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The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20
THE COPIAH SUPERVISORS.
AprIl TERM, 1853.

Tho State of Mississippi
Copiah county: BE 1t remeln
bcrod that n regular meeting
of the Board of Supervisors OF
Copiah county,was begun and
held at the Court house there'
of, in the town of Hazlehurst
on Monday the 10th day OF
April, A. D. 1888; present
Hon. j. B. Jones, president
presiding; Charner Price, w.
Il. Price, +. M. Bufkin, and
l. NJ Jones, members; Il. j.
Hargrave, sheriff; j. NJ. Nor.
man, clerk, and court being
opened according to law:
Ordered that ]. NJ. Lowe be
allowed tho SUN of IS 90 for
washing done for prisoners in
Jail;
That j. N. Crawford, be al.
lowed the sum Of $99.75 for
building a bridge across Lick
creek, ON Barksdale road;
ThatJ. II. Gable, be allowed
the sum of $3.50 for consta-
bic costs in case State We. T.
Il. Dole;
That the accoun. of DR.. A.
+. Buckley, tor $20.45 for
medicine and medical atten.
ton furnished paupers al the
poor house, be allowed.
That, H. Penn be allowed
The sum of 1926, for making
mile boards.
Ordered that court adjourn
until tu>p5rrow lnoring al o
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20
l. p. WILLING ESQ.

Ep,roR CopI,H SIdyAL:--As Tue time
approaches when it will be necessary
COR thc democracy OF The ornu'y to
east abon. for men t, represent US
in tie approaching eanva's, we COLI
family hosr Of aspirants Tor tho dill
ieren; county Offices. bu. hear OF no
o.c claiming the tpscia! nt,ci ton of
his fricnis for the lssi.!ataro. This
is rs j; should DC, lisa very de'ic'te
mater 10 rpresen. tho peop'c in the
council II tue state, and men who are
pra'ifl 4 TO GIL the important,ruil,
are not likely 10 volunteer their SER
VICES. It is vol on'ugh however
or the people 10 consider well the
ftuc.s OF any VIM may be mentioned
for tho position, and With tina. Wow,
I srgses, The name Of Robert VII.
ling, u, orc of many gentlemen who
wonld rcpres mt the county with
c,o,it, beth 20 her a1d himteif. In
doing this, | am sc,ua'od by q sense
Of his e,ulsr tita.ss for tho posi- ion
aad speak whereof | know There
are s,rious question b be cousidor'
ed by the people Of The state, aud
passed upon BY the next legislature
Among others that nigh. be men,
toned, are the lien law aud tho rail
road question, and possibly M e'ec-
two judiciary, though We hope tia,
mater will not have following ci
sufficient dignity 20 ba called a qnes'
,ioa. It is useless t, nndett,ke to
frown down the Other question, how.
ever, wi'Lou. attempting to express
an opinion, it will be conceded at
orcr, tba, ,hay shpu'd DO candidly
a, d fairly considered, md ihepeoele
should be fully undertook and then
f.iriy represen'el Oh thess questions.
la our opinion these is no: man in
the county who ould act moro judi.
cious!y, and more unsc'lishly in these
and other matters thIn II 'beit VIII.
ling. lie is porhsp7. tao best posted
man in the county upon the history
OF our government. lie is a sound
lawyer, coed par!iamcutar'an, and
above al thai, q true typs OF iSe
Southern gentleman, whose head is
as GEAR ss his heart 10 pure. His
style Of porfe,. manhood fits Linn
fer the highest honor within the
gift Of the people, aud would do.
mand recognition in the moat august
assemblies in the land. In him the
people would have n representative
whose highest aim would be. their
pleasure, whose grca' est grief their
dis,pproval. lu cbamrionipg RIB.
ert Wiling, am not unmindfu! OF
the various other geptlomon whose
qualities arc their caunt'es Pride,
nor am / forgetful OF the eminent
services OF those whom sho has hon.
ored before. / share tho pride OF
the county in their merits and dsvo'
ton and woald gladly lee oil tho de-
serving promoted. I simply speak
OF the merit Of the modest and un.
pr.tent;ous gentleman whose name
l use without bis knowledge or con.
sent, man whom have had an op.
por.uuity to know, and whom to
know is to love. l am not prepared
to speak of bis acceptance OF the
trust II rendered. OF one thing am
sure. he will MT onter into scrnm.
bic for the place: 81 another ] feel !
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success OF The ,icko. res upIn his
individual vote.
lis not too io)n 10 commence op
crations, much has 10 ba done, and
tho sooner ,ur pens are lad The
te'ttr. Good men must DO elected
t, provide over tia clubs. men VII"
Will iusli!l activity and promct ac'i n
into tho meabers. List thorough
o'gui:: ,tion ho mace, even thus ear
ly. Ceitpinly NO harm can nrise,and
mach good may %. rather will onsue'
Tis absolutely certain that dtmo
crstic victory came. to expected 10y
idlencss on tho part OF tue leaders o.
Tho party, md we in LET That tho rec
osnized heals Of political affairs IL
each beat talk tho matter mp, speak
Of tic Importance o. corcirt ct ~
zion, tel If the p;e5eni status o
county financial sfairs, AMI show Il
those Who Look TO them Tor advice
that til" present management OF Gu
mou;cd interests mus. be changed
We iutand, so far as in III lies, t
keep the ball moving 10 give u
,c,t, until cur hearts desire, usmO'y
revival OF tn spirit Of 1875. sha'
have been g-at.ti.d. We want oil
the Old, The young, the lich aud tn
po, T.. 10 become alive to the fact tha
things are rot ss they should b. ,nr,
we 5e,ire every lover Of liberty AT
good government 10 come to the res
cue The County must DO rave
from further disgrace aud rnin. w
hope that we will not be considered
over zeslous in thess appeals. Ou
,n'eliions ere purc, and our Who'll
,im hail bs 10 advance Ito cause G
right. We ere ready and willing I
10 any ard all things. (houorable)t
,,curc tic election cf tho ickc, TIA
The party may bring out, and we cha
cud,avor to impress upon the Peep!
from tine 10 ,ne, th,t OILY Jude
d.mccrktic rule Can psnre, prosper
ty and good governm,ht be ioand.
We believe from the presOn. ind
cations, that mauy Go-ca'(ed indcpci
jel,s are an1;ols to again aihIi,t
With OUR r,sTv.. and wo should |
ready y. any time TO extend Other
q warm welcom,. We al err IN or
&C ions aud we al on d rs freely ~
give tho repeItlnt politician, as W
hcpe 10 be forgiven for oar error
aud short comiI gs ir other matter
Let by-gcn,s te forgotten, and on
10, L forward to the glorious fu'ur
that awaits us when democratic !. q,
ners shall float from cVsryplsce.
Again We say that 10 particul'
piece should claim reward for hsvir
voted sol;dly heretofore. The oil
tire eouLty in times past has done i
duty. We want the mon WHO ca
add ;he most strength to Tho iick'
aud not those VIII, possibly NAV /
unknown outside OF their own imm
dia,e ishtorhooi. We must loo
20 the men and not to the plact tn,
h.il from-ali honor To Wesson Il
her democratic strength. but oih'
p,sces deserve rs much credit
least for having discharged their dc
ty, whore greater opposition p'ese'
ted itself.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20
OUR VIEWS.

