The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-02-03
SCRANTON. MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY FEBRUARY

money anu IL we COULDN'T gel GbIu
we must have silver and paper and
go ahead stream and dump every.
Thing into The bonndless sea. ex-
pect il was good Democratic tall
but it strained my mind. The
doctor looked solemn at me and
sorter piiiful, and then | told him
how | was tangled up over Jay
Gould's death ard what the editors
and preachers and some of the wo-
men said about him and l was
slraining my mind to locate him.
for some OF these days | expect to
60 to that undiscovered country
myself. and how got some relief
when | read Ihe editorial in the
Reriec Of Reriers, which | appre-
ciate and enjoy more than any
modern literature, Tor 1t is always
fair and square and man of my
caiber can read it and understand
it without straluing his mind.
"Dld you locate him q said The
doctor. "No, said l." But | To-
Gated the prnperly. 1t is all busy
in moving trains and goods and
people and operating shops where
there are thousands of men at
work, and his money is suIl run.
ming The telegraph, and so far as
we are concerned, it makes no dii-
ference whether the seveniy.two
millions were controlled By one
man or by seveniy.lwO men with
million apiece. The Lords hand
/, in it all, and belieye that Miss
Helen will do some big thing with
her share before she dies. and
maybe George will too. There are
troubles nearer home that worry
me more than Jay Gould. There
is trouble in Macon in the college
and one of my'best friends is in il,
and there is trouble right here at
home and Two preachers are in il ,
and it has stirred up the town and
you can hear much and find out
but little, and Sam Jones is going
TO move away, and MY wafer pipes
have bur,ted and there is a curtain
down and no boy hut me, and the
tax mankcame Yesterday and took
the last dollar | had in the world
10 help pay the courts expenses
and TO educate the everlasting me-
gro; and we've been at it Tor
twenty-five years, and the more
we do it the more they go 10 the
chaiDgaug, Tor there are over 1000
there now. and only 1875 white per.
sons, and am tired OF llie expert.
ment, Tor il is failure and a bur
den upon us and is no good for
them that | can see. This is the
biggest tax that ever paid and
have less property TO pay on than
| have had Tor five years, and here
is the town tax that is on he same
line, and we are tired of educating
other children, especially the black
ones, and there is too much palrl-
olism in our government, both
State and National, and | know
rich men who are drawing pen.
sions from the State, and poor
men who fought Just as hard aud
just as long and get nothing, aud
The principle is all wrong for no
soldiers ought 10 be pensioned but
The needy, and that's my doctrine.
/ went down TO Atlanta the 9th.
er day to borrow 5000 TO bridge
oyerthe impecunious chasm and
pay these taxes and few of these
darn little just debts hat owe,
and one bank said they were mov.
ing the cotton and II took all their
money, and another bank said
they only discounted local paper
for their deposilors, and then ]
went to Captain Lowry al The Tai.
! lyho bank and he greeled NE with
, smiles as he always does, bul said
, that money was mighty close that
/ day, but that if | would come back
the last Of next week he would see
what h, could do. | haven't been
back, for | am sick aud | though,
that The captain would send il up
7 to me by express, but he hasn't
+ II a man deposits with an Atlanta
bank he can borrow some of J,
back occasionally with a good en-
: dorser-so George Adalr told me
/ The fact is suspect those bank,
; havn't any money to speak of ex
cept the deposits, and the State.
/ money, aud The cily's money, anC
they are always quarreling ab"uv
{ who shall have it. They harvest
/, ed mostly on Steve Ryan's money
and when d man breaks they hus
q lie round with alacrlly to ge. re
; ceiver appointed who will help out
. their deposits. But it is al nolh
/ ing to me so long as am playing
/ Lazarus aud The dogs are hckins
my sores.
4 "Stop,' sa,d The doctor, "yor
s must not allow such imaginar,
r troubles TO disturb your mnd
s You mast be calm and serene
$ and''--
Q "Bul can'l.' said |. "for I'v,
! been dosing with quinine, until
I am as nervous as a man with ,ht
I loothasche. haven't, got hut hal
1 sense now, with only half \ hsa,
3 you know, and when l get plna
1 out Of money | haven't hardl,
I any. | want a bank, a whole bank
4 for abouta week. | saw Capteil
J. Lowry the other day drivlng hi
!. tallyho fonr.in.hand, and ,nolin,
!. his little horn and he had Ada