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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
Tbe Complaint AgAinst the Croo.
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We have received omplaints aoainst N,
New York AdcOcate from subseribers 1 -,
ouM in nineteen States o. the Union m.
say that they have sent money for snb
scriltions, sewing machines, microsconas
and Pther articles, and got no returns. TN
Postnaster's bills show that the proprietors
received this money. The editor saws thai
he dopped his large list OF country sub
scrllfrs after the recent election because of
fay In one of his presses. From the
lettef and explanations we CLEAN the fl6l
loving information:
I.tThat since the country list off III,
Adv@ate has been dropped the sulIscrih
toni of hundreds of new countr& snb
serb rs haze been received aud Retained
whe1 the proprietors acknowledged tha,
they Eere unable to forward he newspa,
pers. F9 aught wc know tfE Advocate is
still lSceivng such subscriptions.
H. Tint when subscrlbsGs called at the
Office hndasked why theirf papers we're not
sent, heywero told that III was owing to a
mistake tat should beprectified, and not
told hat their name@ had been dropped
from the list. .a 4
III. That, afterf the list was dropped.
advertses were LEA to pay dollar line.
imagining that 700 1000 copies of the news
paper we . circulating weekly.
What on Oct. 8, when letters re-
ceived atthis office show that the list was
being dropped, the Advocate sent letter
to Dahlgren, ILL.,, placing its circulation at
nearly 1,O00,O OO
What orders for sewing machines
have been solicited on faithful promises of
immediate attention, and the money re-
tanned, when the concern had no machines
to fill such orders.
VI.-That the persons who sent sub
scriptions and orders for machines and
other articles have repeatedly written to
the Advocate, knowing that their money
had been received, yet could obtain no
answer,
VII. THAT as long ago as last August,
when Mr. Shupe acknowledges his receipts
were ntarly $4,000 month, money was
taken on such orders, and no goods were
forwarded Nor was any explanation
to those who had sent their
none and were asking whet was the mat
Ter.
VII That in October letter was sent
rom the Advocate Office to j. j. Sherman,
asserting that the delay in forwarding the
awing machines was the fault of the Do.
nestle Sewing Machine Company, when in
luiries show that that company did not
nd never had supplied the AID ocate with
ewing machines.
K.-That orders for tea, microscopes,
nd other articles, for which the money
as been received, remain untitled, without |
word of eXDlanation
G.-That repeated applications from
DOR girls and others to have their money
eturred receive no attention.
XI.-That, though the Advocate has been
ublihed weekly since that time, not a
ord of explanation has appeared in its
olunns.
XH.-That the "Co-operative Depart
ent' of the Advocate is still in existence.
Id its proprietors offer to forward va,
Gus articles at given prices, when scores
n oders on which they have received
oney are not filed.
Is there any rule of honesty by which
oh transactions can be measured?
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
Grant, Father and Son.


Royalty is already partially established
among us. Hereditary privileges are com.
ing in vogue. son of General Grant is
accorded privileges which would not be ex-
tended to him but for the fact that he is a
son of General Grant. Birth gives to him
political advantages over American citizens
in general.
In the army Frederick Dent Grant has
already been rapidly promoted, not on the
ground of merit but owing to the accident
of birth. Now he has been granted leave
of absence for two years-or, as some ac-
counts say, for an unlimited time-to ac-
company his father on Government YES
sci to India, China, and Japan. His placed
meanwhile, on General Sheridan's staff, is
to be retained for him.
Here is observation-disclosures ant favoritism-
on account of birth. 1t is akin to AN
hereditary nobility--a departure in the di-
rectlon of lnonarehical government
We have no personal ill will toward this
young man; but we will spare no one who
stands in the sunlight of the vital American
principle of equality.
Yet out of this nettle danger will we
pluck the flower safely. This unwarranted
favorltlsm to young Grant will serve to
make the very name of Grant - the syn
onyme of an upstart hereditary nobility
hated and abborred by the masses of the
American people.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
now SHOULD VACANCIES IN
COUNTY OFFICES BE FILLED?

