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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Defeat of the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors.

In the defeat of Hon. A. s. Willis for
nomination as Representative from the
Louisville (Ky.) District, the Mississippi
river improvement has lost its ablest
and most influential advocate in the
lower house of Congress. He had served
five terms, and had attained an emil
hence which has been possible to but
few members of the body. He was ap.
pointed Chairman Of the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors by Speaker Carlisle
in the 4Sth Congress; and was reap
pointed in the 49th Congress. His zeal
and industry knew no bounds. More
than any other member, he was the in
innate of the Speaker. To his own dis
trict his services had been invaluable.
His defeat was occasioned by his secur-
ing the retention OF Mrs. Thompson as
Postmaster at Louisville She was ap
pointed under Republican Admins
tration, and the Democrats were divided
upon the question of her retention. She
was retained by his and Senator Beck 5
influence; and as the Postofiice delivery
embraced the whole District, it was the
absorbing issue The Courier journal
assaulted him vehemently; and his com
petitor arraigned him for mis- active
support of the civil service law, the
operation of which is not satisfactory
to the believers in the Jacksonian doc
trine that to the victors belong the
spoils.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Educational State Licenses.

Upon review of the examination pa
pers forwarded by county superintead-
ents to the State Superintendent OF Ed
ucation, the following persons have been
granted State licenses. their average
being 50 per cent and over. A state
license gives exemption from examina-
ton for five years, and is good IN all
places in the State. A county license Is
granted on an average of 20 per cent;
C. u. Thompson-Kemper county.
Rev. C. E. Brame-kemper county.
RI. Wood-Winston county.
o. T. Watson-Winston county,
Miss Lula H. Lipseomb-Colnmn"s
Mrs. o. O. Wall-Jackson.
Miss &. A. Lamkin-Summit
Mrs. M. f. McKie-Canton.
Prof. J. F. Sellers-Starkviile.
]. c. Sellers-Starkville.
z. ID. PerkIns-Weir, Choctaw county.
Mrs. I. p. misunderstanding.
Mrs. Lena ID. Cooke-Hernsndo.
Prof. j. B. Northumberland.
Prof. W. L. Young
Miss Alice r. Cross-Lexington. -
Miss Elma Cross-Lexington
Miss NJ. q. Dalton-Lexington
J. p. Seabrook-Stase Line, Greene
county.
There are several other applications
fled, which viii be reviewed as early as
possible.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
The Proposed Route of the Little
J, Extension.

A special to the Commercial Herald
from Columbus says that hessrs. w r.
Sank and J. c. Rawn arrived there
Wednesday morning, having come over
the proposed line of the Natchez, Jack
son and Columbus Railroad from this
city which they left on the previous
Saturday morning. They found a more
feasible route than any hitherto ex-
amined. 1t passes to the Southwest of
Brandon, entering Leake county, near
Walnut Grove, nearing Dixon, and pass
ing a little to the South of Philadelphia
in Neshoba county, thence to Macon,
and from there to Columbus. From
Macon to jackson the line is very direct
and almost an air line from Macon to
Columbus. They found the route a
most feasible one, the only heavy work
being between Winstonville and Macon,
and that not as heavy as was expected.
From Macon to Columbus the work is
light, except at the crossings at rivers
and bayous
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Sherman Dodge.

Even Senator Sherman so far defers
to the prevailing silver sentiment as to
declare in favor of bimetalism; but he
resorts to the habitual dodge of propos-
ing to put more silver in the dollar
He forgets that the American dollar
contains as much of the pure metal as
the dollar of any other nation on the
globe, and, besides, that it is precisely
the dollar with which the United States
bonds are contracted to be paid If
this is not so, both Houses of Congress
lied egregiously in the resolutions which
they almost unanimously passed in Feb
ruary. 1886.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