There scenes to DO q disposition
on the part Of some to think ,t&
,ksir portion CT the unly is entitled
20 choice OF places on 'ha tiikci,
because they have always given n
large enocrsiic majriiy-NoIicis'
HE among these is the W,s''n Her
aid. W. 20 net desire, nor ID we
intend TO eu.er into controversy.
with any one on This subject, Go the
press suould be unit, OF tho sui
iect Of lacing the most available
men before the people as candidates
for their suffrage, but We do in'ist
thai il IL no wonder that the "l.oSell
OF the S1uth" votes all right ut every
election. The population OF the plocc
is alnos' exclusively white, and rcth
ing hut democratic v>t.s can ~ SSH
bly, hill f,om o llace so PECULIAR,
blessed. We would not dstr c. any
thing rrom arycfe who wishes 10 Of
fer fer oflic9 from Wesson, and II the
people by their representatives IL
convention assembled deem il b the
interest 81 the party to Gil the entire
tickle. with Wessoniics we will be
content, aud shall give cur whcle
.soul ID elcctips them, ut We do n
think that their domo,ra ic proclivi.
ties should DO urged as a reason VIII,
they .hou.d be entitled to dictate 81
60 tie ofIico they wact. Wo want
the men who will leud weight 10 the
ticso. and Assure is election, no
matter wh,ro they reside, Snj every
poFh IN Of the coun'y must outer The
caLyass determined 10 work for tbo
good Of I'LL ard no. 20 contend foi
any one locality or name. II beat
two can IurnisL the mea who vii
col duct the ca;vass TO successful
end .hel tho other beats must work
for them. We know that beat ole
will support the ticket even though
j, has TO representative thereon. /,
will 20, do ir those sectional Gains
l., gain any headway-ths county
lrust lie united as who'e-and the
i.aaeulial men must o1elt themselves
TO secure ticket that viii iusri!l en-
,hu.iasm Into the masses. No Cau-
ca~sion deserves pra:s, or promotion
for beng true to his rae. and plea
FIR Office on account Of fca!ty to the
democracy is intangible and grossly
wrong.
TIE ,ickt. must DO composed OF
gentlemen whose moral aud political
characters are above rsproach. Men
sgainft whom naught detrimental
can be iruthiully aid. it matters no,
their rame or residence. Tho back
elders are returning to Their first
lcve, aud with a good ticket the de-
mccracj may expect net only to poll
thsis full vote. bu, to gam from the
oppoIii sou.e strength. We must
not f.a to send mou to the conven-
ton WHO are mentally AID morally
qualified to act Us the times demand.
We must risk Lo,hing, but must bave
the ticket 30 s,Ioi & ~ 10 prove IN
v;uciLle. We must rem, mber, that
rs the die lii cart. 80 shall it remain
for one term at least, and clubs must
I've organized. the camp sf'sr kind
led,ard ever. voter must feel that the
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

