The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-04-02
FOR GREATER MISSISSIPPI
Items Of Industrial Interest Geanc From All Over the State
Notes and Comments ..
BY Fl. E. BLAKESLEE.

| The past week has been a notable
one in the number of charters grant
ed and the amounts involved. Banks
seem to lead everything else, but man
ufacturing concerns are not far be
hind, Banks have made good divi
dends lately and there is a great rush
| to get stock in them, but it Is faI
more important to see money invested
in manufacturing enterprises to work
crude material and employ labor. Fol
| lows a list of charters granted re-
| Gently:
Weatherby Machine Works, Nerd.
ian-Capital, $4,000; foundry and
machinery manufacturing and repair
business.
Hamilton-WeemsG Grain Co., Gulfport
Capital, 100000; build, maintain,
operate elevators, warehouses and
deal in grain.
Amendment to charter of the Bank
of Roxie, increasing capital from $685.
900 to $4,000.
Oakland, Charleston & Western
Archaeological, $125,000; to build
road from some point on the |. c.,
near Oakland, to Charleston, ITALIA.
hatch1e county.
Crystal Springs Oil Mill and Ferti-
lizer Manufacturing Co., Crystal
Springs-Capital, $4,000; cotton seed
products, gin, compress, rice mill and
ice and bottling works.
Mississippi Eastern Railway, Quit
nan-To run road from Quitman,
Clarke county to some point on the
Southern or Tombigbee river in Ala
bama.
Miazza- Woods Construction Co..
Meridian-Capital $4,000; own, i'm.
prove and deal in real estate in Nerd
ian.
Peoples Bank. Holly Springs-Cap.
ital, $4,000; general banking bust
ness.
Branyan High School, Union coun-
ty-No capital; educational.
Delta Drug Co., Shaw-General
wholesale and retail drug and manu-
featuring chemical business. Capital,
$4,000.
New Albany Compress Co., New AL
bany-Capital, $4,000; build and Cd.
crate compress, electric light and wa
ter plant.
Wesson Light and Power Co., Yves.
son-Capital, $4,000 build and oper-
ate electric light and power plant.
Delta Bank, Leland-Capital SEQ.
900; general banking business,
Planters Ginnery, Northumberland
tai, $4,000; ginning plant
meridian Coffin Co., Meridian-Cap-
l'al, S5o,00O; manufacture and deal in
collins.
Amendment to Indianola Light Ice
q Coal Co., allowing it to manufac-
ture woodenware and own and operate
electric railways.
Aberdeen Electric Light and Power
Co., Aberdeen-Capital, $4,000; build
and operate electric light and mower
plant. pO"e'
Clarksdale Real Estate Co.. Clarke.
dale-Capital, $4,000; do a general
real estate business
Amendment to the charter of tho
New Albany Oil Mill Co., allowing in.
crease OF capital stock to $50 900 and
tne building and operation of a cot.
ton ginnery.
I, j. Evans Opera House Co. Ma.
con-Capital, $500; to build, own and
operate opera house.
w. AcAlNCl NT6GK-ltAni-
tai, 10000; wholesale and retail mer.
camille business.
Bank OF Picayune, Picayune. Han.
cock county-Capital, $50 900: To do
a general banking business.
Bank of Hebron, Hebron-Capital
$4,000; general banking
Richton Lumber Co., Moss Point
Capital, $4,000; to do general lum. |
Der manufacturing business. own ana
operate tram roads, etc.
Amendment to charter of the vicks. |
burg Cotton Press Association
Bank OF Wilkinson county, Wood.
$4,000; general hank.
ing business.
j. M. Lindsey, Jones county farm.
81 Ias planted 10000 tomato plants !
Anu Oesldes' ~ acres of Irish potatoes,