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The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
To Collect Millions.

Although the intimation was given
shortly after the decision of the Unit
ed States supreme court was rendered
In the celebrated lumber rate case,
that the common carriers would set
tie with the lumbermen are preparing
a big batch of suits to be filed for the
recovery Of the excessive charges col
lected by the corporation The de-
clarations have been drafted by attor-
neys and are in readiness to be plac-
ed on record.
This precaution is taken because Of
the fact that the statute Of limitations
in the Hepburn bill would become op-
erative on these claims after June
%, and the lumbermen do not intend
to be caught mapping. It is still be-
ieved that the railroads viii agree
to pay over to the lumbermen Of
Mississippi and Louisiana the sum
total Of the claims-about $12,0O0,-
000-without requiring complaints to
enforce collection through the courts,
but the attorneys deemed it a wise
precaution to have the suits in read
mess in case satisfactory negotia-
tions are not made
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100 Acres for a Park.

Like many Of Mississippi's growing
towns, rookhaven has been expand
ing so rapidly that no thought has
been given to reservng a park with
in the city limits. Now the need OF
a public playground is seriously
felt. 0. B. Brown, owner of Old
Brook Farm, less than two miles from
the center of the city, offers to give
100 acres for a public park, together
with $1,000 in cash to help put it up,
providing the city viii build and
keep up a boulevard leading to it,
The Progressive Union viii consider
the proposition and without doub;
Brookhaven will be provided with the
largest and finest public park in the
state. The land Mr. brown purposes
to give is well wooded and watered
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Selma in Mourning.

Selma, Ala.-With every business
house closed, with the industrial
plants stopped and their portals drap-
ed in mourning, in the presence of s.
600 citizens, five hundred Of them
from other parts Of the state and ma
ton, all that was mortal Of John Ty-
Ter Morgan, Alabama's senator for
more than thirty years, was laid to
rest. AS the casket was lowered into
the earth the strains Of ''Lead Kind
ly Light, " foated on the air and tears
sprang unbidden from a thousand
eyes.
The ceremonies at the church were
brief. No eulogy was pronounced and
in the single prayer, offered by Rev.
A. A. Little Of the Broad Street Pres
byterian church, the only reference
was made to the high character of the
dead statesman. United in the con-
duet of the services were. Rev. w. P.
pastor Of the Methodist
church, where Senator Morgan VOL
DIR. Little, Rabbi Levy and
The pastors Of other denominations.
Vice-President Fairbanks and
.arge delegation Of the late senator's
associates were in at
tendance, besides Gov. Conner and
many state officials. The floral tributes
a wreath from President
md Mrs. Roosevelt, were profuse and
,aautifuI
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Being Well Received.

1t is understood that the new En-
cyclopedia of Mississippi History, ed
tied by DR.. Dunbar Rowland and pub.
Iished by the Southern Historical So,
ciety, at Atlanta, which is being dis
tributed in the state, is being well re
ceived, and particularly by the uni
versity and college men, both pro-
fessors and students. Prof. Garner,
who is a competent critic and his
torian himself, is now preparing a re-
view for the National Historical Ma
gazine, which will shortly be pub
lished. The work is in three quarto
volumes, two Of which are historical
and one biographical, and brought
down to 1907.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
For GREATER N ISSISSIPPI
rON ONEAAEN r lSSASSIPPl
devoted TO to 9svq igel o6mmrea Develop
Interest all
By H. BLAKESLEE, Jackson, Ms,

That the South has experienced sew
sral years of unprecedented prosper
ity, none will try to deny. 1t is a mat
ter however, of some regret, that our
people could not have enjoyed this
prosperity without such a long divis-
ion with those from other parts of
the country No complaint is made
that outsiders have reaped such q
large share of these benefits, we are
glad to know that the development
has taken place, but the regret is
that our people could not be induced
to do this years ago and without as
sistance from other sources. The Ma
con Beacon publishes the following
sensible article anent this matter:
"The Manufacturers Record gives
the following interesting tabulatiOn Of
the growth and development of the
South in the first half-dozen years Of
the twentieth century:
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
PROF. WHITFIELD
HEAD OF |. |. & c.
sTATE sUPERINTENDENFELEoF
ED PRESIDENT.
10 COLLECT MILLION S
humbermen of State are Preparing
To Collect Excess on Rates Charg-
ed by Railroads Which viii Amount
TO - Million.