had familiar acquaintance with the So
cial and industrial conditions of the
people of Mississippi, both as citizen
and as one of its Supreme Judges; he
knows that to secure well ordered gov
eminent, il is necessary that intelligence,
education and property interests should
control; he knows that the dominance
of the white race Is, at least Tor the
present, essential; he knows that that
race, representing As it does the inteili-
gence and wealth of this district, spoke
its wish and desire in the nomination OF
Gen. Catchings last summer; he knows
that il was no sort of wish or desire TO
be represented by him.
What motive then prompts his candl-
dacy for Congress- Personal greed OF
Office, pure and simple.
Upon what vote does he relyg The
negro vote, and upon two grounds.
First, he is under the delusion that all
negroes are Republicans, and that he
has but to state that he is Republican
to get their vote. Second. be feels that
the best claim to their vote is that their
white feliow-citizens will vote against
him.
Judge Simrall is fully aware, none
canvass. He knows that it is regarded
with anxiety and apprehension by the
best citizens of the district which he
seeks to represent He knows that so
far as his candidacy is concerned, II
is the result and offspring of meeting
of few characterless and unauthorized
negroes, gotten together by himself IN
THE TOWN OF GREENyILLE,
calling itself an Executive Committee,
| followed up by an equally characteriess
and unrepresentative convention OF the
same kind, from which he came forth
dubbed the Republican candidate for
Congress
| Pearce could not have been properly
expected to consider very maturely or to
heed much the welfare of the white peo-
pie of this district. His candidacy had
IN it sentiment, the aspirations of 3 man
| fer his race, the desire as one of that
race to represent it.
Judge Simrall has no such sentiment
or aspiration. He desires the office. To
gain it he is willing to antagonize the
wishes of the best citizens of this dis
trict, and to use the harmful and evi
| working race antagonism of an ignorant
people Against tue Ihsiuious Wits am
insincere protestations of such candi
dacy, We warn the Democratic voters Of
the district to be on their guard. The
issue is presented again. Shall we allow
ignorant numbers and race prejudice
without an effort on our part, to contro
the interests and destiny of our district
The outlook in every way, but especial,
for our material interests, was neyel
brighter than now. The future is in oul
own hands. But if it is to be a future
worth living for and leaving as an in
heritance, it must be wrought out b,
vigilance, activity and loyalty to The
high principles which prompt true anc
honorable citizens.
BY order of the Democratic Exeeu-
tive Committee.
i w A pEpCv CbairDaan
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Rev. r. G. Pearson, the Evangelist.

MACON, Oct. 6, 1886.
EDITOR CLAIoN: l ask the favor of a
small space in your columns to announce
to the Christian workers throughout the
State that the Rev. r. G.. Pearson, who
has been engaged in the evangelistic
work for the past eight years, has con-
sented to labor one year at least, in this,
his native state. Brother Pearson has
been greatly blessed in this work here
tofore, but has labored very little in our
State, and is comparatively unknown
here; but in Texas, Missouri, Kentucky
and Tennessee, where he has been labor
ing, he has reputation second only to
that of Sam Jones, and a great many
who hear him claim that he breaches
with more power than that celebrated
evangelist. He is certainly a great
Bible preacher" being fully conyersant
with the Bible, he quotes passage after
passage with wonderful rapidity and
power, and truly in his hands it ''becom-
eth sharper than two-edged sword" At
Fort Worth, Texas, he had over five
hundred conversions; and throughout
that entire State his meetings we're at
tended with wonderful success. Bro.
Pearson is always accompanied by his
wife, who is consecrated Christian
lady and an intelligent, faithful CO.
worker. 1t frequently happens that the
place of worship will not hold the con-
gregations, and then Brother Pearson
will divide them, he taking the men and
preaching to them, and Sister Pearson
taking the ladies in some other building
for Bible readings and general instruc-
ton Id Christian work.
Brother Pearson is Cumberland
Presbyterian, but he will only hold
union meetings.; says he has higher
mission than to make Cumberland Pres.
byterians out OF people; says he only
wishes to win souls to Christ, and then
bid them God speed with any church
they can serve. Gcd best in.
He held union meeting in Brooks. |
vile in September, and had wonderful
success. All denominations invited and |
had, as BAPTIST brother expressed il. |
Gods meeting" Brother Pearson ia |
now holding meeting at Oxford. and |
has engagements at Baldwin, Macon, |
and Meridian, and if any of the pastors
OF any city or town will write and invite |
him, they can secure his services. Five
ministers of Meridian united in an in
vitation for him to preach there the I'd |
sunday in November, and that is the
way to secure his services.
Any communication addressed to him
1t Starkville will be forwarded at once.
Now, brethren, write at once and
make your engagements, and may Gcd
lbundantiy bless his efforts in our loved
state.
Will all papers throughout the State
rlendly to The cause of Christ, please
opy the above2 E. ID. CAvETT.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13


