Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-04-12
JACKSON LETTER.
Weekly Correspondence From
the State Capital.
PROPER TAX METHOD.
DR.. Curry's Silence Worries
Supt. Whitfield Millsaps
on Geological Tour.

jackson, Miss. Whether a corpora
tion which owns real estate should be
assessed for taxation on It's full cor
porate stock, or whether it's property
holdings should be set out separately
On the assessment rolls, Is question
which has been submitted to Attor-
ney General McClurg by A.. W.
Stands of 6ardis. Should lumber
company, for example, with a capital
stock of $50, 900, $15, 900 Of which is
invested in property, be assessed on
its aggregate capital stock or on each
individual GLASS of its property? The
attorney general had advised that the
assessment be made on the full
amount Of the capital stock, as re-
quired by section 875S, of the code,
and then credit the assessment, ac-
cording to It's real value, with the
amount Of real and personal property
owned by the corporation. He says:
"a lumber company Of $50, 900 paid
up capital, of which $4,000 has beer
invested in real estate and IS, 1000 in
personal roll, and the difference be-
tween these two sums and the capital
stock paid in should also be paid up
capital stock, credited by the amounts
Of the real and personal property as
above stated"
Superintendent Whitfield IL some
what worried over his failure to get
any word from DR.. Curry in regard to
Missisippi's expected pro rata of the
Peabody normal fund. Heretofore he
has always received notice of the
amount Of this fund the state could
count on considerably earlier than
this, and the delay this year is not
understood. 1t will not be possible
for him to take up preparations for
the institute and normal work this
summer until DR.. Curry shall have
indicated what amount he will give
for this cause. If Mississippi should
be left out of the distribution Alto
gether, as Arkansas has been, the nor
NAL work will be practically killed,
as the allowance made by the state is
wholly inadequate. The Peabody
fund has heretofore supplied about
two-thirds of the cost Of these sum-
mer schools. There are hundreds Of
applications on file In the state su-
perintendent's Office from teachers
asking for employment in this work,
but none of them will be considered
until DR.. Curry is heard from.
Brigadier General B. V. White of
Meridian, commanding the first
brigade of the Mississippi division of
United Confederate Veterans, makes
official announcement Of the appoint
ment of the following staff to serve
during the reunion at Memphis:
John A. Webb, jackson, assistant
adjutant general and chief of staff;
A. J. Melton, Jessamino, assistant in
spector general; J. ]. White. Nc
Comb, assistant quartermastr general;
j. L. McCaskill, Brandon, Judge ad-
vocate general; j. I. Hood, Meri-
dian, chief Of ordnance; ]. B. Poster,
Increase, surgeon general; J. r.
Parish, Meridian, chaplain general.
The following are appointed as aides
de-camp on the staff of General
White: A. A. Boyd, Summit; An
drew Vaughn, Edwards; I'D. Laugh
lin, Vicksburg; John Clingan, jack
son; Charles A. Stovall, Shubuta;
w. W. Mitchells, Poplarville; Jesse
Byrd, State Line; D. M. Womaok,
Forest; T. @. Lyle, Lauderdale
The Jurisdiction of General White
embraces about forty camps. 1t is
expected that the other brigade COM
will announce their person /
mel o. their stats within the next few
lays.
The senior class of Millsaps College
will make geological exploring tour
tlOuK bil6 0ull duu Diip 1Slbnu Aui L
.oad, under the direction of Prof.
The class will start on
he expedition next week, the railroad
officials having furnished free trans
1ortation to the eighteen young men
Who will compose the party. Tents
will be taken along and camps made
It the various points at which stop
ire made. Prof. Muckenfuss is now
n correspondence with some of the !
officials of the road, to find out where
t would be best to make these stops.
Fhe geological work will probably
,egin at Strong River, and will be
continued at some point about half
way between jackson and Hatties-
burg, and another half way between
The chancery clerk Of Itawamba
has asked the attorney gen.
,rai ~ dpeida whether n veteran who