The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-12-01
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Columbus has home dramatic com
pany.
Columbus had a tournament on
Thanksgiving day which proved big
success.
a delegation from Iowa is at Vicks-
burg locating positions held by Iowa
troops during the siege of that city.
The Industrial Convention which
meets at New Orleans next week will
have over 200 delegates. Mississippi
will have her share present.
The case against the Scranton
Chronicle co. is set for December lst.
The Indictment against the company
made by Judge T. A. Woods for
an editorial on the lrvin-Marpeth case
was made at last session OF the grand
jury.
The Columbus Commercial put in
Simplex typesetting machine this
week. Brother Senter must be enjoy
ing prosperity to put in so costly ma
chine. Well, he is "a big, whole-souled
fellow and deserves it, and the writer
wishes him all the success this world
has in store for him.
A private letter from Pekin, China,
states that Lieutenant Blake. OF this
county, of the U. S. marines, is in i'm
mediate charge of the guard OF the
emperor's palace. Vicksburg and
Warren county are proud of their rep
reese natives in the service OF the United
States; Lieutenant Blake, of the ma
rines: Lieutenant Pickett Magruder,
of the navy, and Lieutenant Williams
of the q. S. infantry. Vicksburg Post.
J.B. Gibson, the Logansport, Ind,
contractor who tried to bride Govern
or Longino, has by this time been con-
WINGED, from the predicament he has
gotten himself into, that the old say
ing, Every man has his price" Is
wrong. From the reports he offered
the governor any price for his intu-
ence. We think some day these fell
lows on the other side of the Mason
and Dixon line will learn not to fool
with Mississippi governors. Old Bob
Lowery when governor sent two to
the pen for prize-fghting. against the
state laws, and what our present gov
ernor will do in the above case will be
u plenty.
Mississippi has increased 26l $40 in
population as shown by the late census,
. gain of 20 per cent. This entities
Mississippi to ON extra congressman.
Only three counties In state have gone
backward in population, They are
Grenada, Benton and Issaquena. Three
others have remained almost station
ary-C hickasaw, which added one to
It's population. DeSoto and Tippah. The
counties which are the most progress
i've are Pearl, River. Perry, Sunaower,
Jones. Greene, Harrison. The Delta,
as whole, has made the largest i'm
provement ard the best showing OF any
other part Of the state. The increase
being in the last ten years nearly 20
per cent. In another ten years, with
the press 1t has working for its inter
ests. the state is calculated to make the
best showing of any In the Union.
Young man, don't go West, but come .
70 Mississippi IL you want to grow rich.
Gov. LongIno's Picture.
The Picayune correspondent paints .
. true pen picture Of our governor and
former citizen, A. II. Longino:
Governor LonginO is not a man OF
many words, but whathe says is full of
directly 70 the point, and en-
by sincerity and simplicity.
He has nov been In office nearly a
rear. The views expressed in his In
angufal address and his lofty official
salk have brought useful and healthy I
results to the commonwealth.
s.His stand for Law and order quick
oned the best Conscience Of the state, :
md more robust sentiment at once
Everyone ofintelligence
nd genuine public-spirit must perceive
hat the prosperity, morality, progress
nd safety Of Missiesippi depend upon !
q administration AZ Law and order and
be conditions Of repose and tranquilli-
:. Any other condition is incOmpati-
10 with the public welfare, z
'sThe devotion Of Governor LONGING :
The moral, material and industrial =
pIifting Of the state Is manifest In his
Fsry official uiterance and act. His
Manifestation has been purely imper- ~
|na|. RE from fav0fitism Or nepot vi