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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-05-10
MISSISSIPPI PRESS ASSOCIATION.

PRESID'NTs OFFICE Miss. Press
Asso'IoS, Yazoo City, Miss, May 8, 1892 !
The Seventeenth Annual meeting Of the
Mississippi Press Association will be held
at NATCHEZ, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH,
1892.
ANNUAL ORAToR-Hon. Thos, Spight,
of the Ripley Sentinel.
ANNUAL EssAYIsT-F. G.. Morehead, of
the Planters Journal.
ANNUAL POETS A. Jonas, Of the
Aberdeen Examiner.
ANNUAL PoETEssEs-AI Mrs. Mollie Nc
Gee Smell, Of Columbus, and Miss Johnnie
Hunt, Of Vicksburg.
Mrs B. III. Moore, of Corintb. was re-
quested to read poem at this meeting.
Major G.. w. Harper, Of the Raymond Ga
zette, was requested to write history of the
Mississippi Press, to be completed, if posi-
bic, by this meeting.
The members viii meet at Bolton Depot.
Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad, on the
morning of June 9th, where vehicles will
be provided to convey them to Raymond.
eight miles distant. At this point a special
train of the Natchez and Jackson Railroad
will be in waiting to take the members to
NatcheZ In order to arrive at bolton on
time, it will be necessary to reach JSckson on
the night of June 9th, or early on the morn
ing of June 9th, so that connection can be
made at this place (Jackson) with the Vicks-
burg and Meridian train going west, which
leaves about o'clock A. NJ
The editors are expected to 60 in a body
from Bolton. 1t is the wish of the citizens
of Natchez and Raymond that the mem
bers should take the acknowledgement route.
and I am Of the opinion that this is the
quickest and best route, all things considered.
The President expresses the hope that
there will be full attendance of the mem
bers He has assurances from the refined
and hospitable citizens of Natchez that the
doors Of her people will be thf5wn open to
the Mississippi Press, and that everything
viii be done to make the 18th meeting ofl
our Association one Of the most pleasant on
record.
All who are at present members, or who |
are actual editors and publishers, who de-
sire to join, can get certificates BY writing
to the President, stating name and paper
R. WALPoLE, President.
E. S. WILSON, Secy.
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OVER THE STATE.

Capt. John Collins, one of the Oldest and
best citizens of Choctaw county, died at
French Camp, last week.
The Fayette Chronicle says that some of
the pu5lic-spirited ladies of that place have
organized pleasantaud useful society with
the above name. It's object is the promo
tion of social intercourse and mutual i'm
proyement. Ladies are only eligible for
membership, aud they have to prepare the
dishes, and are then allowed to invite one
gentleman each TO their entertainments,
which take place every two weeks, at some
one of the houses of its members.
Cader Mitchell, an old citizen OF Coving-
ton county, and Postmaster at Station,ereek,
died on the 22d of April
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Complimentary to Judge CalhoOn.

Holly Springs Papersl
At a meeting of the Holly Springs Bar
held on Friday April 18th, 1882, the follow
ing resolutions were offered by Thomas w.
Harris, ESQ., unanimously adopted, and
the following proceedings were had:
WHEREAS, The Hon. S. S. Calhoon of
the Ninth Judicial District, has upon the
request of our presiding Judge, Hon. J. w.
Z. Watson, and members of this bar, kindly
consented to try the maRy cases upon our
docket in which the presiding Judge is dis
qualified and
WHEREAS, BY his courtesy, kindness and
ability he impressed upon us who have been
engaged in the trial of causes before him,
az likewise upon our community his high
and unassailable character and bearing, as
one Of Aississippi's most distinguished
Judicial officers therefore
Reso!tea, That Judge Calhoon is entitled
to receive, and there IS hereby rendered to
him the thanks and gratitude of this bar,
the officers of court, and the people of this
county for his dignifed and courteous bear
ing, his impartiality and promptness, and
especially for the judicial learning he has
manifested in his rulings and decisions at
the present term Of our court.
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THE New ORLEANS STATES is the
ablest political paper in New Orleans.
Mr.. Edwin Craghead, who has hereto
fore been connected with it, has with.
drawn, audit will be conducted by his
late associates Messrs. FL. J. Hearsey
and NJ NJ Elmore. With its enter
prise and ability, it is destined to take
its stand among the leading journals Of
the South.
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The Storm at mt. Olive.
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PERSONS INJURED.

