The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-15
Our Jackson Letter.

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an extra session of the legislature, an,
that it will be called during the prcsen'
week to meet on the Goth day of April
1t is pretty generally understood tina
the governor has been at work, off and
on, for several days on his proclamation
converting the solons, and that the task
is now complete except for Il few re.
touches, trimmings, etc, and 1t is sup.
possible will be given to the public in a
very short while. But for the trouble
with the unbridled waters along the
western borders of the state ii is said
here that the call for the extra session
would have been printed Il week ormore
ago. If we are bound TO have il, why
let's have il and be done with THE
sooner the better.
As for two or three weeks past the
floods in the delta country have occu
pied the citizens Of jackson, as well as
all other towns in the country, the gen
eral salutation here being; Anything
new from the river an effort wasmade
to give n concert here last Saturday
night for the benefit of the food suffer
ers, and a nice little sum would doubt
less have been raised had the show come
off according to promise, All was in
readiness, a goodly number of tickets
having been sold in advance by the
children of the community, but at the
last moment ii was learned the opera
house had been condemned by the city
council as not having two places Of exit
as required to do SO by law, and no en-
tertainment Fan be given therein till a
new stairway is built in the real of the
house. If there is any one thing Jack
son does need more than another, it is n
thoater or public hall,
The people of distant states have
found ont about II great overflow and
offers of assistance are beginning to roll
this way. Mr.. II. D. Brown, managing
editor of the Louisville (ky.) Times,
was in jackson today, and turned over
to the governor two checks, amounting
to nearly thirteen hundred dollars.
One for 81. 600 had been raised by the
Times office, the other for $269 or there
abouts, being contributed in dimes,
and coppers by the school child
rem of Louisville. Mr.. Brown had SINH
lar checks for the governor Of Arkansas
and is now on his way to Little Rock.
The Evening Journal of Akron, ONO,
wired the governor on Saturday that
the people of that city would send a car
load of provisions to the flooded district
and asking where it should be consigned,
They were directed to send the car to
Vicksburg and graciously thanked Tor
their thoughtful kindness, as were also
the people of Louisville.
Senator Moore of Bolivar, is In
Jackson, and says he is going to remain
till after the waters subside' He ex
poets his family to join him here III u
few DAYS. Mr.. Moore says he Is conf
dent that nineteen -twentieths of the
in his county is now under water,
that it was four or five feet deep in his
house when he left and getting deeper;
The few people remaining were travel
ing about in skiffs and boats; they had,
rs yet, plenty to eat, but fuel was get
ting to be a very serious item; a great
leal of the live stock and wild game had
been drowned, and the stencil arising
rom carcasses lodged in drifts was, in
,ome placs ebecoming horrible,
The governor has pardoned a little
copper colored negro named Albert
who was sentenced at last term
# Kinds county court to one year on the
county farm and $500 fine, enough to
,eep him there the balance of his life.
The negro was a professional blind
and had sold barrels Of Jersey
lightning here, stuff that would kill a
nan at 40 rods. He really sold for
,ther people. white men, and permitted
himself to be used as a catspaw when
.ourt met, going to the farm for at least
0 years, rather than squeal on his EN-
A few days since another
county convict, Henry Stribling, over
covered the white guard, took his gun
rom him and would have killed him
mt for the interference Of the little
blind tiger convict, who grabbed up
axe and threatened to brain the negro
{ he did not desist. S%tribbling was in
he act Of shooting, but seeing the muir
ferrous looking axe 50 near his woody
nate. lowered his gun, took to the woods
md has not been seen since. Moselys
vet of bravery was reported to the gov.
,rnor and the most infamous OF blind
jgers," the most worthless little negro
yer known about Jackson Is again
urned loose on the community, whose
avs, courts and juries he has persist
y defed. PETER
Offers Of Assistance.
Tho f,lloviny telegram. received by