The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-04-19
OYER THE STATE.

Hon. 7. L. Catchings, OF tNlekspurg,
: out in card declaring most emphat-
cally that he Will not be candidate
'or Congress again in the Shoestring
District. He has been an intelligent,
.chve and useful Representative OF the
people who sent him there.-Grenada
Sentinel.
Was the constitutional Convention
called to consider Prohibition, and thus
Irritate and divide the white people OF
the State? If so, it would have been
much better that it should never have |
been called. Perhaps Senator Waltnaii
was wiser and more careful, than many
who differed with him about the poll
cy of calling Conyention.-Commer-
cial Herald.
Senator Waltball who has on several
occasions, by the kind aid OF Senator
Plumb, saved the land grant OF the
Gulf 4 Ship Island railroad, has gotten
the Public Lands Committee to agree
to so amend the "railroad grant for
feiture bill'' that 1t shall not apply TO
that road if completed aud open for
traffic by January 1st, 1891. NOW
hump yourself, Capt. VIM. ID. Hardy.
Aberdeen Examiner.
The following message from Mr..
Loflin, the father of the murdered girl,
has been delivered to Governor Stone
by Deputy Chiles: "Say to Governor
Stone that | am law abiding man,
and think he has done his duty. | am
greatly grieyed at the loss Of my child.
but | want the law to take Its course"
This obedience to, and respect for law,
by one @who cannot calm his grief" is
commended to the few journals In the
State which, having opposed Governor
Stones nomination, have been swlit
TO criticise him for doing what nine
tenths Of the people of the state
heartily ndorse.-Commonwealth.
Hon. T. c. Catchings will not be a
candidate for reelection to Congress
from the Valley District, as he has
formed partnership for the practice
of law iu Chattanooga after the expira-
ton of his present term. The District
contains much good material, includ-
ing Gen. Nat. Harris and Major
Magruder, Of vicksburg; though 1t
will be hard to replace Gen. Catchings
with man as capable as he has proved
to represent the peculiar interests OF
the Valley.-Aberdeen Examiner.
A few years ago while in conversa-
ton with friend in reference to the
Treasurer's shortage, we were told thai
Col. Hemingway was not the only
defaulter Carol county had furnished
to the State. Said the gentleman
"Away back in the '40's-about thu
year 1912, l think-Dick Graves, O
Middleton, Carroll county, was STATE
Treasurer, and he defaulted In th'
sum of something over 100000. HI
skipped the country and was neve
brought to trial, and. of course, tn
State lost the money.-Winona Times
II is reported that Gen. Catching
has expressed his intention to locat
in Chattanooga to practice law at th
expiration of this congressional tern
consequently viii not be a candidat
for reelection. No man in this Stat
can boast brighter record than Ger
= Catchings. lie has served this peopl
IN various official capacities, and not
D smirch can be found on his politics
' escutcheon, and its sun will set bt
: hind the western horizon without
: lleck Of cloud to obscure its brillianc.
His place will bo hard to supply
Sunhower Tocsin.
Adams is the oldest county In II
State. 1t was established in 179
when Sergeant was Governor of Il
Territory. The following countle
with date Of their establishment, cor
prised Mississippi when admitted
the Union in 1917: Adams, 179!
Jefferson, 1902; Claiborne, 1902; w
4 kinson, 1902; Franklin, 1909; Wayn
= 1909; Amite, 1909; Marion, 1871
y Greene, 1911; Jackson, 1912; Ha
IL cock, 1912; Lawrence, 1914; PIX
d 1915. Covington was established
1919, the first new county created aft
= the State had been admitted.-Clario
Ledger.
Hon. I. G. Catchings has written
letter to Capt. j. S. McNeily of Gree
S. vile, in which he states that at the G
n. piration of his term in congress he W
remove 10 Chattanooga, Tenn., to lii
While representing the Delta count
in Congress Mr.. Catchings has prov
IT one of the best representatives [
State has ever had, and in his remoV
from Mississippi his section loses m
of merit and worth. He has alws
worked hard for his district and "
IS ever watchful of the interests of
Mississippi river. In his future hoi
we trust fortune will smile upon hi
-Yazoo Herald.
si- The immense volume of water pa
ing rapidly through the Catfish Po
- crevasse has swept away everything
its path overtlowing the country
miles around from depth of to
feet. Many persons living in dir
line with the current barely escaI
with their lives, losing stock, hou
and contents. MIR. I. II. Connellyist
story residence was torn to fragmel
while similar fate was the lot
y nearly every tenant house on the pl
- tation. The current from this br,
is so swift and is washing so rapi
R that fears are entertained that the ri
will make cutoff, which wo
md throw out several Of the best plar
tions in the county. The leyee iu
vicinity of the break presents SC
,1v long to be remembered, and one [
!. calls forth the deepest sympathy.
|M negroes are completely demorali
lin and refuse employment at good wa
As general thing the planters
cheerful, and are doing all in II
| nowar fo allaviato fho x,-n,,ta 80 l.