The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-07-02

A falsehood, deliberately and wilfully uttered, usually recois on
the one who originates it, but the fact that him or them whom it
is intended TO inure allows an untruth to go unchallenged, some
times leads others into erroro or to the formation of incorrect con-
illusions; this is therefore our apology for bringing before our read.
ers matters of a personal nature.
We are told by a number who have recently heard Lieut.. Gov.
Bilbo and Senator Lee Russell of Lafayette county in the interest
of their candidates. for Governor and for Lieut.. Governor, respect
lively, that they have both seen fit to lug our name into the present
state political campaign. In doing this it was their hope to erect a
barrier to the searchlight we have been turning upon their records,
records which they both have pretended that they desired the clos
est scrutiny of, and upon which they have insisted that they are
basing their claims upon the people of Mississippi for two of the
most important offices within the state. If these two political para
sites Ear divert the searching eyes of an honest public from the
deep laid scheme which they have concocted they may fool enough
good men to permit them to get in, which will thereby aid them to
continue their confederation with every man who has been putting
his hand into the public treasury and hlching therefrom money
rightfully belonging to the taxpayers. Strange, remarkably strange,
it is that they are making excuses for, and defending every man
who has been prosecuted and convicted OF, or confessed to, stealing
from the state during this administration. Men of like minds, aims
and purposes, will naturally drift together.
In substance these two men, " e are advised, make the following
allegations as to US:
the Board # Trustees of the University Of ,he A; & NJ. College at starkyne
College at Rodney for which " viii draw for FOUR yea a s. services er ass s7naa &C o. & "
We IRE a member of said Board of Trustees and Secretary of
the Board at a salary of s. 500 per year. 1t is needless for the pur
pose of this article to discuss the value or Jack of value of our serv.
ices except to state that any fair minded person. acquainted with
the affairs OF these educational Institutions, will say tibet we have
saved the State OF Mississippi several times the amount of money
being paid us; we have audited the books as required by law and
have been diligent in our labors in every way. 1t might be proper
to state here that the idea of providing for one Board of Trustees
for all the Colleges originated in the Legislature with Hon. S. A.
Morrison, who was for years Chairman of the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Lower House. Mr.. Morrison's intimate touch with
the States finances made him realize, perhaps more than any one
else, that there should be less Of the ornamental and more of bust.
ness on the Board of Trustees of our Colleges and Gov. Brewer en-.
tertaned a similar view. And when it is considered that the State
has several millions of dollars invested in these institutions and that
the money handled by the four Colleges will run up into the several
hundred thousand dollars, it appears that Gov. Brewer and Mr.. Nor
rison yer wise in wishing to apply the closest business scrutiny TO
them. Mr. Morrison served on the Board of Trustees for the Uni.
versity for several years and is familiar with what comes before the
Trustees; he is conversant with much of what we have done and with
M duties, aSk i'm about the results of N work IN the Road 81
Trustees.
The finances of our Colleges are in better condition than thew
have been for years and all the Colleges on a better working basis
But listen: If the place W art holding is such a useless lob.
why, oh why, did Senator Russell vote for the law creating it? The
law wa all right and we suited for the place until we crossed the
political purposes of him and Of B1bo. In Senate Journal of 1912
beginning at bottom OF page 72I, we read that Senator Eddins
called up Senate Bill No 49," and on page 722 we find the follow
ing vote recorded for said bill:
Yeas-Messrs. Anderson, Bailey, Bond, Bradshaw, Brovles
Burkitt, Campbell, Carter, Casteel, Clements, Eddins, Ellis. Evans
Fatheree, Greaves, Hobbs, Jackson, Kendrick, Love, Mounper. Nv.
rrs, Norwood, Potter, Price, Reed, Rowan, Russell, Sanders of the
Twentysecond District, Sanders of the Twenty-seventb District