The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-02
THE REFLECT OF
JACKSON LOBBIES.
Crisp Notes of State Interest
Culled at the Capital City.
OPINION ON IMPORTANT MATTER

From Tunica County for Information
Regarding the New Primary Laws
Bearing Upon Tardy Suffragists.
Jackson. AS the interest in the
coming State primary grows, the
number OF inquiries as to the appli-
cation of the State primary law
passed by the last session of the leg
islature. grows also. In response to
a request from Tunica county fer an
opinion Attorney General Williams
gave out statement in which he
holds that the restriction which re-
quires man to have been regis
tered four months before a regular
election applies with equal force to
the primary law which the legisla-
ture practically raised to the "dig-
nitv Of regular electloa' within
the meaning of the Constitution.
The decision is of Importance. be-
cause it effectually shuts out the vo-
ters who do rot take trouble enough
to register four months before the
election, but who present themselves
later at the polls consumed with
desire to exercise their right of suf-
frage
The secretary of state las re-
ceived official notice of the organiza-
ton OF the Memoirs and Gulf rail
road, charter for which was issued
some time ago. The meeting of the
stockholders was held in the city of
New York. The capital stock of
the road was fixed at SO, 800, 600,
divided into 10000 shares to the
value OF 500 each. The domicile of
the company is Memphis, where the
general Offices are to be located.
This road is chartered to run from
Memphis to Pensacola. The line as
proposed will run through twelve
or fifteen counties in this State.
Mr.. G. H. Pond, of Morehead, is the
promoter of the enterprise.
The department of archives and
history is engaged in collecting his
torical material relative to the early
pioneers and Statemakers of Missis-
sippi Territory, and desires to COM
municate with the descendants and
relatives of the following: Ferdi-
nand Claiborne, Richard Sparks,
Christopher Rankin. James G. Will
kins, Cowles Mead, John Joor,
Josiah Simpson, John Steele, Daniel
Williams, William baltimore, John
Ford, Noel Jordan, Louis Winston
and James Patton. The department
is also collecting material relative
to the Mississippi members of the
Confederate congress, and desires
communications relative to Israel
Welsh, Henry G. Chambers, ]. T.
Lampkin and J. W. Clapp. Knowl-
edge of many of the really great
men of Mississippi rests largely or
tradition, and it is the purpose Of
the historical department to rescue
from Oblivion the lives of such men.
Information along tie lines lndi-
Gated should be sent to Dunbar
Rowland, director of archives and
history.
State superintendent of Educa-
ton Whitfield IS now preparing the
questions for the teachers spring
examinations. These examinations
are to be held Eext month, those for
whites being held on the first and
third Fridays in April, and these
for negroes on the second and
fourth. The questions will be ready
to send out to the county superin-
tendents in short while.
The secretary and assistant secre-
tary of the board of control are at
work on the biennial report. By
working on the report now they
will have very little to do on Sept.
l, when the fiscal State year closes,
save add the closing month and put
the report in the hands of the print
err. The law in Mississippi is that
all reports must be printed and in
the desks of the members of the leg
islature before it meets. otherwise
the printer gets no pay for printing
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