The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-11-25

| ley. cotton, tOtfacco, iIuf-s anu ali u
the minor crops. 1t is also great rs =
timber tract The soil . the westerl
portion Is a rich. blactS prairie and
hummock. interspersed with oeca-
sional areas Of post oak. id = elasse
among The most fertile lands in the
| country.
Bermuda grass and Jaaanese clover
are well adapted TO the soil and eA
tremely profitable. The Eve stock in
dustry is gaining great prominence
and is extensively engaged in.
The ahonndiny weait0 of Nonoe
county AMI the incTease5 inaustrial
facilities OF Aberdeen as is huslnas
center. make for the city the mos
hattering prospects for her future
commercial stability and strength.
Churches Of Aberdeen.
While the city's progress along
economic lines has been most noted.
the people have maintained high
moral standard which has given Aber
deem the name. not only of a flourish
ing city. hut one in which the inhabi
tants are imbued with spirit Of
charity and religious fefvor broaler
than denominational lines. It is
city where intolerance is unknown.
and has been so since its beginning.
From the minister of the wealthiest
church to the humblest meeting place,
church comfy and mutual cordiality
is the keynote of their teachings
There are six churches in the city,
of which many are beautiful struct
ures. In the architecture and gen
eral excellence of the church build
ings Aberdeen is far in advance of
other cities of its size.
Our School System.
The character and stability of a
city are reflected in its educational
system. In this respect Aberdeen is
supplied with exceptionally good
equipment, the school property ag-
gregating a valuation of $4,000
The white school building is
handsome three-story brick structure,
which is considered TO be the most
advanced and best organized institu-
tion in the State. In point of manage
ment and literary excellence it ranks
at the top, and in arc lecture it is
no eSagGeratton 70 say ehat It - the
finest in Mississippi. The yearly en-
rollment is 375 pupils.
The course embraces both the com
mon and high school branches, and by
an unique system of grading, it may
be completed in 10, IL, II or 13 years,
according to the ability and energy of
the pupil. II was constructed in 1890
at a cost of $4,000. The building is
commodious, well arranged and ven
tilated, and in every respect modern
in its equipment. A faculty of twelve
efficient instructors is employed.
The colored school has an enroll
ment of 300 pupils, and faculty of
FIVE. Mr.. ID. IT. McQuiston is presi-
dent of the board of education, and
Nj. Rose superintendent of the city
schools.
Electric Lighting.
Aberdeen owns its own electric
lighting plant, furnishing both arc and
incandescent lamps for municipal and
private lighting The city bought the
plant September 1st OF this year. Its
value is $4,000. Several thousand
dollars will be expended in improving
the plant by installing new machinery
Equipment will soon be added to fur
nish electric motive power.
Waterworks.
The city is putting in a a $4,000
waterworks and sewerage system, the
contract to be let November 24th. and
the work Immediately begun Water
will be supplied from the Tombigbee
river, which is the purest of water
from the mountains of Alabama This
water will be furnished at practical
cost for both sprinkling and all do
mestic purposes. The. new plant will
be thoroughly modern.
Fire Department.
With the installation of her new
waterworks system, the efficiency of
the fire department will be greatly
advanced, as il will then have a suf-
ficient pressure to handle the hardest
OF fires The present fire department
is well equipped, and is operated by
volunteer company.
Healthy City.
Nothing is more important to the
resident in any locality than its free
dom from disease. The atmosphere
in this vicinity is pure and healthful.
and the city contains over a hundred
artesian wells, many of them on the
streets for public use, This water is
highly chalybeate, possessing many
mineral properties-iron predominant
ing II has wonderful curative quail
ties.
The Federal Building.
The government building. erected in
1887. is a magnificent brick aud stone
structure. handsome in architecture
and arrangement. The first appropri-
alton made by the government for its
construction was $4,000. Additional
appropriations were made for its com
pletion. making the cost in the neigh
borhood of 100000 This is one of
the two Federal Court buildings in
the Northern Division of Mississippi.
The other Federal Court building is
located at Oxford. The Federal Court
sits in October and April of each year.
fhe first floor of the building is oc-
cupiei by the postoffice, and the Sec
ond floor by the Federal Court, and
tho third h.-