The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-06-09
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
oTEs OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By ]. L. POWER,

the lip of that boundless sea their pro-
phetic gaze is fixed upon the FURNISHED
throne which human justice makes its
last tribunal, and before which the ma
tions and the centuries are arraigned
for trial. Defamation and Islander rest
as lightly upon their calm spirits as the
saft-sprays that crystalize upon the
silent rock. If, too, the warnings Of
the past, like the prophecies of Cas-
sandra, are heard only to be disbe-
lieved, still let the despots of earth
know they are but sowing the dragons
teeth of an armed and fierce retribu-
ton. Constitutional freedom has not
come forth from the conflict of ages TO
be stuffed now when her broad shield is
thrown over two continents. She will
re-appear again and again amid the
birth throes of regenerated States; for
regulated liberty Is to the common
wealth what piety is to the church, and
the very law of it's life. Both have
struggled through corruption and decay
to more complete realization. But if
the day should come when despotism
shall so far consolidate its power as to
crush all human freedom beneath its
iron heel, then will be contaminated
the second apostacy of man after the
food in the usurpation of Ninrod."
Tallahatchie county is noA to be di-
vided as proposed by the act OF the last
legislature. The vote on the question is:
For adoption Of the act. IS
Against % 30
Majority against adoption ...................ld
The following amounts are due MIS-
sissippi regiments in Spanish-American
war:
Second Regiment ..................'. ~, i0s ~
Third Regiment. ..........-....''..'... $500 20
Col. ]. s. Hamilton recently visited
Washington to collect this money, but
it will be paid only where each man
signs the muster roll.
The contract for the new additions
to the State Insane Hospital, at jack
son, for colored patients, was awarded
to H. NJ. Taylor for $780, $40, plumbing
not included, which will be about So, 900
more. The two new buildings will be
four stories each and will accommodate
40 patients.
Rev. DR.. C. E. Cunningham, of Yazoo
City, was elected by the Presbyterian
General Assembly at Atlanta as one OF
its temporary clerks. Rev. DIR. w. A.
Alexander, a former pastor of the same
church, is the stated clerk of the assem-
bly,.
The sudden death of Capt. A. A. Boyd
of Summit on Sunday, the Goth, was a
great shock to that community, where
no citizen was more highly esteemed.
He was cashier of the Bank of Summit.
About Q o'clock in the afternoon his wife
telephoned to the bank to know why
he had not gone to dinner, and she was
informed that he had not been to the
bank during the Gay. About O'Clock
he was found lying dead in the garden.
Capt. Boyd was a splendid gentleman,
and there are many outside of Pike
county who deeply regret his sudden
death. He had been sheriff of his county
and was a gallent Confederate soldier
The waterworks company OF jackson
has big suit on hand, instituted by d.
w. wilkinson. The declaration, filed
by Thompson & Melville, claims that
when Mr.. Wilkinson's handsome resi-
dence was destroyed by Ere in Septem
Der last, the company failed to furnish
a sufficient supply of water to the fire
companies. The amount claimed il
s11, 200, interest on same from date OF
fire and costs of action. The fire insur'
ance companies have brought similar
action for the losses sustained by them
CIV. R. Craig, of Viclxspurg, has been
appointed commissionq to the fari'
Exposition. More hon than emoln'
ment IN that appointm