Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-10-09

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volving s1OO, The changes do not
take effect until 1892.
The leading question in Missis.
sippi now is shall the new con-ttu-
ton be submitted to popular vote
or enforced by the mandate of the
conyention? The press and people
appear to bo about evenly divided
on the subject.
Iowa has passed a stringent tramp
law. 1t declares that any male per-
son l6 years of age or over, who Is
able TO work, who is wandering a.
bout begging or idle, and who can
not show reasonable efforts to Sc
cure employment, shall be deemed
tramp, sent to Jail and put at hard
work. While in jail he shall not be-
allowed tobacco, liquors, sporting
or illustrated papers, cards, or any
other means OF amusement. Tramps
will give pwa wide berth.-Ex
The American farmers as a rule
are engaged in a desperate struggle
to secure Il comfortable support for
their families, pay their taxes, edu:
cato their children and keep from
mortgages and debt. 1t socms as If
the government has determined that
certain classes Of indos;ries, as well
as combines atnoug the monied men
must survive, though farmers may
h.. al. Al
who are banded together in pools,
trusts or syndlcates.- -Exponant.
The constitutional convention
should provide that the revenues
arising from liquor license, etc.
(Which row go into the school fund
of the Stat,) s',oud go to the schools
III the county, in which these taxes
are paid. 1t la not right that the
counties where saloons are licensed
sh ,nld suffer all OF the disadvan-
tages incident thereto, and then be
forced to divide the benefits with
our sanctimoninus sister counties
who have cl,sed The saloons.-
Greenwood Enterprise.
Correct, Bro, her. But the eues
ti"n i-,will the delegates from the
shlind tiger and alcohol counties
view this question from standpoint
OF fairness and justice? 1.-THE sale
OF whisky 'breeds criminals, makes
paupers and wrecks society why do
the dry counties allow their chll-
dren TO become beneficiaries oil a
fund.-, deriled from such u sacrificeI
Counties or communities that must
bear the stigma and endure he vice
and crime arising from the sale of
WHISKY are justly entitled to all the
benefits that accrue therefrom. =
Grsenville Democrat.
The President has signed the anti
lottery bill recently passed by con-
gress, and those papers RUNNING
the ad. OF lottery companies had
better drop it at once. An issue Of
the Washington Chronicle contains
ing Il lottery advertisement was
sc,z d and suppressed. While this
js the law II will have to be obeyed.
but where is the end? When will
the government say that a newspa-
per shall not publish livery stable
advertisement because horses soma
times run away and kill people; or a
steamboat al. because they blow
people up; or a fruit dealers ad.
because grapes. peaches, etc, con-
tain alcohol; or u stock raiser's ad.
because John Smiths dog was gorcd
by an ox?- C.piah Signal.
The report of the Committee on
Eiacation, which was submitted TO
the Constitutional Convention sup
ports the reported claim of the Av.
alanche that Mississippi, in The way
of schools, is far ahead Of any other
Southern State. The report does
more. 1t shows that Mississippi
pays, in proportion TO taxable pror-
erty, more every year to public
education than any other State in
the Unon.
The total expenditures last year
were S1,117.1 .1l0.
In the character of its schools, too,
Mississippi is abreast with the times.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
Institute at Sarkville, aud the In
dustral Institute and College tor
Women at Columbus. afe modeIs'
They have done u vast wmoant of
practial work, whose good results
are patient. "A valanche.
Judges as a rule, make poor
statesmen. There are excetions,
but not single exception can be
found in the constitutional conven
stion at this writing. There il Judge
CaIhoon, with hls electoral College
scheme; there is Judge George with
his spportionment-appointivo pluto
cratic nonaenser there 10 Judge
Chrisman with his womsn's suffrage
property qualification humbug; there
i Judge Featherstone, with his
4 p4ople. .be-dr-d ideas on the suffrage
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