The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1898-01-29
THE STATE PRESS.

| gical survey Of Mississippi;
| Among the most important meas
ures appealing to the legislature TO
action, is a geological survey inau
gurated many years ago under Mr.
Eugene w. IliIgard now president o
the A. & NJ. College of California, wa
abandoned before half completed
and since that day scores Of interests
involved in geology, have become
prominent that were not worthy oil
note at that time.
We Know now that the state IS rich
in clay of great value for brick, pot
terry, porcelain ETC., that in many
places evidences of deposits of phos-
phate stone appears; that the state is
rich in lignltes and commercial pig
lnents and sands, and it is believed
that geological surveJ would result
IN the opening up of many new ard
valuable industries to our people.
The Clarion. Ledger, published at
jackson, does not think the special
message from the governor will be
forthcoming:
The legislature is still without the
special message of the governor re-
commenting the erection Of new
capitol, and everyone is settling into
the belief that the message so large
ly looked for will not arrive during
this session.
The south does not regret it. Says
the Vlcksburg Herald:
We do not think that there will be
much regret in the south, at the
failure of the illogical opposition in
the senate to the confirmation of
Gen. Lcngstreet.' There was moth
ing in his participation In Louisiana
politics twenty five years ago to
make him unfit for official employ
ment by republican administration.
As to his wretched war book, which
in source of mingled indignation
and sadness with those who will
ever admire his splendid war rec
ord, it had no fit place in the con-
sideration of his nomination. In
that book, 1T is to be remembered
after all, that the old was but bliDdly
and venomousIy striking back at a
vindictive vendetta which has assailed
his military career under cover of
his political obloquy. Let him rest
at peace and HIS book hasten on to its
deserved oblivion, Is the real wish Of
the southern heart.
The Greenwood Commonwealth
asks question and pauses for re-
ply:
When Gov. McLaurin suggested
to the legislature tnat it pass law
providing for the extention of the
time for the payment Of taxes and
also to relieve the people who pay
after February 1st, from disfran-
chisement, did he not know that the
legislature had no such power? Was
he dealing honestly with the legisla-
ture? Did it impress anybody as a
quite little play to the galleries
something with which to mislead, and
pose upon before the people in an
assumed and unnatural character?
Did anybody see in this little per-
formance, any where, the shadow of
the demagogue? We pause for a
reply.
The Pascagoula Democrat Star
Sounds a note Of warning to voters /:
Congressional election next Nov
ember. If you wish to vote at that
election pay your taxes before the
first day of February, or you will he
debarred.
The following On the advantage oi
small, well cultivated farms over
large, poorly tended tracts of land
is from the Harrison County Banner
A little farm we'll titled is wha
every young man who aspires to be I
farmer should strive for. How mucl
more independent is the man who &C
tualy owns ten, twenty, forty, o
eighty acres than he who hold hun.
drcds and pays high rent on then
in the form OF. interest on mortgage
Better be the owner Of five acre
than the renter of 5000" said a
old farmer who began with notbln
and now owns 800 acres of as fin
land as the sun shines on. "Bu
ten acres as nucleus and add to
as you can, always paying cash fol
what you BUY" he continued. ''Doni
spend your money for tools or in
plements you don't need. Buy goo
ones when you huy and take tb
right sort of care of them and the
! will last as long as you do. / hav
wagon | bought thirty years agt
and it will carry a ton Of coal froI
town now. / have several tools an
implements | bought fifteen an
twenty years ago that are almost ,
good now as when new, Many
farmer has bankrupted himself bur
ing implements to replace those gor
to ruin through simple neglect"
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