The Tupelo journal., 1908-06-12
Mississippi
Aems

The proposed scheme for the extern
sion and strengthening of the Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas City railroad sys-
en- in Mississippi is now on the eve OF
blossoming out into a fixed and definite
fact. The plan is to build a new line
southwest from Ovett, a point on the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City, a
few miles south of Ellisville, in Jones
county, to New Orleans. This would
pass through portions of Jones, Perry,
Forrest, Lamar, Pearl River and Han
cock counties, to the Louisiana line,
and would reach a fine timber country,
incidental to giving the system two
terminal seaports.
Revenue Agent Writ Adams has un-
earthed nearly a million dollars in SOL
vent credits in Washington county,
covering a period Of four years, the
solvent credits escaping taxes for the
years 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. The
evenue agent agreed with parties as
sessed on amounts agtregating SS47 900
for the county and approximately $780,
600 for the city of Greenville, and the
assessment has been formally placed on
the county and city assessment rolls by
order of the board of supervisors.
Prot. ?. Scott, president Of the
State Teachers association, has called
an educational conference of all the
teachers and associated educational
bodies of the state to meet at Univers-
ity, Miss, July Is and IA, for the pur-
pose OF discussing plans and devising
ways and means for furthering the
cause of education, frightening school
terms and other important matters.
Hon. Leroy T. Taylor, of Verona,
member of the board of trustees of the
state penitentiary, reports that the con-
victs on all the farms are receiving
plenty of good and wholesome food,
well prepared and cooked; that the
officers and employees have all been
faithful in the discharge of their re-
spective duties, and are doing all they
can to promote good for the state.
A call has been issued for a meeting
OF the Yazoo-Mississippi delta levee
board to be held at Clarksdale on the
first Monday in July. This meeting is
called for the purpose of considering
tax leyies for the incoming year, also
for the consideration of the depository
law, on the constitutionality of which
the supreme court will have passed be-
fore the date set for the meeting.
The good roads campaign moves
ahead steadily. Commercial travellers
are now enlisted in the promotion of
the good work, and it is an influence
that is worth something. 1t only needs
agitation and some sensible and prac-
tical demonstration to place the high
way system of Mississippi on a par
with the best existing elsewhere.
The people OF Jackson county have
already contributed 1876 to the battle
ship service fund, and will add more.
Ii every county in the state would put
up just half this amount it would give
much more than enough to purchase the
handsomest service that ever adorned
a vessel of the United States navy.
On the Parchman place the state has
about $500 acres of cotton and 5000
acres in corn coming on, and the bulk
OF the acreage is in good condition. 1t
was necessary to go over between 200
and 300 acres of cotton that had been
affected by the May rains, which has
since come out well and is looking
healthy.
The board of supervisors of Union
county has let the contract for a new
courthouse to cost s65, 5000.
No state will have more native sons
in the United States senate when the
election of Geo. E. Chamberlain is rat
Tied by the Oregon legislature than
Mississippi. The Mississippians in the
senate will then number seven. Sena-
tor Chamberlain was born in Adams
county, as also was Senator Newlands
of Nevada; Clark of Arkansas was
born in Yazoo, Gore of Oklahoma in
Webster, Bailey in Copiah, McLaurin
in Rankin and Money in Holmes.
That the organization of capital in
the state for various mercantile and
industrial purposes goes on, though
perhaps not quite as extensively as a
year ago or so, is in evidence from the
number of charters that are reaching
the governors Office for approval.
W. K. Herrin and his manager, Geo.
Albrough, pleaded guilty in the federal
court at Oxford to the charge of o
age. Judge Niles held up the sentence
until the December term OF court.
The board of supervisors of Wash.
ington county voted an appropriation of
$4,000 to aid in the building OF q monu-
ment to the Confederate dead, the
monument to be placed in the courtyard
at Greenville.
Greenville's business men are prepar-
ing for a great Fourth of July celebra-
ton. A big barbecue is proposed,
while Congressman Ben G. Humphreys
and Judge Percy Bell, the two candi-