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

accompanied by the mills fire depart
ment and number of Wesson's prom
inent citizens, called on Hon. T. II
Wilkinson, manager Of the mills, and
presented to him an elegant gold
headed cane as a proof of the great
esteem in which his employees hold him
and his efforts to brighten their homes
and better their condition. To those
familiar with the history of this great
mandatory and the town in which il
Is situated, this incident, together with
the earnest words Of appreciation and
of thanks in which the cane was pre-
sented, speak in pleasant manner Of
the improved conditions now existing
there. One-possibly more-of the su
perintendents in recent years has
made life a hard and unlovely thing
for all under him. But the manage
ment seems now to be In the right
hands aud everybody concerned is
greatly rejoiced because Of the won
derful improvement The lives of the
poor people condemned to earn theiI
bread "in the sweat Of their brow" al
factories Of any sort are hard enough
at best. But when they are ruled by
a man utterly regardless of their rights
or their happiness man seemingly
without human sympathy-the lives
they lead are more than a taste
of the lower regions. We rejoice that
such men find scant welcome among
us, and hope that Mississippi, as she
grows into great manufacturing
State, with mills and factories in every
county, will never outgrow the strong
sense of justice that demands (and
secures) fair treatment for even the
poorest and least influential of her
children.
The article which follows is taken
from the Lumber World, and while we
regret that other matter crowded it
from last weeks columns, we believe
it too valuable to leave out entirely,
and so print it, though it is a week
late. In a discussion as to the value
of the millions Of pine stumps which
annually go to waste in Mississippi
and the possible profit to be realized
from them, the World says that every
cord of fat pine will yield forty bush
els of the best metallic charcoal, twen-
ty gallons of turpenCIne, forty gallons
of tar, forty gallons of tar oil, and
sixty gallons Of pyroligenous acid. By
q process of redistillation this pyro-
ligenous acid will yield one and a half
to two gallons Of alcohol, with from
four to six gallons of acetic acid, be-
sides a quantity of creosote. Calcu-
lating these first five-named products
at the lowest usual price, the returns
from cord will net SIS. Young sap
wood will yield more than one-half
this quantity Of products. A plant for
this purpose can be built in the shape
Of retorts, each retort of sufficient size
for one-half cord of wood, at an out.
side expense of, say, $500. The time
required for each charge of one-half
cord of wood is eight hours, each re-
tort thus handling one and one-half
cords of wood in twenty-four hours,
resulting, therefore, in some $40 profit
per day from retort costing not more
than a coke oven."
When these columns greet the great
army of Mississippians who so Loyalty
support their county papers the Legis-
lature Of 1902 will have assembled in
the old Capitol This will be season
of especial interest for many reasons.
1t marks the entrance of our State
upon new era of progress and inn
provement. Composed of good men
and true" the Legislature will doubt
less enact wise laws and make ample
provision for the carrying forward Of
all the good work in which the State
is engaged. Mississippi has a proud
record because of the care she gives
her unfertunates and for the unex-
ampled opportunities she puts within
reach of every son and daughter who
desires an education. 1t will probably
be the farewell meeting in the old Cap
itol wherein so much of history has
been enacted. There will be quite a
number of new faces in the upper and
lower house, as few have resigned
and an unusually large number have
passed into the other life. We hope
that each and eveE member may find
this session a helpful and pleasant
one, and that the people may have
cause to thank them for their wisdom
and their justice.
Yazoo City celebrated the New Year
httingly by impressive ceremonies at
tendant upon the reception of the
splendid new $4,000 library building
presented to the city by Mrs. Fanny
Kicks, as a memorial to her noble and
lamented husband, Gen. Kicks. Happy
Yazoo City, to count as her own so
wise, so noble and so generous a phi
lanthropist as Mrs. Ricks has proved !
herself.
District Deputy S. A. Solomon of
Meridian, one Of the most beloved of
the great multitude of good men who
compose the Masonic fraternity of Mis-
sissippi, was honored by his brethren
last week, when King Solomon Lodge
No. 33, A. F. & A. NJ, presented to him
q costly gold badge, suitably inscribed
and emblematic Of the teachings and
Of Masonry. The presenta-
lion was gracefully made by Past
Grand Master Spinks and Grand Mas
ter Mickey added his tribute to the
good works Of their beloved brother,
VIZ, solqmou. i