j. s, S.
WHO SHALL BE OUR NEXT
SURVEYOR.
Eplrok S.oxAL: Tia not apparent
that am under 81 ocial obliga'i ma
to give an account Of my stewardship,
still q 10. OF leading, unanswered
questions, termed EVIDENCE, may mis-
lead melody. So having nothing
TO conceal, I will. for the benefit OF
the intelligence Of this county. make
o statement which mny or may not
10 considered satisfactory.
In the private survey for Mr. Rob
erls,n---aud in which he assisted rs
chain benrer-he surprised his eighth
TO DO OF full width and INSTRUCTED mo
10 proceed accordingly. A LEGAL
survey made recently shows tho
eighth tr he less than full in width
by about eoycn feet which, according
to q line OF trees. blazsd in the pri-
va.e survey, whose memories are
neither convenient nor faulty. prov.
es no error in either sarvey, as the
eigh,kis about seven feet lers than
fah. In tho private survey 1 was d.
rec!ed to Law off 20 chains and in the
legal survey ! Was employed to IL
cate the b .undariea OF the eighth
So where is the conflicting point? 10
Ito survey o! the Flowera' estate, WI
went no nearer than one fourth Of q
mile from the good stob" which N'
Morrison vas requested by ME tt
drive in diS, rsut survey altogether
Mr. NJ. very sonsibly states that tit
stake referred to may havs been NOV
cd and tho aforesaid trees would vel
sustain any such doubt. as the nova
lie stake does no. hgree-As it once
did-with the, to some ,X'cat i'm
movable liue OF marked trees. j
the survey for Me- Wclch, the chi.
case presented U. which hc has per
soral Knowledge, himself assisted
For sake OF argument suppose ono o
BuTon's or B0ndurauis stake 'oiav
been our starting point aud that W
finally arrived at a point .sta6lisNtt
by ether or both is Mr.. w. claim.
I. it not Necessary for him to pre-
duce n statement ald cer,ilicat, from
ONE OF said Surveyors showing wLer
and how and where said corners wei
located and giving the names o
chainmon &c. 70 that the survey coul,
10 sccep'el or condemned by the
courts of thu country? II 'wover
Mr. Barton informed me tia, lie Ia
never mado legal survey iu tie n
z. or OF that section; go unless
3 ppdurant certificate c., lie produc
ed what does auy survey made f'ou
any OF his stakes mount to? A Ii.
tie certificate officially signed, from
Boaduran! would have more weigh
than all the true testimony Mr. W.
in!orme-s can get up in forty years
Tho s.Rks he refers to six and one
hall !oct cast OF y w. corner is nc
ted nc n temporary one which wa
driven by mo on Az OFFSET LINE 10 y
mad. u'e Il afterwards. spcak;n
precisely. tia nowhere near the trn
corner. As neither WEIGH nor Wentt
ersby had due not CO in the legal su'
vsy | fvlt Unauthorized TO appropri
ate time which taen belonged to oil
or m,n in locating co'cer betwee
them. This parties interested ma
rest assured that 80 far AZ my state
ment aud Ger iicats goes, The las
aod only legal survey made by m
OF any Of the land referred TO wi
STAND THE TKsr. A I klLrATRlcE
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

Messrs W-lcl and Fitzpatrick have
each had fair showing in their con-
troyersy, and ~ tho articles arc bc-
ginning to be personal 1t ia time to
SHOWN brakes" NJ moro articles
on this subject will be received for
publication.-Ed. Signal.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

