The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-05-01

Our Letter from jackson.

Correspondence Sea Coast Echo
The legislature convened today at
high noon in extra session, aud the
people all over the state will watch
the proceedings with much interest.
Some of the members came in quite
early. The first to arrive was Col
A. N. Wilson Floater Representative
from Itawamba and Lee counties
who arrived last Thursday evening.
The First Baptist church has just
closed a very interesting meeting
here. The services were conducted
by DR.. Simmons, of Louisville, Ky.
Tough quite young he breaches
with great power, and bis labors will
produce fruit that eternity alone can
tell. The congregations were very
large all the time and quite a num-
ber joined the church.
lhe courier journal, in commeE[
ing on the jackson COW and ,h9Ken-
lucky Legislature says: eyGive US
cife, Jackson COW passage rather
than the show in the Frankfort grand
jury room every time as emb!ematic
of the morals of a great state" but
Jackson IS no longer going to have
"the COW pasture" nor is Mississippi
going to have a scene like that of
"the Frankfort grand jury"
AT the last term of the circuit
court here Wash Jones, a negro, was
convicted for unlawful retailing and
fined S55 90 and cost. He was grant
ed a few days TO get up the money
and while enjoying this liberty he
decided that it was best to skip for
parts unknown. He went over in
the delta and the food ran him out.
He decided that the time which has
passed since his departure had been
Of sufficient length for the officers
TO forget all about the affair and that
he would be safe in the city, but as
soon as he landed here he was
grabbed by the officers, and he is
now boarding at the expense of the
county.
Officer Ligond has gotten tired of
waiting time with parties who have
failed to pay their So 90 street tax OF
work their time on the streets. and
few days. since he issued aiIidavits
for fourteen parties and Judge Lew
is entered 5000 and cost opposite
their names. This should be sulfi-
cient warning to those who have re-
fuse to pay theta street tax.
Most of the convicts have been
brought from the delta and carried
TO the Rankin county farm. 1t is
impossible to furnish labor for any
thing like far per cent of them on
the Rankil county farm and they will
have TO be kept there at the expense
Of the state until the the foods recede
so they can 90 TO work on the s ate's
farms in the delta. The city coun-
Gil has employed fifty Of the conyicts
and Will put them to work at once on
the Rankin county turnpike.
1t is impossible for the city to en-
ploy more Of the convlcts for this
purpose on account of scarcity of
proper tools. 1t is thought that the
turnpike will be put in better shape
than it has ever been. This will be
a fine thing for the farmers who have
to market their cotton from the east
ern trade that comes here.
Walter Parden who claims to hail
from Meridian has been stopping
at the Price House for several davs
showed signs Of very badly derang.
ed mind and last Thursday MI Price
bad the officers to take charge bf him
and it is thought he will have to be
sent to the asylum. He is a victim
Of the cocaine habit and a package
Of this drug was fcurd On his person.
The use of this and other drugs has
very greatly impsired his mind.
The fake Of the air ship seems 10
have gone all over the country. 1t has
been discussed so much in the citv
and so much has been said in the
daily papers here that every thino
was in good shape for a nice Joke 10
be had, and last Wednesday nioh,
while the police Of the city aIono
with others were watching the stars as e
the story goes. operator II. +. Menlv
who is on night duty at the demo,
rushed out in the streets apparently
very Tuch excited and declare tba,
a telegram had been received from
Crystal Springs stating lht an al,
ship had been seen there headed n
the direction of jackson. The JacE,
son Evening News declares thai III,
joke IS on the cops.
Jackson, Miss., Aoril 07 1907