The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29


known and acted upon. 1t |
exempts from all State, county and |
levee taxation for perod of five years,
''all factories or plants now in course
OF establishment or which shall here.
after be established in this State be-
working cotton, jute, ramie, wool, silk,
furs or metal; all factories for manu-
featuring machinery, implements or
articles Of use in finished state and
ready for consumers use without ad-
ditional process of labor; all factories
for making wagons, carriages, buggies,
clothing or shoes complete; all factories
for making barrels or boxes complete,
whether coopered or lose, ready for
transportation, and all creameries. And
all cities, towns and villages are hereby
authorized to encourage the establish
within their respective corporate limits,
by exempting the same from municipal
taxation for period not longer than
ten years"
The press of the State would do
great public service by making special
note of this, to the end that every city
and town in the State may do as Jack
son has done, pass an exemption ordi.
nance, and follow that up by the widest
publicity in the press and by private
correspondence. Mississippi promises
to become as noted for her manu-
r.
certainly will be if her people will
only take advantage of their oppor-
tunities. A fertile soil, a genial cline,
and homogeneous citizenship are ele-
ments that ought to insure the pros
perity and greatness of any common
wealth. In all these, and many other
respects, Mississippi is richly endowed.
Confederate Monument at Aberdeen.
The patriotic and persevering efforts
of the Ladies' Memorial Association
and R. E. Lee Chapter, L. d. c., of
| Aberdeen, came to a successful and
grand conclusion on Wednesday the 18th
instant, when very handsome monu-
ment to the Confederate dead of Mon
roe county was unveiled with imposing
ceremonies. The procession included
the Olxolona band, Confederate vet
Grams, Col. r. NJ. Levy of 1st regiment
National Guard and staff, company b.
lst regiment, Henry Light Guards, Bat
talon Cadets A. and NJ. College, school
children, Ladies' Memorial Association
and Daughters of the Confederacy in
beautifully decorated carriages, citizens
in carriages and the Juvenile Bicycle
Corps.
Capt. E. L. Sykes, for the ladies, read
a historical and descriptive sketch, and
at the conclusion of the impressive
dedication ceremony, conducted by
Commander r. E. Houston, assisted by
Chaplain A. J. Brown, the Misses Mary
Gillespie and Annie Mcfarland, one tc
the left and the other to the right O.
the shaft, drew the cords and the vel
descending, revealing the monument il
all it's beauty, and disclosing for the
first time the life-like figure of the Con
federate soldier that surmounted it
Cannon pealed, the band played Dixie
and battle-worn veterans gave "tha
rebel YELL"
The exercises were concluded at tn,
operahouse. Compa ny's roster was read
and dead on the field of honor" wa
the response to many precious name
J Hon. w. NJ. Cox, of Baldwin, wa
orator of the day. His address, say
the Examiner, Twas worthy of the oc
casion and the gifted orator. 1t wa
broad, eloquent, logical, pathetic. Ii
fought the battles upon lines that an
ticipate the final judgment of the his
torian, and made out as clear a case 70
,, the South as was ever presented to
people. 1t was grand effort, an
, there was many an eye dinned wit
tears during his recital, and many
; heart that throbbed with pride whe
scenes in council and on the field wer
rehearsed."
This writer was honored with plac
on the program, but, unable to attend
sent the following:
JACKSON, Dec 12, 1900.
To the Ladies' Association and r. f. lie
Chapter u d. c., Aberdeen, Miss:
, beg leave to extend my congratulation:
S and to express my admiration of the p'
, triotic work you have so nobly accom-
> plished. Mississippi contributed eight
, thousand men to the cause of the Soutl
, ern Confederacy, and among the best an
bravest were those who fought under th
Stars and Bars from Monroe county. Ma
your example be followed by every coul
ty in the State. But the grande'
monument yet to be erected is the or
I that shall commemorate the devotion an
a fortitude of Southern womanhood durin
. and since the cival war.
: ]. L. POWER, Secretary of State.
The progressive, prospering and oea'
tiful city of Biloxi has sustained ser
. Gus setback in the shape of half mi
lion dollar fire. In a few years tn
disaster will be referred to as "a bles
}, | ipr in disouisa RilOxi will be fair,