The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-11-25
NEWS AND VIEWS
From The
STATE CAPITAL
BY F. r.. Birlsall

State Superintendent of Education
Bond frankly states that ball games
and the like should always be OF sec
ondary Importance in the life or
school. He adds that where more in
terest is taken in athletics than in
the regular work there is something
radically wrong. Students, he says,
should not receive compensation for
services IS ball players on ball teams
for such arrangement cheapens and
destroys the fundamental value of
athletics. Superintendent Bond is en-
'phatic in the statement that any
school which offers money to some
good player to leave another school
should be black listed. The following
quoted words of Superintendent Bond
are being highly commended here at
the capital and elsewhere:
sit is a positive shame the way
some of the boys teams in basket
ball dress for the games. There is
too much nakedness. The attention
of the county superintendent, teach
ers, trustees and patrons is called to
this matter. Games of all kinds
should be prohibited where those who
play cannot put ON enough clothing to
be decent in public"
Many inquiries are being made for
the House and Senate journals OF the
legislative session of 1922. These re-
quests are said to come from incum-
bent members of the Legislature who
are candidates for reelection as well
as from prospective candidates, both
men and women, for legislative hon.
ors. The yea and nay vote OF mem
bers of the-House and Senate on i'm
portant matters as shown by the
journals are wanted for campaign
uses in the primary. Under the law,
the~ printer has eight months from
the adjourning of the Legislature to
furnish the laws and journals to the
secretary of state for officials dis
tribution and for favors. The, time
limit will be up Dec. s. The laws
were furnished the secretary of state
some months ago, but the journals
have not yet been completed by the
printer.
The supreme court has affirmed
the decision of Chancellor Strlcker,
which penalized Mississippi fire in
surance companies over $S,00O,000 in
the suit brought by State Revenue
Agent Stokes V. Robertson, alleslng
that these fire insurance companies
were in a trust and combine i'll yio-
lation Of the antitrust laws of Mis-
sissippi passed many years ago under
mandate of the state constitution
that the Legislature could pass such
laws to protect the people against
combinations in restraint of trade.
There is talk of an appeal by the fire
companies to the Supreme Court of
the United States but there seems to
be some doubt expressed as to wheth-
er or not this step will be taken. The
supreme court held that the fines uu-
der the decree of Chancellor Str1cker
are not excessive.
Gov. Russell positively states tnat
he does not intend to call an extra
ordinary session of the Legislature as
a result of the decision of the su.
preme court holding the initiative anu
referendum amendment null ana voidN
The governor says that he has the !
rating bill passed by a. small vote at
the closing hours of the last session
of the Legislature on the cooling
board"
Under the constitution the govern
or has the authority to withhold aills
Dwhich reach him the last days of the
session of the Legislature for three
days after the assembling of the next
session, at which hesmust veto them.
otherwise they will become laws.
Boards of Supervisors continue to
make appropriations for the Beauvoir
Hospital erection. Among the lat
est two counties are Tippah and Nox-
ubee,, each of which sent Superintend-
ent. Tart $3.50. s Superintendent Tartt |
advises friends at the capital that
the people of Mississippi are taking
an active interest in the campaign for
this worthy cause and he expects that !
there will soon be enough collections
made to start work on the hospital |
for the old veterans.
Crowds Attend Fair.
Biloxi.-Crowds from Harrison and
Jackson counties were present at the
eighth annual fair held under the aus
uices of the West Jackson County |