The Copiah signal., February 24, 1882, Image 3

About The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883

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:;v ost iil H. JOIWSTOX.
Jla/lrl.rrst, 1-VlV '21. 1SS2. 1
1H 111 ■
AU fitly yearn old and over i
nra t vuipt If >ui working on the
H’rco***.
< i. n. McClellan, it is mid, is spoken
of as a candid do for the nt xt 1’fOii*
doner, hr some of tho D» mocra's.
Orange conuly, Florida, has eight
thou and inhabitants, and only three
paupers
Tho Agricultural aud Mechanical i
College, asks for an approprivi m ol !
$ 110,000.
Soldo Poller, died on the 13„h. at
J i uii*vill»». Ho wa3 well kuo’.vn,
l ot i as an educator aud ui an *u
t hor.
Thirty million barrels r»f potro’.i
etu aro iu store ia Pennsylvania. It
is enough to last all the world for th
reat four years. *
Nearly thirty-three dollars was the
printers f.*o for tho publication «»f th*
eelirq tent, tax lis* iu Hurison coqu
iv, aud ia Jtckor it was almost
MX’v—ix dollars.
W • uo iro that Col. AY. IT, McCar
dlo, of this Shite, and Ayddotte, of
Ohio, have severed thoir count ctim
with tho American ITcgister, publish
ed at Washington.
Mr*. M irgan t H m »h«ry, of No v
Orleans, in thud. Sli* was owner ol
M trgarei’s Bakery, well known id.
i vi'r the mercantile w >r\l. H**r
death will l»c regretted by all who
iv»r hoard of her. E*ory worthy
charity was mot by her with open
1 suds and a sympathizing ho irt.
Senator Georgs, of Mha:ssippi, has
introduced a bill for tho onoiursgs
i isutofmauuf tctu. tMund agriculture,
i••pc ils tho duties on machinery, f »t
i tnanafac*ory of woolcu and cot
* in g-» Hls »itd on goods containing
temp and j i«% on ajricullur.il im
)<!e:u.*ats nud cot to 1 ties, aud nU<<
on the tools nwd in mechanical lub »r.
Tiik A. II. College a.Is for an
appropriation of one hundred nnd
1*1 fly thousand dollars. This is n
right healthy appropriation, but ev
idently something must bo done, or
tLis institution inaugurated two
years ag» with such a flourish < f tri
umph, will prove a fiilnro. Two
things are absolutely uceessary for
the welfare i f th<J students, to-wit:
a supply of water not impregnated
with the line* iod'g:uous to tho place,
and a hospi'td. Hud tho crnimis&iou
width selecte»l Statkville, been nctn
r».‘t«l by a d sire to fix the c dlego a*
tiio most unsuitable place c.ffored,
they could not have acquitted than
noire* bitter. II lwcver well it may
suit cast Misshtippiaus, to the aver
age pirey woods boy or ti e youth
Iri m the i.vor coun io**, it is not u
ail suitable, arid unless artificial
means bo used to supply good water,
tho Is ys of this section of the state
will bn practically excluded from the
benefits ol the college.
Thero will doubtless ho appropria
ted bv the prefont Legislature at
lwt $100,01)0 f >r tin? Lem lit of c»!
leg-.s fur b..ys, and not one cent for
glils. This may be right; perhaps
a girl Ins no need of an i deration;
perhaps her mind is not capable of
grasping a:i idea above simple do
m stio duties, or of cooking aud
washing and marrying, aud b. earn
ing tho s ave, not companion, of hi r
educated Liubsnd; wo say periapt*
so— at bust it would seem our law
tusker*thought so, for whin tb.o till
asking for 821,000 with which to stint
a feiunle o.Ucgo or school, it was re
jected by a large majority, Some
how, however, wo can’t get the idoa
out of our head that a girl is about its
good, nn.l as smart naturally as u
boy, aud is j ;st as capable of receiv
ing an education, and this dtscritiii*
nation in fuv jr of boys is unjust, to
ti.y the least
A Tim**o Democrat special frerr
Jitcksou, Miss., dated Febr., 21 at-,
says: Tuia evoning a meeting ol
tSmitoif; and Representatives from
tbo river districts was btld in tin*
«Giro of Gov, Lowry, nnd active
stej.H were taken for the relit f of die
M.flfjrvrbfrom tbo 11 x>d. Tbcio will bo
u request tomorrow to tbo L g:*la
tenro for cn appropriation. lin»o!a
lions vr.ro adopted asking Gjv.
Lowry to inform tlio Chambers of
Commerce of Now Orleans, M* m;*Li*
uiid St. L mis of tho nc ion of the
mooting, and to solicit their aid in ;
relioving{h«j8uft‘orcrs; al^rrcjacB ing
him to call for g ivernraont aid,
tbroogh’lbe United Slatej and Hep*
rfsen'atives in C-.mgresn.
