The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-23
ELECTED president
CH|LDREN'S HOME
DR.. r. v. POWERS or JACKSON
SUCCEEDS GOV. BREWER AS
CHARITY HEAD.
STATES RECEIPTS FALL OFF
Treasurer Stovalps Biennial Report to
Legislature Shows Disbursements
For Two Years Were Half
Million More.

| Jackson
| DR.. r. v. Powers of Jackson will sue.
! eeed Gov. Earl Brewer as president Of
| the Mississippi Children's Home So
ciety. DR.. Powers was elected presi-
! dent of the society at meeting Of
the board Of directors held in the gov
errors office in the statehouse last
week. as it was decided that the office
Of president should be filled by a man
who lives here, and Gov. Brewer will
be here but q month longer. The cleo
| ton of DR.. Powers was unanimous.
DR.. Powers recently gave large
lot and donation Of $4,000 for a
home for the fatherless and mother
less children, where they could be
properly cared for during the period
when the superintendent was trying
to find suitable homes for them.
Big Deficit In Treasury.
/ The biennial report of State Treas
urer P. s. Stovall, for the fiscal years
of 1913 and 1915, is now ready for the
Legislature, and copies are being sent
out. The report shows that receipts
were more than half million dollars
below disbursements, and that there
was falling off in receipts in several
departments.
| In his report State Treasurer Sto-
| vail makes a number of recommends
tions. among them being one to create
a tax equalization board.
| The largest item Of decrease in re-
ceipts is in the penitentiary account.
Receipts from Oct. l, 1914. to Oct. 1,
1915, falling short Of the receipts
from Oct. /, 1913. to Oct. 1, 1914, the
| sum of $685., 1912. The disburse-
ments for the same period show de-
crease Of 151.848-25. Total receipts
| for the two years amounted to $1,O12,-
425.7O and disbursements were $687, :
1871. making net profit to the
| state Of $325,276.99 for the two years.
The next heaviest decrease in re-
ceipts is shown in the following funds:
Privilege taxes, $89,739.33; trust and
combine fines. $82,969.33; insurance
department, $33,56448. and the lanl
office, $19.436.23.
Has Marketing Bill.
| r. B. Cotton, membec Of the legisla-
ture from Alcorn county. has prepared
bill to be introduced during the 1916
session, entitled An Act to Provide q
| Uniform System of Cooperative Mar
kets," and which, If enacted into law,
will go far to place Mississippi in the
front ranks SO far as the marketing of
farm produce is concerned. The idea
of the bill is to assist farmers in get
! ting market when it is generally
glutted.
The organization OF the system Is
placed in the hands of the state COM
missioner Of agriculture. and he is en-
powered to appoint his assistants and
fix their compensation. These officers
| will constitute the State Association
and will have power to assist and in
struct in the organization Of clubs.
warehouses, elevators, creameries,
canning factories, live stock produc-
ing and shipping associations. but UNI
der whatsoever name organized the
association shall prefix the word Co
operative" and be under the supervis-
| ion OF the state organization.
The idea is that to make these mar
keting clubs or associations of any real
merit or assistance to the producers
1t is necessary to have the Endorsement
and backing of the state.
Proposes County Maps.
State Auditor Duncan l. Thomp-
son has prepared bill which will be
introduced in the next legislature that
will provide that boards of supervis-
ors Of the counties have accurate maps
OF each county made, giving detailed
| information regarding roads. bridges.
telephone lines. etc.
Heavy Criminal Docket.
An unusually heavy criminal docket
was called in the supreme court on
| Dec. 20, and it contained many cases
OF local and statewide interest.
Captains National Guard.
jackson. Gov. Brewer has issued q
commission for e. T. Bartlett of Lau-
rel as captain IN the National Guard
! Of the state OF Mississippi. Capt. Bart
lett, who has been on the unassigned
list, has been assigned to the com
mand OF Company E, at Laurel.
Governor Works on Christmas Pardona
Gov. Earl Brewer has returned from
4 stay OF several days at Clarksdale,