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;! I J) ^ NEWS AND VIEWS. Hord Refers to a Privilege Which He Think* Should Be Curtailed. Thornton. Misi.. Fehruaiy 28, 1911. Tax Pavers of Holmes County: Gentlemen —We live in a progressive age and tde road to progross is not through inaction, waste of time and money I am not a "grouch" nor a ''aicker." but the condition of thing" as I saw them while in our capital city, Lexington, yesterday causes me to stop and think and to cjII voui at tention to a privilege which I ihink should be curtailed I lave reference to the custom of allowing candidates to take up the time allutud tor our court piuieed • ingi. Attending court is a duty to which all should heed, but it is an onerous duty at best and when we aie called ihere to tie neglect of our business and families we should not t.e compelled to wait the pleasure ot a lot ot office seekers. These gentle men have a perfect right to tun fur any office to which tbev mav aspiie. but. have they the right to pre-empt the time and attention ot our ciicuit court? It they desire to put their clbims before the people they have several ivenues at their rommsinu. through which they mav reach their «nds, tor iiisiaiice. the United States mail, the press aud dmrs and sundry form* of .ransportatioo. from the fast rustling tram and automobile to the horse and buggy and even the lowly mule. These four gentlemen who so zeal • ously put foith their claims yesterday and consumed our time did themselves proud but it was at our expense. Not one of these gentlemen is a resident or tax payer ot Holmes countv. Now If it is to be the general custom to .Blow this whv not make it a fiee for all affair and allow the candidates for our various county offices the same urivildgoV We could at least console ourselves with tbe fact that these can diriatis are our friend* and neigbh.rs and like us. bear the burden of taxa tion. If we accord this privilege to foreigners, is it right to exclude our rywn peopleY Taxation is always somewhat a 'burden and it falls heaviest upou tbe small taxpayer, the "one galius man tiiiyfl the taxes" anil it in he who is most deprived bv his enforced attend ance to these politcal speeches. Unfoitunately we are laboring under j a boavier burden than the culinary, from the very tact that our circuit | tuuge is sick, unable to bold court. aud we have to hire a special judge while toe salsiy of the other dill goes We have a heavy docket „ this 'Oil. term ami it is not uoieasoisable to assert tbat court will last the full term, four weeks. Our special judge gets ten dollars per day ami tor twen ty-six days ttiai means two hundred aud forty dollars out of tbe offers ot .Holmes couutv, in excess of oui regu lar judge's salaiv. Another thing to which I wish to , call your attention. Uouit attendants were surrmoned to appear at the court houso on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Many of them had to leave borne the oay befote and quite a nuin . her who are not accessible to railroad travel bad to get up and start from borne hefore day to get there in time. Tbe district attorney lives in Lexing ton and was on hand, but why should g|| f)IJ! r I i fKm ! I 't I« j, • I i r u A Plenty cf fresit sleepin: ; out-doers me plain, r mris : i ; " :t are i heJc c » !, but ^ ■'.ant of 1 dal | ac g-. a ! the most all is 1* IIT'" U5 s v iiiisinn <•»*.**«» : i ■*t.L A f i. t, ■ : e world Lease, it idor.I fcod-medi . .V .• all ov I j ) ; i i * C ' X 1 i the lungs cine to hi an \ build up the wasting < r? , ! I ir y - i tOK SALE BV AI.L DRUGGISTS •H 10c.. m.rue oC pnpor find thl* b<! for tilul Bavinffii liunk and Child's tt liOOU on* ex*. Sketch-1>>Nik. Lu-h buuk coutai jLucR l'ttnuy. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Tear! St., N. Y. For sale by All Dealers Conservatism Capital [MINK OF LEXINGTON f* Lexington, ttiss. INVITES TOUR ACCOUNT Rememter We Pay 4 % On Time Deposits ( the whole court proceed inn* be delayed until after the arrival of the mixed freight and paaaeoger train from the 1 westr There are only a part of teo • beats in that part of the county and the number* from that aectioo c. mpa:o but 'cantily to the numbers fiom cih sections of the county who have the fame deprivations. s>em and is not fair that some should j have to come and o hers use tbeii own | con vroieace. be shown it should he to the fellow who ha* to drive twenty-live or tbntv mile* over bad roads and not to ih*J ten dollar a day judge or the mao f:oin Cruger or Tcbula and espe ially when be has a valid excuse and is detained ontil late in the afternoon j before be has a chance to offer it. Every office bolder is but the servant i of the people and it is the honor of bis effica that demands and receives respect when in the discharge of bis duiv, for which he receives compensa- | tion and the seeker after office is cei • j tainlv not the people's master to com- j mand and b<dd them at will. It is the piivihge of eveiv citizen to criticize public service and it is in the exercise of this right tnat I write thin, letter ^to call attention to the abu e of privileges that should not be accoidet). «T It dees not It any ienioocy should so Very respectfully. .JOHN 8. HOKD. Home Missions. The churches i f the Southern Bap tistConveution expect to raise $4.