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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
4
A newspaper notice offers special prices for rural route daily subscribers at 3.00 payable in advance for a year. Other terms include six months for 1.50 and three months at 0.75 with an extra 0.30 annual charge for weekly city subscribers in Laurel. Telephones for the office and editors are listed.
The Laurel Light and Railway Company plans a rapid build to Ellisville with cars expected to run in Laurel soon. The city will pave street portions inside fire limits while property owners cover a third of costs. other owners share the rest. A planned sawmill boom will boost Laurel’s population and industry as hotel and infrastructure projects advance.
The Laurel merchants increasingly value the daily Argus for advertising. Today's edition features over one hundred inches of lively local advertising, a strong show for a small town paper.
Ravenna Ohio veteran John Bergin, Civil War enlistee in the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later the 10th D. V. I., was declared dead and his name engraved on local monuments. He survived a battlefield burial after Ringgold, recovered, and returned home. Local officials dispute the mischaracterization and insist his service remains honored.
Bergin, an Irish American veteran injured near the base of a jaw by a bullet at a soldiers and sailors monument, sought a pension after death. He lied about being dead to receive telegraphic pay, was questioned, and later convinced officials to transfer him from dead to living status, now drawing 17.50 monthly. His tale blends courage with stubborn wit.
Journal notes a heated session as the house considered a fund bill for A and M Cotleg and an appropriation for the University of Mississippi. A constitutional amendment on reapportionment by Mounger failed, while a separate plan for South Mississippi to gain seats passed after a lengthy debate.
Sess Jackson Marcel reports a calm night as a privilege tax on transient vendors and a creosoling plant output tax fail or pass, while a pending tax on litigation is postponed. Laundry agents tax passes. Railroads barred state charges for soldier transport during a strike. City notes growing farming region and a new milliner opening in Laurel.
Laurel is depicted as a booming lumber center predicting population growth to over 45,000 within a year. The piece highlights rapid urban development, new rail links including electric shred railway and interurban to Ellisville, a $875,000 post office, bids for a twelve-stall roundhouse, New Orleans and Northwestern rail preparations, and substantial future construction in schools, business districts, and housing, portraying Laurel as Mississippi’s rapidly growing city with multiple rail lines and planned infrastructure upgrades.
Weather in the city’s Christian Church circle notes a recent accession to Main Street Methodist as they convert the building into a modern up to date church facility. Senator Leroy Percy seeks warmer climate in the legislature. Power of Attorney granted for W B I Adams heirs to T Th Adams to manage a new seven year lease. Cumberland Telephone Company extends seven year lease on bank property. Nase renewal extends to 1922.
Mrs H L Senries of Pris City purchased a handsome painting recently from Mrs W A Fairchild of Kingston. The snow scene is described as a rare work of art and Mrs Jeffries feels fortunate to secure it. Mrs Fairchild is noted as a talented local artist.
President Tati, Cardinal Gibbons and other notable figures will attend the twelfth annual National Qiv in Federation meeting in Washington Tuesday. The three day event centers on industrial peace with exhaustive talks on practical operations of trade agreements between employers and employees.
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