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liube 1 Willows Ini« l«fii wen lately
lusir Mississippi City.
It*s the struck litill-ilo/er and Iml
lot-box stutt'ei that IlnUcrs.
Judge North was stricken with par
alysis at Fayette Saturday and is ly
ing in a critical condition.
Chancellor Mcl.auriu, of the Yieta
burgdistrict will icsign his position
and move to Dallas, Texas.
Stale Constitutions should not he
made for tile party in power, hut for
the inhabitants of the State.
Auditor Stone is being roasted for
sending out of the State to have the
Convention letter heads printed.
The last Oxford (Hobo addresses
some pointed remarks to the dema
gogues in the Constitutional Conven
tion.
The Republicans of the Oth district
w ill hold a convention at Summit Sept.
25th to nominate a candidate for Con
gress.
Senator George made a two-hours'
speech in the Convention Tuesday in
support of the Franchise Committee's
report.
Gen. Fcatlierstou (“Old Swct") is
as patriototic and fearless in advocat
ing what he believes to be right in the
Convention as lie was on the bloody
field of battle.
Judge Chrismau is being over
whelmed with letters of endorsement
and complimentary notices in the
press since his patriotic, manly speech
in the Convention last week.
When Judge Chrism an said it is not
so much the man that can’t read that
objects to an educational qualification,
as the fellow that wants to mark his
ticket, he struck the nail squarely on
flie head.
Referring to the demagogues in tlie
Constitutional Convention, tlie Lex
ington Advertiser says that when the
Convention adjourns for good, sever
al who are now in high political feath
er, will roost considerably lower and
nearer to the earth. Right.
Tlie Blue Mountain Female College
opened its 18th annual session on Sept.
10th with over 100 hoarding pupils iu
attendance. Students were in on the
first day from seven different States,
thus evidencing the extensive reputa
tion of this deservedly popular school.
Let the Convention fail to apply
something effectual on the suffrage,
and the politician who tries to ride
into power hereafter by appealing for
white unity, will find that, the cry of
negro domination, like the bloody
shirt and the old cry of wolf, lias lost
ifs virtue.
Attorney General Miller has render
ed an opinion to the effect that where
the Assessor assessed only a poll tax,
5 cents is the limit of his compensa
tion; where lie assessed property and
poll tax against the same person, 10
cents is what he is entitled to under
the recent Act.
iiow tne liou. 1* rank mirkitt can
support the Franchise Committee's re
port without stultification, after say
ing what hff did in his last week's pa
per, can never be explained. We
thought Mr. liurkitt was too shrewd a
a politician to commit political suicide
in any such way.
The report of the Franchise Com
mittee, except that part relating to
the apportionment, is given iu full on
first page. Numerous amendments
have been offered, the principal one
being Judge Chrisman's proposing an
alternate educational and property
qualification, and report and all
amendments are still under discussion.
The Leader is proud of the young
men in the Constitutional Convention.
Witherspoon, Sexton, Lee, McLean
Ward Campbell and nearly every
other young man in that body has
placed himself on record as opposed
to continuing the questionable, de
moralizing election methods of the
past and adopting suffrage reform
that willjneau something.
Though there are many dema
gogues, trimmers and time-servers in
the Constitutional Convention, there
are some as true, brave and unselfish
patriots in that body as ever offered
themselves a willing sacrifice upon the
alter of their country and boldly
faced the carnage of battle. Among
these is W. D. Witherspon, the gal
lant young Democrat from Lauder
dale. tor lofty patriotism, self-abne
r.ating devotion to public duty aud
earnest seas and purity of purpose,
.ns speech last F.iday has never been
^urr*assed, and marks him as one ol
^ M'*"**‘PP»'» purest, brightest and
deter ‘lig
1 manor aju.ofr.iY axu cos’Sti
if tioxji. rnommnos.
We wiitc il lelMctautly, rcgri tfVillx»
aye. sot row fully, lull Bishop Callo
w«y, I lie util e liolll utitl trusted leader
id the ; ygicssivc Prohibition army of
j Missis-i| pi, is to-day lining iiiurr la
i tie feat < ''institutional Prohibition and
delay a < oust;initiation of the hopes and
1 aims of the faithful ndiovtttes of tliis
cause than all of the whisky sellers
1 of the Slate eonibim d.
