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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
THE CHEF ISSUE.

Bolivar County Democrat.
The paramount issue 10 this cam
paign is bottomed on 1ght for or
against McLaurin and HcLaurin-
ism.
Shall this powerful ring be made
still more powerful In spite OF Us un-
saAory record In the past.
Or, snail 1itbe hurled by an indig-
nant people from the high places 10
has so long disgraced. -N.A >
These are the burning questions of
the hour, and dominate all Others in
Mississippi to-day. They will not
down. In short, they have the rIght
ofz3ay. and 10 nldodging the true issue,
the "Reinachs' are doing vain ifnot
asily thing. -
The question Of anew judicial dis.
trict in this county was merely put
forward as a possible vote winner but,
will not distract the attention OF any
considerable numberQf voters, as its
authors seem to anticipate. The dan
ger to the welfare of the State, the
reflection on the intelligence and pro-
kblty Of her citizenship, the cOntumely
brought upon her fair name, all
through the instrumentality of our
misguided and discredited Governor
are the pregnant thoughts IN the
minds OF all Mississippians, and other
matters OF miniElal Importance are
relegated Othe rear. The people are
determined to shake of the McLaurin
yoke. and will slumber not nor sleep
until this is done, and the State Is
once more free.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
Chancery Court-2dDist'
n G. HILL, CHANCELLOR.

~
,-no corntv of Pearl River on the first
uorday % Of January and July and continue
six days. .N,,o, erot d,s.,ict an
,,s "scrond Monday Of January and July ana
sortmuc six days, In the second district.
an the third Monday or january ana '"'y
and continue six days.
sIu ,I,a' ,he cn,,nty OF Hancock onst the fourth
Monday Of January and July and continue
''i In "t the county of Harrison on the first
Monday OF February and August ana con-
"I i" the county of Jyckson on the serond
Mondny Of February aud August ana con-
time six days A. a
Monday OF June cad December, and continue
In Tho county Of Jones on the first Monday
n, March and september ann continue six
In the connty OF Jasper on the second
Monday OF March aud September and con-
in the county OF Perry held In Augusta:
tbe First District on the third Monday OF
March and September and continue six days.
In the town OF lIatticsbury the Second MS
trict on the first Monday Of June and Decen-
Der and continue six days
In the comfy Of smith on the fourth MOn-
day of March and September. ana continue
In the county Of Greene on Thursday aftc.'
the second Monday Of April and October and
continue three days.
I'm the county OF Covington on the fourth
Monday In April aud October and continue
six days.
In the county of Newton on the first Mon
day OF April and November and continue six
days
In the county OF Laudcrdale on the first
Monday 0t May and November and continue
twenty -four days.
In the county OF Clarke on the third Mon
day Of April and November aud continue SIN
0ays
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
NUMBER 6.
The State Militia.
Vicksburg Dispatch.

vicksburg Dispatch.
The thoughtful citizens OF the State
will be glad t0 learn that the enlist
mPnt OF many members Of the nation
al guard in the volunteer regiments
Of the United States, and their subse-
Quent honorable discharge, did not
have the effect bf permanently de-
stroying the national guard OF the
State. Gen. Henry addressed a let
ter to Col. Scudder VI this city on the
subject. Col Scuddcr's reply shows
the present status OF the guard. Gen.
Henry will therefore proceed to reor-
ganize the guard, so that in case OF
necessity portion, or all OF 1t, may
be called out on short notice. This
course will be endorsed by our citi-
zens. for it would be very imprudent
to have no State militia.
We publish Scudder's letter:
Judge Advocate Generals Ofice,
Vicksburg, Miss. March 9, 1892
General William Henry, Adjutant General, Jack.
son. Miss.
Gcneral:-YOur Communication
dated January q, 1899. making in
quiry as to the present legal status 0f
the Mississippi National Guard,shas
been forwarded tn this Office for con-
struction and reply. ~
The organization OF the Mississippi
National Guard existing when the
| Spanish war began, continues. The
call for United States volunteers, bye
our governor and commander in.chief
giving leave to enlist for service agafs
nst Spain. and VINO have since return
ed to their stations in Mississippi
does not affect it.
Under our organic law, article 0 OF
the constitution. the Mississippi ma
tonal guard is Il permanent institu.
tion. Its organization Ia fixed and
cannot be changed except as prescri-
bed is section q Of the code of 1892,
and this has not been attempted.
The term Of service OF the members
of the guard is fixed by law-section
2S76, code OF l892-and the Legisla-
ture is by the constitution, section
224, required to make "annual apprO-
priati0n for the efficient support and
maintenance OF the Mississippi nat
ional guard" This the Legislature
inlS96, p. Is. did, atleast, in part.
The officers Of the guard continue
in Office until removed, which can on
ly be done under section 2l6 OF the
constitution, which prescribes that
commissioned officers shall not be re-
moved except, first, by the Senate,
second by c0urtmartial, or third, by
his own request.
1t is clearly apparent that the or.
ganization Of the guard, into cOmpan-
les, troops batteries. battaliOns, reg
iments. brgades and divisions; and
the position Of men and officers, with
, all their rights, duties and privileges
remain precisely as before the call for
volunteers from Mississippi fQr the
Spanish American war.
Very respectfully.
Il +. N. SCUDDER,
Colonel and Judge Advocate General
Mississippi National Guard.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
Written for the Democrat-Star,
AMERICAN LIBERTY.
A Song. Air; 'Marylaa4 Ny Maryland"
TO CAPT. p. X. nAYERs.

