The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By ]. L. POWER. f668 IL
Asst AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY ]. L. POWER.


valuation-$5 or more, per acre, instead
! of from $3.50 to $3-the increase would
have been much greater. The news
says, "this is one thing that is very
wrong with our county" and it is one
thing that is very wrong with a good
many other counties. If realty and
personally were listed, in this State,
at their real value, it would not be
necessary to levy more than three or
four mills State tax.
McComb City and Its Normal
It was this writer's great privilege to
spend few hours with the Teachers
Normal at McComb City, at the close OF
their four weeks work. The enroll
ment was 2:7, and nearly all remained
to the last day. The normal, was in
every respect, conspicuous success
prof. G. F. Boyd, director. had an ex'
ceptionally able faculty, and the teach
e1s, without exception, improved the
time to the utmost. A large number
took the examinations at the close OF
the normal.
On Wednesday night, the citizens OF
McComb showed their appreciation OF
the normal by delightful reception.
The program included addresses, reci-
tations, refreshments. and good time
generally. The city and school officials
and many ladies being active in their
attentions to the normalites.
On Thursday morning we gave the
normal few chapters in Mississippi
history. Members OF the faculty, sew
eral of the teachers, County Superin-
tendent Lee, school trustees and 9th
ers, made short congratulatory talks,
and then a series of happily worded
resolutions were read and adopted:
We were specially pleased with one
remark by superintendent Lee: that
the Pike county teachers who ATTENDED
the normal would be reimbursed for
their expenses in attending.
McComb City wants the normal again
in 1901, and the teachers all want 70 go
back to McComb. =
We were pleased to note many evil
dences of expansion of McComb City
handsome new stores, scores OF new
residences, and a decided increase in
population since our former visit. Inc
new cotton mill will soon be completed
and equipped. 1t will start with i've
thousand spindles, but the mill is being
an constructed that additions will not
affect the symmetry of the structure.
One of the ''long-felt wants" Oh
McComb City is an up-to-date passenger
and freight depot, and these the great
l. C. will supply in due time.
Several Mississippi cities and towns
are disappointed in the census figures
and the charge is made that Supervisor
Mollison isn't good at counting. jack
son gets something less than 10000,
and Vicksburg will not exceed $4,000:
The State tax assessors enumeration OF
education, made this year, would indl-
cate that both cities have much larger
incubation. 1t is possible that some OF
the suburban children are included in
the assessors enumeration; the Federal
euumerators being restricted to cor
poration limits.
The trustee Of the A. and NJ. College
will take $3.50 per acre for the coll
leee lands-29, OOO--if sold in body.
These lands are of better quality, and
more favorably located than the Alcorn
College land, which were sold for s@So
per acre, or 500, 500 for the whole
Major vardaman, after much retec-
ton, suggests that it is not polite to
hold the proposed September conven-
ton for the selection Of new Demo
cratic State executive committee. The
suggestion is made in the interest," OF
harmony and Democratic unity. And
it is timely. The Legislature, "a 1904