0 nldcut, he ~ not 70 10 n Ia NJ 10
ignore the Gains Of tho people upon
the services Of n citizen. What say
tho peoll,s What says Mr.. Willing?
7 = g.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

Bridge across Copiah creek,
be received and that tho said
Catching and Steele, and i.
Il. Allen, DO aud they are
hereby appoint'd commission
ors to advertise and let the
necessary repairs to be dune
on said bridge to The 10" est
bidder provided the same can an
be done for less than $l00.Oo
and report their proceedings
to this Board at its next regn
lar meeting, provided that
said commissioners serve with
out compensation;
That the petition of joel
Lilly ct al, fora change in Ha'
zlcliurst and Crystal Springs
road No. Z, commencing at the
corner of j. g. Harris field,
running st,llalfmilc on linc
between section % g. 20.
thence north three quarters OF
of n mile. back to did road, be
and the same is hereby recei>
we'd and laid over until mex.
meeting Of this board, and
that j. +. Enochs, Il. 5.
Chiles, j. q. Harris. w. Ii.
Mcleod. Randall Brown,JnE
Vest and VIM. Millcr,be and
they are hereby appointed
commissioners to survey, mark
and lay out said proposed
change, and report 10 this
Board ut It's next regular NEE
ting, provided said commits
sioncrs agree to serve without
compensation;
That the peiiii"n of Il. Nj.
Beasly ct al, fora road c"m-
mencing at Monticello and
Jackson road, near Thompson
Bcasly's and intcrsccting the
l,aourcy.r,l and ROckDort
road near The 0 mile post, he
received and laid over until
next mee.ing Of this Board,
and that W. d. Watts, Al.
Farmer. =. ID. Traweek,J. IL,
Guess, Thompson Beaslcy, {.
eagle and II. NJ. Beasly, be
and they arc hereby appoint
ed commissioners to survey,
3 mark and lay out said road
and rerort TO ,lis Board at il
next regular meeting, proyi'
ded said commissioners viii
serve without cOmpensation
That the following account,
% allowed tO>wit:
X. & L. A. Ennis. 5000
for 2 duckcts, furnished JUS
ticc cOurt, dist. No. |.
y. a. Butler, 50 90 for
keeping pauper. Prudence
Dixon from 1st March 10 Isl
, April, 1888.
;. VIM. Hunter, $3.50 for
keeping paper, Louis Cart
err from 19,h March 1883 to
. Sd April 1888, and rcjecteJ
as So balance.
b. +. Nelson,5.00 for keep
!, ing pauper, Henry Robinson
! from LIST March to lst Apri
1888.
!, Marion Gibson, $500, fu'
, keeping pauper, NJ. y. Glib
son, from lst March to Is
| April 1888.
Tho's Tc,npleton,S3.00 fol
I keeping pau?er, Mrs, Tenn
ple,on. from lst March TO LIST
April, 1883.
Nj. G. Noland, $S 90, f"I
keeping paupor, Geo. holland
E from LIST March TO LIST April
1883.
Amy Afford. $500, for
keeping pauper, jennie AL.
, ford, from LIST March TO Isl
April, 1883,
r. j. H,rgravc, Sheriff, for
serving transcript Of ..orde,
of Board OF Supervisors, $12.
!. 90.
NJ. Faler s. Co, for arts
cles furnished Poor Honsc
$S7.42.
@. p. Cook, for making
coffin for Mariall Gilbert and
Synthia Thompson, S6. 90.
N. Il. Spencer, tor putting
up 3 mile boards at 40 cents
each, $1.20.
Ordered that Court adjourn
until tO>m0rrOw morning ut
q n'.1n.l,
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

