The Brookhaven leader., 1883-06-07
EDITORIAL. NOTES.

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OUR Lawrence county correspond
ent failed to come to time on the first
round.
The last new thing in Jackson is q
street sprinkler. Tie town needs
about four.
The Magnolia Gaz lite publishes
another fraud named Prof Eye. He
affects music.
The Baptist Sttte Convention
meets at Crys.al Springs in July.
The Meteor says 800 people are ex-
pected.
The jackson Tribune is the name
offs new Independent political wet k
ly newspaper Which will appear at
tie Capitol June l6, by Messrs.
Hull & Patton. 1t will no doubt be
ably edited.
SOME of the Texas Legislators
ought to be in the Penitentiary in
stead of the Legislature. When an
Austin Grand Jury found indict-
ments against a lot Of them lately,
for gambling, they escaped by get
ting some thief to steal the in
dictments from the court house.
The Ohio Republican Convention
met at Columbus on last Tuesday.
Senator John Sherman percmPtorial-
" refused to allow his name to 60
before the Convention for Governor.
Sherman wants the Presidency, but
he doesn't seem to consider this
nomination safe stepping stone.
THE State Ledger SAYS the State
Fair people have not yet organized
and commence work. They
haven't even secured the ground,
though it is pretty generally conced-
ed that the old State Fair Grounds
are available. If our friends at the
Capitol do not make faster progress
than this. they had better abandon
their "side-show" enterprise, and
come down and take stock in the
vigorous young S. NJ. A, NJ. & L. s.
Association, which already has its
grounds enclosed, a fine race track
completed, aad the buildings COM
menced.
THE East Mississippi druggists
who called separate meeting to BE-
held at Aberdeen on June 18th have
now decided to unite with their
brethren of other portions of the
State in the proposed meeting at
Jackson on June 18th. We are glad
to note this There ought to be
harmony and perfect unity of in
terests. All of the railroads ofthe
State have promised reduced rates
to those who attend and participate.
The Illinois Central will charge full
fare going but will return d legates
at one half regular rates upon pre-
senting at their ticket office, in Jack
son, Miss, certificates issued by au
thorized officers of the Association,
properly accrcditing him. The Ed
wards House will accommodate dele
gates at 50 90 per day.
1t is believed that Gov. Lowry
will not call an extra session Of the
Legislature in response to the re
quest Of the Levee Convention. We
hope he will not. 1t is true
the river counties need spec
ial legislation and the people
OF that section need and de-
serve protection from overflow; but,
considering that they have always
had the river with them heretofore
when the Legislatures were in ses-
sion for the consideration of public
business, and that the river will not
move away but will he on hand at
the next regular session Of the Leg
islature and possibly a few years
longer, we fail to see the necessity
of going into spasm all at oLce for
an extra session solely for this pur-
pose, at heavy expense to the people
ofthe STATE at large. We regard the
calling of an extra session Of the
Legislature, under such circumstan-
ces, as setting what in future nav
prove a very troublesome precedent.
In 1878, when the yellow fever was
ravaging our State, the cry for Gov.
Stone to call an extra session of the
Legislature to provide relief, was
loud, persistent, and angry, but time
and the people have long since vim
dieated the wisdom OF his action.
We predict that if Gov. lowry
does not To call an extra sassion II