Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-01-03

Yes ] love the good old county OF
Greene, love her people and their
interests and when / see an effort
made to interfere with these inter
csts, | can't help but raise my voice
against it. was born in Jackson
County in the year 1888, moved to
Greene when about six years old,
have therefore been a citizen OF
Greene about sixty-five years. Have
held office in the county about % of
these years | am one of the old
fellows of the county and having been
associated with her people as q citizen
and official for that length OF time, |
will have a right to be well up on
what is best for her people a great
deal better than anyone who has only
lived here five years, and believing
this, | can but be selfish in their in
terests. especially OF the Common
People, for am one of them. can t
see how Squire James makes a COM
parison between young people leaving
the parental cover to go out unto the
world for themselves; in the 6rst
place there is only one family con-
cerned in this, in the other the peo-
pie of the whole county Is concerned
The young people don't propose to
go out into the world to interfere
with the interest of other people
without their consent. The new
county proposes to tear Greene
County's interests all to pieces,
simply to build up the interests of
the few. He also expresses great
concern about the ill conyenienceS OF
the people in North Jackson county.
So dol. They are in bad shape and
/ am sorry for them. But Greene
| had nothing to do with it, and it is
wrong for Greene to be bothered
| about it, and being one of the old
fellows and remembering a great
deal of the past, perhaps | can ex-
plain why the people of Greene ought
not to be brought into this unreason-
able condition.
remember that once upon time
Jackson County had court house
near her center, located in beauti-
full oak grove on Cedar Greek. |
also remember that the L. Il N. r. r..
made it's way from Mobile to New
Orleans, passing through the lower
edge of Jackson county Some well
to do people lived on and near its
line when it passed through, and
other people of wealth soon settled
the territory in South Jackson
county. Fine dwellings sprang up
like magic, and the first the people
of North Jackson knew, the court
house was at Scranton. The people
of the northern section, since that
day, have been forced to swallow the
medicine, just like the fellow that
Squire spoke of being summoned to
appear before the Grand Jury at
Scranton. This is not the fault of
Greene County and | think Squire
james will admit this if he will give
expression to the honest convictions
that dwelleth in him. Now I'll tell
you what think Squire James thinks
and believe all fair people do; and
that is that the people OF Jackson
county ought to spend their own
money to restore the people of the
Northern part to their just and equi-
table rights. The people of the lower
part of Jackson county were benefited
by this court house move, and the
evidence is confirmed by time, and
time will prove that the new county
if successful will prove the very same
thing, that few will be benefited
along the line of the NJ. j. & X. G..
r. r. 1t is impossible for anyone
! else to get any good OUT of it. 1t
can't possibly benefit the common
people who seldom have business in
the courts, but it surely makes taxes
heavier, Notwithstanding Mr. James
says that their taxes won't be more
than 10 per cent of their expenses to
Leakesville. Now it is strange that
it is so much more trouble for the
people in that part to get to court
than for the people in the northern
part AMI if the New County preposi-
tioD, should it succeed, our court
house will be only miles from the
line of the New County in one corner
the people in the North and West
parts will be from Is to % miles. Is
this fair? Is it just? All / tell you
that man cannot believe this unless
his motives are clouded by selfishuess.
At this time it is only about % miles
to McLain. before the war wealthy
old gentleman by the name of Dautz-
Ter lived at or near the place where
McLain is now located. He called
| it 20 miles but M. James says it is
80 Greene County must have ex:
banded while Mr.. James vas making
his measurements.
Our main and most valuable tax
able property is timber lands. Val
ues in these lands have decreased of
of late and will gradually continue to
decrease as time rolls on. So that
in twenty years all our lands will be
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