Cotton figures for 1901 02 crop and coffee mystery
The Agriculture Department reports 1901 02 cotton growth at 9,966,478 commercial bales with 626,740 bales excess over actual grown due to marketing from prior years. The report details forward carry, city crops, linters, and the rising seed-crushing industry, plus ongoing coffee price declines and a possible coffee trust amid global overproduction. It also notes pensions granted and mentions Li Liang Cheng the Chinese minister designates.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Southern Mills
WARDEN'S LAST REPORT And The Negro Hobo Issue
Jackson Mississippi December 1 The penitentiary board meets as retiring warden J M Parchman reports on convict farms cotton harvests and sentences The railroads plan to drop troublesome hobos at towns with affidavits for trespassing Mortgage on Gulf and Ship Island road cancelled by Colonial Trust Company Bond issue payable 1925 Copiah county fights convict labor contract Lawsuit likely over improper re award of contracts Joe Brown Negro captured related to Hartwell Rodgers murder Hogs scarce this year farm stock down due to corn drought Boards of supervisors tighten county superintendent oversight Cook case prompts improved attention to neglect in counties
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Jackson
Miss
Penitentiary Board of Control
J. M. Parchman
Gulf & Ship Island Road
Colonial Trust Company
New York
J. T. Jones
Joe Brown
Hartwell Rodgers
Collins
Gulf and
Ship Island Road
Williamsburg
Covington
Cole
Lampton
A. S. Ivy
Tunica
J. C. Green
Wayne
Parchman
Death of Judge K W Smith prompts Senate vacancy
From Jackson Mississippi December 1 Governor Longino received notice of the death of Hon K W Smith of Hernando a University of Mississippi Board of Trustees member and Supreme Reporter of the Mississippi Grand Lodge Knights of Honor. A replacement will be appointed by the Grand Dictator. Also Biloxi hosts the Mississippi Masonic grand bodies next year beginning February 15 in the Federal building no federal term will run during Masonic week.
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Jackson, Miss
Longino
K. W. Smith
Hernando
University of Mississippi
L. J. Farley
Smith
Mississippi Grand Lodge
Knights of Honor
Biloxi
Miss
Massonic Grand Bodies of
Mississippi
Federal Building
Niles
Whit Owens Appeals At Supreme Court In Oxford
In Oxford Mississippi this December the two appeals in Whit Owens case will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Owens, who has one life sentence and one death sentence, faces the prospect of execution if the appeals fail. The prosecution stands confident that technicalities and perjured evidence will not spare him. A new memoir by Will Matthis, written from jail, claims Owens plotted the Montgomery boys murder and killed Hemp Williams before that crime.
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Oxford
Miss
Whit Owens
Supreme Court
Will Matthis
Montgomery Boys
Hemp Wiliams
Mississippi Rail Rates Vote Prompts Petitions From Laurel
Jackson reports that the railroad commission may approve lower grain rates for wholesale centers. Laurel merchants seek parity with Hattiesburg after a seven cent per 100 rate granted from Vicksburg. Officials of Queen & Crescent and Gulf Ship Island to appear to justify. Several small towns expected to file similar petitions.
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Jackson
Miss
Railroad Commission
Laurel
Hattiesburg
Vicksburg
Queen & Crescent
Gulf Ship Island Systems
Mississippi Rural Free Delivery routes expanded
In Corinth Mississippi on December 1 a large number of rural free delivery routes were established across the state with more planned after federal review. Congressman Chandler of the first district secured favorable action on all petitions filed, chiefly in the northern part of Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Corinth
Mies
Department
Washington
Chandler
Guesses on the Crop by Yazoo City Cotton Exchange
Forty seven members of the Yazoo City cotton exchange have estimated the 1902 03 crop at an average of 10 695 328 bales. The high guess is 11 250 000 and the low 9 901 261 bales. Last year the average was within a few thousand of the actual crop.
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Yazoos City
Miss
Yazoo City Cotton Exchange
Yazoo City Exchange
Amendment to Charter of City of Vicksburg Approved
Governor approves amendments to the Vicksburg city charter. The action updates municipal powers and governance provisions, directing changes to municipal administration and public council procedures. The measure proceeds to formal publication and final implementation per state law.
Bond Amendment Authorized for Vicksburg Charter
Governor Longino approves charter change allowing the Vicksburg aldermen to issue bonds totaling 30 900. The move corrects a legal objection from Nuveen and Company over issuance method, tied to Mississippi towns using special charters. Soil survey work by the Bureau of Soils proceeds in Yazoo county as bankers’ warrants for the year’s 200 000 pension distribution await cash.
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Jackson, Miss
Longino
City of
Vicksburg
Chicago
Nuveen and Company
Mississippi
Soil Survey of the Interior
Bureau of Soils
Department of Agriculture
Messrs. Smith and
Carter
Bureau
Yazoo County
Carrier Pigeon's Long Flight in Biloxi
A tame carrier pigeon with an aluminum band reading G Ball Rahway New Jersey was captured in Biloxi Mississippi while feeding with local pigeons. The local candidate for alderman R J Grady treats the bird as an omen of victory in the fourth ward.
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Biloxi
Miss
R. J. Grady
Rahway
New Jersey
Atlantic Coast
Ball
Hard but Plain Sense shows Paris tragedy inference
Ohio State Journal verdict asserts women should not be alone with any male in Paris apartments held by students actors or artists. It argues transgression risks danger and sums up the stance in blunt moral terms.
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Paris
Ohio State Journal
New York and Michigan Passenger Depot Discussed in Vicksburg
Illinois Central seeks a better site for a Y and M V passenger depot in Vicksburg. Assistant General Superintendent Gilleas will visit soon to select a new location. Board of Trade and city officials urged to engage in this key project to benefit both railroad and community.
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Illinois Central System
Vicksburg
Bell
Gilleas
Board of Trade
Board of Mayor
Girl fights to escape on voyage back to France
New York, Nov 29 A sixteen year old Parisian girl Ailleen Schatres, daughter of a Parisian importer, at the French line pier resisted being sent aboard the steamer La Gascogne. She climbed the rail but was hauled back, placed under guard, and kept below decks for the trip to France.
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France
New York
French Line
la Gascogne
Agent King
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Ailleen Schatres
Bertha Gendion
Schatres
Tenderloin
Agent May
Tournier
le Jeloux
Fight for Postmastership in Biloxi Mississippi
In Biloxi Mississippi on November 29 Republicans plan a strong bid for the post office left vacant by Judge W G Henderson's death. Mrs Dona Liddle, Henderson's widowed daughter, has applied but none of the Republicans has signed yet. Rumor points to Capt J F Williams, deputy marshal and brother-in law of U S Judge H C Niles, though public sentiment favors Mrs Liddle.
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Biloxi
Miss
W. G. Henderson
Dona Liddle
Henderson
J. F. Williams
United States
H. C. Niles
Liddle
Farmer John Smith Found Dead in Wagon Near Iuka
Iuka Mississippi November 29 an aged farmer named John Smith was found dead in his wagon ten miles southwest of Iuka while en route to an adjoining farm to load corn. Heart trouble is the supposed cause. He was a Confederate veteran.
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Iuka
Miss
John Smith
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