Macon beacon., 1905-07-22
, MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


weather has greatly hindered cutiya-
ton. Many lowland fields are over
run with grass and weeds or drowned
out. Where properly cultivated, cot
ton is growing too much TO weed and
frultng poorly, but the larger portion
OF the crop is small and greatly in
need of dry weather and cultivation
In some sections cotton is turning vel.
low as a result of excessive rains.
There is considerable complaint OF
scarcity of labor, especially in he del
ia. Some improvement In cotton is
reported from few southern coun.
ties, but it has become evident that
more fields will have to be abandoned
As rule corn has continued to i'm
prove, and young corn Is quite prom.
ising over considerable portion of
the State. but much In need of cult
vation. Some young corn on lowlands
has been drowned out. Old corn is
maturing south, but will give only a
fair yield. Peas, potatoes, meadows
and pastures are doing well Sugar
cane Is making good growth Melons
are plentiful south, but generally poor
north"
Henry McManus, Hiram Aldridge.
Hiram Kent, Emmett McManus, Will
Kent, A. Adams, II Hunt. j. Aldridge,
viii and Jack Norris and Will Har.
Yard, all citizens of Franklin county,
we're before United States Commits.
slOner Moseley at Jackson last week
on indictments brought at the last
term of the Federal Court charging
whitecapping, They were placed under
bond of 81 900 each, each going on the
bond of the other, as all of them were
able TO qualify for this amount after
which they We're released and returned
home, At the last term of the court
about 300 persons were indicted for
whitecapping. all of them being resi-
dents of Franklin county. All but six
y of them have been arrested and
have given bond for their appearance
at the next term of the United States
Court to be held in November.
The Supreme Court, In the case OF
the Alabama & Vicksburg Railroad
fF- MI ltoNbH ltil lldl INC lnllu
mortgage bonds of the old Vicksburg
q Meridian Railway, amounting to
Sl,900,000 we're not valid. Those
bonds were issued in 1880. and were
third mortgage on the property of the
road In 1889 the road defaulted on
the payment of its interest on the sec
ond mortgage bonds, and the bond
holders went into the Federal Court.
and sale of the road was ordered,
his taking place in 1889. Under this
sale enough was realized TO pay the
first and second mortgage bonds, but
the third mortgage bonds were never
paid. Al this sale all of the property
OF the road passed into the hands OF
parties who own the Alabama e.
Vicksburg road. which was organized
as the successor of the Vicksburg G.
Meridian road.
Experienced oil mon arc preparing
to bore for oil neal Wesson. Promi-
nent Wesson parties who have had
some experience in other oil fields are
convinced that there is oil near that
place. 1t is stated that some years
ago the Mississippi Mills dug for an
artesian we'll getting down ! 200 feet,
when they struck rock and had to
abandon the well. 1t is said the rock
they struck was oil-bearing rock, and
II they had persevered that they would
have brought in an oil well. The deal
to interest experienced parties in the
proposition has been on for some time,
and has now been closed up. The pip
ing has been ordered and as soon as
it is on the ground the work of dig
ging the well will begin.
The Alabama e. Vicksburg road has
served notice on the Railroad Commits.
sion of an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court in the celebrated
Vicksburg Meridian grain rate case re-
Gently decided by the State Supreme
Court, wherein the railroad was or
dered to establish a fiat rate Of 3ia
cents per 100 on grain and grain prod
ucts from Vicksburg to Meridian. The
appeal. of course, delays the enforce
ment Of the Supreme Court mandate
requiring the railroad company to pro
mulgate the rate and also has an i'm
portant bearing on the effort to secure
similar rates from Greenville to towns
In the Aberdeen group.
The Southern Express Company and
the American Express Company have
been cited to appear at the regular
August meeting of the State Railroad
Commission and show cause why the
assessment of their property should
not be revised, The commission has
collected evidence through municipal
tax assessors indicating that these
two companies have not made satisfac
tory returns Of their property for as
sessment.
The personal assessment roll OF
Union county shows the handsome
increase of s231 ,405 over that Of last
year, the total valuation of personal
in the county being 1868 sos.
This county has shown remarkable
increase in tax values, and since 1903
the assessed value of personal prop |
erty in that county has almost doubled
A farmers institute Is to he held at |
Mount Olive on August l. and will be |
conducted under the auspices of the |
Agricultural and Mechanical College |
The schedule of farmers Institutes
now being prepared by the Agricultural |
and Mechanical College officials will |
distribute these institutes all over the |
State.
The fire record for the month of July |
will not be large, according to the re
ports being received by Commissioner
Cole There have been two big fires |
this month, one at Crystal Springs |
and the other at Meridian. The loss
ratio in the State since last January |
has been above the average, but not |
as high as the year before. and while |
the companies will make some money |
this year, the amount of net profit will |
not be very large. Last year the com
panies we're hit harder than any year
in which they have been doing bust
ness in the State, and many of them
lost considerable money.
In the Criminal Court al Vicksburg |
some thirty clubmen of that city, who
had been indicted for gaming in their
clubhouses, were arraigned
before Judge Catchings There seemed
at first a disposition on the part of
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