The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-10-19
A ArHOUGHTFUL EDITORIAL

A THOUGHTFUL EDITORIAL
One of the most thoughtful ed
itorials the News has seen in some
time was printed in our issue o.
yesterday under notable utterance.
of state exchanges. The editorial
was from the Magnolia News and
dealt with the murder mania in this
State. Our Magnolia contempor-
ary has evidently given. the matter
a great deal Of thought. Every
honest Mississippian who has the
proper love for his state will &C.
knowledge that there is entirely
too much killing in the state oi
Mississippi. The ever ready gun
cracks OH the slightest provocation
and another man is sent to his long
home and the black recored OF Mis-
sissippi is increased. There are
several causes for murder record,
but probably the chief cause is the
the pistol toting habit and blind
tiger whisky. In some counties it
is worse than in ary other counties,
BY reason of the fact that county
officers better enforce the law in
some counties then others.
If we get at the root Of this evil
we must absolutely eradicate the
habit of carrying pistols. The man
who habituallv lugs around a pis-
tol will some time use it, to his
own everlasting regret. The News
does not believe that there is as
much pistol toting done in this
state as there once was, but there
is entirely too much Of it now. As
the Magnolia News poin,s out these
crimes sIe-costiug the 'aw-abiding
people of the state m ney. More
time is consumed in q courts for
which the Taxpayers we to foot
!. the bill. One inuroeg 4 :! III Kinds
county cost tie tax 'ay ye9s five thou-
sand dollars, and the aver went
free, He was not punished, but
the good substantial men and wo-
men of the country VI 40 are not
lawbfeakers or wrons.doers, but
who are workers AID taxpayers
were punished to tle extent of five
thousand dollars.
Crime is costly to tie taxpayers;
!tGives our State boo reputation
and makes the outside world be-
lieve that we are state of crimi-
mails. As the fA&guolia paper
points out it is no excuse to say
that other States axe III the same
fix. We are interested first i'll Mis-
sissippi. In this State there are as
many good and God-tearing peo-
pie as any State in the Union.
. These people have right ideas OF
living, but the conduct of a mum
erically small number Of law-break-
ers gives the impression to the out
side world that Mississippi is a
place of crime. No one expects
human nature to he perfect, but
there is entirely too much killing
going ON in the State, 10th among
the whites and the blacks. Eu-
man life is entirely to, cheap. A
rich criminal or one w.io has rich
relatives to hire sharp lawyers 10
bring out all the technicalities can
generally count or getting Oh.
He can make a ilockery OF cur
courts and bow in lame the heads
Of Our law abiding citizenry. Pa
rents, if YOU have one great les
son to teach yo1r childrer 1t IS
not to take hum an life. Teach
them when young the Nervousness
Of carrying a concealed weapon.
Impress upon them the fa' lat III
nine cases out of ten kill can be
avoided If little cool ju ment IS
used. Mississippi is worse
than any other States, b what we
want is to make it ! r.. Mis-
sissippi has taken 4 -ad IN SO
many thiprS that seems to
oe no reason why 'uld not
take the lead in tn. reform.
Jackson News