The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-07-31
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Every man drawing a salary from
the public till should pay his debts
or suffer removal from the pay
roll.-Natchez Democrat.
Greenwood has less robberies,
raids and burglaries than any city
IN the state Law breakers follow
ing such know that their occupa-
ton will be short lived when pur-
suing their operations in Green
wood. Commonwealth.
There IS no reason why any cit
izen of Mississippi should carry a
concealed weapon OF any kind, and
we wish to see public opinion so
aroused that there will be such laws
enacted with such penalties that
there will not be any question of its
enforcement.-Hattiesburg News.
The officers who will connive to
effect the escape of the pistol totcr
should be held responsible and the
next legislature should amened the
law so as to make the office OF any
judge or justice OF the peace vacant
who fails to impose the full penalty,
or who RENTS any part of the pen
alty.-Exchange
You've heard people say that they
have worked like dog all day
An exchange has figured it out that
if this were literally true, the TWEEN
ay-four hours would be spent thus;
zone hour digging out a rat. two
hours gnawing at a bone, one hour
waiting for d cat to come down out
of tree. half an hour begging to
get into the house, and the balance
of the time sleeping on a mat in the
doorway"
The Clarion-Ledger is sick and
tired of the eternal booming that is
given men for Office; and too often
men who have no idea OF running
Some papers are never satisfied un-
less they continually boom. boom.
boom this or that man for office
forcing him forward often when he
has no idea of standing for office
and when he would prefer that his
name be left out Of the public print
-Clarion-L Ledger
Mr.. /. T. Wade brought to town
this week a stalk of cotton taken
from I5o-acre field on Brentwood
plantation The stalk contained ov-
or 100 bolls and squares, and is Il
the Dodd variety. which is a ve~y
early cotton, the seed being procur-
ed in Kentucky. Mr. Wade says it
beats any cotton he ever saw, and
thinks it is the cotton to be planted
in this acknowledgement Specta-
tor
The legislature of the state OF
Mississippi should pass a law pro
hibiting public hangings. Such a
law exists III many states and should
have been on our statute books years
years ago. Public hangings are rel
les OF barbarism and should not be
tolerated in a civilized age. That
at Brandon the other day was a
most disgraceful affair. but il was
perhaps no worse than other pub
he ngings.-Vicks burg Democrat.
The editor of one of our exchanp-
IS who has followed the printing
business for many years has the fol
lowing to say: The head of Lincoln
will probably appear on the new sill
half dollar; the bust of Cleveland on
the ten-dollar gold certificate. and
that of Grant on the fifty-dollar one.
We will get a sight of Lincoln now
and then, and may occasionally
scrape acquaintance with Cleveland.
but goodbye Grant. and God bless
you.-Lexington Advertiser
The bill proposed by Hon. James
X mcdowell tor the establishment
OF a state reforrnatory and industri-
al school, contains many admirable
features and should be amended
and passed. One impossible clause
includes, as subject to commitment.
all under the age of eighteen addict
cd to the use of cigarettes or tobac-
co in any form. That would take
in nineteenth OF the boys of this or
any other state, and is a ridiculous
position.-Aberdeen Examiner
If our state farm trustees had put
few acres in tobacco this year
der competent supervision. giving
the farmers an object lesson in re-
gard to raising a new staple that :
everywhere in Mississippi congen-