The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1902-07-04

drC even inNilcCt them u5
matt r OF policy; saloons by furn-
ishirg revenue lifted a fitting
and proper responsibility from
men whose citizenship should have
developed by devising other means,
or bv direct taxation for municipal
Improvement" Worst OF all, SAID
this other side, from the stand
point still of business, 1.-The saloon
kept our capital seeking suitable
place for investmant IN manufac-
lures
A really remarkable fact is that
of tie last saloon keeper, Mr.. Akin,
OF. 'hc last day of his sales, Friday.
the IA. took over 81 400. y con-
sor.ulive merchant estimates that
on H. same day the fifty stores 10
Alb .een Offering merchandise oi
tHsA nature received, all told.
a1 ai $50.
Il tive saloonkeepers who had
gfn rich everyone OF them, III
a.. usinrs-. departed IN no I'M
e.. 80 mood toward the people
that III a the prohibition on their
calling. for new and more inviting
he.d= The business houses occu-
pied ~ the saloon keepers are still
vacant and the money here coined
j. in ted elsewhere.
New that the saioonkeeper has
gone one fails naturally TO won
derirn if. in the future, the mer-
chants will not got "A large proper
lion OF the money that WAS wont
to drop. like the - 400. into the
saloonkeeper's till; but time and
the ledger alone will answer this
question.
Aberdeen Is not alone in this
expectant state concerning the Ell
fects Of dry regime, but the in
terrsts As TO results. extends
throughout the State.
The facts Of the interesting sit
uatioa had been CLEANED when fur
Their developments We're revealed
by a member of the city council,
that one OF the saloon keepers mad
made "A proposition to the council
10 pay the city $4,000 per annum
Tor ten years for the privilege oi
selling liquor in bottles, gallon, 10y
the cask. etc, but not as bever
age. the store where il was 10 bc
sold TO be subject to the rule gov
erning the opening and closing OF
other houses. The proposition was
either not seriously considered oil
declined, but the fact that it was
made by one who knew how to in
telli0ently value the business gives
"A hint of the enormous profits to
be derived from that source.
Aberdeen. one OF the most beau
tiful towns in the State, with It's
substantial business houses, good
pavements, handsome public build
ings aud attractive homes, has
hitherto Jagged in manufacturing
interests but is preparing 10 take
a great advance step in the estab-
lishment of a $500. 1000 cotton mill
the charter for which has been
granted and the directors and Off
GERS TO be selected today.
The citizens are enthusiastic
over the prospects of the mill. and
in order that the merchants may
reap the direct benefit Of increase
of population and the earnings OF
the employees for living expenses.
il has been decreed that no com
missary store shall be allowed.
That other factories will quickly
follow in the wake of this one Is
not doubted.
The people of Aberdeen have al
ways availed themselves of the
highest educational advantages
and socially there are many men
and women who shine in that par
ticular realm while the standard
o. excellence in pulpit. press, the
bar, and materIa medIca, which
Z has always been exceptionally high
l. maintained. DR.. j. NJ Greene.
who. in professional capacity. Is
/ too well known To need word of
eulogy from any source. is also a
fascinating conversationalist and
to the pleasure OF your correspond
ent INDUCED In some remInls-
censes concerning Meridian, among
them the following: During the
the civil war DR. Greene was in
charge of a hospital located there:
the building was situated in the
midst of the piney woods. and be-
sides that house there were few
o hers visible. In hat country
place he remem bers that Mr. Rags
dale came occasionally with the
suggestion that his streets were
being ruined The city then, DR.
Greene said, that had taken form
alone IN Mr.. Rags,!ale's magma
JIon. was today verified III brick
and stone, the streets whereon the
hospital was then located CORES
ponding now with one upon which
are many handsome residences.
VI. l.. MONTGOMERY
Where a majority ~ the citizens os a town. as
large as jackson. are IN favor of booze. they re