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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
We Try to be Fair.

The statement Of our belief, in for
mer issue, that the Chickasaw Jfssseager
claimed to have discovered an item OF
extravaganza by comparing tho amount
paid as commissions for assessing in
year falling under Gov. STONES admin
istration, when only personally was as
sessed, with an expenditure made for
the same purpose in a year falling
under Gov. LowEYs administration,
when both realty and personally we're
assessed, was not intended to be unfair
or unjust, though our esteemed contem.
porary puts that instruction upon it,
The point Of difference between Us is
that the -feseagey really compared tgo
Of LowRY's gears with tseo Of SToNEs,
and not enc Of LowRY's with oHe Of
/ SroNE's. But the fact remains that the
two years Of Gov. STONES administra-
ton selected were years in which per
sonalty alone was assessed, while one Of
the two years Of Gov. LowRY's admins.
tration embraced an assessment Of both
realty and personally.
We beg leave to suggest to our friend
Of the Msaenger thar d "short" treasury
does not necessarily indicates extrava
gance, any more than a ']ongH or full
treasury indicates economy. The Treas
ury Of the United States is oyerfowins
with accumulated funds, so it is said, anC
the leading men Of the Democratic party
have all along insisted that the Republi
can administration, which is entitled t,
the credit Of this accumulated fund, wa
both extravagant and corrupt.
! Wewould cheerfully give our esteeme'
contemporary the benefit of our column
/ by printing its article, but that woul,
| inevitably lead US into the discussion 0
questions, which, from our point 0
view, affect the Democratic party mucl
more seriously than they do the presen
| Governor, and while, when the occasion
arises we win be amply prepared t
defend the Democratic party from tn
attacks Of its enemies, we hesitat
to engage in its defence against tn
attacks Of those who claim to be il
friends.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Internal Revenue District Of Mis-
sIsslppi.


We are indebted to Hon. E Barksdale
Tor the following, which answers several
inquiries that have been addressed to this
Office:
Treasury DEPARTMENT, OFFICE or
internal REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, January s, 1885.
Hon. Ethelbert BarkslaIe, House OF Represents
tives.
sIE-In reply to your inquiry of the It'll
instant, you are advised that the Internal
Revenue District OF Mississippi is divided
| into SIX divisions, each in charge OF a
Deputy Collector The following state
ment shows the counties comprised in each
division;
Division No. Marshall, Benton, Tip
| pah, Acorn, Tishomingo Prentiss, TIA
| Wanda, Lee, Pontotoc, Union and La
| iayejte.
% Division -Chiekasaw. Monroe. Clay
/ Lowndes, Oktibbeha. Noxubee, Winston
/ Choetaw, Neshoba. Scott, Remper, Lauder
/ dale. Newton and Leake.
81 Divislon-Clar6e, Jasper, Smith
| Covingtou, Jones, Wayne, Greene, Perry
| Marion, Hancock, Jackson and Harrison
4th Division-Rankin, Simpson. Law
renee, Copiah, Lincoln, Pike. Amite
Franklin, Wilkinson, Adams, jefferson ans
Claiborne
9th Division-H Kinds, Madison. Yazoo
Warren, Issaquena, Sharkey. Washington
Bolivar. Letiore. SunHower, Coahoma
Quitman ana Tunica.
9th Division-DeSoto, Tate, Pamela
Tailahatchie, Yalo5usha, Grenada, Cal
houn, Montgomery, Webster, Carroll, At
tala and Holmes
There Is also Chief Deputy assigned t.
duty in the Collectors Office at jackson.
Very respectfully,
WALTER EVANS. Commissioner.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
The New Orleans Exposition.

EDITOR CLARION: All who can should
now visit the Exposition at the greatly re-
duced rate of one cent mile. Its untold
wealth of the productions of the world
may never again, be collected together upon
such grand scale and this opportunity
last, like lost day, may never again be
recovered. 1t may be true that the Expo
sition may have caused money to be scarce
and trade dull in the country adjacent to
New Orleans-but it will all come back
with ten-fold interest. The Exposition has
caused thousands of capitalists and we'll
TODD Northern farmers to visit our South
ern section and view our unlimited re
sources and openings for investment, such
as they never conceived or dreamed of be-
fore, and this is sure to lead to many thous-
ands investing in our surplus lands--indeed
many are doing so every day already
while some are going to embark in manu-
featuring industries in our midst, and, thus
between the two classes coming among us
a vast amount of surplus cash capital o
the North will be put afoat among US tha
will far eclipse the few thousands spent by
Mississippians in visiting the Exposition
Besides, our people have been greatly in
structed as to their State, their whole coun
try and the inhabitants thereof. Remember
the 3Ist of May is the last day of tie Elk.
position. G. d. b.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Practical and Timely Beneyolence

