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

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AS everybody is interested in the
appropriation bills which come before
each Legislature, and as everybody
should be interested in the A. & M
College, we give in detail the amounts
asked for by this splendid school for
our boys. In considering the textile
schools cost, its immediate need Csc
as to have our own boys ready to take
charge of the various departments in
tho cotton mills now building and pro.
jected), and its great value to a State
that would be a manufacturing cen.
ter, must be considered also. The sup
port fund asked for for the next two
years is $101, ,344.S2, and the textile
school deficit is $26,320.14 (this was
borrowed by the board of trustees. }
There is deficit of $2,OOU in the col.
lege and student labor accounts. An
appropriation of $159,330 is asked for
new buildings, improvements, etc., as
follows New chapel, $25,OOO; new
dormitory, $4,000; new mechanical
building, $25,OO0; scientific building,
$4,000; additional equipment for tex
tile school, $4,000; infrmary, SIC, 1000;
three experiment stations, yearly, $15,-
600; new barns, $4,000; permanent i'm
provements in mechanical department,
$S,3OO; quarters for working boys,
$4,000; house for director of textile
school, $1,000; bachelor quarters,
$2,5OO; gymnasium, $2,5OO; improved
breeds of cattle and mares, $4,000; Y.
M. c. A., $1OO; equipment of English
veterinary and preparatory depart
ments, $1,150; equipment agricultural,
horticultural and biological depart
ments, $3.50; printing equipment,
$1,000. Of the amount requested to
make up the textile school deficit,
President Hardy says: THE Legisla-
ture appropriated $4O,UUO for the tex
tile school and dormitory; the board
instructed that $4,000 should be put
into the new dormitory, $4,000 should
be set aside for the equipment, and
$4,000 should go into the building.
/ by authority Of the board of trustees,
the building was afterwards completed
at cost Of $S2, 2,464.69. This excess. to-
gether with what has been paid for
salaries and labor, for which no pro-
vision was made, and for boilers, steam
main heating system, waterworks and
equipment for fire protection, and esti-
mated expenses to run up to January
l, 1902, make the Indebtedness of this
department $26,320.14. The board
deemed it wise to borrow the money
to complete the work rather than to
have the enterprise fail for lack of
equipment and support"
Death is unwelcome at any time. in
any place. and his coming always
brings bitter grief to many hearts and
homes. But when the Dark Angel
comes not alone, but seemingly in
flights, and hovers close about an erst-
while happy home the agony of it's
presence cannot be told in words. Only
few weeks ago the Columbus papers
| chronicled the death of the aged
mother of Senator Meek, at his Colum-
bus home. Scarce had the earth been
placed above the faithful mother heart
when it was opened again to receive
the body Of her son, Col Meek, a man
who has been greatly loved and hon
ored in Mississippi. Only one night of
darkness and lonely grief divided the
devoted wife from the husband of her
youth, and then senator Meek's wife
joined him in the other world. In less
than a week after her parents death
Miss Meek, a daughter of Col. and
Mrs. Meek and granddaughter of the
aged lady, passed from the scenes of
earth to join her loved ones. So far
as we can learn, pneumonia was the
dread disease that proved so fatal to
this delightful home circle in Column
bus.
A similar instance occurred in Yazoo
City when Miss Rebecca Purvis died on
the 29th and her mother on the 31st
of December. In this instance it was
thought that the shock of the daugh-
ter's death was NOR han the feeble
strength of the aged lady could bear.
A number of State papers are won
dering what is to be done with the
great surplus now lying idle in the
vaults of the State treasury What
better use could be made of a goodly
part of it than in adding to the facili-
ties Of the States educational, humane
and benevolent instltutions-in build
ing home for veterans, in putting
State hospital on such footing that
our sick and wounded need no longer
be carried to New Orleans and Mem
phis for treatment at our neighbors'
expense? Some of it might be we'll
invested in much-needed help for our
orphan children. A goodly amount
must be spent in properly fitting up
our splendid new Capitol. Mississippi
is getting to be great State now, and
her housekeeping should be on
scale commensurate with her impor-
tance and her position in the sister
hood Of States.
The board to locate the four army
posts meets January 10, and since it
is possible that one of the posts may
come to Mississippi, Meridian, vicks-
burg, Jackson and Columbus are striv-
ing to impress their respective claims
to be the only Mississippi town of any
size that has never received any favor
from the government. The Dispatch
says: Columbus has everything in
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