THE meeting at the City Hall Mon
day night was gratifying omen of
Jackson's growth and prosperity. It was
alive with enthusiasm. If there is any
sone feeling predominant over all others
in this community, it is that the tide of
improvement and progress which is now
upon us, shall be taken at the flood. In
twelve months the Little j., will
have stretched out its arms to Columbus,
and thence to the heart of the great
coal region. The representative Of the
syndicate which has undertaken the
work, was present at the meeting, and
his assurance was unqualified. The
extension Of the road is fixed. We want
the Machine Shops. We can get them.
Gen. Martin will tell " how in : few
days.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Civil Service Rules.

The Civil Service Commissioner has
outlined the following rule for the civil
service which he will soon submit to
the President:
First-In order to comply with the
law giving preference to ex-Union sol
diers and, at the same time, to show
justice to civilian applicants, the names
of four ex -soIdiers, who have passed the
examination, will be certified at the
same time, 50 that they stand on foot
ing of their own, as will also the civil
ians-
But in States Mississippi for instance)
where there are no ex-Union soldiers to
enter into competition for appointment,
the rule, Of course, cannot apply.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Greenville's Prospects.

A Greenville (Miss-) letter to the New
Orieans Picayune says: Two roads ter.
inmate here The Mississippi branch
OF the Georgia Pacific and the ouis.
VILE, New Orleans and Texas Railrona
from Leland: 1t is a settled fact that
the Georgia Pacific is to extend its road
from Columbus here, and wien that a
done you can look for two houses for
every one now The road will pass
through the very richest country in the
world, and Why won't GreenviIle do the
business Tor that country q far east as
6tarkvillef She will. =
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
An Impracticable Undertaking.

Remarking on the rumored raid of
the President upon the ofEice-holders to
prevent them from taking part in politi-
cal contests, as they have been accus-
toned to do, and which their rights as
citizens entitle them to take, contem-
porary aptly says Tat the Democratic
party is not and never will be in favor
of shutting the mouths and binding the
hands of ofice-holders, making them
into class with smaller political privi-
leges than other men possess. Moreover,
if Mr.. Cleveland should try to keep all
the Federal ofice-holders ont of politics.
the discovery Of perpetual motion will
be much easier task than the one upon
which he enters.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13


If the reader viii take the trouble 10
examine Treasury note from his sfpile. -
ne VIII md the Treasurers name at
the tlme OF ITS issue from Washington.
iegioiy written on it. This duty Of
giving the whole country his signature
now tails on Conrad " Jordan. one of
PRESIDENT Cieveland's appointees, whose
office IS a highly responsible one IN.
ending many onercus and grave dnfies
Its incumbent is recompensed nv tbe nv
no means extravagant salary of six
Thousand dollars a wear for the rarfo,,,-
ahce o. duties requiring an ability
adaptation.
Mr. Jordan has both. The greater
part OF the fifty three years ofhis life has
been spent in banks or other financial
centres. he began at the foot of the
ladder In New York City, rising in his
nrst pace, namely, the Hanover Bank,
10 De general bookkeeper of that insti
luton. his next engagement was at
nank In FlshkilL The Third National
Bank, New York, was started In 1864,
WIN Mr. Jordan as cashier. In 1880
MI Jordan became Treasurer of the
Ao1hs OntdftO ana western Rall-
road, which position he resigned in 1884.
After that time he worked hard on a
scheme, as yet unsuccessful, looking to
the establishment of Clearing House.
with operations covering the whole
country. He was busy with this
scheme when the President gave him
the appointment he now holds with
such credit.
Mr.. Jordan has exhibited great abil-
NY IN finance. His ambition is SO to
present the affairs of the Treasurer's
ONCE to the public, that the average
citizen viii apprehend them clearly.
and without difficulty.
The Treasurer is a strongly-built
.lian, actlse and energetic. His bearing
Is somewhat brusque, and he is no waster
OF words, but he talks well and interest
,ngiy, and people who know him best
DREssMAKERs are responsible for =
'reAt deal Of bustle IN the vc,ld
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

The address of the Democratic Exec
utive Committee of the Third District
written by Col. w. A. Percy, is remarka.
BILE no less for its clear and forcible style
than for the generous tribute paid to
the worth and efficiency of Gen. Catch
ings. II is an admirable campaign docu
ment in any view; and furnishes the
true ground of Democratic faith and
determination for every Congressional
District in the State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
State Volunteer Weather Service.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI,
OXFoRp. Oct. IL. 1856.

