MISSISSIPPI. 



385 



in 1830; 375,651 in 1840; 606,526 in 1850; 791,305 

 in 1800; 827,922 in 1870; 1,131,597 in 1880; 1,289,- 

 600 in 1890; and. 1,551,270 in 1900. Capital, Jack- 

 son. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1900: Governor, A. H. Longino; Lieu- 

 tenant Governor, J. T. Harrison; Secretary of 

 State, J. L. Power; Treasurer, J. R. Stowers; Au- 

 ditor, W. Q. Cole; Attorney-General, Monroe 

 McClurg; Revenue Agent, Wirt Adams; Land 

 Commissioner, E. H. Nail ; Adjutant General, Wil- 

 li.nn Henry; Superintendent of Education, H. L. 

 Whitfield; Railroad Commissioners, J. I). Mclnnis, 

 A. Q. May, J. C. Kincannon; Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, Thomas H. Woods till April 1, 

 when, his resignation taking effect, his place on the 

 bench was filled by the appointment of S. S. Cal- 

 hoon, who was reappointed, at the expiration of 

 the term, May 10, to serve for the following term ; 

 Justice Albert H. Whitfield became Chief Justice 

 and S. H. Terral and S. S. Calhoon Associate Jus- 

 tices; Clerk, Edward W. Brown all Democrats. 



The term of the State officers is four years ; they 

 are chosen in November of the years next preced- 

 ing those of the presidential elections. The Legis- 

 lature meets biennially the first Tuesday after the 

 first Monday of January in even-numbered years. 



Population. The census shows that the in- 

 crease in population in the past decade has been 

 20.2 per cent. The figures by counties are as fol- 

 low: Adams, 30,011; Alcorn, 14,987; Amite, 20,- 

 708; Attala, 26,248; Benton, 10,510; Bolivar, 

 35,427; Calhoun, 16,512; Carroll, 22,116; Chicka- 

 saw, 19,892; Choctaw, 13.036: Claiborne, 20,787; 

 Clarke, 17,741; Clay, 19,563; Coahoma, 26,293; 

 Copiah, 34,395; Covington, 13,076; De Soto, 24,- 

 751; Franklin, 13,678; Greene, 6,795; Grenada, 

 14,112; Hancock, 11,886; Harrison, 21,002 ; Hinds, 

 52,577; Holmes, 36,828; Issaquena, 10,400; Ita- 

 wamba, 13,544; Jackson, 16,513; Jasper, 15,394; 

 Jefferson, 21,292; Jones, 17,846; Kemper, 20,492; 

 Lafayette, 22,211; Lauderdale, 38,150; Lawrence, 

 15,103; Leake, 17,360; Lee, 21,956: Leflore, 23,- 

 834; Lincoln, 21,552; Lowndes, 29,095; Madison, 

 ,',2.493; Marion, 13,501; Marshall, 27,674; Mon- 

 roe, 31,216; Montgomery, 16,536; Neshoba, 12,726; 

 Newton, 19,708; Noxubee, 23,846; Oktibbeha, 20,- 

 283; 1'anola, 29,027; Pearl River, 6,697: Perry, 

 14,682; Pike, 27,545; Pontotoc. 18,274; Prentiss, 

 15.788; Quitman, 5,435; Rankin, 20,955; Scott, 

 14.316; Sharkey, 12,178; Simpson, 12,800; Smith, 

 KJ.ttoo; Sunflower, 15,084; Tallahatchie, 19,600; 

 Tate, 20,618; Tippah, 12,983; Tishomingo, 10,124; 

 Tunica, 16,479; Union, 16,522; Warren, 40,912; 

 Washington, 49,216; Wayne, 12,539; Webster, 13,- 

 (>!!; Wilkinson, 21,453;' Winston, 14,124; Yala- 

 busha, 19,742; Yazoo, 43,948. 



Vicksburg has 14,824 inhabitants; Meridian, 

 14.050; Natchez, 12,210; Jackson, 7,816; Green- 

 ville, 7,642; Columbus, 6,484; Biloxi, 5,467; 

 M< Comb, 4,477; Laurel, 4,193; Holly Springs, 

 4,185; Hattiesburg, 4,175; Water Valley, 3,813; 

 Corinth, 3.661; Aberdeen, 3,439; Canton, 3,404; 

 Wesson, 3,279; Yazoo, 3,194; West Point, 3,193; 

 Greenwood, 3,026. The figures are as given in a 

 local newspaper. In another list Greenwood, 

 Holly Springs, and Laurel are given a smaller num- 

 ber and Yazoo a larger. 



