The Biloxi Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 1

tTXT 4 -r i Vol 4 BlLbxiMiss- Saturday Evening January 14 1888 No 16 A DEAD SUBSCRIBER NEGLECTED LEGISLATION A subscriber for years being sad in ar-Tearst Still neglected bis bill for to pay the editor said I am dead I shall pay yon on Christmas The time flew by and the debtor was shy But the editor remembered what be said And in his paper nest weelc the truth he 0 did speak And announced bis subscriber as dead I Laiuat has sent in his resignation as secretary of the interior and the president has accepted The Jackson State Ledger and the Clariou will be soon ccnsoliuaw under the name Clarion-Led There is considerable young blowfip the last congress there being not levs than thirty members under forty years of age It is a notable fact staled in' the message of Governor Lowry to the legislature now in session that some vr important matters of general in terest were overlooked or passed over it silence by the legislatures of 1884 and ISSC to which tlieif attention was specially called iu his messages of the years mentioned Among the measures so 'neglected were the inequality of the assessmei ts of real and pefsonnl property and judiciary expenses Wo are not advised if both or either of these subjects were ever considered by the legislatures named but it it cl eat 4 that for the evils pointed on by the governor no remedy was found and the Average citizen must infer that the failure was due to one of two tilings gross neglect or ntter unfitness for the duties of legislation Of the jtink-etting legislature of two years ago which 'capered aronnd the country and hud free lnnclies little was ex-pec ed but that of 1884 had- wune men of capacity and experience of whom better things might iiave been expected If the legislature now in session fail to do their plain duty and neglect to correct the evils of nneqnnl anil unjust assessments and unnecessary and burdensome a full list of the liody ought to be published by tlie newspatier press of the state under the heading tBepeal of the License Liquor Law Editor Hera'hl: As the Don Roberts our representative in the legislature seems anxious to serve bis constituents we should highly sppreciate his offer and request as it is most needed to endeavor to have passed a law repealing the license liqncr law and inact each laws as will prevent the manufacture and sale of intoxicants in the state of Mississippi Mr Roberts and every candid man and woman in the state would readily admit that such a law would of great benefit to the seashore and state generally Legislation in other interests need not be neglected at the same time I would respectfully suggest to every lover of God and humanity to memorialize onr legislature through our senator and representative to enact sncli a lv I know that some of our citizens think or argue that local option is the heat mode of getting rid or the liquor traffic I am not able to see how an intelligent man who favors prohibition can think it better to have half the state lor the trattio and half against it unless it is because he does not wish to think otherwise It is hard for men to believe that which they do not wish to believe Hail it not lieen for paity interest legislators wonld not have shifted the responsibility from themselves to the people Hail it not been for party interest prohibitionists would not have asked for local option Tfcjv say it was all the legislature vouhl give ns If they had lieen asked and bud refused to give us state prohibition onr dntv was obvious withhold onr suffrage and givfe it tb such as would grant onr request Some few prohibitionists have refused to vote for whiskey men bnt not one in fifty of that number was willing to use bis influence to biting out afi independent candidate pA-ferriug to leave tlie matter entirely in the hands of tlie liquor men and poiticiunsrallier than oppose the regular nominee I am bs candid ami honest iu iny opinions as any man and mnst say that I do not think a man who regards a moral question less than he doc his Mliticul party will ever benefit iiriihihitiou He will let it take rare of itselt until it will not need his assistance Last Sunday Talniagi began a coarse of sermons to nijn JJSf America which is liberally Mpfdiod with practical hints to the men GOVEBNQB LOBBY'S MESSAGE The message of tlie is a good paper It shows a careful and full consideration of the affairs of the state and suggests tb the members of tlie legislature important subjects of legislation One of the most important presented by the governor i i hat jif equalization of the assessments of property teal and personal throughout the state- I In previous articles in tlie IIgbald' we have heretofore shown that to the tax payer it is a matter of no consequence whether the assessed value of tlie property of the whole'sfate is one hundred and twenty-ffve mil Hon or four huudied millinu As citizens our pride is gratified ip the larger showing hut it neither increases nor diminishes the amount of the taxes we must pay The levy for state and county purposes must be sufficient to pay tlie enrrent expenses of the fiscal year and that will be increased nr diminished ns the assessment of values is increased or diminished As we