The sea coast echo., 1902-03-01

NEWS NOTES.

\ t,baucellor Fulton. of the Uni
sersity Of Mississippi, expresses
himself as highly gratitied at the
ssilure of the Legislature to pass
ihe bill declaring against co-edu-
cation Of the sexes at the institu-
\ ioo. Chancellor Fulton is on re-
cord as having opposed the CO.
sduoation scheme when it was first
saoqested by the board of trus-
Iees. e but he now declares that the
h eyperiment has proven acomplete
Al event of much interest to
Sunday school workers in this
4 slate win be the meeting of the
Mississippi Conference Sunday
School Association which will he
eonyened at Utica on the oath OF
March for a three days session.
prof. II. NJ. Himill. Of Nashville,
yin conduct the proceedings of
The convention and prizes will be
awarded for the best examinations
siood by Sunday school pupils on
the lessons of the past year.
There will be about one hundred
delegates in attendance.
Fruit growers IN this section of
Mississippi report that the pros
pect for the coming season is the
brightest for several years, and the
outlook is.magnifcent for a record
breaking yield. The weather has
been continuously cold for over
two months, betokening an early
spring, and thus fur there has
been no swelling of buds in any
variety of fruit. The first two
weeks in March are regarded as
the critical period, and if these
can be passed without damage to
the prospective crop the fruit
farmers will feel safe for the sea-
son.
The fruit acreage in this State
has been steadily increasing for
several years and during the pre-.
sent season thousands of new or
ehards are expected to bear. The
peach is the favorite fruit, being,
in fact, the only fruit that can be
grown with any great degree of
success, followed by financial re-
numeration. Many of the fig
trees killed by the severe weather
of 1898 have since sprung into life
and will bear this year.
Among the truck farmers the
situation is also unusually bright.
Tomato and cabbage acreage will
ho fully equal, if it does not great
ly surpass that of last year, and
the sale of fertilizers has been alb
normally heavy Tomato and
cabbage plants in the central and
Southern sections of the State are
now in cold frames awaiting the
first opportunity for transplanting
to the fields, and a large variety
of other vegetables will be plant
ed.
The many successes of last sea
son in favored sections has inspir-
ed other communities to expert.
ment in truck and fruit farming,
The last opportunity of The
Choctaw Indians in Mississippi to
establish their identity and right
to participate in the distribution
of Indian Territory lands will bt
accorded by the Dawes Commls
sion, which meets in Meridian OF
the l4th of April, and will CONT
nue. in session two weeks. 1t i
officially announced that this viii
be the last session of the commits
sion in this State. The land
which these Indians are now en-
deavoring to establish proof 0
claim we're promised by the Gov
ernmcnt at the treaty of Dancin,
Rabbit in September, 1882, o
nearly seventy years ago.
1t is likely that there will b
quite . number of applicants fo
the Office OF assistant Attorne
General created by an act jus
passed by the Legislature. Quit
2 number of names have .beel
suggested, but thus far the onl
announced, applicant is Hon. W
y Lockwood, o young attorney c
Crystal Springs.
Mississippi will have about fl
teen legal hangings within til
next sixty days, and in larf
number Of instances the boards {
supervisors of the counties whei
these executions are to take plat
have decided that they shall
public. Some protest has bee
raised by the press on this accouI
tne claim being asserted that it
return Of barbarism and a pa
derlng to the lowest class of h
manity.
The Coahoma county authoriti
are now engaged in an effort
probe to the bottom of a myst
rious murder committed in th
county. The dead body of a we
dressed negro, name unknow
was found lying by the roadsi
near the river bank, and near
was picked up a green limb GOV,
"a with blood and a bloody h,
4 search Of the pockets disclos
sio IN silver and evidently
purpose Of the murder was \
robbery.
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