G.m. llmcock, vho was invited by
t‘io L gisUtuir to visit Jackson dn
iirg i!s cannot rccept the
invi ntioi:,« wing toother in:po:tnnt
«bt lb h.
1 he T egislitare will adjourn about
Murib 4.
Ailleti ( »I Land.
Col. J. D. Sit'vai t intioducidn
•ill in (lie Si ii ito tho first of the
r» f k, pertaining to tho nwesnent
»f la*«di» which completely revolution
7."» the pment rys'.cin. It provides
hit tho Hoard of Supervisors will
mid h rpcciul meeting for this pur
a so, and appoint five property liol
lera in each supervisor’* district, to
neot with tho b^aid. One disttict
will bo taken up, and nil tho kinds
u such district will bo scru’inz d by
Ibis hourd of Equaliz ition, and it
\ny is found amiwsod t«»o high, it
will be reduced; if found too low,
will bo raised. Thin courao will In
pursued to tho end of tho roll. A
*uOi:icnt time will ho allewod own*
cm of land to make obj ctionn, it de
sired, after which tho clerk of tho
Hoard (tho Chancery C!o:k) will
make out two copies, ono for the
shor IT, and tkt* other for theAudi'or
This will bo done annually; new
rolls will he prepared every year.—
That romo'hing should he d >nu to
tiring about l>«lt«u assessments is ob
vious. Under tl.e present law, nod
p:«v, n perfect sasescment is impossi
blo. It is tot proposed than this
Uivdof Equal is it jou thouM taku
snap j lagnrm nuu wuu io
••ardUtw of the owner’s opinion; nm
pie notice will lie given wbon inch
Mipci virots district is to bo taken up,
•iml the lat.il owner may bo present
if he dio-iiiH. Wo believe such a sys
tem would biing about good r<sJ:s.
ii the b <urd performed ilS duty, the
lirst rtsfC9cuunt would show au euor
mona increaso in tho valuo of prop
er!)’ throughout tho state, for it is n
notorious fict that laud is r inly, if
over g’vca in at its trim value. I he
I mds in this c aunty, for instance,
rut go iu value from $•"» to S2u pel
u re; certainly eroty ncr-‘ ol tillable
l»ud will average ten <K>Hura rer
acre, yet we doubt if there ia a farm
in the conn tv assessed at ten dollars
an acre; indeed more hind can bt
found u s l at one dollar per acre
than ten dollars.
The chief objection, if Forms to n\
is its p 'Hsible urn* inatitutiorality. I’
practically d *os u>» ly with the < face
of As‘t; s)r, and a* thi* oflh*o is ti.vil
by the Constitution, any lev lo* king
to its abolishment, would bo uncon
stitutional.
♦
Ora people will be gratifi *d lo know
tlmt C cgnusis at last waking up
to the importance of some legisla
•iva notion [/£• king to tho mpprCH
sion of Mormonism. T/isi we» k, i h»*
donate parsed what is known uh tin
Edmonds* I'obgatuy L5i I, tho tn iiu
features of which is tho practical dis
franchisement ofPolygipii*t*. Those
are uot only prohibited from being
sen! ns d legates 11 C 'Ug-osn, bnt
can hold 1.0 i llice « f any kind, 01
perform any if the functions --f ci.i
ztnship. lb*fore accepting tiffin*,
each citizen must tuku oath that be
is cot u polygamist, and any poij iry
on tLiso.dli is punished with inipru -
iniuoid in tho pet i’outi iry. T» pro
vent luo aurmo i cieoum C”iumiu
donera from evading this provision,
a special electoral board is created,
which is to pvss on all oloc'ions.—
This b ard will bo appointed by’ tin
Presided, nnd wi! bo, consequo-.tly,
freo from Mormon influences. To ii
is given almost illimitable power ov
er all election question*. It is, ol
course, <u’y an initiatory mc.uuru
meant to break tho political power
of tho Mormons in Utah. It musi
be f llowod up, and it will be, by u
law punish'ig polygamy. With the
offices in Uml;* tho legislature nnd
tho courts, out <>f tho control of the
church of the Latter Day S tints, this
is practicable nnd easy. Tho I'M
umadn’ bill ib tho opening wedge;
and tho country will r« j >lco inreeiug
tho ntinniinity nnd zud wi Ii which
Congress ue*8 ngiinst the so polyga
mists, who have hitherto nmnngod P.
kill a 1 unfrii n.liy lcgUlatim.