iiave heretofore remarked the existing law is sufficient and if faithfully administered by the assessor and board of supervisors an approximate uniformity of values among the property holders of each county cun lie obtained But the difficulty lies in the relation of the counties of the state to each oilier' If one county has a higher vnl nation on real or personal estate of tlie same kind than another then tlie inhabitants of that county pay more than' their due share of taxation Tlie problem to he solved is how shad equalization of values lie ob taiiicd throughout the state Governor Lowry discusses question very fully but- snggcnrsno remedy It ft V5 In toe past two years thd Albany (N Y) Argns has lost by death its managing editor associate editor editorial writer and principal owner Xew Orleans is again to the front with another tragedy This tithe it the shooting of Mrs Edwards and Dr Kny- endall by the hnsbsj3d of the former Ilarry Edwards a lawyer well known in that city Mrs Leuora Barry the general investigator of the Knights of Labor bus issued a circnlar to female members of tlie order advocating the expenditure of money for education instead of strikes Mrs Barry is a most sensible woman Confirmation Assured ri I Xew Orleans Picaynne 13th inst The nttnek mode on tlie southern people liy Senator Chandler of Xew Hampshire yesterday in the consideration of the motion to investigate Fruit Culture Along the Gulf Coast New Orleans Picayune Tlie delightful stiip of roast land extending from the environs ot New Orleans along the shore of Mississippi sound eastward 140 miles to Mobile Is coming Into great importance as a fruit and vine-growing region The soil is not rich but it responds readily to tillage and fertilization while thq danger of damage from frost is reduced to a minimum not alone by tlie latitude but also from the fact of being sheltered from the chilling winds liy the extensive tracts of pine forest which lie to the north ot it Here the orange tho fig the pome- grnnate and other seini-trupicnl flourish in liixiirianlreyiiid have long been the snhjects of general cultivation for home use Lately the attention of professional and experienced fruB growers has been directed to this -region anderen in the' very short -period which lias eVtpsed important result have lieen reached Prominent among the fruit gitiwrers is Mr Parker Earle late of Illinois and for year president of the American Fruit Association He hns purchased some 200QP acres of land near Ocean Springs in Jackson county Miss where he has planted extensive orchards and vineyards In Alabama above Mobile Mr E- -Hudson of this city owns a handsome place where lie lias made a decided success with pears and gnfpes of fine varieties A correspondent writing from Aberdeen Miss on the subject say of frnit growing in Mississippi In Jackson county Mr Wm Sigenon who recently moved into the county-from Ohio is growing LeConte Bartlett and Keifcr pairs He huTabout J20000 trees He will make specialties ofnears Sraiies and tigs Mr Parker Earle fn uckson county has planted 20000 peach trees and 10000 grape vines ex-jiects the peaches to he in full bearing in three yea ro and tlie grapes in two While waiting for these crops he will make the place profitable by cultivating early vegetables upon the same ground for the Chicago and 8t Louis markets In Harrisou eounty Mr A Davis whose champagne wine is iu high favor iu New Orleans and elsewhere has 100 acres of splendid vineyards scupper-nonjr wine- brandy and champagne Among other prominent viueyardists aud winemakers of Harrisou county are Mr Payers 10 seres in grapes Representative Calvit Robert 8 acres and Hon Jefferson Davis ex -president of (he southern confederacy who harf a vine- yard of about 20 makes a very fine article of wine and ships large quantities of grapes to the St Louis markets 7" 1 lu dancock county fthertt Saud frnit farms auiMtg otl Fuliiloveqrao hii 1 pwrnong grajievines 4-tOll- trees 12U0 pear trees 100lwra imean trees aud 3000 X-' V--place adjoins BAy same neighliorhiKxl Colonel Hubert Bay bi has 21X10 black Burgundy grape vine 2000 Siufoudel 1000 white Muscat 1000 Emperor 1000 Riesling 1000 Mission 1000 Violet Chaiweliis 1000 Golden Chas-selas making 10000 grape vines iu all These wero all set- ont since March 1887 and are doing well with enormous productive iiossibilitiea In regard to the flig Mr Segerson reports that a iig tree of the Marseille variety imported and set oat' near Pascagoula in 1670 blew down about twenty years ago nud a iiuw rimt sprang from the trunk of the: prostrate veteran and now eight large trees are growing from it in a clump and bear ini menso qnanitie of fruit and tlfe peculiarity of these trees lies in tlie fact flint they bear tlieir crop every year maturing in Ma August and Octobei- Captain Wni Griffin of Mims Point near tlie const bus a fig tree of tlie Bine Celeste variety from which he Ims sold of fruit in a single snun This i a beginning Jthe development of a m-ction of conutry whoso productive ability has heretofore lieen wlolly neglecteil and whose possibilities in the direction named are practically unlimited Situated- immediately 'adjacent to great t-rniik lines of railway giving access to all the markets of the