The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1905-09-15

five States in the Union known to be
absolutely free from graft, their State
is one of the five. This is just as it
| should be. We have been fortunate,
indeed, in securing honest and up
right officials, and the writer is firm
in the belief that il it were ascertained
| that any other kind had slipped in,
| the. people would rise in their wrath
and bodily boot him out of the State.
In this age of graft it is refreshing, in
deed, to know that Mississippi is ac-
knowledged all over the United States
to be one of only five that is entirely
free from the blight. Let every citi-
zen labor to keep it so.
The fever situation in Mississippi
shows no material change, or, in other
words, no more has happened than
was expected after it was found that
! the infection was so general. While
there have been a large number OF
cases at some points, the death rate
has not been appreciable, and with the
means now at hand of combating the
! disease. it is expected that the quaran-
/
/ this year.
The time for the holding of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Exposition has been
! changed from November s to Is to
November % to December 2, inclusive.
/ The change was made in order to give
| time for getting together exhibits and
arranging for the exposition after the
| quarantine period had passed. Active
| work will be prosecuted, however, dur
/ ing the intervening time, and the pros
| poets for a successful fair are excel
! lent.
The strenuous efforts being made by
several Mississippi judges to have the
law strictly enforced in their judicial
districts should be just as strenuously
upheld by the people. A laxity of en-
/ forcement will eventually grow into a
general breaking of the law. An ex-
| ample of this can be had in the city OF
| Memphis, in our neighboring State OF
| Tennessee. Enforce the law rigidly.
| If the. enactments are not just, have
| them repealed, but by no means allow
a laxity in the enforcement.
The recent agitation against the
adopted arithmetics for the next i've
years in Mississippi because the book
contained number of examples that
were very unfair to the South, has had
the excellent effect of having each of
/ the examples complained of changed,
and the Mississippi edition at least
will be free from them. That was a
good work that the people can thank
the newspapers for.
! Monroe county will work her roads
on the contract system, and has pre-
pared and published an elaborate set
of specifications for the same. 1t would
be well for counties contemplating the
securing of better roads to get copy
| of the Monroe specifications, there be-
ing much valuable information con-
| tanned therein Write the chancery
clerk for copy, and if stamp is en-
closed copy will be Forthcoming.
The Bolivar County Democrat, pub
lished at Rosedale, issued splendid
! illustrated edition last week that re-
/ fleets great credit upon the publishers
and the enterprising citizens of that
i section. 1t contains twenty-eight
pages, and is replete with information
I concerning the section of country it
represents, and shows up well for
Rosedale.
/
The little city of Marks, in Quitman
| county, not being satisfied with the
advent of splendid newspaper, sew
eral good buildings and other evil
dences of prosperity, is now consider
| ing the organization Of business
| league to advertise the advantages of
/ the place and help in making it still
| larger and better Marks is a game
place, sure.
The McComb City Fair, to be held
at that place on October IL to p, in
elusive, promises to be much larger
and better than last year The good
people of Pike county are not at all
panicky over the mosquito quarantine,
and have arranged a splendid list of
premiums for exhibitors. The fair
promises, if anything, to excel the
splendid success of last year. 1t has
proven a good investment for the peo-
| pie of that section, and will be a per-
| manent institution.
The Board of Supervisors OF
| Lowndes county have called a good
| roads convention for October 2, when
| a full and free discussion Of the ways
1 and means to improve the roads of
that county will be had. 1t is to be
hoped that the conference will pro-
| duce good results, and that Lowndes
county will soon prove the banner
good-roads county of that section.
L. E. Hall. of Scranton, has discov-
cred a new variety of grape that is
said to be an improvement on the
scuppernong, being larger and with
less seed. They are from transplants
of two years ago, and promise to prove
very valuable discovery for that sec
ton of the country. More attention is
being paid grape culture than ever be-
fore, and the discovery of this new
variety will stimulate matters greatly.
| The Mathiston Enterprise has been
moved to Maben, and hereafter will be
published at that place under the name
of the Advance.
The celebration of the completion
of the M, J. & K. G. Railroad, that
was to have taken place on the 5th at
Pearl river. near Philadelphia, was
postponed on account of yellow fever
i guarantees. The event will probably
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