The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-02

' were promptly proselyted. Coming on back to Jackson Mir Harrison found great many telegrams and letters from different parts of the state awaiting him, and was kept at the telephone most of the day responding to calls from men he never saw but who assured him of their support. In spite of all these | assurances and of the demonstrations ir his favor at the Neshoba fair and at Bay Springs courthouse Mir. Harri- son appreciates the fact that he has his hands full and that the man who defeats | Vardaman must not let grass grow un- der his feet.
 MT. Harrison regretted the candidacy of ex-Governor Noel, wanting the race with Vardaman to himself. He wants to go after him on his record singlehanded ald alone, being confident he can run him to cover. Governor Noel will, as a matter of course, split the opposition | vote to some extent. He is determined worker and has always had consider | able following in the state. Efforts have been made to get him out of the way, but he has declined. and it will no doubt once more be the field against Varda-
 man.
 1 Governor Bilbo has stated, or rather has denied, the political deductions drawn from his association with MT. | Harrison. saying that he is padding hls I own boat T am running like the devil | for Congress-" said the governor land am not going to fight other mems battles
 I cannot afford to support Mir. Harrison
 in opposition to Major Vardaman. We have been political friends for years, and
 cannot see how it would benefit me in | my race for Congress in Mr. Harrison's district to antagonize Senator Varda- | man; his friends would knife me as a matter of course, and could not blame | them. The fact of the business is, that I am so far from interfering in the sena-
 torial contest that ! just don't even | know who is running"
 However, 1t is known that Governor Bilbo does not indorse Senator Varda-
 mans course in opposing President Will sons administration. Governor Bilbo stands with the President, as do nine
 tenths of the intelligent people of the
 state. But at the same time the gov
 ernor and others, may stand by varda-
 man for the sake of auld lang syne.
 TO WAREHOUSE CORN
 The bankers of Mississippi have deter mined to take care of the great corn crop that Is being made this year, and numbers of warehouses for storing it are | now being built where needed There are still great many cotton warehouses that can be utilized for storing corn,
 cotton being thing of the past in sew 1 eral counties. The farmer Is to shell and sack his corn, haul it to the ware house and store 1t as is done with cot l ton, On his warehouse receipt the bank CT will lend him literally at per cent interest, thus enabling him to hold it indefinitely. As the wheat grower is guar l anteed S2.20 per bushel the corn raiser feels confident he will be able to sell for about s1.5o per bushel, or at the ratio of three bushels of corn for two of Vuh Tn
 have organized to sell their corn on the cooperative plan, just as they have been doing with cattle hogs, potatoes, and | there is every reason to believe that 1t Will be just as satisfactory, the small
 farmer with his few bushels sharing in carload rates to market as does his neigh bor with thouands of bushels
 TO HEAR OBJECTIONS
 At their August 20 special meeting the l Mississippi railroad commission almost doubled the assessments on all railroad l and other public utility property In the state. Their lines are assessed so much 1 per mile-anywhere from about s5000 per | mile for the weak roads to $200o per mile l on the big fellows. The total valuati tions
 last year were about s4oo, 900, ,o00-this year they have been placed in the neighbor- I hood of $SO0000, GOO. AS matter of course the railroads have entered vigorous pro- test, and on September 19 the commis- | sion will hold another meeting, at which all objections and protests will be heard | It is hardly prob able, however, that they will get any relief the policy of the state administration being to raise all assess | nents to full 100 per cent valuation 1 County boards of supervisors have been l very contrary in some instances, refusing 1 to put their assessments where they should be until forced to do so by rulings
 or the supreme court. The majority of them have come to time, seeing there | was no way around it. and lands that
 were last year assessed at $5 and ss an | acre are now assessed at $40 to $50 In some counties mules were assessed at an av- craze of $S5 or $40 but they have been raised to an average of $9o to s100-some- thing like what they are really worth l As soon as the state commission and ton Governor Bilbo will call the legis- lature together toN reduce the state tax levy from to about mills.
 l CONVICT FARM COTTON
 The secretary of the board of trustees
 of the penitentiary has prepared state.
 ment showing that during the past two years the state convicts produced about 14,0O0 bales of cotton and that 1t solo
 for nearly a million and half dollars
 counting the seed. The 19l6-17 cror
 brought nearly twice as much cash into the state treasury as did that of the year
 before, when the cotton averaged $56. 0. per bale, against s101 per bale in 19lS-17 The crop for this season promises to bt about 1000 bales, and 1t Is expected that It will bring more money than any pre-
 vious crop. Reports from the five convict farms are that all crops are as fine as were ever seen grow and great quantitia. of foodstuff will be harvested That is | fortunately also true of the individua farmers of the state. They have all taken the advice of the department of agricu.- ture and have put every available acre in crops of corn, peas, beans, potatoes rice. cane or something else for man and beast to eat It is confidently pre- dicted by the men whose business it is
 to look after crops and extension worl,
 that Mississippi will harvest 100 o0O, ,00l bushels of corn this fall. and that her farmers will plant 100000 acres in wheat | thic xyintar q cro i,, ct 10 OOn l,r rt xya.-