Our grave and dignihed and always
esteemed contemporaries of the Holly
Springs South and the Jackson CAlion, are
now engaged in respectful controversy
with each other about the appointment OF
county officers by the Executive to fill
vacancies From the soberness and earnest
ness and length of their arguments, one
would think there was something in 1t; but
really when you come to extract the essence
of the matter it is found to be "much ado
about nothing" The journalistic savant Of
Holly Springs seems to proceed upon the
philosophical idea that mature abhors
Vacuum" and especially n vacuum in a
public office, and he is oppressed with the
fear that an interregnum in some Office
might occur unless the power of temporary
appointment was lodged somewhere, and
according to his views this power is proper
ly made by the law to rest in the Governor
Our learned friend of the Clarion does not
controvert this anti-interregnum theory-he
comedies with Holly Springs on this point
but the trouble with him is on account OF
this power having been given to the Elk
ecutive instead of the Board of Super
visors of the respective counties. He is
apparently harrassed with alarm for the
Democratic liberties of the people in this
thing, and possibly he sees in this act OF the
last Legislature an insidious advance to
the zone man power"
If we could be induced to believe that
there was vitality enough in the issue to
justify the mental exerion we might consent !
to argue it with our learned elder brothers. |
But the question forces itself upon us What
does it all amount to? Now and then a vacancy
in county Office occurs. The law provides
for the temporary filling of such vacancy
by the Governor, Ito avoid the dreaded
while the Board of Super
visors are authorized and expected to
order all election. What does it
signify whether this temporary vacancy is
illed by the Governor or the Board? If
he appointment is made by the Governor it
S always done upon the recommendation Of
he people of the county and with the IN
ention of conforming to their wishes. Be-
ides, if it should turn out that an unlucky
ppointment was made by the Cover
or, there is the Board of Sup rvi-
ors to hurry up the special election to get
id of the obnoxious appointee. Suppose !
~ Board exercised the power of apoint- I
lg. then it is clear that they could if they Z
ished abstain from ordering an election as
ing as they chose, and thus keep their man
until the next general election; and what !,
ould become of the sacred rights of the
eople to choose their own officers in =
lse like that? If division of power =
Id wholesome checks in authority are
'ught, the present plan is better than
e Clarion's, and fully as Democratic -,
ny Executive would be glad to transfer
is authority, but would anybody be bene- VI
ted or better satisfied if it was transferred? y
e doubt it, OF
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
An Intelligent PrOspeetOr's VieT Of
tbs Lone Star State.

! Ih5 Lone Star state.
MARSHALL, Texas, January 6, 1879.
Ny DEAR COLONEL: In compliance with
your request, write you some of ny i'm
pressions of this country. STOPPED over
in Memphis on Christmas, and had pleas
ant sojourn at the Peabody Hotel Mem
phis is all right again-has more business
than she can attend to; some of he lead
ing merchants told me that they we're work
ing day and night, and could no keep up
with their business. They hav had a fine
crop in that section. l left Memphis at
8 O'Clock P. NJ, for Texarkahs via Little
Rock. Found this road poor, md the train
was about hours late at che Rock"; but
the Iron Mountain Road fTnsheda special
train for Texarkana and Improved to beia
slow coach. About nine tenths of the
passengers were immigrants, and the bal
ance commercial men. found emigrants
from all the Southern States east of the
Mississippi river, and gong to nearly all
portions of Texas, principally to the north
west. At Texarkana found a railroad
town, which, five yeaTsago, was in the pine
woods; it now claims i've thousand inhabi-
tants. The principa' enterprise in the
place outside of the Hotels and Railroad
shops, is first class cotton compress. They
expect TO handle, tbs year, about 90. 600 |
bales of cotton all trawn from a Distance
1t is branch Of theSt. Louis Compress Co |
The main bull ling is 200 by 800 feet. II |
gives employment to some sixty hands Tex |
arkana is the gateway to northeast and Won |
may say northwet Texas, and you are i'm
pressed at once with the future greatness of |
the State when 'ou witness the arrival az /
the trains from he north and east packed |
fdl of immigrants, many of them the yerv
best type of citizens from the older States
From TeXaTkala went south to the ala
city of jefferson; this city claimed Il. 600
to $4,000 Onlya few years ago, now shs has
not over 4, g0--killed by the railroads-is
the index. She remained quiet while other
places wereJuilding their roads and becom-
ing railroad oenters. She finally walked M
10 her trueiuterest, and is now building a
narrow gaige road called the East line ana
hey hope % gain part Of their old trads.
1ut they IRE too late in making the effort
From Jefferson, came to this city. The
Texas Ps1ic from TexaTkana intersects The
nain line at this point The general Offices
Ire here together with extensive machine
hops which are the life Of this place.
ave ma seen any Of the rich lands Of Texas
$ yet nor anything that could be called an
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