Koi < i c of bis piotii-sinns of toynl
I ty and past recoid on the subject of
Prohibition, the lute attitude of Bish
op Calloway on this 'piestion is little
less than astounding.
When the State Prohibition Mxecu
1 tive Committee issued their address
! last April in favor of Constitutiotui)
{'inhibit ion. Ilisliop Calloway wtis
understood, not without good reason,
to be in full accord with the Commit
tee in this advance movement, lie
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had assured at least one member of
i till' Committee befnie the meeting was
held that decided to promulgate that
address, that if an aggressive, active
policy was decided upon by the com
mittee on the subject of Prohibition,
that lie might be counted upon to co
operate and render nil the assistance
| in his power, even to taking the
: stamp for the cause. After the ad
dress laid been published a short
while, the members of the committee
were little less than tlmnder-st ruck tit
seeing the Bishop's interview with a
reporter of the Memphis Commercial,
squately taking issue with the very
policy that they had adopted, and the
only one that, under the circumstanc
es. seemed logical and rational.
But the inconsistent and inexpli
cable action of the Bishop did not end
i here. With the words of that inter
view <>|i|)osing i onstii in mum rroni
liition slill fiicsli on liis lips, lie went
to tlic (ieneral t’oiit'erenee of his
Church at St. Louis, and as a member
| of that Conference endorsed a report
on Temperance and Prohibition that
should lie strong and emphatic enough
to satisfy the most ultra Constitution
al Prohibitionist in the land.
What that report was, and where!
those should stand to-day who en
dorse it, we let the report speak for
itself. It reads:
1. We are convinced that if any mohk ad
vanced POSITION IS POSSIBLE Edit ANY
CHfKCH <;iny position we mean that comes with
in the province of a church) than the one
which the Methodist Episcopal CiivKrn j
South occupies to-day upon the ques
tions or Temperance and I’kohibiton,
our membership IS READY AT ONCE TO
TAKE IT.
We are emphatically A PROHIBITION
CHURCH. We stand out squarely Before the i
whole world, certainly In theory, and for the I
most part in practice, eor thecomplete sup- j
PRESSION OK THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. We OF
FER NO COMPROMISE TO, AND SEEK NO
TERMS FROM, A SIN OF THIS HEINOUS QUALI
TY. We are opposed to all forms of li
cense of this iniquity, whether the same lie
“ high” or ‘•low.” It cannot lie put so “high”
that the prayers of God's people for its suppres
sion will not rise above it. nor so “low," though !
it makes its bed in HELL, that the shrieks j
of the souls lost through its accursed agency j
will not descend Beneath it.
Upon this question, only about two years ago, j
Bishop McTyeire said in the Texas Christian Ad
vocate: ‘•The WHISKY POW ER MUST BF. PUT
UNDER OR IT WILL PUT US UNDER. The bat- !
tie Is begun and there is no retreat on,
PARLEY, AND SUBMISSION IS INTOLERABLE.
More than ever I am for the final and extreme |
measure of Prohibition since witnessing the de
velopments of the whisky power in the struggle I
for life. All its malignity comes out. It stands
exposed and without disguise.”
These words of our dead Father in Israel come
hack to us like a voice from the spirit land, loud
and clear as a tocsin struck at midnight, and the
Church of God takes up his battle cry, “THE
WHISKY POWER MUST BE PUT UNDER
OR IT WILL PUT US UNDER!” and through
the mists and shadows that envelop the tomb of
him whose memory we revere, we seem to hear
his voiee: "SEE TO IT, O MY PEOPLE, THAT
THE CHURCH OF GOD STRIKE NOT ITS
COLORS IN THIS WAR FOR SOULS.”
3. We are able to state, from the investigation
made, that for the most part our church mem
bers THROW THE FULL WEIGHT OF THEIR
INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY AS VOTERS
AGAINST LICENSING THE LIQUOR TRAF
FIC. SURELY, AS CHRISTIAN MEN, WE
CAN DO NO LESS. And yet we quote the
words of one brother, reaffirmed by many: "Be
yond doubt, IF ALL THE OlCltCH MEMBERS
WOULD ONLY DO THEIR DUTY, W E COULD CAR
RY our State for Fkoaibition every
time. Oil, that our people would realize that
the measure of their responsibility is uot merely
the good or evil accomplished or prevented by
them, but the good they might do and the evil
they might prevent if all their powers were con
secrated lo the service of Christ.