>0,UO0 for Home Mission* this couveuiion Of this amount Mississippi i y»ar. I aptists are to contribute $31,000. ; The Vazoo Association has planned | to inciease its contributions to all be- J nehcent purposes twenty tier cent over last year This means that we are to give io Home Missions this year about $1100. i'bis will necessitate an aver age gift cf $2,400 from each ebuteb, oi thiny cent* from each member ot the association. Only two moie mouths remain bif j.e the bocks ut the Home Mission Bouijj close for this convention year. Tui, calls for an immediate and aggressive I response on the part of each pastor anti member,if we are to be successful in raising the $'100. The Home Mission Boatd at Atlanta have anv number of sample copies of "Our Home Field," tbe verv best, pungent unit mod inteiestieg tracis, a most helpful s-t ot charts, and an abundant supply ot Home Mission en j velopes, all of which may be had by | notifying the hoard that you desire to j use them in this campaign. Will not each pastor in the association send immediately for these helps, if you j have not aleady dono so, and inaKe; vigorous use of them during March j | mid AptllY j Lot every member of every church ( ha enlisted in this noble cause. Be j member that it is concerted effort tbat j brings about concerted giving, and I that it is concerted giving tbat brings) about large giving T W HhBEN. Associational Vice President. Lexington, Miss. Obituary. On the night of February 25. 1911, that grim, mysterious monster we call Death, entered earth's sunny bowers once mote and claimed as its victim odu ot Goo's ntblest creations in the form of my dear friend and brother, J. D Causey, dr. Dave was only twetv-nine years of agt—in tbe veiv bloom of bis splen did young manhood While upon the faithful discharge of bis duty he was accidentally crushed to death bv me merciless v. mel« of a locon utive on the yards of the lllim'i* rant Miss. Central ttailroad, at Du where he > rtd tor more than two ytais been etnphned as night i 11 Htsbal. ami where all the good ciii I stus ui ita in dt daring him one ol j Durant s very best citizans as well as 1 one of her very best officers. He ami I wi re oorn upon adjoining farms. togetbei. attended the same schools and enjoyed the same spoits. a,ltl j knowing him as I did I am glad to sn ; that L,. always had as i x motto, "the J and his life's wuik no j the same year We grew up iolden itiile,' , blv measured up to that grand old i w urndaid tbat anything that is worth doing at all is woith doing well. inter red in the of mother, three si^ wile ai)J i chil.dren and u host and tsiemls to) Hi* remains were family lot at, old Hebron cemetery. large concourse of relatives pav the last respect to one whom they I where a r| fiienffs gathered to a tribute or know and loved Up hft a father. 'nvtbi:iH atm a tt'lN. tWU three sweet tittle ot other relatives I moiirn aim tniss him, and mav pur i j hl.'SHi Saviour in His wisdom, in His ) luve and in His eternal uieicv oomfurt those sad and bleeding hearts with thathoU peace and blessedness that V. ; Jesus alone can give ami teach them i and us even in the midst of this dark ; bv ' sorrow ana bereavement to i er tbv will bo done, is the prayer of j E G E. , hour of ! sav I one who loved him | | i If von have trouble in getting rid j of your cold vou mav know that you are not treating it properly. There W. wbv a cold should hang is no reason for weeks and it will not if vou lake Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by All Dealers on j | 1 I ,** I I I [7; tel mm i, I I fey. L* U i. ' 'ft 't ■Uy i auvff T* * > * Sdtr <• t ■ * ~ _ . "nr" ZGj rr -4 -r ■ -fSm 1 i «y| i 4 4 ^-{4 - T-'\ - ti ■ Sal 6*> f c 2 V SsJ .Vi , y' I 4 v i it i v* 1 J % 7 M Ir^-iL t l .f-V-. I rS m & !rf U s i \ 1 * i f h y 4 ■,' -1 ■> [ , i t i.V V 7 1 h l jj ■it v I-3BI w WMwi 3? **w-' O rtf 4 ti i> __ 4^1 ls. i. ■■ g s "f Lik A, jL More Miles of American Fence in Use Than All Others Combined ighty per cent of All Woven Wire Sold is American i ! American Fence is made of materials selected and tested in all the stages from the mines of the American Steel & Wire Company, through their own blast furnaces and rolling and wire mills, to the finished product. Their employment of specially adapted metals is of great importance in fence wire; a wire that must be hard yet not brittle; Stiff and springy, yet flexible enough for splicing—beSt and most durable fence material on earth, Among the valuable features thut distinguish American Fence is the heavy Hinged-Joint [patented]. We back this feature with all the experience of the largest makers of fence in the world behind it. Under side stress and strain the resilient Hinged Joint yields to pressure and quickly re'urns to its old form without bending or breaking the Stay wires, the strain being taken up by the heavy horizontal bars. When a man buys AMERICAN FENCE in any design he gets the best fencing material that money can buy or that skill and experience produce. The price of AMERICAN FENCE—quality, weight and service considered, is much lower than any other fencing on the market. In AMERICAN FENCE you buy steel, the best that can be made, all thoroughly galvanized and perfectly manufactured. We have just received a car load of AMERICAN FENCE. ASK FOR PRICES. I I t i /• I w^re-Lumber Company V . L. HOOK ent. J Ijtsj* mSBBB osxssmemQ LEXINGTON, HISS. V HERE IS A REMEDY THAT iYilL CURE ECZEMA. K0rtn j upplicafcion will lelieve the itching ; am | 0 | fon times one bottle is sufficient J ( , l5rrt n u,j cor cag a „f eczema, j I P "WE PROVE IT. Why waste time and money experi menting with greasy salves and lo tions. trying to mive the eczema from underneath the skiu when I germ tbo B. 8, Beall Drug btoio guarantees ZEMO. a clean liquid preparation for external use to nd the skin of the life that causes the trouble/ One ZEMO is sold bv druggists ' very i w j )a;e ant i j u Lexington hv B t'.fleall they will tell you cl Uie marvel cures made bv this clean, simple Iroa'm ' I. ZEMO and ZEMO soap are iec ignized as most in i alar treatment for eczema, pimples, dandruff and all other forms of skin or scalp affections whether on infant or grown person Will you try ^EMO and ZEMO snap on our recoin i mei dation and guarantee cf satisfae tjon or Vl , ur inore v back'/ B. 8. Beall and oils the cleanest and Drug 8tnre. i Holme* County Camp No. 39b U C. V. held a regular meeting March b. 1»11. The camp was called to order ; bv Coma a dei T. W Smith and ptay. i er was ottered by t.baplaiu B F Por j ter Confederate Veterans Meet. | Tbe minutes of last meeting were | reaii. Communications were lead to j the camp J. G. Hamilton and D. J. Bailey made interesting talks and F. W. Eakin urged the immediate orgac ization of a camp of Sons of Veteians. W. T. Hopson reported that Mrs. Dickerson was not in need of aid now, but s collection was taken up and turned over to R. S. Killebrew for her. The camp decided to elect delegates to the reunion at Little Rock. Ark., at tbe next regular meeting. The camp adjourned with a benedic tion by D. J. Bailey. T. IV. SMITH, Commander, F. A HOWELL. Ad.iutant. Deafness Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat cf tbe disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts diiectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed bv one of tbe best physicians in this country for years and is a regular pre scription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with tbe best blood puriSer8. acting directly on tbe mucous surfaces The perfect combi nation of tbe two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Bend for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO..Props.. , Toledo. O. Hold by Druggists, price ?5o. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. This Space Has Been Set Aside For the Purpose of Keeping the Reading Public Informed as to the Happenings in the Business Circles of Lexington. I We therefore make use of it in this issue to say that the business heretofore known as the Lexington Garage, having changed its line of endeavor, has also changed its name and will be known henceforth as the Olds Gasoline Engine Co, of Lexington, Miss. This company will always handle the very best machinery or none at all. If they cannot secure the best of any particular kind of machinery, they will let that par ticular kind ot machinery go, since it is the policy of the business not to handle any inferior, or what is more commonly termed "cheap machinery" whatever. However, we would like to say to the public that we will be always ready to try to repair cheap machinery when it breaks up and you will find us as capable of doing this as anybody on earth. GIVE US A TRIAL. A Nine Years Experience in Lexington store Phones iso & 228 Use ot Fonerai Wagon for Burials Free Residence Phone 30. ERIC NORQUIST Funeral Director and Embalmer METALLIC, COPPER LINED, WHITE AND COLORED PLUSH CASKETS A SPECIALTY. FULL LINE LADIES' and GENTS' BURIAL ROBES. ORDERS FILLED DAY OR NIGHT. New TrucKs, Rugs A. Delivery Wagon. Jobs Delivered Anywhere in County. Colored Man to Co With Colored Trade. 1 will devote my undivided at tention to jobe band out. of town. Temporarily located in the Caeey Brick Building. You harn't forgotten the high price ypu paid h*fore I opened. I reduced the prices on every thing. Who should you pat oise? What did you do before I put on the Free Deliveiy and FREE USE OF WAGON for FUNERALS? Who should you patronize? #