The coast beacon., 1912-12-28
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS.


Vicksburg Federal court convenes
here the first Monday in January. No
cases of unusual importance are at
his time known TO be on the docket.
Lumberton. Tile R. w. Hinton
Company OF this place has just closed
a deal with Mr.. John w. Gary of Chi
cago for 3O.000OO0 feet of timber.
This timber covers from $500 to 5000
acres Of land north and east of Lum-
berton.
Jackson.--At its January meeting
the board Of supervisors of Copiah
county will order a special election to
fill the vacancy in the legislature
caused by the death of State Senator
g. A. Rowan. recently killed by a
train at Wesson. There will be sew.
eral aspirants for the unexpirad term.
jackson. special election has
been ordered in the county OF Amite,
to be held January IL. for the pur
pose of passing on the proposal ia
issue $4,000 in bonds to be used in
constructing good roads leading into
the town of Liberty, the county seat
Jackson.-A special election has
been ordered in DeSoto county to fill
the vacancy in the office of sheriff,
caused by the tragic death of w. p.
Harris, who was killed by desperadoes
while in discharge of his duties sew.
eral weeks ago. The election will be
held on January 2, and there are six
candidates in the field: j. W. Hudson.
Jr., E. E. Nichols, N. B. VanHook, Ger
man Baker, w. H. Entrikin and W. r
Counts
Jackson, Christmas presents in the
| shape OF checks for official publica
lion of constitutional amendments be-
fore the election were mailed by Sec
retaary of State Power to 79 Missis.
sippi editors. The total cost of the
publication of the documents was 81,
1924, and the appropriation for the
service was only $1,000. Secretary
Power shaded the bills $2.41 each
and at the next session Of the legis
lature will try to nave the difference
made up by extra appropriation,
Jackson. Half a hundred Holland
families may move to Mississippi to
engage in truck and dairy farming in
the near future. Right now the Hol
landers are in Chicago, and they have
sent E. L. Van Dellen to this state tS
investigate several land propositions
that have attracted their notice. UpoI
his report largely will depend wheth
er they will come to Mississippi, Of
go elsewhere. M. Van Dellen spent
short time in Jackson, and while here
visited the offices of Commissioner
of Agriculture H. E. Blakeslee, will
the object of gaining data.
Jackson.--A number of charters, re-
Gently signed by Secretary of State
J. w. Power and Atty. General Ross
A. Collins, were approved by Gov
ernor Brewer. They are as follows:
Greenyille Public Library of Green
vile, Miss. The charter gives the in.
corporators. the right to equip and
maintain public library at Green
vile. Colored Mercantile Company OF
Kiln, Miss. The capital stock of this
firm is $4,000. Bude Furniture Com.
pany CT 9ude, Franklin county. The
capital stock of this new firm is $1O,,
600, and it will conduct a general
furniture establishment at Bude. Peo-
pies Bank of Sidon in Lefore county.
This bank will conduct a general
banking business at Sidon.
Jackson.-C. A. Cary of Alabama,
chairman of the committee on tick
eradication, has notified Commissions
er of Agriculture H. e. Blakeslee, the
Mississippi member Of the committee,
that Congressman Lamb, chairman Of
the House committee on agriculture,
has informed him that the committee
will grant hearing to the tick eradi-
cation committee on January Sd, in
Washington. Commissioner Blakeslee
is anxious to go to Washington, and
is. now arranging matters in his of
tice SO that he will be able to go be-
fore the House committee. The tick |
eradication committee is composed OF |
men representing every southern
state, who are trying to secure fed
eral appropriation of 100000 for tict
eradication work in the south.
Jackson The banking year in Mis-
sissipppi is drawing to close and
calls are now being issued for the
annual meetings of stockholders and
directors to declare dividends and
elect officers for the ensuing year
Statements being filed at the state
auditors office from state banking in
stitutions setting forth their financial
condition at the close of business on
December 18th, indicate that the banks
nave earned their usual dividends, de-
spite short crops and other adverse
conditions in some portions of the
state: This is also true of the ma
tional banks, 80 in number, and which
operate chiefly at the large CONNER
cial centers. The number Of bank fail
ures in Mississippi this year has been
larger than usual IL banks having
closed their doors since the 1st of
January. Records at the auditors Of
dee show 1892 state banks in opera
ton, two having suspended since the
last report in October The two fail.
ures were at Meridian and Ovett
Agricultural College-To meet the
growing demand of the farmer for bet
ter methods of managing his farm the
agricultural faculty of the A. and M.