OAtokE, Oct-, II, 1901 J
EDITOR CLARION With the co opera
ton of the L. s. Signal Service, we expec
to make the State Volunteer Weather Ser
vice of great Use TO our people.
We expect to be able To furnish 10 all
towns desiring them the daily weather pre-
dictions from Washington within an hour
after they are made, and we hope that
public-spirited citizens in each town which
has a telegraph Office will arrange for dis
playing the flags which indicate the char
acter of the weather to be expected. The
expense to each town will be insignificant
compared with the advantages
1t is hoped that the railroads will also
display weather signals on their passenger
trains.
Besides this work we wish to secure in
various parts of the State volunteer OBJ
servers of the weather who will keep a
record of its features, and report TO this
office monthly.
Ii the citizens of Jackson will procure a
cold-wave signal flag, costing only few
dollars, and arrange for its display, the L.
S. Signal Service will make your city
cold station" and will send you,
directly from Washington, by telegraph,
predictions of the approach of cold waves.
The Mayor of your city will be informed
of particulars.
Hoping that you will give to our efforts
all the assistance in your paper,
| am yours very respectfully,
4. B. FULTON,
Prot Physics and Astronomy and Director Stat.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

AK old man in New York dubbed
to death by brutal officer" is the fam
ing head line of a recital which puts
"Carrollton" to the blush even accord
ing to the exaggerated coloring of the
Northern sensation writer's. This is the
second atrocity of the kind which has
occurred in New York City within a
brief time 1t will not occasion serious
comment 1t happened on the north
side of the line.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

The agents of the V. & NJ. Railroad
Company have been instructed from
head-q Iarters at Cincinnati to change
the rates in force before the Railroad
Commission revised the tariff for that
road As the road is ia the hands of
receiver and has been doing a losing
business, it is supposed that Judge Hill
is furnishing the officials with the neces.
sary backing
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
NJ ARR IEn

At the Presbyterian church in Ya1oo
City, at $50 O'Clock p. M, October 6, 1856,
by Rev. DR.. }. Bdrdwell. Mr. r. b. HiS-
MAN to Miss MINERVA WITHERsPooS.
FLOWER GIRI.s.-Jeaunette Craig. Vir-
ginia Lecky.
ATTENDANTS. Hon. J. A. Barksdale
Miss Kate Gidiere Mr.. T. z. Williams
Miss Hallette Baldwin Mr. A. A. Ham
mond. Miss TemmIe Cage Mr. A. c. Crane
Miss Ida Terrall Mr. VI. T. Alexander
Miss Annie Bardwell; Mr. p. p. Powell
Miss Nettie Cocks.
UsHERs:--Messrs. c. c. Blankenship. !
A. Bardvell.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

TIE Treasury Department has pub
lished statement showing the popula-
ton, net revenue and net expenditures
of the Government for the last fiscal
year, with the per capita of revenues
aud expenditures The population is
given at IS, 400, 900 and the net revenue
at 1886, 4S9, 727, being per capita of
1916, or cents greater than the fiscal
year of 1885. The expenditures were
S242, Asa, lisa per capita of s415, or
2l cents less than that of the previous
war
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

In is enstom of employers in Penn
sylvania to pay off their employees By
"store orders" 1t is attended with ex-
orbitant charges and expressions. The
Legislature passed law forbidding it,
but the supreme court of the State has
decided that the law is unconstitutional.
The american suggests that only or
gained labor can correct the evil.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

Henry GEoReR, the labor organiza-
tons candidate for mayor of New York
City, says "the real strength of the
Democratic party always has been and
always must be that it is the party of
the working Masses" Mr. George
speaks truly; and the logical deduction
is that be and his party ought to con-
tinue their utilization with it. The
Democratic party is the party of the
working people, because it favors the
legislation which deals with even hand
ed justice by all classes.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

THE L. S. Treasury, responding to the
public demand, is issuing silver certifi-
Gates at the rate of a thousand dollars
day to each bank This accords with
the Democratic platform: Honest
money, consisting of gold and silver, or
of paper convertible into coin"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

A CONTEMPORARY has leader headed
GLOW to handle cotton seed" The best
way 10 handle them is to do it carefully.
Save the best you have for planting,
and return al the others to the soil.
Thus handled, the seed will yield four
Il
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
News Notes From summit.
SUBMIT, Miss. Oct. 7.