Tho first number of tin Copiah
Signal, by 0 war H. Johnston, was
igned ou tho lOih inst. It is neatly
printed and well ti led with edito'i
tla and good selection*. Wo wbb
this tntorpri o much success. Thirty
nine years ngo It 13, W 11. To ho
publish* d a pn^or ut Gallntin, then
the cmrt house town of this county,
called "Tno Sigi ul,” which was the
homo org.\u id tho late Albert G.
Drowu, in tho cauvass of that year,
when ho was elected Governor the
first tiniH. Wii do not know who the
new S gnul will elect to congress n*
the ensuing election.—Copiah an.
When tho proj>cr time arrives we
will let you know; however, wo will
•eiy this, that ha will be a Simon
pure Democrat.
A special from AHheviMo, N. 0.,
says: On Monday a section of Ddd
Mountain, half a milt* squaro, slid < IT
into the valley with a crash that
'hook tho eanh .and frightened tin*
inhabitants for miles around. Tho
teiror was as great, but not to long
continued hs four yea’s ngo. when it
was oxp’Chd that Laid Mountain
wonM become a volcano. No expla
na’i m is efT red. but many specula
t ns uri* ma l«. The people are afraid
to venture upon a close elimination.
iit»\v A. i'lottclivit Turill*
Woi’kH,
lo the U. S. Senate, 1 mt week, Sen
ator Vance made nn able speech up
on tin* proicctivo tariff. He deplored
tbo I n del,a of high protective puli
. y, winch foil willi (lie groatoni
weight u ion the rgrietillur.d cla*a, i
»ud did more to roiaid the growth i
and impair the wealth of the South
than any other cause. This policy. |
ho thought, illustrated Iho general,
drift of 0 mgressiond legislation in
enacting for or.o ei ct ou of the coun
try to absorb and utilize the omolu
mcntH mid benefits of govorntnant to
j :lie exclusion of another icction.—
Thin tendency was manifest in the
disposal of public lands. Of the to
tal given in aid of the construction
| f railroads, tbo North hoc a rod th“
lion’s share. lUilrotul corporations
in the north lmd received, for build
ing railronds 133,311,000 acres, while
, the only Southern corporation that
had rrccivul anything, if by a poetic
stretch of imagination the Southern
Pacific conld to culled a Southern
Corporation, wns given y.bltU.iJUli
acres; 4,.*00,6(H) acres Imd boon giv.
on in aid o' Noitbirn *vnals, au«l not
»soli ary aero for this purpeso in
ibe South. As to tho amounts for
educational pnrposcs, the dispaii v
wnatuieb, Mr. Vaoco thought, ns to
put to shnmo any man who accused
t! e South of illiteracy, md boasted
of the North’s Mipcii -r intelligence,
Im>c iuso while 7d,‘2t7,ObO acres of the
c-miraon property of tho people hud
Ireon given for tho support of the
xcb'vils in tht N irthorn State*, bu*
0,3:11.000 had gino to aid the S null.
In tl.t* northern i:i*< m il improve
mi nts (lie government lud 1 xpi nded
0*/J,0ol,000 and f.»r similar purposes
111 tho Southern Stntes $‘22,250,000
A calculation showed, as a grand to
tal < f in *uey mi 1 bon la expended by
govcrnnioat f.*r tho benefit of the
North, $575,302,000 against $1)1,814
000, usd donation of £-10,4-10,000
ncres of hind against £8,310.000 o!
acres. B.*sid -s this, seven tenths o'
h!1 t'..o emoluments of public office
were ongrg*d by N-uthcm people.
D uionuciiig protcctian as a robbery,
aud r* f rring to the text of the 5a
prrme C >urt decision in support o'
his insertion that thi-j term hod 1)00"
applied by that court to the present
nyatuu. Mr. V-nco ridiculed what
ho called the hypocrisy of tho maun
factun rs’ cry of pio'cctiou to Amer
ican 1 >bor. Ho denied that pro'.oc
-linn built n;> a l» »mo •■•‘(.i
for tho inanuf icturers.
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Numerals clmrters for railroad
cam panics liavo passed tho Legisla
ture. Among the most important,
arc the Georgia Pacific—crossing
the State and running on an n?r lino
;roin Cuhir.ilun to Greenville—nr.d
iha Y /. »o Valley and Mississippi
li ver Krilroad, which is projected
from oomo point on tho Chicago, St.
