Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1914-01-09

his home. or coerce him into the pay
ment OF large sums Of money to quiet
his title I'm order to avoid a lawsuit.
Prohibition Laws.
/ find that this statute Is being well
enforced throughout the state. After en-
tering upon the discharge OF my duties
as Governor learned mat there were a
large number Of saloons being run OPEN
~ in the counties OF Warren and Adams
in violation OF the law. They were being
conducted as openly and fiagrantly In vio-
lation OF the law as IT was possible to
do. / tried to get this broken up, and
sought, and obtained the advice and as
sistance CT the attorney-general district
attorneys and county attorneys in each
county but there was such an over
whelming local sentiment In favor Of
these violations that il made 1t necessary
to employ counsel. upon the ground, who
was thoroughly acquainted with the To-
cal situation. / went to Vicksburg and
made public address and urged upon
the people the necessity OF enforcing the
law and avoid having an example OF open
unable to accomplish anything in this
way, / employed Mr. w T. VolIOr a law
yer of ability in VicksDurg who was
thoroughly acquainted with local condi-
undertaking considerable fight and /
was unable to pay him reasonable COM
pensatfon for his services, but, believing
that IT was necessary to the welfare OF
the state, under the authority OF the code,
I employed him. and with his aid, coupled
with the strong efforts Of the district at
torney and encouragement and county
attorney of Warren county they were
enabled to drive every one of these places
out of buziness and make them have a
wholesome regard for the law in the city
OF Vicksburg. / contracted TO pay Mr..
Vollor the sum Of $500 for his services.
and paid him $3.50 out OF the Contingent
Fund, and / now call your attention to
the fact that he is due $3.50 balance un-
der the contract, and recommend that
you pay him for his services. which were
honestly and faithfully performed.
| desire here to thank Mrs. Harriet b.
Kells. now deceased. for the very splen-
did work and assistance that she rendered
me. in this fight, and desire to have this
body know that she put forth every eff
fort within her power in this regard
In Natchez. acting upon the advice of
the district attorney. who was able. fear
less and conscientious In the discharge of
his official duties. employed ex-senator
Charles F. Engle to assist in the prosecu-
ton of the cases In that county, and
agreed with him to pay him $500. and
Fund. leaving a balance due him of $3.50.
which hope the Legislature will pay. as
l deemed this wise and proper scourse,
acting under the advice of the district
attorney OF the district. and / am pleased
to state that the saloons In Adams coun-
ty have been broken up and the law Is
being admirably enforced.
The Old Capitol.
subject and many people who have
heard discuss 1t in a business and prac-
tical way. and many / have listened to
from sentimental standpoint but / have
come to the conclusion that the most
practical thing to do with this building
is to remodel it and place 1t in such state
Of PSI improvement as to render it service
In the first place, it is a very beau
tiful building. and upon a casual exam
ination several years ago / came to the
e1lrr Il
be overhauled and remodeled without
great expense. But there is in the employ
of the state an architect and builder,
and / procured him to go. and he spent
several days in an effort TO complete his
examination of this building, and find
that ii is in much better state of repair
than / had any idea of, and that the
building is much more valuable than /
had suspected. / am informed by him
that with an expenditure of 500, 100000
the building can be put in perfect shape.
To quote from his report to me. he says:
ITO Renovate the Old Capitol BUILDING
In jackson.
There are three places in the building
which, when strengthened, the openings
in the walls repaired, removes what may
be termed dangerous points One at the
northeast corner, one at the southeast
corner, and one in the center of the in
side front wall The above, of necessity,
would have to be excavated under the
foundations, reinforced. then the openings
taken care Of to provide against further
settling and opening of these cracks.
There is a shell or outside lining OF
stone to the supporting walls, which in
places has settled away or left those
supporting walls, which would have to
be taken down and reset. The entire
exterior to be coated with cement
blocked and striped. The first floor to be
taken out and replaced with granolithic
or cement the remaining floors replaced
with new ones. The entire interior to be
replastered, replacing the old stucco work
where needed.
Would suggest the entire original de-
sign of the building be retained even to
the facingS around the doors and win
dows. Rotunda and legislative halls to
be retained. for they could be used in
their present shape. A new roof to be
placed upon the building, and should be
of copper. slate or tile. Would recon-
mend the preservation of this building in
its present architectural design In every
way. and every feature of this retained
To do this bv contract would require ap-
proximately $100,000.00"
/ would suggest that this building can
be put in fine shape for use for a long
time with an appropriation not exceeding
this amount. and by use of convict labor
in the performance of this taSt, the cost
can be greatly reduced If you should see
fit to pass an act authorizing the Board
of Trustees of the Penitentiary to furnish
a competent sergeant who knows and un-
derStandS the business of repairing this
building, and let him employ him, as
they are the only persons under the law
who are authorized to employ the Off
Ger who should have charge Of convicts.
and then require the Board of Trustees
of the Penitentiary to furnish him with
sufficient convict labor to carry on the
work and make the appropriation sub
ject to the orders of the Capitol Com
mission or Board of Trustees, as you de-
sire: this board could then acquire the
necessary material for the overhauling
of the building. 1t occurs to me that
in this way the whole matter could be
completed for not exceeding $75.000.00
/ also call your attention to the fact
that as the state grows materially the
capitol building is rapidly becoming in
adequate. The Department of Agricul-
ture alone is demanding much larger and
more commodious space than they enjoy
at present, and in order that you may
fully understand and appreciate that this
is true, / attach hereto as an exhibit to
this message a communication from Hon.
H E. Blakeslee. Commissioner of Agri-
culture and Commerce., to me on the
subject.
note that Mr.. Blakeslee states in his
report that there will be croft of
about $40. 10000 arising from the feed
and fertilizer control. and that in this
way the remodeling and improvement of
this building could be paid for in two
years from this source
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