The leader., 1905-11-04
E MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Thinks Mississippi win win

way the Supreme Court looks at the old
records. If that tribunal is convinced
that what Louisiana is claiming was
never part of the mainland allotted to
Louisiana, the case is won for Missis-
slppl, and vice versa. His argument is
that Louisiana as originally marked out
contained only one island on this side OF
the Mississippi river, and that is the
island on which the city of New Orleans
is built.
Mr.. Flowers states that the territory
in controversy is vaaiously estimated
at being worth from $4,000, 900 to $780,
OOO,000, and no matter which side to
cured a great legal victory. When the
matter of appropriating money for the
employment of attorneys to represent
the State of Mississippi was up before
the legislature nearly two years ago, a
firm of gulf coast oyster dealers de-
clared that they would give $4,000, ,O00
for the property, no matter who had the
right to sell it. It is-estimated that it
would rent for two or three hundred
thousand dollars.
During the past week the State treas
ury received the last $4,000 of the
$500, 900 that Gov. Vardaman borrowed
some months ago from the Mississippi
Bank and Trust Company of Jackson.
The treasury had gotten down to very
low ebb once more, because of the pay
ment of the pension fund amounting
to the sum of S250,O00, and the fact that
very little money has come in of late in
the way of taxes or from the sale OF
cotton. The strong box was not any
thing as near rock bottom as it was a
year ago, when there was only about
six bits left after days business. The
balance last week was some SO, 900 OF
81, 900 only, so that it became necessary
to replenish.
If all of the farmers of the State OF
Mississippi raised cotton of the same
staple as that produced by E. w. Bris-
ter, a prominent farmer of the Red
mondville neighborhood, in Yazoo
county, there would be no necessity
for pronunciamentos by the Cotton AS
sociation as to prices that are to be ac-
cepted. Last week Mr. Brister sold lilo
bales of the feecy staple, every bale
weighing over 500 pounds, in Yazoo
City, for II cents, and it was not the first
sale he had made at that price this sea-
son. Yazoo City is naturally boasting
OF being the best cotton market in the
State.
Superintendent Sims of the Missis-
sippi Institution for the Blind, makes
public his report for the biennial period
stating he had 45 pupils last year, 46
this, and that there has been no fatal
illness during his seven years connec-
tion. Financially the institution is in
good condition, the legislative appro-
priation being ample. The expendi-
lures last year were $13, 900; this year.
$1,000. The trustees compliment DIR.
Sims management in the highest terms.
The Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Com
pany, of Minneapolis, Mimi, has pur-
chased the entire holdings of the Ban.
ner Lumber Company, in which the
Messrs. hampton of Magnolia are per-
haps the largest owners. The proper.
ty of the company consists in the main
of large saw mill at Kentwood, the
Kentwood and Eastern Railroad, with
all it's equipment and vario us large
tracts of timber lalds in adjacent terri
tory, both in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The fact that the Cotton Plant gin has
ginned only one-third as many bales OF
cotton this year as up to the same time
last year, illustrates the shortness OF
the crop in that section. And recent
frosts and heavy rains proved very
damaging to the crop still in the fields.
The Sardis and Delta Railroad Com
pany sent its annual report to the Rail-
road Commission, but reports no ex-
penses SO far as can be discovered, and
the chances are that the report will be
returned to the company for revision.
1t shows gross earnings of S5,655.12.
Bonner Richardson, representing
Humphrey & Co., bought 80 bales OF
cotton from J.. M. Kirk. of Gunnison,
last week. paying 164 cents a pound for
same This is probably the highest
price paid for cotton in Mississippi this
year. 1t was extra fine staple, pulling
Ii inches.
Trains Nos. Al and AZ on the Southern
railway which were. taken from service
on account of the quarantine, were-re-
sumed last week. Train No. Al west
bound from New York arrives in Mem
phis at 6 o'clock every morning. The
train eastbound for New York leaves
Memphis every night at s o'clock.
The State of Mississippi has again
shown its confidence in home industries
by placing the insurance on its big gins
on the Sunhower farm with the three
home companies -the Mississippi Home
of Vicksburg, the Merchants Union ol
Meridian and the Mississippi Fire Of
jackson.
Macon's tax levy for the coming year
has been fixed at eighteen mills on the
dollar, being an increase over other
years on account of Improvements in
the city.
Gov. Vardaman went to Clarksdale
last week where he sold 315 bales oi
the States cotton. The entire lot
brought If cents per pound.
The annual statement of the Louis.
Vile and Nashville Railroad has beer
received at the Office of the Railroad
Commission. It shows that for the
year ending on the 30th of June the
total receipts of the road in the State
Of Mississippi were S1,079, 1921, and
that the total expenditures, not l.ount-
ing taxes, amounting to SCI 1877 .99,
were S6T1, ,753. SO. This is on what il
known as the New Orleans Mobile di
vision.
The Liberty w hite Railroad Company
advised the Railroad Commission last
week that it had received its netifica
tion Of the reduced rate on old school
books and that it accepts the rates.
Two blocks of the business district O
the town of Magnolia, the county seal
of Pike county were destroyed by. FIRE
last week. The total loss is ttetweer
$40, 200 and $25,000. The fire started
in the store of Charles Varnado, whose
faTnilv had a NARROW escana from ths