The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-02-12
THE STATE PRESS.
Captioned ''The Pension Robbery
the Meridian Herald begins an edi-
torial: q

the Meridian Herald begins an edi-
torial:
According to the government n
nancial statement for January, The
increase Of debts less cash in 'rreasur,
was Sl2, ,587.71; increase in defici
during the month, excluding Un1of
Pacific payments and receipts, 81. 9OI
4o4 total deficit since July 4 1897,
seven months $5l, ,201,823. In The
same seven months $89, 900 900 was
paid out in pensions-the annual
pension expenditure being estimated
at $50, COO, 900.
From the VIcksburg Herald:
| For the exclusive privilege of sell
ing lntoxlcants in Meridian for five
years, "a prominent business man"
OF that city authorizes the Evening
Ster to say that he will pay off its
floating debt of $4,000.
The following hen story can hardly
be accredited, but who would doubt
the Brandon News?
j. M. Purvis, of Linwood neigh
borhood, has hen that has set four
times on the same rest on her
own eggs in the last eight months
and is now setting the fifth time.
She has hatched sixty-nine chickens
from seventy-flve eggs, and SIG
worth OF chickens have been sold.
The Natchez Democrat compares
thetyphoid IN the north with yellow
fever inthe south:
The,typhoid fever is reported to
be raging In Philadelphia with more
vlrulence than did the yellow fever
in News Orleaas4ast fall. Yet there
are mansssouth~n people who chase
Off north every year because the are
afraid Of "Yellow Jack" Between
the two evils we would prefer the
latter.
The Copiah Signal thinks the peo-
pie should be allowed TO say what
they want:
If the people want an elective iu-
dietary, let them have it. They will
have an opportunity to express their
views on it 1899. Why not let them
express their views on the poll tax
question and on the question Of
separation of school fund ? The peo-
pie pay the fiddler and have right, or
at least ought 70 have, to say who
should dance.
The Natchez Democrat has the fol-
lowing to say about tobacco culture
Kentucky's tobacco for 1897
brought into the state more than six
millions of dollars, which was quite
"pick up" for the farmers of the
commonwealth. Tobacco grows just
as well in Mississippi as it does in
Kentucky, and we are sure our citi-
zens would find 1t much more pro-
fitable crop than cotton.
The Vicksburg Dispatch realizes
The blunder made by:the Legislature: ::
We are sorry to notice the disposi-
zion of the legislature to leave the
state militia unprovided, or at least
TO cut down the allowance to so small
an amount, as to make it of little
benefit. This is neither wise or eco
nomlcal. 1t is unwise to leave the
state without nucleus of military
force, and it may prove very extrava-
CANT. We do not anticipate any use
for military force, but no one can
tell at what time, there may be very
urgent necessity for it. 1t is best to
have fairly good and well equipped
militia as a preventive measure.
Strip the states of the little force il
now has, and q riot from any cause
might assume very serious propor-
tions. OF course we could call on
the national government, but there
are serious objections to that, and 1t
would be more or less humiIiating to
do so. 1t would be very unpleasant
for self-respectlng Mississlppians il
the governor should at any time bt
compelled TO call on the president foI
help, for any case that could be met
with few thousand men.