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Vol. 2. BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN. The Mayor and Board of Mayor and Al dermen met in regular session April 7th 1903. .Roll of officers wore called and the follrwing were present and answeaed, to wit —Mayor, J. O. Gunn; Aldermen — John J. Dennis, A. B. Harrington, S. Fried and S, Fierce; Max Stern being ahsene. Also present, T. M. Cummings, clerk, and C. P. Bell, deduiy town mar dhal. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. Thcreudon the Board proceeded to transaetthe following business: The following was unanimously pass ed: That, whereas we havn noticed in to-day’s Commercial-Appeal that the Memdhis & Gulf Railroad has accept ed the proposition of Meridian as to headquarters for said road, and where as you will find that Starkville lies on a direct lino between Meaidian and Memphis’ we’think it would be for the benefit of your road and our commu nity, to have your road located through our town. In pursuance with the above resolu tic'n, the undersigned respectfully re quest you to take this matter into con yiderafion and let ns know at yeur ear- Jieat convenience whtit you may expect of our community in order to induce you to run yout road through our town. Awaiting a favorable and spee dy reply, we are, Yours, J. O, Gunn, Mayor, Max Stern, 3, J. Dennis, A B. Harrington, S. Fried, W. k\ Pierce, Albcrraen. Reports ef Committees. To the Hotorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen. We your committee ond waes and means, have had under consideration the claim of Mrs. Ella M. Saunders for being wrongfully assessed, and after carefully looking into the matter, we find that she has haen assessed $400.00 on personal property, amounting to $6.20 tax, and see not bring in the corporate limitsof the town should not le assessed this amount. We there fo.te recommend that said vssessment he marked off the roll as erroneously assessed. Your committee has also bed under consideration the claim of Saunders & Hogan, desolved partnership in 1901 and that they had no joint property in in 1902. We therefore recommend that the assessment of $2,000.00 amount ing to $31.80 tax be raarkep s errone ously assessed, and that the tax col lector be iastructed to make no de mand for collection in eithej of tne tw r o cases hdiewith yresented. Simon Fried, j Max Stern, Com. A, H. Harrington, ) Ail voting aye- To thu Mayor and Board oi Aldermen of Starkville. Miss. We your committee on electric lights respectfully report that we have con sidered corefully the claim of Mrs, J. W. Critz repaading the arrangement she had inape for wider supply with the former Mayor and Board of AldermaM, affd although there ic nothing on re nothing on record as to stfid agree ment from the evidence of the former Mayor and Mrs. J. W. Critz’ own stale ment, your committee has unani motsly agreed that she is entitled to $43 Go worth of wnter supply for pipes furnished, there being 685 feet on hers and Mrs Rogers’ land, an 1 that she hes already reoeived acredit up to Oc tober Ist, 1902, oj $22 00 as recorded in the Minute Book, that she received a SUPPLEMENT TO THE STARKVILLE NEWS, further credit up to Adril 1003 of 47.50 and that she is then still further entitled to the amount of $12,50 in wa ter in fuil settlement cf the arrange ment made wi<jh the former Board, with this understanding that Mrs. Critz and Mrs. Rogers will give the Mayot a peper in writing stating that the pipes laid for the durposc of fur nisqing water to Mrs. Critz as above described, belong to and are now the property of the town of Starkville, to be used and controlled at the pleasure of the town authorities. Yovr committee also recommcdds the payment of $20.00 by Mr. H. T. Saun ders iu fuil payment of wiring done for elaotric lights in storehouse now oc cupied by Bluraenfeld & Fried. Your committee recommends that the price oi one single 10-power elec tric light be 50 cents par month. jt our committee also recommends mat fer the purpose of securing cus lomors for the electric lights that the town furnish as much as on 9 hundred feet oi wire from the street to the res idence free of cost, but if the resi dence is not located that distance from the street, then it is understood that only so much of this hundred feet as may he neceseary to carry the wire from the street to tiie house is to be given free. Your Committee also recommends that 75c be collected for water supply from every store in this town, and 25c for each ollice where no other arrange ment for supply of water has been made. Your Committee lias also had under consideration the agreement made by tiie former Mayor, Mr. Hard well, with Mr. A. W. ilalbertasto the lay ing of pipe to his cattle ya'd. the town U pay for said pipe in water. As there is not hin IT ot this transaction on record, your Committee called both of these gentleman to make a statement, the statement of the two do not at all, but under the circumstances your Com mittee considers that Mr. Halbert was entitled to some consideration. He spent for pipes, same being about 2(H) ft. off iron pipe, the amount of $85.00. 