What boots it we what races old
Their blood in our ancestors ran,
Enough that they were brave and bold
And made US both American
Their faith you hold in lifelong truth
Der three score years to still adore,
Grown day by day to age from youth
Stronger now in your beings core.
Theirs first 1t was to meunt the rock
That stood upon the home found strand,
To IN Gods name all despots mock
Thereafter in the promised land;"
And to invest Virgnia's shore,
And plant the roots Of Valor's tree,
Revulsive to the blight Of yore
The upas Of dread tyranny.
believe in Him and that man
His prototype as near should be,
And think an American
His synonym o, Liberty;
To wage the right against the wrong,
When human Freedom is at stake,
With fire and sword and speech andlsong,
All for pleading conscience sake.
TAURUS VERTUs
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
rcHE COURTS.
TINE REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit Court-2nd Dist.
ruAn A. WOOD. JUnGR.

THAD. A. WOOD, JUDGE.
WATER A. WHITE. DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
:, ,he county of wavne on the second MONDAY
."ay and E S.s a"1 S%sr SI%.""S aS sS ,Ss "s
tne ,nril ,"I and October and continue six days
mihe ma,t r""", oS January and Iuly and continue
iGaI'' 1ays In the first district on ,he first Monday
and a A%EsSs 1ss and ',"s %s s"Ssna sf GaSav S
u lur and Aucrst and continue twel 'e days
oil r,I," ,s conrv of Jasper on tho first Monday OF
lnm IN l,e and September and continue twelve DAYS
Aa''d p ths county of Greene on the second Monday
March aud srfmS"r a"snR apt sIta"s ne SrS ss Manay %
~ wan .'r anJ Noyep,her aud continue six days.
OF ~ ~" ,Le county of Harrison on the second Monday
~ uo' ,se and November and continue six DAYS.
0 IN NJ" rho county Of Jackson on the fonrth n"nday
o aUril I and October, and continnc twelve days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

The War Department has announ.
ced the appointment of 1Ol second
lieutenants created by the army reor-
ganization hill. The apportionment
is on the basisof population and Mis-
sissippi is given two. In addition
there are twenty appointments at
large,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

Admiral Dewey Is now decorated
with four stars, because Of the fact
that he made the Spanish Admiral
Montejo see so many OF those twink.
lers on a certain May morning.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

Mr.. Abe Moses Of Natchez, cashier
of the Merchants and Planters Bank
and a leading cotton broker and cap
italist, committed suicide In Cincin'
natl Tuesday by jumping in the Ohio
river. He has three brothers 10 Nat
chez, all OF whom are prominent
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

Congressman LIQUIDS remark that
Mr.. Cleveland had the courage OF his
convictions has led the Chicago Jour.
nal to the discovery that a mule has
the same Characteristic.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

The Raymond Gazette suggests that
the State convicts might be used t0
good advantage in the building OF the
new State capitol. Better let them
keep Onraielng cotton and pay free
labor 10 build the capitol With the
pr0cecde. jackson News.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

A man can gain more practical ex-
perisnce from poverty In ten days than
he can from riches 10 ten year. Chi.
cago News. 8,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

The board OF supervisors Of Lincoln
county have contracted for a 6nc steel
bridge across Homochitto river, the
structure to cost $3.50.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24

The Texas Legislature has by a
viva voice vote endorsed Joe Bailey's
course In Congress.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-03-24
LOUISVILLE d NASHVILLE n.

