The leader., 1899-10-11
Liberal Laws Needed.

Liberal Laws Needed.
The following broad-guaged and
timely suggestions are from the Green
will Democrat, edited by Hon. J.. Pink
Smith, the accomplished clerk of the
house of representatives:
Wise, just laws and fair treatment Of
capital, contain the proper sentiments. In
dlviduals may accumulate stores by rigid
economy, by stinting themselves and by
grasping every nickle in reach, but such
men never become great or useful to a
community. A State that attempts such
niggardly policy-that refuses just appro-
priations, and taxes excessively public cor
porations that gives employment to peo-
pie and markets for the products of the
soil-appears narrow and unprogressive in
the eyes of the world and cannot advance
as it should. A great State like Mississippi,
for instance, must be conducted on broad
guaged policy liberal laws must find place
on the statute books, full justice to capital
seeking investment must he accorded; in
fact, the laws should be so framed as to in
wife capital to aid in the development Of
the ''marvelous and matchless resources"
of our great State.
Mississippi has been more liberal than
some of her sister States during the past
thirty years. but there is still room in the
legislative halls for the progressive and
just legislator there is still room on the
statute books for laws that will invite
capital, that will start the construction of
factories, that will lubrcate the wheels of
commerce and make our State blossom"
as the proverbal rose.
Asylum Attendants to be Uniformed.
On and after October the attendants
in the wards of State Lunatic Asylum
will be required to wear uniforms. The
twenty-five male attendants will wear
navy blue with brass buttons; the
female attendants will wear blue serge
in summer and blue duck in winter
Among other advantages will be this:
That visitors passing through the wards
will be able to distinguish attendants
from patients. Attendants are some
times embarrassed by hearing sympa-
thetic remarks, such as ''she don't act
like crazy person." which is sometimes
answered by the attendant dropping
her keys. The wonder is that this reg
ulation was not adopted years ago.
DIR. III. II. HARRISON made a personal
and very thorough investigation of the
health of Nicksburg, and gave the pub
lie satisfactory report to the effect
that there has been no yellow fever in
that city this year. He says the local
physicians admit that there has been
an unusual amount of typhoid and ma
larial fevers there during the last three
months. Rev. DR.. Sproles has pub
lished a statement confirming what the
health and city authorities and the
press of Nicksburg had declared, that
Nicksburg has had no yellow fever.
The Franklin Banner favors new
site for the new capitol for three rea-
sons: First, because the old capitol
grounds are entirely too small, being
only narrow strip between the east
ern extremity of the city and the
swamps of Pearl river; second, because
the old building can be used until the
new one is completes; third, because
an up-to-date State house should be
located on ample grounds, that can be
beautifed," etc.
On the day the second case of yellow
fever was declared in jackson, sixty
five Millsaps College students arrived.
The college is going ahead, having
quarantined against the city. No stu
dents had arrived for Belhaven. That
college will not open until after kill
ing frost. DIR. Fitzhugh is sorely dis
appointed at this third annual inter
ruption in his college work.
''Cotton is king" The Corinthian
says this expression was first used by
Gen John A. Quitman of Mississippi in
congress in 1883, during the debate over
the Clay compromise, known as the
Omnibus bill. His remark was, Got
ton is king of all exports
The board of supervisors of Kinds
county refused to quarantine the rest
! of the county against Jackson. Sensi-
BILE. 1t don't require guarantees to
prevent social visits between town and
country just now.
Until quarantine is raised the curfew
will warn all persons off the streets in
jackson after o o'clock pm. Any per-
son caught on the streets after that
hour win be fined not less than six
dollars.