The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-04-17

ed Monday morning that SIR. C.
II. Williams, its nominee for May
or, would have opposition. After !
voting had progressed for a few
hours it was ascertained that some
of the friends of Mr.. j. E. Everett,
one of the opponents of Mr.. VIII
liams in the convention, were run
ming him. Ii was very hard to
convince many that there was any
thing in this but finally all doubt |
was removed and it became GER
tain that some of those who had |
taken part in the convention were
laboring actively to beat the nom-
inee and that negroes were being
voted. BY the time the polls
closed the chances looked doubt.
full for Mr.. Williams. When the
vote was counted however it was
discovered that he was 80 votes
ahead.
We are glad Mr.. Williams was
elected, but rather than feeling
any elation over the victory at the
polls, we feel regret that there
should have been such a contest.
We understand that Mr.. Everett
states positively that he was not a
candidate aud had nothing to do
with the movement in his favor.
1t seems to us that IN his position
1t would have been the proper
thing to do to announce positively
that he would not accept the Office
even if elected, aud to have nipped
in the bud any effort Of HIS friends
to secure his election over the
nominee.-Yazoo Herald.
Judge Hill, in addressing the
Grand Jury of the District Court
on Monday, directed the especial
attention of that body to the jug
business practiced by the various
prohibition towns in tho district,
and charged the jury that parties
were liable to indictment who send
packages of liquor into a prohibi.
tion town by express G. o. d., the
position being assumed that y.
o. d package is the property of
the original owner until the pur.
chaser has paid for it, and that
paying at destination in an an in
corporation which does not grant
license for Its sale renders the
vender liable to prosecution for
violation of the revenue law.
This action is in conformity, we
understand, to recent ruling by
the United States Internal Reve.
nue. Commissioner and is doubt
less sustained by Supreme Court
decisions. The charge cannot ap
ply to packages by express for
which remittance is made through
the mails by draft or otherwise
Aberdeen Examiner.
Game little Greenville has more
git-up-and.git than any town in the
entire South. Notwithstanding
the fretful river is cutting off her
territory in front, destroying
thousands of dollars of valuable
property annually. her enterprls
ing citizens never give up. But
as the town drops into the river
on the trout, buildings are moved
: back, aud improvements go on
1t is an Eldorado for mechanics
A few days ago a joint stock com
I pany Of $4,000 capital was organ
lied to build a cotton compress
and every dollar of it was taker
by the citizens of the town ant
county. The building will go NJ
as soon as the material can be pro
cured, and the compress will bt
+. ready by cotton picking. This en-
terprse will draw to Greenvill,
], thousands of bales of cotton, ant
: cotton buyers will flock to it like
: eagles to o earcass.-Clarksdalt
Banner.
Editors Aberdeen Examiner:
am not an Office holder, nevei
!, have been aud never expect to be
| am not and never have been al
:. applicant for office. | am not re
lated to Gov. Lowry in any wa.
and have no particular interest il
him or his affairs; but | cannot re
Il frain from entering in the colum
. of your paper my indignant pro
a test against the miserable, idioti
y drivel which weekly fills the col
u umns of portion of the press 0
9 Mississippi about "Lowryism" i
y connection with the unfortunat
= financial condition of Mississippi
a at this time.
. The financial condition of Mi;
. slsslppi is to day deplorabl'
u Though one of the worst tax.riC
IS den people on earth we are ge
IT ting each year deeper and deepe
ell in debt, and it seems impossible t
vt extricate ourselves. Unless W
k. can call a halt soon, we must |
~ common honesty recall our denul
al Citations of Radical rule, and adm
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