UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



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The attendance at the Institution for the Deaf 

 and Dumb increased 77 over that of the preceding 

 biennial period. 



Military. There are 3 regiments of militia, 

 but in June there were but 4 companies. The 

 Adjutant-General thinks the appropriation should 

 be raised from $0,000 to $10,000 a year; 2,000 of 

 the present amount is held back as an emergency 

 fund, leaving only $4,000 for the encampment and 

 other expenses. The State's apportionment from 

 the Government fund is $19,117.04. 



The roll of pensioners shows a total of 5,024, 

 against 4,394 in 1900. The law appropriates $150,- 

 000 to be distributed among the pensioners, and 

 provides that those who are totally disabled and 

 incapacitated for work shall receive $100 each; 

 those who are partially disabled by the loss of a 

 hand or a foot are to receive $50 each. These 

 are known as the preferred classes. The other 

 disabled veterans, widows of veterans, and serv- 

 ants of veterans, etc., are thrown into one general 

 class, known as the prorate class. Owing, to the 

 large increase in the number of the prorate class 

 each pensioner received only $25 out of the total 

 fund; in 1900 the .prorate class received $32.50. 



Insurance. There were 48 fire companies do- 

 ing business in the State in 1900. Two of these 

 were engaged in reinsurance, 2 withdrew during 

 the year and transferred their business to other 

 companies. The risks taken by the other 44 com- 

 panies amounted to $49,877,487, upon which pre- 

 miums were paid aggregating $1,427,020.01. In 

 1899 the premiums were $1,150,937, the increase 

 for 1900 being $270,089.01. The average rate of 

 premiums was 2.1210. The losses incurred were 

 $009,519.00, and the losses paid were $701,843.72. 

 In 1899 the losses incurred were $588,049, and the 

 ratio of loss to premium was 0.5082. The ratio 

 of loss to premium last year was 0.4745, which is 

 a decrease over 1899 of 0.0337. During the first 

 four months of 1901 12 new companies were ad- 

 mitted, making 58 doing business in the State. 



The amount of life insurance paid in 1900 was 

 $1,454,191. 



Banks. The Auditor's statement on the con- 

 dition of the State banks shows that while there 

 were 107 reporting Sept. 30, 1900, there were 121 

 on Nov. 15, 1901. The aggregate resources showed 

 a net increase of $5,822,997.70, having been $20,- 

 782,902.11 at the former date and $20,005,959.81 

 at the latter. 



Statements from the national banks in the 

 State, to the Comptroller, show that on July 15 

 there were 12, with 10,009 depositors. Ten re- 

 ported dividends paid; the average dividend was 

 11.05; the total resources were $7,025,002.93. 



Building and Loan Associations. Suits 

 have been before the courts this year involving 

 the validity of contracts of the foreign building 

 and loan associations. The suits were brought by 

 the receivers of the New South Association of 

 New Orleans and the National of Atlanta. The 

 Supreme Court held that the rates charged were 

 usurious and the claims could not be collected; 

 but the Federal court decided that the interest is 

 not usurious. The question remains to be settled 

 by the United States Supreme Court. About 150 

 suits involving it are pending. 



Bailroads. In the year past 140.75 miles were 

 added to the trackage in the State. The total mile- 

 age in 1900 was 29,925.73. Reports show increase 

 in the revenues of most of the roads over those of 

 1900. The assessed value of railroad property was 

 $20,337,353 in 1899, and $27,549,788 in 1900. The 

 Gulf and Ship Island road, which was opened to 

 the coast in 1900, has had unexpectedly heavy 

 traffic; and the company has decided to refund 

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Products and Industrie 

 tics of the Census Bureau on 

 and mechanical industries of All- i 

 were announced in December. Tl. 

 a capital of $35,807,419 in the t.7,- 

 ments reporting. The gross value of the prn<lu ! ; 

 is reported at $40,431,386 with a net, value of 

 $27,813,332, representing the increase in raw ma- 

 terials resulting from manufacturing processes. 

 This involves an outlay of $1,107,020 for salaries 

 of officials, clerks, etc.; $7,471,880 for wages; .$!,- 

 470,855 for miscellaneous expenses, including rent, 

 taxes, etc.; and $21,092,092 for materials used. 

 While the capital invested increased over 140 per 

 cent., the population during the same period in- 

 creased almost 150 per cent. Manufacture of lum- 

 ber and timber products present the most im- 

 portant industry of the State, employing almost 

 37 per cent, of all wage-earners of the State, with 

 almost 39 per cent, of the total value of all 

 products of the State. There were 844 establish- 

 ments for this industry in 1900, giving employ- 

 ment to 9,070 persons, and the products were 

 valued at $15,050,110. 



The manufacture of cottonseed oil and cake 

 ranks second, with 41 establishments, 1,521 wage- 

 earners, and products valued at $0,081,121. 



There were 145 establishments engaged in the 

 manufacture of turpentine and rosin in 1900, with 

 2,288 wage-earners, and products valued at $1,- 

 772,435. 



There were establishments engaged in the 

 manufacture of cotton goods in 1900, with 1,075 

 wage-earners, and products valued at $1,472,835. 



For 1901, the estimated production in pounds 

 of lint-cotton to the acre was 205. The product, 

 according to one estimate, was 1,500,000 bales; 

 another estimate made it 1,330,000. The amount 

 consumed in the mills of the State was 24,303 

 bales. During the harvesting of the crop of 1900, 

 3,934 cotton-gins were in operation, while 212 

 were idle. 



The biennial report of the Secretary of State 

 shows that for the two fiscal years covered by 

 the report the aggregate of capital stock incor- 

 porated is $20,430,500, while the total capital 

 stock incorporated during the four years previous 

 was only $25,044,000. During the two-year period 

 of this report the number of charters and charter 

 amendments recorded is 510, against 505 for the 

 four years previous. 



Lawlessness. Lynchings were reported this 

 year at or near Ocean Springs, Macon, Terry. 

 Scranton, Gulfport, Cleveland, Erwin, Carrollton, 

 and Balltown, and in Perry County. Seven of 

 those lynched were accused of murder, 2 of barn- 

 burning, 3 of criminal assault, and 2 of attempts 

 at criminal assault. Two were burned, 2 were 

 shot, and others were hanged. One of those 

 hanged was a white man a Canadian who shot 

 his little stepson in a quarrel with his wife. Three 

 negroes who were lynched at Cleveland, July 20, 

 were accused of the murder of a plantation over- 

 seer; the negroes in the neighborhood were be- 

 lieved to be in a conspiracy against him and other 

 planters who, as they thought, were working 

 them too hard. A negro woman, her son, and 

 her daughter were hanged at Carrollton, Aug. 1. 

 They .were taken from jail where they were await- 

 ing trial for complicity in the murder of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Taliaferro. Two Italians were killed by a 



