Water Valley progress., August 02, 1902, Image 1

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VOL. XX-No 81. WATER VALLEY, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1902 TERMS $1 A YEAR
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The’portraits of ten of Mississippi’s greatest men are to be
placed in the new capitol at Jackson.
la order to determine who are the greatest men, a popular vote
of the State is being held through the newspapers.
Use the attached blank for your vote. Every male Mississippian
over 15 years of ago is entitled to vote and may vote as many
times as he secures official ballots.
Pill out the following ballot, cut out and mail to the Progress,
addressed “Hill of Fame” V'ote, The Progress, Water Valley, Miss.
THE PROGRESS’ “HALL OF FAME” BALLOT.
I vote for
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Gov. Langino and lUc Law.
It is greaiiy to the credit of
Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, that
he declined to interfere with the
action of the court in the case of
Ashley Cocke and Tom Lauder
dale, who were convicted and sen
tenced to be hanged for the cow
ardly and brutal murder of G. M.
Wray, an engineer in the employ
of the Mississippi Valley Rail
road. The murder was particu
larly atrocious in its character, as
Wray was a passenger on the
train which Oocke and Lauderdale
boarded, and was deliberately
shot to death while in the act of
obeying their order to leav» the
coach in which he was sitting.
Because of their connection
with some of the most respectable
I » families in Mississippi Gov. Lon<
1 gino was subjected to powerlul
L| pressure and appeals to commute
pr the sentence of Cocke and Lau
derdale to imprisonment for life,
but he resisted these influences,
realizing that if he yielded he
would be instrumental in cheating
justice and ti ns violate his oath
to enforce the law. It is evident
that the governor passed through
a most trying ordeal, but he is to
bs applauded uud commended for
the moral courage and determina
tion he displayed in discharging
his duty under the law.
Both Cocke and vLauderdale
were murderers—the former hav
1 BETTER
THAN EVER.
The IXL wants your
Laundry work and guar
antees satisfaction.^
Same conditions as
last year.
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T-roaf jo—mkep——r—a——r
iug killed several men—and there
was no reason whatever why any
leniency should have been shown
in their case simply because they
happened to have excellent fami
ly connections. That fact only
served to make their crime the
more execrable, for they had op
poatunities for moral training that
other criminals did not have, and
from which they should have so
profited as to make their lives
useful and exemplary.
All things considered, Govern
or Longino, qy refusing to inter
fere in the hanging of Oocke and
Lauderdole has done his people a
great service. It will discourage
murder as a liae art in Mississip*
pi, and serve as a warning that
£hose who take the lives of their
fellow-men in cold blood shall
pay the penalty of the crime and
no infcenees, family or otherwise,
will save them from a a felon's
death on the gallows.—New Or
leans States.
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The country never heard of Mr.
Bry as a Democrat after he had
moved to Nebraska and settled at
the foun'ain head of Populism.
Mr. Bryan gained prominence in
Nebraska as a Populist and went
to Congress as one. He was a
Populist when nominated at Chi
cago the first time, and is today a
j Populist. In proof of his deter
mination not to go with the Dem
ocaatic party but to pull the party
with him his answer to a gentle
man during a speech at Lincoln,
Nebraska, may be cited. Mr.
Bryan was asked if be would sup1
port the Democratic nomir ee
should that individual be a man
who never gave active support to
the Chicago or Kansas City plat
forms. He replied, “It has al
ways been considered bad taste
for the boys to gather around the
tab[e and divide the property be>
fore the corpse had been buried.”
Will Mr. Bryan support any tick
et that represents the sense of the
Jeffersonian Democracy? Mr.
Bryan himself has answered.—N.
O. States,
When a man talks to a woman
be may chide her, and when he
t&lks to a man he may cherish
her, but when ho whispers to his
Cod he blesses her,
See Us>^
Abcffit Your SPRING DRUGS.
No matter what you waatin Drugs it will pay you (o see
us about it. In the first place you will insure the highest
quality by coming here, amt qualty considered you will be
equally sure of lowest rate.
If any compounding or prescription or recipe filling i
■ejuiril, wo oiigi/o ser/ioi n >5 ejiallai elsewhere in
oh is region.
,'It costs nothing to see What we can do for you, and it is
almost certain to cost you something to not see us.
