The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-31
IN ~ IN I'M
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
II BY KATE MARKHAM f9k POWER


many OF his neighbors we can readily
comprehend how this state Of things
came about. n Senators McGehee killed
forty-two meat hogs FOR shis planta-
ton, made 300 gallons Of Louisiana
cane syrup from his own cane and
made up for his neighbors 1000 gal
Ions, of which his toll was 500 gallons.
He also raised sufficient corn to run
his entire plantation through the year,
made plenty of high-grade rice for the
consumption Of his family and sold
enough syrup to pay for all the sugar
and coffee,he will use during the year.
Ins fact, the only supplies for which
the Senator will have to make cash
outlay are dry goods and -four. AS
Senator McGehee very wisely remarks,
the only way for a farmer to live in
comfort is to live atfhome and raise
all that is needed for his family's use
II more Of our men would follow the
example Of this Franklin county Sen
ator We would have fewer pessimists,
the country would be better off, the
States credit would advance marvel
ously, and happy homes and contented
families would be the rule where dis
.content4 now relgns IN the hard strug-
Gle to make ends meet,
VIII our people never learn to let
firearms aloaa2 1t is time steps were
being taken sos tbe enforcement Of all
laws bearing the inaG{sr Of carry
ing dangerous sous Assl IL We
haven't laws enough NF sssatifa esassf
some more (this is "a goi.a tigae fpg
such Work). There are saFw ess
weeks tliat pass without recor8i
some serious accident from pistol Il
the hands of parties who didn't know
it was loaded" or who pointed it4in
fun" Another recreation that has le-
Gently become popular is for invisible
parties to shoot (for fun at no given
object, with the result thatSthe bullet
finds a place in the body of some in
nocent passer-by. Only last week a
Vicksburg gentleman was severely in
jured by toy rifle, recklessly fired by
unseen paruess The bullet lodged in
the left lung and now large and de-
pendent family is suffering distress
and privation, while the hard-working
father fights death In a hospit tai. These
things are outrageous and Should be
stopped. 1t was Christmas. night in
New Orleans that a young lady stand
ing inside the window of friends
home was shot (and died from the
wound) by one of a party of gay young
men and women passing, who were
firing pistols instead of firecrackers.
The guilty party should have been
made to suffer in this instance and in
all others.
The Senate and House took another
holiday last week and enjoyed an
other genuine pleasure trip. This
time they went over the much-talked
of new road-the Gulf & Ship Island-I
to Gulfport, thence to various points
of interest along the coast. The Gulf
towns are making great fights these
days for top place on the ladder, and
each one of half dozen considers it.
self the one and only point suitable
for the location of the deep water har-
Dor. Their efforts to bring others to
their way of5thinking are earnest and
,laudable. Not only did several of the
cities onsthe -Gulfport.. Pasca-
goula, and Beauvoir, home of Jeffer-
SON Davis, and 'others-play hostess
to these august bodies, but the honors
were also shown them by some of the |
vigorous young towns along. the Gulf |
& Ship Island road. That their visit
orss appreciated the trip and all that
was done for their pleasure was
proven by the fact that they left jack
son Friday morning and did not re- |
turn. until Tuesday. However, the
trip was instructive as we'll as pleas
ant, SO the publicwill doubtless be sat
isfied.
There. was general, disappointmentl
in political circles and among fires
ouenters of the legislative lobby when
the great (and doubtless sensationaD
Investigation was post
poned from Wednesday, the 22d, to
Thursday, the goth. A large number
of interested parties had gathered at
the Capital City for this special aur.
pose and their disappointment was !
freely expressed when, for reasons ac-
knowiedged good By the legislature.
the whole matter was postponed for a
week and aeday.