conn try witlun a few hours ride of cities 'like The case of the New Orleans Picnynne has been decided by the supreme court in its favor thus confirming the judgment of the Werronrt This decision gives the present owners a clear and legal title to the paper and rndaa litigation of IS years the recent municipal election at Jack-wnsto have been liopcl tlmt would m-Miss brought out tliedwlara liTive hern jib! to prnputuJ some reni- lioir by St ualoi itor IliddMicrgt-r Mint he edy for the ceil and his Failure to do ored as tlie legislature in the brief time of their meeting so is to be deplored ns tlie legislstme La Sunday -night tne ickshurg- Commercial-Herald was nearly de-i strayed by fire The loss is estimated at over $6000 Through tlie courtesy of ai( niv hienl nud general inat-the Evening Post whose press was tersto be considered will hardly have time to consider uml devise a proper measure to mefct the case out as usual on Tuesday intended tiCvi te for thm confirmation of Mr Ltintirro liis place on tlie su preme lieucli The United States senate 1ms no constitutional right to investigate municipal election in any State nud the matter was only brought up to enable Chandler to attack Lamar openly Senator Ridilleberger of Virginia who is a republican said that this attaek-on Lamnr ought to have been made in executive session instead of in open senate but since it was intended as'a public insult Li mar he Riddleherger was justified in making known his intention to vote Tor the confirmation of Lamar Senator Stewart of Nevada also a republican hail declared his intention of voting for La ur The senate hns a republican majority of two and these two votes given in favor Lamar will secure his confirmation in iqiite of an almost unanimous sectional senate fii'-ifftpri -Jr Iu the legislature un the 5th inst 4 senate bill to amend the law in relation to grand and petit larceny passed wjfli a needments This bill rnises tlie grade of grand larceny to $25 instead of $10 which applies to everything stolen and repeals what is known as the pig law Senator Blair is doing his utmost to reduce the anrplus in the treasury He lias introduced two hills that will tend 1 fbkardnee it somewhat the educational bill is one and tlie other encourage fho National Industrial Expisition of larts mechanics and the 'productions of the colored race throughout the United states in Atlanta Ga in Tlie governor says there arq 70000 pcrsoiis in the Srnie wl-o hie delinquent in tlie payment of tlieir poll taxes and suggests that the failure to pay poll tax be made a misdemeanor and recommend that the legislature shall propose a constitutional amendment which will make tlie payment tlie m11 tax a condition to the right of suffrage The governor discusses tlir lienvy expenses incurred in the ciicnit court in tlie prosecution of misdemeanor and recommend that the inquest of tlie grand jury be dispensed with in such cases and that prosecutions be autlioiized before justices of thepenc-or other courts of inferior jurisdiction lie also recommends that distiict at- rnrnies be paid regular salaries and allowed no fees He says the debt of tlie State to tlie Chickasaw school fund should either be paid or the interest reduced The governor treats at length of the educational and charitable institutes of the State and shuwsdhat all are in a satisfactory condition The message is clear and full statement of the affairs of the State and shonld he rend bv all citizeus I have always thought and still think local opt ion mistake ami believe my opiniou -n lie snstiiincd by reason man cannot consistently lie ji prohibi-tiuaist miles the thing to lie prohibited is mi evil I uni writing for vhe benefit of those who profess to lie prohibitionists HBSiiuie that they are honest in their belief that- the liquor traffic is the greatest of evils Public sentiment- through its legislators admits it to lie uch or they would nut have passed such a law What is local option In answerin'! this question I am reminded of something th likeness of which was never seen iu heaven or earth It pro-vidi for mi election by whic-li a majority of the voters may fix on any or all of the comities for two years tlie greatest of all evils Did any one ever sue anything iu the const it nt inn of any state' or of the United States or any act of congress orwf any legislature submitting au ml-mitted evil and enrse of society to tne vote of I ho people $nch is local option Was there ever a greater contradiction nnd inconsistency than tiiO' prohibiting an evil ami protecting society in one comity and protecting the same evil to tlie injury of society iu an adjoining county vNucb a law cannot produce effectual prohibition It seems to have been intended to satisfy prohibitionists and defeat national and state prohibition Politicians and whiskey men knew' it could not lie carieil in counties where the liquor traffic was profitable also that tlieir trickery and the blood money of the saloon nieu could carry the elections a iu llie case of Atlanta Tuey fear the law little if at all They "know the difficulty of enforcing it and would have the elections frequent aud in them use their ill-gotten gains unscmpukusly hoping the law- will wear itself out 8ome who favor local option