The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-11-30
NEWS AND VIEWS
From The
STATE CAPITAL
Ey F. r. Birtlsan

State Superintendent of Education
Bond frankly states that ball games
and the like should always be OF Sec
ondary Importance in the life or a
school. He adds that where more In
terest is taken in athletics than in
the regulae 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 scnooI
should be black listed, The following
quoted words of Superintendent Bond
are being highly commended here at
the capital and elsewhere:
ut is 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, fer legislative hon
ors. The yea and nay vote OF mem
bsrs of the Heuse 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 eigat months from
the adj0urning 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 Stricken,
which penalized Mississippi fire in
surance companies over $S,000,000 In
the suit brought by State Revenue
Agent Stokes " Robertson, allesing
that these fire insurance companies
were in a trust and combine IN vio'
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 oil
the United States but there seems tC
be some doubt expressed as to Wheth
er or not this step will be taken. This
supreme court held that the fines IN
der the decree of Chancellor Strlckel
\ are not excessive
y Gov. Russell positively states tina
4 he does not intend to call an extra
y ordinary session of the Legislature a!
result of the decision of the su
n preme court holding the initiative an,
N Referendum amendment null and void
MI The governor says that he has tn
N rating bill passed by small vote a
n the closing hours of the last session
E of the Legislature en- the "coolinl
\ board"
Under the constitution the goyorr
or has the authority to withhold dill
M which reach him the last days Of tn
/ session of the Legislature for thre
/ days after the assembling Of the mex
1 session, at which he must veto then
/ otherwise they will become laws.
EI Boards of supervisors continue I
make appropriations for the BeauvoI
Hospital erection. Among the la
/ est two counties are Tippah and No,
Il uUe6, 0dCu vi WnlSH ScuI oupcIluteu'
I ent Tart $3.50 superintendent Tar
I advises friends at the capital ths
I the people of Mississippi are takin
an active interest in the campaign *
this worthy cause and he expects ths
there will soon be enough collection
made to start work on the hospit,
for the old veterans.
Crowds Attend Fair
Ill Biloxi-Crowds from Harrison an
jackson counties were present at IL
eighth annual fair held under the au
pices of the West Jackson Coun,
Fair Association, at which the di