AODcs SVNie INV 'bao '''
ing pursuant to adjournment
of yesterday, present same rs
then Hon. j. b. JOKES, pres
ident presiding, ind court be.
ing opened according to law:
Ordered that the petition
of w. i. Gaddy, ct al for II
change in Raymond road
commencing where said Ray.
mond road crosses ,ho Crys>
tai Springs and Pine Bluff
road and running cast on
Crystal Springs road about
two hundred yards SO rs to
intersect SAID RAYMOND road
again, be received, and that
the following named persons,
he and they are hereby ap.
pointed commissioners to ex-
anime and mark Out said pro.
posed change and report their
proceedings to the next meet
ing of this board, VIZ: +, M.
Brewer, Paul Harper, NJ. n.
Mullens. JnO. TAYLOR ir, .JnO.
Taylor sr, j. H. Mcintosh
and 9. ID. Pevey, provided
said commissioners agree to
serve without compensation;
That tho petition of w. III.
Purser, ct al for a public road
leading from the Galatin and
Raymond road near Mrs. j.,
TilIman's place,and intersect>
ing Hazlehurst and Port Glib
son road, ut or near the resi-
dence of j. u. Taylor, DO ais
lowed and the same is hereby
received, and the following
named persons appointed com
missiOncrs to mark and lay
out said road and report to This
board at its next regular meet
ing, to.wit: w. III. Purser,
Frank Tillman, w. y. Price,
j. q. Taylor, A. S. Fortcn
berry, James Harper and Ma
than Tillman, provided said
commissioners agree to serve
without compensation;
That the followingaccounts
be and the same, are hereby
allowed:
DR.. &. w. Purncll, for sal
AIRY as Chief Health officer OF
Copiah county, for one year
from 1st April 1882, to Is,
April 1883, $4,000.
Harris, Doids 81 Co, fol
lime and whitewash brushes
used as disinfectants for small
pox, S. %.
w. b. Cook, for dlslnfect
tants for smallpox, 81 90.
+. Q. Williamson, for dis
iniectants for small>poS, 81.
so, and rejected rs to balance
j. q. Strong, for attention
to smallpox patients as PEE
contract, $2G7.OO.
Ct. w. Purnell chief health
officer, for printing qualan
tine notices, $500.
j. Il. Groome, FOR keepin.
paupers at the poor honse
from Isl March 20 1st Apri
1888, $500,
j. w. Leggett, for keeping
pauper, Mary Leggcit l mo
and ID days, and burial ex
pensss, $4,000, and rejected
as 80 balance,
G. Baas for making buckle
covers, Goo.
That the account Of 0. L
Traweek, constable, DO refer
red back to him for al itenli
zed accountant certificate o
Justice;
Tha. tho following nance
persons,be and they are here
by appointed commissioners
to meet with this board ut it
next regular August meeting
to aid said Board in the equa!
izatlon of the taxable proper
ty Of Copiah comfy, to>wit
Dist. No. /, john G.. Tay'
Tor, W. r.. McDade, L. NJ
Sexton, A. p, Barry Sr, and
Il. r. BirdsOng,
DIST. No. 2. q. Il. Fleming
A. H. Little, A. j. Ferguson,
II. w. Rea, and A. s. Fur.
Dist. No. 3. s = Beacllam,
Jos. Noble, ELI Simmons, B.
Il. Granberry,an6 w. q, Bar.
low.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-20

Tn, \ II. |. ~, j. /. MEIbVWs
and J NJ. N,rmm 10 AL they arc
hereby appointed commissioners to
Exam inc tho books md sccpnn's oi
OK sheriff w " Crk. during his nd
mini. tra'ion ns SIe,if AID rport
,leir proceedings TO this bead nj ita
II. xt 7. gi,lsr III, citing.
That ia. fohosiug allowances DO.
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kerson. They had just taken a So
cial drink, when Bill remarked.
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Benderley ?'
THAT great great big, gawky,
redheaded girl with freckles as big
as a dime all over her nose 2"
''Yes-that's the gall"
"Of course remember her. No
body could ever forget her. 1t is
impossible to duplicate a face like
that. She had a mouth like cat
fish. What of her ?"
"Oh, nothing; except she is my
wife"
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In the year 17SS, young man, the
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bold disposition, was obliged, in
consequence of being engaged in a
midnight brawl, to fly from Edin-
burg to London, in company with
his twin sister. A few years after it
was reported that he had died in
London, and his sister returned to
her native city, Edinburg. 1t was
noticed that she was woman of
masculine appearance. Aided by
her guardian, her parents being no
more, she opened an academy for
drawing and painting for young Ia
dies, and was very successful, her
school steadily increasing in reputa-
tion for twenty years, and she was
engaged as teacher at all the princi-
pal ladies' boarding schools as pro,
lessor of art. She was a woman of
some literary ability, and published
poetry. While in the midst of her
prosperity, she fell into the habit of
dissipation which ultimately shut
up her academy, deprived her of her
outside engagements, and gradually
reduced her to absolute beggary, so
that she had to seek a final refuge
in the workhonse. There the dis
covery was made that it was not the
brother who died in London, but
the sister. The supposed Miss Gum
was a man She was turned into
the street, and resuming male attire
obtained at last employment as an
artist, married, and had children, -
twins. Of his latter years no record
is in existence.