sir: Acknowledging the receipt
of your letter of the 23d inst, asking
that the date for my visit to Chicago
he fixed for May /, 1900, | have the
honor to state that this date will Dc
agreeable to me.
Very truly yours,
GEORGE DEWEY
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ESCAPED SPANISH PRISONERS.



Americans Mt Mnnii"'
Manila, Nov, - 800 p. m-lhrce
hundred Spanish prisoners VINO Vs'
cgpcd from their captorS neIoIc inc
American advance including ciNlI ON
cials of rank who had been Ill the
hands of the Filipnos Tor more man
year, and many officers, nave arrived
at Manila during the past week. iran
CISCO Reyes brought 100 OF them from
Gen. Wheaton. They were motley
apparelcl and bearded company, Some
were i'll. and had to he carried rom
Nayug to SAN FABIAN IN army WAGONS
uelegau"l' "' 'n''' ''' -
erS nave N'S,'tu M"J'-"'.'' 80 .,.,,1'.
otf 10 '''"N ,''u' 10 -, noi ra,d
"',''' , ,'',,,,"N' camor IamorilIo fine
r''' n,;.sia,or i m,I,ino ar
'i'''"'''' .a,I ,Ior, 60 Snoin ON
"'S '"' -" -, .,a.,,,o,.t,
'o"'" " 'e'''
h"eh"ami"" !" Hi'pp'''
Buencamino has been lodSed III coi"-
Portable quarters at the police station
with his family. Other persons are
aot allowed to communicate with him
He is classed as being the most slip
perry parsonage connected with the in
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Ten years ago the south fought its
FIRST skirmish in the endless battle that
ever RACES for the worlds commercial
supremacy. Its pig iron ertcred the
markets so long dominated by Penn
syl,ania furnaces, and, to the dismay
of those who had affected TO despise its
rivalry, won a substantial victory. Ala
bama iron became a factor in every
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800
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS
By J. L. POWER.

By J. L. POWER.


Some Questions Answered.
A teacher asks the editor of this de.
partment:
/. The date of Andrew Iackson's visit
to the capital of Mississippi; also the
date of Henry Clay's visit?
.. Were the Chickasaw school lands
leased for nincty-ninc years or sold out
right?
3. The names Of representatives. in
congress from 1890, with dates?
l. Gen, Andrew jackson, by invita-
tiou Of the legislature, visited the CAPT.
tai as the guest of the State and the
ceremony attendant upon hisrc 3cption
took place in front of the capitol on
Saturday morning, January Is, 1910,
The visit of Henry Clay was in the
spring of 1874; not now able to state
the precise date
2. The Chickasaw school lands were
not leased for ninety-nine years. When
sold, the sale is outright.
3. Our representatives in congress
from 800 to date, are:
Thomas G, CAtclings -lS3ItO March 3, 1901.
James b. Morgan-lssI to March 3, 1891
John NJ. Allen--l%i to March g. I9n
Chapman l.. Anderson 1881 to March 3, 1891.
Thomas Il. Stockdalc-l85J to March 3, 1885,
Clarke Lewis-lsss to March ., 1895.
John &. KylC-l6g0 to March B. 1876
If l{p4muu.- iSll I, Mprnh t-uI
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900, 900 more to them than they received
for last years crop.
In diversified interests the same story
Of progress and prosperity runs, The
Newport News shipyard, with over $lO,-
100000 of work under contract, includ-
inc two steamers of about 10000 tons
each for the Pacific trade, the largest
ever built in America, is said to be en-
ploying more hands than even the
Cramps; the Richmond locomotive
works are competing with the Baldwins
in exporting locomotives the Mary
land Steel company has been furnishing
steel rails for Russia's Siberian railroad,
for Australia and other distant regions;
Alabama coke has gone to Japan, and
the export of both coke and iron is only
limited by the fact that the home de-
mand now exceeds the supply.
The South's story in statistics.
Statistics are often undressing, but
the story of the south's progress cannot
be told more clearly than in the COM
paratiye Illustrations scattered through
this article, in which reliable estimates
are given where exact figures are not
obtainabIe,
Surveying The whole southern situa-
ton. what has been done and what is
under way. it can be truly said that
"all's well"
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NUMBER 4.