The board of trustees Of the Indus
trial Institute & College, one Of Mis-
sissippi's largest education mtitu-
tiops, met in the governor 5 Office and
by unanimous vote elected Prof. IL
Li Whitfield, present state superin-
tSndent of education, TO the presl-
dency Of the institution.
Z Interest now centers in filing the
vacancy in the office Of state superin-
tendent Of education. Probably half
dozen or more names viii presented
to the governor.
Prof. Whitfield has accomplished
much substantial work for the com.
mon schools of Mississippi. He was
appointed to the Office by Gov. Me-
Laurin on September II, 1898, to sue
ceed Prof. A. A. Kincannon, who re-
signed to accept the presidency of the
Industrial Institute & College, and It
is somewhat Of a coincidence that he
now Tetires from the Office Of superin-
tendent of education to succeed Prot.
Kincannon at the I. |. & c., the latter
having been recently elected to the.
chancellorship of the University of.
Mississippi.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
U. S. Naval Strength.

Washington,-A table prepared by
direction Of Assistant Secretary New
berry shows that the total strength of
the naval militia organizations of the
United States according to returns
of July 1 last was 5,9O7, of whom 473
were officers and 1924 enlisted men.
Illinois leads the list with a total of
658 officers and men while California
has 452, Connecticut 300, District Of
Columbia 219, Louisiana 544 and
Maryland 237, Massachusetts 493,
New Jersey 3O3, New York GIG, Ohio
1872, Rhode Island 187, South Carroll
ma 161, North Carolina l77, Minneso-
tall, and Michigan 191.
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these absolutely no news as to the
whereabouts of the missing boy. Hs
II still as much lost as he was on the
day that this alleged "Black HAND
plet wss brought to light, and whether
he is alive or dead is still matter Of
conjecture.
Vigilance Committee.
That the Italian vigilance commit
tee which was organized to solve the
mystery of the disappearance Of Wal.
ter Lamana be solved into a perma-
nent organization, having as its OBJ
ject the deportation Of all undesira-
bic Italian subjects who emigrate :e
and who can not produce
satisfactory passports and papers of
identity, is the substance of the de-
cision reached by that body after a
session held behind closed doors
in a room In the Deneehaud
Hotel. This permanent organization
will at once begin its work. All Ital-
.ans Of whom the better class Of Ital-
Ians are suspicious will Immediately
be examined by the vigilance commit
Zee, and unless these furnish satisfac-
.ory accounts Of themselves will be
1eported and barred from returning
% this country. If the subject ordered
leported has been in the United States
ess than year the steamship line
which furnished him transportation
o America will be forced to take him
back, while if he has ben here longer
han that time bis transportation back
o Italy will be supplied by the vigi-
ance committee and he will be exil-
ID from America. This was one of the
,ery important developments in the
Black Hand case.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Automatic Looms.

Forty automatic looms were INSTALL
ed in the Natchez Cotton Mills No. (
and if they prove satisfactory every
loom in this mill and in Natchez Cot
ton Mills No. 2 will be replaced by
this modern equipment. There are 65O
looms in the two mills. The automat-
ic loom has a capacity of fifty yards
Of cloth a day, though the quantity
depends upon the quality Of the out
put. AS a rule one hand operates 20
looms, but in this mill they run ff-
teen to a hand. Mill No. 2 has not
been in operation for some time, but
Captain R. F. Learned, President Of
the Company, states that he expects
to have both mills in full operation
on Sept. 1. These mills pay the same
money for sixty hours work a week
as other mills pay for sixty-six, and
contribute to the support of day
nursery for the benefit Of the moth
ers employed in the mill, mems
club for the men and a woman s
room for the female employees.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
MANY Petitions.

Already number Of petitions for
the parden Of Mrs. Angie Birdsong
are being circulated for signatures,
and there is no difficulty in securing
signers. It is believed that the Gov
srnor viii act promptly in the matter.
and that as soon as the law will per
nit Mrs. Birdsong viii be entirely
free, and that public opinion even
now is ready to purge her Of criminal
ity or culpability in connection with
her troubles.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
His Tourney Tnterrupted.

