The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-23

THE pntSy ASSOCIATION.

Tuesday HlHIi ifi
remewniahvw aat Hnt.w arfar.
tiun n fbf aef..IpH lff.
arrived IN Grhad4 ai 81 .riFl
shore they sore mft ht atalnmf.
Zee frmm WatefV aHI a9ffn
% that place which lni i.
chosen A. tho rendezvous IL th
twentieth convention IT th.
Association Water VALLEY b,tU.
ready g. receive H rI.h Ua
Immediately as.igunla temporary
home. "Wednesday murutuF #.
10 o'clock a meeting was held d
The City Hall which hII inc.
tastohlly decorated with flower.
and cvefgrcons over the stage.
IN large letters. Wa. the word
welcome aud beneath Obs
"Thc pen Is mighiar than tho
sword Tho meeting wa opened
by u prayer from Rev Mr. sydcu.
stricken, Presbyterian pastor Capt
Herring, the pcuioi anil whole.
souled mayor II Water Valley,
welcomed the Press, aud literally
opened the doors and gave mp the
KEYS Of the city. lie va. responded
to by. Mr.. J. H. Anderson, of the
Kosciusko Star the roll was then
called, dues paid, and the assembly
dispersed to enjoy Themselves IN
any manner preferred The New
Orleans Military band furnished
music for the entire occasion.
"Wednesday night the press and
invited citizens, 10 the number Of
eight hundred, assembled in Woyl
Street Methodist church here the
literary entertainment afthc Pres,
was givcn-Miss Lila Duncan. Of
Water Valley, delivered tie adj
dress Of welcome, Miss 6aaord, OF
Water Valley, rccitcd poem Miss
Leila Dosworlh, Of Canton, read an
original poem, The Old, Old sto.
ry," Mr.. ". A. Henry, uf the
iazoo City Sentinel, treated the
audience 10 a brilliant Grafton,
followed by an original poem,
Immortality Of Nature" by Miss
Rebecca Flautt, Of Sariis; Miss
Mary sayery, Of Baldwin, read an
essay Miss Cohen, Of Meridian,
reeitcd two poems, Ticket Of
Leave and "Aslccpat the Switch
Miss Cohen Is Gne eleeutionist
and she would receive applause
on the stage Of tragedy. The read.
ing and recitation was Interpreted
with music from the band aud
several songs By a choir Of ladies
u Water Valley.
THURSDAY morning another
meeting was held after which the
Association, prec-lcd by the band.
marched through the city 10 the
Peabody institute, where they
we're mat by Prof Preston, the
principal. and conducted through
the %huitling l'rof. Preston has
received substantial assistance from
his teachers. Mise. Ida duncan
and Joe nuf show Themselves well
qualified % hll positions higher
than Water Valley can bestow
W.. Fannie Thoma. In. al intcrc-
lag cs One lii,lc IS ycafnli
Eiri, Vaughan Toweu, deserve.
msass1u st her beautiful reading
gg1kne~ ID arithmetic aud neat
EsamGnshiP There is Que thiag
olvivsd n tie public s.hcl
uhieA ths writer eaano. refrain
inaA nsn,l0nins-namely the
s9lllble pronunciation u s1mc Of
our words. This may BE- correct
according to Webster and Boston
dicta,ion, but We should not allow
either Boston nor Webster to form
our sounds for us, when by SO do
ing, The music Of our language is
destroyed. IL is not surprising
iAuai foreigners, scllchi-likc, call
Our language "deyilish," when
they = informed that laugh
spells "larif,7 bottom spells bar.
TOM long spells "larngc." The
X receives sufficient notice If il Is
sounded in the words IL helps 10
compose. II may be an evidence
Of culture TO pronounce thus, but
IL Is confined 10 the schoolroom, or
TO the would be ultra.cultiyated,
for II Is not used upon our stages,
rostrums, pulpits, nor in business.
No one can claim n right Of chang.
ing for worse our Southern pro.
nunciation; as well may they
claim the privilege Of changing the
low signing Of our perfumed zeph.
yrs, the pcarlly dripping Of oul
Swallowed streamlets, or the melo
dies Of our song.birds. Thursda,
afternoon the Association met /,
elect officers for the next year. Capt
Lambert, Of the Natcbcs Democrat
was chosen President. Then IN,