The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-28

Vest Point secures tho Let, Fad end v
III positions Of honor rapelo Lag 2
he 9ra; Slarkyilic. 4th: Ysxoo cry, !
ID, and Jackson. 9Th The ex-
success Of West Point /
over her competitors NC think may
be justly sttribuled TO the fact that
he money raised by the balloting
was TO be expended in building a
church In that city II this is not
true, and the generous donors al the
Point we're only moved by "a higher
and nobler consideration than that
which prompted certain gentlemen
Of Okolona to contribute at the first
baIloliug $1,000, they are entitled
to more credit for piety and rclig-
ious fervor than was ever ascribed
to them 10 the past. Aberdeen, II
seems, did not fespoud as enthusias-
iically, as was reasonably expected |
Since the polls was re-opencd, as We
are reliably informed, at her request,
and that too aferit vas knoEn who
we're the successful candidates in the
drst election, as well as the price
paid for the distinction, we very
naturally concluded the euterprlsing
denizens Of the "village on the Tom
bigbee" would sec our "blind" (sf-
ter It was uneovered) land 60 one
better bencc Okolona was not
ayerse to the proposition allowing
Der to "withdraW her money from
the pot, ana acted promptly upon
the suggestion. But Aberdeen didn't
come to time. Jackson Jagged in
the rear. New candidates for the
distinguished honor ofplaying third
fiddle in an entertainment, The pro-
ceeds Of which we're intended far the
pockets OF The leader oi the orshes-
tra, appear TO have been .xceedly
scarce, and sc infer from tie pub
lished list Of successful a5pirants,
lhat the re opening business has not
proved bonanza VI any exlraordi.
nary dimensions. The indications
are that Instead o. raising more
mqneg for lhe church, TIE enterprise
suffered by Tue unfair aad aawise
policy petsaoj TIL, Is certainly
true, unless other towns That paltici-
pated 70 the INST election supplement
ed their original donations With sd-
ditiOnal amounts on the seeoad call
Tor more money. For it vas Su-
thoritstively announced, after ihc
first ballot, that Mics Franks (thcn
Of West Point, now Of Macon. EDs
chosen 10 the frst position, and Miss
Maggie Moore, Of this city, would
be assigned the second place, which,
30 far as We know, has never beer
denied. except by sqnib in one ofthe
West Point papers, wherein, IL We
mistake not, Miss Moore was con.
ceded the 3rd post Of honor About
the same lime Tapel0 Vas oompl-
meutad, as she deserved 10 he, for
her 400 or 44O votes, and tbe conolu.
sion With Us vas that Tapelo would
be third ifOkolons was second, aud
fourth II Okolona vas third But,
under tie "readjastmeata policy
adopted, Miss Franks is made o oisi-
zen Of Mason, Mas Campbellr the
accomplished young lady who COM
peted with her for Grst honors, rep.
resents West Point, and, Okolona
having Withdrawn from the contest,
Tupelo, represented by the elegant
and bssatiful Miss Julia Thompson,
is promoted to The third round on
the ladder of-generosity. But our
West Point friends viii say the
! price Of Okolona's $50 votes was
refunded, sud We hsvs no right to
complain we admit ell the repara.
ton it was possible for them to make,
after they had resolved TO reopen
the contest was made for the wrong
done us But the return Of the
money did not place US in status quo
We had fairly won for one Of our
sweetest Prairie Flowers q destinc.
tion which she justly mcrited and
would have Worthily worn, but the
fact that other towns we're invited to
come in and seize the prize, after the
amount 0ko,ona bad contributed
was made public, WAS a rank unjus-
ticc TO Miss Moore and her friends.
which the return Of the sos 90 does
not conaone. BtNthey replg "aiiss
Franks and Miss Campbell consent =
ell that the election should be pro-
trae.ed, snd why should Miss Moore |
o. her friends obIectg Well, Miss
Moore did not object, nor would her
friends have been found objecting
(pyovded they could have been in.
duccd to believe il was right to re.
open lhe contest after the result OF
the ballet was made knownl IL the
money 20 rsiscd wss to be appropH
nted 70 build a church AZ ne home
sfthefJ arorits
Tue probabilities are That To- dead
.ock ia tie Senate viii be broken
'oon, ~ Che back down or tho Re-
1ublicans The President IS saii to /
oe seriously embarrassed by the sit
lasion, and Il, sires his party 10 stop
he foolish wfanoling over tbe On