Louis and New Orlenus Tlailroad to
Arkansas City, on tho Mi'sissippi
li ver, via Y zmCi'y. Those char
ters are precisely in tho form re
quired by tho c unpaid*, s as a condi
n >m io the construction of tho mods
They are * xernpt from taxation twen
ty y. nrs. Tho general r-n per vision
1. j 1 which has passed the House ex
empts thorn from its op* ration ten
years after ita const motion. There
is no obstructive legislation propound
* .»r possible, ami it is now toil f.>r tlie
ei rporntions after tho exhibition ol
this abounding spirit cf liberality on
(lie part of the Legislature,.to go on
with the work. Tne builders of I lie
Meridian A New Orloana road, * very
font of which is under con'ract, is
►fitting them a good example,—Clar
ion.
Wo learn fr<*m CiidL T. D. Harris,
that Sountor Win, IUtutT, of tiiif
county, dine j vet d I \oal in Winstai*
county daring tho war, aud Unit
shortly after tho surrender ho tent
Win. Carr up there to pure huso the
!uud ou which ho found tho oral
Carr purchased one hundred aud for
ty acres for him, lying within one
and a half miles of H •uhsvillo, the
county feat of Wins'ou. Some of
■ this coal \vn» brought hero and lo.s'cd
hy J iiucb M r.ittoriii'Q, a blacksmith
who pronounced it very g >od. When
donator llitliff was burned out here,
ho s ild tho land to Capt Harris, who
lias owned it ever siuc\ Ctipt. II ir
| ris told Dr. K'*ru shout it, nnd pro
posed to Kell him a half interest in it.
Hut work Dr K *rnwont to !o k a*
i*, snd when he re turned lie clfihrod
to purchaao tho wh do, but Harris re
fused to sell nnro than a half inter
est. The doctor then went to Jack
i Aon to buy Ibo snrroundiug laudf
from tho State hut found tha* an Ea- j
glish Syndicate ha<l bought it all up ;
beforo lio roachod there. Mr. Harris
informs us that tboro is a rangj of •
mountains running from his coal j
1 mine up into N ucubco county, and i
! it is believed that i* is nU underlaid j
with e nl. Tho Natch* z Jackson and
! G.ilumbns railroad will I o likely to
I run along tho base ol thi s raouutain
and in u few years we may bo burn- ;
, iug M'ss ffiippi cvi', A\ o have no,
, doub» there is coil, iron, copper nnd
1 oth°r precious orei iu oilier parts of
. the State, and thut it will bo soon
developed.
Mic 1 own Char*
I IT*
An Act to amend tho charter of tin
town of IIi</'ohiir*t, Copiah coun
ty, Miss., and tho several acts
amendatory thereto.
Furr»>!* 1. Bo it enacted by the
L't? Hlatnro of tho State of Missis
sippi, Tnat tho farm of oflico of
Major, Aldermen, Treasurer and
Marshal of tho town of Ha/lehurst,
Copiah county, bo and tho same is
heriby made two years instond of
one, and that the terms of tho pres
•*nt encumbents of Iho said < tlio* h be
and they are hereby extended to
two yoarj from tho date of their in
troduction into oflico; That the mu
nicipal elections of said terms shall
hereafter be held bienunally iustoad
of nnnudly.
See. 2. Bo it further enacted, That
tho Mnyor and Board of Aldermon
of said town, nro hereby author:/. »d
nml required to lix tho *n!iri<M of
Mayor, Treasurer and Marshal of
Maid town within twonty days after
the pu?isa';<; of tin* not.
Fee. 3 Bolt farther enacted, That
the uext municipal election beheld
on tho 31 Tnoadty abcrt’ie 1st M >n
<h»y in November, 1SS3, nml bienni
al y lliero iftor, and that a M ir.dia;
b>r said town of Iln/lehurat shall be
eUc’cd by the electors of said town
in the same manner at tho Mayoi
uml o’bcr municipal ofll.rra arc c!cc
tod.
S*<\ !. I• j it further eractul, mat
• he mayor and hoard of nldcrinou
-dinll pro\ido f< r tho regul ition cf
tho voters of said town ari 1 that no
person ho nil -w« d to voto at any
municipal election in said town whoso
name tines not appear upon tho tog
s'ration bo ks in said town; said
u-gistrntion book* to bo opened
twenty days before any municipal
election, and closo on Saturday be
fore election day at tin biennial elec
ion, and at any special tie tion, said
l ooks shall he closed one day lieftre
n.iid special election shall l»o hold.
S.e. ."> 11 • it further oracled, Thai
«<-c!inQ 11*22 • f dm U-viaod Co lo ol
UJ83, iu r-1 ition to tho sale of vi
nous nnd spiriton-t liquors at anj
.•oncral oleefion in this State, ho am!
•ho Bitno is hereby made npplioible
to any munh-ipa! election h dd it* Hu
‘own of II.i7.1chur»t, under tin saint
pains aud ponulties and with the
same limits and prescriptions as aro
in 3‘tid section 112‘J provides!.