New York-Vicomte Robert de
Borres, who says he is a cousin of
Count Boni de Castellane, was arrest
ed and fined for exceeding the speed
limit.
The vicompte and several friends
had been passing the day at Coney Is
land, and were hurrying to catch d
train for New Orleans, when a
Brooklyn policeman saw him driving
his car through Bedford avenue at the
rate, Of sixty miles an hour, and he
was placed under arrest.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

And again, occasion is taken to re-
mark that Mississippi offers as much
or more to the man looking for a hom.
in a land where sunshine is the rule
and the people loyal, brave and true.
and any state in this splendid union.
There is no sensible reason why our
young men and women should. upon
arriving at the age of maturity. 90
to one Of the newer states in the West
to begin life. Mississippi offers as
much or more than any of them. Tex
as, that mighty empire of the West
ern country, has long drawn upon
Mississippi for sinew that was needed
here at home more offered in return.
Investment in Mississippi lands have
increased faster than have Texas land
during the past seven years. Our
soil is more productive, the climate
more congenial, the public schools bet
ter, churches more numerous and
many other things in favor of our
own state too numerous to mention
just now. Some one has shown by an
estimate that our lands produce more
cotton to the acre than the Texas
lands. Basing the estimate upon last
years acreage and production, it is
shown that in Texas it requires %
acres Of land to make a bale of cot
ton, while in Mississippi only II was
Our corn production was
ahead in almost an equal production.
Our trucking interests are far ahead.
Our timber and naval stores produc-
ton are not to be compared with that
Of Texas. Take it all in all, old Mis-
sissippi is all right and when we take
of the opportunities offer
ed, develop our latent resources, reap
ing the reward that rightfully belongs
to us, there is not a star in the gal
axy of states in a class one notch
above Mississippi. Mississippi and Mis-
sissippian are all right Keep this
thought Uppermost in your minds.
Here is a beautiful sentiment which
has been reproduced in the press and
credited to the Brandon News. 1t
is worthy a place IN every scrap
book:
"Don It judge man by his clothes.
God made one and the tailor made the /
other. Don't judge a man by his
family, for Cain belonged to a good |
family. Don't judge a man by his
failure. Many a man fails because
he is too honest to succeed. Don't |
Judge a man by the house he lives
n, for the lizard and the rat often
nhabit the gTander structure. When
| man dies, they who survive him asll
what property there is left behind,
he angel that bends over the dying
nan asks what good doods hes rs
ent before"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Jackson Miss.-Jim Cain promi-
nent Rankin county farmer was shot
and killed by L. B. Matthews a neigh
Dor four miles east Of here. Matthews
claims self-defense and surrendered.
He is in Jail here. The immediate
cause of the ,1Iilling ~as a quarrel
Over a load Of wood sold to a negro,
though Matthews claims Cain has re-
peatedly threatened to kill him.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Chantaunua ASSOCIATION.

The CaIcasieu Chautauqua Associa.
ton has been formally organized,
with D. R. Swift, president; c. A.
Mccoy, Rev. A. o. Thrower and DR..
J. Y. Alison, Vice presidents; Leon
Loce, Secretary, and w. E. North,
treasurer. The capital stock, $4,000,
IS all paid in. The association gives
its first summer entertainment at the
pleasure pier June 81 to July 4.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
SEARCH FOR KIDNAPPED BOY.

Enraged italians in New Orleans Raid
Hundreds of Homes.
A New Orleans dispatch says: The
eight-year-old boy. Walter Lamana,
was not found, Thursday, although
in the search for his kidnapers, hun
dreds of Italian homes were raided
in the city and surrounding towns.
The usual threats of lynching the
kidnapers if caught have been made.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Public Gets a Rest.

The senate committee on military
affairs adjourned its investitation Of
the Brownsville Array until Nov 8.
when the committee will meet to con-
slider whether a subcommittee viii
be sent to Texas.
Four witnesses on the stand today,
among them being Brig. Gen. Andrew
S. Burt, who formerly commanded
the 25th regiment Of negro infantry,
and who gave the men of the COM
mand good characters.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Bow Loses Lee.