We have made permanent arrange
ment with Messrs Jenkins " Little
practicing attorneys at this bar, to FUR
nish us weekly with an abstract OF the
Supreme Court decisions This will
prove an attractive feature to the
legal fraternity of the State, and quite
a useful one to every intelligent man OF
business. Messrs. J. & L. are emf
nently qualified for the work, and will
condense the substance of the decisions
into the shortest possible space to give
an intelligent idea of the points treated.
We trust that members of the bar
throughout the State will show a suiii-
cient appreciation of this feature of
The COMET to make it not losing in
vestment to the enterprise.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

Mr.. SAM LYMAN, leading merchant of
Summit, was married on the It'll inst,
to the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Adele Hiller, Of the sane place. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Joseph Chu,
maceiro, at the Ohavah Sholom Synagogue
of Summit. The parties have our SINGER
est congratulations.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

DE-. " S. CRAFT, Of jackson, and DIR.
Mosier, Of New York, appointed by the
Congressional Committee as yellow fever
experts, arrived in the city yesterday, and
VIII at once proceed to work They pro-
pose to locate, as nearly As it can be done.
every case of yellow fever that occurred in
Vleksburg and vicinity, with a view to dis
covering If possible, if location has anv
pereeplble influence ON the disease. And
they propose thorough investigation in all
other respects. The yellow Fever Commits
sion is earnest in its efforts TO discover any,
thing and everything about the fever. and
We know orr citizens viii do all in their
power TO aid gentlemen Of the Commission
sent TO this city. -Vieksburg Herald.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

A PRIVATE letter from Michigan, received
by one Of our citizens, complains bitterly
OF the bitter cold up there The writer
says be is coming South-that he would
rather die with yellow fever than freeze to
death. If he had been here for the last
week, be would have come to the cenelu-
sion that there is no warmth this side of
Cuba-or the other place where they keep
up a constant FIRE,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

We are very sorry to observe that
our conJfeTes Of Perpignon, Spain, the edi.
tors and managers of the newspapers La
hepublique and Des Pyrenies Orientales.
have been fined and imprisoned for insult
lng the King Of Spain. If the King of
Spain can't do any better than that towards
tie press-if he must take such a mean
and underhanded advantage as that upon
our brothers of Perpignon, we wouldn't
even give our Grant for him.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The London World says that George
Henry Lewes, besides being the profoundest
German scholar among English1nen, was
Slso a philosopher, savani. biographer.
dramailst critic and novelist. a c6arming
companion and brilliant wit. He was also,
It may be added, a successful editor.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

HE Chinese people did all of their in,
venting four thousand years ago. Within
the last twelve or fifteen centuries they have
not invented anything-retired from bust
ness-but let Edison, or any other sharp
Yankee produce something nobody has ever
found out before, and the Heather can
point to the identical thing which happened
in his country four thousand years aog.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

a PRIVATE letter from DesMoines. Iowa,
says the cold weather ia terrible there
thermometer ranging from % to 30 degrees
below zero. The thermometer here last
Monday sunk as low as - degrees below
zero. So DesMoines is not very far ahead
of us after all.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

improvemt mt ovr the pine lands of Missis-
sippi, except the flow o. in mi grafton whit b
is going to the promised land which is just
a little q head. Shall tell you something
about it when let there.
MORE ANON.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