Sea 0. Bj it fnrthor enactod that
m'I a«u and o irts of nets in coull cl
with this ant vc and the sarno act
hereby rep"alod a nil that this act
take eff «ct aud bo in forca fr »ru a*.il
sf*er its jnwoage,
[Tho nmoudw *ut was defeatod in
iho Senate, because of obj e i ms oti
tlm part of many of our fellow citi*
:: ms.]
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The Southern Hour bon.
Tho following is un ox’ract from
rn article in tho Atlantic Monthly,
written by nil iudependont and
thoughtful gentiemin, whose letters
to tho Now York Tribune list ye nr
attracted so much attention:
As used iu tho North, tho word
“Bn bon” desig tales n class of white
men, c uuponod chi» lly of tho loid
mg citizens of the Southern States
Tho Bourbons nro tho principal
Ivmuc.h men, lawyers, physician*,
toucher*, clergymen, merchants aud
farmers of the South. They are every
where the leaders of society, iu Ibe
sense of die word. Tlmy sustain tho
churches, and give efficiency to the
moral activities nnd dicioline of tho
|.»c il c immunities as they hnve thus
far nltHined. Takeu broadly or gm
orally, this class inclmlas tho best
ponplo of tho South, or most of them.
They tir.- Bourbons because in poli
tics tluy are Democrats, and act in
opposin'’" 10 vuo priucipice, (niiiuy
ujelli. d» of tho Itupublic.iu party,
which has administered ’the national
government vine© tho titno of of onr
civil war.-In Iho Southern States the
term Bourbon has uo distinct signi
ficaU' t. It is applied iudisciiiuiuatoly
i*y all classes of polilicuu* to any
b >dv who difT.-rs with thorn, It in
tho o a confident though empty
epituet or name of reproach. Every
polith i n inmsto that his pa ty is tne
party of progress, ct improvement
tho leprcHOtitativo and embodiment
of tho only idea by which society can
exist or civilation bo maintained;mid
ho is of conrso entitled to stigmautz
his oppouotn os 3 "irbona. Tuu word
in a Hlmtn or burlesque woapj in llie
South, and is used th. ro by ovory
boJy in poli'icd wrangling, "for nil
it is worth." As to tho Southoru men
who co a pose the clans to which this
uAtne is usually applied iu the North,
I am compelled to say (but, aside
from politic d matters, they aro much
like our p oplc, or like the best peo
ple iu our Northern communities.
They do not appear to lovo what
is wrung for its own sake, nor to pro
f r ful-eho >d, bisenoss, craelty or
injustice tho virtues and good qual
ities wliioh nre clsowero revered by
good men. They aro amiublo.truthfnl
c- uscioutioU1*, kind, public-spirited
and religions, reiomb'ing very close
ly tho foroin >nt men iu our Now
Ragland towus in all the important
elcmoutr o' personal char actor; dif
fering mly, in geuornl, in being
uioio com nnuic itivo and having leas
chiwu thin IH u still 11*110 »g Now
K 'g'a'idurti. As to tlior political
nelion/it scorns to run to luvo Irion
lor Bomnyoars largely heviahlo; tin*
necessary product and result of the
peculiar eruditions of life arid society
in tlio Eolith sinoa civ l v/.»r It does
not appear to luvo ln*ou o dn|{ to
sheer depravity on their part, nor to
any choice or agency of theirs Hint
tboio whs far some years a disturbed
and nnsottled state of th ngs in the
S nit hern Stato*, C tllirious between
d lLront Hiss.'s followed uunvoiJ.i* ,
bly upon tiioolcvati in 'of tbo inunei* j
paled slavns into political superiori*)
| uvtr ihe.disfraclnaed white cll’>. ins,
I <f tho country. Thorn has novor boon |
I my mich tMMipletonesi of orgaui*1
j /.ition among the people of tho Sooth |
Uiucc the war as miny persons be
I iievo to have existed there. That ‘
| nart of our'cotintry is..distinguished
by much greater feebleness of com*
! tnuuity und less organic lifo than I
b**!o ig< to N irthetu society, and the
Houbjrtis are not roally responsible j
frr every-!hing that has been done
s u'h of Mason rnd DixoiTs lino. !
I shall have luoru to say liereafaer of
Southern politics. Hero I wish only j
to place tho so-called Hjurb »n type
ns plainly as possible before my
• toad era. Tho non tl.ua designated
arc, ns a class, tinluou'ly social',
hospitable, honest ami upright men,
‘ if wo leave their politics pin t of view.
