The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1888-10-13
NO. 10

office seekers aim at this College is a
direct thrust at the farmer, and blow
to his progress.-East Mississippi
Times.
In his present position Gen. Lee gets
$4,000. This just shows that the State
Of Mississippi, taking advantage of the
State.pride of one of its own citizens,
is getting $500 man for 1900. Is
this honest or creditable?
More than ten years ago Hon. II. L.
Muldrow, then representing this Dis
triet in Congress, introduced a bill
making the Commissioner of Agricul- |
turc Cabinet officer, and was ridi-
culed for his pains. Col. Muldrow
persisted, however, and before he re-
tired from Congress had the gratidca-
tion to see his idea endorsed by large
majority Of the House, of which he
was member, but the Senate failed
to pass the measure. The agitation of
the question, it would seem, did not
cease with Col. Muldrow's term of SER
vice as a congressman, for on Saturday
last the Senate after eliminating the
proposition to transfer the weather
bureau to the agricultural department,
passed bill which had already passed
the House, which provides athat the
Department of Agriculture shall be an
, executive department, under the super
vision and control Of Secretary Of
: Agriculture, who shall be appointed by
/. the President, by and with tho advice
/ and consent Of the Senate. There shall
be in the department an Assistant Sec
: retary Of Agriculture, to be appointed
l. by the President, by and with the adj
. vice and consent of the Senate, who
! shall perform such duties as may be re-
= quired by law or prescribed by the
: Secretary. The Secretary of Agricul
: ture shall receive the same salary as II
a. paid to the secretary of each of the OK
i. ocutive departments, and the salary o
= the Assistant Secretary of Agricultur'
L shall be the same as that now paid q
1t the First Assistant Secretary OF tn
ts Interior
N The last legislature authorized tn
IN Board OF Supervisors Of Monro
~ county to levy poll tax Of two dollar
!. The school debt Of the county is larg
I" and the poll tax fund is to be used !
Sc paving it oil.-Natchez Democrat.
Z The Democrat was never more grea
te " mistaken. If any such action W,
ry ever taken by the Mississippi Legisl'
by ture ms to authorize the Board OF 81
,o pervisors of Monroe county to levy
. poll tax Of two dollars, II has not bee
l'- heard of over in this portion Of til
he State. Tho Democrat Is requested
sct publish the act In full, If It is in exl
tel tcnce.
1, In regard to the school fund IL
Nv Democrat is still wider of tho mar
al We have nineteen thousand dollal
A. of United States currency dcposite
-" In the First National Bank OF Abe
re- deem to the credit of the school fun
MS and the public school interests
| Monroe county are in better cond
I, ton than any other county In Il
" State, and the entire Indebtedness
i's the county win be paid out this fall.
he The poll tax, by statutory provisiol
goes into the school fund in ever
IA county In the State, but In Monroe
- is not particularly needed to pay u
'es expenses Of the schools.
nr. We would like to know where Il
or Democrat discovered that bundle
In news. Tho babies in Pinafore we
=, awfully mixed, and the Democrat ey
:" IDENTIFY referred to some other Missi
oi sippl county, or perhaps to one OF u
st, neighboring Louisiana parishes. W
Ill do not accept the soft impcachmer
or Aberdeen Examiner.
.r The Natchez Democrat doubtle
a. meant some other Monroe; as the pc
:, tax Is limited in this State TO one dc
lar and It's application especial
directed.