The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-05-30
S1,446.296.46
Net deficit on ordinary
business


business ~
Mr.. Johnston showed that Gov.
Longino, journal 1902" page "a,
borrowed from the College LanE
Grant fund 100000 to finish the
new ~caritol. The Lar Grant fu,C.
he explained. was Il fund belonging
t. The State Colleges and was derived
from the sale of lands given 20 the
COLLEGES by the U. S. Government
end was q fund held in trust nv the
state and uron which the state is
row paving 6 per cent interest to the
University and Colleges. The ide.
sought to be impressed on the pub
lie. by some of the distinguished Ex-
Governors friends. Mr.. Johnston
evidently thought, was, that mas
much as The money was borrowed
from the Colleges and not from banks
o. other business institutions It was
% tcrrcw at all; yet the State is
properly paying interest OF the loan.
House Journal of 1902, page is.
chor-s ~cna % the funds .ur2ef over.
to Re Sc b Raverue hgert Writ
t'cr3s cut of euits a~ca:rst he rail
roa'- hcr-~ dur.ne r. NJ crriH ad-
riri~ts alton. NJ. .T>hrs+oH stated
that Gov. LoHC:n0's rotiri2.c message
f. the LEGISLATURE ~ 1904 called at
tention 70 the fact that the state was
spending more than il was receiving
in taxes.
Mr.. Johnston stated that ii elect
ed Governor he would seek to get the
Legislature to cut 0ut at least two
circuit court districts. lie said he.
was in a county recently where less
thar tnree DAYS court I'D been held
in two veG-s, 4 condition he atJribu-
ted largely to the enforcement of the
prohibition law. He said that If
elected Governor. he would seek 20
cut out . number e. useless boards
OF commissions In the state ana take
the money that nov goes to maintain
them to Increase teachers salaries.
He talked at some length about edu-
cation and better schools. He went
on record for d perfected highway
system and for giving the people Of
the state one hundred cents In SER
vice for every dollar expended.
He closed with the following as to
certain criticisms of himself and
what he regarded as reflections on
every soldier in the army:
In reference to the slur cast upon
him and every other soldier by the
issue and the Oxford Eagle, suppos-
edly owned and controlled by Lieut..
enant Gov. Lee Russell, Mr.. John
ston said:
There is one other thing that has
developed in connection with this
campaign of which l shall make some
mention. That is, about three weeks
before / entered this campaign. at a
time when / had not definitely deter
mined to become a candidate, certain
interested individuals feared that l
might become a candidate. In their
minds eye they pictured me, clad in
a uniform, making an appeal to the
soldiers vote, a candidate because |
had enlisted as a private during the
recent war. These gentlemen need
not have disturbed themselves, for |
had no such idea. However, in their
anxiety to forestall this, the editors
of two newspapers, namely The Issue
at jackson, and the Oxford Eagle.
each made sarcastic references to my
having been in the army, referring to
me as a "near soldier"
81 will confess that when | first read
this slurring reference, and when
recalled that the word "near soldier" !
was used in the same sense as we