NEWS FROM LONG AGO
NOVEMBER 9, 1900
FROM THE ACKERMAN RECORD, VOL. 2, NUMBER 34
FRONT PAGE: By the census returns, Mississippi has 1,551,372 and if the basis of representation is not raised higher than 200,000 for each congressional district, Mississippi will get another Congressman, when the apportionment is made. - The census shows the population of the U. S. to be over 76,000,000. When the country gets to be as thickly settled as some of the Oriental countries, there will be hardly figures enough to express the number of inhabitants we will have.
Ex-sheriff E. B. Weaver was a visitor to Ackerman Tuesday. - Mr. W. C. Buck and wife were getting the advantage of the low prices offered by our merchants Monday, from $1.00 to $1.50 at Dr. R. K. Prewitt’s. - We were unable to get the proceeding of the Board this week, but will have a full report in next issue. - The Board of Supervisors met in Chester this week. Ackerman is in the territory that was put under the stock law. - Mrs. B. H. Paslay was visited last Sunday by her sister who resides in Okalona. - We are thankful to the genial sunny-souled J. H. Tabor of Bankston for a couple of bushels of yam potatoes. They are very fine indeed. - Dr. W. T. Blanton of Rural Hill was a visitor to Ackerman Tuesday looking in tip-top health. - We were glad to have a call Wednesday from Mr. Robert J. Staples of Beat Three. Mr. Stables is one of our best citizens and in his contest Tuesday, was successful as shown by the election returns. - We were glad to enroll the name of Mr. Houston Quinn last Friday as a cash in advance subscriber to the RECORD and Home and Farm. Mr. Quinn is now well equipped for a year’s reading. These are two of the best family papers on the market and are sent at such reasonable rates that they are within the reach of all.
There will be preaching at the Methodist Church next Sunday, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. by the pastor. This will be the last service held this Conference year at this place by Rev. G. W. Gordon. We trust there will be a large attendance. - We were indeed happy in having a call from our friend of long, long years, Mr. Reubin G. Hunt of McCool Postoffice on Wednesday. There is no bigger souled man on earth than he. We are glad to know that he continues to do well. Rube has the commodity called common sense in large measure and does not propose to let short crops knock him out. He paid his subscription to away up in 1901 and ordered the Home and Farm also. - We were glad to have a call on Monday from Capt. H. B. Moss of Fentress. He has recently been traveling in Kemper and Neshoba counties and reports crops good in those counties and business flourishing. He says it is no unusual thing for one land to pick 500 lbs. of cotton in one day in Kemper and Neshoba with the improved cotton they have there.
