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have had a bank account a few
to figure up your balance after you
months, you note that your i
much less than when you had the too ready cash in your pocket.
small or unnecessary spendings have been
AN ACCOUNT AT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
induces saving. The act of drawing a check makes you think whether
Many and many a time your think
the spending is wise or necessary,
g will result in your tearing up the check and keeping the money.
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'Says the Lieutenant Governor Was
Justifiable in Pardoning
Greenville Embezzler.
EXCORIATES NOEL
FOR WILSON PARDON
Miscegenationist Convicted by Leflore
County CTrcuit Court, and Sen
tenced to Thirty Daye, la Pardoned
by Governor.
The following communication to the
Vicksburg Herald, discussing an ed
itorial which recently appeared In the
columns of the News, will be read
with interest.
Greenwood, Miss., May 19, 1908
To the Vicksbung Herald:
Under the caption "Manshlp's Blun
der," I notice a recent editorial lu the
Hattiesburg News, severly crltistng
Governor Manship for the pardon of
William Starling, convicted from
Washington county for the embezzle
ment of bank funds. I am neither an
apologist for Gov. Manshlp's action,
nor an advocate of the liberal use oL
the pardoning power; but
a uuhiI" r 11 i .• i< uiu siancefl pwaooand
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Mb of an-honest, law
fame people. He had
borne an unblemished reputation, was
of sober habits and untiring Industry.
Notwithstanding the verdict of guilty,
many who heard the trial still believe
him innocent, that he had been unwise
and foolish in handling the affairs of a
large business, which had been abso
j lately confided to his unexperienced
I judgement, but that he had never stol
j en nor profited by the failure of the
bank. His honored and aged father,
j absolutely bankrupted by the expenses
of his defense, driven from bis home
qud friends by the shamfe and mortifl
cation attendant upon the conviction
| of his son, had taken his wife and
i younger sons, and igone to bleak north
western Canada, expatriating himself
i so that he might homestead land there.
[ and begin the battle of life anew, and
! the young wife of William Starling
only awaited hls pardon to-leave her
father and mother and go with her
young husband to Join his famll^in
their far Canadian home. He had serv
ed nearly two years of hls sentence.
IN STATE CONVENTION
Natchitoches, La., May 26.—With
delegates from all the local organiza
tions in attendance, the Louisiana gen
eral grand session of the G. G. J. O. of
B. & S. convened here today for a ses
sion of five days. Among the Import
ant matters to be considered are the
BIO IRRIGATION PROJECT
IS COMPLETED IN OREGON
Hearst News Service.
Pendleton, Ore., May 26.—Uncle
Sam will tomorrow txirn water from
the big reservoir upon the land In the
Umatilla government Irrigation pro
ject, this formally opens the great re
. "To What Base Uses!"
One of the oddest and least Inviting
signs travelers to Egypt have come
across Is a notice affixed to one of the
royal tombs, near Luxor, on the banks
of the Nile, and which reads as fol
lows; "This tomb Is especially re
served for luncheons."
NO FALSE ALARM.
Supply of Butter. Eggs, Hen's,
Fryers, and Broilers, and this Is no
false fire alarm either.
B. C. COVINGTON.
Cll Plum street
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The petition for his pardon was signed
with unanimity by the people of the
community where the crime had been
committed, those who had suffered
from his acts joining in the petition
for his pardon
Contrast these circumstances with
the pardon issued by Gov. Noel to R.
Wilson, on the 9th of May. The vice
which has alarmed the thinking men
of our country, more probably than
any other, has been, the unlawful co
habitation of white men with negro
women. In Jthe delta It has wrecked
more young lives, and hurried more
greay-haired, broWen-hearted mothers t
their graves than any oftier, or prob
ably all other vices. It has sapped and
undermined the self-respect of the
young manhood of our country. With
in the past year or two earnest efforts
have been made to arouse public sen
timent on this subject. Public meet
ings have been held denouncing it, and
fearless judges have eloquently charg
ed grand juries In regard to It. As a
result Indictments have been returned
in various eountle- In this judicial dis
trict within the past six months and
among them, at the January term, 1908,
of the circuit court of this county, R.
F. Wilson was Indicted for unlawful
cohabitation with a negress, Katie
Jones, who was also Indicted. The man
had lived In Greenville notoriously
with the same women, and by law and
sentiment forced to ^eave there,,Mdj
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nkufri'y. and his negro par
"were arralnged in open court,
A man of
and both plead guilty,
means, Judge Smith realized that a
fine would be deterrent. It was the
first case, of this kind In which a con
viction had been had before him. He
desired to stigmatize the offense so
that the young men of the delta might
realize that It was under the ban of
law and sentiment,'and was odious,
He imposed a fine of $300, and a sew
tence of thirty days In the county Jan.
Notwithstanding the plea of guilty, an
.appeal to the supreme court was pro
secuted by the defendant, and on the
4th of May the court affirmed the sen
tence of the lower court, and on the
16th of May, Governor, Noel, moralist,
purlBt, Christian gentleman, granted a
pardon to Wilson. No petition was dr
culated that I have ever heard of for
this pardon here; none, I am informed,
In Greenville. The granting of it was
not In accord with, but adhorent to
the decent sentiment of both counties.