ton seed meal are averaging nearly 1000
tons a day Of this industry the south
has almost as much OF a monopoly as
it has of cotton growing, but in the
manufacture of cotton goods this sec
ton, though making marvellous prog
ress, is still only getting well started.
There are about OO,OO0.00O cotton spin
dies in the world. The south furnishes
the cotton for about three-fourths Of
these, or 100000 spindles, but has
only 100000 spindles. 70 consume in
its own mills its crop of 100000 to
100000 bales would require the in
yestment Of over 81 800, 900 in new mills,
and long before that point could be
reached, even at the present rapid
growth, the world win annually require
of this section from 2j,oOO,OOO to 30
100000 bales. In 1880 the south started
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AzgGgA II 3, J -

PIG-IRON PRODUCED-TONs.
1880 1899
$1,000. 100000.
on its cotton mill development with a
basis Of $4,000 spindles, representing
capital of S2l.OOO,OOO. BY 1890 it had
sci, GOO, 900 capital in this industry and
100000 spindles. To-day it has 5,0O0,-
600 spindles and about Sl2j,OOO,O00 OF
capital invested in cotton mills, while
mills under construction represent
about S25,OOO,000 more. The most sig
niicant sign of the times in this indus
try is that New England mill owners,
recognizing that the south is bound TO
win. are transferring large capital TO
southern mills A number Of the lead
| ing mill companies of the former sec
/ ton have during the last few years built
/ branch mills costing from 100000 to
+. 81 100000 each, in the south; and now
one of New England's greatest corpora
tions is spending $2.50Oo00 in building
in Alabama what will be the largest cot
ton mill ever cons tructed as a single
enterprise. The recent advance in the
price Of cotton is bringing prosperity
TO the farmers, and if it holds for the
balance Of the season will mean $780,
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New York, Nov. 2S.-Richard Croker
who sails for Europe to-day, was inter
viewed yesterday at the democratic
club. He said: Il want to say before
my departure for Europe that Nm' ).
Bryan will lr the standard-bearer OF
the democratic party in the next m
tioral campaign. The fight will be
made against trusts and imperialls'h'
and Mr. Bryan is the only man 10 Ic'1
such fight. Tammany Hall will give
him its heartiest support you may
rest assured of that No running mate
for Mr. Bryan has been selected yet
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Mlssissippl "Educatlonal QunlIncatIoa.o

,ti..t..st
', ''''"'' '!''''''''''oa'
ro'.""'nB is inc reply to series Oh
questions On the above subject, the
gentleman addressed being member
OF the Georgia legislatures:
Hon. T. W Hordwick Atlanta ia
Dear Sir toIa ,raa.'-''
your injuries
The procticoI ororotio,, 81 e.. s...-,,--
clause of our constitution ne lsqo ha -,
very satisfactorv
The total rsgisterod ,.o,, =. ,,i.......i.
1896 was l95 o39 Whit M. ogy. -
1921 The negroes do mot soo,,, T., ,.a,.a. ~
vote except in the presidential election and
in the river districts in cor,.rog.io,,I ata,
ton Altbopph M OH ,o,,raog NOV, -o.,i.,
tered in the congressional veor Isos iho
total Re,IbIicon vota ,,,gtI,, ro,,r, ,,.,.,
only 4.39y. In the nro,ideptial .vopa 1soa
there yyerc onlv so Ro,,rllioo,, l,,,,...l ,
negrol vote.
In tho presidapti,l yoto of teoe - - ,
los gSS white, ra,is,eroJ o,,I,. c,t ,.,.tal
When "a man goa, to vota ho ,,ugt ,o, c,l,,
be able to stand the edpcotionoI tc.t hnt II
he has failed TO nav his poll and other toxes
for the two wears ending the.1st dov Of
February preceding the election be is dis.
qualified. so that Won see our franchise
clause is absolutely impartial as betwes,
the recess.
/ In order to fully understand orr snfFra, a
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-. Ensilx pnssr,l.

