The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-01-18

sions of said act OF Congress,
II becomes my duty. therefore. 70
submit the subject for your considers
ton, and To recommend the enactment
Of proper law governing the subject
matter.
| RhANCu EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS.
The Board Of Trustees OF tho Agri.
cultural and Mechanical College. act.
Ing under the provisions OF Chapter
81 Of Acts OF 1900 located the branch
experimental station at Mcneil on the
New Orleans and Northeastern Rail.
road. In Pearl River County For In.
| formation regarding this matter. your
attention is directed to the report OF
| Hon. II. NJ. Street. Chairman OF tho
| committee TO locate same. From tho
| liberal donations made by the people
Of that section. / feel encouraged to
believe that public attention Is being
attracted toward practical Industrial
lines. and from the encouragement in
/ the location OF this station. | am con.
strained TO the belief that your honor.
able body would do wisely to locate
other experimental stations. one IN
the delta. and | respectively recon.
mend that you consider the matter
| and act as your judgment approves.
looking 10 the interest OF the farming
classes OF our people The difficulties
encountered at Mcneil will. by rea.
sonahle appropriation from you. he
overcome and place the station in po.
sition 10 demonstrate TO our people
what can be done in an agricultural
way In the pine woods
respectfully recommend that you
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this enterprise To successful ends. aud
to locate another similar station some
whore In the fazoo Mississippi delta.
SCHOOLS.
Under the torn Common Schools"
are embraced all the schools OF the
State TO which the general fund ap.
propriated by The legislature for free
schools ls distributed. These schools
are divided into two classes. namely.
Separate school districts and rural
schools.
Tho report OF the State superlntend.
ent OF Education. recently issued.
shows that "a Of the towns In Miasla.
sippl are organized into separate
school districts, and r. IL gratifying to
report that they. as rule. have com.
modious, handsome and suitable build.
ings, and that during the scholastic
year ending ia00 the enrolment waa
approximately 1900. and for the year
1901 they enrolled In the aggregate
35,736 pupils. The average number OF
days taught In said schools during the
last scholastic year was 1888. or more
than eight scholastic months II fur.
ther appears. from the Superintend.
ent's report. that the total amount OF
money collected for these schools for
the last scholastic year was s412.
1888. and | estimate the same
amount for 1900. These are gratifying
statistics, and show that the citizens
OF the towns are progressive. and arn
keeping we'll In the van OF the great
educational movement now I'm progress,
In this country. II will further appenr
from the above that the approximai,
per capita per annum Of all the funds
received was S1l55 on the total enroll
ment.
II may be interesting 10 extend this
line of statistics 10 the State colleges
for the last two years. The average
amount per capita per nnnum expend
ed on the students enrolled in these
institutions 'or the last two years wap
as follows.
State University 500 =.
T. "a ~ college ................. - 81
Alcorn A a NJ college ........... 81 81 q q
Add the appropriations Of the last
session Of the Legislature for repairs
and improvements on these institu.
tiors. the above figures will stand.
ataIe nlYerslty ............,...sfDG ~
T. ~. 'olieEe. '................ 123 90
Aieorn A. & NJ College. .....'. i ga re re
The approximate total enrolment in
the rural schools for The scholastic
years 1900 and 1901 was G91. .742 which
would make per capita allowance
out OF their share OF the $4,000. 900 an.
proprlated by the legislature for ths
said two years Of $3.50 per annum.
STATE LANDS.
The report OF n. II. Nall. Land Com
missioner. for the two preceding fiscal
years shows larger sums collected for
the sale OF lands OF the different hold.
ings OF the State than for any similar
period In the history OF this depart.
ment-which sales, exclusive OF the
different college lands, amount to the
sum or ylS2,08i33. and that he haa
collected $3.50 In fees incident 10 the
sale Of said lands, together with $40
In rents. making the grand total re-.
celyed by him for the two years $685..
8G1 33.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION or
1903.
The Louisiana Purchase ExpogltIon
which is 10 open in the CITY of gt
Louis, Missouri, in 1909, promises IA
he one OF the most extensive and com
prehensiye exhibits OF modern times
OF the natural Possessions. scientific
and Industrial progress Of the age moi
only OF the States OF this Union. but
/ OF foreign lands as well.
There Is. perhaps, no section which
| possesses more varied and natural ra
sources than Mississippi. or which OF
fers greater inducement 10 capital
seeking investment. or the immigrant
hunting a home; and yet the State OF
Mississippi has never seemed 10 fully
/ appreciate the Importance OF incurrine
expense in the advertisement Of these
facts 70 the outside world. while other
States not so we'll endowed by nature
with the rich gifts OF soil, timber. min.
eral and climate have made them.
selves rich and populOus by properly
proving their possessions on such Occa
stems.
Just at this time, when the public
eye seems to be watching more intent.
/ ~ than ever before the rich and unde-
veloped possessions Of the State. sub
init that so favor able an opportunity