The Tupelo journal., 1908-10-16
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Judge Exceeded His Power.

Judge Exceeded His Power.
The new courthouse in Covington
county was erected after plans designed
so as to furnish to each county official
an Office peculiarly suited to his pur-
pose, and this plan was carried out in
locating them. At a recent term of
court, however, Judge Billiard ordered
Sheriff Lott to vacate the office allotted
to Superintendent of Education Cal
houn, so that it could be used as a jury
room, moving his Office to the room OF
the board OF supervisors.
The question having been submitted
to the Encouragement, that official
holds that while the power of a circuit
judge is ordinarily an lie to control the
disposition Of the jurles and other APP
p~urtenances to his court, he has not the
power to force a county official to va
cate the Office assigned to him on plans
approved by the supervisors.
States Farming Operations.
President Montgomery, in submit
ting his reportto the penitentiary board
OF trustees, says: Notwithstanding
the great falling off in crop prospects,
we may congratulate ourselves as yet
having a prospect of over 1900 bales
OF cotton. We have housed about no.
900 bushels of corn, have plenty of po-
tatoes for all the convicts, with peas
enough without having to buy, as we
did this year; we have. sorghum mo-
lasses for the year, if it can be kept
from spelling, and have about 1900
head OF hogs on all the farms, which,
with proper care, will put us in position
to raise our own meat. The mules and
horses on the various farms are looking
we'll; the convicts are we'll cared for,
well fed, we'll clothed and humanely
treated, and their condition as regards
health is splendid"
Boil Weevil Causes Alarm.
just now when the advance OF the
boil weevil into Mississippi territory
has gotten practical men to seriously
thinking up ways and means of meet
ing the issue, in several OF the counties
there is considerable agitation of the
subject OF organizing county depart
ments OF agriculture, as provided by
chapter 103, laws of 1908. The law
makes it the duty of the county COM
missioner Of agriculture to keep in
close touch with ''the United States
department of agriculture, the Missis-
slppl Agricultural and Mechanical COL
lege, the state experiment stations, and
the state department of agriculture
and commerce." He must assist in Or
ganizing agricultural societies, look
after agricultural statistics and ad-
vance in every way possible the farm
ing interests of his county.
Revenue Agent Enjoined.
Judge H. c. Niles of the federal
u granted a perpetual injunction
restraining State Revenue Agent Writ
Adams from attempting to enforce the
collection OF back taxes alleged to be
u on solvent credits held by whole
sale piano firms of Alabama, Tennessee
and Louisiana doing business in this
state. The taxes claimed aggregate
Sl00, 600.
Revising Poll Books.
County boards Of election commits
sioners have completed the work of re-
vising the registration and poll books,
preparatory to the presidential election
in November. The totals from the
seventy-eight counties will show about
l45 900 registered voters in the state.
Baslng the estimate on figures of former
presidential elections, not exceeding so
per cent of the registered vote will be
polled.
Farmers Union Increasing.
Secretary G.. w. Russell of the state
division of the Farmers Union states
that there has been a remarkably large
increase in the number of new mem
bers taken into the organization within
the past few months. Secretary Rus
sell attributes this to the business-like
methods which have been adopted by
the union, and the increased confidence
OF the public in the organization and
its ultimate success.
Sheath Gown Tabooed.
Any woman appearing in a Directoire
or a sheath gown or the streets of
Jackson will be liable to a fine of $40,
according to the letter of an ordinance
introduced in the city council by Alder
man Chiles. Any member of the police
force refusing Oh wilfully failing to ar
rest any girl found wearing such a gar
ment is made liable to immediate re-
mOyal from the fOrco