4. The testimony was uniform and unvarying j
as to the fidelity of our preachers to the cause |
of Temperance. They do not always, like that I
greatest preacher of them all, when having but ]
a single opportunity to preach the Gospel to the j
same audience, place the theme of "Temper- j
anee” between "Righteousness” and the ‘‘.ludg- ]
ment to Come” and reason till the very throne |
of evil trembles at the power of Truth;—yet, in
the vast majority of rases, the preachers of our j
Church recognize Gospel Temperance as the le- i
gitimate theme of the Christian pulpit, and ful
minate the decrees of God against the use of tu
toxicants, with an earnestness and eloquence
born of sincere conviction.
in the words of one of our Bishops [Gal
loway, in Matter to Ex-President Davis] :
‘If to preach the doctrine of Tem
perance, and to preach against the open
saloon as the source of most of our social, I
industrial and moral evils, and therefore!
the greatest enemy of the Christian relig- \
ion and of the Church of God, is to be ‘a
political partisan,’ you may publish me as
one not only in your prayers, but on the ;
house-tops; and by me stand over 3,ooo Meth- [
odist preachers, not a dozen of whom would re.!
fuse to vote for a measure to prohibit the match
less evil of the age.”
Finally iiermit us to close this report with the
words of Bishop Galloway [in letter to Mr.
Davis] : “ The cause is moving on and will i
triumph. The w orld can scarcely present
a parallel to the majestic speed of its
march. The people have decreed—the sa- 1
loon must go. If not today, tomorrow. It '
Is A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE, OF
PRINCIPLE, OF DUTY TO OOD AND
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.”
The still more astonishing part in,1
that Bishop Galloway should have
returned home after the adoption of
, this report by his church and renew
ed his opposition to prea&iug Consti
tution?!! Prohibit!or "’Inch, if hi*
views prevail with the Constitutional
Con volition, means a perpetuation of
the saloon license system for time in
definite.
lv’eail the tiist paragraph of the
abow ringing repmt ami reconcile it, i
if you can, with the fact that on thei
very day, naif u/atofc/ a I (he eery hour,
t lie .Mississippi Baptist Slate Conven
tion at Columbus was adopting a
memorial to the Constitutional Con
vention favoring Constitutional Pro
hibition, Bishop Calloway was mak
ing a speech before a Methodist dis
trict conference at llipley, opposing
it !
How hard it is to reconcile all those
things, and how natural that thou
sands of Methodist Prohibitionists
throughout tin1 State who have been
and are still, among the truest and
most loyal friends of Constitutional
Prohibition, should begin to wonder
at the course of their otlicial leader.
How would it sound for the Bishop
I when he gets up to preach to say f
“Not tu-ihnj, but to morrow is the day
of salvation. To-monvw, not now, is
the accepted time." And how can lie
put aside what lie declared in his let
ter to Mr. Davis three years ago to be
“A q>l FSTION OF roXsriF.M K, OF »’l{ 1N -
CIVI.E, OF Ol'T V TO lull) AMI THE
HKOT1I ElIHOOII OF MAN,” for IIIIC
of mere Poi.ith ai. kxi’f.hiem i ?
How does lie reconcile bis present po
sition and the fact that lie is receiving
the endorsement and applause of
every whisky oigan and politician in
the State, with that part of the above
report which says, “for the most part
our church members throw the full
weight of their influence and authori
ty as voters against licensing the li
quor traffic,” etc?
It Constitutional Prohibition is to
bo put off nntil “to-morrow" it should
at least bo loft for its enemies and
not its friends to make the motion !
If, as declared by the Bishop in the
interview referred to, his observation
teaches him that “fully scvcn-eiyhths
of the opposition to the suppression
of the saloon comes from the ignorant
of both races,” what is 10 ho feared
from submitting the question of the
saloon's suppression to a picked Con
vention of intelligent Mississippians,
and the enforcement and perpetua
tion of that Convenion's decision by j
au intelligent white constituency ?
