The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-03-18

Capt. John A. Webb, secretary
of the railroad commission, calls
attention to the fact that there
are two railroads doing business
in this State who do not pay any
taxes-at least there is no assess
ment against them in the commits
sion office. He has asked the at
torney general To look into the
matter at once, TO see whether or
not a railroad that Is not incorpo-
rated can be assessed for taxes as
are other railroads. The roads
concerned are the Laurel and
Northeastern and the Chicora and
Jackson, both owned and operat-
ed by large milling concerns OF
southeast Mississippi. The Laurel
roads is understood to be of
standard gauge, however, and to
be operating several miles of aS
good track as Is be found in the
State. 1t may be that these roads
are paving taxes in the counties
through which they run, and the
secretary of the commission has
written the county officials to
know what about ii.
Hon. G. G. King, commissioner
from the State of Mississippi to
the Paris Exposition in 1900, will
leave in few days for Chicago to
confer with Fedinand W. PccE,
United States commissioner. NJ.
King has had good deal of cor
respondence recently with him
and the Joint conclusion already
reached seems to he that MiSsiSSlp-
pi should have as good a tcNtlls
exhibition as possible, in addition
to her other exhibits of cotton,
etc. His immediate purpose in
comforting with Commissioner
Peck is to find ont just how much
space will be allowed. Although
the exhibition will be really a
State exhibition, it will not be
classed as such, but will be merg-
ed in the general exhibition Of
similar products from Other
States. Mr.. King has taken up
the matter with good deal Of
enthusiasm. and but for untowarl
circumstances would have all hi~
plans thoroughly matured before
this time.
One of the biggest land redcmp-
tions ever heard of here was re-
corded when Mrs. Bell Kuppen-
hermer. of Chicago, paid into the
State treasury the sum of $l,732.-
58 for the redemption of $500
acres of land in the county of
Sharkey.
The State Board of Education
has run up against case that IS
giving them some trouble with
their thinking caps. Some time
ago it will be remembered that
Superintendent Allison, of Har-
rls0n county, was Ousted on the
ground that he had lost his mind
and was not in condition TO
attend to the duties of the Of
fee. Allison was permitted to
resign and his successor was APP
pointed by the governor, but it
now transpircs that before step
ping down and ont Mr.. Allison
made contracts with about half
the teachers of his county at saIa-
ries considerably in advance of the
customary salaries for teachers IN
that part of the country. When
his successor took charge of the
Office he found that the whole
school appropriation would be eX-
hau-rcd in paying the contract
teacher while the balance OF tn
taachr, IF the county would ho
r, llstIc for there mouar.
chors thu. left in tln
pnalod to the Safe
o..fd 70 redress, setting up .ae
IT., tra' their former super ..u
Z not in uis rlrht mind aer
IL. ort... into .He "rltten co l'ac,-
.p .r.y should be igu"r q.
-, = a,c-uper,Dleudent has OF red
~ g., superintendent not to pay
o., ,ay oore money on these ques-
u,n,: rpnlracts, 0uJ 1t is thonga-
M he funu has already reeu
.exhsu,ted, However, the case Will
now 20 TO the courts for settlement.