The Grand Lodge knights Of Pythias
at its annual session in Natchez, 18th to
14th inst, appropriated two hundred
dollars to the Natchez Protestant Or
phan Asylum; the members, individual
ly, contributed $3.50, and the net pro-
ceeds of a banquet and ball, $4,000, was
also applied in same way-making a
total of $4,000 The Grand Lodge
visited the Asylum, in body, and all
the members were most favorably inn
pressed with its management, and their
already generous inclination toward the
institution greatly increased. Fifty-fiye
children were in the Asylum at the
time of this visit, and not one from
Adams county. The Benevolent Orders
of Mississippi could not engage in a
better or more appropriate work than in
raising an endowment fund sufficient to
keep the Asylum from actual want, and
from the danger that threatened it last
year-the closing of its doors for want of
funds.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
An Answer and a Question.

The esteemed Meridian MerclHy asks
Us (Which Of the Two things on the
part Of q Governor is the more in accord
with our notions Of propriety-to
engage in a public canvass of the State
with an opponent, or to.solicit privately,
in person or by letter, the support Of
prominent Individuals"
We answer: If it were a fact that
thelmembers Of the Democratic party had
determined to nominate Gov. Lowry
or Col. WALKER for Governor, thereby
shutting out all other candidate, and had
expressed desire to hear them in joint
discussion, to the exclusion OF all others,
our views as to the propriety of a joint
discussion might be materially changed.
But we have no evidence that this con
dition Of affairs exists. We knew that it
does not,
On the other hand, we are of the
opinion that it would be highly improp-
er for a person occupying the ex-
allied position of Governor to submit
himself to the assaults Of every one who
should choose to become a candidate for
that Office The Governor in Office
owes it to the people who elected him to
maintain the dignity of his exalted
position, and since he is not at liberty tc
choose from among several candidates
that one whom the people might consid
er worthy Of his consideration, the
proper thing for him to do is to decline
the invitations of all.
Other candidates may well engage in
joint discussion if they choose, but they
occupy position very different from that
of the Governor.
We think that any candidate has a
right to advise his friends of his wishes
and intentions. We do not know that
Governor LOWRY has written any let
tiers. We presume that he has.
We know that he has received
some.
We have answered the Mercury
will it answer US, Does the 1Nsrco3
doubt that the Democratic party is com
petent to select suitable candidate fol
Governor, without a previous joint dis.
cussion between Gov. Lowry and Col
WALKER?
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
An Explanation.

In our last issue we copied from the
Baltimore URdelcriter deserved com
phment to Maj LIVINGSTON MINIS, we'll
known throughout the State as citizen
of this county before and for some years
after the war. In the same issue we
INDUCED in little innocent badinage at
the expense of some of our contempt
faries on account of what we thought
to be tendency on their part to engage
in the "you tickle me and I'll tickle
YOU business. Strange to say, the two
paragraphs were by mistake run together
in making up the paper, and the latter
seemed to be a criticism on the compli-
ment 70 Maj. MINIS contained in the
former. That the latter paragraph is
out Of place, sufficiently appears from a
careful reading. The use Of the word
contemporaries makes it SO.
TO most Of our readers this expIana-
ton win not be necessary, as the kindly
relations existing between Mai. MINIS
and The CLARION are generally known
and understood.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Fox THE CLARION
Our Public School System.

1t is a well known fact that no institu-
ton can be sustained unless it has good
financial basis. The attempt to carry on
any business without the necessary money
usually brings failure. and not unfrequent-
ly disgrace. The first thing, then, TO which
our attention should be directed in making
provision for the maintenance of our
public schools is the finances. Now are
the people willing TO pay any heavier
taxes for the education of their children
than they are paying? l think they are
have never yet heard man complain at
the school tax he had to pay; nor do |
believe there would be any complaint If
We had TO pay twenty or fifty per cent.
more. Our law is detective in not giving
the taxpayers direct voice in this matter
Give us the privilege of taxing ourselves
to supplement the present school fund.-
Arkansaw and Texas have this system and
1t works admirably. 1t brings the matter
nearer home, and the citizens take direct
interest in it. Then it is right aud Just.
besides being the best policy II one
school district is alive TO the Importance
of education and wants to spend more
money in the erection and furnishing OF
suitable school-houses and the employment
of competent teachers, than some of its
surrounding ones, il is not right that it be
held back by these others. Allowing the
tax to be levied, collected and expended
in the same district viii give the citizen an
interest that he cannot now feel. 1t
would beget an emulation and pride in
local free schools that could but work TO
their advantage. Then hope one OF the
changes which our next Legislature will
make will be to give each school district
the privilege OF supplementing the present
school fund By voting a tax on itself for
the purpose Of building and furnishing
suitable school-houses, paying teachers
and advancing the interest OF the local free
school in said district. g. T. Ell.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
& Big Day at Buena Vista.

