The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1901-09-21
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
BY ]. L. POWER.
asa~nsnea~osnssA&ae &aeTAsA~h&Naae~sns1&n
NoTEs on PAST AND cURRENT EvENTs.

ever before its readers the advantage
and Importance Of diversifying their
products-particular is this urged in
trucking. The State of Texas. from
its truck farm" vegetables
and fruits-shipped to Northern and
Eastern markets the past season enor
nous quantities. which brought a net
profit (slnce April Is. 1901 OF more
than half a million dollars. Mississ
ippi has already done much along
this line and because of 1t. there are
thousands of families comfortably well
off. who, but for this opportunity
would have been shut out from the
pleasant things of life that money and
opportunity give. The Sentinel says
that a one-sided development of in
dustry is sure TO result in a one-sided
ropulation-and that 1t is a bad policy
10 put all ones eggs in the same
basket.
Mississippi. In common with her
sister States, has spent the week just
passed in grieying because OF the
death of our honored president. In
almost every city In the State, mass
meetings were hald TO express the
peoples respect for William McKin.
ley. their sympathy for his loved ones
and their horror at the crime that has
shocked the world. From our chief
executive and other high officials.
Confederate Veterans. Daughters of
the Confederacy business. municipal,
religious and social organizations,
with hundreds OF private individuals,
messages of sympathy and coincidence
hurried by wire and by mail
to add their weight to the
sweet burden of loving sympathy
which the nation has laid upon the
troubled, but brave and loyal heart
of his wife.
The Holly Springs papers say that
Judge Lowrey instructed the grand
jury there to find true bills against all
druggists who sell Peruna. A promi.
nent Mississippi physician, when asked
as to the ingredients of Peruna. re-
piled that IL was nothing more nor less
than bad quality of whisky. Another
so say the papers in North Mississ-
ippi-cifed several instances in which
Kelley graduates had become drunk.
ards again from taking Peruna as a
medicine. This being the case. Judge
Lowrey evidently understood his bust.
ness when he charged that jury. In
Houston it is against the law to sell
more than two bottles of lemon ex-
tract to one person, as that, and cer-
tain patent medicines. have caused
numerous "sprees" among the boys.
These lawmakers are in earnest.
The State institutions at Jackson
the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind In.
stitutes-will open Oct 2. by which
date all pupils should be present. All
information concerning these splendid
educational institutions, the terms OF
admission. regulations etc. will be
furnished upon application-for the
bind to DR.. Sims. care Of Blind Insti.
tute, and for the deaf mutes to Prof.
Dobyns, care Deaf and Dumb Insti.
tute. II our readers know Of unfor.
tunate blind or deaf children whose
parents may not be familiar with the
State schools for them, they would do
q real Kindness to the child and to
the State, by writing TO the superin-
tendent, giving name and address of
the child and its parents, or guar
dian.
At recent meeting Of the Peniten.
iiary Board of Control, the boarding
department for convicts and employees
that has been maintained in Jackson
at the old prison, was abolished and
sll the convicts were taken to oaisley.
Nothing will be left in Jackson but
the office, while the records are kept,
in charge of a clerk and an assistant,
and the capital city will still be head.
quarters for the travelling sergeants.
One Of the important matters before
the board at this meeting was the
question of improving the States herd
Il LOO head) of cattle by the purchas-
ing and introduction of fine herd Of
Herefords. Purchases OF this sort
prove good investments for individu.
ais as well as States.
The boards Of supervisors OF Clay
and Chickasaw counties have made
appropriations. under the swamp
land tax law" TO have Chouquatouehie
creek bottom drained, and have EN-.
ployed engineers to survey the lands
subject to overflow. and locate the pro.
posed drainage canal. This is a good
thing for the counties.
The people OF Greenwood have spok-
en-, and that fourisbing city will have
waterworks, sewerage and electric
| i gnt. This is bigger thing for Green
wood than would have been the dis.
eoyery of a gold mine In the heart of
the town. We congratulate her and
her progressive citizens upon this
great improvement.
Among railroad people the luck of
the Mobile G Ohio is proyerbial. They
have never yet killed passenger on
passenger train. though they hava
came perilously near it many times.
One Of these instances occurred re-
Gently near Sucarnochee station, this
State, when the rails spread and q
coach and sleeper aaw the track.
while going at full Epeed. The cars