They have in large measure built up
•md maintained such moral, social
iudu-itrinl and religions orgntita ition
, an l activity as too Son'll now pos
ses-'e-’, und uiu.'b of what is best and
■ in«3t encouragh g i i tho present
stato of things in the priucipal
Southern Slates is duo to them, and
to tin ir effort for practical rooon
4mcii>n in a time of extrerao difi*
pnlty and uncertainty, when their
rcu >ccs were most discouraging*}'
Menn**r, :mu wuou mey mm m* .|h«~
cedents to guide them except such
ns were furnished by tho experience
of nmiihiud in tho long contest be
tween c;vil:juti*in end barbarism in
lIn. pant. I think they hfivo made
mistaken und have done wrong
tiling* since the war. I am not cer
tain that wc, or anybody els»% wjjhl
havo done better tl.au they.
, In c mvermtion with tho gentle*
men, I c-virywboru expuamd my
conviction that i! legal inhrferenc*
with the negr •» nlTrngo could not he
continued wi'hont thy most rerions
injury to nit Southern intorost*' nud
that it would bn better that South
ern men—Democrats—should milk*
tlit* bath t entirely free to all who ur«
! legally cititled to it* possession, and
then endure whatever ills mis.b
reaiilt. They always replied that
disturbance, violence and fraud were
e.icu year diminishing, aud that ne
gro political! supremacy would b„
lutesly rnninuH f .r tho Statoand for
society, und undated ttin», if the II;*
publican party iu tho South p>r?0"8*
id the character und employed th«
methods of tho aani** party i'i the
North, they would gl idly co-operate
' With ir; tnntmey wern n-uOj iu o;..
card nud abandon their present poli
tied organisation whou ever uuy
other party would take np tho real
problems of tho South, and seriously
ad Iroi-s itsolf to their aoiu'iou.
Iu studying llio Botirbona I liave
1m on force*! to c mcltiJo that nothing
ha* vot been attained anywhere
much hotter than tho do:m>ito life
' *f this class of Southern people, iu
it* inlelligeuco, rellnem-nt, beauty
and general elevatiou and wu ole
aomouesa.
Cry*:«! spring Items.
Bov. l>r. Wood'oridge, of Wesson,
filled the pulpit of tho Presbyterian
church i ist Sabbath.
Mr. Fairraan, our new Postmaster,
givo8 imiveraal satisfaction iu tho
perfurmnneo of his duties.
Tho C*ystal Springs Dramatic
Club scored a great success by their
performince at Terry one uight la^t
week.
Mims’ livery stable, is one of the
solid institutions of Crystal Spriugs,
High stepping horse?, li'io bnggio
.nd bauds .mo turn-outs of all kinds
attract a large busiuoss.
Tho members of tho Episcopal
church in Crystal Springs, are maks
iug arrangements to liavo thu servi
cos of n minister, and will probably
ivhrship in tho Kondnll Hill, nutil
their church building is put in re
pair.
i
Tho Peabody school of Crystal
Springs, I’rof. Bareli, Principal, with
Mrs. Taylor, and Miss K reiser, assis
tants, was uovor in a more prosper
ous condition. Tho touchers un
doing faithful work.
Oul. Clias. Humphries, the boss
I "pilgrim’’ of tho road, roprosontiug
colossal grocery house of John I.
Adams St Co., of New Orlcaus, left
for the Croeont City last Sunday
; night, to enjoy tho foativitios ol
Mardi Gras.
Mr. J. W. Parsons, tho live saw
mill man of Gallman, was in <
town on Monday 1 ist. Mr. Parsons
is ono of tho fow men in tho world |
who know how to make a saw mill
pay. He verifies tho old adage,
“there is nioro in tho mau, than
there is in tho laud.’’
i Tho new ccinotory near town ex
hibits many evidouces of refined
' taste atid merooco for tho dead
Th« burying ground near O’.d Crye
j tnl Springs, whero lio interrod tho re
miius of many of tho pioueor settlers
of Copiah and their deemdun's, is
sadly nog'ooted, aud will so im l>« tin
open common. 1
Mucti Myiii winy M fen by Iho cn*
iZoiib of Cryidul Spring*, for tho f.un
i!y of R*v. Dr. LiuAold, in thoir af
fliction. The ministerial Ubir of
Dr, LhiAtild in this town will long be
’’omrmberftd and will b' ar fruit for j
uiony year* to como. Wo trust Iho
<ympatliy exorassed will assume a
subatuneiu! form.
Tbo o’d and well known firm of
(1. II. Appel, wont into liquidation on
Mur Jay last by deposing ol
the ontiro B*oek rind iAbets to
John T 11 u die A: Co., of New Or*
lean*. Mr. A. tenaiuing iu charge
ro wind up llioalfiiri of tho bonso
Mr. Ap;»**I hns boen in the mercan
tile bu'.inoss in Crystal Spring* for a
period of over twenty yea: h and bcR
>i justly earned reputation for honor
mil uprightness in all transactions.
