The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-05-04

their value aud pointed out the remedy
at the hands of the iury, charging that
body to exert vigii-Ace toward .nvesti-
eating the subject. Judge Houston has
been reading the Examiner upon that
subject, or the Examiner has heard his
views in regard to it. one or the other;
it is not material which; but then at all
events the two are of the same way of
thinking, and the sooner the theory of
putting our lands upon the assessors
roll at something like their value the
better it win be for all of us. The Acts
of the Legislature of 1888 elassifes
lands into first, second, third. fourth
and fifth classes and so on, in which
the Mississippi river counties are rated
first.-Examiner.
The majority of the farmers in Mis-
sissippi think there Is only one way of
making living-raising cotton. AS
this is day of progress, the farmers
must study the principles of breeding
stock, and more time must be given
to the raising of grains, for the sooner
the farmers of this State learn to di-
versify their crops, the sooner will
they prosper. We are glad, however,
to say that the farmers of this county
are in a better condition than they
have been for years, and the cause Of
this is, that they have of late years,
paid more attention to stock and grain
raising. 1t is a fact that cannot be
disputed, that where you find an agri-
cultural community prosperous, there
you will also find everybody else pros
porous. The doctor will get pay for
his practice, the merchant for his
goods, the lawyer for his work and the
preacher for his preaching. But if
you find that they are oppressed and
can hardly make ends meet, there you
will also find the whole country pressed
for money. Now from a natural and
logical way of thinking, the farming
interests is the mainstay of the coun-
try; then 1t is the duty of every citi-
zen to do everything in his power to
push that interest to the front. 1t IS
the duty of every farmer to pay cash
for what he needs and buy as little ON
credit as possible. And, it is the duty
of merchants to put their goods down
to the lowest notch, and try and CO.
operate with the farmers in breaking
up the credit system, then all will
prosper, but not until thcn.-Oxford
Globe.
Especial to the Commercial-He Herald
Lula, Miss, April 29.-Information
reaches here from Glover Hill, twenty
miles south of here, that tramp en-
tered the house of negro, named
Kirkman, last night, and with drawn
pistol demanded his money The ne
gro went to his trunk, apparently to
get his money but got pistol and
fired at the tramp, who shot at the
same time. The tramp fell over on the
negroes bed dead, and the negro walk
ed out tho door and fell dead ON the
steps.
Especial to Times-Democrat.l
Cleveland, April 2S.-The Greenville
District Conference adjourned last
night after a session of three days.
Three thousand and sixty-ilve dollars
was subscribed to the Mississippi
Methodist Male College. This is the
largest amount raised by any place.
About 800 was raised for other church
purposes. This little city is booming,
Bishop Galloway lectures tonight on
the religions of Mexico.
Meridian, April PAR. +. Cochran,
Chairman Of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of Lauderdale county,
has called a meeting of the committee
in this city for Tuesday, April 80,
when day will be set apart for mass
meeting to elect delegates to the State
Convention, as well as arrange for
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