Mr.. OLIVE, Mss, MAY, 4rH, 1882.


Mr.. OLIVE, Mss, MAY, Urn, 1882.
EDIToRs CLARION; The cyclone that de-
stroyed Monticello on the 22d day of April,
passed over NJ. Olive, and It's Vicinity, with
all the force and destruction of that of Non
ticello, Except no one was killed in this vi
ciuitv.) but several were badly hurt. We
deeply sympathiza, with the citizens of Mon
ticello, and are pleased to see that eontribu-
lions have been amply made, for their relief.
But none for the farmers Of the poor piuey-
wood (as it is commonly termeD Twice dur
ing the year, we are brought into notice ;
that is. when taxes are to be assessed and
collected. and lust ba.or9au election, then
we are not forgotten. However, | will only
mention of the deplorable destruction by the
cyclone in the vicinity of Mt. Olive. | will
first mention Mr.. Allen Johnston, an old and
respected citizen Of COvington county, his
houses stripped and fencing destroyed by
the felied timber but with the assistance OF
his neighbor he is patched up 50 that he can
finish his crop; next was II. A. D. Mcneil
who suffered heavily; next j. Gilbert, Jr.,
who by honest, hard labor, had his place
and farm in comfortable ..uA prosperous
condition, and all was lost, not a building
left him, fencing and timber gone, and his
good lady badly hurt; next in its course
was the Rev. J. Gilbert, of Mt. Olive and
postmaster His residence and farm were
blown to pieces. The wreck is so great
that he was compelled to leave it entirely,
and some Of his family were badly hurt.
Also Mr.. J. G. Calhoun whose buildings
and farm were torn UP, but with the assis-
lance OF his neighbors he can cultivate
part Of his farm. Dan'I Calhoun's farm
suffered heavily but no houses were disturb
ed; Shady Grove Church was blown down; ;
w. /. Days farm was greatly damaged
fencing blown down and an immense amount
Of timber, but assisted by his neighbors to
repair, he can so on with his crop. Next,
A. NJ Buchanan, who suffered from blown
down timber and fencing but lost no
houses Naxt, L. n. Calhoun, who,
think, sustained the heaviest lost; he
had large tan yard, and was doing
q good business, and had a good stock of
hides on hand, and also Of leather, ana all
of his buildings and most Of his hides and
leather are gone, and he was badly hurt
himself. His place is such wreck that he
does not expect to rebuild. His loss is very
heavy Next was J. Il. Giles, his building
and farm 50 much torn up, that he moved
right oil | have only mentioned those
that suffered the worst. A great many
farmers not mentioned were badly injured,
and u great deal of stock killed of all kinds.
G. c. BUCHANAN.
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THE chances are that the disagree
ment between the two houses
in the New York Legislature on the
Railroad Commission bill, viii fail on
the question whether the Commission
ers shall be elected by the people or
be appointed by the Governor. In that
event, the New York Herald says that
the whole subject viii be referred to
the people and will enter into the pend
ing political canvass. The people are
the tribunal to which the appeal should
be made. The disagreement between
the two houses, has been encouraged
and manipulated by the corporations,
but it is supposed that the people win
instruct their agents when they meet
together again to consult and agree
upon a common plan and execute it.
There are more States than New York
in which concert of action is needed.
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Burning of the Lincoln County Jail,
With three Prisoners Confined There.