No less than eight business estab
lishments iu Crystal Sprang*, have
withiu the last fow months rotired,
or nro iu process of liquid ition by
eseigiieoB, N <t withatiiuding Iho
withdrawal of so many from active
bu iuosn, ibtre are still enough 8iib
stunciil Arms loft to furnish all need
rd Mipolies for tho next crop. We
understand nun.mil ciru i* exorcised
iu making new contracts, and an ex
ceptioicilly good showing has to be
undo by those wautiog crnlit. In
mod ciqes tlio land owner bus to a«
mmo tho rcspouai’dlity when tlie
crop is worked ou share*, or if rant* cl
the owner bus t> waive rent until tho
supply bills nro paid. The following
firms with ntnplo capiful aud large
facilities aro engaged in advancing
••uppUca etc: J. C. Smith, A. F. An
dre, Dari.es Sc Wilkins in, Bciknm At
Uro., V L. Terrell, A. LoDerhon, B
Y. Fulton, W. I*. Birues aud II. Har
row 'V. C ».
♦ * -
Wi*>mhi Items.
Mr. hem Smith. hn* resumed busi
ness in Wesson. In r-iit'h a growing
to.mi a* this it does not pay to leave
capital idle.
Tile plot of the new mill lias lieen
drawn l»y tie- .-nipctiuteiidcnt, Mr. Hop
kiiis.ui It i- to lie ;!'• I feel long three
sioiies high. It will l»c one of the
most durable and suh-tuucial build
ings in the State.
Vaccination has somewhat subsided.
The operative-' were vaccinated by
relays, forty every other day. ^ oil ean
count the sore arms by the live hun
dred*, though only a few have had to
1 stop work.
In Watson Park, ean be seen a house
(used by a |Mi*tngrnphcr.) put up with
out a nail, screw or wedge. When
you call by, stop in ami i...< ir
you have your picture taken, don't
n»m pin in if it favors you.
The Hoard of Health of wesson, i*
composed of the following named gen
tlemen: ( apt (diver,*/. X. Cook, J. X.
cobb, Mr Torrcy, ids /,'ownu, ibiilcr
and .Sexton. .Vpt-ciul commit Ices have
l»een appointed to investigate ponds,
etc*, to report at lhe next m eting. liv
ery fiT>:tus will Im* pushed to put Mo
town in good sanitary cnudilioii.
h ist Friday night at tlit- town ludi
tin- lirst grand utas*picrade and fancy
dress hall wti* given. Kvery thing
passed olTso nicely that it is to be re
peated soon, Messrs Diane, Kobiusou
i and connelly are the imvs.
\\:mt suit id a democratic will
Wesson gel up liming the next can
vass.' Her population will have
doubled by that time, ami nolmdy Imt
.S'imon pure democrats can live in this
air The average oilier fceekcr had
hetter In* easting loiiud down this way
now, if lie wants to he elected.
The Mite .Society of wesson, met last
Friday night. This has gotten to be
one of the living entities ol this town.
Tile meetings are well attended by tin*
young people, and every one semis
to eijoy the evenings, which are passed
in (lie usual way at sucli entertain
ments.
Hie Spelling Match, was n grand
success. The spelling was very good.
Tlir young mail wlio left town l>e
niusehc mispellcd the word Glechkcit
schaftshizrigiinty (pronounced Iclili
ten) was tin* most Neiisitivc individual
we liahe ever heard of. Why anyone
eni. spell procession by going slow!
The Spelling Match is to Ik* repeated
on the tMtli of March.
Senator George's Tariff Bill.
Vicksburg Commercial:—Senator
Coorgo bos introduced a bill in tbc
•wuOo removing tbo duties from
machinery to bo used in manufactur
es, from ngricnUnrnl implimcnts nod
from cotton ties. Wo asked why lie
did not make bis bill moro compre
hensive, aud rotuovo the turiff from
i number of other articles nocossary
to tbo people, tbo sen dor replied.
"The present bouno of representa
tives is strongly protective. I have
no hope of securing any very large
mod.ficA’ion of the tariff laws n*»til
the people send anti-protective rep
resentative to congress. About the
only tbiug that wuenn do i> to ut
tnck tbo iniquities and lotqualities of ^
tbo tariff in detail. I have Bcdectcd j
such articles fur relief os I thought
would most likely meek with favor
in l success, and which seemed to
prar.licilly bom lit to tbo people.
Just now it is tbo fash
ion for not them protectionist* I
u> express great sympathy for lilt
South nnd an.ofixioos desire to i*i»l
iu her restoration to prosperity. I
hope th.iso expressions nro sincere.
