The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-07-21
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

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The Cotton States Lumber Com
pany, a new corporation organized at
Meridian recently, has taken over from
9. s. Horton, who recently purchased
Tor their account, the entire holdings
OF the Meehan Rounds Lumber Com
pany, Meehan Junction, a station ten
miles west of Meridian. The deal,
which included saw and planning mills,
logging road and 10000 acres of vel.
low pine timber lands, involved a to-
tai OF over $500, 900. The capital stock
Of the Cotton States Lumber Com
pany is 81, 000. 900. Extensive improve.
ments are planned, also further pur
chases of timber are being made,
which means the expenditure of many
thousands of dollars by the company,
The Liberty-W White Railroad, which
now run from McComb City to Lib
erty, in Amlte county, is contemplat.
ing the extension of its line into Nat.
chez, II is reported that the Liberty,
White people have made large pur-
chases of land in Amite county, and
that the railroad people have pur.
chased Concord Park at Natchez, The
Liberty-White Railroad is one of the
prosperous short lines in the State.
Last week a suspicious looking
beetle, discovered in Monroe county,
was sent to Prof. G, W. Herick, at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
for him to pass on. but the beetle was
so badly crushed that the professor
was unable to ascertain the exact ma.
ture Of the insect, but he wrote that
he believed it to be an acorn weeNil
The parties who captured it thought
h a 1t was some species Ct boil wee
vii. So far this season there has been
no boil weevil scare in this State.
There were several last year. but all
of them proved TO be false alarms.
NJ. s. Fisher. secretary of the Mis-
sissippi Cotton Association, was seized
with a violent attack Of acute indiges,
ton, complicated with partial paraly,
sis of the heart. at his Office in Jack.
son last week. Opiates were admin.
istered and he was taken to a SAM.
tarium In a serious condition, where
he died. Mr.. Fisher was about 10
years of age and a native of this State.
He was a postoffice inspector during
the first Cleveland administration. He
was at one time secretary of the State
Democratic Executive Committee. He
was elected secretary of the Cotton
Association when 1t was organized
here last winter, and had been active
and jealous in furthering its interests.
The Kinds County Board Of Super
visors has sustained the claim of State
Revenue Agent Adams against the
Delta Pine Land Company for back
taxes on solvent credits amounting to
$25, goo. About $4,000 of the sum was
In dispute, and the board was Of the
opinion that the company owes the en-
tire amount claimed.
Hon. Luther Manship, of Jackson,
the well-known lecturer, has consented
to deliver six lectures for the benefit
of the Odd Fellows Widows and Or.
phans' Home. The times and places
for these lectures are as follows: Yves.
son, July "a; McComb City. July 25;
Hattiesburg, July 20; ~Poplarville, July
81; Columbus, July %; Holly Springs,
July 20. The order already has $4,000
on hand for the erection Of this home.
A county institute for the teachers
of Lincoln county will open July "a
at Brookhaven. and 1t is expected that
there will be a large attendance Of
teachers from all over the county.
When the Confederate veterans meet
in Jackson In September, 1t Is highly
probable that the Legislature will be
memorialized to make an a%ppropria
ton for monuments to mark the spot
where the Mississippi troops fought at
Vicksburg. The leaders are in favor Of
passing strong resolutions, and the
several camps are passing resolutions
in regard to the matter.
President w. T. Lowrey. of Missis.
sippi College, expects to take the field
in a very few days In the interest Of
the $4,000 endowment which IL Is ex-
pected to raise from among the peo-
Pile. The endowment Is to be 100000,
but $4,000 has been given, contingent
on raising $4,000.
On July 81, under the auspices OF
the A. and M. College, a farmers In
stitute will be held at Clinton. In
Kinds county, and the people of the
community are making extensive prep
aratlons to care for those who will be
In attendance. Prominent farmers
from all over the county will be in at
tendance.
It is announced that farmers insti.
tutes are to be held at Forest on July
81, Harpervire on August 3 and Pu-
laski on August 4. All Of these places
are located in Scott county, and it is
expected that there will be a large at
tendance.
DR.. Kane, q veterinary surgeon, who
recently visited Goshen. in Rankin
county, where he went to investigate
a malady among the stock Of that sec
ton, reports that the disease Is char.
bon in its worst form.