LOUISVILLE d NASHVILLE n. r.
GOING EAST.
No. 2-Ieavrs New Orleans at $40 p. m. Ar
rives at Scranton ut 1886 p. M. Arrives in Mobile
at t2.O5 a. M
No. 4-Leaves New Orleans at li:l5 n. NJ. Ar
rives at scranton at 2;Os p. m. arrives at Mobile
al 31j p. M.
No. 6-Leaves New Orleans at 755 n. M. Ar.
rives at Scranton at ll:ej H. m Arrives at Mobile
At 1910 y. IN.
GOING WEST.
No. t.-Teaves Mobile 2:l5 p. M Arrives at
scranton j.3S y. M. New Orleans. 105 p. m.
No. 3.--leaves NRhile 3;l5 a m Arrives at
Scranton l:21 a ~. View Orleans, $40 n. m.
No. 5.-1navcs Moble Mt i:4 p. m. Arrives at
Scranton j:35 y. ~. New Orleans. s:35 p. m.
John II. SANTA CRUZ. Agent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17

star route. These, of course, have al
ways been an expense to the govern
ment as great as the operation of a
rural route, so the substitution could
make practically no difference In the
cost TO the government. The rural
route, however, so increases the pos
tai receipts from the country that the
government makes "A good profit The
tradesmen in towns from which rural
routes run at first objected that they
would prove the ruination of business.
They reasoned that If the farmer had
his mail delivered he would have no
cause TO come to town and would con-
sequently stay away. Their fears
proved groundless. With his mail de-
livered daily, the farmer still makes
his weekly or semi-weekly visits to
town. He Is enabled to keep in touch
with what is going on in town by the
daily papers and to take advantage Of
opportunities of which he was former
ly kept in ignorance"
There can be little doubt that this
innovation in the postal service has
come to staY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Pensions.

AS was noted recently in the tele-
graphic dispatches. the turning point
seems to have been reached in the
volume of pensions paid on account of
the civil war. on June 30 last there
were ,519 pensioners on the rolls,
against 993,714 the year grevious, a de-
crease of 2,195, which is the first time
in recent years that decrease has been
noted. Unless congress shall greatly
liberalize the pension laws, it is the
opinion of experts at Washington that
from now on the pension item in the
governments expenditures will con-
tinually diminish.
The net increase of the pension roll
in recent years has not been so large
as many people think. In the follow
ing table, taken from the Washington
correspondence of the New York Sun,
the increase of the roll is clearly
shown, the figures in the last column
representing the net gain to the roll
each year, after making proper deduc-
ton for all those dropped during the
year by reason of death and other
causes:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Without Afectation.

A simple couple, an Englishman and his
wife, had driven out to one of the more
famous suburbs of Stockholm, and had
been particularly struck with the beauty
of a villa they noticed perched among the
woods Having learned in their sojourn
in Sweden that the teahouses generally
occupy the Coign of vantage in resorts OF
this kind, the tourists ventured to accost
a gentleman they saw working in the
garden. Invited TO see the view from the
house, the three fell into conversation
and were presently Joined by very
charming lady on the balcony. Refresh
ments were offered and accepted, and the
hostess, in doing the honors of the tea
table began to speak of her love OF
England and of the beauty of Keswick,
in the Lake country. "A very distin-
guished countryman of yours goes every
year to Keswick," said the Englishman--
81 mean the Crown Prince of Sweden"
Yes" said the lady, that Is how we
know the Lake district so well. We go
to Keswick for the church conference"
But l was speaking of the crown
prince" repeated the bewildered visitor
$50 was l." said the hostess, with a
smile; my husband is the Crown Prince
of Sweden"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
The Carter Case Contrasted with
the Dreyfus Case.