Bishop Calloway's dubious position j
on this important question has aston
ished and grieved hundreds and thou
sands of his friends and admirers
throughout the State, without infer
ence to sectarian lines. Keniem
bering bis active zeal and bis
sturdy, forceful championship of the
cause of Prohibition in its weaker
days, they are, to paraphrase the Bish
op's own language when expressing
his sorrow over Mr. Davis’s Lubbock
letter, ready to exclaim: “IIow sad
that the latter utterances of a great j
Bishop, Prohibitionist and Christian j
should become the shibboleth of the
saloons!"
Viewing his questionable, dallying j
position as we do, in this important j
crisis to the cause of Prohibition, we
fain would thunder in his ears his own
closing words to the departed “Sage
of Beauvoir":
“The logic of history urges on the
tlie great reform and sounds aloud
the call to duty. The issue is upon
us. Deny it assomemay, deride it as
others please. Defy it if a few prefer,
the issue isjoined mid is here to stay,
until our fair land is redeemed from
the degradation of the liquor traffic.
“ * Once to every man and nation conies the mo
ment to decide
In the strife of good and evil, on the good and
evil side:
Some great cause, (lod's new Messiah, proffer
ing the bloom or Might.
I’arts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep
upon the right.
And the choice goes by forever, 'twist the dark
ness and the light.
Hast thou chosen, oh! my people. In which par
ty thou shalt stand,
Kie the doom from its worn sandals shakes the
dust against thy land?’ ”
In a well tempered and in the main
fair article, the Greenwood Enterprise
takes exception to the Leader’s crit
icism of Senator George, but the En
terprise should not have tried to dis
count the force of what the Leader ,
said by intimating that it was in
spired by Senator George's opposition
to woman suffrage and Prohibition,
As a matter of fact, at the time our
article on Senator George was written, i
we were under the impression that he
favored Prohibition and woman suf
frage both. We are free to confess,
however, that the Senator's action last
Saturday in joiuing in with other
members of the Committee on Tem
perance and the Liquor Traffic in ad
vising against any action on Prohibi
tion by the Convention, lias not im
proved our opinion of either his states- 1
nmnship or backbone.
Iu a private business letter, a Pro
hibitionist of Bolivar county, and a
good Methodist brother, says: “It
looks rather inconsistent that the Pro
hibitionists will not try to do some
thing for the people of the Delta.
There are a great many more Prohi
bitiouists in the Delta of both colors
than you imagine.” To help the peo
ple of the Delta and the other coun
ties with large black majorities, aDd
make the law secure to all portions of
the State, is the main object the State
Prohibition Convention aDd Execu
tive Committee have in pressing Con
stitutional Prohibition. With the law
on their side, they would soon drive
the last r-i’.-vt f; - Ptate.
COU'KHISG BEFORE THE WHISKT
ForrER.
As Prohibitionist* have anticipated
ever since tlie Committee on Temper
ance and Liquor Traffic was announc
ed by President Calhoon, a majority
of that committee made a report last
Saturday recommending non-action
on the subject of Prohibition. Tims
Bishop Galloway's policy of uon-ac
l ion is already bearing fruit. The re
port rends:
We have carefully considered the
matters laid hr tore us and submit
that in our judgment it is impractica
ble and inopportune to bring tlie sub
ject of either liquor traffic or prohibi
tion before the convention and. there
fore, ask to be discharged.
(Signed) W, C. Richards,
Crank Bcrkitt,
,1. D. Fontaink,
\V S. Parish.
R. C. Lee,
R. C. Patty,
,L Z. George,
W. S. Eskridge,
R. B. Campbell.
Aii.en Talbott,
1). R. Barnett.
Judge CliiisDinn, who is chairman
of the committee, gave notice that lie
reserved the right to make a minority
report at some future stage of tlie pro
ceedings, and we anticipate it is his
purpose to press his anti-saloon
amendment and have the Convention
to go to record on this question, as it
should.
It will l»e anything but creditable to
the Convention to adopt the policy
recommended by a majority of tin
committee. The idea of such a body
of men proposing to prohibit misce
genation, lotteries, gambling, etc.,
and even proposing to prohibit the
pitiful remnant of the Iudiiin race
from playing ball, and then ignoring
the great saloon evil, the parent ol
more vice and crime than all the rest
together, would be ludicrous, if it were
not so serious.
