The leader., 1905-09-16
/ MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

the first place, is is feared that the
State will not be entirely free of yellow
fever before the middle of November,
and, in the second place, the new date
(22d to 30th) includes Thanksgiving
Day, and 1t is proposed TO make that
the biggest day of the exposition. The
plan is to arrange football and other
games between the big colleges of the
State; to have extra bands of music,
speaking, racing, etc., and because of
the increased attendance those sports
will bring to offer purses of 800 each
to more than one of the orphanages of
the State. The prospect for the big
| fair was never brighter The business
men OF jackson, nearly all of whom are
stockholders in the association, are
unit in favor of making this the big
gest and best show of the resources of
the State of Mississippi that was ever
gotten together by any one community.
The success of the carnival last fall has
encouraged extra efforts, and all the
money that may be necessary will be
put up promptly.
Some time ago the Mississippi Rail
road Commission passed an order re
| quiring the Alabama and Vieksburg
Railroad and the New Orleans and
Northwestern Railroad Companies to
put in effect and operation joint tariff
on all interchange business. All
| freights under that order that originat-
ed on the New Orleans and Northeast
ern and ending on the Alabama and
| Vicksburg, or vice versa, were to be
hauled as if the road was one continu-
Gus line. The order was to become
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toned were given permission to elect
which of the charges -ofthe Alabama and
| Vicksburg or of the New Orleans and
Northeastern they would operate un-
der. But the two railroads have an en-
tirely different idea about that business,
and do not propose to obeY-the order of
| the commission at all, as is evidenced
| by an injunction from Federal Judge
Niles, which was served on President
McNair of the commission.
f. w. Fatheree, secretary of the
| Gulf Coast Lumber Company and
member of the firm of Gary -Fatheree
Lumber Company, shot and killed ]. T.
Evans on the log road of the company
at Lyman, Miss, in dispute as to the
value of an OK which had been killed
by the company's engine and belong
ing to Mr.. Evans. Fatheree's pre-
liminary hearing will occur before
Judge Kelly at Gulfport on Sept. 26,
it being impossible to have the investi-
cation at present on account of the
quarantine.
| Gov. Vardaman has appointed DR.. FL.
81. Haralson of Jackson as a member
of the State Board of Health from the
Eighth Congressional District, to sue
ceed DR.. J. Fl. Rhodes, deceased. The
appointment is one that will give very
general satisfaction, especially among
those persons who have the pleasure of
the acquaintance of the appointee. He
is considered one of the most successful
physicians and practitioners in the city
of jackson.
The appeal in the case of Writ Adams,
State revenue agent, VS.. the jackson
Electric Railroad and Power Company,
from the decision of the Board of
Supervisors of Kinds county, which de-
clined to assess the company for $780,
900 worth of back tax assessments, has
peen filed with the circuit clerk and
will be heard on its merits at the next
term. The revenue agent claims that
the company is liable for the taxes and
the company denies this.
Charleston's Mayor recently sprung
a surprise upon the tiger element there
abouts. He convened 'scourt of in
quiry," as authorized under Section
| los, Laws of 1900, and as a result of
several days sitting rounded up in
dictments against several of the ven
dors of cheap whisky.
Following the example of the State
institutions of Mississippi, the Missis-
sippi Synodical College at Holly Springs
has postponed its opening to Oct. 4.
The supervisors of Sunflower county
refuses to continue the contract system
of working public roads, which has
prevailed for five years, and goes back
to the old system of road commission
ers and overseers.
President Kincannon of the Indus
trial Institute and College at Columbus
has issued statement to the effect that
the opening of the institution has been
postponed until Oct. 3.
President Murrah of Millsaps Col
lege has given out the following: "The
State Board of Health having ordered
that no boarding schools open in Mis-
sissippi before the 1st of October, Mill
saps College opening is therefore post
poned from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.
| The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroad Company has filed with the
Secretary of State mortgage agree
ment with the American Car and Foun-
| dry Company of Memphis for $685., ,572,
which is to cover the purchase of 500
box cars, which are to be delivered at
once, or just as soon as possible. That
means that the M, J. and K. G. will
soon be ready for business.
The bar of Tunica county is in re-
ceipt of letter from Judge Sam G.
Cook stating that the September term
of the Tunica County Circuit Court
will be pretermitted, but that term
of this court will be held some time dur
| ing the fall months, at date to be yet
i determined. The Judges action in
/ this matter was on account of yellow
fever conditions and quarantines.
1 At the examinations recently held at
Yazoo City % of the 80 negroes who
applied for license to teach in the pub
| lie schools of the State failed to make
the required average, and they got no
license.
The board Of supervisors of Lauder
dale county has accepted the new court
house just completed at Meridian. It
/ is a handsome structure of the best
/ modern style and is credit to the
county. It is said to be the best ar
ranged and most handsomely furnished
as well as the most expensive court
house in the State, costing above
100000.
Warden Henry of the Penitentiary
Board of Control says the penitentiary
farm crops are the best in the Delta,
but that they are sorry, being short
about 60 per cent. of what they were
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