The north Mississippi herald., July 01, 1899, Image 1

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J. 0. PEACOCK, Editor. WATER VALLEY, MISS., JULY I, 1899. yOL. XI--N0.32
An indiscreet Intcrmeddler.
We have no disposition to fur
tC r discuss tin- (tilths-Wagner
(controversy. This mntt• r has rt>
gemlcrcd enough of lliat bail spirit
whi h makes men forget tin ir re
ligion, am! try only to overwhelm
f heir enemies.
The facts of the ease have been
( fteii told ; and yet ovt r the State
we gather from exchanges that
V, -ter \ alley is protecting a lot of
•• a-sins. liars, dupes and hirelings
0 tin* Wagners. A weak and
In sitiiting assault, which brought
l.o physical harm to Rev. Gibbs,
followed by his death from the
usual fevers of tho climate four
weeks after, has been magnified
int i murder and persistently re
iterated by the Columbus Com
mercial and endorsed by Rev. J.
A Bowen, who was pastor of the
principle Methodist Episcopal
Church South in this city for the
past threw years. The ui"in
1 'ib of the mass - meeting
which assembled at city hall
to give tho true facts in the case,
and deny the insinuations of the
Columbus Commercial as to the
pretended murder and other slan
derous attacks upon the good eiti
■/"liship of out city, has been
thmnse'.yos foully slandered, and
cub'd t.h; i .'lenders of assassins
and the protectors of the worst
mul m :'T vicious or hutnn city.
Rev. J. A. Bowen lived here three
years, and it was his special voca
tion to examine the morals and the
character of the men that he was
supposed to assist in solving the
most momentous question for men.
He was acquainted with all those
men and knew them, and yet,
without reservation, lie eudorles
all the coarse slander brought
emiinst these men. who assisted
him like Christian soldiers in his
ciTotto in Water Valley. We ask :
Is it. necessary in tin. zeal, to pro
t et even the sacred profession of
the ministry, to endorse statements
known to bo slanderous and un
true? If the Bov. J. A. Bowen
will recall the characters of a few
of those man, he certainly cannot
join the foul insinuations of the
editor of the Coinrubtas‘Commer
cial in branding them with such
epithets ns hirelings, and defend
ers of assassins. Cnpt. ’It. D. Jen
nings, ex-Mayor B. Belaud, G. D.
Abies and Cnpt. I. T. Blount—can
any riiy of the world boast of men
truer in all the nobler Christian
graces and virtues ? There were
many more just as true men in
the meeting, whom the Columbus
Commercial calls the protecturs of
mi assassin, and which statement
Rev. J. A. Bowen has endorsed.
We ask again : What good pur
pose in a Christian cause can such
statements andendorsements give ?
And this foul slanderer who, by
the endorsements, we learn is an
officer in the church of Rev. J. A.
Bowen.
The people of Water Valley may
be relied on to settle to a just and
charitable public sentiment, all
questions when left to themselves.
But when people a hundred miles
away—strangers t9 our affairs,
enemies of our prograss and in
different to our welfare—under
take to meddle even in the most
delicate of our affairs and invite ns
to condemn our best people and
fight an un-Christian warfare
among ourselves, they are justly
incensed at the intermeddling.
If Rev. J. A. Bowen knows now
the conditions of the Water Valiev
factory, ami that Rev. Mr. Gibbs
gave a just and true dcscriniiou of
its multiform evils, he certainly
knew it while he wns in Water
\ alley, or ought to have known it.
Why wait until lie wns in the
| distant eitv of Columbus before
raising his voice against it? Why
not. while yet in Water Valley
close to the “festering cess-poo! of
vice and oppression," take his
usual course in calling these same
good men I now the defenders and
protectors of assassins ) to a secret
ineoltng and discuss and agree on
n united ‘course to eradicate it
just ns they and he and other
Christians did to strangle the
blind tigers ?
Mr. Wagner is just about as
able to buy public opinion, or to
atfeet it in any way, as the poorest
man in Water Valley. In the first,
l inen, his wealth, as is usual in
small places, is much magnified,
and even his reputation for being
wealthy only briiigshini prejudices
and jealousies, as it does every
where, and makes him vastly more
unpopular than be would be as a
p ior man. There was nothing in
the Gibbs-Wagner altercation that
might not happen anywhere. It
would not have excited oue-thou
M.uUth p»vl of flic interest if one
of the parties halt not'tnkemrtrtr'
noddled. Ti may again he stated
that no one, not even Mr. Wagner
himself, has ever approved the
assault on Rev. Gibbs, The case
was tried in the courts and the
parties punished. The Grand
•Tury meets here next month, and
those who are silly enough to en
dorse the flippant, slanderous and
irresponsible charges of tin' editor
of the Columbus Commercial can
have-the opportunity of going be
fore that body and prove that
murder has been dona, Since Mr. •
Bowen endorses the charge of as
sassination, he will no doubt be
on hand to give in hi-, evidence.
