The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-29

Led BY the impartial conduct Of my soul;
And never shall you see, that will beg
ragged and forestall'd remission"
The Cuckoo is bird that builds no
nest Of its own, but lays it's eggs in an
other birds nest and leaves il TO hatch
them. The Mississippi Prohibitionist
is published ir Jackson, and it's eggs
are layed in Madison county's nest.
Mature herself started back whom thou
And cried the works not, mine.
And knew not If to burn thee in the fame
Wore not the holier work"
If the ''hit dog il the one that howls''
then the TIMES must have struck the
Cuckoo in very sensitive part rs its
howl has been long and labored, for it
devoted seven editorial articles, en-
bracing about one half Of its pages, to
the TINES and its editor. Yet it says:
:, Somebody sends us = late copy of
We observe it publishes several par
agraphs from this paper, at the top of
/ y column, and then follows them with
comments Of, its own underneath.
This is the way he manages to get his
editorial read. He 10 like fraudulent
groceryman who puts all the incest and
best apples on top, but II you look un-
der them you find q lot of little faulty,
rotten ones; all the best and swe .test
bu tier at the top Of the bucket, but
just under it . lot Of dirty rancid stuff
not fit to use"
We sent you the paper and put you
on our exchange list-there is no
somebody" in it. But il we had
known your gass bag contained so much
stencil, wsewpnld have hcsitated before
puuetnrinR. IT. II the above extract
states the truth, why does the Cuckoo
give so much space to us % spread our
fraudulency?-"best apples on top;"
sweetest butter At the top of the buck
et." This is the tune that was sung
by the self righteous Pharisee before
the Most High, but il did not work
with God and will not prove effective
in Msdison county, where thank God
we have arpeople capable of ''sifting
the whest from the chat ssS and have,I
long since learned that |twhitensd
sepulchers" though comely to1ook up
on, can yet contain under them = lot
of dirty rancid stuff not fitto ''sxELL-"
I'VE have heard that the editor Of
u n fNov atssvp ~ - al
meaning man. That be has the in
to visit saloons or patronize them. Butt
him. 1t is rather TO his cred,
. than discredit that he is on the run.
How can any fair. minded man advocate
such cause as he has espoused. He is
now begging for quarter. Hear him:
'Sober-thinking, fair minded, honest
people OF Madison. are you prepared to
accept the teachings and results of this
Ournal printed in another county and
'own broadcast In our midst to disturb
he peace, harmony, and Christian
brotherhood now existing? Knowing
Fou as we do, we say not
But while he thus begs our people to
ct up on him, this. is what he says ,
bout them in the same issue. Don't ,
'ou think, doctor, you ought to be
'shamed of yourself?"
Give such men full sway and power
nd they would inaugurate the Spanish I
nquisition. the reign Of terror in 1
france. the doings OF bloody Mary in =
ingland and the blood-thirsty Turks
o Armenia
You have not ''heard' anything of
he kind. You know we mean right,
on know we are q gentleman, and
hat we do patronize saloons openly o
'henever we feel like it. You know n
nat we are not on the run. and don't n
,tend to do so. We are sorry you
ont mean better and have more of the :,
lstinct of CHRISTIAN gentleman II
no is this fellow anyhow, who has on b
"hsard" of us yet just below says, "
our people?" Read this extract care
lily and note that we say 1.-THE teach !. !.
gs aud results of this journal printed 4,
another county. and sown broadcast nj
our midst, and not the people Of cl
adison county-that it. not "our peo- :.
e." would inaugurate the inquisition
c. He has graduated under the fel.
" who had his sign up thus: IAN
nds of Twisting and Turning done &C
re-" Can you respect such tactics? It
ut appears from the following ex- su
rpt that some Of the preachers of in
nton wear sacred robes And it dc
20 appears that the reason they wont be
lie against the saloons Is that they he