The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-20
Gov. vardaman gives out the 70

lowing:
"To the People of Mississippi-It is
customary for q State after which a
battleship is named to present that ship
with a silver service. That custom /
am very DESTROYS that Mississippi shall
honor, and / prefer that the money to
purchase the silver service be raised
by popular subscription. | therefore
call upon all patriotic Mississippians to
contribute as much as they are able for
the purchase of the service. 1t Will
cost betweed $4,000 and $4,000, the
handsomer the better. The members
of the Governors staff, commanding
officers of the different military organi-
cations and presidents of the chapters
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy are especially appointed agents
to take up this collection and report to
me. The mounts as received shall APP
pear from time to time in the public
press.
JAMES K. VARDAMAN,
Governor"
Frost came to a large portion of the
State last week and now mosquito quar-
antines are being loosened and will in a
few days be a thing of the past.
We have been promised that this will
be the last visitation of yellow jack"
and even if not, the Marine Hospital
people have proven that they can han
die the disease, and that it is no more
fatal than smallpox and dozens of 9TH
ers that are noticed at present. Forget
the guarantees and pull harder and
stronger for a "Greater Mississippi"
The Journal at McComb City. issued
a handsome Fair number last week
calling attention to the event being
held there this week. 1t gave a great
deal of pertinent information concern
ing the fair and was largely distributed
throughout Pike and adjoining counties.
The good people of Pike and McCOmb
deserve especial credit for pushing
their fair to a successful termination
despite the hindering influences that
have been abroad this fall. just such
nerve as displayed by them will make
Mississippi the greatest state in the
Union.
Many towns in Mississippi are agitat-
ing the question of planting shade
trees that the coming generation could
enjoy the cooling shade afforded by
their branches. 1t is a commendable
work indeed.
There is still a premium or honesty
and integrity in. the great old State of
Mississippi. While others may have
gone in a mad chase for pelf, it is graf
flying to note that our citizens still de-
mand the best men for public places.
May it ever be thus.
A warning is issued against a widely
advertised plant called lantana. The
dealers advertise it as a plant with
beautiful foliage and flowers. 1t is
said to be one of the worst land-destroy-
ing and perniciouS plants in existence.
1t spreads with alarming rapidity,
and in Hawai-, its home, there are
thousands of acres of rich land which
it became necessary to abandon OF ac-
count of latana. Better be careful in
springing such a plant into the country.
Jackson has landed several new fac
tories during the mosquito quarantine
period. A coffin and casket factory
and clothing manufacturing concern are
among the number. The Capital City
is hustling.
large city hall or auditorium. The con-
tract has been let and the building will
be completed in the next few months.
Newton is all right, with a big r.
Manager Mckay of the Mississippi
Industrial Exposition announces Col.
Hobson of Merrimac fame as one of the
attractions for the big fair. The exact
date has not been fixed.
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A citizen of Forest reports that one
Mr.. Harvey, a farmer whose home is
six or seven miles from that place, has
struck oil in a well he was digging.
When at a depth of nearly 100 feet he
struck earth that was so strongly i'm
pregnated with oil that he stopped dig
ging for water and is now investigating
the extent of the oil supply. A sample
of the earth has been sent to a chemist
for analysis, and it is among the posi-
bilities that another oil company will
soon be organized in the State.
The governor has received the first
contribution to the silver service fund
for the battleship Mississippi. Cohn
& Bros, a prosperous mercantile firm
of Brookhaven, inclosing their check
for $25. They go on record as the very
first subscribers to the fund. 1t Is
hoped to make this fund go to the &c.,
600 mark, says Gov. Vardaman, and he
believes there are sufficient patriotic
Mississippians of means who will make
liberal donations to the cause. 1t will
be a year or more before the service
can be presented, but it will take time
to get the money in hand and purchase
the service, so that the subscriptions
should be made during the present win
ter if possible.
Tippah and Benton counties, two OF
the poor hill counties, $50 called, have
recently decided to spend $4,000 each
on their school houses. They may be
termed poor counties at present, but
with such progressive movements as
this being recorded in their favor, it
will not be long until they will be rich
in something that fire cannot destroy
and moths and rust corrupt? Union
county. adjoining those mentioned, is
also doing q great deal of improvement
on the school houses, and Superintend-
emit w. T. Smith is laboring hard to
make his the model for the whole
State. There is a great future in store
for these communities.
The Mississippi Central Railroad
sends its annual report to the Railroad
Commission showing earnings for the