The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-17
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


Walter Clark, president of the Mis-
sissippi division of the Southern Cot
| ton Association, gives out the following
circular letter:
ITO the People of Mississippi:
II feel quite sure that all fair-minded
| men will agree with me that the South
| ern Cotton Association has accomplish
| ed some good. That much more good
| can be accomplished by better organi-
| cation | feel assured. feel it absolute
ly necessary that we go TO work and
bring about q more complete organiza-
ton, and ! ask the people of every
| county in Mississippi to send their
! county president and secretary, or at
least two representatives, to meet with
the executive committee at Jackson on
| Nov. % and "a. The meeting will be
called to order promptly at 10 O'Clock,
am, on Nov. %, in the house of repre-
sentatives. | should also like to have
any others who feel interested enough
in this great work to attend and give
us the benefit of their counsel. My
idea in calling this meeting is to con-
slider carefully this organization from
| every standpoint, and to devise ways
and means for better organization and
more definite purposes. 1t Will be
necessary that each county pay the ex-
| penses of it's own representatives. A
few dollars expended and a few days
loss of time should not prevent your
attending. ! consider this meeting OF
vital Importance to you. Your pres
| ence will be worth a great deal to all OF
sc n~1 uynnf ~ 10 m nnf with
the idea of a frolic, but with the idea OF
two days hard work"
Less than thirteen months ago the
village of Sturgis, in Oktibbeha county,
| between Starkville and Alderman, was
| wiped out by fire, nothing being left to
mark the spot except the smoldering
| ashes and one lonely store. In less
time than two hours $4,000 worth of
property was consumed, with only
81, 500 insurance to cover the loss. This
| calamity would have disheartened peo-
| pie of less energy and determination,
| but not so with the merchants OF Stur-
| gis. Today where the old, dilapidated
buildings stood, twenty new brick and
modern wooden buildings stand, well
| appointed for their business, with invit-
ing plate glass fronts. Before the fire
| the weary pedestrians had to wade the
mud in winter and the dust and sand in
| summer, but not so now. They have
| graded the streets, put in good side
| walks and have made the little place
look like a city.
DR.. G.. C. Rucker, of Bluff, is the
owner of some very interesting relics
dug from the grave of an Indian in the
| T%allahatchie hills. The grave was ac-
| cidentally discovered as the result of
| hogs roofing up the ground and bring
ing to the top some old spoons. Fur
| ther digging brought to light the skel-
| eton and some more spoons, a bowl, a
bottle and a brass kettle. The bones
were so old as to be easily crushed in
the hand. The bowl is in almost per-
feet condition, which is al unusual
| thing for bowls of this kind and age.
| The coloring is very strange, but beau
tiful. The bottle is made of dark-cOl-
pred glass, and is almost u~nbreakable
| on account of thickness.
An Eastern cotton factory has ex-
| pressed a desire to get to Jackson, and
| the city is going to be asked to take a
sufficient amount of stock to bring it.
The factory is a three-hundred-do!lar
| concern, and the owners are anxious to
get their plant down in the vicinity OF
the cotton patcheS-as a great many
have already done, and as many more
are going to have to do in the course of
| time. The city of Jackson has a great
many factories of one kind and another,
but no cotton mill, andSthat is what is
believed to be necessary to put the old
town on the real high road to pros
perity.
Senator McLaurin of Sharkey and
Senator Dulaney of lssaquena declare
the cotton crop in the delta is only 90
per cent of what it was last year, and
on MANY fine farms the crop amounts to
nothing. These gentlemen are two OF
the largest planters in the delta.
The board of supervisors of Coahoma
county have let the contract for the
construction of a steel bridge over Sun
flower river between C~larksdale and
Friars Point. This is the second steel
bridge for which contract has been let
within the past few months.
The police of Jackson have been CIV
ing the blind tigers a genuine shaking
up recently, and several of them, white
and black, men and women, have been
fined as much as $50 and the costs. 1t
seems to be impossible to break up the
tiger dens, their profits being so large,
but life is being made a burden to some
of them, and they declare they are done
with the business. Some few OF the
older and stronger ones have been
"pulled' and fined so many times that
thew have grown used to the feeling
and hardened to the crime, so that an
arraignment before the courts has no
terrors for them.
The following subscriptions to the sill
yer service fund being raised by the
governor were sent in last week: Presl-
dent Spencer, Second Vice-Presldent
Finley and Vice-President Russell OF
the Mobile and Ohio and of the South
ern Railways, 800 each; the Missls-
sippi Home Insurance Company OF
Vicksburg, 500; the Meridian fertll-
izer Company of Meridian, S25; Mrs.
Ed Kahn of Meridian, SIS.
Gen. Robert Lowry, commanding the
Mississippi division, United Confeder-
ate Veterans, has issued an order to
hold the annual State Reunion in jack
son on Nov. % and %, and assures all
who may attend a cordial welcome and
hospitable treatment.
Work is now in progress on the new
Mobile and Ohio bridge over the Tom
bigbee at Columbus. The immense
amount of business that the Mobile
and Ohio is forced to handle over the
their Montgomery division, all of which
passes through Columbus, has rendered