The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By KATE MARKHAM POWER.
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The Progress urges the young men
Of Hattiesburg to organize a Board
Of Trade. 1t asserts--correctly-that
there are more than a dozen brainy,
active, sensible young men In whose
hands the matter could be brought to
successful issue. It is unQuestionably
true that these organizations are neces-
sary to the growth Of our towns.
There must be some Official source
from which to get the facts and fig-
ures needed by would-De investors.
Capitalists who look about them for
places in which to make suitable In
vestments do not often pause to con-
slider town that is SO slow as to have
no organized body Of business men to
whom they can apply and from whom
they can get the facts and figures they
need. Our State has great natural
wealth and splendid resources, and
while her devoted press Is unfagging
in the zeal with which these facts are
kept before its readers, 1t Is well I'M
derstood that these readers are largely
home forks" and familiar with the
conditions. 1t Is the people who never
see and rarely hear Of a Mississippi
newspaper that we are most anxious
to instruct. Boards Of Trade can do
this. and our towns can have Boards
Of Trade. All that is needed Is the
will and q considerable amount of
energy mixed with large amount of
faith in the town. Our section Is the
only part Of these United States
through which the traveller can pass
without gathering up trunk load
(more or less) Of pamphlets. folders,
brochures, etc., usually prepared in
attractive style, and telling all about
the country or advertising some spe-
cial point. Every town in the West
(and sometimes only the place where
the town ought to be) has its regular
advertising agencies. These get up
and keep on hand facts and figures"
well written and illustrated, and every
pleasure party and excursion passing
through is flooded with them, while
the regular overland trains always
carry supplies Of this literature"
And such a country as they have, in
some instances, to advertise. Our
stately pine forests, our glorious coast
country, our fertile uelta and splendid
hill land furnish facts enough
to fill volumes, and figures that
would cause many IAN Fastener
west-bound to Change cars at Chi
cago" and head LOT the South.
Reference has been made in these
columns recently to the remarkable
increase in the number Of children in
the graded, public and private schools
of the State, and while several towns
are on this roll of honor, we believe
the prize should 60 to Laurel. That
thriving young city needs more school
buildings and more teachers for the
accommodation of the children clam
oring for instruction this term. The
teaching capacity should be more than |
doubled and the town needs, right
now, three times as much space in |
class rooms as 1t has. Last year 262 |
white and III colored pupils were en-
rolled. This year the first enrolment |
showed 527 whites and 251 colored |
children. 1t Is probable that no other |
town in the State can make like
report.
The people of Gulfport went wild
with enthusiasm the other day, when |
a large seagoing vessel anchored at
the railroad pier. Brother SETTLER Of
Hattiesburg truthfully says that as
soon as Gulfport's deep water harbor
becomes a fixed fact a new epoch in
the commercial history Of Mississippi
will begin. And that, with the deep
water harbor at our door, where the
largest ships can be loaded with home
made wares and goods, we will have
In the course of few years one Of
the most prosperous States in the
South, II not in the Union. From
here we can ship anything we can
raise or manufacture direct to any
foreign country at as low transporta-
lion rate as can be had by any other
State in the Union-and Mississippi
has the stuff" to ship.
The. regular fall term of the Su-
preme Court of Mississippi convened
Monday afternoon. A large assem-
blage of lawyers from all parts Of the
State was present at the opening Of
the term. The first fortnight or so
will be occupied with the docket for
the middle district. On the fourth
Monday the criminal docket, contain
ing over a dozen murder cases In
which capital punishment was Affixed,
will be taken up. Among the impor-
.ant cases coming before this high
court during the first fortnight is the
celebrated quo aodrrGnto proceedings
against the cotton oil mills on the
.harge Of violating the antitrust Law.
jackson Is fortunate In, the posses
don of such citizen as Mr.. Thomas
who has Just let the con-
ract for the erection Of wholesale
hardware house. The building will be
IN expensive, convenient and thor
,ughly modern structure. located on
he A. q v. R. r. (from which a spur
s being laid to run to the building),
N West Capital and Gallatin streets.
This is the first wholesale hardware
tore In the state, and IL we may