The Convention has the facts laid
before it in the memorial presented by
the State Prohibition Executive Com
mittee, and in the light of these facts
and their action tliereou the members
will be judged and held to account.
A SVGGESTIOX.
It. seems to 11s that, the members ol
the Convention who oppose woman
suffrage anti who oppose an educa
tional and property qualification for
suffrage on the ground that it will de
stroy white unity, overlook two im
portant ronsiderutions that need to be
emphasized. First, that if the wo
men were given tlie ballot they would
not vote tit every election, but only
turn out in times of emergency, and
then at separate voting places. At
such times they would prove a reserve
force both welcome and effectual.
The second objection, that white unity
would be destroyed by a property or
educational qualification, is not well
founded, tbr the reason that all whites
who could not read or did not own
the requisite amount of property,
would have the same voice in the pri
maries and nominating conventions
they now have.
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lteports from various quarters of
the State indicate that the prospects
for the cotton crop are no more en
couraging than they were last week,
if as much so. The heavy rainfall
and lack of sunshine in the central
and southern parts of the State is caus
ing the cotton to rot very badly and
shed in many sections. There is still
complaut of rust. No further coin
plaint is made of caterpillars, but the
boll worm continues to be very de
structive in some sections. There is a
large section of the State, including
[he Delta region, in which the pros
pect for a large crop is still very good
if there is a return of the warm sun
shine and dry weather soon.
1 lie V lckshurg Post says that at the
caucus held in the Senate chamber
Friday night by members of the Con
vention opposed to the Franchise Com
mittee’s report, Mr. McLean charged
chat the provision in the report to the
effect that a person shall be allowed
co vote who understands the Constitu
tion when read to him, was a sham and
fraud, and was put there knowingly
is a sham and fraud. There is deeid- j
3d opposition to this “trick,” for it is |
lothing else, to put the power to elect {
ifiicers in the ha uds of the Election
Commissioners in each county.
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Qualified woman’s suffrage is the
mrest solution of the vexed problem
jefore the convention. If the “man
lioad” of the convention is so great
that that can’t be adopted, then let
that sain* “manhood” scorn to regu
late the suffrage by indirection.— Ya
zoo Sentinel.
As an evidence of the confidence in
which the Capital Commercial Col
ege is held by business men, we note
clie fact that since the establishment
>f its employment bureau it lias not
seen able to supply the demand for
its graduates.—Netc Misemippian.
Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy, a marvelous
:ure for catarrh,diphtheria,canker mouth,
uid head-ache. With each bottle there
s au ingeuioiis Nasal Injector for the
more successful treatment of those
-omplaiuts without extra charge. Price
>0 cents. Sold by Meade &. Martin. (1)
Get washing soda at Powell’s. It saves
ioap and labor aud will make clothing
uid floors white as enow. Sal soda is much
iheuper than lye aud do harm iu using it,
t will sure one-half your soap expenses.
Buy it aud try it.
S. D. Powell.
Now is the time to insure your gins,
ilso cotton iugios for customers. I rep
resent the best and liberal compauies.
J. B. Dacghtry,
Insurance Agent.
JUDGE CBRISMAN IS RIGHT.
** THE SrX-CRtfWNED MAX OF WHO* ■
TRE POET SAXO.”
We think the Mississippi Constitu
tional Convention would do well to
heed the voice of Judge Chrismau.
He has spoken sensibly and to the
point, and the advice ho gives is such
as recommends itself to all uubaised
observers.
There is no need for a new consti
tution, or to be more specific, for a new
! regulation of the suffrage, unless it
; provides thoroughly against the rule
of the illiterate and irresponsible.
That is what it is intended for; that is
what the Constitutional Convention
was called for and what it is expected
to accomplish.
It is idle to beat the devil about the
bush. It would be a waste of time
1 and an imposition on the people to
adopt a subterfuge. What this con
vention will do is not for today.
Other States of the South are looking
to it for a precedent, and the entire
Union expects it to solve a trouble
some problem. A makeshift would
not only be an imposition on posteri
ty, but a cowardly dodging of the is
sue for which the convention was call
ed.
