The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
STATE LANDS.

The report of e. H. 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 Of $182,081.33. and that he has
collected S3,540 in fees incident to the
sale of said lands, together with $40
in rents, making the grand total re-
ceived by him for the two years $780,
661.33.
| INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE.
Under the successful management OF
President A. A. Kincannon, the col
lege, since the las adjournment OF the
legislature, has passed through two o.
it's most prosperous and successful
years.
The president and his corps Of
teachers, who ara consecrated to the
college, are doing great work in the
education of the girls of the State.
There were in attendance during the
session of 1S99-1900 S95 young ladies.
and, for the session 1900-1901 there
were ATS in attendance, while more
than 500 are enrolled for the present
term.
The constantly increasing attend
ance upon the college is evidence of
emphatic approval by the people of
industrial training of the girls of the
State, and of the aims and purposes
of the institution.
Since the last sitting Of the legisla-
ture a new handsome and very mod
ern additional dormitory has been
added, modern up-to-date brick hos
pital erected; the system of heating
and plumbing throughout the build
ings has been much improved and ex-
tended; the fe1cing and grounds
greatly improved and beautified; be-
sides many other Improvements and
repairs, which will be made known 10
, you by the president in his report.
The money appropriated for the in
stitution will be properly accounted
, for in tile reports of the Board OF
Trustees and president, to which your
attention is directed.
t recon mend to your favorable eo1i-
sideration all the needs of the institu-
ton which will be brought to your at
: tention by the reports of the trustees
: and president, as aforesaid
I PENlTENTIARY.
= Under the directions of an act
! passed by the last session of the legis-
lature ordering the removal of the
= penitentiary from the city of Jackson.
> so as to turn over the grounds to the
= capitol commission, On which to erect
= the new State-house, the brick walls
: around the sail grounds, together
y with the principal buildings, We're, by
o the Board of Control, with prison la
I Dor. torn down and removed.
n Under the present farming system
l. by the Board Of Control, the State has
r. operated fifteen Limitations, being re-
o spectively in Rankin, Kinds, Issa-
n quena, Sharkey, Holmes, Washington,
n Bolivar, Coahoma and Quitman coun-
,r ties, and the prisoners have been dis
6 tributed among the said plantations.
o So far as | have been able to ascer-
- tain, the convicts have been well fed
A. and clothed, and have not been treated
,e with undue severity; but have to adj
o. NIT that by reason of the numerous
IL duties which are imposed by law upon
al the Governor. it has been utterly i'm
possible, though Chairman of the
NJ Board Of Control to give such person
" al attention to the convicts and peni
nj Tertiary as would be necessary tc
o. properly understand the detailed
workings of it's affairs on the various
farms lying in ni.e different counties
:, have made, however, such pilgrim
., ages to the farms as my limited tin.
~ would permit. and from such infor1na
p ton. and that obtained from the war
e. den feel justified in saying that the
4? present system under which the con
=, victs are worked is Just TO the prison
al ers and profitable to the State.
For detailed statement of the bust
= ness transactions and financial affairs
~ of the penitentiary, beg to refer you
10 TO the reports OF the warden and tbs
~ Board of Control.
NJ LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION OF
d. 1908
lie The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
as which is to open in the city of st
ar Louis, Missouri, in 1903, promises tt
tie be one of the most extensive and com
OF prehensive exhibits of modern time
he of the natural possessions, scientific
re and industrial progress of the age, no
IT. only of the States of this Union, bu
ID. of foreign lands as well.
OF There is, perhaps. no section which
or possesses more varied and natural re
z, sources than Mississippi or which OF
ne fers greater Involvement to capita
ng seeking investment, or the immigran
rs hunting a home; and yet the State o
re Mississippi has never seemed to full,
AT appreciate the Importance of incurrini
sss orponea in the advertisement of thes
ar facts to the outside world. while othe
lts States not so well endowed by natur
as with the rich gifts of soil, timber, mir