BRo0KHAvES, MISS, May 8th, 1882
ED1ToRs CLARION: Last night, sunday
at ten o'clock, duringa heavy storm Of rain
aud wind, the alarm bell rung out and 1t
was discovered that our county Jail was on
FIRE There were three negroes confined in
side charged with petty crimes, two ofwhom
were boys, and one man. When the fire
was discovered, it was too late to release
them, and they all three persisted in the
flames, and with them all knowledge of the
fire. It is supposed that the man tried to
burn out a hole through which to escape, as
be had asked for two buckets of water to be
given them in lieu of one as formerly. Loss
to the county of about s250o.00 on the
building. Yours truly,
J,A.H.
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BRADY asserts in his own defense that
the Star-route business has been inves-
tigated at every session of Congress
since 1872, without damaging anybody.
Those investigations, however, have not
concealed the well-knoWn fact that
large sums have been stolen; besides
it has been charged that sundry Con-
gressmen who voted for sexpediting'
the service didn't have disposition to
follow the tracks too closely.
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The Indiana Plan,
Washington Republican, Administration
Organ. II

Organ.)]
Greenburg, the county seat Of Decatur
county, Ind, IS town that will compare
llSa.Voraoiy with almost any other in that
2 ?. or IN any part of the United States.
1t has numerous churches, excellent school.
and IS the centre of a highly Cultivated
community. Yet this town was d;agraceJ
on the morning Of the 24th instant 6v the
cool, deliberate lynching Of man Who had
oeen tried and acquitted on the charge Of
completely in a murder, and had been
locked up IN Jail on minor charge. The
wretch was taken from the.ia and hanged
% a tree N the courthouse yard BY a gang
composed Of about twenty-five of his neigh,
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/ SeashOre IndustrY.

n. o. Democrat
The wooden mills of Mr.. A. A. UIman
are turning out as handsome goods as can
be made in the United States. The Inter
national Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Ga,
awarded diploma for the best display of
Atwood goods Of Southern manufacture to
Mr.. Ulman. lie also received the same at
the Gulf States Fair, held in New Orleans
IN 1879. The citizens of Bay St. Louis are
proud OF this factory ard proud of the
young Aississippian whose brain conceived
the idea of building it, and when his bones
have crumbled into dust, the great i'm
provements he has made and the GOOD he
has done viii build a monument in the
hearts Of this people that shall long out last
stone or marble
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9lAAoR AND ALDERMEN or Cry oFJACE,ay)
appeal from the Circuit Court of Kinds C0uu.
", non. }. b. Chrisman, Judge, presiding by
interchange with Hon. s. S. Calhoon.
The appellant sued the appellee to recover
various amounts paid by her testator in his life
from year to year to the city Of jackson FOR
license fees charged for the privilege Of carry
ing on his business as a broker and real estate
agent. The defendant by its 81 and 4th pleas
lnterposed the bar Of the year statute OF limi-
tations to which pleas the plaintiff demuned;
sne court s 4, overruled the demurrers, which
action Of the court is now assigned for error.
P. P. Bailey and r. shotweu for appellant
Shelton Shelton, contra.
COOPER, j.,
Hold
Under 2151 Code Of 1871 as amended by
aet OF Fe6rury 26th, 1876, implied contracts arc
pared IN six years and the years statute OF
liiillltaiIons does not apply. The demurrers
should have been sustained. J4aqment rererssi
TO be repOrted.)
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsH1xGroN. D. @. Mnr G 1sS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6, 1882.
As the summer approaches, the prospect
of an early adjournment of Congress APP
pears to be very remote, and the opinion
among those best advised is that there will
be no adjournment before the middle of
July. Politics first, business last, anI new
er do to-day what you can do tomorrow
have been the theory and practice of Con-
gress for years. There is no effort to pass
appropriation bills just now, not even an
effort to hasten their passage. If these bills
should be passed, the country would want
to know why Congress should not adjourn.
The bill referring the tariff question to
an outside committee Of experts will prob
ably be passed to-day, then will come
several contested election cases. The adj
mission of Dakota as a State, and the
Geneva award. After these bills have been
disposed of, there will remain the appropri-
alton bills, the Naval, Legislative Deficien-
cy, and Sundry and these cannot be passed
without much debate and conference in
joint committees of the Senate and the
House. G. 4. S.
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W. j. WEIB, ET. Al, I