The best way is the most direct
way, and what is needed in Mississip
pi’s case is so very plain that he who
runs may read. The object is to get
rid of the illiterate and irresponsible
voters, and the means to do that end
is a property and educational qualifi
cation for suffrage. Why dodge it 1
It will eft'eet the cure needed, and
that is what the country expects the
convention to do. It would be per
fectly constitutional and regular, and
even the Republican carpers could
have nothing rational to say against
it.
The only reason in the world for
avoiding this issue is to save the fran
chise to a few white illiterates, and to
do that it seems that some of the best
men in the convention are willing to
resort to cranky experiments that will
jeopardize the great interest the new
constitution is expected to guard, and
probably leave matters in no better
tix than the convention found them.
These few white illiterates should
by no means be allowed to stand in
the way of the State's only hope of
| salvation. It is a short-sighted and
demagogic view that would think of
! allowing them to do so, and one that
j should not be countenanced by the pa
I triot and statesman.
According to the census of 1880,
| Mississippi had a white voting popu
i lation of 108,344; of these, only about i
: 10,000 were unable to write, it had a
negro voting population of 139,278, j
with 03,850 unable to write. If illit- J
crates had then been disfranchised, j
there would have been a white major- !
ity in the State of 32,015. It is not j
probable that there has been any ma- I
terial change in the ratio of illiteracy j
j within the past ten years. If so, the !
i advantage has been with the whites, j
The great bulk of the property in j
the State is owned by the whites and
j a very moderate property qnalifica- !
tion w ould cut off negro voters by the i
j thousands, while comparatively few !
whites would be made to suffer.
The convention should be above i
demagoguery and brave enough to face
the duty that devolves upon it. Cut
off the illiterates and irresponsibles.
That is the only thing needed. Away
with Judge Campbell’s plan, Senator
George’s plan, or any other man’s plan
that involves only a cranky subter
fuge. The simplest and most direct
way is the best way, and everybody
knows what is needed. Provide an
educational and property qualification
for suffrage, and Mississippi is safe;
fail to do so, and the fate of Hayti will
hang like a pall on its energies and re
sources.
Judge Cbrisraan has spoken words
of wisdom—brave words—and the
convention should heed what he had
to say. There is no time for palter
ing in Mississippi now. The sun
crowned man of whom the poet sang
is needed there to damn the dema
gogue and coward, and it seems that
Judge Chrisman is filling the position
excellently well.—Birmingham (Ala.)
Age-Herald, Sept. 10th.
Every franchise plan which has been
proposed in the convention, except
that of Judge Chrisman, has been
deeply dyed with the taint of expedi
ency, trickery or subterfuge, and not
one other has stood upon the solid
bed-rock of equality and enduring ,
principle, so that while we rail at the
present method the convention is only
seeking to do the same thing, only un
der cover of law, a transfer of trick
ery from the polling places to the floor |
of the convention.—Natchez Demo
crat.
J udge Chrisman is the positive char- ‘
acter in the Convention, one without
political guile or aspiration. He has
the boldness of correct conscience.
He champions the only source of re- I
lief. Ho may go down by his amend- *
ment, but he has the assurance that
with him will fall half of the white
vote of the State, and behind him will
fellow the best and most pronounced
Eatriotism of the Commonwealth. All
onor to Judge J. B. Chrisman.—Crys
tal Springs Meteor.
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The equipment of the State Busi
ness College, Meridian, Miss., is supe
rior to that of any business school in
the State.
Three typewriters and three short
hand machines are to be found in the
short-hand department and besides the
machine system large classes are
taught the Graham pencil system.
The large Business Hall is fitted es
pecially for the Business course and
here several offices—including two
banks—are constructed for the illus
tration of book-keeping and banking.
The courses are complete and prac
tical, taught by experienced teachers
and accountants, and nowhere are bet
ter facilities offered for business train
ing.— Exchange.
A POINTED SPEECH.
Hon. J. H. McGelu* of Prank
Gives the Convention Some
Straight Talk.
lackson correspondence of Memphis Appeal.
September 11th.
Tlie speech of tlie day and for that
natter of tho convention, was made
liy Delegate J. H. McGehee, of Frank
lin county. It was the last speech of
the day and members were beginning
to grow tired, nnd not a few seats had
become empty, but when Mr. McGehee
had said a few things it was realized
that the very spirit and embodiment,
of straightforward honesty, that
knows nothing but candor and direct
ness, was wide awake in the person of
an unpretending farmer delegate.