2-3 of which is on the public road and 1-3 on his own premises. As no rate wasginon to him for the supply of wat er nor any time stated when he began taking it, we took his own version, and that is, that hetoegan taking water on the first of November, 19 Tand we ac cept his proposition that he would con sider that he has received full value up to march first, 2903, for expendi tures made by him, and that ho will deed the pipe on his own land to the town. We therefore, "ecommend that this proposition be accepted, and that his Honor, the Mayor will see to it hat the deed is made to him for all the pipes mentioned, so there will be doubt hereafter as to same belonging to the town, and that Mr. Halbert be required to pay whatever rate that may be fixed from March first, 1903, for the use of water furnished by the town. Your Committee alao had under consideration a similar claim against the town by J. P. Bevill. Dr. Bevill claims that Mr, Baodwell, the former Mayor of the town, made nn agreement with, him that he was to lay and fur nish 1 inch pipe from Dr. Montgom ery's corner to his house, Dr, Bevill to pay for all trenching and also for the pipes! and that the amount ex pended by him for pipes should be paid to him in water supply at the rate then in force, which was one dol lar per month for one hydrant, and he began nsing water on June first 1901, and that he laid about 1000 ft. of pipe at a cost of $76.50. As the distance was shorter and more ex pedient to run from the aailroad Mr. Nush’s land than run it ail the way through the public road, he laid it thaough Me. Nash’s land with the consent of Mr, Nash and the explic it understandfng that Mr. Nash would sign a paper at any time cer tifying that the pipe belonged to the town and that the town had full con trol over same. Mr. J. L. Murtin, a Starkrille, Miss., April 10th, 1903. former member of the Board corrobo rates Dr. Bevill’s statement. Mr. Bardwell’s understanding was some what different, but as there was noth inff on record to show weon or how or by whom the arrangement was made, we thou2lit best for the time to accept the statement as above make by Dr. Bevill. Your Commstteo therefore, recom mends tnat Dr Bevill’s claim of $76.- 50 be accepted by this Hoard and as he received value in water from June first. 1901, up to April first, 1903, be ing 22 months atonedolloryer month making a total of $22. he is still en titled to receive the amount of $64.50 in water supply at such rate as may be fixed from the first day of April 1903 or as may be made hereafter. Your Committee also recommends that his Honor, the Mayor, take such step as he may deem necessary to have the pipes running through Mr. Nash's Land deeded to the town so that no claim hereafter, can be made against it. There are other claims of the same style pending which your Committee will investigate and report at some future meeting. The neglect of the former Mayor and Board of Aldermen in having these transactions recorded on tee Minute Book as required by law, is the reuse of all these misun derstand ings, Your Committee has endeavored to act withjnstice and im partiality to all parties concerned. Simon Fried, W. F. Pierce, Max Stern, (Continued next week.) Swift Dead. At Chicago on March 29th, Gustavus Franklin Swift, presi. dent of the Swift Packing Com pany, died of internal hemorrha ges resulting from a surgicial operation performed March 22nd, for an affection of the gall blad er. He began his business career by as butcher boy and left an es tale estimated at $10,000,000 and at the time of his death was of the oldest and largest beef pack ers in the world. Boys, the example of this man is an object lesson and you may do what he has accomplished. Aim high, though your arrows may fall below the mark. . p—-—♦ -•*• ♦ • tm The Farm. The sooner the people of Mis sissippi realize that the salvation of the country lies in its agricul tural products and begin to use business tact on the farm, the sooner we will reach solid pros perity. The advantage in the State for the raising of crops and garden products is unsur passed, and when business judge ment is used on the farm it is found to be a highly profitable business. —West Point Press. Church Notice. There will be Easter services at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church next Sunday at 11 a. m. J. H- Zwingle Pastor Good County Hoads. As we have said before there is nothing that concerns the peo ple more than good public high ways. The people have their minds more directed upon the public roads now more than ever; at any rate it is more percepti ble because the idea has grown in favor of the measure and it has become a necessity to act — under the old system practically all work has been abandoned. We cite Alcorn county; she has ordered the issuance of SIO,OOO worth of bonds for the purpose of buying gravel to place on the county roads. This is the begin ning of substantial improvements in public roads in that county. It is said that the amount to be raised will buy as much gravel as can be handled in one year, and the expenditure will no doubt be repeated next year and the work kept up until good roads will be the order all over the county. It is said that the city of Corinth will place SI,OOO worth of gravel on its streets, repairing the bad places and extending the macad amized streets. The extreme bad roads we have, next to impossible, have about converted the people of Oktibbeha county to. take some definite action and go to work. Let us as a county have good roads. All can not be done at once, but a good start can be made as proposed by the people of Alcorn. - ■' E— 11 ■— - Notice. There will boa meeting of the Confederate Veterans at Stark ville on the 4th day of May, 1903 to elect delegates to the Reunion at New Orleans, and transact other business. All are reques ted to attend. By order of J. E. Love, Com’dt. J. G. Carroll, Adj’t. Singer Machines. I will thank you~4o call and see me before buying. Can make it to your interest. Terms easy. Geo. D. Hartness. Half Rates to New Orleans. On Account of National Manu facturers Association Meeting at New Orleans, April 15 —17. and American Association Meeting at New Orleans. May 5-8. Mobile & Ohio R. R. Agents will sell tick ets at rate of one fare for the round trip. Ask your home agent or write Jno. M. Beall, A. G. P. A., St. Louis, for particu lars. No. 4.