The cause had been continued to the next
| term of the court because the summons to sHch
OF the parties who did not join in the appea
was not served ten days before the time when
the appeal was retunablc This a mot. 10 10
set aside that continuance.
F, Johnson, for motion.
COOPER, J.
Held-
NoproyisioE has been made in tEe Code Ear
IN any oil the pre- yious Codes, as To the time
"hen the service Of the summons TO ioiu IN IA
appeal should be served. tits therefore MAI.
yer SUBJECT TO be regulated by the rules ~ ibis
court. No rule has been adopted on the cub.
Ject but the records Of this court s3l5yy Il, t.s
practice has been to make such summons re-.
turnable to the next succeeding term. I'm cases
IN which the writ has been issued bv our clerk
IN analogy TO issuing writs to appellee. We
CONSIDER thls practice as equivalent 10 % rule 81
court and win adhere to it, The summoasnat
oel3g served ten days before the return term
oil the appeal, the cause should stand c.uta-
ued. Mutton OrcrrUlcd
To be rpporteG Z
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We are indebted to the courtesy Of
the Hon. c. L. Hooker for the Con-
gressional Record containing copy of
his very able speech in the Chalmers
Lynch contested case, in which he takes
occasion to answer successfully the
charges of AEr. Moore, Representative
from Tennessee against the Democratic
party of Mississippi. His statements
are supported by statistics and testimo-
ny, which, though not unfamiliar to
Mississippians, are good reading in
communities where correct information
is needed.
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Cor. JSo. A. BLAIR, of Lee, IS a
candidate for Congress in the first
district. This reminds US that Col.
Tison who was called upon by a cor
respondent of THE CLARION, to become
a candidate for Congress has declined to
run. We will take occasion to say
right here that since Col. Tison declines
to make the race for Congress, his SER
vices cannot we'll be dispensed with in
the Legislature. In her State councils,
as weIIin the national legislature, the
State needs the presence of her truest,
best and ablest sons.
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The a. and NJ. College.

At the meeting of the Board Of
Trustees of this College several members
Of the faculty viii be chosen. The
State has taken deep interest in the
College, and contributed literally to its
support, and We are sure the Trustees
will make these selections with an eye
exclusively to the welfare of the insti-
fUFi0u
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WhitWorth College.

\ rare feast Of reason is in store for
the patrons OF this Institution at the
Commencement exercises. DIR. Carter,
IF New Orleans, VIII preach the Com
maacemont sermon on the 18th Of June
Governor Lowry will deliver the com
mcucemcnt address June 20th; DR.. c.
X Marshall will address the Alumnu
A zsoeiation June the 18th.
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Death Of DR.. Summere-

:, NASHVILLE, May 6.-The Rev DR..
Thomas Q. Summers, book editor and
secretary Of the General Conference of the
southern Methodist Church, died at his
residence, near the Vanderbilt University,
Yesterday, after but few hours illness, in
the presence Of his wife, his son aud a few
friends, He was born near Corfe Castle,
porsetshire, England, Oct II, 1912,
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Hon. ]. acc. Martin at Crystal springs
HIS ADDRESS 10 rHE KNIGHTS OF PYTH1As

HIS ADDRESS TO THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Copiahan.]
The Hon. J. McC. Martin, our State SEN
ator, made an eloquent and impressive adj
dress; after which the G. G. of the Lodge
announced that after an hour to be devoted
to the festival all connection of the Lodge
would cease, and that 'sthe house would be
open for general business" which of course
was accepted and the seats removed for the
benefit Of the devotees Of terpsichore, when
soon the hours swept rapidly on to the time
Of swiftly moving feet and "all was merry
IS marriage bell Our gay young Senator
led of the opening set, and many were the
bewitching smiles and bewildering glaneesI
cast upon him By our lovely bellies, as he
moved through the figures Of the stately
quadrille or Nhirled through the mazes of
the sgiddy waltz, which smiles and CLAM
ces, il would appear, were not altogether in
vain, five may be allowed to Judge BIZ the
token left IA pledge to one Of orr most fasci-
mating nymphs. Mr. Martin is very pspu-
lar here, and any candidate for Senatorial
honors would meet with but little eneour-
agement IN srposing him.
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THE white and colored races don't get
on as well together in the North as in the
South, where the latter are in sufficient
numbers to come in competition with
the former. Fer example this article
in the Philadelphia Ledger:
The white railroad laborers at Cornwall,
New York, struck yesterday for an advance
of % cents per day, and compelled the col
ored men to quit work. Several arrests
were made, and the colored laborers, being
promised protection, returned to work. In
consequence of the strike the cotton mills
shut down, throwing 400 persons out of en-
ployment.
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The Tide Of Immigrniion.

