Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-03-29


was held not a negro offered to
vote, and Macon has been ruled
by white men ever since. | was
asked how we would prevent ne
groes from voting and | said that
if heard they were thinking of
such a thing that | would get
about one hundred young white
men around with AK handles, put
them in the court house yard.
and we would see that they did
not vote, but not a negro offered
to vote. happened to oyerhear a
good citizen trying to persuade
my old Ku KluX friend, Winn
Featherston, not to sign the petit
ton, and heard Winn say, No
sir, | believe in white men ruling
this town, and | am going to sign
and go with Emmett, !" and he
did. Then when | was chairman
of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, when Sam Murray was
nominee for sheriff, there was
some talk that the negroes of
Center Point and Hogeye would
be voted. and Capt. George Dill
lard, who was chairman Of the
opposition, can tell you that | put
a stop to this. So you see | could
not vote against this educational
amendment. | had promised
Latt to try to get the bill up, but
Iva reminded me that this was
the duty of the chairman Of the
judiciary Committee, and that if
/ called it up, | would be doing
something that it was not my
duty to do. So desiring to only
do my duty, agreed that | would
not call it up, but if called up, |
would have to vote for it.
When the sad news was re-
ceived that the Germans had
broken our lines, it made my
heart ache, but it also made me
mad and more determined than
ever to have Mississippi sustain
the President and help in the
war, and at once introduced the
following concurrent resolution,
which passed both Houses, and
suppose same has been sent to
lthG President. Here it is;
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NC. al:
Pledging support to the Presi-
dent and to the army:
WHEREAS, we have just learned
| with deep regret that the Allied
forces of the Kaiser with over
whelming numbers have broken the
lines of cur brave British allies:
THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLVED by
the Legislature Of the State of Mis-
sissipp that we hereby notify the
President Of the United States and
| the entire world that no success of
| the Central Powers shall dishearten
us, but shall only make US more de-
termined to pledge our lives and
fortunes and our sacred honor to
the prosecution of this war to the
end that the world may be rid of
autocrdcy and that government
may be preserved for all the people
| of the world;
| RESOLVED FURTHER that the
Governor of our great State be re-
| Quested to at once transmit to the
President of these United States
copy of these resolutions.
DR.. Robert, of the A. & NJ,
was here for several days en-
deavoring to have the Legislature
pass a pure seed bill. He eX-
planned the bill in the House,
showed the necessity for it, made
a fine impression, and we passed
it, but the Sc late put it to sleep.
Farmers could sell their seed
without inspection. but all dealers
in seed had to have them analysed
and tested and this analysis put
on a tag and attached to bag
containing the seed.
We passed a bill appropriating
$4,000 to eradicate the canker
and scale from the citron and
fruit trees, and to prevent if pos
sible the coming of the pink boil
weevil. The U. S. Government
put up an additional $25, 900.
We gave the War Defense
Committee S., for the year
1918 and S5,000.00 for 1919, and
got sorry for the negro preacher,
Braxton, who made US a talk last
week on the part the negroes
were taking in the war, and |,
knowing that the negroes needed
some encouragement, interested
some members of both the House
and Senate, and we finally gave
him $4,000 for 1918 and $4,000
for 1919, same as we gave the
white folks, to be spent under
the direction of the Board of
Trustees of the Alcorn Agricul-
cultural College. | want our
negroes to take notice that we
have recognized them in this
way, and they must give US all
the helm thew can in winning