SUBMIT, Miss, Oct. 7, 1886.
Bro. Power: L sent direct to Tim
norman Davis, Grand Treasurer. for
the Charleston sufferers, from Summit
Masonic Lodge, No. 231, $50.
z A prohibition club was organized
Ia Summit some two weeks ago. with
forty members
3; A W. G. T. U. will be organized to-
night.
T. The public schools, Prof. Bethea,s
high School, and Lea Female College.
all opened with fair attendance.
Tours, G. III. O.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

The Macon Telegraph accounts for
"the preponderance of small feet in the
South among ladies' of high social stand
ing" by explaining that these ladies do
not use their feet with the freedom and
constaney that may be observed in other
sections" One good turn deserves an
other. The Southern ladies ought to
vote the Macon gallant leather medal
for wearing the smallest hat in the
country.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
DAVIS and Sherman.

Without intending it, the partisan
majority in the United States Senate, by
ordering the publication of Gen. Sher-
mans mendacious TRADE at the expense
OF the Government, and stamping it as
an Executive Document" exposed his
vulnerability, and put him in position
to be hacked to pieces with the battle-ax
of truth and logic which ex-President
Davis habitually wields. Gen. Sherman,
with characteristic loosenes. of tongue
and lack of truth, ventnred to say in a
public address that during the late war,
the President of the Confederacy so far
forgot his reverence for State rights
that he was ~illing to coerce any Of the
Confederate States by military force,
and that he had seen letter OF DAVIS
written TO United States Senator in
proof Of his assertion. Mr.. Davis
promptly entered his denial, and chal-
lenged the production of the letter, or
the proof that such a paper had ever
DfEh NIlkAEf- AIIAs
that his allusion was TO Senator Vance
as the person to whom Mr.. Davis
revealed his purpose. The Senator
promptly declared that no such letter
had been written to him, and every
Southern Senator did the same. In all
the land, no one could be found who
would say that he had ever seen, or
heard Of the remarkable epistle. There
could be but one conclusion, and it was,
that it was the coinage of Sherman e
rich brain This is demonstrated by
Mr.. Davis in his mastery letter in which
be shows that Sherman has slandered
not only him, but Gen. Grant, the mill.
tary idol OF the Northern people.
The impartial public has always
NAKED Sherman as compound of ma
Lightly and falsehood. Mr. Davis has
pilloried him. His vanity will render
him insensible to his infamy; but the
world will see it.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
AS M;ss;ss;n,i ia oett;no n

As Mississippi is getting to be stock
country, the next Legislature should DO
what the last Legislature, strangely
enough, omitted to do, viz: pass strin-
gent law for the protection Of cattle
against the introduction of the cattle
plague. If it gets a footbold in the
State, the injury to the stock raising in
dustry will be irreparable.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13
Well Said.

In his address before the National
Convention of Knights of Labor now in
session at Richmond, Mr.. Powderly de-
clsred that '1he is the true knight of
Labor who with one hand clutches
anarchy by the throat, and with the
other strangles monopoly" Not only
every true Knight of Labor, but every
true patriot can stand on that platform
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

The steamer La Mascotte exploded
her boilers and burned, six miles below
Grand Tower on the Mississippi at noon
on Wednesday last. More than thirty
persons lost their lives.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

On one question the Republicans of
Minnesota have taken strong and high
ground: The currency. Their platform
demands the free coinage of silver, on
equal conditions with gold; and re-
duction of the interest of the national
debt 70 three per cent. This is supple
mented by demand for revision Of
the tariff so that taxation on the neces-
saries Of life may be reduced. An or
thodox Democratic conclave could not
have spoken better.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-13

Hon. JOHN G.. CARLISLE, Speaker of
the last two Houses of Representatives,
has been nominated for reelection to
Congress by the Democrats of the Sixth
Kentucky District. This is as it should
be. If the Democrats retain the control
of the House, he will lie their candidate
for Speaker by acclamatiop.