The Emigrant express on the PITTSBURGH
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, arrived
here yesterday in four sections, bringing !.
400 European emigrants (forty car loads Il
ChIcago from PennylVania steamship con-
nectlons st New York, PHILADELPHIA and
baltimore They left Chicago today for
ne e, y est and Northwest on special trains
Chicago Journal, 4th. s's1 : AIMS
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Hox. J. r. CHAIMERs has returned
to Mississippi and issued an address to
the voters Of the End District announc-
ing that be Is an Independenticandidate
to represent them Congress at the
ensuing election.
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FlIght Of Dorsey.

Dorseya chiefamong the star-routers,
is ) fugitive from justice. His coun-
sci admitted ii open court on Friday
thathe could not secure his attendance,
and the court was therefore compelled
to resort to extreme measures.
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PoMrlcs in Tennessee are somewhat
complicated in consequence Of the Debt
question. The Republicans have already
held their State Convention and re-
nominated the present Governor, Mr.
Hawkins, on a platform pledged to the
acceptance of the proposition Of the
bondholders in regard to the payment
Of the debt. That proposition is to
take sixty cents on the dollar and reduce
the rate of interest. The total debt is
twenty-scven million dollars. The
Democrats are divided among them
selves about the terms Of settlement,
and it is to be seen whether their efforts
to agree viii be successful, The prob
abilities are that they will be, In that
event, Democratic aseendency will be
restored in the State.
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Our people are everywhere man
Testing the greatest iberality to rail
road capitalists. For example, see the
proceedings of meeting at Yazoo
City. At Chester, Choetaw county, a
meeting was held and resolution was
adopted rendering the c, \. 4 N. r. r,
the right Of way through the County Of
Choctaw and the town Of Chester with
ont cost to said railroad provided said
road is brought through that town.
The benefits Of railroads need not be
dwelt upon. They are potent agents
for promoting the business prosperity of
a country. Mississippi offers great OPP
portunities for investment in railroads,
and they are coming.
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Is order to devote his time entirely
to the study Of the law, Gen. James l..
Harris has resigned the Office of Private
Secretary and Adjutant General con
ferred upon him by the Governor, the
duties Of which he has discharged ably,
and acoeptably to the Governor since
his accession tooflice in january. Gen.
Harris is young gentleman Of com
handing talents, and is destined to
reach the highest honors in his profes
sion. His strict attention to business
and uniform courtesy in the office of
Private Secretary, have won for him
universal esteem.
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Cotton Tax.
TOTAL AMOUNT COLLECTED on THE RAW
ARTICLE FROM 1862 TO 1868.

WAsHINGTOS.-A letter from the Secre-
t8ry of the Treasury was laid before the Sen
ate to-day, showing that the total amount Of
internal revenue tax collected on raw cot
ton, from the time it was imposed in 1862
until it was repealed in 1868, including that
received from all tile States aud Territories,
was $68,075,330 90.
1--WE scarcely think it worth while to
agitate the question Of the refunding of
the unjust and unconstitutional cotton
tax in view of the decided opposition Of
all parties in the Northern States to the
measure; but We desire to reafirm most
emphaticalIy that if it be refunded at
all, ii should be to the persons from
whom it was collected, or their legal
representatives. 1t is private property,
and the government has as little right
to make q common fund Of it for a
specific public object, as it had to seize
II in the first in.tance.)