The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-03
RAILROADS ID OPEN
 FERTILE SECTION
Governor Noel Has Authorized
 Roads Organization
MANY CHARTERS FILED
Governor Noel Has Appointed Dele gates To Alaska-YuI<on Exposition and To Meeting of American
 Prison Association.

Jackson, Miss, May 2.-(Special.)-
 Governor Noel has issued a proclama-
 ton authorizing the organization of the
 West Point and Houston Railroad com
 pany' line that will cross Clay and
 Chlckasaw counties, and connect West
 Polnt with Houston the distance being
 70 or 30 miles up the valley of the
 Chookanoochie river. or creek. one of
 the most fertile in that section of the state. The proclamation is asked by
 W. F. Walker, L. T. Carlisle, L. J. How
 ard, A. F. Fox. F. A. Critz, J. M. White
 and others.
 A few days since Governor Noel
 issued proclamation authorizing the
 Water Valley and South eastern rail-
 road and the secertary of state ig now
 Tn receipt of the account of the meet ing at which organization was per-
 fected The board of directors include J. V. Blackmur, I. T, Blount H. H
 Creekmore. B. Leland and w. B. Maul- din. The directors adopted a motion to the effect that the officers of the
 association shall be a president, vice president, secertary and treasurer. and
 that one person may hold the offices of secretary and treasurer" These officers were not elected, however and it is supposed that formality was simply postponed till such time as the chief
 promoter Of the enterprise, Chester H.
 Fond, shall have returned from New York
 |. Other charters have been filed with
 the secretary of state as follows:
 Alcon County Fair association, capi-
 tai s10,0oo; incorporators, w. B. Wilson.
 T. J. Sharp and others. The domicile
 is at Corinth.
 Ths Country club, Greenville; capi-
 tai S76oo; incorporators, LeRoy Percy. u. G. Vincent and others.
 An amendment to the charter of the Stonewall club at Meridian. which has heretofore had no capital stock, fixes
 that at sSO,OOo.
 An amendment to the charter of the BILOXI sanatarium changes the name of
 same to Hotel Biloxi" fixes the capi- tai stock at $150000, and states that
 the puspose is the establishment of a sanitarium for the treatment and care l or the sick and disabled, and to con | duct general hotel and restaurant | business"
 The Itta Bena Compress company.
 ltta Bena, is capitalized at 1000. and the 1ncorporators are L. J. Martin. AL | bert Aaron and others
 | The Brand-Lyles Hardware company
 Of Houston Is capitalized at S25,00O and k. F. Brand, J. l.. Smith and others are I the incorporators.
 Tho Farmers Wife society is the
 name of new raternal organization 1 at Rienzi, but has no capital stock. The l incorporators are s. E. Edge and others. 1 Governor Noel having been requested | to appoint five or more state commits sioners to the Alaska Yukon-Pacffice ex- position at Seattle, to represent the lum- Der interests of the state, has named | the following, who are among the most prominent and extensive 1umbe ber deal CTS in Mississippi viz: P. S. Gardner Laurel; F. E. Parks, Gandsi: B. D. Moore, Hattiesburg; J. F. Wilder, Epps T. L. O'DonneH, Sanford; W. NJ Con | nor, Hattiesburg; l. c. Enochs, Jack
 son; J. J. White, McComb; L. M l Dantzler, Moss Point
 l Responding to the request of Joseph | P, Byers of New York, general secre- l tary of the American Prison associa- | ton, Governor Noel has named the fol- l lowing delegates to attend the annual meeting to be held at Seattle on Au- guest fl, viz: Col. Leroy T. Taylor, Verona; Col. W. A. Montgomery, Ed wards; C. c. Smith, Insmore; c. H. Neyland, Parchman
 These are the four men who above all others in Mississippi are familiar l with prison management. Captain Ney- 1 land Is superintendent of the peniten- l tary forms of the state and has the management and control of 1600 con- victs, white and black, men and wom- en. The others are the trustees of the state penitentiary, and have general management and control of the prison system in the state.
 Biographies of Mississippi Women" | Is the title of publication that has been undertaken by number of the | foremost lady writers nthe state The editors of the volume will be Mrs. Dun | bar Rowland and Mrs. Henry Yerger of | this city Associated with them will be Mrs w. P. Mills of McComb Mrs. Lucy G. Yerger of Greenville, Mrs. Egbert | Jones of Holly Springs, and Mrs Lizzie George Henderson of Greenwood. This work involves a great deal of labor, but 1t Is one that should have been attended to long ago. The woman hood of Mississippi is a glorious one but so far few if any of them have | figured in the histories of the state. They have been foremost in all good works and while their praises have been sung in verse an don the hustings something more lasting in the way of tribute to their virtues and their achievements is demanded, and the T s1x .Ix.