A young eolored boy, the son o.
Archille Clark, was run over at Dom
aldsville by a freight train on the
Texas and Pacific railroad. His right
foot was chushed to a pulp, necessitat-
ING amputation.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A prairie exchange says that alfal-
ia has solved the labor problem IN
that section Of the state. Here is
The article:
"Alfalfa has solved the labor prob
lem in our prairie If a proprietor IS
short Of tenants or of share hands, all
he has to do is to seed his fallow
lands to this rich herbage plant, with
full assurance that the rent viii be
doubly paid. Then again, alfalfa has
doubled the value OF Iands that will
produce it, and will soon make many
a man rich who was land poor. F"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Special to the Picayune.

Mrs. E. Theodore Ellzey was murder
ed while she lay in bed by three
men who entered the house for the
purpose Of robbery and had been
alarmed by Mr.. and Mrs. Ellzey be,
fore they had accomplished their purq
pose.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A Brownsville citizen was killed as
a result of his denuneiation Of testi-
mony in the Brownsville inquiry at
Washington.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

The National Conference of Char
tiles and Correction in session at Min
neapolis chose Richmond as the next
meeting place.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Three women were burned to death
and two more seriously injured IN
fire at the Shaker settlement near
Harrison. 0.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Henry Watterson delivered an ad-
dress on the race problem at the conn
mencement exercises Of a negro in0t-
tuition at Louisville.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
minister Goes Wrong.

w. I. Browning, formerly a Meth
Odist minister of Mississippi, is on
trial for obtaining $4,000 on false
pretenses at Memphis.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Hugh Palmer Of near Crystal
Springs planted % acres in cabbage
this season and netted $4,000 from the
cabbage gathered and sold. He now
has the land planted in cotton and
with a fair season will gather a bale
to the acre. Is this not successful
farming? Can Texas or any other
state show better actual results? AS
suredly not.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Favorable weather has made our
people feel much better and right
along this line it is pleasing to note
the great recuperative powers pos
sessed by the good people Of Missis-
sippi. It makes no difference what
they have encountered it is
all soon forgotten and they go along
with a cheerful face and a pleasant
smile for all.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Secretary Taft became i'll In st.
Paul, but recovered sufficiently to at
tend a big popular banquet.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
Not COMMITTED.

Governor Blanchard refused to COM
mute the death sentence to Eleus Le-
Blanc, convicted of wife murder.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20


The fact that thousands of good cit
liens Of our great state are now talk
inc about and working fer a "Greater
Mississippi" is very gratifying IN
deed, and especially so, when we con-
slider the fact that this is the result
of a systematic campaign of only a
few years. Up at Oxford few days
since, Hon. Geo. 7. Mitchell Of Tu-
pelo, addressing the young men in
that institution, took for his subject
"Greater Mississippi" and spoke to
them along that line. Let US sincere
ly hope that every day will give addi-
tionaI converts to the cause, people
who will tell of the good things here
in our own state, and especially to the
young men and women, urging them
to stay here and assist in the
great work undertaken They are
needed badly, and the proper effort
on the part of our loyal people would
keep them here. Consider this matter
and then act.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Bail was denied Mayor Schmitz st
San Francisco and he was ordered
taken to jail.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Salt Lake City.-At a special stock
holders meeting of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company it was decided TO
isue $1OO,OO0,OOO in new stock. The
issue is for the purpose Of meeting
the expense Of improvement for the
present and prospective, along the
line of the Union Pacific.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Col. Kotlaroff, deputy commandant
the port of st. Petersburg, was ass
assinated.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

w. L. Wilson of Pontotoc has been
signally successful in growing pears
Mr.. Wilson last year from two and
one-half acres, $50 trees, sold $1,000
worth Of fruit besides using what was
needed at home. He has an orchard
Of 10000 peach and 1,200 plum trees
which have not come into bearing as
yet. Pontotoc is in a section that has
proven exceptionally fine for fruit
growing and the industry is beginning
to receive the attention it deserves.
Push the good work along.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Three incendiary fires have induced
Mississippi to insure its penitentiary
properties
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A raddish that weighed four and
one-half pounds was raised this year
in Monroe county on land that was
the first cleared in that section Of
the state. Afer nearly a century,
the land is still productive.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

