The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-24
Senator MCurin Gives Advice
 to MiSsippi Farmers
MARKET BE CREATED
E. 5. Candler 1ies Reports That He Is Candidaor Governor, Which Leaves tRace So Far to
 Scotnd Brewer.

In Mississippi pt twice as much sugar
 cane as usnal,lieving that the time
 has come when.uccessful campaign for
 the use of snern, homemade mo-
 lasses in the hes of the people of the
 north may be lgurated. Senator Nc
 Laurin was raj on a farm in Smith
 county, which cane patch was never
 overlooked, anfhere every farmer has
 since time immortal produced a suffi-
 cient number gallons of molasses for
 his own table, 1 many of them making
 their own sugane old-fashioned, brown
 colored sugar, 1t has some sweet taste
 to it.
 | There are farmers south of the l Alabama and Nsburg railroad who fail
 to make fewllons of molasses. They
 may not make eough to sell, but they do
 make a sufficiequantity for themselves. The farmer widoes not make his own | molasses is notnsidered a farmer by his enterprising nabors.
 Commissioned Agriculture Blakeslee
 has already tai up the matter of creat-
 ing a market Mississippi molasses in
 the north, and met with some meas
 ure of success. 'here are now firms in
 the state that agrinding cane by power
 and turning outeat quantities which is
 put up in gallomd half gallon cans, and
 which finds req sales at good prices.
 four hundred lions per acre is easy,
 and that means,0 to $S00..
 E. $. Candlerongressman from the
 First district, | put at rest the sug-
 gestion that he a candidate for gov
 ernor of his se, saying: q am not
 now, nor shall hcome, a candidate for
 governor. l am candidate only for re-
 election to Coniss from my district"
 President Tighter of the Farmers
 union has been entioned in about the same way, but has no more idea of running for goVlor this time than he has of trying toy. Congressman Adam Byrd has also be mentioned in this con- nection, but it mot believed here that he Is any more O candidate than Is MT. Candler. Howev he would make 1t in- teresting if he dioffer for the governor ship. So far Chsss Scott of Bolivar and Earl Brewer of ahoma, two gentlemen who were in theast race, are the only candidates for ciain next time.
 Adjutant Gentl Fridge and Gen. S. R. Keesler havreturned from Meri- dian, where tn went two or three days since to sewhat Meridian had to offer in the wayf inducements for the National Guard lcampment this sum mer, and reporthat Meridian simply promised them yerything that was wanted or necesry.
 similar prosit1on has been sub mitted by the brd of trade of Jack son. and there no question of the ability and the Illingness of the two towns to do as ey say they will do. The expense of curing these encamp- ments Is estimad at from $3000 to $3600, but the turns are great, so that as a busins investment the en- campment is a gat thing for the com munity that seces it.
 Several other ,wns have been men toned in connecon with the encamp- ment, but Genel Fridge states that Meridian and Jason are the only two that have madeiny offer or proposi- tion, and it seer that the contest for the encampmen has narrowed down to these two toHs, and that one or the other will captu 1t. In the event that all things, all hucements are equal, 1t Is believed tn Jackson will be the winner this tim it having been sev- eral years sine an encampment was held here.
 New York exaange for $1O,296 was today forwarde by Governor Noel to F. E. Triebel New York, the artist who has the coiract to erect the Con federate monunnt in the National Mil itary park at Vksburg. and for which the legislature appropriated S50,00O. It has been necessity for Governor Noel to borrow $40.0' to pay Mir Triebel, the appropriatiq having lapsed and there being no Wy to get it out of the treasury until aer the next legisla- ture shall have let and renewed the 1e governor wrote to each member of the legislature and asked permission.o borrow the cash so that the paymeis on the monument could be met, an every one replied in the affirmative.
 Mir. Triebel iIormed the governor that he had inested everything he could rake and srape to carry out his contract, that hewas not making any profit anyhow, nd that unless he could secure tn, cash as it fell due during the prosess of the work at Vickburg, he yould be financially ruined. To protct the contractor and the name of the tate at the same time the governor negotiated a loan for the money.
 The act of thu legislature authorizing the creation and establishment of agri- cultural high schols in the several coun- ties of the state 1ving been declared un- by ipecial Chancellor Oden In the case of Goi vs. the sheriff of Jas per county, a SUI enjoining the sheriff from collecting te tax on the ground that 1t dlscriminaas against the negroes n that tho high chools are for the use only of white youns. an appeal has been ,aken to the suppme court and former Judge Stone Deavurs of Laurel has been retained to defen the act in that tri- ounal
 The result of ths appeal will be await d with great deal of interest, espe- ially by those cunties where the high 'chools have alredy been established or where arrangements have been made for heir establishment.
 State Superintendent of Education Pow ITS was rejoiced oday when he received Information to tht effect that the board if supervisors of Sunfower county had lxed the salary of county superintendent if education at $t00, which is the max mum under the hw.
 Sunflower is one of the smallest coun- ies and has few white children enrolled or the public schools but 1t has a com etent man in tn. person of Charles T. lookout as superintendent and is willing o pay him a salary that will tempt him 0 remain at the head of their schools.  What is claimed to have been the larg- st pine tree ever cut in the state of Mississippi was feIied in Clarke county
 few days since on the farm of W. l.. hotts. It took four men two hours and minutes to saw the monster down, sing 7-foot saw.
 The tree measures 140 feet. being 100 fo the frct Ht,ob ipchao it,