Announcement is made that Attor-
ney General Griggs, to whom has been
referred for review the testimony and
pleadings in the court martial of Cap
tain Oberlin NJ. Carter, the officer of
the corps of engineers of the United
States army who has been convicted
of defrauding the government to the
extent of nearly $4,000, 900, has decided
to withhold judgment until Wayne
MacVeagh, Carters attorney, returns
from Europe MacNeagh is to make
an oral argument in his clients behalf
Major Carson, the Philadelphia Ledg-
er's Washington correspondent, in
Tuesdays Ledger, gave a five-c column
review of the case against Carter,
which is most interesting. Carter, it
will be remembered for many years
had charge of harbor improvements at
Savannah, Ga. In 1896 he was sent to
London as military attache, and his
successor at Savannah, Captain Gill
lette, found Irregularities in Carter's
work He notified General Wilson, the
chief of the corps, who appointed a
board of three engineers to investigate.
They unanimously reported that Car
ter had been guilty of gross and palp-
able frauds. A court-martial followed.
1t convened in Savannah Jan. 5, 1898,
and consisted of the following officers,
representing every department of the
army: Brigadier General Elwell S.
Otis, United States Army; Colonel
Jacob Kline. Twentieth infantry: Lieu
tenant Colonel Samuel NJ. Mansfield,
Corps OF Engineers; Lieutenant Col
onel Henry c. Hasbrouck, Fourth ar
tillery; Major William S. Stanton
Corps of Engineers; Major Charles A.
Woodruff, commissary of subsistence; /;
Major John l.. Tiernon, First artillery;
Major William s. Patten, quartermas-
ter Captain Daniel NJ Taylor ord
nance department; Captain Samuel NJ.
Mills, Fifth artillery; Captain Charles
G. Penney, Sixth infantry; Captain
Theodore f: Forbes, Fifth infantry:
Captain Richard p. Strong Fourth
artillery.
The evidence before this court
showed that Carter had systematical-
ly and continuously thrown contracts
to a company in which he was a silent
partner, paying exorbitant prices for
inferior material The trial lasted four
months and the result was a unani-
nous verdict of guilty, with a recon-
mendation that Carter be dismissed
from the army, fined $4,000 and inn
| prisoned.
Here begins the peculiar part of this
| case, Ordinarily a court-martial ver-
dict passes through the usual military
channels, is approved by the judge
advocate general, the general com
manding and the secretary Of war, and
goes to the president for final action
| In Carter's case the verdict was ap'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
They Didn't Recognize Mrs. Gait.

AMY OANh ANOSObh
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. general Or
ganizer of the Womcns Suffrage party in
this country, is young ana strlklnsly
handsome woman. she Is brilliant
talkcr, amiable In manners and y al
ways stylishly dressed A year or two
ago she was on her way to address
state convention In Topeka, Kan, when
she got into conversation with two gem
tlemen on the cars. one OF them was u
county judge, and the other newspaper
editor OF tho same town. n few seats IN
front of them sat II speCtacied, angular
woman, sallow as to complexion ana drab
as to dress. Her clothes were cut In Il
fashion severely plain. The talk had
turned upon the rights Of women.
See that woman yondcr?' said the
judge. "I'll bet she's n delegate to that
Womens Rights convention up at To-
peka."
Sure" chimed In the editor Funny,
amt 1t? There's n woman that has no
husband-ncver could get one, has all the
rights she needs, and she galivants
around the country asking for more.
Funny, amt it7 I'll wager she's MrS.
Gait. Well named, amt she?''
Mrs. Gait smiled and changed the sub
ject When they reached Topeka she
said to the judge:
II am very glad to have met you. l
am Mrs. Gait The lady in front is the
wife of banker in Chicago. She is GO
ing out to visit her married daughter.
know her very well. She is opposed
to womans suffrage. Goodbye. Sat
urday Evening Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Aesop's Fable Over Again.

A mischievous youngster at the Mission
amusing himself with a vase. managed
after several attempts to get his hand
through the narrow neck, and was then
unable to extricate it. For half an hour
or more the whole family did it's best to
withdraw the fist of the luckless young
offender, but in vain. 1t was a very val
liable vase. and the father was loath to
break it, After final attempt, he gave
up his efforts in despair, but tried a last
suggestion. "Open your hand" he COM
manded, land then draw 1t forth" IT
can't open it, father" declared the boy.
1--WE got my penny in my hand You
young rascal" thundered his father,
drop It at onCew The penny ratified in
the bottom of the vase and out came the
hand.-San Francisco Wave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
PERSONALITIES.

