The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-03-05
THE REFLECT OF,
JACKSON tOBBIES.

Crisp Notes of State interest
Called at the Capital City.
.sas~
TO HOLD ONE STRONG NORMAL.
Circular Letter Sent OFT by State Su.
periutendent OF Education Names Ok
ford as the Place Where Normal Will
Be- eIds-.Nii Continue Six Weeks.
Phe Following circular Is being sent
out by Superintendent Of Eluoation
Whitfield IN regard to the summer
normaI course. To tn ,Coauty Sup.
erintenaent: Il has been Thought ad.
visable to have one strong normatthis
yea, and thi, nornalrgill be held at
Oxford aud will continue in session
six weeks. 1t is the purpose of the
management to make this the greatest.
tie icher term ever held in the State
Specialists have boon employed from,
every section OF tn, United States,
and it is expected that all who con
duct institutes will receivs special
preparation for thor work under some
ofthe best schoolmen of the country.
'The Board also desires to haYe tho
very best local work dene for those
who cannot attend the large FORMAL
course, and to that end will lengthea
the term of the regular County GIN
stitute to at least two weeks, and will
send primary teachers where practic-
able, In addition to the regular con
auctors. Other features will be
added. hope that you will advise
me as soon as possible as to the local
conditions, and suggest means OF
reaching your : teachers. We no
have the opportunity Of m king a.
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great advance along eduoatioaal lines,
aid I confidently look for the most
cordial assistance from the County
nSuperintendents. Please advise m,
of the funds that Will be available. for
Institutes"
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Superintendent Barnes, who is in
charge of tia CONSTRUCTION of the new.
capitol has stated that he hspos to be
able to move the Board of OonsroI aud
the Sta'e House Comni ssion into tho
new bnRaing on. April 1. The re
mbsal will be- necessary because the
board has sold the old brick building
in Which these two bodies. have been
meeting for years. and the purchaser
wishes to begin tearing down and
movint it o n that date. The superin~
tendent also stat9s that the expect
to begin moving some of the States
officers into the building on My l..
The structure is really further i'd
vanced than is'generaliy known, as is
evidenced by the preparations for the
early transfer Of certain cfite to it.
The main part OF the work has 'baen'
done on the building, and what re-
mains to be finished between now
and June 1 is chiefly decorative d.,
tails, very ornamental and necessary
in:tAeir way, bat not in iispensable to
the use: Of tha quarters.
;, Gen. Jo6a,B, Gordon was detained
by illness a few hours here, but has
left for Shreveport, whore he lecsarad.
From. Shreveport General Gordon
went into Texas. whene he his. sew
eral lecture dates to fl. After Cling
these. Texas eng3gementa the ,gsneril.
will leave the lecture platf5rm aud.
retireto priyats lie. He Will settle
down on a little Farm six miles FROM
Mfftnf, Fla. ,ssaaa there spand his life
in quiet and paace.s Governor Lon
gfno paid aEisit to the general again
thFs m 5rning and repeated his invita-:
lion to h;da to ;aeaep tsthe hospitalities
Of fine maasion o, buteGsasaal gordon,
on the. adtic5 offtiss phys lin
fleSiled toego.oasIn gha weaHaer.
1H y. se.A4 ;, 4
1n a asal Alds hssa. clo i h3re iss.
which the 5'capissk Fsr4ilfzs ~. Com,
pany's plsaepassel: to- a., spurch ser
wkos tasS dhdsEstool, buys sfsr til j
Amsriitsaa Cost5afso loomo my. The.
t~purcbasef is r: B5lsss Of Nss York.
Along wifi The, wtoSssGs*as purclass ID.
twanty-ssv5sa aotgs, or Land aajdiainig,
and the new htsanagenhiS,iat proposes TO.
orsss aasiti9gal buildings and to es-
ta6tiss i IS Ssro of Mssasrgess foytiI,
Eizsr 1R1ts in the souatry. II! win