The leader., 1905-08-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS

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Three well attended turner's insti-
tutes were held at French Camp, Nc
Cool and Affords Springs on July 20,
u and %, respectively. There were
about $50 at French Camp and great In
terest was manifested in the eloquent
addresses delivered by Col. d. H. Il.
Bonner on Home Building, and Orch
ards. Prof G. H. Afford made two
able speeches on Soil Fertility and the
use Of labor-saving farm implements.
Many questions were answered by the
professor.
There were about 600 present at Me-
Cool to listen to the scholarly oration
delivered by Prof d. g. Hall on the
Ideal Citizen Col. Bonner spoke on
the Importance of beautiful homes,
good schools, churches, and in fact, ON
everything calculated TO uplift the
| farmers.
Col. Afford stirred the farmers by
talking on the subject of fDiversification.
He urged the farmers to have good
| gardens and fruit orchards, milk, butter,
pork, rice, beef, chickens, eggs, and in
fact, everything good to eat that is
grown on any farm. He urged them to
/ raise everything necessary for home
consumption and let the cotton crop be
Il surplus one.
About 500 farmers and their families
| listened to the speakers at Affords
/ Springs. There were many young peo-
/ pie present and Col. Bonner spoke in
the main to them He urged them to
study farming as the lawyer and doctor
study their profession and then to mar
ry and build and maintain beautiful,
| happy country homes. Mr.. Afford told
them how to make money on the farm.
He said that our land ought to yield
one bale of cotton instead of oEe-third
bale and that we ought to cultivate
from thirty to forty acres per hand in
stead of fifteen.
| The farmers are now great friends OF
farmers Institutes. They now realize
/ fully that the lecturers sent out by the
| Mississippi A. g. M. College and EX-
pertinent Station are not theorists, but
practical men who have studied the
science of agriculture.
An effort will probably be made at
the next session of the Legislature to
/ pass bill making an appropriation to
/ buy silver service for the battleship
| Mississippi, which is now in process OF
/ construction, The battleship will be
ready some time during the next two
years. 1t is customary for the States
after which battleship is named to
| present handsome silver service to
the ship, and Mississippi will be no ex-
ception to the rule. 1t is not antici-
pated that there will be any trouble in
1 getting an appropriation for this pur-
/ pose.
All prospective students of the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College should
make application to their County
Superintendents of Education on or be-
/ fore Sept. IA, the same also applying
to the girls desiring entrance to the
Industrial Institute and College. Every
1 county in the State is allowed certain
number of scholarships in these insti-
tutions and they are being very greatly
| sought after. During the past few
years the attendance at both institu-
| tions has been very large, with more
| applying in each county than the county
/ was entitled to.
Industrial Commissioner j. G. Clare cf
i the Illinois Central railroad has con-
cluded a deal with Gov. Vardaman
whereby that road becomes the owner
of the best part of the Mississippi ex
hibit at the late ST. Louis Fair. This
exhibit will be seen at the Industrial
Exposition to be held at jackson in
November. Manager Mckay has as
| signed to the Illinois Central road all
of Representatives Hall in the old
Capitol in which to make their display,
which is expected to be one of the hand
soonest ever seen in the State.
The report Of Sergeant Dodds Of the
i penitentiary for the month of July
shows forty new convicts received dur
ing the month, as compared with six
teen received for the same period last
year. Murder and manslaughter con-
tinue to be the most prolific source of
increasing the prison population, the
| division for the past month being as
follows: Murders, 6; manslaughter, 4:
criminal assault, 3; attempted criminal
assault, i: assault and battery with at
tempt to kill and murder, s.: forgery, 2;
burglary, 2: grand larceny, 2. The re
mainder were sent up for various minor
crimes.
About fifty families from Illinois are
to be located in the neighborhcod of
Durant and will embark in the vege-
table and fruit industry. These fami-
les have been induced to locate there
through Capt. ]. f. Merry, General
immigration Agent Of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad. They are Italians from
the northern part of Italy who have
been in this country for some time, an |
it is stated that each family is to have
about forty acres of land.
i Vice-Ppesident G. L. Loop of the
Southern Express Company, has notified
the Railroad Commission that the COM
pany will make reduction of so cents
per, 100 on short hauls over the Gulf
and Ship Island Road. He requests
that the hearing of protests against ex-
isting rates charged by express COM
panies in Mississippi be deferred until
| the regular meeting in October.
i The Lewis J. Parker Stave Company
has closed deal for ], 1,870 acres of land
near Senatobia. Five hundred acres of
the land is in cultivation, and that part
alone brings an annual rental of 50, 100.
The timber, however, was the greatest
{ attraction, as the company calculates
getting 100000 feet of yellow poplar
and 100000 feet each of hickory. ask
anu gum. 1H6 cTOsSIle 1t6H WILL De Y
big thing, possibly some $40, 900 or $780,
600 worth.
Hon. "a. A. Kincannon, President of
the Industrial Institute and College,
held conference with Gov. Vardaman
in regard to the affairs at the college.
He stated that there had already been
enrolled over 800 Young ladies for next
session, and more are clamoring foI
admittance. In speaking Of the facili-
ties at the college and the need for
more room, President Kincannon said:
I'VE have n0 f11nda arailahla fo,s an