Mr. McGehee is a stalwart fellow, as
suming no airs of any kind of supe
riority. His remarks were brief and
right straight at the mark. He hadn't
got half through before the convention
was in a transport of delight, but here
is his speech just as lie made it:
“Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the Convention—T am no speaker, but
I feel that I would be recreant in my
duty if I do not express my feelings
on this important question. Coming
as I do from a white county, which al
ways has given a Democratic majori
ty, I agree with the gentleman from
Webster (Gore) that this is a govern
ment. of tlie people, by the people and
for the people. But what people!
When our forefathers wrote this they
meant Anglo-Saxon people. There is
nobody in this State has kinder feel
ings to tlie black man than I have, for
there is a black colony thnt lives close
to me, and they always come to me
and ask me how to vote, and 1 have
the privilege of fixing their ticket.
These people who say they don't want
to disfranchise anybody remind me oi
two armies where one knows it lias the
power to whip the other, but is afraid
to fight, for fear it will lose some oi
its men. [I.oml laughter ami applause
renewed again and again.] And
these fellows who are afraid to dis
franchise anybody, and who don’t
want to do anything for fear when
lliey go nouio some icnow win say,
‘You were agin me up yonder, and
now I’m agin you,’ remind me of the
nigger whoso folks were sick, and lie
went after the doctor and when he
hail gone apiece he turned around and
came hack, and when they asked him
what he came back for, he said: ‘To
give the sick nigger a dose of castoi
oil to hold him at what he was at un
til the doctor came.’ [Shrieks of
laughter and applause.] The gentle
man from Webster says he won’t vote
any educational or property qualifica
tion, and yet he says he went to the
war and fought hard four years, and
risked his life to protect his neighbor’s
property w hen lie had none. And we
all know that many others did the
same thing, and yet we are not will
ing to sacrifice anybody to prevent
negro domination. I think we ought
to be willing to sacrifice some of our
w hite neighbors. [Laughter and ap
plause which continued for some min
utes.] Too many of us are trying to
whip the devil around the stump.
[Renewed applause.] 1 am for the
white people running this Govern
ment, even if I have to sacrifice some
of my white neighbors and children.
Gentlemen, I thank you. [Applause
and cheers repeated again and again.]
As McGehee took his seat Mr. Sex
ton said he thought the Convention
should adjourn after that excellent
speech, and think about it. Delegates
then swarmed around McGehee, over
whelming him with congratulations.
none*.
Wkmon, Him , Sept *, i*# TbtHp
of nor customer*, who do not car* to m||
their cotton when the price i* very low
can have the same stored throngh us with
the Mills ftee of storage and Inenranc*
In addition, the cotton will be weighed
the day it is brought in, and hence there
will he no I one by drying oui. When the
cotton is stored, we arc prepared to ad
vance very liberally on the same, and the
owuer may hold the colion as long as he
wants.
Eakns, Fant & Lohu,
A Woman's Discovery.
“Another wonderful discovery has been
made and that too by a lady in this
county. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest teats’ bnt her vital
organs were undermined and death seem
ed imminent. For three months she
coughed incessantly and could not sleep
She bought of ns a bottle of Dr. King’s
Now Discovery for Consumption and was
so much selieved on taking first dose that
she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. Her name
is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus write W. C.
Hamrick & Co., of Shelby, N. C.—Get a
froe trial bottle at T. T. Meade & Co’s
Drug Store. *j
Excursion Tickets to Sioux City, lows,
The Great Corn Palace.
The credit of conceiving ami carrying out the
Idea of a Corn Palace must be accredited to the
generous, far-sighted, enterprising and plucky
citizens of Sioux City, Iowa. With them no ele
vated railroad is too high, no cable line too long,
no packing house too large, no opera house too
grand, no business block too tine and no Corn
Palace too magnificent for them to build. Their
vim and business-like ways command the world's
admiration, and on the 26th of September they
will open the 4th Annual Corn Palace, larger and
more beautiful than any that have proceeded it.
