Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-03-02
JACKSON LETTER.
Mcleod Grows Facetious.
Drafts Bill which will Call You
Funny Side Into Play to Read.
(Bur,es que.)

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alliances.
Whereas, there is much counting
N the State OF Mississippi, commonly
flirting, that does not always result
in marriage: and whereas there is
on the part of many OF
the people OF the state, who desire to |
see the human race multiplied aud
increased in its purity, according TO
the requirements of Holy writ. So
that commerce will be expanded and
enlarged commensurate with said in
crease; and whereas what is known
as race suicide is gaining foothold in
some sections of our beloved state.
Therefore,
Sec lst. Be it enacted by the
Legislature Of the State of Missis
sippi, that it shall be unlawful after
the passage of this act, for any young
man VIII, parts his hair in the mid
die, to attempt to court any young
woman, before he is twenty-f,ur
years old, and before making such
attempt he shall inform the parents
or guardians of the woman he propo-
ses to court, of his desire and inten-
tons in good faith to do so. And
shall also make affidavit before any
officer authorized to take affidavits.
who uses a seal, that he intends to
attempt such courtship in good faith
and for the purpose of trying to CON
vince the woman he proposes to court
that it viii be profitable for her to
marry him.
| Sec. 2. That it shall be made un-
lawful for bald headed widowers I'M
der twenty-four years old to attempt
to court girl over Is years old, out
side the confines of the county of his
residence. provided however that If
such widowers belong to the State
National Guard or State Legislature;
then he shall be allowed to court any
woman according to the dictates OF
his own conscience while in the actu-
al service of the State.
! Sec. 3. That after the passage OF
this act, it shall be unlawful for any
young woman who wears spectacles
because it is stylish, to permit any
| widower to court her until she has
ARRIVED at the age of twenty-five
years, and shall have made affidavit
before some officer using a seal, that
it is her desire to be comted by q
widower of her age or older, solely
with view of forming a matrimo-
Mai alliance in good faith, and that
she finds more pleasure in frying bat
uercakes andsewing on buttons, than
she does in nursing cats and poodle
dogs.
/ See. A. That when an old bachelor
and an old maid under the age OF
forty five, shall marry, after the pas
sage of this act, it shall be, and is
hereby made the duty of the Board
of Supervisors Of the county in which
the old maid may reside, to present
them with a durable and strongly
made baby carriage, and have the
said baby carriage insured in the
best and most reliable insurance
company known to the said Board OF
Supervisors, and shall see shat this
couple be exempt from taxation the
same as cotton factories and other
manufacturing industries are ex-
empted
Sec. 5. Belt further enacted, that
when an old bachelor, and an old
maid under the age of fifteen, after
the passage of this act, marries and
shall have children born to them in
access of Jour in number, shall at the
age of four years of age be taken
charge of by the State, to be raised
and educated at public expense, and
all such girl children shall be sent to
the |. |. & G. College, and all such
boy children shall be sent to the A.
& M. College and for the purpose Of
carrying into effect this section, the
sum of seventy-fve million nine hun
dred and forty dollars and ten cents
in gold, is hereby appropriated out
of any money now in the State Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated for
the education and proper cultivation
of the minds of such children, which
said sum shall be paid over to the
Treasure of said Colleges, or their
successors in Office, to be expended
by them as in their judgement will
secure the best results at the great
est cost.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted; that
the provisions of this act shall apply
only to the white or caucasian races
OF the State, and it shall go into eff
feet whenever Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States shall
deem it expedient, and shall signify
the same after its passage by procla-
nation.
Sec. Z That all acts in conflict
with this act is hereby repealed.
why do you teach children to re-