The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-12-15
ECHOES fRON
III STATE pR[55.

The states finances are said to be in
good shape, and it is now conlidentially
believed that the new million-6ellar
capitol can be built without creating q
bonded debt. Quitman Quill.
Mrs. Catherine Pitchford, of Natchez
has been awarded Judgment OF $25 zoe
against the Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company, as damage for
the death of her son, who wsts killed
while in the employ of the company =
Scranton Star
Miss Ina, the sixteea-year-old'daug
ter of Mr.. an6 Mrs. w. A. Crisfip, of
Fontainebleau eloped with Mr. John
Mizzet last Wednesday week. They
were married at Mississippi City, re
turning the following day to receive
the haessiRgsof tbse'old folks. --ScrantGn
Star
The oyster industryen the gulf coast,
assuming as it is tremendous prWeor-
tions, being as yet in its infancy, nust
inevitably became the question of in
terstate Legislation. 1t is already be-
coming a subject of controversy be-
tween she people 'of Louisiana and
Mississippi. IRA mond(Ga
The Clari0n- ger;ispained to hear
of the death of Col. William lknge, at
his home in Gorinfh. he was.a noble
man. q fine Sawyer and n good citizen.
He had represented his county in the
Legislature and was speaker of that
body in 1884 He was universally pop
ular and highly esteemed throughout
the state aclSson> Giarion4L ledger.
Another enterprise is inaHgurated at
West PaseagoMa. Mrs. w. Labr0t,
superintendent of the creosote works
of the Louisville and Nashville rail
! road, lis having erected "a sawmill on
the south side of the railroad bridge
1t will be a two-story building, lOx2s
feet in size, equipped with modern i'm
proEements and machinery. 1t will be
ready for operati0nabout January 10Th.
The Daughters ,of the Confederacy-
Robert E. Lee chapter, located at Aher-
deem, Miss, are erecting in the center
of the principal boulevard of that city
handsome monument in memory OF
the Confederate dead, which will be
unveiled, with appropriate ceremonies,
Oh Wednesday, December IL, 1900
Mississippi Bureau, Memphis CONNER
eial Appeal
The Withdrawal of General Catch
ings from the national house of repre-
sentatiVes causes a general regret. He
was always true to the interests of his
constituency and was perhaps the best
posted member of congress on rivers
and harbors. The people of the Delta
can not easily find a man to fill his
plaCe.-EXcnAng6.
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson is
'nhoted by the Birmingham Age-Herald
az saying AZ suppose there is a
greater percentage of old men in Mis-
sissippi than ia any other state, it
seems so to me. and have been in a
good many. By old 1 mean between
eighty and ninety. They are not de-
,crepit men who hug the Preside, but
quite lively old fellows"
The Vicksbure Daily Dispatch outfit
was sold at public auction last week for
81 500, the Dispatch company having
failed to make the payments as speci-
fed in the deed of trust. Mr.. r. l.
McLaurin was the trustee. Mr.. B. w.
Griffin. president OF the First National
bank, offered $500 for the outfit,
consisting of press, type-setting ma,
chine, subscription list, goodwill, ETC.,
and it was turned over to him. The
Dispatch started in 1883 as the McLan-
rim clan organ. Scranton Star.
The buildings Of the Baptist Orphan
are at Jackson being totally made
ouate to accommodate the applicants,
that institution asked of Mississippi
Raptists a Thanksgiving Offering Of
slO. GOO for the purpose Of erecting new
and more commodIous buildings. All
the churches in the state have not been