Lord Kitchener is the fourth bachelor
who has been elevated to the peerage In
the last seven years.
Thomas Balm, new speaker of the Cam
adian house of commons, is the first far
mer TO gain that post.
George b. Loving, of Texas. the pro-
moter of the proposed Consolidated Cat
tie company, holds options over 500, Oo0
head of cattle and 25,000,00O acres Of
land.
Professor William Somerville, doctor
of economies at the Durham College Of
Science, has been elected to the newly
established professorship of agriculture
al Cambridge.
The father and brother of Elihu Root
have both held professorships in Hamll-
ton college where they were known
among the students as Cube Root and
Square" Root.
Lasker the worlds champion at chess
and winner of the first prize at the recent
tournament, is only 81. Yet he has been
a conspicuous figure in the chess world
for the past ten years.
Edward Everett Hale says he recent
ly asked little boy where Lake Cham
plain was. II don't know was the an
swer. but my father has some of the
water in bottles and it's very good
NJ. Zola has not yet settled down again
to literary work, but Is busy developing
the photographs he took in England.
They will, he hopes, be valuable. should
he decide to write a work on London.
Professor George W. Jones, Of Cornell
university, is in Tacoma having just re.
turned from a trip to Alaska. He says
the skeletons of thousands Of Inflated
horses are to be seen along the White
Pass.
The rapidity with which women are
coming 10 the front I'm violin playing
is illustrated by the fact that the much
coveted Sainton scholarship in London,
held for three years by the successful
candidate, has been awarded Miss Elsie
NJ Southgate, who succeeds Miss Flor
ence Z. Moss, before whom no woman
ever held the honor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17

Naval Constructor Hobson has again
been heard from. Hobson complains
that he has been grossly misrepresent-
ed by the reporters and that the kiss
ing business incident to his trip across
the continent was greatly exaggerated
in the papers. 1t is feared that Hob
son takes the situation too seriously.
If one is constituted to stand it, there
can be no great harm in kissing a few
hundred western women. While most
of us would prefer Pennsylvanians for
osculatory interviews, the sinker Of
the Merrimac should feel sufficiently
complimented by his reception to look
with indifference upon the shafts of a
few envious reporters, who received
no kisses
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
He Marvelled Much.

He had been elected member for his ma
tive county, and had come up to the
metropolis to take his seat in the house.
lie was a modest, retiring individual, and
felt quite overawed as he stood diffidently
in the lobby among a throng of the ordi-
nary members
"Well, Mr. c." said one of the legis-
lators near him, land what are your i'm
pressions of the house?"
ITO tell you the truth" replied the new
member, in some confusion. Il wonder
how l got here!'
A week afterward he made a speech
which astonished them, and the same
member button-holed him again after the
debate.
What are your impressions of the
house now?' was the question. Getting
to know us. eh?'
Yes" quietly replied Mr.. c.; land
now l wonder how you all got here!"-
London Answers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Which.

"I," said one candidate, shifting his
breast in conscious rectitude, "shall man
age my office In the interests of rich and
poor alike"
"I," shouted the other candidate for the
same job, lam going to run things so the
poor man will get the best of it,"
Can there be any doubt as TO which
one, in our age of perfect adherence to
abstract justice, received the overwhelm-
ing majority y?-IndianapOlis journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17

The demonstration of cordiality
made by the Austrians was so marked
during the visit Of Admiral Dewey at
Trieste, that the great naval COM
mander has made it the subject of a
special letter to the administration at
Washington. This intelligence will no
doubt be received with pleasure by the
Credulous readers of the yellows, who
imagined that Austria would declare
war upon Admiral Dewey on account
of the Hazleton strike.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Total dropped Pensions

For some years to come. If the war
in the Philippines shall continue. the
decrease in pension disbursements to
civil war recipients may be counter
balanced by new pensions chargeable
to the Spanish and colonial wars. But
our young men will live to see the pen
sion item almost entirely eliminated.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17
Hard to Suit.

Housekeepcr-ITow long did you re-
main in your last place?
Applicant-Sure, l left in wan day.
There was no plain the Teddy, at ALL
at ALL
whimsical, was she?'
"Indade she was that The tir" night
she complained because / boiled the tay,
an tn next morning she complained be-
cause ! did not boil the coffee. Thin l
left New York Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-17

The proposal to enlist more colored
men for service in the Philippines is
opn to but few objections from a gem
eral view, but in some sections of the
South the scheme to take negroes out
Of the country would probably not be
received with favor. The present stock
of Mormon missionaries will scarcely
meet the demand for lynching mate
rial