The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-27
CANDIDATES ACTIVE IN
MISSISSIPPI J
Picnics Being Arranged in Honor OF
Aspirants in Many Counties.
North Mississippi Farmers
Hard Proposition for
Politicians.

Jackson. Miss, July 25.-(SpecialO-
The candidates for county offices in Mis-
sissippi are now travelling Ell masse from
one voting precinct to the other making
speeches, shaking hands and mngllng
with the voters generally.
This will be kept up until the primary
on the 9Th of August. and in many 81
the counties the fight is growing exceed
ingly warm. the candidates singing all
sorts of personalities at each other and
delivering addresses that are sometimes
breezy In the extreme.
In quite a number Of counties series
of precinct picnics have been arranged III
honor of candidates and bounteous pas
ket dinners are served prior to the un-
bottling OF the Oratory. The unusuallS
large crop of county candidates this year
makes these events doubly interesting
and they invariably attract large CROWDS
of people, The farmers have laid by their
crops and now have plenty of leisure
time to spend listening to the siren song
of the politician.
Strenuous Tactics Practiced.
The state campaign is showing its great
est strenuousity up In north MISSISSIPPI
and according to reports from that Sec
ton politics is the sole topic of discussion
With assurances of splendid crops OIL po'h
cotton and corn the farmers ana her
chants have nothing else to talk apout'
and as the business season is at It's dun
est stage, nothing is left to discuss save
the chances Of the various candidates.
A good Illustration of the way politics Is
discussed in rural town Is reported from
New Albany, Union county, where 1t IS
said that the business of the community
Is transacted in the morning, ana aAtei
dinner practically the entire male popu-
lations congregate on street corners OK
under the chinaberry trees In front OIL tho
leading grocery to hear the county candi,
dates engage in Join debate, and the local
speIlbnders spout for their respective
favorites for state and senatorial offices.
1t is said that these impromptu debates
move up and down the street, the crowd
floating along In their wake, and often
thew are continued until far into the
night.
LONGING Asked for Pardons.
Governor Longino has been pettloned
to grant pardons to John X. Albritton'
Asa Brown and Joe Bob Brown. three or
the most noted prisoners now serving
terms in the penitenttary.
The trio was sent up from Lincoln
county In 1901 for arson. and their con
viction Was the sequence of long series
of incendiary fires in that county C1ti-
zens were terrorized by the ravages OF
the fire fiend and many farmers were
afraid to leave their homes during the
day, fearing they would find them in
ashes on returning. The crimes were
finally fastened on Albritton and the tive
Browns, and they entered pleas of guilty
when arraigned before Judge Powell and
were given terms OF one year each IN the
penitentiary.
The pardons are asked on condition thd'
the trio viii abstain from the use OF m
toxicating liquors, ami that they WI VIII
lead peaceable and orderly lives. Inc
three men have families and their wives
and children are in destitute clrcum.
stances This makes the case an unusual
one and the governor will give II care
full investigation before reaching de-
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