Bramble The boys had a political
,,lN last night. and it took the process
sion three houS TO pass given point
Yborne II must have been long
one.
mot very. The gi,s point happened
10 be saloon."-N, I. journal
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-1,,o-Drr Arr, N1NrD-ToNs

..lSS Ivy, 100000
e,s WHO had kept their corn cribs and
smolebouses in the west, buying in the
aggregate about $1OO,OOO,OOO worth
wear of western corn and bacon, com
menceS TO raise their own food supplies
and in this way, returning to the ante
belnm system, reduced the cost OF
raising cotton. While these changes
all revolutionary in their character,
were IN progress, the small bankrupt
railroad lines were brought into com
pact systems, new and heavier rails lad
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!, 10 the letter of ex-President Davis to
ue ladies Of the Confederate Monu-
a u'a' association, dated Beauvoir, May
H. 1883, he said.
CON-. :" u later day, when Mississippi was
"" ~, a fequlsition for troops to serve in the
~ UoS"een the United States and Mexico,
r 1' ulllcaIty was not to get the requisite
sp"''er OF companies, but to discriminate
.IOuS Inose Offering in excess of the num-
W. which would be received. An attempt
rs we ,uoue to build a monument to those
/, drought ,'a and died in foreign land, but
na 4"Vu Ii asked, why! The reason is ON
y 'uce' 1t was not woman's work"
V' 'ne same reason, the movement
NJ N. vac erection of a movement to Mr..
~, s'S came to a standstill because
NJ nOn'ah wasn't in it. But now that the
csn, sn'erS OF the Confederacy have ac-
IT. tp''u the loving but laborious task,
ior. ,"'nulhenl will ascend from the
y, 1u"ua'lon laid three years ago in Mon
% Ss larIi' Richmond, or elsewhere in
'' '''y as they may determine.
o,., I''ou ralSerS should be the most lib
T ra' subscribers to the cotton mills.
c,o,, ,vSS Of the product for export, the
''''''' Will be the price.
TIA, >, "''e One suggestion in some paper
levoo ", cannot now name, that the
soeaa amendment, like the judiciary
Of INV |a'Vhl' did not receive a ma jority
Iba .I' Total vote cast at that election.
Tho 49,. ~ amendment was voted on at
The to,.I sleSS'onal election in 1898.
A,an, o" ~ 'oc Tor the amendment was. .l4,5i0
The ,o,,, ,ue amendment ................ B 32t
alho d,.,y p lor members of congress in
80 tL.. was .''' .... -.,..,...... q, 1856
hal. ,uaV the amendment received a
tb,t ' a of 9,lq5 of the votes cast on
it, ~ ff1 ~ and as 1894 is u ma ior-
ton Il I "e Total vote cast at the cleo
Aad 97a in excess.
Aberdo"au 'eS Memorial association of
r rsttae e has collected near $1,000 TO- o.
com "S 'he erection of a monument on
6pid;n. street, near the Federal
button They solicit further contri.
trom from each ex.Confederate and
iedo,,t. aCn son and daughter of Con-
4'e u the county.
lion o. W'll issue bonds for the cree.
chldsaa suitable building for the white
he r ~Si, colored citizens joined with
eli ON n" !, in petitioning the city coun.
kn ~ ."o subject. The old institute
'e''red for the good it has done.
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cotton Is StiIl King.

the entire lumber regions business isas
prosperous as in the iron districts.
Cotton Is Still King.
Though the value of the grain now
raised in that section exceeds on the
farm the value of the cotton crop, cot
ton is still the dominant power in the
business life of the south. No other
country has such monopoly OF any az
ricultural staple of such worldwide in
auence as the south has of cotton Cot
ton and cotton seed bring to southern
farmers an average of $3O0,O0O,OOO Il
year. The comparatively new INDUS
try of cotton seed oil making now EN-
ploys over .S4O,OoO.eOO OF capital ana
Yields an annual product of upwards OF
$4,000 900. From Galveston alone the
foreign exports Of cotton oil and cot
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just abou, the time when the south
was winning these first skirmiNheS' and
when its people we've dallIed by the
new opportunities Of employment and
wealth-crcationwhich were opening be-
fore them after the darkness of30 years
of war and reconstruction trials, there
came the worldwide financial panic
following the Barring failure, The
south, suddenly brought down from
its dizzy speculative height had7o face
new conditions. The business world
~
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nOsIennathN."

