The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-10
MISSISSIPPI. MATTERS
NOTES Of PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS. @
By KATE MARKHAM POWER

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sss
,...;ng incident took place In. IN
.. p,s Christmas day, when !, num- nun,
Essen ~ - Mississippi Mills employees
,s nj BY the mills fire depart
sc0n'pa ! J n1Ir,i,er of Wessons prom
Fen. "a aitigeng, called on Hon. Z. 4.
penl II manager Of the mills, and
lhlu VI 70 him an elegant gold
' sssd' cane as a prsof q the great 7,
sadsa /, wi which his employees hold him
fsss ~ ! efforts to brighten their homes
1nd up .' ~ their condition. TO those
% ,, ps With the history Of this great
'anll, ssotory and the town IN which #
|la a,.nated this incident together with
N s' earnest words Of appreciation ana
ae .s g, in which the cane was pre-
y ~. .aa sneak in pleasant manner OF
su's ,m0royed conditions now existing
= NJ Cne-possibly more-of the SUI
. s.iutendents in recent years mas
~ lifp hard and unlovely thing
,Aaa i, under him, But the manage
pM u u seems now to be in the right
'As sss and everybody concerned IS
a .astlv reioiced because of the won
1lisrful improvement. The lives Of the
s,aor people condemned to earn tneir
syead Sin the sweat Of their brow at
s's s.sr,os If any sort are hard enough
III 4 nest But when they are ruled by
ia MI, utterly regardless Of their rights
" & their happiness man seemingly
without human sympathy-the lives
I,bev lead are more than a taste
y tho lower regions, We rejoice that
'ssuea men find scants welcome among
!. i and hope that mississippi, as she
rows into great manufacturing
Fstate, with mills and factories IN every
county, will never outgrow the strong
&sense Of justice that demands tanu
4 secares) fair treatment for even the
! uoorest and least influential OF her
Achilaren
The article which follows Is taken
from the Lumber World, and while we
regret that other matter crowded IT
4 from last weeks columns, we beliexe
\ Il too valuable to leave out entirely,
and SO print it, though it is a week
late. In 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. TWEEN
~ gallons Of turpenrine, forty gallons
OF tar, forty gallons Of tar oil and
sixty gallons of pyroligenous acid. BY
a process of redistillation this pyro-
ligenous acid will yield one and q half
to two gallons of alcohol, with from
four to six gallons Of acetic acid, be-
sides quantity Of creosote. Calcu7
llating these first five-named products
lat 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 $50 profit
per day from a retort costing not more
than a coke ovens
When these columns greet the great
army of Mississippians who so loyalty
support their county papers the Legis-
lature Of 1909 WIN have assembled in
the old Capitol This will be a season
Of especial interest for many reasons.
It marks the entrance of our State
upon new era Of progress and Inn
proyement. 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 unfortunates and for the unex-
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