Spencer & Jennings.
Wanted His Pension Reduced.
Says the Chicago Inter-Ocean:
“Mr. Ware, the commissioner of
pensions, received a letter from a
man in Illinois a few days ago,
which read:
* “ ‘I am now getting a pension of
$30 a month. Receutly the Lord
has prespered me, and I do not
think I should get so much mpn
ey._fcI gave my services to the
country and I think I should hays
some pension, of ***epey J>#i l
think $30 a taunt# too much. Is
there any way I can have my pen
sion reduced or suspended while I
enjoy the pro perity that is mine
at present?'’
“This is tiie only request fora
reduction ot a pension ever re
ceived by the bureau, It was
referred to the pension exam
iaer in the district in which the
naan lived, who reported as fol
lows:
“I have the honor to inform you
that the person who applied for a
reduction ,of his pension is now
confiined m the insane asylum at
this place, and has been for some
time.”
A St. Louis man declares that
he is tired of a republic aBd wants
a king. A great deal of money is
lost erery tftg’bt tn that village by
men who have similar wants. —
Chicago News.
It is just like a woman to be
mad with her husband for wanting
to smoke in the room with lace
curtains, and yet to be proud of
him for being able to do what it
would nearly bill her to try.
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! Bakes More Bread!
! Bakes Whiter Bread!
i Bakes Better Bread !
! Thau Any Other Flour Manu>
! factured.
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A FRESH CAR LOAD
Buy It! Try It,
—L. w.—
MACKEY.
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The Flour Merchant.
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Proceedings Yalobusha County Democratic
Executive Committee.
Agreeable to call the Democrat
ic Executive Committee of Yalo
busha county met at the court
| bouse in Water Valley on Satur*
[day, July 26.
Hon. 1. T. Blount was elected
, president pro tern, and a quorum
,v being present, the following pro* *
‘ ceedings were had. .
On motion the committee pro
ceeded to fill its congressional,
judicial and State senatorial com
mittees by the election of the fol
lowing committemen:
For Congressional Committee:
W. V. Moore, I. T. Blount, Earl
Brewer and Geo. W. Armstrong.
l*or Judicial District Commit
tee: H. H. Creekmore, W. M. Mc
Swine, E. D. Stone and G. D.
Brown.
For State Senatorial Commit
tee; Jas, Moore, W. M. Hamner,
Wm. Tarver and Ed. Newburger.
On motion I. T. Blount, B. G.
Wright and G. D, Brown were ap
pointed a committee to appoint
in the name Of the Executive Com
mute the officers to hold the Com
gressionel primary on August 20
throughout the county.
Secretary G. D, Brown was
named as committeman to whom
remittances from candidates for
primary election expenses are to
be sent.
The candidates for Congress
were assessed $25.00 for paying
the expenses of primary election
on August 20.
Committeeman Frank Herron,
from the county at large, having
removed from the State, Eugene
Crawford was elected to the va
cency.
Committeeman F. W. Wright
having removed from Beat 1, ten
dered his resignation, which was
accerted and Julius Smith wac
alected to the vacancy.
Committee adjourned to meet
at Coffeeville on Aug. 21 to tabu*
late the returns of the primary
for Congressman.
I. T. Blount, Pres, pro Um,
G. D. Brown, Sec’y.
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True Gospel for Colored Folks.
The following extract from a
sermon of a negro preacher named
Lucas, delivered recently in Mo~
| bile, has been going the rounds of
ihe press and is worthy of still
greater publicity:
“I have decided that the only
way to get rid of the ‘Jim Crow*
car is to get rid of the ‘Jim Grow’
negro.
, “Lazy, ragged, barefeet fellows
longing for silver slippers and
long 'white robes and counting
themselves worthy; neglecting to
proyide a home for their families
on earth and yet claiming a bouse
not made with their hands in Qod*s
heavm.
The white mas is trying to
make this this earth to blossom as
a rose and tho negro is getting
ready to die,
“The white man is organising
business enterprises and the nc»
gro organizing societies to turn
out to funerals ! Now, I object te
a hundred dollar funeral for a 50
cent negro.
‘‘The negro eats np and dresses
away all he makes. One square
meal on Suuday sweeps away all
the wages of the week.”
If a woman has kleptomania
she takes about everything for U.