The leader., 1902-06-04

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In other of the Southern States
notably the Carolinas and Georgia
they learned the lesson earlier and are
prospecting accordingly; but in Missis
sippi we are to-day at the parting Of
the ways, between old methods and
the new. / am proud to say that Ii
the two things that in the no distant
future shall make our beloved State
great and prosperous, to-wit: manu-
featuring cotton and intensive scien
tific and diversified farming, the great
old county of Copiah has been 6
pioneer in this State, for as now re
member your cotton factory at Wessor
was among the first, if not the first
practical demonstration that our owr
people could successfully manufacture
our great staple. And our progressive
wide-awake citizens Of Crystal Springs
and vicinity were the first to de
monstrate on large scale that scien
titic, intensive and diversified farm
ing would pay. The example thai
your people set in these directions
is bearing fruit in all sections of the
State. The long years of our slavisf
devotion to one product, which made
us mere hewers of wood and drawers
of water for our brethren of the North
are drawing to a close. We have
learned our lesson in the hard school,
of adversely; our children are being
Taught in the arts and sciences of g
more progressive civilization and be
fore long Mississippi, like Minervs
from the brain of Jupiter, will spring
into the industrial arena of the world
fully armed and equipped fer the con
fict. The night has been long and
dark, but, thank God, the sun of 6
better day is rising over Mississippi
To the end that we may be fully
prepared for these better times let us
put our house in order, by demonstrat
ing to the world that life and property
are secure in our borders, and that
the law of the land reigns supreme
from the Tennessee line to the Gulf
and from Alabama to the great
"Father of Waters.
Fellow citizens, in all countries
and in all ages the public buildings
of the people have kept pace with
their advancing prosperity and civil
zation. In fact it is said that the
best exponent of peoples taste and
civilization is the character of theil
public buildings. If this is true it is
but meet and proper that the people
of Copiah county should have temple
of justice which shall be thing Of
beauty and joy forever. I confident
ly believe that the building, whose
corner stone we are laying to-day, will
fulfil our most sanguine expectation
in that direction. 1t is the peoples
building, and will be fitting expo
nent of that feeling of law abidine
citizenship which fills and permeates
the minds and hearts of the people Of
Copiah county. Let us hope that il
shall last to be enjoyed by our child
rem and their children's children
That the flag which shall wave from
its lofty summit may wave over g
united, prosperous and law-abiding
people; over people who shall dupli
cate in the future the splendid history
of the past and go onward to still
higher achievement. Let US hope that
before this splendid edif1ce shall be
come old, our Mother State, holding
fast to the sacred memories of the past
may yet turn her face to the rising sur
of more progressive civilization. Lei
US hope that her bosom may be check
cred with the iron arteries of com
MERGE, that her fields may be glad
dened with rich and diversified har
vest; that every hamlet may boast it,
fsctory. That Mississippi may agair
enjoy the pride Of old renown.
RUNNING AWAY HIS NATURAL
GAIT.
Senator Carmack's comparison o
President Roosevelt to a Tennessee
horse whose natural gait was running
away, has touched the risibles of thu
nation, says the Nashville Banner
The stenographic report of Senator
Carmack's remarks in the Congress
sional Record shows his exact Ian
guage to have been: "He resembles il
his habits of speech my friend Joe Bal
lanfant's horse, of which remarkable
animal it was said that running away
was his natural gait. The Columbis
Herald says the incident upon which
the witticism was founded occurred
while Senator Carmack was school
boy at Gulleoka. Joe Ballanfant wa!
then dashing young cavalier and al