The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1891-03-14

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Court convened here to-day, Judg
Williamson presiding. The attend
ance was exceptionally large Afte
the swearing in and charging of tn
grand jury, Mr.. Chas. Scott rose o.
behalf of the bar aud submitted th
eloquent resolutions adopted som
weeks since on the death of the lat
Judge Trimble. Mr.. Scott furthe
paid an earnest and feeling tribute t,
the memory Of the deceased jurisi
ID. w. yelling spoke upon his nobl
qualities and brilliant capacity. Messrs
Il. ii. Moore and I. NJ. Harris followed
in the same tenor. Judge Williamson
directed that the resolutions be spread
upon the minutes of the court.
The next question is, OF what are The
bridges to be built, wood or iron2 Al
we have lived in a timber country SC
long, perhaps we may be excused fol
sticking to wooden bridges as long as
we have, but the time has come when
we must admit that they are hall
century behind the times, both as TO
beauty, endurance and safety, and
therefore, not so economical as iron.
Railroad men who have made this sub
ject lifetime study, long since adopted
iron. Let us take advantage Of their
study and experience.
The mention of an iron bridge, we
know, will at first appear extravagant
to many of our citizens, and years ago
il would have been, but now iron Is
cheap, and transportation cheap, aud
they can be put up nearly as cheap as
if of wood. As to their strength and
endurance there is no comparison.
As to the objection that will probably
be raised, that we have not the ready
money on hand, we would say that
there are plenty of bridge companies
that would be glad to take jackson
county bonds payable in twenty-five
years, and bridge every important
stream in the county. Then, by all
means, LEI us have them aud save this
eternal expense of rc-building.-Dem-
ocrat-Star.
Editor Frank Burkitt's editorial
"Good-bye, Senator's" In his paper, the
Chlckasaw Messenger, In which he
bids goodbye to Senators George aud
Wathall, having created considerable
adverse criticism from the State press,
he replies as follows in the Messenger;
"Until we read some of these criti-
cisms we were simple enough to sup
pose any Democrat in the State might
express a preference for any one with
out giving ofense, but It seems in the
opinion of some of our contemporaries
that Messrs. George and Walthall own
the offices which they have held for
nearly two terms, aud that II Is treason
TO the Democratic party to dare assert
that Mississippi has two other men who
would faithfully and honestly repre-
sent her at Washington, and who
might perchance, be nearer in accord
with Tho will of the majority of the
party on all the questions affecting
their interest than our present state
seems TO be-"
Nobody thinks of charging Mr..
Burkit with treason to the Democratic
party because he Is opposed to any
body for office.
II was not what he said that created
the attention II did; but il was the
manner and tenor of bis languase. In
brief, he served notice upon the pemo-
cratic party of Mississippi that he had
no further use for George and Walthall,
and that this made them no longer
eligible as Senators.
Editor Burkitt may have sufficient
for opposing the reelection OF
George and Walthall, and he may have
It in his power to defeat them, but
really he ought not to get into high
dudgeon because there are good Dem
ocrots in this State who claim TO have
4 RIGHT to have voice, as well as him.
solt in the selection of Senators,
whether they may be George ana
Walthall or somebody else.-Merldian
News.
while Clarksdale would derive more
,enetit from this route than Belen, on
,ccouut of the former being the terml-
ans. the people of our town would also
,e amply repaid for their efforts in
,ecurino the road. 1t would place us
n direct communication with two
RINK lines of railroad aud would con,
,ect our town and county with the ooal
md iron fields of Alabama.
II is important that we extend to our
,eighbor, Clarksdale, the right hand oil
fellowship and aid her citizens III every
,ossible way to secure this route =
}elen Times.
The road would be of such vital I'M
,ortauce to both Beleu aud Clarksdale,
md to the whole section of country
long its route, that we will not stop |
o discuss which point would reap the
-reatest benefit. Suffice IL to say that
would be the best investment the
,eople in that section could make
rho benefits of which would be ever
asting. a..
However, we are glad to note that
he good people of Quitman county
ire awakening to the great necessity
# building the road, and are taxing
ively interest in the matter, and tnaI
bev will unite in ahearty cooperation
With others interested in the building
# n road that will connect practlcally
lndcveloped inland section OF country
With all the great markets OF the eoun-
ry.-Delta Advance.
It isreported that great many goou
nen and white Democrats have ueeh
lisfranchised by their failure TO pay
heir taxes by Feb. 1st, aud many OF
,ur cotemporaries, and none among
hem so prominent as the Clarion
ledger. the State organ, so-called, are
,oudemning the new Constitution for
bringing about such o disaster. We