The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
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State Revenue Agent Adams has adj
dressed letter to the tax collectors of
the various counties urging them to
take legal proceedings to enforce the
payment Of delinquent privilege taxes
and citing the sections Of the law un-
der which delinquencies Of this class
may be enforced. In many counties
the tax books will show from $4,000
to $4,000 in privileges taxes which re-
main unpaid. The average merchant
is often negligent about this class of
obligation, and very few professional
men pay any attention to it, such as
lawyers, doctors, etc.
The citizens Of Pascagoula have been
making a diligent, effort to secure a
railroad running north and south with
terminal at that point, and there
have been several rather good indica-
lions that the Frisco system is plan
ming the construction Of new line
with Pascagoula as the terminal. The
harbor at that point is undoubtedly a
splendid one, and could be vastly i'm
proved and enlarged with an appro-
prlation of few thousand dollars
from the government.
The county board Of supervisors
will be in session throughout the state
this week for the purpose of equaliz-
ing the personally assessment rolls re-
Gently filed by the assessors. AS rule
there will be but few protests filed
against assessments as originally sub
mltted. The average property owner
rarely turns in all Of his property for
taxation, and he is generally glad to
escape by paying on what the asses
sor manages to find.
The thriving little city of Columbus
IS the'only place in the state that has
enjoyed the distinction of having three
syndicates making lively attempt to
secure an electric railway franchise.
The city council Of Columbus is now
IN brown study over the proposals,
which are Of very similar nature, all
promising the construction Of the
road within two years.
The Southern Railway will commence
work within the next ten days on the
construction of it's new line from Itta
Bena to Belzoni along Culver river.
The rails, ties, rolling stock, ETC., has
already been purchased, and all that
remains to be done is to award the
grading contract. The line is about
sixteen miles in length, and will open
up fine country.
The board of supervisors of Monroe
county will award a contract this week
for the construction of new Jail
building costing $4,000. The Monroe
county Jail is the most notorious in the
State, having been condemned by
grand juries for the past ten or twelve
years, and numerous prisoners have
escaped therefrom.
The people of Summit want some
new enterprises, and to this end
business league has been organized
with j. F. Brent as president and sec
rotary and J. C. Covington as treasur-
er. The. league will affiliate with the
State league and the New Orleans
Progressive Union.
The city council of Alderman, Chloe
taw county, will on the 10th Of August
sell an issue of twenty-year 5 per cent
bonds in the sum Of $4,000 to be used
In erecting new brick school build
ing. The erection of new school
houses seems to be the order of the
day in the State.
Citizens of the southwestern part of
the State are very much interested in
a proposed new railroad from Rodney,
via Fayette and Union Church, to
Brookhaven. Such a system would
undoubtedly be a paying one. The
distance of the proposed road is about
fifty miles.
Lexington is having new modern
hotel building which will cost about
$4,000. It will be three-story brick
structure 100 by 100 feet, and con-
struction will be commenced within
the next ninety days. Home capital
is behind it.
The authorities at Estabuchie have
disinterred the remains of a negro
named Pleasant Evans, who died quite
suddenly several days ago. Evidence
tending to show that he was poisoned
has developed, and the dead man s
stomach has been sent to the State
chemist for an analysis Of it's contents.
The town Of Utica will order an elec
ton within the present week for the
purpose Of passing on the question Of
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