OKoLoNA, May 24-An event in the
history of Chickasaw county occurred
at Buena Vista, twelve miles from Oko-
Iona, on the Dist instant, being the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the Buena
Vista Normal College, founded by such
enterprising and public spirited men as
DR.. Parker, Rev. f. E. Thornton, DR..
Jno. Murdoch and others. Fully 20O0
visitors had assembled to listen to ad-
dresses and witness the proceedings.
The cornerstone of the college was
laid with imposing Masonic ceremonies.
Capt. Frank Burkitt, of Okolona, Off
ciating as grand master. Addresses
were delivered by Rev. Mr.. Haley, OF
Aberdeen; DIR. Jno. Murdoch, of Buena
Vista, and Capt. w. T. Houston, Of
Okolona, who is popular candidate for
the Senate. He was greeted with shouts
of applause, which continued through
out the whole of his speech. The I'M
rivaled hospitality of the people of
Buena Vista was shown by the abun-
dant dinner spread for the visitors
Times Democrat cor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
THE STATE.
The green apple season is npon n.

ne green apple season Is upon MS.
Luther Benson is again leomrins in the
The Hattiesburg Hersld has BEEN o.
larged
The picnic season has opened in Wick.
burg with a Vengeance.
The continued dry weather hs. ,-...,
injured crops about Macon.
Mrs. Mary IRVINE died in V.ekss,.
Sunday, aged City two years.
The Carthage Jail has several case
typhoid fever within its walls.
Crystal Springs has shipped her fr.,
stallation OF tomatoes 70 Chicago.
Aberdeen nows boasts creamery MEL.
paid up capital OF three thousand 5ori--
The 4. and NJ. College Commercsr,--.
will begin June l4th, occupying four ds,.
Miss Jennie Mills of Leake c,,...
died a few days ago at the age of iogr,a..,,
years.
The Young Mems Christian Assoc;,
ton OF Meridian viii soon establish rssF
ing room.
Aberdeen still holds on to her szs,;r-
rink. A tournament was eniove3 ri,s-
last week.
/ 5. W. Langtord, editor of the Rau;-.
Fork Pilot, has been appointed post ross,-.
at that place.
/ r. W. Phillips. prominent mer,b,,.
/ Of Macon, committed suicide recently f..
taking carbolic acid.
Col H. D. Money Is soon In corn,,s-..
the publication of a Journal. called n.
National Postal News. '''
Sealed proposals are now being rsra,r..l
for suitable site on which 10 erect ~.
new Federal Court House in Aberdeen
Mr.. Prentiss Mutt, Of Natchez. has el.s
an application for patent telephone. M
invention Is said TO be one Of great merit
! Our recent exchanges have been flo,5s3
with accounts of the Press Convention r.,
the almost entire exclusion OF anv tbins
newsy.
! Hattiesburg pays from one to two cents
more Tor wool than any other town N,
the Northeastern Railroad. So saws the
| Herald.
All the schools in Kingston. Miss. wsrs
closed last week, on account Of the nravs.
lence of diphtheria, four deaths haying
occurred in one day.
The colored Republicans of the Shoe
String District have subscribed one tbor.
and dollars for the establishment al r
Republican newspaper at Nioksburg.
The last issue OF the Rolling Fork pilo,
contained four announcements Of capls.
dates for Chancery and Circuit Clerk of
Sharkey county, the office made vacant Inv
the death of Mr. Shelton
, The Commencement exercises Of ts~E.
: Vile Female institute will begin with a
sermon by DIR. VI. s Webb of Clinton. or
Sunday June z. Graduating exercises M
Thursday llth, at night. Six Young ladie.
will receive diplomas.
) a marriage occurred in West Point r..
Gently, for which a special permit had f.
/ be obtained. The gentleman. Mr.. Row. oi
2 Aberdeen, being a brother-in-law Of the
lady, Miss Baptist. and both being Roman
f Catholics, this proceeding was necessary
} Philip Stevens was assassinated Sa,nr-
? day night, on the road to his fathers house
! by Ben Brozier and John Parker. The
| trouble grew out OF a slight given Steven.
at dance by Brothers sister Some tvl
hundred persons are securing the wood.
3 Tor the assassIns near Shubuta
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Rev. Z. D. Miller, of Holly Springs
for State uperlntendent of Edu
cation.

