East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-04-25

dlO y 4NCSIo, VI 1olOECu CuuEclts.
There is one white church at the
John M. Stone Gotten mill, opened
to all denominations; it is what is
called a Union church. In this
church is alsotaught a white school.
Much more could be said about the
John M. Stone Cotton Mills but rs
the mills are outside of the corpor-
alton of Starkville, we will not go
into this, yet these mills should be
considered, to their full extent, in
the matter we are discussing
The town that we have been telling
you about, that had it's origin and
growth on account of the M, & O..
depot, depot grounds, and terminal
grounds, is called by common con-
sent, Needmore: am told this eve
ming, by Mr.. Owen the agent of
the M. & 0. here, that the passcn-
ger money taken in by the M, 4
o. at Starkville averages per month
the year around about $1,000 and
he also said that two thirds of this
ST., 900 was paid in by the people
living about The Starkville Cotton
Seed Oil Mill and Ice Plant, Need
more and the John M. Stone Cot
ton Mills, and living about the
shops, store houses named and the
people living generally in the vic
Unity of these places, all in the
neighborhood OF the Nj, & O, de-
pot, depot grounds and terminals.
Ii you add to the above the one
fourth OF the entire general bust
ness of Starkville, claimed to be
done by the above places, and you
have good sum going to the cred
it of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Company. This may account to
some extent for the fact that the
NJ. & O, made last year $4,000
more than the |. G. r. r. made, IA
fact admitted by the l. G, Il, II.
officials at the meeting at Stark
vile, which admission you doubt
less we'll remember. With the a
bove facts, with the above mention
ed places and people standing so
firmly by the M. & 0, would it be
wise for the company to desert, to
the least degree, these constant
contributors to it's wealth and it's
prosperity? | wish to add in con-
clusion that, npon inquiry | find
the people over your way, the
people over at the John M. Stone
Cotton Mill, the Starkville Cotton
Seed Oil, & Ice Plant are good
people, they are quiet, peaceable
and law abiding, and generally
speaking try to do right; this is
rather remarkable in view of the
fact that all are some distance
from the heart of the city living
wliere constables and ,ity marshals
and police officers are seldom seen.
Must not forget to state that
| had the houses counted in the
territory we have been considering
and by actual count, counting the
cotton mills. the oil mill and the
ice plant, shops, store houses, res
licences and churches and they
amounted to 159. Will also add
that | do not own any stock in tile
cotton mill nor in the oil mill and
ice plant, nor do | own any of
the residences connted; though |
do own some houses in the Allnont
Addition TO the city of Starkville
and around the present M. q o.
depot, depot grounds and termin-
ais, all of which might very well
have been counted In the above
estimate. Am sending carbon
copy of this letter to Col. Taylor
Vice President aud General Mama
ger of the Nj. u q. X. X. 20. sup
posin J it fright oe of interest to
him in investigating this subject.
Yours very truly,
WILEY N. NASH.
P. $.
1t is now between 4 and ) O'Clock
| in the morning, have just heard
two factory whistles, presumably
the Cotton factory and the Cotton
! Seed Oil Mill and Ice Pant. They
sound like protests against the NJ
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