The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-03
Wississippi
Wflrs

An interesting test OF the state law
against the sale OF liquors, as passed
by the legislature last winter, is to be
made in Vicksburg, according to the
present plan, as soon as the law goes
into effect Jan. /. One dealer whose
license will expire about Dec. will re-
new his license for wholesale bust
ness, which costs much less than re-
tail license, and will attempt to continue
business after Jan. l. According to
the plan, he will be arrested, placed in
jail and released under habeas corpus
proceedings, when an interesting phase
of the law will go before the supreme
court for decision.
Some time ago Acknowledgement
Fletcher ruled that those dealers whose
license expired during the year would
have to obtain or pay for license for an
entire year from the date of the expira-
ton of the old license, although the
new law will not permit the sale of
liquor under such license after Dec. 81.
The dealer in question will hold that
hasmuch as his license is granted I'M
der state law for an entire year it
amounts to contract between himself
and the state, which the state has not
the right to revoke.
Mason Snowden, special agent of the
department of agriculture, reports that
ha hNl ax,;1 fhiolr i,, Will
kinson county, and that there is no
doubt as to the genuineness of the pest.
1t is the belief of the agents of the
government that the most damag-
ing work of the weevil this year will
be shown in Wilkinson county. In the
adjoining county of Adams the weevils
are thick in some communities, but the
farmers will be able to minimize the
ravages to some extent, for they plant
ed their cotton early, and the crop is
well along toward maturity. 1t is fig
ured that the pest will move about sixty
miles eastward and forty miles north
ward during the current crop year,
which will bring it to the Illinois Cen
trail main line on the east and the
southern border of Kinds on the north.
If the insect follows the route expected
he will cover strip OF territory across
the state of Mississippi, including the
counties of Jefferson, Amite, Clai-
borne, Franklin, Lincoln, Copiah,
Kinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Smith,
Simpson and Lauderdale, probably in
vading some sections of Madison, Ne
shoba, Leake and Kemper.
Crops along the lowlands of the Mis-
sissippi river will be greatly curtailed
this year on account of the prolonged
high water. Observers who have
watched the Father of Waters for years
past declare they have never known the
river to remain at SO high stage for so
long time, and assert that it will be
at least utterly impossible to grow any
cotton between the river and the levees,
where thousands of bales are usually
grown. Besides this, there are thou
sands of acres outside the levees where
it will be impossible to grow crops
after the water subsidies. In the upper
portion of the State the high water
leaves several days earlier than in the
| southern portion, where there are now
said to be hundreds of negroes and
few whites actually suffering on ac-
count of the overfowed condition of the
land they live on and should cultivate.
General interest is being aroused in
the Mississippi Educational conference
to be held at the State University July
and Z, under the auspices of the Mis-
sissippi Teachers association. 1t is
expected that several hundred promi-
nent educators will attend the conven-
ton. All railroads in the state have
agreed to grant rate of one fare, plus
Is cents, for the round trip.
DR.. A. Y. Rowe, corresponding Sec
rotary of the Mississippi Baptist con-
vention, announces that he has ar
ranged with all railway lines in the
State for a rate of one and one-third
fare on account of the Baptist State
| convention to be held at Meridian, COM
mencing July 8. 1t is expected that
fully 500 delegates and 200 or 800 Wis
itors will attend the annual gathering.
The convention will be in session at
least three days and probably longer.
During the year drawing to close the
Baptist church has enjoyed splendid
growth in Mississippi. Missionary
evangelists are kept constantly in the
field, and it is probable that this force
will be increased during the coming
year. The church has fully met all as
sessments for home, state and foreign
| mission work.
Union county has issued $65, 900 bonds,
bearing 6 per cent interest, to erect a
new courthouse at New Albany, the
county seat, the contract for which has
already been let, although the bonds
have not yet been disposed Of The old
courthouse there, which has been stand
| ing for years, has been torn down and
the new structure will occupy the same
site.
The management of the Mississippi
State Fair are preparing for even a
better display in all lines than they
have ever given before. It is intended
to improve and enlarge the live stock,
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