The Brandon news., 1903-07-02
THE REFLECT OF
JACKSON LOBBIES
Crisp Cuttings of General Interest
Caught at the Capital City.
A CASE WITH MANY RECORDS
Decision in Celebrated Lamb Rowan
Case Calls to Mind the Shipment OF
Records Needed Before the Suprems
Court in Large Dry Goods Box.

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Court in Large Dry Goods Box.
Jackson. Capt Frank Johnston.
OF this city. who was some tine ago
appointed special Judge ia ths
case OF Fl. N. Lamb VS.. c. A.
Rowan, involving a partnership in
a saw mill, which was argued sons
time ago. has handed down his de.
cision. The decision embraces 81
pages, upholds the contention of
DIR. Rowan that the business was
partnership, which Mr.. Lamb de-
MED. The decision of the lower
court was reversed and Lamb taxed
with tw 1-thirds of the costs, while
Rowan Is taxed witt one-third. The
case is interesting from the fact
shat 1t has been in the lower courts
Tor a number of years, and the
record fled In the supreme court
was the largest that has ever been
hied with that tribunal. The rec
rods In the case were SO bulky that
thew were packed in a large dry
goods box and shipped by express.
The property in litigation is esti-
mated to te worth about $2O, 200.
Protests against the valuation
placed by the railroad commission
on the various railroads of the State
continue to be received at the
Office OF the commission. The Gulf
and Ship Island Railroad, whose
properly was raised along with the
osher roads in the State. is among
the latest TO kick. The officials of
| the road claim that the assessme emf
OF last year was a fair and equitable
one, and that the main liue is real
~ not complete railroad as q great
deal of work of permanent charac-
ter is still being done on it. They
also set up the contention that the
branch lines, which we're also
raised, are not selfsustaiuiry un-
der the lower assessment. ard that
with the higher assessment they
will De run at still greater loss.
These protests will be heard cy tie
commission on July aud 7.
The Kinds county grand jury
have handed in their final report to
Judge Powell and were discharged.
The report condemned the manage
meIt CT the Jackson iail.
saying Ii was kept in careless ana
reckless method, and recommended
that changes be made. IN regard
to the State eIleEnosonary lnstitu-
/ tons, the report says. 1--WE visited
and Inspected the various elIemos-
onary institutions IL the city and it
gives us pleasure to report their
splendid management and equip
ment."
Auditor Cole has recie7eo a com
munication from Statistician HYDE
OF the United States department. OF
agriculture. asking for the assessed
valuation OF property OF the white
and colored races respectively, and
the amount of taxes paid by each
race. for the State as a whole. or
for any cities or portions thereof"
The auditor was compelled to re-
turn an answer protesting his IN
| ability to supply this data. Similar
requests are received by the differ
ent departments probably every
week of the year, and strangely
enough no effort has even been
made to secure this and other inter
esting and important statistical in
formation in Mississippi.
a plan is OF foot in Duttoyille.
! -aAoAA@2SANLAuS SQUuED O& E0l3
city, located just beyond the corpo-
rate liGits, to pipe the artesiaa
water from the we'll recently struck
there by the Newcomer Lumber
Company, to the houses. A large
number Of persons live cut there
and it is possible that the plan to
give them artesian water will ba
adopted. The artesian well was
drilled by the company tc supply
water from which to make ice, ard
the well flows freely There is
plenty of water coma az out OF the
well daily to supply the entire sub
urb with aiI the water that il neads.
Richard Whitfield, secretary to