"Osteopathy,'
A practitioner of osteopathy in Mis-
souri,, wanting to know if he could !
practice the same in Mississippi, we re-
ferred his inquiry to DR., j. +. Hunter
secretary state board of health, and
this is his reply: Il win state that there
has already been test case of this
made in the southern portion of the
state last year The court decided that
il wa; Illegal, unless the party held IL
cense from the Mississippi state board
of health,
The Tishomingo Savings institution
received healthy deposit recently
from the firm Of Phillips, Kinds a Co.,
Bonneville just Stt, 4oj,5j--the largest
single deposit since the bank was cs'
tablished in 1861.
Dr. Mitchell, superintendent State
Lunatic asylum, wants the name of the
institution changed to state Hospi-
tai.
CRYSTAL Springs is moving for $780,
600 cotton factory And it is move IN
wv IS '''
The commissions for all county Oil
GERS will be ready for distribution dur
ing the first week in December, They
are now being prepare by the seere'
tary Of state, They wi! De SEM .l,'
circuit clerk, Ihe comn,s 5 dis+ iGr Sa at
ators' rePresen'uyatTtSa az" j;nact 10 tham
ments of Jackson for 1899 foot up
stOH, 1896. The tax levy being IL
mills, makes the municipality receive
for next fiscal year S64, H. We have
before us the city assessment Tor lSo9-
! 1uSt lOTlN YEARS dE''
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CAPTAIN j. j. Evans, railroad com
missioner for First district, died at his
home in Aberdeen on Sunday night
the 10Th, of pneumonia, On receipt of
the sad in.ellig ence at Jackson the
state officers met, adopted resolutions
of respect and sympathy and closed the
departments for the remainder OF the
day. Most of them would have at
tended the funeral, but it took place
that afternoon Captain Evans was
native of Georgia, in his 5Sth year. lie
was n gallant Confederate soldier,
chanccry clerk of Monroe several terms
state treasurer six years and was
elected railroad commissioner in lS01,
"and all these public Offices we've to
HIM public trusts, discharged with
marked ability and the highest in
tegrity.
Hon. l.. A. Moss who will be one of
the members from Kinds in the next
house. says the executive mansion
should be sold and the governor re-
ouired to furnish his own house, lie
wants the land in rear of the capitol
converted into state park
The IIattiesburg Progress suggests
that the pot of gold recently found
near jackson may have been buried by
one of the jackson editors just before
a quarantine panic, and that he is
doubtless now ashamed to acknowledge
that Mississippi publisher had SO
much wealth.
The appraised valuation of the A. and
NJ. college property is Ss5O,69o'oS'
The trustees of State university have
decided to sell the university lands IN
Harrison and Jackson counties-23,O 900
acres of pine timber. Bids Will be re-
ceivcd until January Is. The commit
tee having the matter in charge will
consider bids at jackson on that date;
no bid to be considered which is less
than IS per acre for the land and tim
Der or $3.50 per acre for the timber
alone. Fun details can be obtained
from Chancellor Robert Fulton uni'
versity, Miss.
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Possessing one-half of the standing
timber Of the United States, the south
is building up immense lumber and
woodworking interests, and throughout
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The penitentiary board OF control
win recommend the purchase OF Twelve
~ rfteen thousand acres Of land for
state convict farm instead OF the eX'
nensive and unsatisfactory plan Of leas'
ing smaller ones,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-12-02

the south's output of phosphate rock
was not more than 10000 tons, this
wear it will be 100000 tons. What
this means in the diversiication and
improvement of agricultural conditions
is too broad a subject for treatment
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!, Var correspondent Private William
y Jewell, enlisted AZ the age of 10
years Its hoped that the legislature,
us approaching session, will provide
" 'ne preservation and completion of
'AeSe records. Had wc the time or the
ueanS at our command, it would be
considered labor of love.