The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-12
Pension Distribution.

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completed the pension distribution
and warrants have been issued and
sent out to all the counties except
thirteen, vouchers from which have
not yet been returned, but are ex-
pected at any moment.
The allowances by counties are as
follows: Adams $1,253.30, Alcorn
81, $4,000, Amite $1,145.45, Attala
$4,296.95, Benton $1,s54.95, Boil
var $271.90, Calhoun $4,239.65,
Carroll ~$3,817.20, Chickasaw 3d.
506.O5, Choctaw, $4,647.5o, Clai-
borne $794.90, Clarke $4,000,
Clay $1,110.05, Coahoma $221.3O,
Copiah $3S1.SO, Covington $2,649.-
80, DeSoto $1,5S9.25, Franklin ST.
256.05, Greene $974.1O, Grenada
$1,sS3.60, Hancock $487.05, Harri-
son $594.35, Kinds $2,506.60,
Holmes $1,o32.50, Issaquena $751;
80, Itawamba $4,74O.75, Jackson
$1,117.35, Jefferson$1,597.1O, Jones
$2,915, Kemper $~3,236.35, Lafay-
cite ~$5,555.90, Lauderdale $5,913.-
40, Lawrence $1,138.15, Leake 3d.
439.65, Lee $5,371.05, Lelore $685.
40, Lincoln $2,284.15, Lowndes ST.
661.15, Madison $1,310.60, Marion
$1,4S2.50, Marshall $2,362.SO, Mon
roe $7,665.75, Montgomery $2,556.-
05, Neshoba $5,048.60, Newton
$~3,895.S5, Noxubee $1,653.85, Ok
tibbeha $3,014.45, Pamela $3,121.75,
Pearl River $501.10, Perry $1,947.-
Is, Pike $2,1S4.15, Pontotoc 3d.
740.75, Prentiss $4,SO5.35, Quitman
$257.S5, Rankin $2,649.S5, Scott
S3,9SS.55, Sharkey $2OO.55, Simp-
son $2,613.35, Smith $7,174.35,
Sunf1ower $507.05, Tallahatchie 49,
516.10, Tate $1,976.30, Tippah $5,-
141.3o, T~ishomingo $3,523.95, Tuni-
ca $214.60, Union S4,375.60, War
rem $1,925.75, Washington $508.4O,
Wayne. ~$1,S11.7O, Webster $5,249,-
60, Wilkinson $3,314.45, Winston
$5,249.60, Yalobusha $3,314.45,
Yazoo $1,990.9O.
Warrants have been sent out to
all of the foregoing except Amite,
Benton, Calhoun, Claiborne, Desc
to, Franklin, Greene, Hancock,
Kinds, Holmes, Lauderdale, New
ton and Quitman.
Monroe county draws the largest
proportion of the fund with a war;
rant for $7,665.75, and Issaquena
draws the smallest with a warrant
for $157.3O.
Surrender Their Charters.
Secretary Of State Power has re-
ceived certificates of surrender from
two oil mills uoing business in this
State. The companies surrender
their charters to the State of Missis-
sippi, declare themselves dissolved
and order the stock of the companies
to be sold. The two concerns are
the Columbus Cotton Oil Company
Of Columbus, Miss, which was char
tered on March 20, 1900, and the
planters Cotton Seed and Crushing
Association, domiciled at Greenville,
and which was chartered September
3, 1886. These are the first char
tered concerns that have wei sur
rendered their charters in this State,
and no reason is known for the sur
gender. The certificates state that
The stockholders did not consider a
further continuance of the corpora
lions advisable nor desirable and
therefore they have decided to 60 out
Of business. Neither concern owes
any debts and both have to all ap-
~pearances been prospecting during
the past. 1t is more than proba-
BILE that the properties of the two
corporations have been bought up by
some other companies and that the
mills will continue in operation.
This, however, remains to be seen.
Public Land Sales.
Land Commissioner Nall paid in
to the State treasury for the month
of November the sum of $8,155.20
on account of sales Of the public
lands. The demand for the States
lands is undated, and the sales of
lands continue to make up a neat
revenue for the State.
Pressing Question.
The capitol commission met last
week in Jackson in regular monthly
session. The building is now very
far advanced, being within about
five months of completion. and the