The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-26
RAILROAD LINES ARE
 BETWEEN TWO FIRES
Mississippi Health Laws Clash
 With Commission
PROBLEM IS FULFILLING
Board of Health Says Railroads Should Abolish Unhealthy Drinking Cups on Trains and This Causes
 Some Conflict

Jackson, Miss, December 25.-There is clash in authority between the railroad commission and the state board of health that may lead to something of real in- | terest in the near future. This clash grows out of the campaign for better health and sanitary rules inaugurated by the present board of health. Among other suggestions and rules adopted by the board was one providing that the railroads should do away with drinking Icups on passenger trains and at stations, thus requiring patrons and travellers to carry their own drinking vessels.
 Prior to this it seems that the railroad commission had adopted a rule to the effect that the railroads should do away with the old-fashioned tin cup or dipper and substitute therefor glasses or DOT celain cups, which order was obeyed. The railroad companies are placed in the attitude of having two masters and would doubtless like to find out which one they are bound to serve. Of course it would be to their interest to follow the suggestions of the board of health They would save a good many hundreds of dollars per annum, as thousands ot cups and glasses are stolen, but the chances are the travelling public would howl, as few persons ever carry drink ing cup of their own.
 This conflict of authority has been brought to the attention of the railroad commissioners, and they have been dis cussing 1t in an informal way. pr. Shepherd, the member from the south ern district, was at headquarters today and the matter was brought to his at tention by President Webb, but they had no suggestions to offer as to what their course may be, further than to admit that the conflict exists.
 Before leaving for Lexington Governor Noel requested Private Secretary W. J. Buck to call a meeting of the members of the board of trustees of the State Normal college for next Tuesday, same to be held at the capitol
 l The governor wants it distinctly under stood that this is to be an executive session of the board, and that no fur | ther presentations of the merits of diff | ferent sites offered the trustees by the citizens of Hattiesburg will be permitted l wherefore it is not at all necessary for eny delegations of citizens to attend this | meeting of the board.
 l The object of this meeting is under stood to be for the purpose of selecting I and naming the site of the Normal col l lege, matter that has been held in abeyance pending the decision of the su- preme court as to the constitutionality and legality of the bond issues by the county of Forrest and the city of Hat. l tiesburg. That matter having been set
 tied for all time to come last Monday there Is no further obstacle in the way of the location of the college.
 | Charters of incorporation of the follow ing new industries have been filed for record with the secretary of state, viz
 Delta Ice and Cold Storage company
 vicksburg, capitalized at s1oo.ooo; incor-
 porators, Charles A. Zilker of New Or leans, W. W. Johnson of Memphis and c. H. Green of Greenville.
 1 The Loch Lomond Lumber company Colby, Yazoo county; capital sS0.0O0; in
 corporators. H. s. Vincent and J. D. Pur.
 wis of Colby.
 The charter of the Wheatley-Haycrafi company of Greenville is amended so as
 to read Wheatley, Moore & Co.
 The clerical force at the office of the state auditor announce the total personal l oF ha tot ta 911n 10 ITO
 as against s109. 9.s2S.5S7 for the year 1909
 This is an increase of only s7S5. .1S3, but I in view of the boil weevil visitation ant l the resultant scare, values have de l creased in some localities and assessments
 are not so generous as heretofore. ever
 though the bugs would hardly be expect
 ed to have any effect on the value o.
 personal property.
 l There was no assessment this year or
 realty, but the values of last year wil
 be used in the settlement of taxes. Ina
 was s231 1888, ,5SS. Add the realty and per
 sonalty together and the result Is s341,
 S19 175, on which the state will collec
 s-mill tax-or something more thar $2, ,0O0 0o0.
 l It IS reported here tnat great man,
 negroes who migrated from the boil wee
 vii territory in southwest Mississippi {
 year or two ago, have returned to theil
 old plantation homes and asked to b'
 permitted to go to work. While condi
 tions have changed most farmers vii
 be able to take care of their negroes, l | is said, but they will have to get dowr | to husiness and 'souit their meanness." a,
 Sam Jones used to say. The idle negro fl not wanted anywhere, especially on bol weevil ridden plantation.
 Reunited After Sixteen Years
 New York, December 2o.-(Special.)-- j. After being separated for Is years, during which time they had not seen each other John R. Rogers, the theatrical manager