In the organization of the Tennessee
Legislature, recently convened in Nash
vile, Mrs. E. G. Cook, was elected engross-
ing clerk. This is departure worthy of
mutation.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

REx's pronunciamento fixes the time
for his visit to New Orleans, at the 18th of
February.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The N. o. Times describes it this way
Two days with but single thaw it:
Two nights that freeze as one,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The Crystal Springs Monitor is one of
the handsomest and best papers in the
State 1t has about the best organization.
Dr. Hunter is philosopher and a capital
writer. Mr.. Elliott, his associate, is one
OF the most tasteful and competent mana>
gers and makers up Of paper the State
has produced. We hail with pleasure the
visitation Of newspaper like tie Monitor
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

JOSEPH JAYNE, JR., of Brandon, is a
father in Israel. His boy weighs nine
pounds.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

GRENADA has a balance of SIS, 1876 II on
hand contributed to her relief fund during
the epidemic,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

The Chinese Ambassador. Using, has ar
rived in Paris
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

THERE is man in Marquette, Michigan,
who is known there among men as S. B..
Eeedham, but that is evidently misnc-
mer, as he has lately discovered He claims
to be Peter, the identical party who denied
Christ but afterwards repented Of his
treachery, and died in the faith. Mr..
Needham says: ''In spirit I am the man
who deuied the Lord" And he adds: 81
am known by all of the old citizens of
Marquette, and I shall yet be known
among all the nations of the earth" And
he further declares: "Aud that which I
am now to make known unto all the people
who live on the earth is to be done through
the light of the spirit" Mr. Needham, or
Mr.. Peter, as the case may be, has frank
way of setting forth his mission, but what
we want to know is, if he is the genuine
Peter, has he ever made suitable apology
to the Roman soldier for cutting off his
ear without any just provocation? And, if
not, does he now stand ready to make the
duleuut uOuOfdDle! VI Is ne WIIlIDg to
submit the matter to the honorable arbitra-
ton of mutual friends? We have always
been impressed with the conviction that
Peter was too rash in that affair, and that
an explanation was demanded, both in iu,.
tice to the manned older and to his own
reputation as law-abiding Democrat. How
ever much we may admire the general
politics of Peter, it can hardly be ex-
pected that we should defend this weakness
in giving way to turbulent and angry pas.
sion. Let Mr.. Needham give his version |
of this unhappy difficulty, and, if possible, |
remove the unpleasant suspicious which |
rest in the minds Of many of his friends. |
that he was not entirely iustifable when he |
cut of the soldiers ear. l. is true it |
would have been in better taste if the ex> |
PLANTATION or apology had been made several
hundred years sooner, but the public are
to accept it even at this late day.
in view Of the manifold dnties which occn-
pied his attention previous to his late mum
dane TRANSPORTATION.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
From the files of the Louisiana Gazette,
published in New Orleans fifty six years ago
We clip the following advertisements.
Fehruarv II 1922 .
February IL, 1923

February IL, 1923
PASSENGER For MADIsoNvILLE-An elegant
sleigh and four will leave Basin Carondelet this day
at O'Clock fer MadisOnviils, by way Of the canal
and lake Pontchartrain; it wifi be provided with
bunal0 robes and other accommodations for eight
passengers Apply 10 the driver, on board OF at
Labriskin's stable-passage IS.
February IL, 1923:
sKATEs---A few pains Of HoIland-made skates
TOT SAFE al ia Cust0mhOuse street, ready strapped
An editorial paragraph then speaks of
Californian vine freezing in the bottles, of
Bayou St John being frozen a foot thick.
and Of numbers Of skaters being out.
whereby we infer that the rtssnt is not the
coolest weather this city has ever seen
New Orleans Times.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