The q. D. c. of Gulfport, Beauvoir
Chapter, have offered a scholarship
to the Industrial Institute and Col
lege to a female descendant Of a Har-
rison county veterans daughter or
granddaughter, applications accom-
panied by credentials to be sent to
Mrs. H. K. Denny, Secretary at Gulf
port.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

The missing launch of the Minneso-
ia was recovered.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A mistrial was entered in the trial
of VIII Coins, the negro charged with
the dnamite outrage at Ruston, La,
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

"The question to which these fig
ures will bring to ,lhany thoughtful
men is, How much Of this vast IN
crease of wealth have the true heirs
of the land, the Southern people, gath
cred to themselves, and how much
have they allowed strangers to the
soil to appropriated Have our peO-
pie made the most of our sections re-
sources, or has our county been eX.
plotted by Northern capital and
Northern aggressiveness? We have
no fault to find with Northefners who
put Northern money and Northern
brains and energy into Mississippi
fields Of industry. Tney are to be
welcomed here, but would it not be
better if our own people were more
numerously represented among the
captains, Of industry? Have we not
allowed others to supply what he had
in plenty-penetration to see our
great opportunities, the progressive
energy to overcome the inertia Of az
old and fixed economic regime, and
the faith to take the chances ? And
Of the tremendous reward could not
our own people have reaped a larger
and juster share Of the harvest? In
an age Of high development, we of
this section of Mississippi live in al
land for the most part yet undispoiled
of its virgin opportunities. It's unde-I
veloped resources are still in native
hands, and it remains to be seen
whether we, ourselves, shall develop
them or continue to raise cotton and
look on while others coin our pOten-
tial wealth into current specie Of the
land"
As has been said by this writer,
the larger part Of our available as
sets in the shape of undeveloped re-
sources tire still in the hands Of our
own people, and it remains for theaa
to do the work of developing them
and reaping the lions share Of the
profits to accrue which belongs to
them. Mississippians, consider care
fully the thoughts brought out in this
article and begin now this work Of
development that means so much 70
the future welfare of our great state
and its loyal people, if done by them
and the profits kept where they right
fully belong.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A gentleman by the name Of Shaw
living near Jonesboro in Tippah coun-
ty, has achieved success as basket
maker, the people in his large circle
Of acquaintance approaching his work
and taking all the baskets he can
make. Mr.. Shaw makes a good bask-
ct and the people are willing to pay
good price for a good article. This
is another example of what can be ac
complished by purpose and determi-
nation.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Charleston voted recently on the
proposition to issue bonds for the
erection of a modern school building.
The vote stood sixty-two for to one
against. That was what might be
termed a unanimous vote, the party
who voted against the proposition
probably having done so by mistake.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20
TRACK LAYERS PROGRESSING.
Work on A., B. & A. Reaches Town
Limits Of Roanoke.

LImlts OF Roanoke.
The track laying force of the At.
lanta, birmingham and Atlantic were
Friday laying track inside the incor
porate limits of Roanoke, Ala. The
steam shovel force was close behind
them, filing in and Strengthening up
the track.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A $1,000 fire occurred in the section
Of Hattiesburg the city known as tho
French Market, destroying a number
of frame store buildings. S. Pelle-
grini was the heaviest loser. The
origin Of the fire is unknown.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

The National Credit Mems Associa-
ion adjourned at Chicago.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

A team driven by w. S. Ketchens,
trucker at Crystal Springs was struck
by an l. c. train here yesterday. The
horses were instantly illed. M.
etchens was th1 own from the Al4gon
but escaped injury.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Fire broke out in the machinery
building of the Port Gibson Brick
and Manufacturing Company's plant
burning same to the ground. The loes
S estimated at $4,000, with no in
surance. fire will not interfere
With the eoapanz'g doing business,
Is they have over d nillion bricks Gu
land, and already steps have been
aiken to rebuild the plant.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Another cotton picker is being ex-
perienced with and the inventors be-,
ieve that they have machine that
will stand the test. 1t is to be hoped
that dawn is breaking on this prop
osition and that the perplexing ques-
ton Of gathering the crop will be set
tied.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Secretary Metcalf returned to Wash
ington from his trip up the James
River
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

Mrs. Agnes Wilson Hedges former
ly of New Orleans died at Washing.
ton.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1907-06-20

The anti-Bailey banquet was held
at Dallas Texas.