say we must move slowly and educate the peo-ple that they are iu favor ci state aud national prohibition but the people are not ready for it This objection unwise and nnnatnral Wise anu honest statesmen never call on tlie iiepple to hold an election to say whetfeer an evil shall be prohibited and society protected or not They pass a law and put it into the hands of lawful officers 4o lie enforced Moses the great ltw-giver inspired by God did uot wait to educate the public sentiment of his peo le before giving theqi the law their school master Tho law is onr text-lmok it is taibspcii-sable to the perfecting of proper sentiment both private and public Therefore I ain in favor of a law anff a state institution prohibiting the mauutac-ture and sale cf intoxicants in rhe state of Mississippi HjcnrtWake A special diiatch from Washington dated Janaary 11 says it is hinted in high official quarters that iu the event of the rejection of Mr Lamar as associate justice bewill not long remain out of the pnldic service A prominent diplomatic minister is some what "anxious to retfern Lome and ia only holding on awaiting developments IfMr shonld fiot rise to he dignity of the supreme 'bench he might rise to the surface ot the pt-tfiiftctoryuiety of a diplo-rnitic minister an attrrtivu court v' I Col Zeb Ward of Little Rock Ark who lias been warden of three State jien-iteutiaries declares that lie was the last man to pay for a negro slave in- this country and was the result of a suit brought ngainst him a few years ago by a woman slave whom he1 wished to set free but who remained with him during a long dispute in the courts "regarding her ownership She sued for remuneration for aix service after the emancipation act and' gained a verdict CoL Ward says that in making out' the draft for the amount' found' he worded it pay for tlie last negro that will ever he paid for in this i At Shelby ville Ind a novel breach of womise suit has been commenced- Mrs Alary Stafford is called npon to show vaitse why she shonld not pay Jacob jrayer a young farmer the surti of 25000 After slie had promised to mar-Sy Drayer she indneed him to bay a lot adjacent to her own property and put about $100 worth of repairs on her honse He also gave her 'money to buy her trousseau The widow conveyed her property out of her Lauds and refused to many him 1 I i 4 i i M- A i I iif According to the Snu of Griffin Ga Mr Wilson of that city is a remarkable man He was burn at sea lived iu sixteen different States in as many years grew np without education -wild and wicked A few year ago he became a Christian and since then has lived consistently with his pro-fesslon of One fee dreamed that he must reaJ certai a chapter iu the Bible The ares so' impressed him that be obeyed itnd although he did not know a letter Sf the alphabet found the chapter and tead if through Since tnat time he has gead iTis Bible regularly He can read any chapter iu the Bible but not a word in any other book or newspaper There was much in the career of ex-Seoretary Manning that wan typical of the best side of American life lie began as a poor boy sweeping the floor and- doing errands in an Albany news paper office Working Lis way up by industry and prndence he became the bead of the establishment and its principal proprietor besides occupying many positions of-honor and txuafrin the com-xnnuity He became a -leader in his party a maker of governors and one president and was eventually made head of the treasury Jepartinent the most powerful office' under the government after that of the president himself There is much in his story 'from which the young who have noncapital hot The following are the views of Sena-1 tor Sawy er of Wisconsin on the confir-'jalion of Lamar for the snpreme bench: isr is a plagued sight better fur rme justice than any one else vfifb could be gotten from bis disr Srict I served with Lamar four years on the railroad committee and know him well I have bad many conversations with him and am satisfied he is a loyal man to the Union Ills real sentiments I know them from intimate associa- with him were expressed in the Inner eulogy and in' his speeches in Mi forty-third congress on the Louisi-a contested election cases As to lhetlier I will vote for his confirmation do not say 1 1 have told you what I think ot him and that he is the best in that coaid be got ftom his judicial strict I think that he will be coo-: med and that most of the republican itors think as I present tv every condition tha cat 1" 1 7 be demanded for hoijtiesfcr resorts and for profitable iV) ployment of indnstry and snfall capital It mnst soou grow into great important i Indiana is the first State iu tbo Union to adopt a dailj weather service The headquarters are t( be at Indianapolis from which 100 telegrams will be sent out early every morning to tbs chief Jilaces in the Slits giving the prolmhil-ties for twenty-four hours in advauee-These telegrams will tie bulletined and made blither available by flags and sig iimIs from elevated points The hardware firm of Porter Kirk-bride At Son of-Mobile one of thebld- est in the city made a general assign- their hands and their brains qiay lake ment lagt Wednesday morning for tlie I benefit of creditors courage 7 -v 1 i I.