Rev. Bowen left his charge heie
with the good will anil affection < f
his church, and it is with regret
that the Herald can say one word
which might detract from his go<xl
reputation. But we are bound to
admit that his sseal hns made hint
indiscreet, and we believe that
here his influence is gone forever.
He has thrown into the church
here and into the Christian though;
more bitterness than perhaps can
be overcome in ten years. I f we
should be left at peace, and
siragners ana enemies would have
us to work out onr own problems
in spiritual and moral progress, we
would recover from the unwise
(but perhaps well-meant) inter
meddling of Rev. J. A. Bowen,
When a Northern man under
takes to solve Southern problems,
and dictates n coarse of action that
he does not have to rub up against
himself, we say :|“You don’t know
what you are talking about.’’ We
are indignant and impatient about
the officious advice. Mr. Bowen is
not one of us. . He has lost sym
pathy with our trials, and is a pure
intermeddler in our affairs when
he takes up the ^ cause of our
slanderers.
' •ee-.-j _i,_ i j.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
benefit permanently. They lend
gentle assistance to nature, caus
ing no pains or weakness, perma
nently curing constipation and
liveV ailments. For sale by J. R.
Smith & Son.
Thk gold standard is tho fathe
of trusts, and the high tariff tin
mother.
J. V. Hobbs.?,!. I).. Fort Valiev
(la., says : have be >n pr et
citig medieino tv.vntv-five y. r.
and know piles to he one of tin
most ihffieult of disease to cure
bill havo known DoWiit's '.VjtoI
If a7,el Salve to enve numiiers o
cases and do not hesitate to rec
omiiiend it." Be films you go
"1)'WittY.;" there are injurious
counterfeits on sale. For sale i 3
•I. 1{ Smith & S.m.,
Epidemic of Charbon.
in Warren and lsaquemi conn
ties an epidemic of chnrboi
prevails, and cattle and hordes
tiro doing by the score. The disease
threatens to spread. The Stati
B -aril of Health has taken aetioi
in the matter, advising the inocu
lation of sound animals, and mrik
lug it compulsory that all catth
or horses dying from the disra-i
shall bo cremated by the owner
Our people should be on the look
out for this enemy of the animal
kingdom.
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You have used all
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dies but it does not
yield; it is too deep
seated. It may wear j
itself out in time, but j
it is more liable toj
produce la grippe, I
pneumonia or a seri-!
ous throat affection. J
You need something 1
that will give youj
strength and build |
up the body.
SCOTT’S
EMULSION |
| will do this when everything |
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about it It nourishes, ]
strengthens, IhmMs up and |
makes the body strong and j
healthy, not only to throw i
off this hard c^ugh, bid to )
fortify the system against *
further attacks. If you are I
run down or emaciated you J
should certainly take this |
nourishing food medicine. |
y>c. apd fr.no, all druggiats. *
SCOTT & BOWNfc, Chemian, New York ?
Fresh
Lowney's >
Chocolates
And
Nunnally's
Candies.
ROBINSON S DRUG STORE*
North nnd South Main St
fGold Dust docs it. Morning,
noon and night. Makes alt
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! , ,rt 8lves to an humble home or a palace the cleansing tonch that H
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ni • In this lot we have buggies that will suit
onipman the taste of the most fastidious. We
have handsome Surries, Pheatons, Box
H d rd ware BuSS‘CS’ Can°Fy toP Buggies,Pretty Bug
gies, Cheap Buggies and costly Buggies.
We are anxious to exchange some of
Q these tor cold cash. and >n order to do
this we have arranged some special
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Pure, clean bloo ! and a health}
liver results from the use of Do
" itt’s Little Early Risers, tin
“ am' ns little pills.-' They cure
constipation, biliousness and sick
headache. For sale by J.R. Smith
& Son.
Politics in Kentucky are grad
unlly crawling up to the Mississip
pi temperture.
Ho oats heartily in the hottest
veath r who uses Prickly Ash
Bitters. It keeps his stomach,
liver and bowels in perfect order.
Sold by T. A. Robinson.
Willey's ice crenin parlor is a
popular reso.rt. Cream tonly 5
cents a plate
Mr. and Mrs. B. Lackatnp Els
ton, Mo., writes: “One Minut«
Couijh Care saved thte life of our
little boy when nearly dead with
croup. For sale by J. R. Smith
& Son.
A SLUGGISH BRAIN ....
1* caused bp Imperfect Digeuioa aad Phowfaf
in the Liver and Bowels.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS
IS A BOOff TO BRAIN WORKBK5.
It purifies tiie bomb, strengthens ami regulates the
nlfc digestion,promotes v^ar ^ body,
•old av all oauoaisTs. mtoc si.oo m some.