The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-15
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


The directors of the Mississippi In.
luStrial Exposition Company have
moved up the date to, Nov. -. The
date was changed for two reasons; in
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
I'D to 30th) includes Thanksgiving
Day, and it 5 proposed 10 make that
the biggest day OF the exposition, The
plan is to arrange football and other
games between the big colleges OF the
State; tic 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 n 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 q
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
curing the Alabama and Vieksburg
Railroad and the New Orleans and
| Northeastern Railroad Companies to
put in effect and operation a Joint tariff
on all interchange business. All
| treights under that order that originals
ed on the New Orleans and Northeast
ern and ending on tho Alabama and
Ncksburg, or vice versa, were to be
hauled as il the road was one continue
Gus line. The order was to become
effective Sept. 10, but the roads men
toned We're given permission to elect
whichofthe charges -oftha Alabama and
Vicksburg or of the New Orleans and
Notwithstanding would operate UNI
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 a
member of the firm Of Gary-Fatheree
Lumber Company, shot and killed J. I.
Evans on the log road of the company
at Lyman, Miss, in a dispute as to the
value of an OK which had been killed
by the company's engine aud belong
ing to Mr., Evans. Fatheree's pre-
liminary hearing will occur before
Judge Kelly at Gulfport on Sept. rs,
it being impossible to have the ~inyesti-
CATION at present on account OF the
quarantine. saf
Gov. Vardaman has appointed DR.. H.
III. HARRISON of jackson as a member
Of the State Board Of Health from the
Eighth Congressional District, to sue
coed DR.. J.. H. 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 i'll 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
been filed with the circuit clerk and
will be heard on its merits at the next
term, The revenue agent claims tina,
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 a court OF in
quiry,n as authorized under Section
LOG, Laws OF 1900, and as q result O
several days sitting rounded up in
dictments against several OF the ven
doris of cheap whisky.
Following the example OF the State
institutions Of Mississippi, the Missis'
sippi Synodical College at Holly Spring;
has postponed its opering to Oct. 4,
The supervisors of Sunfower 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 a statement to the effect thai
the opening of the institution has beer
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 LIST OF October, Mill
saps College opening is therefore post
poned from Sept. 20 to Oct. A."
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas CITY
Railroad Company has filed with thu
Secretary of State a mortgage agree
ment with the American Car and Foun
dry Company Of Memphis for 1888 ,572
which is to cover the purchase of 5O'
box cars, which are TO be delivered a
once, or just as 0 as possible. Tha