The mammoth array of exhibits will come from
every direction. The farms, the mines, the
manufactories, with all their diversified pro
ducts, will lie largely represented. The most ar
tistic designs In corn will decorate the exterior
and interior of the great Palace. The parades
will eclipse anything of the kind ever seen In this
country, outside of New Orleans. The music
will he grand, as will be every feature of this
wonderful exposition. To this gathering the IL
LINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD will make a
rate of ONE FARE fbr the round trip from all ot
its Southern Division points. Tickets will he on
sale September 23rd to October loth inclusive.
Turther information may be obtained by ad
dressing Mr. R. O. BEAN, Traveling Passenger
Agent, Jackson, Miss.
J. W. COLEMAN, A. <!. 1'. A.
A Little .Journey to the Sioux City Corn
I’ulacr,
Is the title of a beautiful little book, containing
a most interesting story of how a whole neigh
borhood planned to attend the Corn Palace. The
farm scene is true to life, and will tic heartily ap
preciated By the occupants of every farm home
in Illinois and Iowa. The passenger department
of the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD have
a supply of these hooks, and will take pleasure
in mailing a copy FREE, to all who will ad
dress either of the undersigned.
J. W. COLEMAN.
A. O. 1>. A..
lUigMm New Orleans, l.a.
liegistrar's Notice.
In pursuance of an Act of the Legislature, ap
proved March 13, issts, requiring me as Registrar
of the County of Lincoln to visit each of the vot
ing precincts in said county, and spend one day
at each of said precincts, In order to gi\e all of
those who have railed heretofore to register an
opportunity to do so, I will therefore meet tic
citizens of the county at the follow ing times and
places, to-wit :
East’s Mill,.Monday, October tt, l.W.
Caseyville,.Tuesday, October 7, tsto.
Vaughan’s.Wednesday, October s, isso.
Laril’s Mill,.Thursday, October i>.
Sheep Shed.Friday, October to, lstm.
Rogue Cbitto,.Saturday, October It. lsno.
McClendon's,.Monday, October 13, lstw.
Fair River,.Tuesday, October u, lsno.
Oood Water,.Wednesday. October 13, lstw.
Montgomery.Thursday. October to, is'.o.
Rrookliaven,.Friday, Oetolier 17, lsim.
Rrooklmveu,.Saturday, October is, ts'.m.
Office hours from 9 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock r.
31. J. WARREN.
se]>4-9w Registrar.
CHARLES CHRISM AN. W. S. HOSKINS, Manager.
IN CORRUGATED IRON BUILDING EAST SIDE FRONT ST.
We have just purchased a new and splendid lot of Machinery and are prepared to do
Any Sort of Work in Iron,
Such as liepairing Machiney, Saw Mills and Boilers.
SAW MILL WORK A SPECIALTY.
YITE ARK AGENTS for the Champion Saw.tnanufaetured at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, ami
y\ can furnish any kind of Mill Supplies. We upakaktkk all work. Promptness shajl oca
feature of our business, and we solicit your trade. apU7-tl
city DRire
BROOKHAVEN, MISS
DR. A. LEWENTHAL,
DETAIL * AND * PLANTATION * DRUGGIST.
FRESH DRUSS, PATENT, MEDICINES.
:ANCY CANDIES AND SMOKERS’ SUPPLIES.
FINE SOAP, PERFUMERY,
rOILET ARTICLES, STATIONERY,
Qarden Seeds Faints and Oils.
•HYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY COMPOUNDED.
Grove s Tasteless Chill Tonic
It ii as plaasant to the taste as lemon
syrup. •
The smallest infant will take it ana
never know it is medioine
Children cry for it. Hover fails to
oure.
Chills once broken will not r*t®rn.
Cost you only half the price of other
Chili Tomes. .
Ho quinine needed. Ho purgative
needed .Va„
Contains no poison. Cheaper than
It pnrifleo the Mood and removes aU
pialsrial poison from tbs system.
It is as largo as any dollar tomo ana
RETAILS FOR 50 CENTS.
WARRANTED
C,wnttwua M-k. Vtc. »•18S8
is •§£. -a u
chill. Ur month, part, on.inf Ibym »*• ch„,
within thru wot*. n«»r •“S1""1”*..? ,2. ,„1 Mf
Tonic Ui.T worn halo an« hearty, with rM .c
chMk.. ft nemo Oh. n charm. stljrgoti, M. O.
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fO^ HAl.tS HY
MEADE Hi MARTIN, Brookhaven