The Magnolia gazette., 1899-01-25

many Of the young men from
your state-some of them of very
high ability and Characterization
shall always be proud 10 remem-
Der as friends and comrades. |
hope you will pardon me for in.
dulging in personal "reminiscences
but since last summer the very
mention Of Mississippi warns me
with congenial feeling, Morton
l.. Kimball."
The Federal court has been in
session since Monday last. Judge
Niles charge to his grand jury is
good reading. Among other gen.
orally accepted truths that he
gave utterance to was this: "The
man who makes and sci 8 blind
tiger whisky is. the meanest man
in any community. And he
charges that many officials are
elected by this lawless class that
their crimes may be covered up.
The Judge also said that he
knows men who had been sum-
moned to serve on juries in Grim
inal cases, declare they were
against capital punishment, and
then join a mob to lynch man.
The report of Kinds county
grand jury is also very racy read
ing. 1t was submitted by Geo.
w. Carlisle, foreman. 1t, also,
goes for the ''blind tigers Here
is the indictment:
''Of allthe means of deception,
Ioonnivance and contrivanee en-
ployedto defeat the strong arm of
the law. nothing equals those
employed by the blind tiger in his
miserable life destroying, perju-
ry- breeding business Of retailing
liquor. =
The general condition Of the
penitentiary. the report declares,
sis a disgrace to the state. -
Many of the buildings are aban-
doned and are rotting, the roofs
leaking, and presenting an air of
decay and desolation. Hogs,
horses and cattle are kept in one
corner of the enclosure, and the
refuse therefrom discharged un-
der the walls into the open streets,
etc.
The management of the Rankin
farm is also sharply criticized,
and the case of a convict cited,
who had been injured by a tree
falling on and breaking his leg,
which had to be amputated he-
cause of not receiving medical
attention in time.
The report INDUCES in a wide
range of criticism, and Judge
Powell remarked to this writer,
he began to think, as the reading
progressed, that tthe court
would not escape.
Some OF these days the old
tpen'' will be removed from the
capital city, where it stands as a
nuisance and an eye-sore, occu-
pying most eligible sites for resi-
dence lots in the city, and which
if utilized in that way, would
place fully one hundred thousand
dollars worth Of assessable prop
erty on the tax rolls OF city,
county and state.
Judge j. a.. p. Campbell, ia a
letter to tile Vicksburg Herald,
expressc the opinion that the
failure to print the legee amend
ment on the same ballot with can
didates for congress, does not in
validate the vote on the amend
ment; that the Code direction was
not a substantial requirement;
that 'sif the amendment is shown
to haYe received a majority of the
votes cast by the qualified elec-
tors voting, and shall be inserted
as a part of the constitution by
the next succeeding legislature.
its validity viii never be ques-
tioned.'
Tax assessors, in arranging
blank tax-lists for next assess
ment, should add these items:
Each firm or person whore BIZ
cycles are kept for hire and fee
charged, in cities OF 2500 or more
inhabitants, $1,000. Same, in
cities, etc., less than 25o0 inhab-
itants, $500. Shares of bank
stock, state or national. (See
chapter A, Acts 1898.
The death of Walter McLaurin
on Saturday morning at $3.50.
was great surprise to the COM
munity. 1t had been known for
several days that he was extreme
ly i'll; but as he was on the streets
only week before, the very pic
ture Of life and health, bouyant
and cheerful as usual, no one
doubted that he would rally and