If ti.e f aro, hero is off no 1 a g > »d op
p»r:unityt) prove it. If they nr >
not, it is well for tho pnoplo of the
South to learn by their action upon
tho legislation propound t>y thic bill
lr»w hollow these professions sr**.
If thoy refnso to allow mocbanic.*,
who work hr thorusclvcs and who
are not tho servants of groat manti*
freiuring corpora i ms, to bay their
tools where they ctu purchase the n
ohnapest, and compel them to buy
tools tint nro taxed bouvily for tho
benefit of tho great manufacturers it
will be clearly aeon that this cry for
protection for tho American laborer
is a rasro device to oppreis him for
tho benefit of the favored class.”
Combined 1 lingo «.v Itollor
For Farm Calcs.
Thin Hinge is wrought iron, and
will Ust a lifo-timo. The very bust
device ever invuntod for hanging
board or farm gales. By using iho
C untuned Hiugu A Boiler, with a
half df-z m tenco boards and a few
nails, any one can, in a few minutes,
make a gate that will work inkier,
last longer, and prove more satisfac
tory than any gale ever used on a
farm. A gate hung with this biugo
and roller r>quires no bracing, nor
it has no tendency to >w g n >r will it
louion or draw tLe pr Ms oxer, then -
faro only light posts* nro recpiind.
It m easily opnnc d, nnd can be set
to niiuw miftil nniuiuls to’ pass
through, and ut the tame timo^kccp
lbo larger ones back. Also you may
have two gates in one, by making
' yo ir'gules of 10 foot lnmt er, have
t Kiua'l 4 foot gi'o' to go throng on
foot or horseback nndal2'frol wng- J
<>n ga‘c; or tho hi ngo and roller ecn^
l*o put cm tho gate von already hsu^ .
It *avcs lira *, money at il lybor scu. d
| in short,is j ist whit is w*n‘odfouM
! every firm, us proven by tl.ev tLon|JJ|
and that aro being wherever* it
has been introduce d. Mnr>|fct*irr.i rs
iro alroidy ndeg fr jm 10 to on n
; sir
mony purclt isers of the H ng»: L B
Kerri-*, F. Subat. II, L. Ilnfkia, W.
L\ M *roltcad; E. 0. Willhroion,f IV.
D. \V. .Tone*'*, J. A. Yotincr, B E Nidi
-*oa, E liert Forger-on, N. W. II gdon,
A. F. Kilpatrick. Since Ttier.day wo
lnve taken about 70 orders for these
Uirg-8.
Tho under dgnod having pr. reins
••cl «-f J :hn Conrid.lho • xelusive priv -
i o c *f nulling his Patent Iling-* niul
lidhr for Farm Oates, in the Uonu
t*os»»f Copiah, Simpson, Clatborn,
Jefferson, desiro? to c ill tbo a'tou
Unri of tho public to tho above urticio
r* bring to tho merits of th?n4 I .to
invention.
( For terms, apply at present, to mo,
I desire to at at*? furthermore, that
there will so<m bo agentn cauv I'hieg
R«i«l Couutits, who will bo pleased to
fill all orders.
J. A. Y u*;.
Ila/.li'biirst, Feb. 24th li-82-lt
H. PENN.
Still in the corner Brick Shop, in tho
Undertaker's Business.
Yin cun got rup noy a’l kinds of
BURIAL CASK RTS, mtitoil in piico
and quality to all clns.*os. Call ou
mo.
n. PENN.
I
J. J. Walk J. J. Wood.
! WALLS & WOOD.
I limithurst - -
Manufacturers of Buggies, Wag
ons uad Plows. In the corner Ibick
: Shop. Terms to suit tho times. Or
ders culicited. All wuik guaranteed.
: BARNES A WILKINSON.
CouNnn Ge-jbuktown* and ItAix.tuni>
AVENUE.
, Crystal Springs, - - Ms-ussippi *
Have allwnyson hand a fall stock ot
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD
WARE, SADDLERY, AND
GENERAL SUPPLIES,
which will l»e wild on the smallest pos
sible margin of profit for cadi.
BARNES & WILKINSON
L. M. Bowman.
Jfn:lchiir*t Mi**,
Gunn ami Lock Smith and Ito
i pain r < f Clocks, Watches and Sw
ing Machines. Mukrs Huger riugo,
and mends all kinds of jewelry.
CITY BARBER
ja&ss s3?(C5az&
Hnzlehurst, Miss.
Q^tfliaving Hair Cutting
ami ^Lampooning done as
cheap as anyone can do itjsj
Satisfaction -Guaranteed*
DONE AT THIS OFFICE
AT
J\EW pi\LEANS Pp^CSS^
fs,
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