The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-06-21

been confronted with such oppor-
tunities for advancement as are the
people of the negro race. This is
the opportunity that I want you to
grasp, for despite rosy outlooks, /
/ can't feel that the present opportu-
mites will go on forever if we do
not take advantage of them now"
That this negro has grasped the
situation conaprehensiveIy and real
ICES it's significance to his race is
evidenced hy the following:
Tighten Up Loose Screws.
Zone of the things / want to see
done IS general tightening up OF the
loose screws along the machinery of
our lives. A race is very much like
stock, or your wagon; you know that
2 machine. Take your old plow
stock or your wagon; you know that
if you are careless, and if me screw
after another, is ollowed to loosen up,
it is only matter Of time when every
bolt in it will be loose, and the thing
will go to pieces; whereas, if you
tighten up each bolt as it has a ten
dency to become loose, you plow or
your wagon, or your wheelbarrow will
be given new lease on life. Herein
IS Cur lesson. AS race, we have got
20 tighten up the bolts. We can't al
low this and that thing to so wrong,
and yet be able to play our part IN
this great country among the fellow
citizens with whom we live.
Learn to Care FOR Property.
u hope to see the time when the
majority of the people of this coun-
try, both white and black, will own
the homes in which they live, but un-
I'll that time comes, and SO long as
some OF Us live in the houses prepared
for. us by our landlords, and work the
lands which they rent us, we must
learn to care for this property in the
same sense We would care for it if it
was cur own. | lave often heard
complaints when talking to various
members of my race, to the effect
that one of the great troubles with
the Southern white man is that he is
| not willing to pay the negro sufficient
wage to enable him to live under pres
ent conditions.
i have studied this condition at
paid cut of the Road and Bridge
Fund, as per bills on file, exarnin-
ed and approved, to-vit:
DIN Anderson, 16 days at
$3.50, 1000
Desmond Smith, 6 days at 81
SO per day, ------- 1900
A. E. Smith, 8 days at $3.50
per day, ------ 7.5o
Ordered by the Board that the Board
adjourn until tomorrow morning at
8 CLOCK.
H. S. wEsT4N, President.
Friday Morning Board met pur-
suant to adjoarnrherst. Present. J.
Same as on yesterday,4J. B. Wheat be-
| ing excused.
Examination Of real and personally
rolls for the year 1919 being resum-
ed, and said examination being not
concluded, it is ordered that the fur
ther examination Of the rolls be con-
tlnued until tomorrow morning at 8
| o'clock.
II. S. WESTON, President.
Saturday Morning. Board met
pursuant to adjournment Present:
Same as on yesterday, including J. 3.
Wheat.
Examination Of real and personal
rolls FOR the year 1919 being resumed
and said examination being not con-
cluded, it is ordered that the further
examination Of the rolls be contin-
ueo to Monday morning at O'clock.
H S WESTON Prasidnr+
Monday Morning, June 9Th. Board
met pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent: Same as on Saturday A. J. Me-
Leod and j. B. Wheat excused.
Examination Of the real and per
sonal rolls for the year 1919 being
resumed, and said examination be-
ing ret not concluded, it is ordered
that the further examination of the
rolls be continued to Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
H. S. WESTON, President.
Tuesday morning, June 10. Board
met pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent: II. S. Weston, president; A. j.
Mcleod, j. B. Wheat, r. C. Smith,
j. L. Favre, associate members.
Examination of the real and per-
sonal rolls for the year 1919 being re-
sumed, and said examination being
not concluded, it, is ordered that the
further examination of the rolls be
continued to Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock.
H. S. WESTON, President.
TUESDAY EVENING, June 8, 1919
Ordered by the Board that the
Board adjourn until tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock.
II. S. WESTON, President.
Wednesday Morning. Board met
pursuant to adjournment. Present
as on yesterday.
Ordered by the Board that the fol-
lowing amounts be allowed and
paid out of the Tick Fund, as per
bills on file, examined and approv-
ed:
V. c. Cuevas, inspector,---- 108. 90
Dan c. Cuevas, work on vats, 2O.0g
Ordered by the Board that the follow
ing amounts be allowed and paid
out of the General County Fund, as
per bills on file, examined and APP
proved, to-wit:
Gulf Coast Progress, printing, $3.50
Bay st. Louis Ice, Light &
Bottling Wks., lights,--- 1925
Dan Lee, labor, -------- 5000
John Kenmore, labor, -- 7.5O
Marcus Colored, labor, ---- 1850
| Leand Kenmore labor. < (l(l