ED. JAcE is elected Mayor of Brandon
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11

Col. ALT HARPER, Of the Okolona
States, was in town several days during
this week, attending the Supreme
Court. We had the pleasure of meet
ing him often, and it is always pleas
ure to meet him. He brings sunshine
on the cloudest day, and spreads Il
genial halo wherever he goes. One
would never suspect as mild and anna
bic man as Harper of an itching desire
to put all the breaks down at once on
the car of progress, and set the world
back to the good old principles of '9S.
Nevertheless, that is the grand object
he lives for, and that's what's the mat
ter with Harper. In law he is search
ing and able in oratory he is logical
and brilliant in journalism he is pithy
and pointed but in politics he is ante
deluvian and impracticable.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-01-11
So REWARD.

MEDIUM SIZE RED COW. small meek but
stout; about years old, cali nearly a year Old;
formerly belonged 10 Mrs. Collins, living Of
miles from Jackson, in Rankin county said COW
vas bought from r. A. Wolfe. The ABOVE reward
viii he paid for return Of COW and calf 10 the e1i-
or Of this paper. Also a similar reward tor the
COW and calf sold BY Capt. W. A. Montgomery u
Capt. s Gwin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-09
ROOrbacks!

Voters of Preble County! Demo
Gratis and Independent Republicans!
Lookout for,aH kinds cflies and fool
ish' stories about our Candidates for
State Senator, Representative, Trea
surer, Prosecuting Attorney, Com
missioner and Infirmary Director.
The Ring, WHO have controlled the
public patronage and offices of this
county for many years, feel that the
honest voters are turning against
them andthat power is slipping from
their hands to longer rule the coun.
ty. They are becoming desperate
and are circulating all kinds of sto.
ries-pay no attention to them, but
vote for the men whom you know
will dotheir duty honestly and faith.
fully, and are not under the contro
of a Ring.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-09

Some smart "AJecG" has undertake
en- to mix Mr.. John T. Deem into
the contest hat took place over the
election of an Agricultural Board,
in the hope no doubt, that it might
lose him some votes. We will state
to the friends Of Mr.. Deem that he
took no part in the election whatev-
or, and had no more to do with get
ting up any of the tickets or circu
Iating them, than had D. W. Cooper.
1t is a very small business and a
very small person, who would under,
take to run politics into our Agricul-
tural Society il any shape whatever,
and we hope the honorable and sens
ible men of both parties will frown
down on all such dirty work Of pot
house politicians.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-09
Allen @. Myers.

Hon. Allen o. Myers, Clerk of the
Ohio Senate, addressed the Democ-
racy of Eaton in the Court House
on Tuesday evening last. bespoke
almost two hours and his speech was
full of piquant points and hard hits
at the party of "great moral IDEAS"
and call the decency." He is con
versant with the history of all our
politicians and the rascality of many
of them, and showed them up in
their true colors.
A proposition was made to the
Republican Central Committee here
to hold a joint meeting between Mr..
Myers and Hon. Thos. Brown, Of
Indiana, who spoke here the same
evening, but they refused to accept
it upon any terms. They were afraid
to risk their party hearing the issues
of the two parties presented face tc
face on equal grounds
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-10-09
A Change.

Times are still hard.
They are getting no better.
Capital does not yet find a safe in
vestment.
Laborers still want employment.
The fault lies in the policy of the
Republican party, which is to legis-
late for the rich and let the poor take
care of themselves. :
Let US have achange.
1t is healthy for a change.
The business of the country needs
a change.
The poor man needs q change.
The indebted farmer needs q
change.
Let US all try a change.
The Republican party has robbed
the country long enough.
1t raises no hand to relieve the
poor man but legislates all for tht
banker and bondholder.
Vote for EWING and RICE, and the
Republican party is q dead dog il
the pit!