The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-26
MERIDIAN HAS MtyY ENTERPRISES Secretary Moore of Board of
 Trade Makes Report SOME LARGE INDUSTRIES It Is Conceded That Mississippi Town Has Population of 35,ooo-Ne-
 groes Fight Spread of
 Tuberculosis.
SOME LARGE INDUSTRIES

Meridian, Miss, October 25.-(Special)- )- l Secretary M. C. Moore of the Meridian board of trade has just completed a list of the different manufacturing enter prises in this city. The list shows a total of IS, and it includes some of the largest enterprises in the state, among them be- ing the shops of the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad company, the shops of the Meridian Street Railway : company and the car repair shops of the Arrhours. The street railway shops have recently been equipped for the building of cars outright, and at present several handsome cars are in course of construction. The list as given out by Secretary Moore is as follows: Three broom, mattress and excelsior factories, one barrel factory. four bakeries, five building material manufactories, two brick manufactures, three bottling plants. one candy factory, one canning factory, one canning machine factory, one cloth ing factory, two concrete building block plants, three cotton ginneries, one cot ton mill, one cotton press factory, three cotton congresses, four cotton seed oil mills, four fertilizer factories, one furni- ture factory, one harness and saddle factory, three ice factories, one iron foundry, three job printing and book binding plants, one knitting mill two hardwood lumber mills, two machine shops and foundries, three merchant tall bring establishments, one oil refinery, seven blaming mills, one soap factory, four railroad repair shops, two spoke, stave and heading factories, one trunk factory, three wagon factories.
 Meridian is conceded to have a popula- tion of 35,000 people and is considered to be one of the best manufacturing centers in the state, owing to it's being a fine distributing point, having five railroad outlets with a sixth now Tn sight, that of the Mississippi Western that will run from this city to Natchez through one of the finest untouched territories in the state. Six millions of dollars worth of bonds have already been negotiated for the building of this road and the promo ters yesterday announced that the con- struction work would be begun within two months. Building contracts will be let during the present week. Work will be started at both ends and in the mid dle of the route at the same time, which will make four gangs working toward each other at the same time. By this means 1t is argued that the road will be built very quickly.
 The police are on the lookout for two daring hold-up nfen who are operating in the city, collecting coin at the point of the gun. In the past "A hours there have been four hold-ups on the streets On each occasion the men only secured small amounts, but all that their victims chanced to have with them when com manded to stand and deliver"
 There is live interest among the ne- groes of Meridian In the movement that they have inaugurated for the eradica- tion of tuberculosis among the race. Sev- eral organizations have been formed in different parts of the city and the mem- bers are following the instructions that govern the work to the letter and are do- ing 1t with great enthusiasm. the white people of the city giving them every pos is said that this city is freer of con sumption among the negroes considering the population than any city in the south.
 The organizations hold meetings weekly and are addressed by physicians who point out the way. One of the leaders in the movement Is pr. D. W. Sherrod, the president of the colored state anti-tu- berculosis league. His lectures on the subject of tuberculosis and its causes and the means necessary for It's eradica. tion are proving quite interesting, not only to the colored people, but to the white people as we'll