The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-02-27
OVER TnE STATE.

Hon. John RnsselPs bill to pre-
vent the Board of Supervisors
frem leyying over sl9 on the s1,-
900. was killed in the House, as il
should have been, because the
Board knows better than the Leg
islature what Rankin county needs.
Brandon Republican.
The Supreme Court this week
reversed the decision of Judge
Featherston in the case of the
State VS.. Bob Lamar accused of
killing the Harmon brothers at
Dallas in 1884. Lamar was tried
in the Circnit Court of this county
in May last, was found guilty and
sentenced to he hung the follow.
ing June. His counsel, Mr.. Ed
ward Mayes and Hon. Chas. b.
Howry, took an appeal that result
ed in reversing the decision of the
lower court and returning the case
for new trial.-Oxford Falcon.
Assessor Hammett informs us
that he has made very slow pro-
gress up to this time in taking as
sessments, owing to the failure of
the people to meet him at his ap-
pointments. He thinks he will be
forced, IN order to get through in
theiime required by law and make
full assessment, to ride over the
entire county, and call on each tax
payer. This will make his work
doubly hard to perform, and as
the Assessor gets SO little pay for
his labors, the people sholud help
to make them as light as possible.
They will have to give in their as.
sessments sooner or later, and
there is nothing gained by delay.
Chronicle.
Mississippi claims to have more
Jersey cattle than any other State
in the Union. We can't say
wheather the clam can be sustain.
ed or not, but it is very certain
she has an immense number, and
almost every county can boast
one or more herds. We remem.
Der when the pioneers in this line
of stock breeding were regarded
as visionary spendthrifts; and
when the Examiner first "wrote
to" Col. w. B. Montgomery's herd,
giving a page of the Weekly edi
ton to the subject, many readers
in this and other States were in.
clined to regard it as a fancy
sketch. That was the first report
of a Jersey cattle farm ever print
cd ia Mississippi, but now a re.
porter would find occupation for
year If he attempted to write up
all of our Jersey herds.-Aber.
deem Examiner.
In failing to pass the law ex
empting money loaned for agricul.
tural purposes at eight per cent,
the Legislature made, we are sat.
isfed, serious blunder. What
our farmers need, above all other
things, is cheap money, what the
Legislature should endeavor to
do, above all other things, is to
encourage aud promote the inter.
ests of the farmers. Any effort
to show that such a bill would be
for the benefit of capitalists is all
claptrap. 1t would, of course,
have q tendency to promote in.
vestments of that kind, it wonld
cause capitalists to lend their
money to farmers, and farmers
would be benefited, and the State
-Yazoo Herald.
NJ. Mcmillan, colored, who lives
on Coz. James +. Stokes place,
went to Terrene Saturday even.
iBg and became intoxicated. Sat.
urday night, while several were in
the saloon, and Mcmillan being
asleep on the floor, some one was
accused of stealing his money.
The suspicion fell on Ruins l.
Richardson, colored, of this place,
and he was arrested and brought
here Sunday morning. Charlie
Bradford, also colored, went on his
bond for his appearance at Ter.
rene Monday morning. He was
tried before Monroe, the colored
Magistrate, and bound over in the
sum of 5000 for his appearance al
Circuit Court.-Rosedale Leader
Hon. J. w. Cutrer has intro
duced the bill in the House for the
removal of the county site, and il
was referred to the Committee Oh
County Affairs. There can hardly
be any doubt about its final pass
age by both branches, as the de
mands Of the great majority of the
neonle of the counfv ia entitled tf