Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-01-11

sion shall pass a bill redistrictlne the
State so as to comply with the provl
| sions of said act of Congress.
It becomes my duty, therefore, to
submit the subject for your consldera.
Of a proper law governing the subject
matter
RBANcH EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, aclr'
ing under the provisions Of Che
81 Of Acts Of 1900, located the s.a.acn
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. H. M. Street, Chairman Of the
committee to locate same. From the
| liberal donations made by the people
Of that section, l 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 l respectively recon-
mend that you consider the matter
and act as your Judgment approves,
looking to the interest of the farming
classes Of our people. The difficulties
encountered at Mcneil will, by a rea-
sonable appropriation from you, be
overcome and place the station in DO
sition to demonstrate to our people
what can be done in an agricultural
way in the pine woods.
/ respectfully recommend that You
make appropriation sufficient to carry
this enterprise to successful ends, and
to locate another similar station some
where in the Mississippi delta.
SCHOOLS.
Under the term Common Schools"
are embraced all the schools Of the
State to which the general fund ap-
propriated by the legislature for free
schools is distributed. These schools
are divided into two classes, namely:
Separate school districts and rural
schools
The report of the State Superintend-
ent of Education, recently issued.
shows that "a of the towns In Missis-
sippi are organized into separate
school districts, and it is gratifying to
report that they, as a rule, have com
modious, handsome and suitable build.
ings, and that during the scholastic
year ending 1900 the enrolment was
approximately $4,000, 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 1893, or more
than eight scholastic months. II fur
ther appears, from the Superintend-
ents report, that the total amount of
money collected for these schools for
the last scholastic year was S412,
1883, and | estimate the same
amount for 1900. These are gratifying
statistics, and show that the citizens
OF the towns are progressive, and ara
Keeping well in the van of the great
educational movement now in progress
in this country. 1t will further appear
from the above that the Approximate
per capita per annum of all the funds
received was $11.55 on the total enroll.
ment
1t may be interesting to extend this
line OF statistics to the State colleges
Tor the last two years. The average
amount per capita per annum expend.
ed on the students enrolled in these
institutions Cor the last two years was
as follows:
state University sion "A
a. * NJ; College. e................ "A 8S
Alcorn A. & NJ College. ........., ... Il Il ss ss
Add the appropriations of the last
session of the Legislature for repairs
ana improvements on these institu-
tions, the above figures will stand:
State University . s1oe 90
a. "; college. .................. 123 90
Alcorn A. K NJ College. ege.......'' Ss Ss 70 70
The approximate total enrolment in
the rural schools for the scholastic
years 1910 and 1901 was 691, ,742, which
would make per capita allowance
out OF their share of the 100000 an.
propriated by the legislature for the
said two years of S2,62 per annum.
STATE LANDS.
The report of e. H. Nall. Land Com.
missioner, for the two preceding fiscal
9-AS"S AoA SCI buill6 GOllGCIe0 IOr
the sale of lands of the different hold.
lngs of the State than for any similar
period in the history of this depart-
ment-whie' sales, exclusive Of the
different college lands, amount to the
sum of $182,0S1.33, and that he has
collected $3.50 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 S1S5..
LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION OF
1903.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
which is to open in the city of ST
Louis, Missouri, in 1903. promises Ia
be one of the most extensive and com
prehensive exhibits of modern times
OF the natural possessions. scientific
and industrial progress of the age moi
only of the States of this Union. bnt
OF foreign lands as we'll
There Is perhaps, no section which
more varied and natural re-
sources than Mississippi or which Of
fers greater inducement to capital
seeking investment, or the immigrant
hunting home; and yet the State of
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