We feel that a deadly blow has been
struck at the enforcement of law by
the man sworn to enforce it.
f ai* there be^but one answer to the
question. "Did Noel Blunder?"
permanent establishment of a home for
widows and orphans and plans for the
continuation of charity and endow
ment to beneficiaries. The member
ship of the grand body la given at
4,900, a gain during the last year of
about 500.
clamatlon enterprise, I'he .vast reser
voir will flood 18,000 acres when filled
to Its full capacity. A special excur
sion to Hermlston and an enthusiastic
celebration at that* place will mark the
completetion of the work.
She and tha Chancellor.
Having been Introduced to the ven
erable chancellor, tbe beautiful maid
en looked at him curiously for a iho
ment and then. Just to start the con
versation In the right direction, asked:
"Don't you find it awfully trying to
have to chancel when you don't feel
like It?"
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in fine quality.
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Under Suspicion.
[Copyright? 19*, by T. C. McClur..]
Colonel Jayne of Massachusetts had
the honor on one occasion of befrlend
lug and entertalutng Colonel Swartz
of the Royal Germau artillery. This
was in London, where they were both
strangers and both happened to be
stopping at the same hotel. The Ger
man colonel was assaulted and robbed
on the street In the evening, and for a
week, or until be could send for money,
be was the guest of the American.
There was something rather queer
about the Incident The two gentle
men were "slumming" when a public
carriage suddenly baited beside them
and two men sprang to the ground and
attacked the German, while a third
sought to hold hack the American.
The attempt was made to force the
German ftato the carriage, and It might
have been that bis money was lost
during the struggle. The American
fought for his companion, and the fel
lows were finally driven off. It looked
more like a case of attempted abduc
tion than of a holdup, but as the Ger
man argued the other way the Amer
ican had to be satisfied.
It was five years before the two met
agnin. This time It was on the Ger
man frontier, and both were bound
for St Petersburg. Colonel Jayne was
traveling for pleasure; the other ex
plained that be was on a secret mission
for his government He made this qj*
planation because he had shaved off
his luxuriant whiskers and was other
wise disguised and recognition was ac
cidental. Colonel Swartz was well ac
quainted In the capital city, nnd It was
arranged that the two should stop at
the same hotel and take In the sights
together. They did take
rooms on their uwivsL Uu t .t
fining
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olonel
Jlrfle abt but with Yankee Impatience
to see the sights. Three times during
the forenoon straugers approached him
and muttered some words. They were
Russians who evidently belonged to
the middle class, and in each case tbe
colonel thought they were Inquiring
their way. He therefore shook his
head and passed on. DurlDg the after
noon he discovered that his footsteps
being dogged, but he took this
were
rather as u Joke than otherwise. He
did not return to hls hotel until Just
at dinner time and then found a couple
of police officers waiting to arrest him.
They had already visited hls rooms
and overhauled hls baggage. Colonel
Swartz was missing and had been
since boon. His baggage bad also been
overhauled, and the officers seemed
much chagrined at tbe man's escape.
much chagrined escape.
Colonel Jayne had known absolutely
nothing of the German before meeting
him at tbe hotel In London. He had
tnken the man for what he claimed to
•be. He bad no Idea that he was an
Impostor, so far ns name and rank
went, nnd that be was one of tbe most
active nihilists In or ont of Russia.
The three men that bad approached
tbe American on tbe streets probably
belonged to that order as well. Tbe
German happened to be returning to
Russia at tbat time, nnd accident had
discovered the two men to each other.
After being under examination for
half a dny Colonel Jayne was sent to
an official higher up. Here he was met
by the papers taken from hls baggage.
He bad made n month's stay In Lon
don before starting for Russia and bad
received several letters from friends
at home. One of them had Jocosely
written:
"Don't Xorget that the first thing to
be doue on your arrival In 8t. Peters
burg Is to call on the emperor and give
him mf love and. tell him to bang on
to his Job as long as the pay'comes In
every Saturday night." «
"How can you, n person entirely ulT
known here, Becure audience with hls
majesty?" was asked.
"I can't, of course." was tbe reply.
"Then why should this person have
thns written?"
"He Is what we call a Joker."
"Joker? Joker? Does be dare hold
his majesty up to ridicule'! And you
nre to give hls love to the czar of all
Russia. Just as one peasant woman
sends her love to another! And how Is
thfls about bolding hls Job? What does
job mean?"
"Hls place, sir."
"But bis majesty's [dace
est In the land, and to sp
a 'Job' Is to speak with disrespect.
And the pay every Saturday night, as
If tbe great czar was but a common
laborer!"
"I shall take great pleasure In telling
the writer of tbat letter what an ass
be Is tbe very first thing when I get
home," replied the colonel.
"And here la another letter In which
you nre advised not to make any ex
cursions to Siberia In the winter sea
People are sent To Siberia for
is tbe high
peak of it as
son.
serious offenses against the law. Were
you contemplating a crime that this
person should write you thus? It must
be so."
"I'll recommend him to the nearest
Idiot- asylum," promised the colonel.
The examination lasted three days In
all, during which time tbe American
was a prisoner nnd lived on prison
fare. Then, accompanied by two gen
darmes, be was escorted to the German
frontier and warned never to set foot
In Russia again. Colonel Swartz got
Into Germany ahead of him, and they
met again, but when tbe German ex
tended biz band tbe other drew blm
self up stiffly and replied:
"No, sir! No, sir! 1 don't know yon,
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