The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-02-03
FIAT JUsTHrIA. RUAr CE
MEW.


Weregret TO- see the disposlt ion
cropping out among some Of our
south Mississippi exchanges, to en-
gender public prejudice against Gov
Stone, on account Of bis official con
nce,ion with the Board Of Trustees
OF the A. q 81. College. This is IN
Just and discreditable 70 that portion
Of the press so engaged and especially
Is this so, when unfair deductions
are drawn and far fetched assertions
made. But recently the Meridian
Mercury iuslnuated that Gov. Stone
was instrumental In having the A. a
In. College located at Starkville,
/ v ben 10 truth and ia fact his .rote on
! looatioa ,0as cast for Merldiaa, and
not Stsrkvilie. Nextcomos our es-
tcemed coiempotary Of the Biandon
Republican. With a statement, which
we are sure was mot carefully con-
sidefed before its publication, for
the facts do not warrant it, He
says N
"When the Agricultural College
was 70 be located, he appointed near
| IL all The commissioners from the
northern portion Of the State, and
the consequence was that it was 10
Gated in the black belt, instead Of in
The section where the white boys
| live who we're intended to be bens-
fitted by it."
The Actiof the Legislature pro-
viding for the establishment and or
ganization Of the A. 4. NJ. College,
required the Governor 10 appoint
one member Of the Board of Trus
tees from each Congressional District,
and three from the State at large
The Governor complied with the law
in letter and spirit, and we will state
; for the information Of our friend, th'
editor Of the'Kepublican, that at th'
time Of the location Of the Colleg'
the names and residences Of thl
members Of the Board we're as fol
lows:
I 1sT DISTRICT. w. B. Montgomery
E Starkville, Oktibbeha county.
e 2ND DIsTRIcT-T Z. Dockery
Loves Station, De Soto county.
3RD DESTRUCTIVE, B. Augustus
: Macon, Noxubee county.
= 4TH DIsTRIcT-L. B. Brown, En-
Y terprise, Clarke county
I'll + 5TH DIsTRIcT-J. NJ, Causey, Nc
Comb City, Pike county.
6TH pIsTRIcT-D, L Phares
Woodville Wilkinson county.
i STATE AT LARGE--A. NJ West
a Holly Springs, Marshall county
o Chas L Gilmer, Sharon, Madiso
county, Frank Burkitt, Okolons
Chickasaw county.
Tho Act Of the Legislature abov
ref erred TO, makes the Governor e
Q6foio President of the Board c
u Trustees. When the question o
location was settled, Gen. West wa
absent, We are quite certain ser
Z" tional feeling had nothing to do wit
: the location OF the College, for "
know that members residing i
North Mississippi voted for Nerd
I IAN and McComb's City, while ther
we're members from the Souther
portion Of the State who preierre
Starkville and so voted Since ia
organization Of the Board of Tru:
tees two members, Gen. West an
: DR.. Phqres, have resigned, and thei
: places have been filed by the az
pointmentof Judge George, Of Jack
son, and A n, Paxton of Yicksbura
It will, therefore, readily be see
by any one familiar with he geog
raphy Of the State, that "neatly al
the. cominissioners' or ever half o
them, WE'RE nor TnEN, AND AR
Nor NOW, from The Nutbcri
portion Of the State One mistak
Of anr esteemed friend Of the Re.
: publican is accounted f)r upon th
: ground that he did not know il
what portion Of the State the "com-
missioners" resided, aud another i
Z his persistence in the belief that III
portion Of Mississippi lying South 0
e the " & M railroad is half Of thi
! great commonwealth, when in fac
lis area is only about 6ne-lhird, an
Z It's population little more than one
q fourth the entire State.
{ We are not the champion or apol
ogist Of Gov -Stone-in fact b
needs no such services at The hand
s Of anybody-but We wish to see jus
tice done him, and we trust on
brethren Of the Press, who have thu
: assailed him, will hasten to max
the proper amend when they dis
) cover the error into which thei
} zeal for sJme other gubernatoria
aspirant las led them.
----P- sss--e==--
THEss MESSENGER, as q warn
friend and admirer Of Senator Lamar
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