Finances. The amount of receipts from all 

 sources during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1900, 

 was $1,916,491.70, which amount, increased by 

 $333,765.80 cash in the treasury Oct. 1, 1899, shows 

 the available cash to have been $2,250,257.50, 

 against which the Aviditor's pay warrants to the 

 i amount of $1,627,825.57 and special warrants to 

 the amount of $30 were paid, leaving a cash bal- 

 ance on hand at the end of the year of $622,401.93. 

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The payable debt of the State amounts to 

 $1,018,429.52, of which $8,029.80 was in outstand- 

 ing warrants, $929.22 railroad tax distribution, 

 $2,449.90 certificates of indebtedness, and the re- 

 mainder bonds and unpaid interest on them. The 

 amount of the nonpayable debt is $1,884,658.89; 

 it is in school and college trust funds. The total 

 State debt is $2,903,088.41. 



The receipts from the Penitentiary were $219,- 

 416.27, including $35,027.23 balance at the begin- 

 ning of the- year; and the disbursements were 

 $117,310.05, leaving a balance of $102,100.2-2. 



The total assessed valution of property in the 

 State is $188,716,159; of this, $57,400,336 is per- 

 sonalty. The increase in the total is $27,490,038. 

 The largest increase has been made in the piney 

 woods section. The number of polls assessed is 

 294,515. The amount collected on poll taxes for 

 the year was $280,074.12. The tax is two dollars, 

 and its payment is a prerequisite for voting, so 

 that about half the population otherwise qualified 

 to vote are disfranchised from this cause alone. 



The figures of valuation given above do not in- 

 clude the assessments of railroad, telegraph, ex- 

 press, and sleeping-car property, which are made 

 by the Railroad Commission. 



The revenue from saloons, of which there were 

 146, was for a year $131,100. There are now 13 

 counties only that license the business. 



The amount of capital invested in manufactur- 

 ing enterprises is $4,295,164; in merchandise, $15,- 

 104,641. The value of cattle is given as $2,167,685 ; 

 of horses, $7,251,975; of mules, $8,208,711. The 

 amount of money going to make up the assessment 

 of personalty is $7,847,747. 



Education. According to the apportionment of 

 school money made in December for the half year, 

 the 590,222 children in the country districts will 

 receive $595,758.88 and the 62,777 children in the 

 separate school districts, $70,907.68. The Legisla- 

 ture appropriated $1,000,000 for the schools this 

 year a larger amount than ever before. 



The school children have chosen the magnolia, 

 by vote, as tne State flower. 



The report of the summer normals and institutes 

 says that at least 75 per cent, of the white teach- 

 ers of the State have attended either the normals 

 or the institutes. At least one third of the white 

 teachers were enrolled in the various normals. 



The fund used to defray the expenses of the sum- 

 mer work was composed of a State appropriation 

 of $3,500, a Peabody apportionment of the same 

 amount, local subscriptions amounting to $1,650, 

 and the institute fund, which is made up from the 

 examination fees collected from teachers. 



The attendance at the colored normals and insti- 

 tutes was no more than is usual, because this has 

 been a year of unprecedented rains. 



The Normal School, at Holly Springs, receives 

 $2,000 each year for maintenance, and $250 addi- 

 tional for repairs, fuel, and insurance. 



The Agricultural and Mechanical College has 

 about 400 students. It receives a maintenance 

 fund of $25,719, besides special sums for improve- 

 ments. A textile school is to be established in con- 

 nection with the college at a cost of $40.000, and a 

 branch experiment station in the southern part 

 of the State in the piney woods section, on a tract 

 of not less than 200 acres. 



Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, for 

 colored students, receives an annual support fund 

 of $8,000, besides the income from the land received 

 from the Government. The trustees have decided 

 to establish a department for colored girls. 



The Industrial Institute and College for Girls, at 

 Columbus, is to have new dormitory and infirmary 

 buildings, provided for by the Legislature. 



