The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-27
APPOINTMENT IS
DELAYED BY NOEL
Superintendent of State Prison
Not Yet Named
BIG EXHIBIT PLANNED
Commissioner of Agriculture Blakesiee
VIII Go to Cincinnati to Lecture
and Show the Resources
of Mississippi
BIG EXHIBIT PLANNED

SoShSOiig Miss, August Aos-NOPCSint')
1t has been thought that Governor Noel
would make the appointment of a super
intendent of the state penitentiary before
the end of the present week, or at least be-
fore he leaves for st. Paul and Milwau-
Ike, but it is now stated that he will not
be able to reach that matter because of
the voluminous correspondence in the
cases Of the applicants for chancellor
ships in the Third and Sixth districts.
The office of superintendent of the con-
Wet farms is about the best and most
desirable from a financial point of view
there is TO be had in the state and is
being sought by about 80 good men. Gov
ernor Noel has never intimated what he
is going to do, and there is no man au-
thorized to even hint at his selection. He
is going through the correspondence and
the petitions that are on file, and these
will doubtless have good deal to do with
his decisions in the matter. 1t is be-
lieved here that the race is between
Marshall of Union, Mitchell of Holmes,
Pepper of Yazoo or Neyland of Wilkinson,
the present incumbent-all of whom are
strongly indorsed
Commissioner of Agriculture Blackes-
lee has been invited by the officials of
the Ohio Valley exposition to attend that
enterprise and deliver u series of lectures
on agricultural resources and possibili-
ties of the state of Mississippi. Mr..
Blakeslee has loaned the New Orleans,
Great Northern and the Illinois Central
abroad a large number of stereopticon
views of great crops and displays of agri-
cultural products taken during the past
two or three years at state fairs and else
where, which are to be shown at the Gin
cinnati exposition, he is we'll acquainted
with the conditions under which the
views were secured, IN FAMILIAR with the
subject In every way, and in the event
he expects the invitation will make 1t
very decidedly to the advantage of the
state in his explanations of the many
pictures.
The late legislature cut the commission
er of agriculture out of his expense fund
and unfortunately he has nothing on
which to travel and maintain himself
while engaged in such work as this, but
he will accept the invitation and put in
some good licks for the state.
Though Mississippi has as little in the
way of minerals, perhaps, as has any
state in the union, the showing to be
made at the Cincinnati exposition by
State Geologist Lowe will be one of which
every Mississippian may well be proud
Hundreds of samples of clays, lignites,
chalks, ochres, etc., have been carefully
labelled, boxed and shipped to the ex-
position, and no doubt will attract a
great deal OF attention.
On the other hand Mississippi is more
exclusively an agricultural state than
most any other in the union, and the ex-
hibits she will have at Cincinnati may
not do her justice. The railroads, some
of them have taken interest in the mat
ter, and have collected samples of such
farm and garden products as could be
had, and on which they will make the
trail and the New Orleans Great Northern
railroads have interested themselves
more than have other roads, perhaps,
and the visitors to the Cincinnati exposi-
ton will have opportunity to see for
themselves what Mississippi can do in the
way of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, hay,
potatoes, cane, rice, etc.
The following counties have filed their
assessment rolls with the state auditor
viz:
Webster County-Total valuation of per-
sonal property, s797.4Ss, against s1.049,279
last year, a loss of more than $4,000
The white polls are 2104, black 4SS.
Pontotoc County-Total assessed valua-
ton, s1,O15,375, against $685.. while the
polls are, white 1887, black S69.
The charter of Incorporation of the
American Tobacco company of Missis-
sippi is before the governor for approval.
The capital stock of the enterprise is
$4,000, the incorporators are Dan Brewer,
Charles Scott Jr., and J. T. Mayhem. The
object and purpose of the company is to
manufacture, buy and sell tobacco. to
manufacture boxes, packages and other
suitable containers for tobacco and Its
products.