CHULAHoMA, May 18th, 1880.
EDITOR CLARION: I read in your excel
lent paper Of the 18th inst. an article
from the Rev. E. D. Miller, of Holly
Springs, superintendent OF Public Educa-
ton fo1 Marshall county. His views as 10
the Educational Needs" of the State are
so compatible with mine, that l write to
endorse his article az toto. [ have nothing
to add to, or take from it, as | regard it as
entirely covering the grounds OF the States
necessity on the subject of Public Eduea-
ton.
Being a teacher myself end expecting
to devote nay life to the profession, every
thing that relates to that subject is OF great
importance to me, and should be to every
one. But in this, as in all things, we need
leader. an enthusiastic leader one who
knows triGt to do and h0w it should be done
Mr.. Miller has been Tor several years
our county superintendent. He Is lead
ing minister Of the Baptist church, highly
educated prompt in the discharge OF every
duty; in fact, know him to be ali that Is
needed He is, in my opinion, of all mer
| the most efficient to become State Superin
tendent.
But then l am not forgetful OF the old
adage, every crow thinks her young the
whitest" Nevertheless, believing as l dc
that Mr.. Miller is the right man, hereby
nominate him for State Superintendent.
TEACHER.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Masonic Notice.

OFFICE GRAND MASTER OF NAsoNs. !
HERNANDo, MISS, May %, 1885. I
Notice is hereby given that Special
Communication of the Grand Lodge of
Mississippi, A. F. and A. NJ, will be held
in the city of Greenville, on Monday, the
LIST day of June, 1885, for the purpose of
laying the foundation stone of st. James
Protestant Episcopal Church. Past Grand
Master Frederic Speed will officiate.
Officers OF the Grand Lodge, and other
brethren of tnis Grand Jurisdiction, who
can conveniently do so, are invited TO at
tend. j. 3. MORGAN,
Attest: Grand Master
]. L. POWER, Grand Secretary.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
That Depends.
The esteemed Vicksburg Post has the
following:

AHC CotSchlCo AChSOuiS oSt HAS tue
following:
The National Commercial Convention,
in session at Atlanta, discussed the
silver question yesterday. The press dis
patches say:
A resolution was offered by Mr.. IIankey Of Colo
RADIO to the effect that the interests of the country
required continuation Of the coinage OF silver.
This resolution WIS defeated by an Overwhelming
vote. Fully one hall of the Southern delegates
voted in the negative. A notable vote was that of
the Louisville delegates against continued coinage.
President Cleveland has undoubtedly
taken the right side on the silver cues
ton, however delicate he may bein other
matters. Perhaps the Jackson CLARION
won't like the action of the Atlanta
COnvention--it seemed to think Cleve-
land was controlled by the Wall street
money-sharks when he wrote his famous
letter on the silver question.
Whether THE CLARION will like the
action of the Convention or not depends
good deal on what the Convention did.
At some little pains we have ascertained
that the following is a more accurate
account of the views of the Convention
as expressed on the silver question, than
that conveyed by the Posts "press dis
patches"
ATLANTA, May 21.- The Commercial
Convention discussed a resolution that
the industrial and labor interests of the
country require the continued coinage
OF silver. Mr.. Trenholm, of South
Carolina, said that we were carrying a
policy since the adoption of which the
country was changed from one of pros
perity 70 one of depression, and that
these conditions were traceable to the
compulsory coinage of silver. Mr.
James, of New York, also opposed the
resolution. Gen. Willard Warner. of
Alabama, advocated the continued
coinage of silver from the bi-metalic
standpoint. His speech was foreible
and elected applause, The resolution
was carried by vote of 29S to los.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
J. II. RIVERS
V.
F. I. MULHOLLAND EFT AL.

F. 7. MULHOLLAND EFT AL.
From ne Circuit Court of Clarke coun-
ty. S. H. Terral, Judge.
Mechanics lien. Stl5-contraet0r. Code
1881 construed.
CAMPBELL, j.:
Mulholland contracted with the n. O.
& n. E. r. r. Co. to grade its railroad
between Meridian and Enterprise; and
Rivers contracted with Mulholland to do
portion of the work, employing labor
ers for the purpose, and paying their
wages. The work was completed, and
MulhOlland failed to pay Rivers, who
then proceeded, under Code Z 1881, and
the amendment of March Z, 1882, (giv-
ing lien on railroad embellishments, etc,
for labor and materials furnished to
enforce a supposed lien on the property
The case was tried in the court below on
an agreed state of facts, and it was held
that Rivers, being sub-contractor, was
not within the statutory provisions upon
which he relied.
Sec. 1881 of the Code of 1880 gives
the remedy it provides only to such
persons as may have furnished materials
used in the erection of building OF
other improvement, or to a journeyman
or laborer employed by the contractor
or master workman. A sub-contractor,
who hires laborers and does a part of
the work by virtue of a contract made
with the contractor, is not provided for
by the statute. affirmed.
Whitaker q Bell, for appellant.
Jno. w. Jewell, for appellees.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
A Proposition.

eve always thought the present Rail
road Commission humbug as far as
any real powers were concerned. and
the State Supreme Court has proved it,
is the way the Vicksburg Post puts it.
Which leads US to make the following
proposition: If the editor of the Pos
can find reputable lawyer in the State
who viii say that the Posts interpreta-
ton of the opinions of the Supreme
Court is correct, we viii present the
editor of the Post with hat.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
Notice TO Subscribers.

Until The lst October next, we viii
receive subscriptions toTHE CLARION at
the rate Of one dollar per year, or sixty
cents for six months-for new names or
renewals. It has been our custom to
offer the paper on these terms in clubs,
but will extend same to individual
subscriptions, for next four months. We
will thank our subscribers TO avail
themselves Of the offer, and to make il
known to their noighbors, VINO may not
now be readers Of The CLARION.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

A MASS meeting of the Democrats of
Clay county will be held at West Point
on Saturday, June 20, for the election
of delegates to the State Convention and
also to elect delegates to the Senatorial
Convention. All candidates for State
offices and for the State Senate, are, by
resolution of the Executive Committee,
invited to be present.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

IT seems there are not yet enough
announced candidates for the office of
Governor. A correspondent, in next
issue,who opposes a second term, suggests
the Hon. C. +. HOOKER as a "most worthy
man" to succeed our present excellent
Governor
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
j. L. Power, Grand Recorder.

The recent Democratic Mass Meeting
IN Harrison county expressed itself as
follows on subject that has been much
discussed by the newspapers in this
State.
We, therefore, in mass meeting assembled
claim that the endorsement OF any official
for second term is with the people, as in
this manner alone can we give due recog-
milton OF duties well performed That If q
second term be unwise it should be RENE
died by amending the Constitution, and
not by rejecting upon Mississippi's Chief
Magistrate, or Withholding from him that
appreciation which his acts merit. Adopt
ed
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

R. E. ODLUM, Washington swimming
master, tried the experiment of jumping
from the Brooklyn bridge, into the watel
below, a distance of $50 feet. His con.
dition when he was taken from the water
Immediately after his fatal leap is thus
described; ellis ribs were crushed in
his body was black and blue, blood was
squirting from the burst veins and arteries
in his side and legs. and his skin was
swollen into Jumps where the blood was
striving to break out. He died before
reaching the shore"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27
To.pAY. 21th. is aUnited state

TO-DAY, 9th, is Omitted States and
:NYtension Day" at Worlds Exposition.
Friday will be Mexican Day, aud Sunday
win be the last day Of the great show,
at least for the present. The railroad
fare has been reduced to one cent a
a mile for this last week of the EXPOSE
ton.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

MAJ. p. NJ. DoHERTY, Commissioner
of Swamp Lands, has an important
notice in this paper. The swamp lands
of the State, to the amount of two hun
dred and fifty thousand acres, are offered
for sale, for next sixty days, at one dol
lar per acre.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

CAPT. J. C. PREwETT, Of Yazoo, is a
a candidate for the Office of Attorney
General, having recently entered the
lists. He comes from a section of the
State entitled to much consideration,
and he is entirely worthy and compe-
tent.to represent it in the office to which
he aspires.